Quaternary fatty acid triethanolamine ester salts and their use as fabric softeners

US6521589B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere · Merchtem, BE
• Robert O. Keys · Columbus, US
• Jans-Jurgen Kohle · Schlüchtern, DE
• Johan De Poortere · Merelbeke, BE
• Errol Hoffman Wahl · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/2048
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to biodegradable softener compounds of the formula (1): [(R)4-m—N(+)—[(CH2)n—Y—R1]m]X(−) with an acid value of no more than 6.5. A process for making said compound is also provided. The softener can be incorporated into softener compositions to form solid and liquid compositions, including liquid dispersions and clear compositions.