Fabric softener compositions and methods of manufacture thereof

US8188030B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SEGETIS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Lee R. Rieth · Spartanburg, US
• Dorie J. Yontz · Bloomington, US
• Daniel Gilbert · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2011
• Grant date: May 29, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D17/047
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a fabric softener composition comprising a fabric softener active compound that comprises a quarternary ammonium salt and/or an imidazolinium salt, and a ketal adduct of formula (12)wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl, R2 is hydrogen or C1-3 alkyl, each R3 and R4, is independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, each R5 and R6 is independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, or hydroxymethyl, R7 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkyl substituted with up to four OR8 groups wherein R8 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, or acetyl, a is 0-3, and b is 0-1.