Surfactants for Disinfectant and Laundry Compositions
AssigneeArxada AG
InventorsJordan Todorov Petkov, Philip Roebuck, Thomas Pointon, Leo Poorvin, James Folsom, David Binder
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Abstract
Provided herein are compositions containing at least one antimicrobial agent combined with at least one surfactant. The surfactant can be an alkoxylated surfactant. In one aspect, the surfactant is an ethoxylated quaternary amine. In another aspect, the surfactant is an ethoxylated tertiary amine. In still another aspect the surfactant is a mixture of an ethoxylated tertiary amine and an ethoxylated quaternary amine. The composition can be a fabric treatment, such as a laundry detergent.
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A composition comprising:
- an antimicrobial agent;
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- one or more surfactants combined with the antimicrobial agent, the one or more surfactants comprising:
- i) an ethoxylated tertiary amine of the general formula (I):
- ii) an ethoxylated quaternary amine of the general formula (II):
- iii) or mixtures thereof,
- wherein
- R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C24 hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof,
- R2 is a group of formula —(CHRa—CHRb—O)nH;
- R3 is a group of formula —(CHRc—CHRd—O)mH;
- n and m are an integer of from 2 to 60, with the proviso that n and m are independently the same or different,
- RQ is a C1 to C4 hydrocarbon or is —CHRe—CHRfO—(CHRe—CHRfO)pH
- Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf are independent of each other and comprise H, a methyl group, or a CH2OH group and p is 0 or 1,
- X is a counterion selected from the group consisting of species generated from a mineral acid or organic acid, and
- q is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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A fabric treatment comprising:
- a laundry detergent composition comprising a laundry detergent surfactant combined with one or more surfactants, the one or more surfactants comprising:
- i) an ethoxylated tertiary amine of the general formula (I):
- ii) an ethoxylated quaternary amine of the general formula (II):
- iii) or mixtures thereof,
- wherein
- R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic, substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C24 hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof,
- R2 is a group of formula —(CHRa—CHRb—O)nH;
- R3 is a group of formula —(CHRc—CHRd—O)mH;
- n and m are an integer of from 2 to 60, with the proviso that n and m are independently the same or different,
- RQ is a C1 to C4 hydrocarbon or is —CHRe—CHRfO—(CHRe—CHRfO)pH
- Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf are independent of each other and comprise H, a methyl group, or a CH2OH group and p is 0 or 1,
- X is a counterion selected from the group consisting of species generated from a mineral acid or organic acid, and
- q is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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