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US 5,472,455 AGranted
Anionic/cationic surfactant mixtures
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsAmmanuel Mehreteab, Frank Loprest
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Abstract
Complexes of anionic and cationic surfactants have been found to remove oily stains from fabrics remarkably better than either the cationic or anionic surfactant from which they are formed.
Claims3
A water-soluble complex comprising at least one cationic surfactant having the formula:
- ##STR22## where R.sub.1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.2 is an alkyl group of not more than 6 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent (R.sub.5 O).sub.n H, wherein n is 1 to 25, R.sub.5 is an alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms and the total number of R.sub.5 O groups is at least 5, and X is halide;
- and
- at least one anionic surfactant having the formula:
- ##STR23## wherein R.sub.7 is an alkyl radical of from 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, and
- M is an alkali metal, ammonium or amine, wherein the ratio of anionic surfactant to cationic surfactant is about 1:1.
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A water-soluble complex comprising at least one anionic surfactant and at least one cationic surfactant;
- wherein said at least one cationic surfactant has the formula:
- ##STR24## where R.sub.1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.2 is an alkyl group of not more than 6 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different, are selected from the group consisting of alkyl of not more than 6 carbon atoms and (R.sub.5 O).sub.n H wherein R.sub.5 is an alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms and n is a number of from 1 to 25 and the total number of R.sub.5 O groups is at least 5, and
- X is a water-soluble, salt-forming anion;
- and
- said at least one anionic surfactant having the formula:
- ##STR25## wherein R.sub.10 is R.sub.12 --O(R.sub.5 O).sub.o,
- R.sub.11 is R.sub.12 --O(R.sub.5 O).sub.o or --OM
- R.sub.5 is an alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms,
- o is an number of 1 to 25,
- R.sub.12 is a hydrocarbon radical from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, and
- M is a water-soluble cation, wherein the ratio of anionic surfactant to cationic surfactant is about 1:1.
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A water-soluble complex comprising at least one anionic surfactant and at least one cationic surfactant;
- wherein said at least one cationic surfactant having the formula:
- ##STR26## where R.sub.1 is an alkyl or alkenyl radical containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.2 is an alkyl group of not more than 6 carbon atoms,
- R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different, are selected from the group consisting of alkyl of not more than 6 carbon atoms,
- X is a water-soluble, salt-forming anion;
- and
- said at least one anionic surfactant having the formula:
- ##STR27## wherein R.sub.10 is R.sub.12 --O(R.sub.5 O).sub.o,
- R.sub.11 is R.sub.12 --O(R.sub.5 O).sub.o or --OM
- R.sub.5 is an alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms,
- o is an number of 1 to 25 and the total number of R.sub.5 O groups is at least 5,
- R.sub.12 is a hydrocarbon radical from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, and
- M is a water-soluble cation, wherein the ratio of anionic surfactant to cationic surfactant is about 1:1.
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