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US 5,854,201 AGranted
Textile softeners concentrates based on pentaerythritol or esters thereof containing quaternary and nonionic emulsifiers
AssigneeHenkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
InventorsAnsgar Behler, Guenther Uphues, Bernd Wahle, Peter Waltenberger, Almud Folge
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Abstract
The invention relates to textile softener concentrates based on pentaerythritol and/or dipentaerythritol fatty acid partial esters. The dispersibility of such softener concentrates in cold water can be significantly improved by addition of a special emulsifier combination of quaternary ammonium compounds and nonionic compounds. The quaternary ammonium compounds are quaternized alkoxylated alkylamines and/or esterquats. Ethoxylated and/or propoxylated fatty acids or fatty acid esters and end-capped fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers are suitable nonionic emulsifiers.
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A textile softener concentrate having improved dispersibility in cold water comprising
- a) 70% to 95% by weight of pentaerythritol fatty acid partial ester or dipentaerythritol fatty acid partial ester, and
- b) 5% to 30% by weight of an emulsifier component comprising a mixture of
- b1) a quaternary nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of
- b1i) quaternized alkoxylated alkylamines corresponding to formula (I):
- Preliminary Amendment of U.S. National Stage for International Application ##STR7## in which R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms,
- R' is H or CH.sub.3,
- x, y, and z independently of one another represent a number of 1 to 20, the sum of x+y+z being.gtoreq.3,
- A.sup.- is an anion, and
- b1ii) quaternized fatty acid alkanolamine esters corresponding to formula (II):
- ##STR8## in which R.sup.1 CO is a saturated or unsaturated acyl group containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a group R.sup.1 CO(OC.sub.m H.sub.2m).sub.w, an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, m is the number 2 or 3, u, v and w are each a number of 1 to 4 and A- is an anion, and
- b2) a nonionic emulsifier selected from the group consisting of
- b2i) ethoxylated or propoxylated fatty acids or fatty acid esters corresponding to formula (III):
- ##STR9## in which R.sup.5 CO is an aliphatic acyl radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms,
- n and o independently of one another represent a number of 0 to 20, the sum of n+o being.gtoreq.1,
- R.sup.4 is H or an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and
- b2ii) end-capped fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers corresponding to formula (IV):
- R.sup.7 -(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O ).sub.p (CH.sub.2 CHCH.sub.3 O).sub.q -R.sup.6 (IV)
- in which
- R.sup.7 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms,
- p and q independently of one another are numbers of 0 to 20, the sum of p+q being.gtoreq.2, and
- R.sup.6 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
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The process of producing a textile softener concentrate having improved dispersibility in cold water comprising melting
- a) 70% to 95% by weight of pentaerythritol or dipentaerythritol fatty acid partial ester, and adding thereto
- b) 5% to 30% by weight of an emulsifier component comprising a mixture of
- b1) a quaternary nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of
- b1i) quaternized alkoxylated alkylamines corresponding to formula (I):
- ##STR10## in which R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms,
- R' is H or CH.sub.3,
- x, y, and z independently of one another represent a number of 1 to 20, the sum of x+y+z being.gtoreq.3,
- A.sup.- is an anion, and
- b1ii) quaternized fatty acid alkanolamine esters corresponding to formula (II):
- ##STR11## in which R.degree. CO is a saturated or unsaturated acyl group containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a group R.sup.1 CO(OC.sub.m H.sub.2m).sub.w, an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, m is the number 2 or 3, u, v and w are each a number of 1 to 4 and A- is an anion, and
- b2) a nonionic emulsifier selected from the group consisting of
- b2i) ethoxylated or propoxylated fatty acids or fatty acid esters corresponding to formula (III):
- ##STR12## in which R.sup.5 CO is an aliphatic acyl radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms,
- n and o independently of one another represent a number of 0 to 20, the sum of n+o being 2 1,
- R.sup.4 is H or an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and
- b2ii) end-capped fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers corresponding to formula (IV):
- R.sup.7 -(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.p (CH.sub.2 CHCH.sub.3 O).sub.q -R.sup.6 (IV)
- in which
- R.sup.7 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms,
- p and q independently of one another are numbers of 0 to 20, the sum of p+q being.gtoreq.2, and
- R.sup.6 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
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