Amine and quaternary ammonium compounds made from ketones and aldehydes, and compositions containing them

Abstract

A process for making a tertiary amine ester of the following formula (I): the process comprising: (a) reacting a ketone or an aldehyde having the formula with a glycol to form a ketal or an acetal; (b) reacting the ketal or the acetal with acrylonitrile to form an ether nitrile; (c) reducing the ether nitrile to a tertiary amine ketal or a tertiary amine acetal; (d) hydrolyzing the tertiary amine ketal or the tertiary amine acetal to a tertiary amine diol; and (e) esterifying the tertiary amine diol to the tertiary amine ester of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl, alkylene, alkaryl, or aryl-containing group containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms; and each R3 are each independently of one another fatty acid radicals having 6-22 carbon atoms. The process may optionally include the further step of: (f) protonating or quaternizing the tertiary amine ester of formula (I) to a protonated or quaternary amine ester of the following formula: wherein A− is an inorganic or organic anion.

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