Surfactant adjuvants useful in herbicide compositions

A herbicide composition that comprises:

• a. a herbicidally effective amount of glyphosate or a salt thereof;
• and
• b. a surfactant component comprising an amine-based surfactant, and a sulfosuccinate or sulfosuccinamate-based surfactant, wherein the surfactant component is present in an amount sufficient to enhance the effectiveness of the herbicidal active ingredient, and wherein the sulfosuccinate-based surfactant comprises a sulfosuccinate with following general structure:
• a mixture of (a) and (b);
• where R1 is hydrogen, or a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl group or mixtures thereof with from zero to about thirty carbon atoms;
• R2 is an alkylene group with from about two to about six carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof;
• R3, R4, and R5 are independently hydrogen, or a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl or alkyloxy group with from zero to about twenty-five carbon atoms;
• and, x is the same of different and may vary from 0 to 60, and wherein the sulfosuccinamate-based surfactant comprises a sulfosuccinamate with following general structure:
• a mixture of (a) and (b);
• where R1 is a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl group or mixtures thereof with from about one to about thirty carbon atoms;
• R2 is either an alkylene group with from about two to about six carbon atoms, or a saturated or unsaturated alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl group with from about one to about thirty carbon atoms;
• R3, R4, and R5 are each independently hydrogen, or a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl or alkyloxy group with from zero to about twenty-five carbon atoms;
• and, x is the same or different and may vary from zero to about sixty.

A method of preparing a herbicidally effective composition comprising the steps of:

• a. blending a surfactant component comprising an amine-based surfactant and a sulfosuccinate or sulfosuccinamate-based surfactant, wherein the sulfosuccinate-based surfactant comprises a sulfosuccinate with following general structure:
• a mixture of (a) and (b);
• where R, is hydrogen, or a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl group or mixtures thereof with from zero to about thirty carbon atoms;
• R2 is an alkylene group with from about two to about six carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof;
• R3, R4, and R5 are each independently hydrogen, or a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl or alkyloxy group with from zero to about twenty-five carbon atoms;
• and, x is the same or different and may vary from zero to about sixty, and wherein the sulfosuccinamate-based surfactant comprises a sulfosuccinamate with following general structure:
• a mixture of (a) and (b);
• where R1 is a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl group or mixtures thereof with from about one to about thirty carbon atoms;
• R2 is either an alkylene group with from about two to about six carbon atoms, or a saturated or unsaturated alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl group with from about one to about thirty carbon atoms;
• R3, R4, and R5 are each independently hydrogen, or a straight or branched chain, unsaturated or saturated alkyl or alkyloxy group with from zero to about twenty-five carbon atoms;
• and, x is the same or different and may vary from zero to about sixty;
• and
• b. mixing a sufficient amount of the surfactant component with a herbicidal active ingredient to enhance the effectiveness of the herbicidal active ingredient.