Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Aki Laine

Kari Nurmi

Anneli Hase

Jouko Käki

Gösta Brunow

Hanna Grano

Hendrik Luttikhedde

Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma

A cationic starch product, the making of it and its use. The starch product comprises starch (St) and a cationising reagent, which is made from choline or its synthetic equivalent, whereby the cationising reagent has reacted with a part of the hydroxyl groups of the starch according to the structure formula (VI) or (VII). The structure component A is a hydrocarbon chain. The substituents R are hydrogens; lower or higher acrylic alkly groups, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalklyl groups; substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl groups; lower or higher alkyl groups or non-aromatic heterocyclic groups containing alkoxy groups or other hetero atoms.

Type of cationic starch product, preparation thereof and its use

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