Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Hoechst Akteingesellschaft

Gunter Blaschke

Alwin K Reng

Jochen M Quack

Hans-Walter Bucking

Adolf May

Rudolf Aigner

Karl H Wallhausser

Gunther Muller

In the continuous process described for the preparation of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride by reaction, with stirring, of dimethylamine, allyl chloride and alkali metal hydroxide which is dissolved in water, the reaction is carried out in at least two stirred vessels arranged in the form of a cascade. Dimethylamine and allyl chloride in the stoichiometric amount in each case and only 60 to 95 mol % of the stoichiometrically necessary amount of alkali metal hydroxide are fed to the first stirred vessel and conducted through the vessel at a temperature of 20.degree. to 70.degree. C. with a residence time such that the product leaving the vessel and flowing to the further vessels still contains at most 10 mol % of free amine, mol percentages being related to the molar amount of dimethylamine employed; the alkali metal hydroxide lacking in the first stirred vessel compared to the stoichiometric amount is fed continuously to the further stirred vessels mentioned and in these vessels, at a temperature of 20.degree. to 70.degree. C., a residence time is set such that the product leaving the vessel still contains at most 2 mol % of free amine in each case. The desired dimethyldiallylammonium chloride is obtained from the product leaving the stirred vessel cascade.

Continuous process for the preparation of dimethyldiallylammonium

Betaine-amine oxides of the formula ##STR1## in which R denotes alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl, each of which has 8-22 carbon atoms, R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 denotes ethylene, propylene or 2-hydroxypropylene, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 can be identical or different and denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or a group of the formula ##STR2## or R.sup.3 denotes a group of the formula --R.sup.2 --BR.sup.4 R.sup.5, X denotes a direct bond or a group of the formula

Betaine-amine oxides, a process for their preparation and their use as

Amphoteric compounds of the formula ##STR1## and their mixtures with compounds of the formula

Amphoteric compounds, mixtures containing these compounds for

Bis-betaine-amine oxides of the formula ##STR1## in which R is a saturated or an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 3 double bonds and 8 to 22 carbon atoms,

Bis-betaine-amine oxides, process for their preparation, and cleaning

Bis-betaines of the formula ##STR1## in which R denotes a saturated or an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon radical which has 1 to 3 double bonds and 8 to 22 carbon atoms,

Bis-betaines, a process for their preparation, and cleaning agents

Triamine-trioxides of the formula ##STR1## in which R denotes a saturated or an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon radical which has 1 to 3 double bonds and 8 to 22 carbon atoms, n.sup.1 and n.sup.2 represent an integer from 2 to 3, and n.sup.1 and n.sup.2 can be identical or different, and a, b, c and d, which are identical or different, each is a number from 1 to 5, with the proviso that the sum (a+b+c+d) should be at most 10. The compounds are prepared from primary amines of the formula RNH.sub.2 by dicyanoalkylation, hydrogenation, ethoxylation and oxidation with hydrogen peroxide. They are suitable for formulating industrial and also cosmetic cleaning agents.

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