Witco Surfactants Gmbh

Rewo Chemische Werke Gmbh

The Procter Gamble Company

Goldschmidt Rewo Gmbh & Co. Kg

Witco Corporation

The Procter & Gamble

Evonik Operations Gmbh

Hans-Jurgen Kohle

Ingo Hamann

Winfried Wehner

Joachim Weigand

Elke Hohn

Christl Moller

Simone Schussler

Thomas Salomon

Mathias Hintz

Johan Smets

Kevin Lee Kott

Renae Dianna Fossum

Harald Jakob

Marc Johan Declercq

Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere

Gonglu Tian

Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn

Bernd Jaeger

Michael Klostermann

Holger Wiederhold

Ulrike Kottke

Bruno Jean-Pierre Matthys

David Bolz

Michael Fender

Susana Fernandez-Prieto

Sebastian Imm

Floyd E Friedli

Jose Andres Rojo Moreno

Vincenzo Guida

Georg Friedrich Thiele

Liesbet Maria Cornelia Detroch

Hans-Georg Schieber

Axel Euler

Klaus Stark

Vincenzoi Guida

Georg-Friedrich Urban

Pieter Jan Saveyn

Liesbet Maria De Troch

Ulrike Kotte

Liquid detergent compositions can be stably structured using amides of an aliphatic polyamine with two, three or four molecules of fully saturated hydroxyl alkyl acids, even in the presence of hydrolysing detergent ingredients such as lipase enzyme.

Thickened or structured liquid detergent compositions

A fabric enhancer composition comprising at least 0.1% by weight of fabric softening active of formula (A):{[R]N[CH&#x2014;CH(CH)&#x2014;O&#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)&#x2014;R][CH(CH)&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O&#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)&#x2014;R]}X The composition comprises no more than 50% by weight of diester quaternary ammonium compound.

Fabric enhancer composition

A fabric softener composition, comprising 1% to 49% by weight of a bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)-dimethylammonium methylsulphate fatty acid ester having a molar ratio of fatty acid moieties to amine moieties of from 1.85 to 1.99, wherein the average chain length of the fatty acid moieties is from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and the iodine value of the fatty acid moieties, calculated for the free fatty acid, is from 0.5 to 50.

Heat stable fabric softener

The invention relates to fabric softener formulations based on one or more cationic surfactants and at least one further component, which give the overall formulation a transparent and clear appearance.

Clear softening agent formulations

The present invention relates to quaternary ammonium compounds and formulations thereof useful as cleaning compositions, antistatic compounds, fabric softeners, hair conditioners, skin conditioners, paper deinking and ink floatation, agents, and the like.

Quaternary ammonium compounds, compositions containing them, and uses thereof

The invention relates to a low-concentration, high-viscosity aqueous laundry fabric softener dispersion based on quaternary triethanolamine fatty acid esters and having a defined ratio of triethanolamine to fatty acid, the fatty component having a specific degree of saturation.

Low-concentration, high-viscosity aqueous fabric softeners

The invention relates to aqueous laundry fabric softener dispersions based on quaternary triethanolamine fatty acid esters having a defined ratio of triethanolamine to fatty acid, the fatty component having a specific degree of saturation.

Aqueous fabric softeners having improved handle

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of highly concentrated free-flowing and pumpable aqueous solutions of betaines by quaternization of a compound which contains tertiary amine nitrogen with a .omega.-halo carboxylic acid characterized in that 0.5-5% by weight of the final product, of a viscosity-reducing compound such as an alkali or alkaline earth metal citric acid salt is added to the reaction mixture before or during the quaternization reaction.

Process for preparation of highly concentrated free-flowing aqueous

The invention relates to a process for preparing highly concentrated, free-flowing and pumpable, aqueous solutions of betaines by quaternization of compounds containing tertiary amine nitrogen with omega-halocarboxylic acids by known processes, which is characterized in that a) 30-100 equivalent-%, based on the amount of omega-halocarboxylic acid used, of Mg(OH).sub.2 and/or Ca(OH).sub.2 and b) 0-70 equivalent-%, based on the amount of omega-halocarboxylic acid used, of one or more NaOH, KOH and NH.sub.4 OH are added to the reaction mixture before or during the quaternization reaction.

Process for preparing highly concentrated, free-flowing aqueous

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of highly concentrated free-flowing aqueous solutions of betaines, which is characterized in that at least one of the compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## is added to the reaction mixture before or during the quaternization reaction; wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, optionally substituted with hydroxyl, and n is 1-3.

Process for the preparation of highly concentrated free-flowing aqueous

The invention relates to fatty acid monoglyceride polyglycol ether sulfosuccinates of the general formula ##STR1## where R represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkylene group having from 7 to 21 carbon atoms;

Polyol polyether sulfosuccinates, a process for preparing them, and

The invention relates to alkylglycoside sulfosuccinates of the general formula (1) defined herein, useful in cosmetic preparations.

Use of alkylglycoside sulfosuccinates for the production of cosmetic

Ammonium compounds and the use thereof as fabric softener comprising mixtures of quaternary ammonium compounds with or without ester groups prepared by reacting amines with dimerized fatty acids and subsequent quaternization or protonation with inorganic or organic acids.

Ammonium compounds, preparation thereof and use thereof as cleaning

Disclosed are citric acid fatty alcohol ester polyglycol ether sulfosuccinates of the general formula (1) ##STR1## and personal care products containing them, in which each R is the same or different and is H or -CH.sub.3 ; ##STR2## R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## acyl radicals having 8-22 carbon atoms, which radicals are optionally substituted and optionally contain one or more multiple bonds;

Citric acid fatty alcohol ester polyglycol ether sulfosuccinates,

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Hans-Jurgen Kohle