Witco Surfactants Gmbh

Witco Corporation

Rewo Chemische Werke Gmbh

Ingo Hamann

Hans-Jurgen Kohle

Winfried Wehner

Elke Hohn

Joachim Weigand

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

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.

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