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Henkel Kgaa

Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft

Karl Heinz Schmid

Michael Neuss

Alfred Meffert

Andreas Syldath

Horst Baumann

Brigitte Giesen

Robert Piorr

Adolf Asbeck

Josef Koester

Ditmar Kischkel

Frank Bongardt

Hans J Rommerskirchen

Achim Ansmann

Manfred Weuthen

Hermann Hensen

Claus Nieendick

Stefan Bruening

Wolfgang Schmidt

Thomas Albers

Rolf Scharf

Reinhold Wuest

Karin Koren

Thomas Krohnen

Ansgar Behler

Bernd Fabry

Hans-Christian Raths

Rainer Hoefer

Holger Tesmann

Markus Dierker

Rainer Eskuchen

Gilbert Schenker

Helga Gondek

Detlev Stanislowski

Christian Rossmann

Klaus Friedrich

Guenter Panthel

Jurgen Geke

Klaus Herrmann

Dietmar Colignon

Hans-Joachim Schlussler

Wolfgang Pittermann

Horst Ritterbex

Margarete Grunert

Michael Langen

Andrea Borntraeger

Walter Sterzel

Hans-Gunther Germscheid

Werner Ludecke

Peter Jeschke

Lars Zander

Bernhard Gutsche

Heinz Mueller

Claus-Peter Herold

Bernd Wegemund

Alfred Westfechtel

Konrad Albrecht

Juergen Geke

Rita Koester

Volker Bauer

Josef Penninger

Juergen Haerer

Joaquin Bigorra Llosas

Bert Gruber

Joerg Kahre

Michael Elsner

Werner Stein

Karlheinz Hill

Rafael Pi Subirana

Herbert Reuter

Uwe Held

Joaquim Bigorra Llosas

Wolfgang Seiter

Guenther Demmering

Fritz Lange

Joachim Schindler

Alfred Struve

Gerhard Wollmann

Michael Koehler

Jochen Heidrich

Almud Folge

Nuria Bonastre Gilabert

Anke Eggers

Hubert Pawelczyk

Bernhard Bartnick

Monika Boecker

Juergen Falkowski

Paul Bittner

Leonhard Wittich

Jürgen Falkowski

Hermann-Josef Welling

Fritz Keim

Ingomar Mrozek

Mirella Nalborczyk

Detlef Stanislowski

Michael Neuβ

Stephan Würkert

Juergen Roeder

Oriol Ponsati-Obiols

Joaquim Bigorra-Losas

Raphael Pi

A process is provided for the production of linear saturated alkanes from one or more primary alcohols, wherein the carbon chain of the one or more primary alcohols has one carbon atom more than the alkane, including conducting reductive dehydroxymethylation of one or more primary fatty alcohols containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 300&#xb0; C. and pressures from 1 to 250 bar in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst, and removing water formed during the reaction.

Method for producing hydrocarbons

The disclosed invention relates to a cosmetic composition containing at least one branched oligo-&#x3b1;-olefin, characterized in that the side chains at one branch point at least are ethyl, propyl or longer branched alkyl chains, the branched oligo-&#x3b1;-olefin being obtainable by oligomerization of

Cosmetic oligo-&#x3b1;-olefin containing compound

The invention relates to a glycerol ether mixture which consists essentially of a) at least one Cglycerol monoalkyl ether, b) at least one Cglycerol dialkylether and optionally c) at least one Cglycerol trialkyl ether and/or d) at least one Cfatty alcohol, components a) and b) together making up at least 50% by weight of the glycerol ether mixture and the ratio by weight of component a) to component b) being in the range from 3:1 to 1:2. The invention also relates to a process for producing the glycerol ether mixture and to cosmetic compositions containing the glycerol ether mixture.

Glycerol ether mixture, cosmetic composition containing this mixture and process for its production

Quaternary surfactants of the formula (I), wherein RCO is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally hydroxy-functionalized acyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, Ris a CHCOOH radical, an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a CHCHOH or a CHCHOCHCHOH group, and X is halide, alkyl sulfate, alkyl carbonate or alkyl phosphate, are useful as surfactants in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations. Aqueous solutions above 50% by weight of the surfactants are flowable and pumpable.

Quaternary surfactant concentrates

Mixtures comprising at least one alk(en)yl polyglycoside ether carboxylate, and one or more fatty alcohols are described along with methods for preparing the same, wherein a starting mixture comprising (i) at least one alk(en)yl polyglycoside, and (ii) one or more fatty alcohols is provided, and the starting mixture is reacted with a compound selected from the group consisting of &#x3c9;-halocarboxylic acids, &#x3c9;-halocarboxylic acid salts, &#x3c9;-halocarboxylic acid esters, and mixtures thereof.

Mixtures of fatty alcohol(s) and alk(en)yl polyglycoside ether carboxylate(s), methods for their production and uses thereof

An aqueous surfactant mixture comprised of an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside ether carboxylic acid is made by a process comprising reacting in an aqueous solution an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside and an &#x3c9;-halocarboxylic acid or a salt or ester thereof in the presence of alkali.

Method for the production of surface active agent mixtures

A process for making solid sugar surfactants involving: (a) providing a glycose component; (b) acetalizing the glycose component with a fatty alcohol to form a technical mixture containing excess fatty alcohol and alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside; and (c) contacting the technical mixture with an extractant to form a solid phase containing the extractant, a predominant part of alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside and a small amount of fatty alcohol, and a liquid phase containing a predominant part of the fatty alcohol.

Method for producing solid sugar surfactants

A process for making an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation having a magnesium salt concentration of less than about 10 ppm involving the steps of: (a) providing an alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation having an active substance content of from about 10 to 70% by weight, based on the weight of the preparation; (b) providing an acid component; (c) adjusting the pH of the alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation to from about 4 to 9.5 by combining the acid component with the alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation to form a pH-modified alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation; (d) providing a column charged with an ion exchange resin; and (e) purifying the pH-modified alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation by passing it through the column of step (d) at a viscosity of from about 20 to 6,000 mPas, and at a temperature of from about 20 to 90&#xb0; C. to form the alkyl and/or alkenyl oligoglycoside preparation having a magnesium salt concentration of less than about 10 ppm.

Alkyl and/or alkenyloligoglycoside preparations having reduced magnesium salt concentrations

Cosmetic preparations which contain (a) an ester of a hydroxycarboxylic acid and an alk(en)yl oligoglycoside, and (b) a silicone compound; are described. The esters correspond to the general formula (I):wherein X represents a hydrogen or a &#x2014;CHCOORsubstituent, Y represents a hydrogen or a hydroxyl substituent, R, Rand Reach independently represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, ammonium, alkyl ammoniums, hydroxyalkyl ammoniums, glucammonium, and residues of alk(en)yl oligoglycosides; wherein at least one of R, Rand Rrepresents a residue of an alk(en)yl oligoglycoside, and with the proviso that, where X represents a &#x2014;CHCOORgroup, Y is hydrogen.

Cosmetic preparations containing silicone compounds and esters of hydroxycarboxylic acids and alk(en)yl oligoglycosides

A process for making granular solids involving: (a) providing a substantially anhydrous preparation, which is solid at room temperature and contain at least one cosmetic feed material; (b) liquifying the substantially anhydrous preparation to form a melt; (c) providing a vibrating casting plate used for droplet formation; (d) introducing the melt onto the vibrating casting plate to form melt droplets thereon; (e) providing a cooling medium; and (f) contacting the melt droplets with the cooling medium which is passed countercurrently to the melt droplets, thus forming the granular solids, and wherein the granular solids have a monodisperse particle size distribution and are substantially free of particles having a diameter of less than 0.3 mm.

Granular solid with monodisperse particle size distribution

Hydroxy mixed ethers of the general formula (I):RO[CHCHO]CHCH(OH)R&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein Rrepresents a linear or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; Rrepresents a linear or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having from 2 to 22 carbon atoms; and x represents a number of from 40 to 80, are described along with compositions containing such hydroxy mixed ethers in conjunction with other surfactants. Also described are various anti-foaming uses for such ethers and compositions containing the same.

Hydroxy mixed ethers having a high degree of ethoxylation, compositions containing the same and anti-foam uses therefor

Surfactant granules are made by the process comprising the steps of (1) mixing an aqueous nonionic surfactant paste and an aqueous solution of an organic polymeric carrier; (2) simultaneously granulating and drying the mixture from step (1) in a fluidized bed to form a granulated nonionic surfactant. The surfactant granules are dust-free, flowable, storage-stable, show no tendency toward clumping and are readily soluble in cold water.

Method for producing non-ionic tenside granulates

A highly concentrated flowable pearlizing concentrate is comprised of: (a) from about 25 to about 45% by weight of a pearlizing wax; (b) from about 25 to about 40% by weight of nonionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic and/or cationic emulsifier and; (c) from about 0.5 to about 15% by weight of a polyol ester and the remainder water. The sum of components (a), (b) and (c) is at least 55% by weight. The concentrates are useful cosmetic applications such as in hair shampoos and shower gels.

Highly concentrated free-flowing pearly lustre concentrates

Method for producing acyl amino acids

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