Agfa-Gevaert Ag

Marie Hase

Helmut Kampfer

Max Glass

Detlef Wendisch

Quaternary sulfoalkyl or sulfoalkenyl salts of tertiary amine bases are prepared by reacting the tertiary amine bases at elevated temperatures with a hydroxy alkane sulfonic acid or a hydroxyalkene sulphonic acid.

Process for the preparation of sulphoalkyl quaternary salts

Tertiary amines may be quaternized by heating them with a sulfoalkylating agent of this invention to a temperature of from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. The sulfoalkylating agents which are believed to be hydroxy alkane sulfonic acid sulfoalkyl esters are free from sultone and are prepared by heating a hydroxy alkane sulfonic acid of propane or butane or the corresponding sultone to a temperature in the region of from 80.degree. to 180.degree. C. in the presence of water in an amount of 1 to 4 moles per mole of hydroxy alkane sulfonic acid or alkane sultone.

Process for the preparation of N-sulfoalkyl quaternary salts of nitrogen

Sulfoalkylating agents free from sultones may be obtained by heating hydroxy alkane sulfonic acids of propane or butane or the corresponding sultones having 5 or 6 ring members with up to four times the molar quantity of water to a temperature in the region of from 80.degree. to 180.degree. C. The sulfoalkylating agents are believed to be the 'dimeric esters' of the hydroxy alkane sulfonic acids.

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