The Procter Gamble Company

Ronald Edward Pegoli

Toan Trinh

Errol Hoffman Wahl

Dean Larry DuVal

Gayle Marie Frankenbach

Ellen Schmidt Baker

Marc Johan Declercq

Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere

John Henry Shaw, Jr

Ruth Anne Murphy

Charles A Hensley

Ronghui Wu

Masae Nogami

Michael Rene Weaver

Ryan Matthew Heiden

Brent Alan Kolb

Jiten Odhavji Dihora

Zaiyou Liu

Rhonda Jean Jackson

George Kavin Morgan, Iii

Barbara Kay Williams

Kristin Marie Finley

Michael Steven Gibson

Donald Benjamin Appleby

Vicki L Weber

Terry Franklin Formyduval

Stanley James Welling

Larry Nelson Hawkins

David James Dahlinger

Rebecca Gayl Baker

Junan Kao

Ephraim Lamar Kelly

Joseph Fredrich Sherman

Mary Celine Schneider

Bienvenido Alvarez Santos

Gregory Charles Maier

Chanchal Kumar Ghosh

Ke Ming Quan

Rebecca Gayle Baker

A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.

Dryer-added fabric softening articles and methods

Clear, or translucent fabric softener compositions comprise fabric softener compound, principal solvent system, and high electrolyte levels. The high electrolyte level allows for a broader range of principal solvents to be used and/or reduces the incidence of increased viscosity when low levels of principal solvent are used. Phase stabilizers which are primarily ethoxylated hydrophobic materials can be used to reduce the amount of principal solvent that is needed and/or to stabilize the compositions in the presence of the highest levels of electrolyte. Specific phase stabilizers provide additional benefits including improved softening. Specific electrolytes provide improved results. Addition of primary solvents and/or phase stabilizers to the softener compounds can improve the viscosity/handling of the compounds and the ability to create the finished compositions.

Clear or translucent aqueous fabric softener compositions containing high electrolyte content and optional phase stabilizer

Clear or translucent aqueous fabric softener compositions containing high electrolyte and optional phase stabilizer

N-alkyl polyhydroxy alkyl amines such as N-methyl glucamine having a Gardner Color of less than 1 are reacted with sources of fatty acyl groups such as methyl esters, anhydrides, and/or fatty acids that have greater than 98% transmittance at 460 nm in organic hydroxy solvents such as methanol to prepare N-alkyl polyhydroxy amine amides with good color. The N-alkyl polyhydroxyamines can be purified by crystallization, and/or subjected to reductive bleaching, to provide superior color. The reaction is preferably carried out at low temperature for short periods of time and with low catalyst levels to minimize formation of cyclic products. The resulting amide product can be further purified by treatment with anionic and cationic exchange resins to remove soap and amine impurities. The anionic ion exchange resin can be readily regenerated by acidifying it followed by washing with an organic solvent.

Process for preparing amides of N-alkyl polyhydroxyalkyl amines

Process for preparing amides of N-alkyl polyhydroxyalkyls

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