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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Degussa Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ; C08B / ; C08B / ; C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 90 ; 536 84 ; 536 85 ; 536 91 ; 536 95 ; 536 96 ; 536 97 ; 536 98 ;
Abstract
A method for preparing cellulose ethers containing tertiary or quaternary nitrogen by reacting alkylene epoxides with cellulose or its derivatives in an alkaline medium in the presence of water. Alkylene epoxides of the formulas ##STR1## or mixtures thereof, in which n=1, 2 or 3, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 correspond to the same or different alkyl groups with 1 to 18 carbon atoms or R.sup.1 corresponds to the benzyl group or --C.sub.2 H.sub.4 OH and X is chloride, bromide, sulfate or acetate are used as cationization agents.