Abstract:
WHEREIN R AND R'' ARE EITHER STRAIGHT CHAIN OR PREDOMINANTLY STRAIGHT CHAIN BUT DISSIMILAR SLKYS, EACH RANGING FROM 7 TO 15 CARBONS, AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH HAS AN ODD NUMBER OF CARBONS, THE SUM OF CARBON ATOMS IN R AND R'' BEING IN THE RANGE OF FROM 20 TO 22 CARBONS, AND WHEREIN X IS A BIOCIDALLY ACCEPTABLE ANION PREFERABLY DERIVED FROM A HALOGEN SUCH AS BROMINE OR CHLORINE, OR WHICH MAY BE METHOSULFATE. THESE COMPOUNDDS HAVE EFFECTIVE BIOCIDAL ACTIVITY EVEN IN HARD WATER, UNLIKE OTHER QUATERNARY AMONIUM COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE INHIBITED IN THEIR BIOCIDAL ACTIVITY BY HARD WATER. THEY ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FOR THE SANITIZATION OF ALL TYPES OF SURFACES AS WELL AS EGGS, FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS.
R-N(+)(-R'')(-CH3)2 X(-)
WATER-SOLUBLE UNSYMMETRRICAL DI-HIGHER ALKYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM SALTS HAVING THE STRUCTURE:
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO AMPHOTERIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS HAVING THE GENERAL STRUCTURE:
R-CH(-CH3)-N(-R'')-CH2-CH2-COO-M
WHEREIN R IS A STRAIGHT CHAIN ALKYL HAVING FROM 6 TO 16 CARBON ATOMS, R'' IS A LOWER ALKYL, AND M IS EITHER HYDROGEN, AN ALKALI METAL OR AN ALKYLOLAMINE.
A METHOD OF INHIBITING IMCROORGANISMS IN HARD WATER AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY USING IN HARD WATER, WATER-SOLUBLE UNSYMMETRICAL DI-HIGHER ALKYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM SALTS HAVING THE STRUCTURE: WHEREIN X IS A BIOCIDALLY COMPTIBLE ANION PREFERABLY DERIVED FROM A HALOGEN SUCH AS BROMINE OR CHLORINE. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO USE METHOSULFATE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS MUCH LESS PREFERABLE BECAUSE THE RESULTANT COMPOUND IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AND IS ALSO MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF INHIBITING MICROORGANISMS BY APPLYING THERETO A WATER-SOLUBLE UNSYMMETRICAL DI-HIGHER ALKYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM SALT HAVING THE STRUCTURE:
R-N(+)(-R'')(-CH3)2 X(-)
WHEREIN R AND R'' ARE EITHER STRAIGHT CHAIN OR PREDOMINANTLY STRAIGHT CHAIN BUT DISMISSAL ALKYLS, ONE OF SAID ALKYLS HAVING FROM 9 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS AND THE OTHER HAVING FROM 11 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AT LEAST ONE OF THE ALKYLS HAVING AN ODD NUMBER OF CARBONS, AND THE TOTAL SUM OF BOTH ALKYLS BEING BETWEEN 20 AND 21, AND WHEREIN X IS BIOCIDALLY ACCEPTABLE ANION PREFERABLY DERIVED FROM A HALOGEN SUCH AS BROMINE OR CHLORINE, OR WHICH MAY BE METHOSULFATE.