Quaternary ammonium compounds (US Patent 4874554)

Patent number: 4874554 Granted: 1989-10-17 Filed: 1987-07-10 Inventors: Fritz Lange (Essen, DE); Peter Busch (Erkrath, DE); Klaus Thiele (Langenfeld, DE) Assignees: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Duesseldorf, DE)

Abstract

Quaternary ammonium compounds corresponding to the formula ##STR1## are produced by esterification of ether amines corresponding to the formula ##STR2## with a fatty acid of the formula R.sup.2 --COOH and quaternization of the product obtained with an alkyl halide or a dialkyl sulfate. They are suitable for