Claims
- 1. An onium surfactant corresponding to the formula X[(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--.sub.m CH.sub.2 --R--CHR'--Q.sup..sym. A.sup..crclbar. ].sub.n, wherein X is a hydrophobic n-valent radical derived by the removal of n-atoms of active hydrogen from an organic compound and corresponds to the hydrophobic portion of a nonionic surfactant having a hydrophobic-lipophilic-balance of from 1 to about 30 and having the structural formula X[(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m H].sub.n ; m is an integer of at least 1 and is the same in each of the above formulae; R is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical of from 6 to about 14 carbon atoms, the chain length of which can be interrupted by oxygen or sulfur atoms; R' is hydrogen or methyl and is methyl only when R is m- or p-phenylene; Q.sup..sym. is a quaternized atom of phosphorus; A.sup..crclbar. is a compatible anion; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5 and is the same in each of the above formulae.
- 2. The surfactant defined by claim 1 wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 3.
- 3. The surfactant defined by claim 2 wherein n is 1.
- 4. The surfactant defined by claim 1 wherein R is m- or p-phenylene or a divalent radical of diphenyl oxide or diphenyl sulfide.
- 5. The surfactant defined by claim 1 wherein R is m- or p-phenylene.
- 6. The surfactant defined by claim 1 wherein m is an integer of from 1 to about 200.
- 7. The surfactant defined by claim 6 wherein m is an integer of from 4 to about 50.
- 8. The surfactant defined by claim 1 wherein X is a hydrophobic n-valent radical derived by removal of active hydrogen from an aliphatic alcohol, a phenol, an organic carboxylic acid or carboxamide, or a polymer of propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide.
- 9. An onium surfactant corresponding to the formula X[(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--.sub.m CH.sub.2 --R--CHR'--Q.sup..sym. A.sup..crclbar. ].sub.n, wherein X is a hydrophobic n-valent radical derived by the removal of n-atoms of active hydrogen from an alkanol, alkenol, alkylphenol, alkanoic acid or amide of an alkanoic acid having from about 10 to about 24 carbon atoms or a polymer of propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide and corresponds to the hydrophobic portion of a nonionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic-balance of from 1 to about 30 and having the structural formula X[(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--.sub.m H].sub.n ; m is an integer of at least 1 and is the same in each of the above formulae; R is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical of from 6 to about 14 carbon atoms, the chain length of which can be interrupted by oxygen or sulfur atoms; R' is hydrogen or methyl and is methyl only when R is m- or p-phenylene; Q.sup..sym. is a quaternized atom of phosphorus; A.sup..crclbar. is a compatible anion; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5 and is the same in each of the above formulae.
- 10. The surfactant defined by claim 9 wherein said radical is derived by the removal of active hydrogen from an alkylphenol.
- 11. The surfactant defined by claim 10 wherein said alkylphenol is nonylphenol.
- 12. The surfactant defined by claim 11 wherein m is an integer of from 1 to about 200; R is a divalent radical of benzene, A.sup.- is halide, nitrate, sulfate, bisulfate, methylsulfate, lower alkanoate, benzoate, or tosylate; and n is 1.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 895,558 filed Apr. 12, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,175,196 which is a division of application Ser. No. 416,308 filed Nov. 15, 1973 (now U.s. Pat. No. 4,093,663).
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