Claims
- 1. A polymeric quaternary ammonium compound and mixtures thereof of formula: ##STR3## wherein Z represents either (1) a divalent aliphatic radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms containing from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents and from 0 to 2 ethylenic double bonds, and R.sup.I and R.sup.II may either be (A) the same or different and may be either (a) an alkyl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms having from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents, (b) benzyl, (c) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has one alkyl substituent of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or (d) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has from 1 to 5 methyl substituents; (B) R.sup.I and R.sup.II, taken together with N, form a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring of from 5 to 7 atoms; or (C) R.sup.I and R.sup.II, taken together with N, and combined with an oxygen atom form a N-moropholino group; or (2) Z represents two divalent ethylene radicals, in which case R.sup.II is absent and R.sup.I represents (a) an aliphatic radical of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms having from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents, (b) benzyl, (c) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has an alkyl substituent of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; or (d) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has from 1 to 5 methyl substituents; or (3) Z represents three divalent ethylene radicals in which case R.sup.I and R.sup.II are both absent; where (1) R.sup.III is an aliphatic radical of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, having from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents, and R.sup.IV and R.sup.V may either be (a) the same or different and represent an aliphatic radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms with from 0 to 1 hydroxyl substituents (b) taken together with N to form a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring of from 5 to 7 atoms; (c) taken together with N, and combined with an oxygen atom to form a N-morpholino group; or where (2) R.sup.III, R.sup.IV, R.sup.V and N, taken together, represent quinoline, isoquinoline or hexamethylene tetramine; and n is a number of from 1 to 15.
- 2. The mixture of claim 1 wherein at least 50% of the mixture consists of compounds in which n is 2 to 5.
- 3. The method of conditioning hair which comprises applying to the hair a conditioningly effective amount of an anti-microbial polymeric quaternary ammonium compound or of a mixture of such compounds, said compound having the formula: ##STR4## wherein Z represents either (1) a divalent aliphatic radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms containing from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents and from 0 to 2 ethylenic double bonds, and R.sup.I and R.sup.II may either be (A) the same or different and may be either (a) an alkyl group of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms having from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents, (b) benzyl, (c) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has one alkyl substituent of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or (d) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has from 1 to 5 methyl substituents; (B) R.sup.I and R.sup.II, taken together with N, form a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring of from 5 to 7 atoms; or (C) R.sup.I and R.sup.II, taken together with N, and combined with an oxygen atom, form a N-moropholino group; or (2) Z represents two divalent ethylene radicals, in which case R.sup.II is absent and R.sup.I represents (a) an aliphatic radical of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms having from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents, (b) benzyl, (c) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has an alkyl substituent of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; or (d) benzyl in which the benzene moiety has from 1 to 5 methyl substituents; or (3) Z represents three divalent ethylene radicals in which case R.sup.I and R.sup.II are both absent; where (1) R.sup.III is an aliphatic radical of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, having from 0 to 2 hydroxyl substituents, and R.sup.IV and R.sup.V may either be (a) the same or different and represent an aliphatic radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms with from 0 to 1 hydroxyl substituents (b) taken together with N to form a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring of from 5 to 7 atoms; (c) taken together with N, and combined with an oxygen atom, to form a N-morpholino group; or where (2) R.sup.III, R.sup.IV, R.sup.V and N, taken together, represent quinoline, isoquinoline or hexamethylene tetramine; and n is a number of from 1 to 15.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein a mixture of said compounds is used and wherein at least 50% of the mixture consists of compounds in which n is 2 to 5.
- 5. The compound of claim 1 wherein R.sup.I .dbd.R.sup.II .dbd.--CH.sub.3, R.sup.III .dbd.R.sup.IV .dbd.R.sup.V .dbd. --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 OH, and Z is --CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --.
- 6. The method of claim 3 wherein R.sup.I .dbd.R.sup.II .dbd.--CH.sub.3, R.sup.III .dbd.R.sup.IV .dbd.R.sup.V .dbd. --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 OH, and Z is --CH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 610,168, filed Sept. 4, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,020 which in turn, is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 518,596, filed Oct. 29, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,931,319.
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