COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR FABRIC SOFTENING APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF

摘要

The use of a composition represented by one of the following general formulae, formula (I): R1R2R3N, formula (II): R1R2R3N (HA)y or formula (III): R1R2R3N (QA)y or a mixture of two or more of these compositions wherein: R1 is independently, in each formula, a group having the formula R6-(O-CHR5-CH2)a-OCHR4-CH2-; or CnH(2n+1-x)(OR8)x; R2 and R3 are, in each formula independently, C1-C4 alkyl group; or R6-(O-CHR5-CH2)a-OCHR4-CH2-; or CnH(2n+1-x)(OR8)x; R4 is H or C1-C4 alkyl; R5 is independently, in each occurrence, H or C1-C4 alkyl, preferably at least one R5 is C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is H or R7-CO-; R7 is C5-C35, preferably C8-C23, linear or branched-satured or unsaturated alkyl; R8 is independently, in each occurrence, H; or R7-CO-; or R6-(OCHR5-CH2)a; a is independently, in each occurrence, a number from 0 to 30, preferably from 0 to 6; n and x are independently a number from 2 to 6; A is an inorganic or organic acid anion; Q is C1-C6 alkyl or C8-C12 aryl, optionally substituted with an alkyl, or HO-CHR9-CH2- group, in which R9 is H or C1-C4 alkyl; and 0