Quarternary ammonium salt, method for production thereof, and softener composition using salt

摘要

A liquid softener composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the general formula (1) and a method for its preparation: <IMAGE> (1) wherein R1, R2, and R3 are an alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R4 and R5 are an unsubstituted or hydroxyl group-substituted linear or branched alkyl group or alkenyl group of 8 to 36 carbon atoms, A is a linear or branched alkylene group of 2 or 3 carbon atoms, X is an anion group, n is an integer in the range of 1 to 6, and m is a numeral in the range of 0 to 20.