Softening and conditioning fibers with imidazolinium compounds

摘要

Novel imidazolinium compounds, and a method of using the compounds for softening and conditioning fibers, hair and skin and as surfactants, and debonders for cellulose pulp having the general formula: <IMAGE> wherein R1 is an n-alkyl, branched alkyl, alkenyl, branched alkenyl alkadienyl or branched alkadienyl group containing 8 to 21 carbon atoms; R2 is a radical selected from the group consisting of (a) -OH, (b) amide radicals each of which has the structure <IMAGE> (c) a substituted imidazolinium group which has the structure: <IMAGE> R3 is a radical which has the structure <IMAGE> or -OR5; R4 is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing 1 to 17 carbon atoms; R5 is R1 or mono or dialkyl phenyl; A is an integer of from 0 to 20 and B is an integer of from 0 to 20 and A+B>0; x is either chlorine or bromine are provided.