| abstract |
"Cellulose ether, process for producing it, and compositions for personal care and for hair or skin care." a cellulose ether having from 4,000 to 10,000 anhydroglucose repeating units and is substituted with (a) averaging 0.0003 to 0.08 moles per mole of anhydroglucose of a substituent comprising an alkyl or arylalkyl group having from 8 to 24 carbon atoms and (b) a substituent having formula ii wherein each one of R 5, R 6 and R 7 independently is -CH 3 or C 2 H 2. 5 ~, r ^ 8 ^ is - ch ~ 2 ~ choh-ch ~ 2 ~ - or -ch ~ 2 ~ ch ~ 2 ~, a ^ z ^ - is an anion, and z is 1, 2 or 3, useful in Hair and skin care compositions. |