| abstract |
The invention concerns the use as surface-active agent of a glucoside alkyl urethane (I) which is composed of units of general formula (II) A (O - CO - NH - R)s wherein A represents a glucosyl unit of a starch hydrolysate molecule, the starch hydrolysate having a Dextrose Equivalent (D.E.) ranging from 1 to 47, (O - CO - NH - R) represents an N-alkyl aminocarbonyloxy group replacing a hydroxyl group of the glucosyl unit A, and wherein R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group containing from 3 to 22 carbon atoms, and s represents the number of alkyl carbamate groups per glucosyl unit which number is expressed as degree of substitution (DS) with said DS value ranging from about 0.01 to about 2.0. The invention further relates to novel glucoside alkyl urethanes (I), and a method for their manufacture and to compositions containing one or more of glucoside alkyl urethanes (I). The glucoside alkyl urethanes (I) have good to excellent tensio-active properties in combination with good biodegradability and they are suitable as surfactants for use in household and industrial applications, e.g. as detergents, emulsifiers, emulsion stabilisers, foaming agents, foam stabilisers, dispersants and wetting agents. |