| abstract |
THE PRODUCTS OF THIS INVENTION CONFORM, IN GENERAL, TO THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURE: X-OOC-CH(-R)-CH2-COO-Z WHEREIN R IS A STRAIGHT OR BRANCHED CHAIN ALKENYL RADICAL CONTAINING FROM 6 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS; X OR Z OR BOTH ARE CATIONS OF MICROBIOCIDAL QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; OR EITHER X OR Z IS SUCH A QUATERNARY AMMONIUM CATION AND THE OTHER IS HYDROGEN OR AN ALIALI METAL CATION SUCH AS SODIUM, POTASSIUM, ETC., OR AN EQUIVALENT SUCH AS AMMONIUM OR TRIETHANOLAMMONIUM CATION. |