| abstract |
A liquid detergent comprising a silicone suds suppressor and a short chain length amine surfactant selected from the formulas (i)-(viii): (i) R1 - NH2; (ii) R1 - N(R2)2; (iii) R1 - N(R2)2 →O; (iv) R1 - (CO) - N (CH2)3 - N (R3)2; (v) R1 - (CO) - N (CH2)3 - N (R3)2 →O; (vi) R1 - (CO) - N (CH2)2 - N (R3)2 →O; (vii) R1 - (CO) - N [(CH2)2 - O]x - N (R3)2 →O; (viii) and mixture thereof, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R2 is a hydrogen or methyl group; R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen, methyl, CH2CH2OH, polyethoxy or polypropoxy group and x is between 1 to 5. |