Patent ID: 6355608
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: C07C,C11D

Abstract:
A detergent composition comprising an aqueous solution of an alkali metal N-methyltaurate salt of a fatty acid represented by the following formula I:Râ€”COOâˆ’H2N+(CH3)â€”CH2â€”CH2â€”SO3âˆ’X+wherein R denotes a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 7-23, and X denotes an alkali metal, and wherein the concentration of said alkali metal N-methyltaurate salt of a fatty acid in the detergent is at least 50 mole percent based on the total moles of an alkali metal N-methyltaurate salt of a fatty acid and any other alkali metal salt of a fatty acid present in the detergent.