Patent ID: 6172026
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A composition suitable for formation into mild personal cleansing or laundry detergent bars comprising:(a) from about 50% to about 90% by weight of a mixture of an anionic surfactants comprisingi) an alpha sulfonated alkyl ester of the formula ##STR17##wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 alkyl, R.sub.2 is a straight or branched chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, and M is hydrogen or sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, monoethanolammonium, diethanolammonium, triethanolammonium, or a mixture thereof; andii) a sulfonated fatty acid of the formula ##STR18##wherein R.sub.1 is a C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 alkyl, and each M is independently hydrogen and/or sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, monoethanolammonium, diethanolammonium, triethanolammonium, or a mixture thereof;(b) from about 10% to about 50% by weight of a fatty acid of the formula ##STR19##wherein R.sub.1 is a C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 alkyl, and M is hydrogen and/or sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, monoethanolammonium, diethanolammonium, triethanolammonium, or a mixture thereof; and(c) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight water;wherein the ratio of i) to ii) is from about 8:1 to about 1:2; and wherein the ratio of (a) to (b) is about 9:1 to about 1:1.