Patent ID: 7951842

Claim:
A cosmetic composition comprising a mixture of compounds having the general formula (I) R 1 —CONH—X—NR 2 R 3 —R 4 -y (I) in which R 1 represents an alkyl or alkenyl moiety containing 11 to 21 carbon atoms, X stands for a (CH 2 ) n — group and n is an integer from 1 to 6, R 2 and R 3 independently represent an alkyl moiety with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an hydrogen atom, R 4 is a C 1 -alkylene, and Y stands for a COO— group, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is prepared by reacting the oil from Theobroma grandiflorum comprising a mixture of fatty acids in the following distribution: about 0.0-1% myristic acid, about 5.0-10.0% palmitic acid, about 25-35% stearic acid, about 30-50% oleic acid, about 2-5% linoleic acid, abut 0.0-1% linolenic acid, about 10-15% arachidonic acid and about 0.0-3% behenic acid with an amine of the formula (II) H 2 N—X—NR 2 R 3 (II) and subsequently reaction with sodium monchloracetate, and wherein the compound of formula (I) is present in a cosmetic composition.