Patent ID: 7341715

Claim:
A preparation for permanently deforming hair having a pH of 6.5 to 9.5 and containing, as keratin-reducing agent, a 2-mercapto-propionamide of the formula (I): in which R 1 and R2, independently of one another, represent H, a linear or branched alkylaminoalkyl group with 2 to 8 carbon atoms, or a morpholinoalkyl group with 2 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl portion of the morpholinoalkyl group, or in which R 1 and R2, together with the nitrogen atom, form a five- or six-membered heterocyclic ring, which optionally contain an additional N or 0 and are optionally substituted with one or two OH and/or methyl groups with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not simultaneously H.