Patent ID: 6939840

Claim:
A disinfectant composition comprising: i) an amine and, optionally a quaternary ammonium salt, the amine (Ia) has formula: where R 1 is C 6-18 -alkyl; and the quaternary ammonium salt has the formula: where R 2 is benzyl or C 6-18 -alkyl; R 3 is C 1-18 -alkyl or —[(CH 2 ) 2 —O] n R 6 where n=1-20; R 4 and R 5 independently of one another are C 1-4 -alkyl; R 6 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; and A − is a monovalent anion or one equivalent of a polyvalent anion of an inorganic or organic acid, and (ii) at least one alkanolamine of the formula; where m and, if present, o and p independently of one another have the value 2 or 3; and x and y independently of one another have the value 0 or 1, or a corresponding salt; in the mass ratio (I):(II): of 20:1 to 1:20.