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alkyl ester ammonium salt
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Definition "quaternary ammonium compound containing one, or more often two, weak ester linkages in the molecular structure" Reference "Torben Madsen, Helle Buchardt Boyd, Dorthe Nylén, Anne Rathmann Pedersen, Gitte I. Petersen and Flemming Simonsen. Environmental Project, 615, 2001 'Environmental and Health Assessment of Substances in Household Detergents and Cosmetic Detergent Products' (7.5.2021). > 5.4 Alkyl ester ammonium salts (p. 83)"
Comment This group of cationic surfactants consists of at least three different types of esters: (I) the esterquat (EQ), N-methyl-N,N-bis[2-(C16-18–acyloxy) ethyl]-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate, (II) the diesterquat (DEQ), N,N,N-trimethyl-N-[1,2-di-(C16-18–acyloxy) propyl] ammonium, and (III) the diethyl ester dimethylammonium chloride (DEEDMAC), di-(tallow fatty acid) ester of di-2-hydroxyethyl dimethylammonium chloride.