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(11) EP 0 460 566 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.05.1992 Bulletin 1992/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.12.1991 Bulletin 1991/50

(21) Application number: 91109015.7

(22) Date of filing: 03.06.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5C11D 1/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB NL SE

(30) Priority: 05.06.1990 JP 146599/90
15.02.1991 JP 42851/91
15.02.1991 JP 42852/91

(71) Applicant: Kao Corporation
Chuo-Ku Tokyo 103 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nozaki, Toshio
    Inba-gun, Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Kojima, Masayo
    Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken (JP)
  • Watanabe, Hiroshi
    Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Detergent composition


    (57) The liquid detergent composition of the present invention contains 5 to 60% by weight of a potassium or alkanolamine salt of a secondary amide-type N-acylamino acid represented by the following general formula (I):



            RCONH(CH₂)nCOOH   (I)



       wherein R represents a straight-chain saturated hydrocarbon acyl group having 10 to 14 carbon atoms; and
       n is a number of 2.
    Further, the detergent composition of the present invention comprises an N-acyl compound (A) represented by the following general formula (II) and surfactant(s) [other than the component (A)] (B) at a weight ratio of (A)/(B) of from 99/1 to 1/1;



            RCONH(CH₂)nCOOM   (II)



       wherein RCO represents a straight-chain acyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms;
       n is an integer of from 1 to 11; and
       M represents an alkali metal or an inorganic or organic ammonium.





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