Abstract: Aliphatic surface active compounds containing a propylene chain bonded at one end to a cationic quaternary ammonium group and at the other end to an amphoteric amine oxide group, and methods of making and using them.

Abstract: Aliphatic surface active compounds containing a propylene chain bonded at one end to a cationic quaternary ammonium group and at the other end to an amphoteric amine oxide group, and methods of making and using them.

Abstract: Di- and other poly-sulfosuccinate esters of di- and other poly-hydroxyl aromatic propoxylated compounds in which, by way of illustration, both of the hydroxyl groups of a bisphenol, for instance, Bisphenol A, are etherified with a propylene oxide .alpha.-epoxide, the free hydroxyl groups of the resulting propoxylated bisphenol then being esterified with a sufficient amount of maleic anhydride whereby the resulting intermediate acid ester compound comprises di- and/or poly-maleic acid esters having free carboxyl groups which are then esterified with propylene oxide .alpha.-epoxide to produce a further intermediate having a free hydroxyl group at each of its terminal ends; and after which said last-mentioned intermediate is reacted to introduce at least two sulfosuccinated groups into the final compound, for instance, by reaction with aqueous bisulfite.