Abstract
A series of new amphoteric surfactants having a phosphoric acid group, a tertiary amino group and a 2‐hydroxyalkyl group, sodium 2‐(N‐2‐hydroxyalkyl‐N‐methyl‐amino)ethyl hydrogen phosphates (alkyl: n‐tetradecyl, n‐hexadecyl, n‐octadecyl), were prepared by an addition reaction of 1,2‐epoxyalkanes to N‐methylaminoethanol, followed by the introduction of a phosphoric acid group and neutralization with sodium hydroxide. The structures of these compounds were confirmed by spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The solubility in solvents, Krafft point, surface tension, critical micelle concentration (CMC), occupation area of the molecule at the surface of aqueous solutions and foaming power were measured. It was shown that a 2‐hydroxyethyl group in a long alkyl chain seemed to behave as a hydrophobic part.
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