Hard surface cleaning and disinfecting compositions comprising a tristyrylphenolethoxylate
View Patent ↗Hard surface cleaning and disinfecting compositions comprise a synergistic combination of a cationic surfactant having germicidal properties and a tristyrylphenolalkoxylate compound. The hard surface cleaning and disinfecting compositions provide excellent cleaning and disinfection of hard surfaces.
1. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition which comprises:
(a) at least one cationic surfactant having germicidal properties;
(b) a tristyrylphenolethoxylate compound;
(c) optionally, one or more detersive surfactants;
(d) optionally, one or more organic solvents;
(e) water.
2. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 which is characterized as being essentially free of (d) one or more organic solvents.
3. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 which is characterized as being essentially free of (c) one or more detersive surfactants.
4. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 which is characterized as being essentially free of both (c) one or more detersive surfactants and (d) one or more organic solvents.
5. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 wherein the (a) cationic surfactant having germicidal properties is a quaternary ammonium compound.
6. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 wherein the (b) tristyrylphenolalkoxylate compound may be represented by the following structure:
wherein:
n is a value from 1–50; and,
X represents one or more alkoxy groups.
7. The composition according to claim 6 wherein X represents one or more ethoxy (—OCH 2 CH 2 —) or propoxy (—OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 —) groups.
8. The composition according to claim 7 wherein n has a value from 1–40.
9. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition contains (d) one or more organic solvents are selected from: alcohols, ethers glycol ethers, lower esters of monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, as well as mixtures thereof.
10. A hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition contains (c) one or more detersive surfactants selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, nonionic, cationic and amphoteric surfactants.