| Chemical Properties | Benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride is white to creamy-white crystalline powder
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| Originator | Cetalkonium
Chloride,Chemische Fabrik Berg |
| Uses | Labelled Cetalkonium Chloride. Cationic quaternary ammonium surfactant germicide and fungicide. Used in leather processing, textile dyeing. A mildew preventive in silicone-based water repellents. Comp
atible with many nonionic detergents. Active in moderately alkaline solutions. Anti-infective (topical). |
| Uses | Benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride is used in leather processing, textile dyeing. A mildew preventive in silicone-based water repellents. Compatible with many nonionic detergents. Active in moderately alkaline solutions.
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| Uses | quaternary ammonium compound for use as germicide and fungicide in ophthalmie products and cosmetics like deodorants; in
leather processing, textile dyeing; as a topical anti-infective. |
| Manufacturing Process | 185 parts of hexadecylamine and 126.5 parts of benzylchloride was stirred at
100°C for 8 hours. After cooling to the crystalline product was added methyl
chloride. N-Hexadecyl-N,N-dimethylbenzenemethanaminium chloride was
obtained. |
| Brand name | Zettyn (Sterling Winthrop). |
| Therapeutic Function | Antiseptic |
| General Description | Benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride is a cationic surfactant. |
| Flammability and Explosibility | Notclassified |
| Safety Profile | Moderately toxic by ingestion. Aneye irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits toxicvapors of NOx and Cl-. |
