Ditridecyl sodium sulfosuccinate is a chemical compound, dialkyl sulphosuccinate salt or diester salt of 2-sulphosuccinic acid. Various alcohols, acids, malic acid and 2-ethylhexanol can be used for the reaction of this ingredient.

What it is used for and where it is used
Cosmetics
Surfactant - Cleansing agent. Cosmetic products used to cleanse the skin utilise the surface-active action that produces a lowering of the surface tension of the stratum corneum, facilitating the removal of dirt and impurities.

Surfactant - Foam booster. Its function is to introduce gas bubbles into the water for a purely aesthetic factor, which does not affect the cleaning process, but only satisfies the commercial aspect of the detergent by helping to spread the detergent on the hair. This helps in the commercial success of a shampoo formulation. Since sebum has an inhibiting action on the bubble, more foam is produced in the second shampoo.

Surfactant - Hydrotrope (solubilizing agents). A compound that has the property of facilitating the miscibility of other compounds that are poorly soluble in water and does not form micelles in the solubilisation process, even with a chemical reaction of complexation or molecular aggregation. The two fundamental solubilisation factors are the hydrotropic-solute association mediated by the depression of water activity and ionic dissociation.
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CAS: 2673-22-5