It can react with benzyl chloride to produce benzyl quaternary ammonium salts, widely used in bactericides, textiles, and paper-making auxiliaries; it can react with methyl chloride, dimethyl sulfate, diethyl sulfate, and other quaternization raw materials to produce cationic quaternary ammonium salts, widely used in textiles, daily chemicals, and oilfield applications; it can react with sodium chloroacetate to produce amphoteric surfactant betaines; and it can react with hydrogen peroxide to produce oxoamines for use as foaming agents.
