1. Ko ngā tote ammonia kuaterana he matū i hangaia mā te whakakapi i ngā ngota hauwai e whā i roto i ngā katote ammonia ki ngā rōpū alkyl.

He matū horoi cationic ēnei, he tino pai ngā āhuatanga patu huakita, ā, ko te wāhanga whai hua o tā rātou mahi patu huakita ko te rōpū cationic i hangaia e te huinga o ngā pakiaka rauropi me ngā ngota hauota.
2. Mai i te tau 1935, i te kitenga o ngā Tiamana i te pānga patu huakita o te whakapūngatanga alkyl dimethyl ammonium, i whakamahia e rātou hei rongoā i ngā kākahu hōia hei ārai i te mate patunga. Ko te rangahau i ngā rauemi patu huakita tote ammonium quaternary kua noho hei kaupapa matua o te aro o ngā kairangahau. He pai ngā āhuatanga patu huakita o ngā rauemi patu huakita i hangaia ki ngā tote ammonium quaternary, ā, ka taea te whakamahi whānui i roto i ngā mara maha pērā i te rongoā, te maimoatanga wai, me te kai.
3. Ko ngā mahi a ngā tote ammonia quaternary ko:

Ngā patu harore ahuwhenua, ngā patu huakita i ngā wāhi tūmatanui, ngā patu huakita wai e rere ana, ngā patu huakita ahumoana, ngā patu huakita hauora, ngā patu huakita whare kararehe me te heihei, ngā patu huakita tai whero, ngā patu huakita rimurimu kikorangi-kakariki, me ētahi atu mara patu huakita. He tino pai ngā pānga patu huakita o ngā tote ammonia quaternary Gemini, ā, he iti hoki te utu whānui.

Tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB), e mōhiotia ana ko te tetrabutylammonium bromide.

He tote rauropi tēnei ko tōna tātai ngota C₁₆H₃₆BrN.

He tioata mā, he paura rānei te hua parakore, he ngawari te ahua, he kakara motuhake. He pumau i te pāmahana rūma me te pēhanga hau. Ka wairewa ki te wai, te waipiro, me te acetone, he paku wairewa ki te benzene.

Ce whakamahia whānuitia ana hei takawaenga i roto i te hanganga rauropi, te whakakorikori whakawhiti āhua, me te matū tauhohe takirua katote.