Post 427515 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=11309.msg42751500#msg42751500)
(moo: "OTC fabric softener phase transfer catalysts", Novel Discourse),And another question of yet more importance - what happens when one adds a quat ammonium salt to a strong alkali? Aren't tertiary amines supposed to form (which can bee determined by their smell?) Does it happen at RT?
On addition of NaOH R4N+ X- will form R4N+ OH- at RT.
Quat ammonium salts decompose when heated at ~100-110°C.