EP0693550A2
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Fabric bleaching composition
Assignee: BASF Schweiz AG
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Filing: 1995-07-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-07-12
Abstract
Abstract A fabric bleaching composition comprising a peroxy compound and a specified manganese complex is disclosed, as well as a process for bleaching and/or cleaning a fabric by contacting it with said fabric bleaching composition.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Pierre Bacher
- 👤 Claude Dr. Eckhardt
- 👤 Dieter Dr. Reinehr
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 10:50
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07F; C07F13/00; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/39; C11D3/3902; C11D3/3905; C11D3/3932
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 47
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A fabric bleaching composition comprising a) a peroxy compound; and b) 0.0005 to 0.5%, by weight of manganese, of one or more water-soluble manganese complexes having one of the formulae (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17) or (18): or in which R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are the same or different and each is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl; R₅ is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, halogen, cyano, N(optionally substituted alkyl)₂, N ⊕ (optionally substituted alkyl)₃ or a water-solubilising group; R₆ and R₇ are the same or different and each is NH-CO-NH₂, a group of formula or a group of formula Y is optionally substituted alkylene or cyclohexylene; X is OH, NH₂, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; m is 2 or 3; q is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and A is an anion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 comprising a) a peroxy compound; and b) 0.005 to 0.05%, by weight of manganese, of one or more water-soluble manganese complexes having one of the formulae (1) to (18).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 or 2 in which a water solubilising group R₅ is SO₃M in which M is defined in claim 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of the preceding claims in which a complex of formula (1) is present in which each R₁ is hydrogen, Y is an ethylene bridge, -CH₂CH₂-NH-CH₂CH₂- or -CH₂CH₂-N(CH₃)-CH₂CH₂- and n is 2.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 4 in which one sulfo group is present in each benzene ring.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 5 in which the sulfo group is in para position to the oxygen atom.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a complex of formula (2) is present in which R₂ is hydrogen and X is OH.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a complex of formula (3) is present in which R₃ is hydrogen and R₄ is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 8 in which each SO₃M group is in para position to the respective oxygen atom.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a complex of formula (4) is present in which R₁ is hydrogen.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 10 in which each SO₃M group is in para position to the respective oxygen atom.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a complex of formula (5), (6), (7) or (8) is present in which R₁ is hydrogen or methyl, q is 1, R₅ is hydrogen, methyl or SO₃Na, Y is -CH₂CH₂- or cyclohexylene and A is a chloride, chlorate, acetate, hydroxy, methoxy or PF₆ anion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 12 in which each SO₃Na group is in para position to the respective oxygen atom.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a complex of formula (9) is present in which R₆ and R₇ are the same and A, when present, is acetate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a compound of formula (11) or (12) is used in which R₁ is hydrogen, n is 0 and A is acetate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a compound of formula (13) is used in which R₁ is hydrogen, m is 2 or 3 and A is acetate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a compound of formula (14) is used in which R₁ is hydrogen, m is 2 and A is chloride.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a compound of formula (15) is used in which m is 2 and A is chloride.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a compound of formula (16) is used in which m is 2 and A is acetate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 3 in which a compound of formula (17) is used in which A is perchlorate.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of the preceding claims in which the peroxy component a) is hydrogen peroxide, a compound which liberates hydrogen peroxide, a peroxyacid, a peroxyacid bleach precursor or a mixture thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 21 in which the compound which liberates hydrogen peroxide is an alkali metal peroxide, -perborate, -percarbonate, -perphosphate or -persulfate; peroxylauric acid, peroxybenzoic acid, diperoxyisophthalic acid, 1,12-diperoxydodecanedioic acid or urea peroxide; or a mixture thereof.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 22 in which the compound which liberates hydrogen peroxide is sodium percarbonate or sodium perborate.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 21 in which the peroxyacid bleach precursor is a benz(4H)-1,3-oxazin-4-one derivative 2-(N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium) ethyl sodium-4-sulfophenyl carbonate chloride (SPCC) N-octyl,N,N-dimethyl-N10-carbophenoxy decyl ammonium chloride (ODC) 3-(N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium) propyl sodium 4-sulfophenyl carboxylate N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium toluyloxy benzene sulfonate sodium-4-benzoyloxy benzene sulfonate (SBOBS) N,N,N',N'-tetraacetyl ethylene diamine (TAED) sodium-1-methyl-2-benzoyloxy benzene-4-sulfonate sodium-4-methyl-3-benzoyloxy benzoate and sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate (NOBS).
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 24 in which the peroxyacid bleach precursor is a substituted 2-phenyl-benz(4H)-1,3-oxazin-4-one, sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate or N,N,N',N'-tetraacetyl ethylene diamine.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of the preceding claims 21 in which the amount of the peroxy compound is 0.5 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 26 in which the amount of the peroxy compound is 2 to 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of the preceding claims which also comprises a surfactant and a detergent builder.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 28 comprising 5-50% of an anionic surfactant and/or a nonionic surfactant.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 29 comprising 5-25% of an anionic surfactant and/or a nonionic surfactant.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 29 or 30 in which the anionic surfactant is a sulfate, sulfonate or carboxylate surfactant, or a mixture thereof.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 29 or 30 in which the nonionic surfactant is a condensate of ethylene oxide with a C₉-C₁₅ primary alcohol having 3-8 moles of ethylene oxide per mole.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 28 comprising 5-80% of a detergent builder.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 33 comprising 10-60% of a detergent builder.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 33 or 34 in which the detergent builder is an alkali metal phosphate; a carbonate or bicarbonate; a silicate; an aluminosilicate; a polycarboxylate; a polycarboxylic acid; an organic phosphonate; an aminoalkylene poly (alkylene phosphonate); or a mixture of these.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of the preceding claims in which a protease, cellulase, lipase, oxidase or amylase enzyme is present.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of the preceding claims which is in powder or granulate form.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 1 to 36 which is in liquid form and contains 0-5% water.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 38 which is in liquid form and contains 0-1% water.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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A process for the production of a composition as claimed in claim 31 in which the components are mixed in dry form.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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A process for the production of a composition as claimed in claim 37 in which a base powder is produced by spray-drying an aqueous slurry which contains all the components, apart from the components a) and b); then adding the components a) and b) by dry-blending them into the base powder.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
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A process for the production of a composition as claimed in claim 37 in which the component b) is added to an aqueous slurry containing the surfactant and builder components, followed by spray-drying the slurry prior to dry-blending component a) into the mixture.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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A process for the production of a composition as claimed in claim 37 in which a nonionic surfactant component is not present, or is only partly present in an aqueous slurry containing anionic surfactant and builder components; component b) is incorporated into the nonionic surfactant component, which is then added to the spray-dried base powder; and finally component a) is dry-blended into the mixture.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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A bleaching and/or cleaning process comprising contacting a fabric to be bleached and/or cleaned with an effective amount of a fabric bleaching composition according to any of claims 1 to 39.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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A process according to claim 44 in which the amount of the fabric bleaching composition used is such that the amount of manganese complex b) provides from 0.001 to 100 ppm of manganese in the bleaching and/or cleaning bath.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
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A process according to claim 45 in which the amount of the fabric bleaching composition used is such that the amount of manganese complex b) provides from 0.01 to 20 ppm of manganese in the bleaching and/or cleaning bath.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
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A compound having one of the formulae: or in which R₁, R₅, m, n, q and A are as defined in claim 1, provided that in the compounds of formula (5), q is 2 or 3.
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