Nitrogen-containing polyoxyalkylene detergent compositions

Claim 1

A SURFACE ACTIVE MIXTURE OF CONJUGATED POLYOXYALKYLENE COMPOUNDS CONSISTING OF OXYPROPYLENE GROUPS, OXYETHYLENE GROUPS AND THE NUCLEUS OF A NITROGEN-CONTAINING REACTIVE HYDROGEN COMPOUND HAVING NOT NORE THAN 6 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE AND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA, PRIMARY ALKYL AMINES, ALKYLENE POLYAMINES, ALKANOLAMINES, PIPERAZINE AND CARBON-SUBSTITUTED ALKYLPIPERAZINES, HYDROXYLAMINE AND AMINOPHENOL, THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPOUNDS BEING SUCH THAT ALL OF THE OXYPROPYLENE GROUPS ARE PRESENT IN OXYPROPYLENE CHAINS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE REACTIVE HYDROGEN COMPOUND AT THE SITES OF THE REACTIVE HYDROGEN ATOMS, AND ALL OF THE OXYETHYLENE GROUPS ARE PRESENT IN OXYETHYLENE CHAINS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE ENDS OF THE OXYPROPYLENE CHAINS, THE AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE OXYPROPYLENE CHAINS BEING AT LEAST ABOUT 900 AND TO ABOUT 25,000, AND THE OXYETHYLENE GROUPS BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SO AS TO CONSTITUTE FROM 20 TO 90 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE MIXTURE OF COMPOUNDS.