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Cationic textile agent compositions having an improved cold water solubility
Assignee: Henkel AG and Co KGaA
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Filing: 1976-06-07
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Granted: 1979-01-23
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Expires: 1996-06-07
Abstract
Abstract Cationic textile agent compositions having improved cold water solubility consisting of from 99% to 70% by weight of at least one catonic textile brighening agent, a long-chain compound which contains basic salt-forming nitrogen atoms, and from 1% to 30% by weight of salt of the condensation product of a primary amine of the formula R -- NH.sub.2 wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkadienyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl, with from 6 to 30 mols of an alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, reacted at a temperature of from 40° C to 100° C under a pressure of at least one excess atmosphere in the presence of at least 5 mols of water per mol of amine and the absence of an alkoxylation catalyst, said salt being of an anion of an acid selected from the group consisting of inorganic acids and low-molecular-weight organic acids; as well as the method of improving the cold water solubility of cationic textile brightening agents by adding thereto from 1% to 30% by weight of the above salt of the condensation product.
Inventors
- 👤 Manfred Petzold
- 👤 Gunter Uphues
- 👤 Peter Waltenberger
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/001; D; D06; D06M; D06M13/00; D06M13/322; D06M13/46; D06M13/463
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
246 words
Cationic textile agent compositions having improved cold water solubility consisting of (1) from 99% to 70% by weight of a cationic textile brightening agent compound containing basic salt-forming nitrogen atoms selected from the group consisting of amino, imino and quaternary ammonium groups and a higher molecular weight alkanoyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, in the form of a salt of a lower carboxylic acid having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and (2) from 1% to 30% by weight of a salt condensation product of a primary amine of the formula R -- NH.sub.2 wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkadienyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl, with from 6 to 30 mols of an alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, reacted at a temperature of from 40° C. to 100° C. under a pressure of at least one excess atmosphere in the presence of at least 5 mols of water per mol of amine and the absense of alkoxylation catalyst, said salt being of an anion of an acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, alkanoic acids having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkane polycarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
246 words
Cationic textile agent compositions having improved cold water solubility consisting of (1) from 99% to 70% by weight of a cationic textile brightening agent compound containing basic salt-forming nitrogen atoms selected from the group consisting of amino, imino and quaternary ammonium groups and a higher molecular weight alkanoyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, in the form of a salt of a lower carboxylic acid having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and (2) from 1% to 30% by weight of a salt condensation product of a primary amine of the formula R -- NH.sub.2 wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkadienyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl, with from 6 to 30 mols of an alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, reacted at a temperature of from 40° C. to 100° C. under a pressure of at least one excess atmosphere in the presence of at least 5 mols of water per mol of amine and the absense of alkoxylation catalyst, said salt being of an anion of an acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, alkanoic acids having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkane polycarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said salt of a condensation product is present in an amount of from 2% to 20% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said alkylene oxide is a mixture of from 6 to 20 mols of ethylene oxide and 2 to 10 mols of propylene oxide in a molar ratio of from 3:1 to 10:1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein R is aliphatic and has from 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said acid forming the salt of said condensation product is selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid and citric acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is a fatty acid amidoamine derivative from fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is a condensation product from (1) fatty acid amidoamine derivatives of fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines and (2) polyfunctional compounds capable of reacting with a hydrogen bonded to a nitrogen atom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is an esterification product of a fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and a tri-lower alkanolamine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is a partially quaternized fatty acid amidoamine derivative from fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is a partially quaternized condensation product from (1) fatty acid amidoamine derivatives of fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines and (2) polyfunctional compounds capable of reacting with a hydrogen bonded to a nitrogen atom.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cationic textile agent composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is a partially quaternized esterification product of a fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and a tri-lower-alkanolamine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
168 words
The cationic textile composition of claim 1 wherein said cationic textile brightening agent compound is selected from the group consisting of (a) a fatty acid amidoamine derivative from fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines, (b) a condensation product from (1) fatty acid amidoamine derivatives of fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines and (2) polyfunctional compounds capable of reacting with a hydrogen bonded to a nitrogen atom, (c) an esterification product of a fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and a tri-lower-alkanolamine, (d) a partially quaternized fatty acid amidoamine derivative from fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines, (e) a partially quaternized condensation product from (1) fatty acid amidoamine derivatives of fatty acids having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and poly-lower-alkylenepolyamines and (2) polyfunctional compounds capable of reacting with a hydrogen bonded to a nitrogen atom, and (f) a partially quaternized esterification product of a fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and a tri-lower-alkanolamine.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
261 words
A process for improving the solubility of cationic textile brightening agent compounds in cold water consisting essentially of adding to a cationic textile brightening agent compound containing basic salt-forming nitrogen atoms selected from the group consisting of amino, imino and quaternary ammonium groups and a higher molecular weight alkanoyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, in the form of a salt of a lower carboxylic acid having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in molten form, from 1% to 30% by weight of a salt of the condensation product of a primary amine of the formula R -- NH.sub.2 wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkadienyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl, with from 6 to 30 mols of an alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, reacted at a temperature of from 40° C. to 100° C. under a pressure of at least one excess atmosphere in the presence of at least 5 mols of water per mol of amine and the absence of alkoxylation catalyst, said salt being of an anion of an acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, alkanoic acids having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkane polycarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and recovering a cationic textile agent composition having cold water solubility.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
261 words
A process for improving the solubility of cationic textile brightening agent compounds in cold water consisting essentially of adding to a cationic textile brightening agent compound containing basic salt-forming nitrogen atoms selected from the group consisting of amino, imino and quaternary ammonium groups and a higher molecular weight alkanoyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, in the form of a salt of a lower carboxylic acid having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in molten form, from 1% to 30% by weight of a salt of the condensation product of a primary amine of the formula R -- NH.sub.2 wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, alkadienyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl, with from 6 to 30 mols of an alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, reacted at a temperature of from 40° C. to 100° C. under a pressure of at least one excess atmosphere in the presence of at least 5 mols of water per mol of amine and the absence of alkoxylation catalyst, said salt being of an anion of an acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, alkanoic acids having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkane polycarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and recovering a cationic textile agent composition having cold water solubility.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 13 wherein over 50% of water is also added.
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