Process for treating fibre materials

Claim 2

A process for dyeing or printing textile fiber materials which contain hydroxyl or amide groups comprising treating the textile fiber materials before or after the dyeing or printing with a polymeric compound which is produced by reacting A. a reaction product (1.) of a dihalogenohydrocarbon and/or dihalogenoalkyl ether and (2.) of a polyamine which contains primary amino groups, secondary amino groups, tertiary amino groups, amide groups, urethane, and/or urea groups, ether groups or mixtures thereof said (1.) and (2.) being present in a molar ratio of 0.1 to 1.8:1 with B. an epihalogenohydrin or a 1,3-dihalogeno-2-hydroxy -propane in a molar ratio of 0.2 mole to 5.0 moles of epihalogenohydrin per mole of base nitrogen of component A.

Claim 3

A process according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric compound is produced by reacting 1. (a) a dihalogenohydrocarbon of the formula ##STR8## wherein X denotes a halogen atom, R denotes hydrogen or an unsubstituted or hydroxyl-substituted C 1 -C 4 -alkyl radical and A denotes a C 2 - to C 6 -alkylene, cyclohexylene or a xylylene group, and/or (b) a dihalogenoether of the formula ##STR9## wherein X denotes a halogen atom, R 1 and R 2 , independently of each other, denote hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, an unsubstituted or hydroxyl-substituted C 1 -C 4 -alkyl radical, B and B', independently of each other, denote a C 2 - to C 6 -alkylene radical and a denotes 1 or 2, and

Claim 4

(a) a polyamine which contains a primary and/or secondary and optially tertiary amino group and has the formula α-γ ##STR10## in which R 3 , R 4 and R 5 , independently of one another, denote hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 -alkyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by a hydroxyl, cyano or carboxamide group, m denotes a whole number from 1 to 5 and n denotes a whole number of at least 2, (β) ##STR11## in which Y stands for oxygen, sulphur, --O--CH 2 --CH 2 --O or --S--CH 2 --CH 2 --S--, R 6 stands for a hydrogen atom or methyl-, x stands for a whole number from 1 to 5 and z stands for a whole number from 2 to 5, and (γ) ##STR12## in which R 7 stands for a C 1 - to C 18 -alkyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by an amino or hydroxyl group, R 8 and R 9 , independently of each other, stand for hydrogen or methyl and p and q stand for a whole number from 1 to 5, (δ) 1,4=diaminocyclohexane, aminoethylpiperazine, 4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane and/or (ε) a polyaminie obtanable by polymerization of 1,2-alkyleneimines, and/or (b) a polyamideamine having a molecular weight of at least 1,000, prepared from: (α) aliphatic polyamines which contain at least two amino groups capable of amide formation and at least one further secondary or tertiary amino group, (β) aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acids having 2 to 12 C atoms or their functional derivatives, and/or (γ) aminocarboxylic acids which contain 3-6 C atoms, or the lactams thereof, and/or (c) a polyetheramine, and/or (d) a polyurethane having secondary amino groups and/or (e) a polyrea having secondary amino group, where 1. and 2a. are reacted in a molar ratio of 0.7 to 1.8:1, and/or 0.1 to 0.7:1 for 2b-2e, with (B) an epihalogenohydrin or 1,3-diahalogeno-2-hydroxypropane, in a molar ratio of 0.2 to 5.0 moles, of component B per mole of base nitrogen of component A.

Claim 5

(a) a polyamine which contains a primary and/or secondary and optially tertiary amino group and has the formula α-γ ##STR10## in which R 3 , R 4 and R 5 , independently of one another, denote hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 -alkyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by a hydroxyl, cyano or carboxamide group, m denotes a whole number from 1 to 5 and n denotes a whole number of at least 2, (β) ##STR11## in which Y stands for oxygen, sulphur, --O--CH 2 --CH 2 --O or --S--CH 2 --CH 2 --S--, R 6 stands for a hydrogen atom or methyl-, x stands for a whole number from 1 to 5 and z stands for a whole number from 2 to 5, and (γ) ##STR12## in which R 7 stands for a C 1 - to C 18 -alkyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted by an amino or hydroxyl group, R 8 and R 9 , independently of each other, stand for hydrogen or methyl and p and q stand for a whole number from 1 to 5, (δ) 1,4=diaminocyclohexane, aminoethylpiperazine, 4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane and/or (ε) a polyaminie obtanable by polymerization of 1,2-alkyleneimines, and/or (b) a polyamideamine having a molecular weight of at least 1,000, prepared from: (α) aliphatic polyamines which contain at least two amino groups capable of amide formation and at least one further secondary or tertiary amino group, (β) aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acids having 2 to 12 C atoms or their functional derivatives, and/or (γ) aminocarboxylic acids which contain 3-6 C atoms, or the lactams thereof, and/or (c) a polyetheramine, and/or (d) a polyurethane having secondary amino groups and/or (e) a polyrea having secondary amino group, where 1. and 2a. are reacted in a molar ratio of 0.7 to 1.8:1, and/or 0.1 to 0.7:1 for 2b-2e, with (B) an epihalogenohydrin or 1,3-diahalogeno-2-hydroxypropane, in a molar ratio of 0.2 to 5.0 moles, of component B per mole of base nitrogen of component A.

Claim 6

A process according to claim 2, wherein the polymeric compound is produced by reacting A. a reaction product of a dihalogenohydrocarbon 1.(a) and a polyamine 2.(a)(α),(γ),(δ) and/or (ε) and/or a polyamideamine 2.(b) and B. epichlorohydirn or 1,3-dichloro-2-hydroxypropane.

Claim 7

A process according to claim 2, wherein the polymeric compound is produced by reacting A. a reaction product of 1. 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloropropane, 1-chloro-3-bromopropane, 1,6-dichlorohexane and/or p-xylylene dichloride and 2. a polyamideamine of diethylenetriamine and adipic acid having an average molecular wight of from 3,000-10,000 in a molar ratio of 0.1 to 0.5:1 and/or hexamethylenediamine and/or aminoethylpiperazine and/or an amine ##STR13## with b=2 or 3 and/or a polyethyleneimine in a molar ratio of 0.1 to 0.6:1 and B. epichlorohydrin in a molar ratio of 1.3 to 3.0 moles of epichlorohydrin per mole of base nitrogen of component A.

Claim 8

A process according to claim 1, wherein the treatment is effected by an exhaust or continuous method.

Claim 9

A process according to claim 1, wherein the treatment is carried out after dyeing or printing.

Claim 10

A process according to claim 1, wherein the fiber material is selected from the group consisting of cellulose and wool.

Claim 11

A process according to claim 2, wherein n is 2 to 6.

Claim 12

A process according to claim 2, wherein the functional derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acids are selected from the group consisting of anhydrides, esters, semi-esters and amides.

Claim 13

A process according to claim 2, wherein 1. and 2a. are reacted in a molar ratio of 0.9 to 1.5:1.

Claim 14

A process according to claim 2, wherein the molar ratio of B per mole of base nitrogen of A is 1.0 to 3.0 moles.