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Detergents containing water-soluble copolymers containing as copolymerized units monomers having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds
Assignee: BASF SE
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Filing: 1988-05-10
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Granted: 1990-01-30
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Expires: 2008-05-10
Abstract
Abstract A surfactant-based detergent contains water-soluble copolymers which contain (a) from 99.5 to 15 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids, (b) from 0.5 to 20 mol % or one or more comonomers which have two or more ethylenically unsaturated nonconjugated double bonds and are derived from esters, (c) from 0 to 84.5 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 4 - to C 6 -dicarboxylic acids, (d) from 0 to 20 mol % of one or more hydroxyalkyl esters of monoethlenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -carboxlic acids and (e) from 0 to 30 mol % of other water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (a) to (d) as copolymerized units, with the proviso that the sum of the mol % ages (a) to (e) is always 100 and which have a Fikentscher K value of from 8 to 120.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfgang Trieselt
- 👤 Richard Baur
- 👤 Ekhard Winkler
- 👤 Paul Diessel
- 👤 Hans-Peter Seelmann-Eggebert
- 👤 Dieter Boeckh
- 👤 Heinrich Hartmann
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CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3746; C11D3/3757; C08; C08F; C08F220/00; C08F220/02; C08F220/04; C11D3/3761
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
280 words
A surfactant-based detergent composition which contains from 0.5 to 25% by weight of a water-soluble copolymer which contains (a) from 99.5 to 15 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids, (b) from 0.5 to 20 mol % of one or more comonomers which contain two or more ethylenically unsaturated nonconjugated double bonds and which are derived from esters obtainable by esterification of (b1) monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids with (b2) polyhydric C 2 - to C 6 -alcohols, water-soluble or water-insoluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of up to about 400, water-soluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from above about 400 to 10,000, polyglycerols having a molecular weight of up to 2,000, polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of up to 10,000 and monohydric, monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -alcohols, (c) from 0 to 84.5 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 4 - to C 6 -dicarboxylic acids, (d) from 0 to 20 mol % of one or more hydroxyalkyl esters of from 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the hydroxyalkyl group of monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -carboxylic acids and (e) from 0 to 30 mol % of other water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (a), (b), (c) and (d) as copolymerized units, with the proviso that the sum of the mol percentages (a) to (e) is always 100, and which has a K value of from 8 to 120 (determined on the sodium salt by the Fikentscher method on a 1% strength by weight aqueous solution at 25° C. and pH 7).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
280 words
A surfactant-based detergent composition which contains from 0.5 to 25% by weight of a water-soluble copolymer which contains (a) from 99.5 to 15 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids, (b) from 0.5 to 20 mol % of one or more comonomers which contain two or more ethylenically unsaturated nonconjugated double bonds and which are derived from esters obtainable by esterification of (b1) monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids with (b2) polyhydric C 2 - to C 6 -alcohols, water-soluble or water-insoluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of up to about 400, water-soluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from above about 400 to 10,000, polyglycerols having a molecular weight of up to 2,000, polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of up to 10,000 and monohydric, monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -alcohols, (c) from 0 to 84.5 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 4 - to C 6 -dicarboxylic acids, (d) from 0 to 20 mol % of one or more hydroxyalkyl esters of from 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the hydroxyalkyl group of monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -carboxylic acids and (e) from 0 to 30 mol % of other water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (a), (b), (c) and (d) as copolymerized units, with the proviso that the sum of the mol percentages (a) to (e) is always 100, and which has a K value of from 8 to 120 (determined on the sodium salt by the Fikentscher method on a 1% strength by weight aqueous solution at 25° C. and pH 7).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
159 words
A detergent composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein said water-soluble copolymer contains (a) from 99.5 to 80 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids and (b) from 0.5 to 20 mol % of one or more comonomers which contain two or more ethylenically unsaturated nonconjugated double bonds and which are derived from esters obtainable by esterification of (b1) monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids with (b2) polyhydric C 2 - to C 6 -alcohols, water-soluble or water-insoluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of up to about 400, water-soluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from above about 400 to 10,000, polyglycerols having a molecular weight of up to 2,000, polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of up to 10,000 and monohydric, monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -alcohols, as copolymerized units and have a K value of from 8 to 120.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
222 words
A detergent composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein said water-soluble copolymer contains (a) from 99 to 15 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids, (b) from 0.5 to 15 mol % of one or more comonomers which contain two or more ethylenically unsaturated nonconjugated double bonds and which are derived from esters obtainable by esterification of (b1) monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -monocarboxylic acids with (b2) polyhydric C 2 - to C 6 -alcohols, water-soluble or water-insoluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of up to about 400, water-soluble polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from above about 400 to 10,000, polyglycerols having a molecular weight of up to 2,000, polyvinyl alcohol having a molecular weight of up to 10,000 and monohydric, monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 - to C 6 -alcohols, (c) from 0.5 to 84.5 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C 4 - to C 6 -dicarboxylic acids as copolymerized units, with the proviso that the sum of the mol percentages (a) to (c) is always 100 and which has a K value of from 12 to 100 (determined on a 1% strength by weight aqueous solution of the Na salt of the copolymer at 25° C. and pH 7 by the Fikentscher method).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A detergent as claimed in claim 1 wherein said water-soluble copolymer which contains as copolymerized monomer (b) units one or more compounds preparable by esterification of (b1) acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and (b2) ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of up to 2,000, glycerol, polyglycerols having a molecular weight of up to 2,000, pentaerythritol, monosaccharides and neopentylglycol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A detergent composition as claimed in claim 1 which is phosphate-free and contains one or more of said water-soluble copolymers in an amount of from 2 to 10% by weight.
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