Patent ID: 6255274
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
Detergents and cleaning agents comprising a comb polymer obtained by condensation ofa) a polycarboxylic acid or a polymeric alcohol as the backbone, both having a molecular weight from 1000 to 2,000,000 g/mol,b) one or more optionally sulfo-substituted polyalcohols having 2 to 4 OH groups or polyglycols of the formula HO--(XO).sub.a --H, in which X is C.sub.2 H.sub.4 and/or C.sub.3 H.sub.7 and a is a number from 2 to 35,c) one or more optionally sulfonated C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -dicarboxylic acids andd) one or more compounds of the formulae NH.sub.2 R, NHR.sub.2, ROH, R.sup.1 COOH, HO(XO).sub.b --H and HO(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.d SO.sub.3 K, in which R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl, R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -sulfoalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -sulfoaryl, X is C.sub.2 H.sub.4 and/or C.sub.3 H.sub.7, b is a number from 3 to 40, d is a number from 1 to 10, and K is a cation, as soil release polymers.