Patent ID: 6172027
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: C08F,C11D

Abstract:
A detergent, comprisingat least one surfactant; anda water-soluble copolymer as color transfer inhibitor,wherein the copolymer comprises:(a) 5-16 mol % of N-vinylimidazole or 4-vinylpyridine N-oxide units,(b) 95-50 mol % of methyl-N-vinylimidazole units, and(c) 0-30 mol % of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer units derived from a vinyl ester of a saturated carboxylic acid, an ester of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid derived, in each case, from an alcohol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylamide or methacrylamide,wherein the total of (a), (b) and (c) in mol % is 100, and the copolymer has average molecular weight M.sub.w of more than 50,000.