Patent GB-741959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to surface active compositions which may be used for laundering, optical bleaching or textile treatments
IPC: D06L4/664
Filed: 1953-07-07
Abstract: Compositions for the optical bleaching of textiles comprise a surface active agent having incorporated therein at least 5 per cent. by weight of 4-methyl-7-diethylamino-coumarin or an equivalent amount of a salt thereof.  The compositions may be liquid or pulverulent.  The surface active agent may be a pulverulent anionically active agent or a liquid polyglycol ether or it may be cationic.  In examples:-(1) one part of the crystalline amino-coumarin is dissolved in 16-23 parts of a 25 per cent aqueous solution of Marseilles soap, and the liquid is dehydrated by atomising to obtain a soap powder; alternatively, the soap may be salted out by the addition of 16-23 parts of saturated sodium chloride solution, and the precipitate (which includes the amino-coumarin) is separated off and dried; the resulting product is ground in a ball mill with 40 times its weight of dried Marseilles soap to form a powder which dissolves even in cold water to give a clear solution; (2) the amino-coumarin is mixed with an aqueous solution of sodium oleyl sulphate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate or a condensation product of naphthalenesulphonic acid and formaldehyde; (3) one part of the amino-coumarin is melted at 60-65 DEG C. with 9 parts of a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 6,000-7,500 and the cooled product is mixed with powdered sodium oleyl sulphate; (4) one part of the amino-coumarin is dissolved in 9 parts of dodecylheptaglycol ether or iso - octylphenyldecaglycol ether at 60 DEG C. and one part of the composition is mixed with 74-210 parts of a 35 per cent paste of sodium lauryl sulphate and water; (5) 15 parts of the amino-coumarin are dissolved in 85 parts of sodium oleyldecaglycolhydroxyacetate at 60-65 DEG C., and one part of this composition is mixed with 74 parts of a 35 per cent paste of sodium lauryl sulphate; (6) 3 parts of the amino-coumarin are dissolved at 60 DEG C. in a mixture of 32 parts of the sodium salt of sulphosuccinic acid dioctylester and 8 parts of butylglycol; (7) 12 parts of the formate, the acetate or the ethane sulphonate of the amino-coumarin are dissolved in 90 parts of dodecylheptaglycol ether at 60 DEG C.; (8) 6.5 parts of the amino-coumarin are stirred at about 60 DEG C. into 57 parts of a mixture of about 85 per cent dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid and about 15 per cent of sulphuric acid of 74 per cent strength, and the resultant melt is neutralized with 82.5 parts of 10 per cent aqueous caustic soda; the product is dehydrated under reduced pressure and a washing agent is prepared by mixing one part of the resulting composition with 19 parts of 45 per cent sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate.  Specification 655,296 is referred to.ALSO:Detergent compositions comprise a surface active agent having incorporated therein at least 5 per cent by weight of 4-methyl-7-diethylamino-coumarin or an equivalent amount of a salt thereof.  The compositions may be liquid or pulverulent.  The surface active agent may be a pulverulent anionically active agent or a liquid polyglycol ether or it may be cationic.  In examples:-(1) one part of the crystalline amino-coumarin is dissolved in 16-23 parts of a 25 per cent aqueous solution of Marseilles soap, and the liquid is dehydrated by atomizing to obtain a soap powder; alternatively, the soap may be salted out by the addition of 16-23 parts of saturated sodium chloride solution, and the precipitate (which includes the amino-coumarin) is separated off and dried; the resulting product is ground in a ball mill with 40 times its weight of dried Marseilles soap to form a powder which dissolves even in cold water to give a clear solution; (2) the amino-coumarin is mixed with an aqueous solution of sodium oleyl sulphate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate or a condensation product of naphthalenesulphonic acid and formaldehyde; (3) one part of the amino-coumarin is melted at 60-65 DEG C. with 9 parts of a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 6,700-7,500 and the cooled product is mixed with powdered sodium oleyl sulphate; (4) one part of the amino-coumarin is dissolved in 9 parts of dodecylheptaglycol ether or iso-octyl phenyldecaglycol ether at 60 DEG C. and one part of the composition is mixed with 74-210 parts of a 35 per cent paste of sodium lauryl sulphate and water; (5) 15 parts of the amino-coumarin are dissolved in 85 parts of sodium oleyldecaglycolhydroxyacetate at 60-65 DEG C, and one part of this composition is mixed with 74 parts of a 35 per cent paste of sodium lauryl sulphate; (6) 3 parts of the amino-coumarin are dissolved at 60 DEG C. in a mixture of 32 parts of the sodium salt of sulphosuccinic acid dioctylester and 8 parts of butylglycol; (7) 12 parts of the formate, the acetate or the ethane sulphonate of the aminocoumarin are dissolved in 90 parts of dodecylheptaglycol ether at 60 DEG C. (8) 6.5 parts of the amino-coumarin are stirred at about 60 DEG C. into 57 parts of a mixture of about 85 per cent dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid and about 15 per cent of sulphuric acid of 74 per cent strength, and the resultant melt is neutralized with 82.5 parts of 10 per cent aqueous caustic soda; the product is dehydrated under reduced pressure and a washing agent is prepared by mixing one part of the resulting composition with 19 parts of 45 per cent sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate.  The compositions are readily soluble in water and may be used for laundering and the optical bleaching of textiles.  Specification 655,296 is referred to.