Patent ID: 8318650

Claim:
An agent for washing or cleaning a textile fabric, the agent comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of ligands of the general formula (I), ligand-metal complexes of ligands of the general formula (I), and combinations thereof: wherein X represents a moiety selected from the group consisting of NR 1 , NR 1 R 2(+) , PR 1 , PR 1 R 2(+ , P(O)R 1 , O, S, BR 1 , BR 1 R 2(−) , CR 3 R 4 , or SiR 3 R 4 ; wherein Y and Z each independently represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of OH, SH, NH 2 , NHR 5 , and NR 5 R 6 ; wherein A, B, C, D, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 each independently represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, trifluoromethyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylsulfanyl, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfanylcarbonyl, hydroxy, amino, aryl, arylalkyl, aryloxy, arylsulfanyl, arylsulfinyl, arylsulfonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyloxy, aryloxycarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, arylsulfanylcarbonyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylamino, heteroarylsulfanyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfoxidyl, heteroarylcarbonyl, heteroarylcarbonyloxy, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, heteroarylaminocarbonyl, heteroarylsulfanylcarbonyl, alkoxysulfonyl, alkoxycarbinol, ammonium, hydroxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, amidocarbonyl, halogen, nitro, sulfato, sulfo, amidosulfo, phosphato, phosphono, amidophosphono, formyl, thioformyl, —(CH 2 —CH 2 —O—) n H and —(CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —O) n H where n=1 to 20; wherein R 5 and R 6 each independently represents hydrogen or alkyl; and wherein all residues of a so resulting molecule, mutually independently in each case, can optionally also be mono- or polysubstituted; and further comprising a surfactant.