Imidoperoxycarboxylic acids, their use in detergents and cleaning agents

US5994284A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Clariant Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Hanspeter Gethoffer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Gerd Reinhardt · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 1996
• Grant date: Nov 30, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/3945
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Imidoperoxycarboxylic acids, processes for their preparation and their use Imidopercarboxylic acids or salts thereof of the formula ##STR1## in which A denotes a group of the formula ##STR2## n denotes the number 0, 1 or 2, R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkenyl, aryl, or alkylaryl, PA0 R.sup.2 denotes hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or a group of the formula --SO.sub.3 M, --CO.sub.2 M, CO.sub.3 M or OSO.sub.3 M, PA0 M denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal or ammonium ion or the equivalent of an alkaline earth metal ion and PA0 X denotes C.sub.3 -C.sub.19 -alkylene or arylene, preferably phenylene. These compounds are suitable as stable peroxide compounds in bleaching, oxidizing and cleaning agents.