Detergent composition for textile fibre materials

US8080510B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Oliver Becherer · Bad Kötzting, DE
• Robert Hochberg · Glückstadt, DE
• Gerhard Merkle · Glückstadt, DE
• Bernard Schultz · La Valette-du-Var, FR
• Purushottam Jugalkishor Chandak · Sayla, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/42
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A detergent composition comprising i) 1-70% of an anionic or nonionic surfactant, ii) 1-75% of a builder, iii) 0.001-5% of at least one compound of Formula (1) wherein R represents a C1-C4alkyl residue and M represents hydrogen or an alkali metal cation, optionally with further FWA's, iv) 0-30% of a peroxide, v) 0-10% of a peroxide activator, vi) 0-5% of a bleaching catalyst and vii) 0-5% of an enzyme, each component by weight, based on the total weight of the detergent composition, use thereof for domestic washing of textile fibre materials and a process for the fluorescent whitening of textile materials.