Abstract: Disclosed are polyolefin or polyester fibers, films and molded parts that have excellent durable antimicrobial activity. The polyolefins and polyesters have incorporated therein one or more silver antimicrobial additives and one or more wettability additives. The silver antimicrobials are for example silver supported on a zeolite, silver supported on a glass, elemental silver, micro or nano scaled elemental silver, elemental silver dispersed in silocone oil, silver chloride, silver nitrate, silver sulfate, silver phosphate, silver zirconate or silver apatite. The wettability additives are for instance ethoxylated alcohols CH3CH2(CH2CH2)aCH2CH2(OCH2CH2)bOH where a is 6 to 25 and b is 1 to 100 or are alkyl metal sulfonates of formula RSO3M, where M is Na, K or Li and R is straight or branched chain alkyl of 6 to 32 carbon atoms or is straight or branched chain alkenyl of 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The present compositions retain antimicrobial activity after repeated insults.

Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) in which M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; R1 and R1? independently of each other are hydrogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted alkyl, 4-morpholinyl, —NH—R3, —N(R3)2 or —O—R3, wherein R3is optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl, R2 is a group of formula (2) wherein X is —O— or —NH— and R4 is C1-C4-alkyl which carries at least one hydrophilic substituent and R2? has the meaning of R1 or R2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorescent pigment comprising a) a melamine-formaldehyde polycondensation product, b) a distyryl biphenyl fluorescent whitening agent (FWA) of the formula (1), in which R1 represents hydrogen, chlorine or C1-C4alkoxy and M represents hydrogen, an alkaline or alkaline earth metal, ammonium or ammonium that is mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubstituted by C1-C4alkyl or C2-C4hydroxyalkyl and, optionally, c) at least one additional fluorescent whitening agent, a process for its preparation and use thereof for the fluorescent whitening of paper, especially in coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a) at least one water-soluble fluorescent whitening agent, b) a polymer formed from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or monomer blend, characterized in that at least one monomer is acrylamide and the water-soluble polymer has an average (weight average) molecular weight of between 500 and 49,000, optionally, c) polyethylene glycol with a weight average molecular weight of between 500 and 6000 and d) water and the use of the composition for the fluorescent whitening of paper in coating and size press or film press applications.

Abstract: A whitening pigment comprising the reaction product of (a) a melamine-formaldehyde and/or a melamine-urea poly-condensation product and (b) a water-soluble fluorescent whitening agent of the formula (1), wherein each of the two R1 groups, independent of the other, represents a C1-C6alkyl or C1-C4alkyl-O—C1-C4alkyl residue, which is substituted by one or two —CONH2, —CONHC1-C4alkyl, —COOH, —SO2NH2, —SO2NHC1-C4alkyl or —NH2 groups, each of the two R2 groups, independent of the other, represents hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or C1-C4alkoxyC1-C4alkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom complete a piperazine ring, each of the two X1 groups, independently, represent —OH, —OC1-C4alkyl, —Oaryl or the group —NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4 each, independently, represent hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalky, C1-C4alkoxyC1-C4alkyl, a phenyl, phenyl mono- or disulphonic acid residue or, R3 and R4, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, complete a morpholino, piperidino or pyrrolidino r

Abstract: Polymeric anti-microbial agents produced by substituting the nitrogen atoms in the backbone of ethylenimine polymers are provided. The agents are believed to have low human toxicity while being effective against a variety of pathogens and are useful in applications involving human contact, such as cosmetics, hair care products and textiles, as well as in applications with much less human contact, such as coatings.

Abstract: Compositions comprising (A) a total of from 2 to 30% by weight, based on the total composition (A)+(B), of one or more amino alcohols of formula (1) herein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently of the others hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl, C5-C24aryl or C6-C36aralkyl, and R5 and R6 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; and (B) from 70 to 98% by weight, based on the total composition (A)+(B), of a fluorescent whitening agent of formula (2) herein X is hydrogen, an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion or a hydroxyalkylammonium radical derived from the amino alcohol of formula (1), and R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently of the others —OR11, —NR11R12 or a group of formula (3) wherein R11, and R12 are each independently of the other hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, dicarboxyalkyl, H2N—CO-alkyl or alkylthio, are distinguished by high solubility in water and by high storage stability of the aqueous solutions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel whitening pigments comprising the reaction product of (a) a melamine-formaldehyde and/or a melamine-urea polycondensation product and (b) a water-soluble fluorescent whitening agent of the formula (1) wherein R1 represents —OH, —OC1-C4alkyl, —Oaryl, —NH2, —NHC1-C4alkyl, —N(C1-C4alkyl)2, —NHC2-C4hydroxyalkyl, —N(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)2, —N(C1-C4alkyl)(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl), —NHC1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkyl, —N(C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkyl)2, morpholino, piperidino, pyrrolidino or the residue of an amino acid from which a hydrogen atom has been abstracted from the amino group, R2 represents —CONH2, —CONHC1-C4alkyl, —COOM, —SO2NH2 or —SO2NHC1-C4alkyl and M is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, mono-di-, tri- or tetra-substituted C1-C4alkylammonium or C2-C4hydroxyalkylammonium or mixtures thereof, a process for preparation of the whitening pigments and their use for the fluorescent whitening of paper, especially in coating, for the fluorescent whitening and improvement o

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein A1 and A2 each, independently of one another, represent —SO3 or —SO3M, where M represents hydrogen, an alkaline or alkaline earth metal, ammonium or alkylammonium, B1 and B2 each, independently of one another, represent the moiety in which R1 represents hydrogen, a straight-chain C1-C12alkyl or branched C3-C12alkyl group which C2-C12alkyl and C3-C12alkyl group, respectively, may be interrupted by one or two heteroatoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two —OH, —OC1-C4alkyl, —NH2, —NHC1-C4alkyl, —N(C1-C4alkyl)2, -N-pyrrolidino, -N-piperidino, -N-morpholino or —N+(C1C4alkyl)3 groups and R2 represents C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl, —CH2CONH2, —CH2OOOH or —CH2OOO C1C4alkyl or, alternatively, B1 and B2 each, independently of one another, represent a group of the formula in which R3, R4 and R5 each, independently of each other, represent hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl, the group —X?—NR6R7 or the group —X?—N+R3R6R7, whereby at least one of the substituents R4 a

Abstract: A process for improving the sun protection factor (SPF) of cellulosic fibre materials and blends thereof, which comprises contacting said materials with at least one compound of the formula (1) according to claim 1.

Abstract: Perfluoroalkyl-substituted amines, acids, amino acids and thioether acid compounds containing a perfluoroalkyl-iodoalkyl or perfluoroalkyl-alkene group as well as derivatives thereof, are described. They are useful as surfactants in a variety of applications where low surface tensions are required, including coating formulations for glass, wood, metal, cement, paper, textiles, as foam control agents in polyurethane foams and especially in aqueous fire-fighting formulations.

Abstract: Perfluoroalkyl-substituted amines, acids, amino acids and thioether acid compounds containing a perfluoroalkyl-iodoalkyl or perfluoroalkyl-alkene group as well as derivatives thereof, are described. They are useful as surfactants in a variety of applications where low surface tensions are required, including coating formulations for glass, wood, metal, cement, paper, textiles, as foam control agents in polyurethane foams and especially in aqueous fire-fighting formulations.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the reaction of a perfluoroalkyl iodide of the formula CF3(CF2)h—I, where h is an integer from 4 to 18, with a compound having a terminal olefinic group, which comprises conducting said reaction in an aqueous medium containing 5 to 40% by weight of a water-soluble solvent and in the presence of from 0.02 to 0.5 equivalents of dithionite ion, based on the perfluoroalkyl iodide, at a temperature of from 0 to 40° C. and at a pH greater than 7.0.

Abstract: Perfluoroalkyl-allyloxy- and perfluoroalkyl-iodopropyloxy-substituted polyaminoacids or poly-R.sub.F -fluoroallyl-substituted polyaminoacids which contain, in random distribution, q units of A-1, r units of A-2, s units of A-3 and t units of A-4 in which A-1 and A-2 are perfluoroalkyl-substituted amino groups of the formulae ##STR1## A-3 is a hydrophilically substituted amino or amido group of the formula ##STR2## and A-4 is a substituted amino or amido group of the formula ##STR3## where the variables are as defined herein, are useful to provide oil repellency to paper and as foam stabilizers in alcohol resistant--aqueous fire-fighting foam fire-fighting foam compositions.

Abstract: Bisperfluoroalkyl-substituted diols containing sulfide, sulfone or polysulfide linkages and a method for making them are described. These diols can react with isocyanates to form urethanes; diisocyanates to form polyturethanes; chloroformates to form carbonates; with carboxylic, sulfuric or phosphoric acids or derivatives to form carboxylate esters, sulfate esters, phosphate esters respectively. These diol compounds and their derivatives are useful for imparting oil and water repellency to substrates such as glass, wood, paper, leather, wool, cotton, polyester and other substrates.

Abstract: Bisperfluoroalkyl-substituted diols containing sulfide, sulfone or polysulfide linkages and a method for making them are described. These diols can react with isocyanates to form urethanes; diisocyanates to form polyurethanes; chloroformates to form carbonates; with carboxylic, sulfuric or phosphoric acids or derivatives to form carboxylate esters, sulfate esters, phosphate esters respectively. These diol compounds and their derivatives are useful for imparting oil and water repellency to substrates such as glass, wood, paper, leather, wool, cotton, polyester and other substrates.

Abstract: Di-, tri- and poly-perfluoroalkyl-substituted alcohols and acids and derivatives thereof are described which are prepared from perfluoroalkyl iodides and di-, tri- or polyallyl alcohols or acids. These compounds contain two or more perfluoroalkyl-iodoalkyl or perfluoroalkyl-alkenyl groups and one or two alcohol or acid groups or derivatized alcohol or acid functions. They can be reacted with isocyanates, epoxy compounds, anhydrides, acids or acid derivatives to prepare a great variety of oil- and water-repellent compositions which are useful for oil- and water-repellent treatment of textiles, glass, paper, leather and other substrates.

Abstract: A novel process is described for reacting a perfluoroalkyl iodide with an olefinic compound, which comprises carrying out a free-radical addition reaction of the perfluoroalkyl iodide to the olefin in the presence of azoic or peroxy initiator and a water-soluble salt selected from the group consisting of sulfites, bisulfites, metabisulfites and dithionites. The adducts are obtained in high yield and purity and are useful for the preparation of oil- and water repellent products for use on paper, textiles, metal, wood and the like, or as precursors for fluorinated surfactants.

Abstract: Di-, tri- and poly-perfluoroalkyl-substituted alcohols and acids and derivatives thereof are described which are prepared from perfluoroalkyl iodides and di-, tri- or polyallyl alcohols or acids. These compounds contain two or more perfluoroalkyl-iodoalkyl or perfluoroalkyl-alkenyl groups and one or two alcohol or acid groups or derivatized alcohol or acid functions. They can be reacted with isocyanates, epoxy compounds, anhydrides, acids or acid derivatives to prepare a great variety of oil- and water-repellent compositions which are useful for oil- and water-repellent treatment of textiles, glass, paper, leather and other substrates.

Abstract: Di-, tri- and poly-perfluoroalkyl-substituted alcohols and acids and derivatives thereof are described which are prepared from perfluoroalkyl iodides and di-, tri- or polyallyl alcohols or acids. These compounds contain two or more perfluoroalkyl-iodoalkyl or perfluoroalkyl-alkenyl groups and one or two alcohol or acid groups or derivatized alcohol or acid functions. They can be reacted with isocyanates, epoxy compounds, anhydrides, acids or acid derivatives to prepare a great variety of oil- and water-repellent compositions which are useful for oil- and water-repellent treatment of textiles, glass, paper, leather and other substrates.