Abstract: Cosmetic, dermatological and pharmaceutical compositions containing quaternary ammonium compounds, particularly for hair-treatment, require low setting points, good solubility and dispersibility in aqueous media and a low flash point. It has now been found that such compositions can be formulated with quaternary ammonium compounds essentially free of short-chain alcohols such as isopropanol. The novel composition comprises: a) at least one quaternary ammonium compound and b) at least one branched alcohol having 8 to 36 carbon atoms or a mixture of at least one branched alcohol and at least one unbranched alcohol having 8 to 36 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to builder compositions with improved dissolution residue behavior, obtained by bringing a) crystalline layered sodium silicate of the formula NaMSixO2x+1*yH2O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20, and b) water or an aqueous solution or dispersion of at least one detergent ingredient, c) where the molar ratio of component a) to the water from component b) is 0.5:1 to 20:1, into contact with one another and subsequently heat-treating the resulting builder composition at 30 to 400° C. for 0.5 to 1000 min.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clear liquid detergent composition suitable for use in dishwashing and multipurpose cleaners for household applications as well as for industrial and institutional uses. The clear liquid detergent comprises a) 1 to 40 percent an anionic surfactant or group of anionic surfactants, b) 0.01 to 10 percent cationic surfactants, and c) optionally, 0.05 to 15 percent amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactants. More particularly, the light duty detergents of the present invention cationic compounds of the formula: wherein R1 is C8-C22-alkyl, C8-C22-alkenyl, C8-C22-alkyl/alkenylamidopropyl, C8-C22 alkoxyalkenylethyl, C8-C22-alkyl/alkenyi(poly)alkoxyalkyl, C8-C22-alkanoylethyl or C8-C22-alkenoylethyl, R2 is C1-C22-alkyl, Cl—C22-alkenyl or a group of the formula —A—(OA)n—OH, R3 and R4 are C1-C22-alkyl, C2-C21-alkenyl or a group of the formula —A—(OA)n—OH, A is —C2H4— and/or —C3H6— and n is a number from 0 to 20 and X is an anion.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of bleach activator granules, which comprises extruding a mixture comprising bleach activator, anionic or nonionic surfactant and polyalkylene glycol at temperatures of from 60 to 80° C. and a pressure of from 10 to 30 bar, and granulating the resultant extrudates at a temperature of from 60 to 80° C. on a spheronizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (1) in which R1 is C1- to C24-alkyl, C2- to C24-alkenyl or a C6- to C18-aryl radical which may be substituted by a C1- to C24-alkyl group, R2, R3 independently of one another, are hydrogen, C1- to C18-alkyl, or C8- to C7-cycloalkyl, or R2 and R3, including the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a ring of 4 to 8 ring atoms, in which oxygen or nitrogen atoms may also be present in addition to carbon. A are identical or different C2- to C4-alkylene radicals, B is C1- to C7-alkylene, and n is an integer from 1-40, as gas hydrate inhibitors.

Abstract: The invention provides water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more other olefinically unsaturated, nopcationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, (a) silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, (a) fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place in the presence or absence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least components selected from at least two of the groups C) to F). The water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers of the present invention are useful in formulating cosmetics.

Abstract: Deodorants and antiperspirants comprising aluminum chlorohydrates according to the formula I Al2(OH)nClz??(I) where n is a number between 4.5 and 5.1 and z is a number between 1.5 and 0.9 and n+z is always 6, with an iron content of less than 20 ppm, preferably less than 10 ppm, based on the dry substance.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising a) at least one quaternary ammonium compound, and b) at least one polyhydric alcohol having 5 to 12 carbon atoms. The compositions have low setting points, good solubility and dispersibility in aqueous media and a low flash point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antifreeze concentrates comprising a) from 0.05 to 10% by weight of one or more sulfonated or sulfated polyglycols of the formula R—(O)l-(A-O)m—(CH2)k—SO3X in which A is C2- to C4-alkylene, R is H, C1- to C10-alkyl, C2- to C20-alkenyl or C6- to C18-aryl, X is H, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, k is a number from 0 to 10, l is 0 or 1, m is a number from 1 to 200, b) from 0.05 to 5% by weight of one or more carbamates of the formula in which X is O or S, R is C1- to C8-alkyl or C6- to C18-aryl, or a corresponding ammonium salt, c) from 0.05 to 5% by weight of an aliphatic or aromatic amine, d) from 0.01 to 1% by weight of a hydrocarbon-triazole, e) alkylene glycols to 100% by weight.

Abstract: The use of compounds of the formula (1) M(L)nXm??(1) where M is a metal atom from the group Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, W, L is a ligand from the group of nitrogen-containing heterocycles, X is chloride, bromide, nitrate, perchlorate, sulfate, ammonia, tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate or an anion of an organic acid having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, n is a number from 2 to 4 and m is a number from 0 to 4, as catalyst for peroxygen compounds, in particular in washing, bleaching and cleaning compositions is claimed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of melting snow and/or ice on traffic areas by applying to the traffic area a deicing composition comprising an aqueous solution of alkali metal carboxylate, a surfactant, a defoamer, and a corrosion inhibitor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to blooming type cleaning compositions comprising natural oil. More particularly, the present invention relates environmentally acceptable, blooming natural oil cleaning compositions which achieve product stability and clarity with essentially one natural oil without the addition of pine oil, amine oxides, amphoteric surfactants or phenolic solvents.

Abstract: A process for preparing acyloxybenzenesulfonates by reacting a carboxylic acid derivative with a salt of a phenolsulfonic acid in the presence of an antioxidant, preferably 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol. The addition of such antioxidants gives a product having a high color quality.

Abstract: The following dye-transfer-inhibiting dye fixatives are used in laundry detergents: Reaction products of a) polyamines with cyanamides and amidosulfuric acid or b) cyanamides with aldehydes and ammonium salts or c) amines with epichlorohydrin.

Abstract: A process for preparing bisallylboranes of the formula (I) by reacting a diene with sodium borohydride in the presence of an oxidant: in an inert solvent, with the borane generated in situ reacting selectively with the diene to form the bis(allyl)borane of the formula (I) and the substituents R1 to R6 having the following meanings: R114 R6 are H, aryl or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4-alkyl or two radicals R may be closed to form a cyclic system. As oxidant, it is possible to use, for example, alkyl halides or dialkyl sulfates. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the diene used is 2,5-dimethylhexa-2,4-diene (R1, R2, R5, R6=methyl, R3, R4=H).

Abstract: A fuel oil comprising: A) a mineral oil having a cloud point of less than ?8° C., a boiling range (90-20%) of less than 120° C. and a difference between CFPP and PP of less than 10° C., and B) one or more copolymers, wherein the copolymers comprise: a) bivalent structural unit (B1), wherein (B1) is a bivalent structural unit of formula (1) —CH2—CH2—??(1) and b) one or more bivalent structural units (B2), wherein (B2) is either a bivalent structural unit of formula (2) —CH2—CR1R2—??(2) ?in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is COOR3, OR3 or OCOR3, and R3 is an alkyl radical having at least 4 and at most 30 carbon atoms, or (B2) is a bivalent structural unit of formula (2a) ?in which R3 is an alkyl radical having at least 4 and at most 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to builder compositions obtainable by bringing a) crystalline sheetlike sodium silicate of the formula NaMSixO2x+1.yH2O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20. b) water and c) an acidic, H+-releasing component, where the d) molar ratio of the crystalline sheetlike sodium silicate a) to the total amount of the releasable H+ of the acid component c) is 4:1 to 1000:1 and the e) molar ratio of the water b) to the total amount of the releasable H+ of the acidic component c) is 3:1 to 1000:1. into contact with one another. The invention also relates to laundry detergents, cleaners, compounds and water softeners comprising the builder compositions according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing substituted benzoyl chlorides of the formula (1) where R, x and y have the meaning given below, which comprises reacting a benzaldehyde of the formula (2) where R, independently of each other, is identical or different and is an unsubstituted phenyl radical or a phenyl radical that is substituted by halogen, NO2, CN, (C1-C4)alkyl or (C1-C4)alkoxy, or is halogen, NO2, CN, NR?2, OR?, SO2R?, SO2OR?, COR? or CO2R?, where R? is an unbranched or branched C1-C10 alkyl radical, an unsubstituted phenyl radical or a phenyl radical which is substituted by halogen, NO2, CN, (C1-C4)alkyl or (C1-C4)alkoxy, x is 1 or 2 and y is 1, 2 or 3, with a chlorinating agent in the presence of a free-radical initiator and a solvent at from ?20 to +200° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a corrosion inhibitor for bathing waters which contain chlorides and sulfates, in particular sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate, that reduces the corrosion effect of such bathing water on metallic materials, in particular steels (structural steel) and brass. The corrosion inhibitor of the present invention is based on a composition comprising phosphates, zinc chloride and aminotrimethylenephosphonic acid.

Abstract: A process for preparing formylphenylboronic acids of the formula (I) by reaction of protected chlorobenzaldehydes of the formula (II) with lithium in an inert solvent to form compounds of the formula (III) and subsequent reaction with a boron compound of the formula BY3 to give compounds of the formula (I).