Abstract: Polyacetals useful as detergent additives contain units of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or COOM,M is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or an alkali metal, ammonium or alkanolamine group, andm is from 0 to 9,have K values (determined by the method of H. Fikentscher on the sodium salt in 1% strength by weight aqueous solution at 25.degree. C. and pH 7) of at least 8.5, and are prepared by polymerizing compounds of the formula ##STR2## where R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or COOM,M is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or an alkali metal, ammonium or alkanolamine group,R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, andm is from 0 to 9,in the presence of initiators and optionally comonomers with or without hydrolysis of the ester groups.

Abstract: Copolymers useful in amounts of from 0.1 to 15% by weight as grayness inhibiting and primary detergency boosting additives in pulverulent liquid detergents have K values of from 10 to 80 (determined by Fikentscher in dimethylformamide at 25.degree. C. with a polymer concentration of 2% by weight) and are obtainable by copolymerizing monomer mixtures of(a) from 10 to 60% by weight of water-soluble monomers obtainable from (A) water-soluble polyalkylene glycols or (B) water-soluble alkoxylated C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 -alcohols, for example by esterification with C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acids, by vinylation with acetylene or by allylation with alkenyl ethers, or by reaction with ammonia to give the corresponding end group aminated compounds (A) or (B) and by reaction with monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acids to form the amides, and(b) from 40 to 90% by weight of vinyl esters of saturated monocarboxylic acids and/or alkyl esters of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.

Abstract: Graft copolymers obtainable by free radical-initiated copolymerization of(A) a monomer mixture comprising(a) a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 - to C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic acid, or an anhydride, alkali metal salt or ammonium salt thereof,(b) a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 - to C.sub.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible polyesters obtainable by condensation of tartaric acid or derivatives thereof alone or by condensation of mixtures of tartaric acid or derivatives thereof and citric acid with or without alcohols, water-soluble polyalkylene glycols or water-soluble polyaddition products of alkylene oxides with alcohols, fatty acids, alkylphenols or alkylamines and with or without at least dibasic carboxylic acids are suitable for use as detergent additives.

Abstract: Alkyl (poly)glucoside ether carboxylates of the formula ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 - to C.sub.24 -alkyl, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.24 -alkylphenyl, hydroxy-C.sub.2 - to C.sub.6 -alkyl, hydroxy-C.sub.1 - to C.sub.24 -alkylphenyl, ##STR2## or H, R.sup.1 is H or methyl,R.sup.2 is ##STR3## X is a hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium and/or substituted ammonium equivalent,x is from 1 to 10, y is from 0 to 10, z is from 1 to 4,a process for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I and the use of these compounds as an additive to phosphate-free and low-phosphate detergents, are described.

Abstract: Polyesters obtainable by condensation of(a) an at least dicarboxylic acid, or an ester or anhydride or a mixture thereof,(b) an at least dihydric alcohol or an addition product of from 1 to 5 mol of at least one alkylene oxide of 2 or 3 carbon atoms with 1 mol of an at least dihydric alcohol, or a mixture thereof, and(c) a water-soluble addition product of from 5 to 80 mol of at least one alkylene oxide with 1 mol of a C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alcohol, a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkylphenol or a C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkylaminein a molar ratio of (a):(b):(c) of 100:(25-2500):(5-110) at not less than 120.degree. C. up to a weight average molecular weight of from 2000 to 50000, are used in amounts of from 0.05 to 15% by weight as grayness inhibitors and soil release promoters in detergents.

Abstract: A detergent composition contains as essential ingredients surfactants and from 0.1 to 15% by weight of water-soluble or -dispersible polymers obtainable by oxidation of polymers containing not less than 10 mol % of carboxyl-containing monoethylenically unsaturated monomers as copolymerized units and having Fikentscher K values of from 8 to 300.

Abstract: Glycerol aminocarboxylates of the formula ##STR1## where n is from 0 to 10 andR is ##STR2## where L is iminodiacetate, aspartate, glutamate, sarcosinate, glycinate, serinate, hydroxyaspartate, ethanolaminoacetate, diethanolamino, alanate or taurinate andX is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium,are prepared by esterifying glycerol or polyglycerols which contain up to 10 glycerol units with maleic anhydride or itaconic anhydride and addition of compound L-H where L is as defined above to the double bonds of the esters, and are used as complexing agents.

Abstract: Pulverulent and liquid detergents contain (1) one or more anionic surfactants, one or more nonionic surfactants or mixtures thereof and (2) copolymers in amounts of from 0.1 to 15% by weight preparable by copolymerization of(a) from 10 to 55 mol % of a 1,2-di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxyethylene,(b) from 10 to 60 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride of from 4 to 8 carbon atoms,(c) from 0 to 60 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -monocarboxylic acid and(d) from 0 to 20 mol % of another monoethylenically unsaturated monomerand subsequent hydrolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymerized monomer (b) or reaction of these groups with an alcohol or an amine.Preferred copolymers contain 1,2 dimethoxyethylene as the (a) monomer, maleic acid as the (b) monomer, and acrylic acid as the (c) monomer.

Abstract: Water-soluble copolymers having a K value of from 15 to 120 (determined on the sodium salt according to H. Fikentscher in aqueous solution at 25.degree. C., a pH of 7 and a polymer concentration of the Na salt of 1% by weight) contain, in the polymerized form,(a) from 99.5 to 80 mol % of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -monocarboxylic acids and(b) from 0.5 to 20 mol % of one or more comonomers which possess two or more ethylenically unsaturated, non-conjugated double bonds, are derived from esters and are obtainable by esterification of(b1) monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -monocarboxylic acids with(b2) polyhydric alcohols of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, polyalkylene glycols, polyglycerols, polyvinyl alcohol and monohydric, monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.

Abstract: A detergent contains as a grayness inhibitor in the wash and aftertreatment of textile material containing synthetic fibers a graft polymer obtainable by grafting(a) a polyalkylene oxide which has a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 100,000 and is based on ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide with(b) N-vinlypyrrolidone and(c) a vinyl ester derived from a saturated monocarboxylic acid containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and/or a methyl or ethyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid in a weight ratio (a):(b):(c) of from 1:0.3:1 to 1:5:30, the order of the addition of (b) and (c) in the graft copolymerization being immaterial and it being possible for up to 1 mole % of the grafted-on monomers (c) to be hydrolyzed.

Abstract: Detergents contain graft polymers obtainable by grafting(a) polycondensates based on polyesters, polyester urethanes and polyester amides and having in each case a number average molecular weight from 500 to 100,000 with(b) from 0.2 to 10 parts by weight, based on 1 part by weight of the polycondensates, of vinyl esters of saturated C.sub.1 - to C.sub.6 -carboxylic acids, acrylic and/or methacrylic esters of saturated monohydric alcohols containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A detergent containing as grayness inhibitor in the wash and aftertreatment of textile material containing synthetic fibers graft polymers obtainable by grafting(a) a polyalkylene oxide which has a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 100,000, is based on ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide, and is end group capped at at least one end, with(b) at least on vinyl ester derived from a saturated monocarboxylic acid containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and/or a methyl or ethyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid in a weight ratio (a):(b) of from 1:0.2 to 1:10.

Abstract: A detergent containing as grayness inhibitor in the wash and aftertreatment of textile material containing synthetic fibers graft polymers obtainable by grafting(a) polyalkylene oxides which have a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 100,000 and are based on ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide, with(b) at least one vinyl ester derived from a saturated monocarboxylic acid containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a methyl or ethyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid and optionally mixtures of at least one of the monomers mentioned and up to 95% by weight of vinyl acetate in a weight ratio (a):(b) of from 1:02 to 1:10.

Abstract: Detergents contain added graft copolymers which have an antiredeposition action and are obtainable by grafting polyalkylene oxides having a number average molecular weight of from 2000 to 100,000 with vinyl acetate in a weight ratio of from 1:0.2 to 1:10, and up to 15% of whose acetate groups may be hydrolyzed.

Abstract: 2-(hydroxymethyl)-acrylonitrile and 2-(hydroxymethyl)-acrylates of the formula ##STR1## where X is --CN or ##STR2## and R is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, are prepared by reacting acrylonitrile or an acrylate with hydrated formaldehyde or a hemiacetal of formaldehyde in the presence of a tertiary amine as a catalyst.

Abstract: 2-(1-Hydroxycarbalkoxymethyl)-acrylonitriles and 2-(1-hydroxycarbalkoxymethyl)-acrylates are prepared by a process in which an acrylonitrile or an acrylate is reacted with a glyoxylate in an aqueous medium at a pH greater than or equal to 6, in the presence of a tertiary amine as a catalyst.

Abstract: A process for preparing aqueous polyurethane dispersions has been discovered which comprises(a) forming a polyurethane solution by reacting an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of a solvent with(i) an acrylic ester diol having a molecular weight of between 146 and 3,000;(ii) an organic polyhydroxyl compound other than (i) having a molecular weight between 400 and 5,000 selected from the group consisting of polyester polyols, polyether polyols, polycarbonates, polylactones, and mixtures thereof; and(iii) a chain extender having a molecular weight between 62 and 400 selected from the group consisting of diols, triols, diamines, aminoalcohols, and mixtures thereof;(b) forming an anionic polyurethane addition product by reacting said polyurethane solution with a mercaptocarboxylic acid salt in the presence of a solvent;(c) adding water; and(d) removing the solvent.The dispersions can be used in a variety of applications. For instance, they can be used to prepare films, coating, and binders.