Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate, linear, sheet-like or three-dimensional structure comprising, at least on its surface, a hydrophilicizing amount of at least one acylated polyamine, where at least some of the polyamine nitrogen atoms bear acyl radicals of the formula I R1—CO—??(I) where R1 is hydrogen, C1–C27-alkyl, C7–C27-alkenyl or C6–C10-aryl, and where the alkyl, alkenyl and aryl groups may bear at least one substituent selected from the class consisting of hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl and NE1E2, where E1 and E2 may be identical or different and are hydrogen, alkyl or acyl, to the use of acylated polyamines for modifying the surface properties of solids, and also to a process for modifying the surface properties of particulate, linear, sheet-like, or three-dimensional structures.

Abstract: The invention relates to reaction products of 2-propylheptanol with 1-halo-2,3-epoxypropanes and 1-hydroxy-2,3-epoxypropane (glycidol), to methods for their production, and to their use as cosurfactants, cleaning surfactants or thickeners.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclic cosurfactants which are produced by condensation reaction of C3-C6-aldehydes with polyfunctional alcohols, amines, thiols or carboxylic acids and have the formulae I or II as given in the description. The cosurfactants are suitable for use in household detergents, household cleaners, body-cleansing compositions and bodycare compositions.

Abstract: The rod-shaped apatite crystals of the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH)xFy have the following features a) the length-to-breadth ratio of the crystals is at least ?5 and b) x+y=1, where if x or y?0 the total amount of the crystals is present as a mixture of individual hydroxyapatite crystals and fluoroapatite crystals and/or as mixed crystals, such that, based on the total amount of the crystals, (1?x)·100% of the hydroxide ions present if y=0 are replaced by fluoride ions. The invention furthermore describes dispersions which contain such rod-shaped apatite crystals, and a process for the preparation of the dispersions or of the apatite crystals.

Abstract: Use of cationically modified, particulate, hydrophobic polymers, the surface of which has been cationically modified by coating with polyvalent metal ions and/or cationic surfactants, the particle size of which is 10 nm to 100 ?m, as additive to rinse compositions, care compositions, detergents and cleaners, and also rinse compositions, care compositions, detergents and cleaners which comprise the cationically modified, particulate, hydrophobic polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of cationically-modified, particle-shaped, hydrophobic polymers as addition agents in rinsing, care, detergent, and cleaning products. The surface of said polymers is cationically modified by means of a coating of cationic polymers and the particle size of said polymers ranges from 10 nm to 100 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to amphiphilic compounds and mixtures thereof and processes for their preparation and their use in oil-in-water emulsions. The compounds are composed of a lipophilic and a hydrophilic part. The two parts are linked to one another by a linker derived from succinic acid. The lipophilic part is formed by a polyisobutylene group having a number average molecular weight Mn of from 300 to 10 000. The hydrophilic part preferably comprises at least two polyethylene glycol chains which can be prepared by reacting —OH, —N(H)— and/or —NH2 with ethylene oxide. A globular, nonlinear structure of the hydrophilic part is thus obtained, so that the hydrophilic character of the novel compounds predominate and said compounds are particularly suitable for oil-in-water emulsions.

Abstract: A cleaner composition which comprises at least one surfactant, at least one builder and at least one nitrogen-containing polymer is described. The nitrogen-containing polymer is, for example, an alkoxylated polyvinylamine, an alkoxylated, acylated or alkylated polyaminoamide or a polyurethane-urea with tertiary amino groups. The nitrogen-containing polymers facilitate soil release.

Abstract: Polyelectrolyte complexes of cationic and anionic polymers which consist of (a) cationic condensates of (i) at least one amine and (ii) a crosslinking agent from the group consisting of epihalohydrins, bishalohydrins of diols, bishalohydrins of polyalkylene glycols, bishalohydrins of polytetrahydrofurans, alkylene dihalides, alkylene trihalides, bisepoxides, trisepoxides, tetraepoxides and/or mixtures of said compounds, and/or quaternized cationic condensates of (i) and (ii), and (b) anionic compounds containing at least three anionic groups and have a charge ratio between anionic and cationic polymers of from 0.01 to 20, and a process for the preparation of the polylectrolyte complexes by mixing the cationic condensates (a) with anionic compounds (b).

Abstract: A zwitterionic polyetherpolyamine comprising a linear or branched polyetherpolyamine backbone having 2 to 10 tertiary amino nitrogen atoms and a molecular weight of from 100 to 800, at least one tertiary amine end group of the polyetherpolyamine backbone contains two groups having the formula wherein A means an ethylene oxide unit, a propylene oxide unit, a unit of butylene oxides and a tetrahydrofuran unit, n is a number of from 1 to 50, X is an anionic group, with the proviso that in formula II one X may also be hydrogen and M is hydrogen, alkali metal or ammonium, or contains one group of formula I or II and one group selected from radicals consisting of C1- to C22-alkyl and C7- to c22-aralkyl, the meaning of A and n is the same as in formula I or II, said zwitterionic polyetherpolyamine having a molecular weight up to 9,000 and optionally containing up to 100% of the nitrogen atoms quaternized, and a process for the production of zwitterionic polyetherpolyamines by

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate, linear, sheet-like or three-dimensional structure comprising, at least on its surface, a hydrophilicizing amount of at least one acylated polyamine, where at least some of the polyamine nitrogen atoms bear acyl radicals of the formula I

Abstract: Fluorescent dyes bearing at least one reactive group capable of reaction with nucleophilic groups are used for the qualitative and, if desired, quantitative fluorescence-analytical determination of the surface adsorption of compounds bearing amino and/or imino groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of cationically-modified, particle-shaped, hydrophobic polymers as addition agents in rinsing, care, detergent, and cleaning products. The surface of said polymers is cationically modified by means of a coating of cationic polymers and the particle size of said polymers ranges from 10 nm to 100 &mgr;m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of surface properties of particulate, linear, sheet-like, or three-dimensional structures using alkoxylated polyvinylamines. The invention further relates to novel alkoxylated polyvinylamines, and also to a process for their preparation.

Abstract: Polyelectrolyte complexes of cationic and anionic polymers which consist of

Abstract: Compositions than contain from about 1% to about 80% by weight of surfactants selected from the group consisting of nonionic, anionic, cationic, amphoteric or zwitteronic surfactants, or mixtures thereof; and from about 0.1% to about 10%, by weight of a mixture of amino acid based polymers, oligomers or copolymers of the general formula (I) wherein the polymer, oligomer, or copolymer contains at least about 5 mole % of one or more amino acids and an organic acid are disclosed. The compositions are useful as fabric treatment agents as they can impart fabric appearance and integrity benefits to fabrics.

Abstract: Condensation products of basic amino acids with copolymerizable compounds which are obtainable by condensing(a) a basic amino acid selected from the group consisting of lysine, arginine, ornithine, tryptophane and mixtures thereof,(b) a copolymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of saturated monobasic carboxylic acids, unsaturated mono-basic carboxylic acids, polybasic carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid anhydrides, diketenes, monohydroxycarboxylic acids, polyhydroxycarboxylic acids and mixtures thereof, and optionally(c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amines, lactams, non-proteinogenic acids, alcohols, alkoxylated alcohols, alkoxylated amines, amino sugars, carbohydrates and sugar carboxylic acidsin a molar ratio of (a):(b) of from 100:1 to 1:1 at a temperature of at least 120.degree. C., and a process for the production of said condensation products by condensing compounds (a) and (b) and optionally (c) at a temperature of from 120.degree. to 300.degree. C.