Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxy-alkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and to derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers, as well as to a process for preparing said polymers and a process for preparing said derivatives.

Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkylenimine polymer having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 20 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and an outer polypropylene oxide block comprising 10 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and especially to such alkoxylated polyalkylenimines wherein the ratio of polyethylene oxide units and polypropylene oxide units is proportionally related to the square root of the number of polyalkylenimine units present in the backbone.

Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising alkoxylated polyalkanolamine polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and/or derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers.

Abstract: The present application relates to care polymers and fabric and home care compositions comprising such care polymers, as well as processes for making and using such care polymers and such compositions. The performance of the care polymers that Applicants teach, can be further increased by following the emulsification teaching of the present specification and/or combining such care polymers with silicone materials.

Abstract: A process for altering the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by one or more compounds of the general formulae (I) wherein these compounds are irradiated with electromagnetic radiation of wavelength from 300 to 750 nm. The use of compounds of the general formula (I) or (II) for marking materials, for example paper or mineral oil, and use of compounds of the general formula (I) or (II) for causing a color change. The use of compounds of the general formula (I) or (II) for laser welding, heat management, as a photoinitiator, as a free-radical scavenger or for detection of oxygen. A process for regulating the absorption or transmission of electromagnetic radiation by a material wherein one or more compounds of the general formula (I) or (II) are contacted with this material and these compounds are irradiated with electromagnetic radiation of wavelength from 300 to 750 nm. Specific compounds of the general formula (I).

Abstract: The use of alkoxylated polyalkanolamines as demulsifiers for splitting oil-water emulsions, especially for splitting crude oil emulsions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the alkoxylation of a first polymer comprising at least one monomer unit having NH groups and optionally NH2 groups, wherein the first polymer has a molecular weight Mw of at least 500 g/mol, comprising the steps of (a) reacting the first polymer with alkylene oxide in a reaction mixture comprising a solvent until the average degree of alkoxylation of each NH group and each optional NH2 group, calculated as two NH groups, is from 0.75 to 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 20 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and an outer polypropylene oxide block comprising 10 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and especially to such alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines wherein the ratio of polyethylene oxide units and polypropylene oxide units is proportionally related to the square root of the number of polyalkyleneimine units present in the backbone. The present invention further relates to the use of these alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines as a soil detachment promoting additive to laundry detergents and cleaning compositions and to laundry detergents and cleaning compositions which comprise these alkoxylated mono- or polyalkyleneimines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxy-alkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and to derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers, as well as to a process for preparing said polymers and a process for preparing said derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific phthalocyanines which bear substituents on the basic phthalocyanine structure bonded via methylene groups as markers for liquids, especially mineral oils, to liquids, especially mineral oils which comprise at least one such phthalocyanine as a marker, and also to novel specific phthalocyanines which bear substituents on the basic phthalocyanine structure bonded via methylene groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of rylene derivatives of the general formula (I) as markers for liquids, where the symbols and indices have the meanings given in the specification.

Abstract: Phthalocyanines of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices each have the definitions specified in the description are suitable as markers for liquids, especially mineral oils.

Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising alkoxylated polyalkanolamine polymers obtainable by condensation of N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines and reacting the remaining hydroxy and/or secondary amino groups of the condensation product with alkylene oxides and/or derivatives obtainable by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation of said polymers.

Abstract: Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkylenimine polymer having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 20 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and an outer polypropylene oxide block comprising 10 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and especially to such alkoxylated polyalkylenimines wherein the ratio of polyethylene oxide units and polypropylene oxide units is proportionally related to the square root of the number of polyalkylenimine units present in the backbone.

Abstract: The use of compounds of the general formula (I) as markers for liquids, methods for detecting markers in liquids, methods for identifying liquids and selected compounds of the general formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific phthalocyanines which bear substituents on the basic phthalocyanine structure bonded via methylene groups as markers for liquids, especially mineral oils, to liquids, especially mineral oils which comprise at least one such phthalocyanine as a marker, and also to novel specific phthalocyanines which bear substituents on the basic phthalocyanine structure bonded via methylene groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selected dibenzanthrone or isodibenzanthrone derivatives as markers for liquids, in particular for mineral oils. The present invention further relates both to fuel and lubricant additive concentrates and to mineral oils which comprise at least one such dibenzanthrone or isodibenzanthrone derivative.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the identity or non-identity of at least one chemical compound V? homogeneous y distributed in a medium, by a) exposing the medium containing at least one homogeneously distributed chemical compound V? to analysis radiation with a variable wavelength ?, and b) determining the spectral measurement function I?(?) with the aid of the absorbed, reflected, emitted and/or scattered radiation, wherein a correlation function K(??,c?,c) is determined according to Equation I K ? ( ? ? ? ? ? , c ? , c ) = 1 / N · ? - ? + ? ? I ? ? ( ? , c ? ) · I ? ( ? + ? ? ? ? ? , c ) ? ? ? ? ? ( I ) in which K(??,c?,c) denotes the correlation depending on the relative shift ?? of the functions I?(?,c?) and I(?,c) and the concentrations c? and c of the at least one chemical compound V? and V, c? denotes the concentration of the at least one chemical compound V? homogeneously distributed in the medium, with a

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of metal-free phthalocyanines of the formula I by conversion of an ortho-phthalodinitrile of the formula Ia in an inert solvent with a boiling point of at least 120° C. (at standard pressure) in the presence of ammonia, in which, in formula I or Ia, the variable n can adopt values of 1, 2, 3 or 4 and the R radicals denote a five- or six-membered saturated nitrogen-comprising heterocyclic ring optionally substituted by one or two C1-C8-alkyl groups which is bonded via a ring nitrogen atom to the benzene ring and which can still comprise one or two additional nitrogen atoms or an additional oxygen or sulfur atom, which comprises carrying out the conversion in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide or alkali metal carbonate.

Abstract: The invention relates to fuel and lubricant additive concentrates which comprise at least one anthraquinone derivative as a marker, to the use of such concentrates for additizing mineral oils and also for mineral oils which comprise such concentrates.