Abstract: Polycationic condensates obtainable by condensing (a) piperazine, 1-alkylpiperazines having 1 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, 1,4-dialkylpiperazines having 1 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, l,4-bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine, 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine, 1-(2-hydroxyalkyl)piperazines having 2 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, imidazole, C1-C25-alkylimidazoles or mixtures of said compounds with (b) alkylene dihalides, epihalohydrins and/or bisepoxides in the molar ratio from 1:0.8 to 1:1.1 and, where appropriate, quaternization of the condensates with C4-C25-alkylating agents or by heating triethanolamine or triisopropanolamine in the presence of acidic catalysts and quaternizing the condensates with C4-C25-alkylating agents as color-fixing additive to detergents and fabric conditioners, and detergents which comprise (i) 1-50% by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant, (ii) 0-4.0% by weight of an anionic surfactant and (iii) 0.05-2.

Abstract: The use of polymers which comprise at least 5 mol % of quaternized 1-vinylimidazole units of the formula ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl or benzylR.sup.1,R.sup.2,R.sup.3 are identical or different and are H, CH.sub.3 and C.sub.2 H.sub.5, andX.sup..crclbar. is an anion,as color-fixing and color transfer-inhibiting additive to laundry aftertreatment aids and to detergents.

Abstract: The use of at least trihydric alcohols and their reaction products with ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide as additive to particulate detergent formulations, especially compact detergents, to increase their rate of dissolving in water in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight based on the detergent formulations.

Abstract: Polycationic condensates obtainable by condensing(a) piperazine, 1-alkylpiperazines having 1 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, 1,4-dialkylpiperazines having 1 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, 1,4-bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine, 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine, 1-(2-hydroxyalkyl)piperazines having 2 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, imidazole, C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 -alkylimidazoles or mixtures of said compounds with(b) alkylene dihalides, epihalohydrins and/or bisepoxidesin the molar ratio from 1:0.8 to 1:1.1 and, where appropriate, quaternization of the condensates with C.sub.4 -C.sub.25 -alkylating agents or by heating triethanolamine or triisopropanolamine in the presence of acidic catalysts and quaternizing the condensates with C.sub.4 -C.sub.25 -alkylating agents as color-fixing additive to detergents and fabric conditioners, and detergents which comprise(i) 1-50% by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant,(ii) 0-4.0% by weight of an anionic surfactant and(iii) 0.05-2.

Abstract: The use of modified polyaspartic acids which are obtainable by polycondensation of aspartic acid in the presence of, in each case based on the aspartic acid employed,(a) 2.5 to 25 mol % of amines with at least 6 carbon atoms(b) at least 2% by weight of phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid, polyphosphoric acids, phosphorus pentoxide, phosphonic acids or mixtures of said acids,at temperatures of at least 120.degree. C. and subsequent hydrolysis with bases to give modified polyaspartic acids with a phosphorus content of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, as additive to detergents, and detergents which contain the modified polyaspartic acids in amounts of from 0.1 to 20% by weight.

Abstract: Urethane(meth)acrylates are obtainable bya) reacting polyether(meth)acrylates or polyester(meth)acrylates, which may also have at least one free hydroxyl group, with primary or secondary amino compounds which have at least one hydroxyl group, so that from 0.5 to 60 mol % of the (meth)acrylate groups are present in the form of Michael adducts with the amino compounds, andb) subsequently reacting the product obtained in a) with isocyanates.

Abstract: Water-soluble copolymers which are obtainable by free-radical solution polymerization ofa) 10-99.5% by weight of at least one vinylimidazole of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, monomers of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different and are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or together form a ring of 3 to 5 methylene groups,N-vinyloxazolidone, N-vinyltriazole, 4-vinylpyridine N-oxide or mixtures of said monomers,b) 0-89.5% by weight of other copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated monomers andc) 0.5-30% by weight of at least one monomer which acts as crosslinker and has at least two non-conjugated ethylenic double bondsin water and/or polar organic solvents in the presence of polymerization regulators, using from 0.

Abstract: Finely divided mixtures of 97-10% by weight of at least one amphiphilic polymer whose softening point is above 35.degree. C., and 3-90% by weight of at least one inorganic solid with a particle size not exceeding 500 .mu.m are prepared by heating the two components to a temperature which is above the softening point of the polymer, mixing the components, dispersing the melt and rapidly cooling to a temperature at which virtually no inhomogeneity occurs and, where appropriate, further comminuting the particles at temperatures below 50.degree. C. to a particle size of from 50 .mu.m to 5 mm, and are used as additive to detergents.

Abstract: Water-insoluble, crosslinked polymers containing polymerized units of 1-vinylpyrrolidone and/or 1-vinylimidazoles of the formula ##STR1## where R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or phenyl, or of 4-vinylpyridine N-oxide, in finely divided form, at least 90% by weight of the polymers having a particle size from 0.1 to 500 .mu.m, are useful as detergent additives for inhibiting the transfer of dye during the wash.

Abstract: Amphiphilic polyesters containing(a) ester units derived from polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from 500 to 7500 and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or monohydroxymonocarboxylic acids and(b) ester units derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polyhydric alcoholsand having molecular weights of from 1500 to 25,000,processes for preparing the amphiphilic polyesters by polycondensation, preparing first(a) aliphatic polyesters of polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from 500 to 7500 with aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or monohydroxymonocarboxylic acids and then, within the aliphatic polyester thus obtained,(b) aromatic polyesters from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polyhydric alcohols,reversing the order of the polycondensation, or condensing oligomeric aromatic polyesters (b) with oligomeric aliphatic polyesters (a), and use of the amphiphilic polyesters as additive in laundry detergents, other laundry detergent additives and laundry aftertreatments.

Abstract: Polymers of alkyl-1-vinylimidazoles, a process for preparing polymers of alkyl-1-vinylimidazoles by free-radical polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising(a) 10-100% by weight of at least one alkyl-1-vinylimidazole and(b) 0-90% by weight of 1-vinylpyrrolidone, 1-vinylcaprolactam, 1-vinyltriazole, 1-vinylimidazole, 1-vinyloxazolidinone or mixtures thereof,(c) 0-30% by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers and(d) 0-10% by weight of a monomer containing at least 2 monoethylenic double bondsin water, at least one C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alcohol or mixtures thereof, and the use of polymers which comprise at least 10% by weight of an alkyl-1-vinylimidazole as copolymerized unit as additive to detergents to inhibit transfer of dyes during the washing process.

Abstract: Radiation-curable (meth)acrylates obtainable by reacting compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, aryl or R.sup.1 and R.sup.1 is ##STR2## in which R.sup.2 to R.sup.6 independently of one another are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, OH, phenyl, SH, SCH.sub.3, SC.sub.2 H.sub.5, F, Cl, Br, CN, COOH, COO--(C.sub.1 -C.sub.17 -alkyl), COO--(C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -aryl), CF.sub.3, N(alkyl).sub.2, N(alkyl)(aryl), N(aryl).sub.2, N.sup..sym. (alkyl).sub.3 A.sup..crclbar., N.sup..sym. H(alkyl).sub.2 A.sup..crclbar., A.sup..crclbar. is the anion of an acid, and alkyl or aryl, unless indicated otherwise, is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -aryl, respectively, and at least one but not more than 3 of R.sup.2 to R.sup.6 are ##STR3## with hydroxy(meth)acrylates containing at least 1 free hydroxyl group and at least 2 (meth)acrylic groups in the molecule.

Abstract: Urethane(meth)acrylates are obtainable bya) reacting polyether(meth)acrylates or polyester(meth)acrylates, which may also have at least one free hydroxyl group, with primary or secondary amino compounds which have at least one hydroxyl group, so that from 0.5 to 60 mol % of the (meth)acrylate groups are present in the form of Michael adducts with the amino compounds, andb) subsequently reacting the product obtained in a) with isocyanates.

Abstract: A process for preparing finely divided mixtures of amphiphilic polymers and polycarboxylates, which comprises mixing(a) aqueous dispersions or colloidal aqueous solutions with at least one amphiphilic polymer, and(b) an aqueous solution of a polycarboxylatein a weight ratio of (a):(b) of from 1:1 to 1:20, each based on the solids, or dispersing at least one amphiphilic polymer in an aqueous solution of a polycarboxylate, and spray-drying the dispersions thus obtainable to form finely divided polymer mixtures, use of the finely divided polymer mixtures as ingredient of detergent and as laundry aftertreatment, and finely divided polymer mixtures having a particle size from 20 .mu.m to 3 mm prepared by the above-indicated process.

Abstract: Low viscosity mixtures of(I) from 40 to 97.5% by weight of amphiphilic nonionic graft copolymers comprising, in copolymerized form,(a) at least 20% by weight of polyalkylene oxide units or polyvinylpyrrolidone units as hydrophilic part of the molecule and(b) at least 40% by weight of vinyl ester and/or (meth)acrylic ester units as hydrophobic part of the molecule, and(II) from 2.5 to 60% by weight of at least one viscosity-reducing additive selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycols, alkoxylated alcohols, alkoxylated alkylphenols, alkoxylated amines and hydroxy compounds having from 1 to 4 OH groups and from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, the molecular mass M.sub.

Abstract: Radiation-curable acrylates are prepared by a process in which, in a 1st stage, a hydroxy compound is reacted with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and, in or before a 2nd stage, the reaction product of the 1st stage is then reacted with an epoxy compound and compounds having one or more primary or secondary amino groups are added in the 2nd stage and the reaction in the 2nd stage is continued, after the addition of these compounds, until the acid number of the reaction mixture has decreased by at least 3 mg KOH/g of reaction mixture from the time of the addition of these compounds.

Abstract: Copolymers crosslinkable by a free radical method and having a number average molecular weight of from 1500 to 6000 and a molecular weight distribution corresponding to a polydispersity of from 1 to 4.0 are obtainable by polymer-analogous reaction ofA) a copolymer (A) which is composed ofa1) from 50 to 85 mol % of a monomer (a1) containing the structural element of methacrylic acid anda2) from 15 to 50 mol % of another monomer (a2) undergoing free radical polymerization,a3) from 5 to 50 mol % of the total amount of the monomers (a1) and (a2) being monomers (a3) which carry functional groups and whose functional groups are capable of undergoing a condensation or addition reaction,and is obtainable by free radical mass or solution polymerization at from 140.degree. to 210.degree. C. and with an average residence time of from 2 to 90 minuteswithB) an olefinically unsaturated monomer (B) which carries a functional group which is complementary to the functional groups of the monomers (a3).