Abstract: This invention provides novel adducts of cyclic ethylene urea which are useful as permanent press agents. These adducts include acid, polyacid, ester, and multiester derivatives of cyclic ethylene urea and can be produced by the reaction of the cyclic ethylene urea with glyoxylic acid and glyoxylic acid derivatives, specifically ester acetals of glyoxylic acid. Such materials impart a high degree of permanent press properties to cellulose and cellulose/polymer blend fabrics.

Abstract: 1-Aminoalkyl-imidazolium compounds which contain in the 3-position and on the terminal amino group fibre-reactive groupings which have been formed by the addition of an epihalohydrin.These bireactive imidazolium salts are suitable in particular for improving the dye yield and fastness to wet processing of dyeings and printings which have been produced on cellulose fibre materials with anionic dyes, for example with reactive or direct dyes.

Abstract: Dyeings with reactive dyes on cellulose fiber materials are after-treated with an aqueous solution of a condensate which is obtainable by reacting (a) bisbenzylpiperzine with (b) ethylene chloride, an epihalohydrin, propylene chloride, 1,3-dichloro-2-hydroxypropane, bisepoxybutane or 1,4-dichlorobutane or a mixture of these, in a molar ratio of from 1:0.5 to 1:1.1, or by reacting (c) piperazine, bis-1,4-aminopropylpiperazine, 1-aminoethylpiperazine, 2-hydroxyethylpiperazine or 1-methylpiperazine, or a mixture of these, with a compound according to (b) in a molar ratio of from 1:0.5 to 1:1.1 and benzylating the condensate, the benzylation being carried out using 0.15-1.0 mole of benzyl chloride per equivalent of nitrogen in component (c). The cellulose fiber materials after-treated in this manner possess very good wetfastness.

Abstract: Cotton and cotton-containing fabrics are desized in strongly alkaline aqueous solution with an alkali metal hypochlorite by a process in which from 0.5 to 8.0 g/l of a tertiary hydroxyalkylamine which is soluble in aqueous alkaline solution, of an oxyethylated and/or oxypropylated ethylenediamine, of an oxyethylated polyethyleneimine, of malonic acid, of cyanuric acid, of a cyanuric acid derivative, of a urea derivative, of cyanoguanidine, of oxazolidone, of pyrrolidone, of N-methylpyrrolidone, of N-methylimidazole or of a mixture of these is added to the aqueous bath, as an activator for the hypochlorite. Activators for hypochlorite are used in the desizing of cotton and cotton-containing fabrics in strongly alkaline aqueous solutions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for treating a cellulosic material selected from the group consisting of cellulose, regenerated cellulose, and mixtures thereof, comprising the steps of:contacting the cellulosic material with a dispersion comprising an effective sizing or waterproofing amount of a fatty acid adduct of a 1,2,4-triazole having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having about 11 to about 21 carbon atoms and wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from hydrogen or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: In a method of incorporating fibers in a rubber matrix, an improved fiber pretreatment is disclosed which comprises mixing from 3% to 15% by weight vinyl pyridine latex with a fiber-in-water mixture of essentially delignified hardwood fibers which have not been subjected to post-delignification drying, said mixture having a consistency of from 10% to 40% solids, subsequently expressing water and drying the treated fiber.

Abstract: A phthalocyanine product in which at least two phthalocyanine groups which may be metallized or unmetallized are joined by a bridging group, the bridging group being attached to the phthalocyanine groups through --CH.sub.2 --X.sub.o -- linkages where X.sub.o is a basic group and the phthalocyanine groups are attached to the methylene group of the linkages. The phthalocyanine product is useful as a dyestuff.

Abstract: Lignocellulosic materials are separated into usable lignin and cellulose fractions by contacting said materials with a 2-oxazolidinone (or a 2-imidazolidinone) in weight ratios of at least 1:0.1, respectively, at a temperature between 200.degree. C. and 250.degree. C.

Abstract: A process by which 1-hydroxy-2-pyridinethione (pyrithione) can be deposited in cellulosic textiles in a water-insoluble form is disclosed. A polyamine is used to keep a zinc complex of pyrithione in aqueous solution prior to and during its application to textiles; when the solution also contains urea, heating fabric impregnated with the solution converts the pyrithione complex to an insoluble material. Fabric treated by the process has high bacteriostatic and fungistatic activity, and retains antimicrobial properties after repeated laundering.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula I, ##STR1## in which the R.sub.1 's, independently, are chlorine or bromine, andR.sub.2 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, ethoxy or tri-fluoromethyl,their production and use as pigments.

Abstract: The invention relates to new dioxazine reactive dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## a process for their preparation and their use in dyeing and printing fibre materials which contain hydroxyl groups or amide groups.In formula (I):D denotes a radical of the dioxazine system of the formula ##STR2## the radicals Y, Z, A, X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 as well as m and n having the meaning indicated in the text of the application.The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of these new dioxazine reactive dyestuffs as well as their use in dyeing and printing fibre materials which contain hydroxyl groups or amide groups.

Abstract: Alkylated glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for textile fabrics.

Abstract: A composition comprising a mixture of a curable urea-aldehyde resin or other crosslinking agent and a nitroalkanol or nitroalkane and having particular utility for treating textiles and non-woven cellulose products to provide permanent press and wrinkle-resistant characteristics.

Abstract: This invention relates to imidazolidinones and the use of the same to impart durable press properties to cellulosic textile materials. More particularly, it relates to novel imidazolidinones which release environmentally acceptable amounts of formaldehyde during the application and curing on said cellulosic textile materials.

Abstract: Process for finishing textiles of natural or regenerated cellulose, which have been pretreated with liquid ammonia, wherein the finishing agent used is an N-monomethylol compound or N-monoalkoxymethyl compound of 4-hydroxy- or 4-alkoxy-5,5-dimethylpropyleneurea. The process couples a high degree of finishing effect (in respect of improvement of the shrink resistance and wrinkle resistance) with only a very slight effect on the hand and especially on the tensile strength.

Abstract: Alkylated glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for textile fabrics.

Abstract: Padding liquors or printing pastes which contain at least one compound which is free from ionic groups and possesses one or more glycidyl radicals are used for dyeing and printing cellulose fibres or textile materials containing cellulose fibres with water-soluble reactive dyestuffs in the absence of alkalis or alkaline compounds.

Abstract: A storage-stable, formaldehyde-free composition containing a water-soluble epoxide resin, an acrylic copolymer and an aliphatic polyamine or alkanolamine. This composition is used for the treatment of textile material containing hydroxyl groups and imparts to the fabrics a high resistance to creasing.

Abstract: A softening agent is provided which contains(a) a diester/amine adduct of the formula ##STR1## in which X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 are --H, 1-4 C alkyl, 2-4 C hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyhalogenalkyl or ##STR2## Y.sub.1 is 1-4 C alkyl or ##STR3## R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are 12-22 C alkyl or alkenyl,A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are 2-3 C alkylene or 2-hydroxy-n-propylenem, s, s' and s" are 1 or 2 andn is 1, 2, 3 or 4, and(b) a quaternary ammonium salt of the formula ##STR4## in which Q.sub.1 and T.sub.2 are --H, 1-8 C alkyl or 2-8 C alkenyl,Q.sub.2 is 1-8 C alkyl or 2-8 C alkenyl,Q.sub.3, T.sub.1 and T.sub.3 are 8-30 C alkyl or alkenyl,Q.sub.4 is 1-30 C alkyl or 2-30 C alkenyl andD.sub.1.sup..crclbar. and E.sub.1.sup..crclbar. are an anion imparting water-solubility or water-dispersability.These softening agent are valuable for use as after-rinse softeners and hair-conditioners.

Abstract: A process for printing and dyeing textile materials consists in treating in the absence of alkali, with an epoxide of the general formula ##STR1## IN WHICH Y represents a member for the completion of a 5-membered to 7-membered ring,R.sub.1 represnts a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group which is substituted by an OH group, preferably the methyl group,R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or methyl,X.sup.n(-) represents an anion andN represents 1, 2 or 3, and, after the latter has been fixed, in dyeing with an anionic dyestuff by known methods.

Abstract: A process for scavenging free formaldehyde from cellulosic-containing articles, such as textile materials, which process comprises contacting the cellulosic-containing textile material containing free formaldehyde with a formaldehyde scavenger which comprises a heterocyclic compound free of carbonyl groups, and containing an NH group, with the ring made up of nitrogen or carbon atoms, the ring being unsaturated or, when fused to a phenyl group, being unsaturated or saturated, and the NH group bonded to a carbon or nitrogen atom which is directly bonded by a double bond to a carbon or nitrogen atom.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for treating cellulosic materials, and in particular for sizing paper or waterproofing textiles containing as active ingredient a cyclic imide N-substituted by an hydrophobic acyl group and at least 10% by weight based on the cyclic imide of an aliphatic acid. Preferred acids contain from 14 to 26 carbon atoms and are preferably saturated monobasic acids. Preferably the compositions contain from 25 to 125% by weight of aliphatic acid based on the cyclic imide. The compositions are suitable for sizing aqueous paper pulp, and especially bleached sulphate pulp.

Abstract: Quaternary N-(2,3-epoxyalkyl)-ammonium compounds of the formula ##STR1## IN WHICH Y represents a sulphur atom, a CH.sub.2 group, a simple C-C bond or especially an oxygen atom,R.sub.1 represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group substituted by an OH group or preferably the methyl group,R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or methyl,X.sup.n(.sup.-) represents an anion andn represents 1, 2 or 3Are used as fixing agents for substantive dyestuffs on cellulose fibre materials.

Abstract: Esters of 1,3-dihydroxyethyl group-containing-hydantoins having the structural formula ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 separately is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkoxy and when either or each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkoxy, they jointly have at most 7 carbons, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 jointly are the divalent tetramethylene or pentamethylene chain; either one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen, and the other one or each of them is acetoyl, benzoyl, isostearoyl, oleoyl, linoleoyl, linolenoyl, or saturated fatty acyl having from 2 to about 22 carbons or a mixture of saturated fatty acyl groups having from 8 to about 22 carbons or a mixture of any of said saturated fatty acyl groups with any of oleoyl, linoleoyl and linolenoyl, palmitoleoyl and myristoleoyl; and each of x and y varies from each of them being 1 to their sum averaging from 2 to about 100; and mixtures of any of said esters.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for treating cellulosic materials, and in particular for sizing paper or waterproofing textiles with a reactive agent. The reactive agent is a cyclic imide substituted by an aliphatic hydrophobic group and N-substituted by an electron-withdrawing group. Preferably, the composition contains a non-aromatic cyclic imide N-substituted by a long chain acyl group, e.g. N-stearoyl-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide. Aqueous emulsions of the imides preferably contain a retention aid such as acrylamides and may be used particularly suitably to size aqueous paper pulp even under mildly alkaline conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides new perfluoroalkylcarboxylic acid esters of the formula ##EQU1## WHEREIN R.sub.f is perfluoroalkyl with 4 to 18 carbon atoms, A represents a radical forming with the --NCO--N-group ethylene urea, hydantoin or isocyanurate radicals, B is --O-- or --OH Cl-- , m is a whole number from 1 to 3, q is 1 or 2 and x is 0, 1 or 2, with x being 0 or 1 if m is 1. The new compounds are useful for producing oil and water-repellent finishes on porous and non-porous finishes, such as paper, textiles or plastics.