EP0604366B1 - Lagerstabile Formulierung von optischen Aufhellern - Google Patents

Lagerstabile Formulierung von optischen Aufhellern Download PDF

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EP0604366B1
EP0604366B1 EP93810877A EP93810877A EP0604366B1 EP 0604366 B1 EP0604366 B1 EP 0604366B1 EP 93810877 A EP93810877 A EP 93810877A EP 93810877 A EP93810877 A EP 93810877A EP 0604366 B1 EP0604366 B1 EP 0604366B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
    • D06L4/00—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs
    • D06L4/60—Optical bleaching or brightening
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/40—Dyes ; Pigments
    • C11D3/42—Brightening agents ; Blueing agents
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
    • D06L4/00—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs
    • D06L4/60—Optical bleaching or brightening
    • D06L4/614—Optical bleaching or brightening in aqueous solvents
    • D06L4/621—Optical bleaching or brightening in aqueous solvents with anionic brighteners
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
    • D06L4/00—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs
    • D06L4/60—Optical bleaching or brightening
    • D06L4/65—Optical bleaching or brightening with mixtures of optical brighteners
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
    • D06L4/00—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs
    • D06L4/60—Optical bleaching or brightening
    • D06L4/664—Preparations of optical brighteners; Optical brighteners in aerosol form; Physical treatment of optical brighteners

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  • the present invention relates to storage-stable optical brightener formulations Process for their production and their use.
  • Optical brighteners are usually preferred in the form of aqueous solutions or Suspensions marketed. For this, e.g. the moist filter cake or also the dry powder slurried with water. The suspensions thus obtained are then mixed with dispersing and thickening agents to increase homogeneity, Wettability and stability offset.
  • aqueous solutions or Suspensions e.g. the moist filter cake or also the dry powder slurried with water.
  • the suspensions thus obtained are then mixed with dispersing and thickening agents to increase homogeneity, Wettability and stability offset.
  • the auxiliaries previously used could sediment the Brightener and / or a high increase in viscosity, especially at high storage temperatures, do not prevent over a long period of time.
  • These new formulations represent suspensions and are at a temperature of -5 ° C to 60 ° C at least 6 months, preferably at 0 to 40 ° C at least 6 months stable.
  • the compounds of formula (1) come as secondary or tertiary amino, for example with C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, sulfo, halogen, cyano, or carboxy, one or more substituted phenylamine; Morpholine, piperidine, methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, butylamine, ⁇ -hydroxyethylamine, ⁇ -hydroxypropylamine, ⁇ -cyanoethylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, dipropylamine, bis- ⁇ -hydroxyethylamine, N-methyl-N-ethylamine, N-methyl-N- ⁇ -hydroxyethylamine, N-ethyl-N- ⁇ -hydroxyethylamine, N-methyl-N- ⁇ -hydroxypropylamine, N-ethyl-N- ⁇ -hydroxypropylamine, benzylamine, N- ⁇ -hydroxyethylbenzylamine, cyclohe
  • unsubstituted, mono- or disubstituted alkoxy examples include methoxy, Ethoxy, n-propoxy, i-propoxy, butoxy, ⁇ -hydroxy-ethoxy, ⁇ -methoxy-ethoxy, and called ⁇ -ethoxy-ethoxy.
  • optical brighteners of the formula (1) in which X and Y are the may be the same or different, are phenylamino, which are optionally by Alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms is mono- or di-substituted; further preferred Residues for X and Y are morpholino, alkylamino with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the can be substituted by hydroxyl; or alkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Damn preferably hydrogen or a salt-forming cation.
  • Optical brighteners of the formula (1) in which X and Y are the same are particularly preferred or can be different, phenylamino, morpholino or alkylamino with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which can be substituted by hydroxyl.
  • M preferred Is hydrogen or a salt-forming cation.
  • optical brighteners of the formulas (1) are those of the formulas in which M represents an alkali metal ion, and in the case of this optical brightener a content of 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the slurry, of a strong electrolyte is expedient; and (3) where M denotes an alkali metal ion.
  • Particularly preferred brighteners are the compounds of the formulas (2).
  • halogens are fluorine, chlorine and bromine, but in particular Chlorine.
  • Suitable C 1 -C 4 -alkyl in the alkylamino radicals are unbranched and branched alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, n- and isopropyl, n-, sec- and tert-butyl. These C 1 -C 4 alkyls can in turn be substituted with, for example, aryl (phenyl, naphthyl), C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, OH, halogen, sulfo or CN.
  • Salt-forming cations M are, for example, alkali metal, ammonium or amine salt ions.
  • Preferred amine salt ions are those of the formula H + NR 1 R 2 R 3 in which R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently of one another are alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl, cyanoalkyl, haloalkyl or phenylalkyl or in which R 1 and R 2 together are the addition represent a 5-7-membered saturated nitrogen heterocycle which may additionally contain a nitrogen or oxygen atom as a ring member, for example a piperidine, piperazine, pyrrolidine, imidazoline or morpholine ring, while R 3 represents hydrogen.
  • Preferred salt-forming cations are alkali metal cations, Na + and K + being particularly preferred.
  • electrolytes e.g. one or more alkali metal salts and salts lower Carboxylic acids are used.
  • electrolytes are sodium sulfate, Sodium phosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium formate or one of the corresponding Potassium salts and mixtures of these electrolytes, also small amounts of Sodium chloride.
  • the carbonates, phosphates and formates are preferred.
  • the amount of electrolyte can be 0.05 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 5% by weight particularly preferably 0.1 to 1.0% by weight, based on the total weight of the formulation, be.
  • anionic polysaccharides which can be used according to the invention belong to the group of modified polysaccharides derived from cellulose, starch or from the heteropolysaccharides can be derived, with further monosaccharides such as e.g. Mannose and glucuronic acid can be included.
  • examples of anionic polysaccharides are sodium alginate, carboxymethylated guar, carboxymethyl cellulose, Carboxymethyl starch, carboxymethylated locust bean gum and, especially preferred, xanthan, and also mixtures of these polysaccharides.
  • the amount of polysaccharide is 0.05 to 1% by weight, with a range of 0.05 up to 0.2 is preferred, in each case based on the total weight of the formulation.
  • the dispersant is a condensation product of ditolyl ether sulfonic acids Formaldehyde. These condensation products are usually in the form of alkali metals, Alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts.
  • the content of dispersant is 0.01 to 20% by weight based on the Total weight of the formulation, preferably 0.1 to 10% by weight and especially preferably 0.2 to 5% by weight.
  • the brightener formulation according to the invention can optionally contain further additives contain; examples are preservatives, such as chloroacetamide, Triazine derivatives or benzoisothiazolines, Mg / Al silicates, odor improvers and Antifreeze, e.g. Called propylene glycol.
  • preservatives such as chloroacetamide, Triazine derivatives or benzoisothiazolines, Mg / Al silicates, odor improvers and Antifreeze, e.g. Called propylene glycol.
  • Mg / Al silicates examples are bentonite, montmorillonite, zeolites and highly disperse Silicas. They are usually obtained in an amount of 0.2-1% by weight to the total weight of the brightener formulation, added.
  • Formulations according to the invention are obtained by moisturizing Press cake or the dry powder of the anionic optical brightener Formula (1) in an amount of 15 to 60% by weight, preferably 15 to 45% by weight and particularly preferably 19-40% by weight, based on the total weight of the Formulation: with 0.05 to 1% by weight anionic polysaccharide: 0.05 to 25% by weight Electrolyte; 0.01 to 20% by weight Condensation products of ditolyl ether sulfonic acids with formaldehyde as Dispersants; if necessary with others Additives; as well as mixed with water and at room temperature or higher Homogenized temperatures (20-100 ° C), e.g. by intensive stirring or with a Dissolver disc. If necessary, wet grinding can also be connected become.
  • the desired content of anionic optical brightener, in the suspension can either by adding water, aqueous electrolyte, or other dry Brightener powder to which the moist filter cake is adjusted. This setting can be made before, during or after the addition of the anionic polysaccharide become.
  • the new optical brightener formulations are used primarily in the Incorporation in detergent, e.g. by incorporating the required amount the optical brightener formulation according to the invention, from a container into a Mixing device, which is a suspension of the detergent or the dispersant contains.
  • the present invention accordingly also relates to a method for producing solid and liquid detergents, and the detergents obtained thereafter, characterized in that e.g. a suspension for detergents more common Detergents, mixed with a suspension of brighteners according to the invention and dries.
  • the drying process can e.g. through a Spray drying process take place.
  • the brightener formulation according to the invention for the production of liquid detergent can be used.
  • Percentages refer to the total weight of the formulation.
  • the components listed below are mixed and homogenized with stirring at 20 ° C. 36.0 % By weight the optical brightener of formula (2); 0.5 % By weight NaCl; 1.0 % By weight the condensation product of ditolyl ether sulfonic acids with formaldehyde; 0.2 % By weight Chloroacetamide; 0.1 % By weight an anionic polysaccharide; Rest on 100% deionized water.
  • the brightener formulations obtained remain liquid and form after two months There are no deposits at -5 ° C, room temperature or 40 ° C.
  • the components listed below are mixed and homogenized with stirring at 20 ° C. 19.0 % By weight the optical brightener of formula (2); 5.0 % By weight NaCl; 1.3 % By weight Na 2 SO 4 ; 0.01 % By weight the condensation product of ditolyl ether sulfonic acids with formaldehyde; 0.3 % By weight Chloroacetamide; 0.2 % By weight an anionic polysaccharide; Rest on 100% deionized water.
  • the brightener formulations obtained remain liquid and form after one month There are no deposits at room temperature or 40 ° C.
  • the components listed below are mixed and homogenized with stirring at 20 ° C. 19.0 % By weight the optical brightener of formula (2); 2.0 % By weight NaCl; 0.05 % By weight the condensation product of ditolyl ether sulfonic acids with formaldehyde; 0.3 % By weight Chloroacetamide; 0.2 % By weight an anionic polysaccharide; Rest on 100% deionized water.
  • the brightener formulations obtained remain liquid and form after one month There are no deposits at room temperature or 40 ° C.

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