EP2504418B1 - Detergents or cleaning agents containing a bleach-enhancing transition metal complex which is optionally produced in situ - Google Patents

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The present invention relates to the use of certain iminodiols which are capable of complexing with transition metal ions, or a suitably pre-formed transition metal complex for enhancing the cleaning performance of detergents against soils, as well as detergents and cleaners containing the iminodiol or complex.

Inorganic peroxygen compounds, particularly hydrogen peroxide and solid peroxygen compounds which dissolve in water to release hydrogen peroxide, such as sodium perborate and sodium carbonate perhydrate, have long been used as oxidizing agents for disinfecting and bleaching purposes. The oxidation effect of these substances in dilute solutions depends strongly on the temperature; Thus, for example, with H ₂ O ₂ or perborate in alkaline bleaching liquors only at temperatures above about 80 ° C, a sufficiently fast bleaching of soiled textiles. At lower temperatures, the oxidation effect of the inorganic peroxygen compounds can be improved by adding so-called bleach activators which are able to provide peroxycarboxylic acids under the abovementioned perhydrolysis conditions and for the numerous proposals, especially from the classes of N- or O-acyl compounds, for example reactive Esters, polyacylated alkylenediamines, in particular N, N, N ', N'-tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril, N-acylated hydantoins, hydrazides, triazoles, hydrotriazines, urazoles, diketopiperazines, sulphurylamides and cyanurates, and also carboxylic anhydrides, in particular, phthalic anhydride, carboxylic acid esters, especially sodium nonanoyloxy-benzenesulfonate (NOBS), sodium isononanoyloxy-benzenesulfonate, O-acylated sugar derivatives such as pentaacetyl-glucose, and N-acylated lactams such as N-benzoyl-caprolactam have become known in the literature. By adding these substances, the bleaching effect of aqueous peroxide liquors can be increased so much that even at temperatures around 60 ° C substantially the same effects as with the peroxide solution alone at 95 ° C occur.

In a differentiating approach, however, it is observed that, for example, under textile washing conditions but also in automatic dishwashing such bleach activators that release relatively short-chain peroxycarboxylic acids (most important example is TAED), have a particularly pronounced activity against hydrophilic colored stains, while bleach activators that release relatively longer-chain peroxocarboxylic acids (an example being NOBS), a higher efficacy over hydrophobic stained soils have. Essentially, in order to achieve a high bleaching performance averaged over as many soiling as possible, it is variously proposed to use mixtures of bleach activators which release peroxocarboxylic acids of different chain lengths.

In the effort to achieve energy-saving washing and bleaching processes, in addition, application temperatures still gain significantly less than 60 ° C., especially below 45 ° C., down to the cold water temperature in recent years.

At these low temperatures, the effect of the previously known activator compounds usually decreases noticeably. There has therefore been no lack of efforts to develop more effective activators for this temperature range. However, it must be noted in individual cases that a highly effective at low temperatures bleach activator its effectiveness in the medium or high temperature range, in the case of high demands on the cleaning performance of the detergent or cleaning also quite an increase in bleaching performance over that of the pure oxidant may be desired, loses.

The use of transition metal compounds, in particular transition metal complexes, for increasing the oxidation power of peroxygen compounds or atmospheric oxygen in detergents and cleaners has also been proposed on various occasions. The transition metal compounds proposed for this purpose include, for example, manganese, iron, cobalt, ruthenium or molybdenum-salene complexes, manganese, iron, cobalt, ruthenium or molybdenum carbonyl complexes, manganese, iron, cobalt, Ruthenium, molybdenum, titanium, vanadium and copper complexes with nitrogen-containing tripod ligands, and manganese complexes with polyazacycloalkane ligands, such as TACN.

Detergents containing transition metal complexes are, inter alia WO 2005/116179 A1 . DE 102007017656 A1 and DE 19721886 A1 known.

Surprisingly, it has now been found that certain complexes, namely those having an iminodiol-type ligand as described below, have an excellent bleaching-enhancing effect and enhance the cleaning performance of detergents and cleaners, in particular with respect to bleachable, but also to proteinaceous stains without it Use of the agent or the joint use of its above-mentioned components to damage the textile thus treated comes that go beyond what occurs when using commercially available means measure. Protein-containing soils are normally not oxidatively removable from textiles.

zur Verstärkung der Reinigungsleistung von Wasch- oder Reinigungsmitteln, insbesondere gegenüber bleichbaren und/oder proteinhaltigen Anschmutzungen, wobei das Gerüst der Formel (I) auch verbrückt sowie ein- oder mehrfach substituiert sein kann. Die Herstellung des Metall-Ligand-Komplexes kann in der Regel auf einfache Weise dadurch erfolgen, dass ein Metallsalz des entsprechenden Metalls mit dem entsprechenden Ligand in wässriger Umgebung vermischt wird. Durch Einstellen eines geeigneten Redoxpotentials kann die Entstehung einer gewünschten Oxidationsstufe begünstigt werden.An object of the invention is accordingly the use of a bleach catalyst in the form of a complex of Fe, Mo, Mn and / or W, in particular Fe and / or Mn, with a ligand having a skeleton of the formula (I),

for enhancing the cleaning performance of detergents or cleaners, in particular with respect to bleachable and / or protein-containing stains, wherein the skeleton of the formula (I) can also be bridged and mono- or polysubstituted. The preparation of the metal-ligand complex can generally be carried out in a simple manner by mixing a metal salt of the corresponding metal with the corresponding ligand in an aqueous environment. By setting a suitable redox potential, the formation of a desired oxidation state can be promoted.

The substituents which may be bonded to the basic structure of the formula (I) may in particular be selected from alkyl, in particular C _1-22 -alkyl, preferably C _1-18 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, cycloalkyl, in particular C _3-8 -cycloalkyl , Cycloalkylalkyl, in particular C _3-8 -cycloalkyl-C _1-12 -alkyl, alkenyl, in particular C _2-18 -alkenyl, alkynyl, in particular C _2-18 -alkynyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, in particular C _1-18 - Alkoxy, alkylsulfanyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkylsulfanyl, alkylsulfinyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkylsulfonyl, alkanoyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy, in particular C _1-18 - Alkanoyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkoxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfanylcarbonyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkylsulfanylcarbonyl, hydroxy, amino, aryl, in particular C _6-10 -aryl, arylalkyl, in particular C _6-10 -aryl-C _1-12 -alkyl, aryloxy, in particular C _6-10 aryloxy, arylsulfanyl, in particular C _6-10 arylsulfanyl, arylsulfinyl, in particular C _6-10 arylsulfinyl, arylsulfonyl, in particular C _6-10 arylsulfonyl, arylcarbonyl, in particular C _6-10 arylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyloxy, in particular C _6-10 arylcarbonyloxy, aryloxycarbonyl, in particular C _6-10 aryloxycarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, in particular C _6-10 arylaminocarbonyl, arylsulfanylcarbonyl, in particular C _6-10 arylsulfanylcarbonyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, in particular heteroarylC _1-12 -alkyl , Heteroaryloxy, heteroarylamino, heteroarylsulfanyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfoxidyl, heteroarylcarbonyl, heteroarylcarbonyloxy, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, heteroarylaminocarbonyl, heteroarylsulfanylcarbonyl, alkoxysulfonyl, in particular C _1-18 -alkoxysulfonyl, alkoxycarbinol, in particular C _1-12 -alkoxycarbinol, ammonium, hydroxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, in particular C _{1 -18-} alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, in particular C _6-10 -aryloxycarbonyl, amidocarbonyl, halogen, esp chlorine, bromine, iodine or fluorine, nitro, sulfato, sulfo, amidosulfo, phosphato, phosphono, amidophosphono, formyl, thioformyl, - (CH ₂ -CH ₂ -O-) _n H and - (CH ₂ -CH ₂ -CH ₂ -O) _n H where n = 1 to 20, preferably 3 to 20, where all the radicals of the resulting molecule, in particular the aliphatic and each aromatic radical independently of one another may optionally also be mono- or polysubstituted, in particular mono-, di- or trisubstituted, preferably monosubstituted, in particular by substituents selected from the abovementioned radicals. By linking two atoms of the basic structure of the formula (I) with a divalent radical, bridged skeletons are obtained. A preferred bridged derivative of the skeleton of the general formula (I) corresponds to the formula (II),

Another preferred compound has the structure of formula (I).

zur Verstärkung der Reinigungsleistung von Wasch- und Reinigungsmitteln, insbesondere gegenüber bleichbaren und/oder proteinhaltigen Anschmutzungen, in wäßriger, insbesondere tensidhaltiger Flotte, die Fe-, Mo-, Mn- und/oder W-Ionen, insbesondere Fe- und/oder Mn-Ionen, enthält.The inventively intended success also occurs when one does not use the said complex, but only the corresponding ligand with a skeleton according to formula (I) and the fleet used contains at least one called transition metal ion, wherein the oxidation state of said metals because of usually in the aqueous liquor usually rapidly adjusting redox equilibrium among the different oxidation states is not essential. Another object of the invention is therefore the use of a compound having a skeleton according to formula (I),

for enhancing the cleaning performance of detergents and cleaners, especially bleachable and / or protein-containing stains, in aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing liquor, the Fe, Mo, Mn and / or W ions, in particular Fe and / or Mn Ions, contains.

Further objects of the invention are a process for washing textiles and a process for cleaning hard surfaces, in particular for machine dishwashing, using a compound having a skeleton according to formula (I) or a bleach catalyst in the form of a complex of Fe, Mo, Mn and / or W, in particular Fe and / or Mn, with a Ligands having a skeleton of the formula (I).

In the context of the use according to the invention and the process according to the invention, it is preferred if the concentration of the compound with a skeleton of the formula (I) in the aqueous washing or cleaning liquor is 0.5 μmol / l to 1500 μmol / l, in particular 1 μmol / l to 300 μmol / l. The concentration of Fe, Mo, Mn and / or W, in particular Fe and / or Mn, in the aqueous washing or cleaning liquor is preferably in the range from 0.1 μmol / l to 500 μmol / l, in particular 1 μmol / l up to 100 μmol / l. Preferred peroxygen concentrations (calculated as H ₂ O ₂ ) in the washing or cleaning liquor are in the range from 0.001 g / l to 10 g / l, in particular from 0.1 g / l to 1 g / l and particularly preferably from 0.2 g / l to 0.5 g / l. The inventive use and the inventive method is preferably carried out at temperatures in the range of 10 ° C to 95 ° C, in particular 20 ° C to 40 ° C. The water hardness of the water used for the preparation of the aqueous washing or cleaning solution is preferably in the range from 0 ° dH to 16 ° dH, in particular 0 ° dH to 3 ° dH. The use according to the invention and the method according to the invention is preferably carried out at pH values in the range from pH 5 to pH 12, in particular from pH 7 to pH 11.

The uses according to the invention or the processes according to the invention can be realized particularly simply by the use of a washing or cleaning agent which comprises a compound having a skeleton of the formula (I) or a bleach catalyst obtainable therefrom by complex formation with a transition metal ion. Detergents for cleaning textiles and agents for cleaning hard surfaces, in particular dishwashing detergents, and among these preferably those for machine use, which have a compound with a skeleton of the formula (I) or a bleach catalyst obtainable therefrom by complex formation with a transition metal ion compatible ingredients, in particular a surfactant, are therefore further objects of the invention. Although the success of the invention already sets in the presence of atmospheric oxygen as the sole oxidant, the use of the invention or the inventive method can also be carried out in the presence of peroxygen bleach or a composition of the invention may additionally contain peroxygen bleach.

A bleach-catalyzing complex which has a ligand with a skeleton of the formula (I) can have the corresponding ligand once or even several times, in particular twice. It can be one-or possibly two- or mehrkerning. It may also contain other neutral, anion or cationic ligands such as H ₂ O, NH ₃ , CH ₃ OH, acetylacetone, terpyridine, organic anions such as citrate, oxalate, tartrate, formate, a C _2-18 -carboxylate, a C _1-18 alkyl sulfate, especially methosulfate, or a corresponding alkanesulfonate, inorganic anions such as halide, especially chloride, perchlorate, tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, nitrate, bisulfate, hydroxide or hydroperoxide. It may also have bridging ligands such as alkylenediamines.

Preferably 0.01 to 2 wt .-%, in particular 0.1 wt .-% to 1 wt .-% of the compound having a skeleton according to formula (I) in inventive compositions. If a compound having a skeleton according to formula (I) is present, it is preferred that the agent additionally contains a Fe, Mo, Mn and / or W salt and / or an Fe, Mo, Mn and / or or W complex without a ligand corresponding to a compound having a skeleton of the formula (I). Then, the molar ratio of said transition metal or the sum of said transition metals to the compound of formula (I) is preferably in the range of 0.001: 1 to 2: 1, especially 0.01: 1 to 1: 1. In a further preferred embodiment of compositions according to the invention, 0.05 to 1% by weight, in particular 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, of bleach-catalyzing complex comprising a ligand of the formula I) included. Preferred transition metals in the context of the use according to the invention, the process according to the invention and the agent according to the invention are Fe and Mn, in particular Mn.

Particularly suitable peroxygen compounds in the compositions are organic peracids or persalts of organic acids, such as phthalimidopercaproic acid, perbenzoic acid or salts of diperdodecanedioic acid, hydrogen peroxide and inorganic salts which release hydrogen peroxide under the washing conditions, such as perborate, percarbonate and / or persilicate. Hydrogen peroxide can also be produced by means of an enzymatic system, ie an oxidase and its substrate. If solid peroxygen compounds are to be used, they can be used in the form of powders or granules, which can also be enveloped in a manner known in principle. Particular preference is given to using alkali metal percarbonate, alkali metal perborate monohydrate, alkali metal perborate tetrahydrate or hydrogen peroxide in the form of aqueous solutions which contain from 3% by weight to 10% by weight of hydrogen peroxide. Preferably, peroxygen compounds are present in amounts of up to 50% by weight, in particular from 5% by weight to 30% by weight, in detergents or cleaners according to the invention.

The compositions according to the invention, which can be in the form of homogeneous solutions or suspensions in particular as pulverulent solids, in densified particle form, may contain, in principle, all known ingredients customary in such agents apart from the ligand or bleach catalyst to be used according to the invention. The agents according to the invention may in particular be builders, surface-active surfactants, water-miscible organic compounds Solvents, enzymes, sequestrants, electrolytes, pH regulators, special effect polymers such as soil release polymers, dye transfer inhibitors, grayness inhibitors, wrinkle reducing polymeric agents and polymer builders, and other adjuvants such as optical brighteners, foam regulators, additional peroxygen activators, dyes and fragrances.

An agent according to the invention can contain conventional antimicrobial active ingredients in addition to the ingredients mentioned above in order to enhance the disinfecting action, for example against special germs. Such antimicrobial additives are contained in the disinfectants according to the invention preferably in amounts of up to 10 wt .-%, in particular from 0.1 wt .-% to 5 wt .-%.

In addition to the substance to be used according to the invention, customary bleach activators which form peroxycarboxylic acids or peroxoimidic acids under perhydrolysis conditions and / or customary bleach-activating transition metal complexes can be used. The optional, in particular in amounts of 0.5 wt .-% to 6 wt .-%, present component of the bleach activators comprises the commonly used N- or O-acyl compounds, for example polyacylated alkylenediamines, especially tetraacetylethylenediamine, acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril, N-acylated hydantoins, hydrazides, triazoles, urazoles, diketopiperazines, sulfuryl amides and cyanurates, in addition to carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, carboxylic acid esters, especially sodium isononanoyl-phenolsulfonat, and acylated sugar derivatives, in particular pentaacetylglucose, and cationic nitrile derivatives such as trimethylammoniumacetonitrile salts. The bleach activators may have been coated or granulated in a known manner with coating substances in order to avoid the interaction with the per compounds, whereby granulated tetraacetylethylenediamine having mean particle sizes of 0.01 mm to 0.8 mm, granulated 1.5% by means of carboxymethylcellulose. Diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine, and / or formulated in particulate trialkylammonium acetonitrile is particularly preferred. Such bleach activators are preferably contained in detergents or cleaners in amounts of up to 8% by weight, in particular from 2% by weight to 6% by weight, based in each case on the total agent.

The compositions of the invention may contain one or more surfactants, in particular anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof, but also cationic and / or amphoteric surfactants may be included. Suitable nonionic surfactants are, in particular, alkyl glycosides and ethoxylation and / or propoxylation products of alkyl glycosides or linear or branched alcohols having in each case 12 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and 3 to 20, preferably 4 to 10, alkyl ether groups. Furthermore, corresponding ethoxylation and / or propoxylation products of N-alkylamines, vicinal diols,

Fatty acid esters and fatty acid amides which correspond in terms of the alkyl moiety said long-chain alcohol derivatives, as well as of alkylphenols having 5 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.

Suitable anionic surfactants are in particular soaps and those which contain sulfate or sulfonate groups with preferably alkali ions as cations. Usable soaps are preferably the alkali salts of the saturated or unsaturated fatty acids having 12 to 18 carbon atoms. Such fatty acids can also be used in incompletely neutralized form. Useful surfactants of the sulfate type include the salts of the sulfuric acid half-esters of fatty alcohols having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and the sulfation products of said nonionic surfactants having a low degree of ethoxylation. Suitable surfactants of the sulfonate type include linear alkylbenzenesulfonates having 9 to 14 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, alkane sulfonates having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, and olefin sulfonates having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, which are formed in the reaction of corresponding monoolefins with sulfur trioxide, and alpha-sulfofatty acid esters resulting from the sulfonation of fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters.

Such surfactants are present in the cleaning or washing agents according to the invention in proportions of preferably 5 wt .-% to 50 wt .-%, in particular from 8 wt .-% to 30 wt .-%, while the disinfectant according to the invention as well as inventive cleaning agent preferably 0.1 wt .-% to 20 wt .-%, in particular 0.2 wt .-% to 5 wt .-% surfactants.

worin jede Gruppe R¹ unabhängig voneinander ausgewählt ist aus C_1-6-Alkyl-, -Alkenyl- oder -Hydroxyalkylgruppen; jede Gruppe R² unabhängig voneinander ausgewählt ist aus C_8-28-Alkyl- oder -Alkenylgruppen; R³ = R¹ oder (CH₂)_n-T-R²; R⁴ = R¹ oder R² oder (CH₂)_n-T-R²; T = -CH₂-, -O-CO- oder -CO-O- und n eine ganze Zahl von 0 bis 5 ist. Die kationischen Tenside weisen übliche Anionen in zum Ladungsausgleich notwendiger Art und Anzahl auf, wobei diese neben beispielsweise Halogeniden auch aus den anionischen Tensiden ausgewählt werden können. In bevorzugten Ausführungsformen der vorliegenden Erfindung kommen als kationische Tenside Hydroxyalkyl-trialkyl-ammonium-verbindungen, insbesondere C_12-18-Alkyl(hydroxyethyl)dimethylammoniumverbindungen, und vorzugsweise deren Halogenide, insbesondere Chloride, zum Einsatz. Ein erfindungsgemäßes Mittel enthält vorzugsweise 0,5 Gew.-% bis 25 Gew.-%, insbesondere 1 Gew.-% bis 15 Gew.-% kationisches Tensid.The compositions according to the invention, especially those which are intended for the treatment of textiles, may contain, as cationic active substances with textile-softening action, in particular one or more of the cationic, fabric-softening substances of the general formulas X, XI or XII:

wherein each R ^{1 group is} independently selected from C _1-6 alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl groups; each R ^{2 group is} independently selected from C _8-28 alkyl or alkenyl groups; R ³ = R ¹ or (CH ₂ ) _n -TR ² ; R ⁴ = R ¹ or R ² or (CH ₂ ) _n -TR ² ; T = -CH ₂ -, -O-CO- or -CO-O- and n is an integer from 0 to 5. The cationic surfactants have customary anions in the charge balance necessary type and number, which can be selected in addition to, for example halides also from the anionic surfactants. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the cationic surfactants used are hydroxyalkyl trialkylammonium compounds, in particular C _12-18 -alkyl (hydroxyethyl) dimethylammonium compounds, and preferably their halides, in particular chlorides. An agent according to the invention preferably contains 0.5% by weight to 25% by weight, in particular 1% by weight to 15% by weight, of cationic surfactant.

An agent according to the invention preferably contains at least one water-soluble and / or water-insoluble, organic and / or inorganic builder. The water-soluble organic builder substances include polycarboxylic acids, in particular citric acid and sugar acids, monomeric and polymeric aminopolycarboxylic acids, in particular methylglycinediacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and polyaspartic acid, polyphosphonic acids, in particular aminotris (methylenephosphonic acid), ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylenephosphonic acid) and 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid, polymeric hydroxy compounds such as dextrin and polymeric (poly) carboxylic acids, in particular by oxidation of polysaccharides or dextrins accessible polycarboxylates, and / or polymeric acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, maleic acids and copolymers thereof, which may also contain polymerized small amounts of polymerizable substances without carboxylic acid functionality. The molecular weight of the homopolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids is generally between 5,000 and 200,000, that of the copolymers between 2,000 and 200,000, preferably 50,000 to 120,000, in each case based on the free acid. A particularly preferred acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer has a molecular weight of 50,000 to 100,000. Suitable, although less preferred, compounds of this class are copolymers of acrylic or methacrylic acid with vinyl ethers, such as vinylmethyl ethers, vinyl esters, ethylene, propylene and styrene, in which the acid content is at least 50% by weight. It is also possible to use terpolymers which contain two unsaturated acids and / or salts thereof as monomers and also vinyl alcohol and / or an esterified vinyl alcohol or a carbohydrate as the third monomer as water-soluble organic builder substances. The first acidic monomer or its salt is derived from a monoethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ carboxylic acid and preferably from a C ₃ -C ₄ monocarboxylic acid, in particular from (meth) acrylic acid. The second acidic monomer or its salt may be a derivative of a C ₄ -C ₈ -dicarboxylic acid, with maleic acid being particularly preferred, and / or a derivative of an allylsulfonic acid which is substituted in the 2-position by an alkyl or aryl radical. Such polymers generally have a molecular weight between 1,000 and 200,000. Further preferred copolymers are those which have as monomers acrolein and acrylic acid / acrylic acid salts or vinyl acetate. The organic builder substances can be used, in particular for the preparation of liquid agents, in the form of aqueous solutions, preferably in the form of 30 to 50 percent by weight aqueous solutions. All of the acids mentioned are generally used in the form of their water-soluble salts, in particular their alkali metal salts.

If desired, such organic builder substances may be present in amounts of up to 40% by weight, in particular up to 25% by weight and preferably from 1% by weight to 8% by weight. Quantities close to the stated upper limit are preferably used in paste-form or liquid, in particular water-containing, agents according to the invention.

Suitable water-soluble inorganic builder materials are, in particular, polymeric alkali metal phosphates, which may be in the form of their alkaline neutral or acidic sodium or potassium salts. Examples of these are tetrasodium diphosphate, disodium dihydrogen diphosphate, pentasodium triphosphate, so-called sodium hexametaphosphate and the corresponding potassium salts or mixtures of sodium and potassium salts. Crystalline or amorphous alkali metal aluminosilicates, in amounts of up to 50% by weight, preferably not more than 40% by weight, and in liquid agents, in particular from 1% by weight to 5% by weight, are particularly suitable as water-insoluble, water-dispersible inorganic builder materials. used. Among these, preferred are the detergent grade crystalline sodium aluminosilicates, especially zeolite A, P and optionally X. Amounts near the above upper limit are preferably used in solid, particulate agents. In particular, suitable aluminosilicates have no particles with a particle size greater than 30 .mu.m and preferably consist of at least 80% by weight of particles having a size of less than 10 .mu.m. Their calcium binding capacity, according to the information of the German Patent DE 24 12 837 can be determined, is usually in the range of 100 to 200 mg CaO per gram.

Suitable substitutes or partial substitutes for the said aluminosilicate are crystalline alkali silicates which may be present alone or in a mixture with amorphous silicates. The alkali metal silicates useful as builders in the compositions according to the invention preferably have a molar ratio of alkali metal oxide to SiO ₂ below 0.95, in particular from 1: 1.1 to 1:12, and may be present in amorphous or crystalline form. Preferred alkali metal silicates are the sodium silicates, in particular the amorphous sodium silicates, with a molar ratio Na ₂ O: SiO ₂ of 1: 2 to 1: 2.8. The crystalline silicates which may be present alone or in admixture with amorphous silicates, are crystalline layer silicates with the general formula of Na ₂ Si _x O _{2x + 1} ˙ y H ₂ O used in the x, known as the modulus, an integer of 1, 9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20 and preferred values for x are 2, 3 or 4. Preferred crystalline phyllosilicates are those in which x in the abovementioned general formula assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both β- and δ-sodium disilicates (Na ₂ Si ₂ O ₅ ˙ y H ₂ O) are preferred. Also prepared from amorphous alkali silicates, practically anhydrous crystalline alkali silicates of the abovementioned general formula in which x is a number from 1.9 to 2.1, can be used in inventive compositions. In a further preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, a crystalline sodium layer silicate with a modulus of 2 to 3 is used, as can be prepared from sand and soda. Crystalline sodium silicates with a modulus in the range from 1.9 to 3.5 are used in a further preferred embodiment of compositions according to the invention. In a preferred embodiment of compositions according to the invention, a granular compound of alkali silicate and alkali carbonate is used, as is commercially available, for example, under the name Nabion® 15. If alkali metal aluminosilicate, in particular zeolite, is also present as an additional builder substance, the weight ratio of aluminosilicate to silicate, based in each case on anhydrous active substances, is preferably 1:10 to 10: 1. In agents containing both amorphous and crystalline alkali metal silicates, the weight ratio of amorphous alkali metal silicate to crystalline alkali metal silicate is preferably 1: 2 to 2: 1 and especially 1: 1 to 2: 1.

Builder substances are preferably present in the detergents or cleaners according to the invention in amounts of up to 60% by weight, in particular from 5% by weight to 40% by weight.

1. a) 5 Gew.-% bis 35 Gew.-% Citronensäure, Alkalicitrat und/oder Alkalicarbonat, welches auch zumindest anteilig durch Alkalihydrogencarbonat ersetzt sein kann,
2. b) bis zu 10 Gew.-% Alkalisilikat mit einem Modul im Bereich von 1,8 bis 2,5,
3. c) bis zu 2 Gew.-% Phosphonsäure und/oder Alkaliphosphonat,
4. d) bis zu 50 Gew.-% Alkaliphosphat, und
5. e) bis zu 10 Gew.-% polymerem Polycarboxylat,

wobei die Mengenangaben sich auf das gesamte Wasch- beziehungsweise Reinigungsmittel beziehen. Dies gilt auch für alle folgenden Mengenangaben, sofern nicht ausdrücklich anders angegeben.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an agent according to the invention has a water-soluble builder block. The use of the term "builder block" is intended to express that the agents do not contain any further builder substances than those which are water-soluble, ie all builder substances contained in the agent are combined in the "block" characterized in this way, at most the amounts of Substances are excluded, which may be present as impurities or stabilizing additives in small amounts in the other ingredients of the products commercially. The term "water-soluble" is to be understood as meaning that the builder block dissolves without leaving a residue at the concentration which results from the use amount of the agent containing it in the customary conditions. Preferably, at least 15 wt .-% and up to 55 wt .-%, in particular 25 wt .-% to 50 wt .-% of water-soluble builder block in the inventive compositions. This is preferably composed of the components

1. a) 5% by weight to 35% by weight of citric acid, alkali citrate and / or alkali metal carbonate, which may also be replaced at least proportionally by alkali metal bicarbonate,
2. b) up to 10% by weight of alkali silicate having a modulus in the range of 1.8 to 2.5,
3. c) up to 2% by weight of phosphonic acid and / or alkali phosphonate,
4. d) up to 50% by weight of alkali metal phosphate, and
5. e) up to 10% by weight of polymeric polycarboxylate,

wherein the quantities are based on the total detergent or cleaning agent. This also applies to all following quantities, unless expressly stated otherwise.

In a preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, the water-soluble builder block contains at least 2 of components b), c), d) and e) in amounts greater than 0% by weight.

With regard to component a), in a preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, 15% by weight to 25% by weight of alkali carbonate, which may at least partly be replaced by alkali metal hydrogencarbonate, and up to 5% by weight, in particular 0.5% by weight. % to 2.5% by weight of citric acid and / or alkali citrate. In an alternative embodiment of inventive compositions are as component a) 5 wt .-% to 25 wt .-%, in particular 5 wt .-% to 15 wt .-% citric acid and / or alkali citrate and up to 5 wt .-%, in particular 1 wt .-% to 5 wt .-% alkali carbonate, which may be at least partially replaced by alkali metal bicarbonate included. If both alkali metal carbonate and alkali metal bicarbonate are present, the component comprises a) alkali carbonate and alkali metal bicarbonate, preferably in a weight ratio of 10: 1 to 1: 1.

With regard to component b), in a preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, 1% by weight to 5% by weight of alkali metal silicate with a modulus in the range from 1.8 to 2.5 are contained.

With regard to component c), in a preferred embodiment, agents according to the invention contain from 0.05% by weight to 1% by weight of phosphonic acid and / or alkali metal phosphonate. Phosphonic acids are also understood as meaning optionally substituted alkylphosphonic acids, which may also have a plurality of phosphonic acid groups (so-called polyphosphonic acids). They are preferably selected from the hydroxy and / or aminoalkylphosphonic acids and / or their alkali salts, for example dimethylaminomethane diphosphonic acid, 3-aminopropane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonic acid, 1-amino-1-phenylmethane diphosphonic acid, 1-hydroxyethane 1,1-diphosphonic acid, amino-tris (methylenephosphonic acid), N, N, N ', N'-ethylenediamine tetrakis (methylenephosphonic acid) and acylated derivatives of phosphorous acid, which can also be used in any mixtures.

With regard to component d), in a preferred embodiment of the composition according to the invention, 15% by weight to 35% by weight of alkali metal phosphate, in particular trisodium polyphosphate, are contained.

Alkaliphosphat is the summary term for the alkali metal (especially sodium and potassium) salts of the various phosphoric acids, in which one can distinguish metaphosphoric acids (HPO ₃ ) _n and orthophosphoric H ₃ PO _{4 in} addition to high molecular weight representatives. The phosphates combine several advantages: they act as alkali carriers, prevent lime deposits on machine parts or lime incrustations in fabrics and also contribute to the cleaning performance. Sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH ₂ PO ₄ , exists as a dihydrate (density 1.91 gcm ^-3 , melting point 60 °) and as a monohydrate (density 2.04 gcm ^-3 ). Both salts are white powders which are very soluble in water and which lose their water of crystallization when heated and at 200 ° C into the weak acid diphosphate (disodium hydrogen diphosphate, Na ₂ H ₂ P ₂ O ₇ ), at higher temperature in sodium trimetaphosphate (Na ₃ P ₃ O ₉ ) and pass on Madrell's salt. NaH ₂ PO _{4 is} acidic; It arises when phosphoric acid is adjusted to a pH of 4.5 with sodium hydroxide solution and the mash is sprayed. Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (potassium phosphate primary or monobasic potassium, potassium biphosphate, KDP), KH ₂ PO ₄ , is a white salt of density 2.33 gcm ^-3 , has a melting point of 253 ° (decomposition to form (KPO ₃ ) _x , potassium polyphosphate) and is slightly soluble in water. Disodium hydrogen phosphate (secondary sodium phosphate), Na ₂ HPO ₄ , is a colorless, very slightly water-soluble crystalline salt. It exists anhydrous and with 2 moles (density 2.066 gcm ^-3 , loss of water at 95 °), 7 moles (density 1.68 gcm ^-3 , melting point 48 ° with loss of 5 H ₂ O) and 12 moles water ( Density 1.52 gcm ^-3 , melting point 35 ° with loss of 5 H ₂ O) becomes anhydrous at 100 ° C and, upon increased heating, passes into the diphosphate Na ₄ P ₂ O ₇ . Disodium hydrogen phosphate is prepared by neutralization of phosphoric acid with soda solution using phenolphthalein as an indicator. Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (secondary or dibasic potassium phosphate), K ₂ HPO ₄ , is an amorphous, white salt that is readily soluble in water. Trisodium phosphate, tertiary sodium phosphate, Na ₃ PO ₄ , are colorless crystals which have a density of 1.62 gcm ^-3 as dodecahydrate and a melting point of 73-76 ° C (decomposition), as decahydrate (corresponding to 19-20% P ₂ O ₅ ) have a melting point of 100 ° C and in anhydrous form (corresponding to 39-40% P ₂ O ₅ ) have a density of 2.536 gcm ^-3 . Trisodium phosphate is readily soluble in water under alkaline reaction and is prepared by evaporating a solution of exactly 1 mole of disodium phosphate and 1 mole of NaOH. Tripotassium phosphate (tertiary or tribasic potassium phosphate), K ₃ PO ₄ , is a white, deliquescent, granular powder of density 2.56 gcm ^-3 , has a melting point of 1340 ° and is readily soluble in water with an alkaline reaction. It arises, for example, when heating Thomasschlacke with coal and potassium sulfate. Despite the higher price, the more soluble, therefore highly effective, potassium phosphates are often preferred over the corresponding sodium compounds in the detergent industry. Tetrasodium diphosphate (sodium pyrophosphate), Na ₄ P ₂ O ₇ , exists in anhydrous form (density 2.534 gcm ^-3 , melting point 988 °, also indicated 880 °) and as decahydrate (density 1.815-1.836 gcm ^-3 , melting point 94 ° with loss of water) , For substances are colorless, in water with alkaline reaction soluble crystals. Na ₄ P ₂ O ₇ is formed on heating disodium phosphate to> 200 ° or by reacting phosphoric acid with soda in a stoichiometric ratio and the solution drained by spraying. The decahydrate complexes heavy metal salts and hardness agents and therefore reduces the hardness of the water. Potassium diphosphate (potassium pyrophosphate), K ₄ P ₂ O ₇ , exists in the form of the trihydrate and is a colorless, hygroscopic powder with a density of 2.33 gcm ^-3 , which is soluble in water, the pH being 1% Solution at 25 ° 10.4. Condensation of NaH ₂ PO ₄ or KH ₂ PO ₄ results in higher mol. Sodium and potassium phosphates, in which one can distinguish cyclic representatives, the sodium or Kaliummetaphosphate and chain types, the sodium or potassium polyphosphates. In particular, for the latter are a variety of names in use: melting or annealing phosphates, Graham's salt, Kurrolsches and Madrell's salt. All higher sodium and potassium phosphates are collectively referred to as condensed phosphates. The technically important pentasodium triphosphate, Na ₅ P ₃ O ₁₀ (sodium tripolyphosphate), is an anhydrous or with 6 H ₂ O crystallizing, non-hygroscopic, white, water-soluble salt of the general formula NaO- [P (O) (ONa) -O] _n -Na with n = 3. In 100 g of water dissolve at room temperature about 17 g, at 60 ° about 20 g, at 100 ° around 32 g of the salt water-free salt; after two hours of heating the solution to 100 ° caused by hydrolysis about 8% orthophosphate and 15% diphosphate. In the preparation of pentasodium triphosphate, phosphoric acid is reacted with sodium carbonate solution or sodium hydroxide solution in a stoichiometric ratio and the solution is dehydrated by spraying. Similar to Graham's salt and sodium diphosphate, pentasodium triphosphate dissolves many insoluble metal compounds (including lime soaps, etc.). Pentakaliumtriphosphat, K ₅ P ₃ O ₁₀ (potassium tripolyphosphate), for example, in the form of a 50 wt .-% solution (> 23% P ₂ O ₅ , 25% K ₂ O) in the trade. The potassium polyphosphates are widely used in the washing and cleaning industry. There are also sodium potassium tripolyphosphates which can also be used in the context of the present invention. These arise, for example, when hydrolyzed sodium trimetaphosphate with KOH:

(NaPO ₃ ) ₃ + 2 KOH → Na ₃ K ₂ P ₃ O ₁₀ + H ₂ O

These are used according to the invention exactly as sodium tripolyphosphate, potassium tripolyphosphate or mixtures of these two; Mixtures of sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium potassium tripolyphosphate or mixtures of potassium tripolyphosphate and sodium potassium tripolyphosphate or mixtures of sodium tripolyphosphate and potassium tripolyphosphate and sodium potassium tripolyphosphate can also be used according to the invention.

With regard to component e), in a preferred embodiment, agents according to the invention contain from 1.5% by weight to 5% by weight of polymeric polycarboxylate, in particular selected from the polymerization or copolymerization products of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and / or maleic acid. Among these are the homopolymers of acrylic acid and below in turn, those having an average molecular weight in the range of 5,000 D to 15,000 D (PA standard) are particularly preferred.

As enzymes which can be used in the compositions, apart from the abovementioned oxidase, those from the class of the proteases, lipases, cutinases, amylases, pullulanases, mannanases, cellulases, hemicellulases, xylanases and peroxidases and mixtures thereof are suitable, for example proteases such as BLAP®, Optimase®, Opticlean®, Maxacal®, Maxapem®, Alcalase®, Esperase®, Savinase®, Durazym® and / or Purafect® OxP, amylases such as Termamyl®, Amylase-LT®, Maxamyl®, Duramyl® and / or Purafect® OxAm, lipases such as Lipolase®, Lipomax®, Lumafast® and / or Lipozym®, cellulases such as Celluzyme® and / or Carezyme®. Particularly suitable are from fungi or bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Streptomyces griseus, Humicola lanuginosa, Humicola insolens, Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes or Pseudomonas cepacia derived enzymatic agents. The optionally used enzymes may be adsorbed to carriers and / or embedded in encapsulants to protect against premature inactivation. They are preferably present in the detergents, cleaners and disinfectants according to the invention in amounts of up to 10% by weight, in particular from 0.2% by weight to 2% by weight, particular preference being given to stabilizing enzymes which are stabilized against oxidative degradation become.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the agent contains 5% by weight to 50% by weight, in particular 8-30% by weight of anionic and / or nonionic surfactant, up to 60% by weight, in particular 5-40% by weight. % Builder and 0.2% to 2% by weight of enzyme selected from the proteases, lipases, cutinases, amylases, pullulanases, mannanases, cellulases, oxidases and peroxidases, and mixtures thereof.

Among the organic solvents which can be used in the compositions according to the invention, especially if they are in liquid or pasty form, are alcohols having 1 to 4 C atoms, in particular methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and tert-butanol, diols having 2 to 4 C atoms , in particular ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, and mixtures thereof and the derivable from said classes of compound ethers. Such water-miscible solvents are preferably present in the detergents according to the invention not more than 30% by weight, in particular from 6% by weight to 20% by weight.

In order to establish a desired pH, which does not result from the mixture of the other components, the compositions according to the invention can contain system- and environmentally compatible acids, in particular citric acid, acetic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid and / or adipic acid. but also mineral acids, in particular sulfuric acid, or bases, in particular ammonium or alkali metal hydroxides. such pH regulators are preferably not more than 20% by weight, in particular from 1.2% by weight to 17% by weight, in the compositions according to the invention.

Soil release polymers, often referred to as "soil release" agents or because of their ability to impart soil repellency to the treated surface, for example fiber, are, for example, nonionic or cationic cellulose derivatives. The particularly polyester-active soil release polymers include copolyesters of dicarboxylic acids, for example adipic acid, phthalic acid or terephthalic acid, diols, for example ethylene glycol or propylene glycol, and polydiols, for example polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol. Preferred soil release polymers include those compounds which are formally accessible by esterification of two monomeric moieties, wherein the first monomer is a dicarboxylic acid HOOC-Ph-COOH and the second monomer is a diol HO- (CHR ¹¹ -) _a OH, also known as polymeric Diol H- (O- (CHR ¹¹ -) _a ) _b OH may be present. Therein, Ph is an o-, m- or p-phenylene radical which can carry 1 to 4 substituents selected from alkyl radicals having 1 to 22 C atoms, sulfonic acid groups, carboxyl groups and mixtures thereof, R ¹¹ denotes hydrogen, an alkyl radical having 1 to 22 C atoms and mixtures thereof, a is a number from 2 to 6 and b is a number from 1 to 300. Preferably, in the polyesters obtainable from these, both monomer diol units -O- (CHR ¹¹ -) _a O- and also polymeric diol units - ( O- (CHR ¹¹ -) _a ) _b O-. The molar ratio of monomer diol units to polymer diol units is preferably 100: 1 to 1: 100, in particular 10: 1 to 1:10. In the polymer diol units, the degree of polymerization b is preferably in the range of 4 to 200, especially 12 to 140. The molecular weight or the average molecular weight or the maximum molecular weight distribution of preferred soil release polyester is in the range of 250 to 100,000, especially 500 to 50,000 The acid underlying the remainder Ph is preferably selected from terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, phthalic acid, trimellitic acid, mellitic acid, the isomers of sulfophthalic acid, sulfoisophthalic acid and sulfoterephthalic acid and mixtures thereof. If their acid groups are not part of the ester bonds in the polymer, they are preferably in salt form, in particular as alkali or ammonium salt. Among these, the sodium and potassium salts are particularly preferable. If desired, in place of the monomer HOOC-Ph-COOH small proportions, in particular not more than 10 mol% based on the proportion of Ph having the meaning given above, of other acids having at least two carboxyl groups may be included in the soil release-capable polyester. These include, for example, alkylene and alkenylene dicarboxylic acids such as malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid and sebacic acid. The preferred diols HO- (CHR ¹¹ -) _a OH include those in which R ^{11 is} hydrogen and a is a number from 2 to 6, and those in which a is 2 and R ¹¹ is hydrogen and the alkyl radicals 1 to 10, in particular 1 to 3 C-atoms is selected. Among the latter diols are those of the formula HO-CH ₂ -CHR ¹¹ -OH in which R ^{11 is} the has the abovementioned meaning, particularly preferred. Examples of diol components are ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 1,2-decanediol, 1, 2-dodecanediol and neopentyl glycol. Particularly preferred among the polymeric diols is polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight in the range of 1000 to 6000. If desired, these polyesters may also be endgruppenverschlossen, with alkyl groups having 1 to 22 carbon atoms and esters of monocarboxylic acids in question as end groups. The ester groups bound by end groups alkyl, alkenyl and Arylmonocarbonsäuren with 5 to 32 carbon atoms, in particular 5 to 18 carbon atoms, based. These include valeric acid, caproic acid, enanthic acid, caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, capric acid, undecanoic acid, undecenoic acid, lauric acid, lauroleinic acid, tridecanoic acid, myristic acid, myristoleic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, petroselinic acid, petroselaidic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolaidic acid, linolenic acid, levostearic acid, arachidic acid , Gadoleic acid, arachidonic acid, behenic acid, erucic acid, brassidic acid, clupanodonic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid, melissic acid, benzoic acid, which may carry 1 to 5 substituents having a total of up to 25 carbon atoms, in particular 1 to 12 carbon atoms, for example tert-butylbenzoic acid , The end groups may also be based on hydroxymonocarboxylic acids having 5 to 22 carbon atoms, which include, for example, hydroxyvaleric acid, hydroxycaproic acid, ricinoleic acid, their hydrogenation product hydroxystearic acid, and o-, m- and p-hydroxybenzoic acid. The hydroxymonocarboxylic acids may in turn be linked to one another via their hydroxyl group and their carboxyl group and thus be present several times in an end group. Preferably, the number of hydroxymonocarboxylic acid units per end group, that is to say their degree of oligomerization, is in the range from 1 to 50, in particular from 1 to 10. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, polymers of ethylene terephthalate and polyethylene oxide terephthalate in which the polyethylene glycol units have molecular weights of 750 to 5,000 and the molar ratio of ethylene terephthalate to polyethylene oxide terephthalate is 50:50 to 90:10, used alone or in combination with cellulose derivatives.

Polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyvinylimidazoles, polymeric N-oxides such as poly (vinylpyridine-N-oxide) and copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone with vinylimidazole and optionally other monomers belong to the color transfer inhibitors which are suitable for use in laundry detergents according to the invention.

The inventive compositions for use in the textile laundry may contain anti-crease agents, since textile fabrics, in particular of rayon, wool, cotton and their mixtures, may tend to wrinkle, because the individual fibers are sensitive to bending, buckling, pressing and squeezing transverse to the fiber direction. These include, for example, synthetic products based on fatty acids, fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides, -alkylolestern, -alkylolamiden or fatty alcohols, which are usually reacted with ethylene oxide, or products based on lecithin or modified phosphoric acid ester.

Graying inhibitors have the task of keeping suspended from the hard surface and in particular from the textile fiber suspended dirt in the fleet. Water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable for this purpose, for example starch, glue, gelatin, salts of ether carboxylic acids or ether sulfonic acids of starch or of cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch. Also, water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are suitable for this purpose. Furthermore, other than the above-mentioned starch derivatives can be used, for example aldehyde starches. Preference is given to using cellulose ethers, such as carboxymethylcellulose (Na salt), methylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose and mixed ethers, such as methylhydroxyethylcellulose, methylhydroxypropylcellulose, methylcarboxymethylcellulose and mixtures thereof, for example in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the compositions.

The agents may contain optical brighteners, among these in particular derivatives of diaminostilbenedisulfonic acid or their alkali metal salts. Suitable salts are, for example, salts of 4,4'-bis (2-anilino-4-morpholino-1,3,5-triazinyl-6-amino) stilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid or compounds of similar construction which, instead of the morpholino Group carry a diethanolamino group, a methylamino group, an anilino group or a 2-methoxyethylamino group. Further, brighteners of the substituted diphenylstyrene type may be present, for example, the alkali salts of 4,4'-bis (2-sulfostyryl) -diphenyl, 4,4'-bis (4-chloro-3-sulfostyryl) -diphenyl, or 4 - (4-chlorostyryl) -4 '- (2-sulfostyryl). Mixtures of the aforementioned optical brightener can be used.

In particular when used in automatic washing or cleaning processes, it may be advantageous to add conventional foam inhibitors to the compositions. As foam inhibitors are, for example, soaps of natural or synthetic origin, which have a high proportion of C ₁₈ -C ₂₄ fatty acids. Suitable non-surfactant foam inhibitors are, for example, organopolysiloxanes and mixtures thereof with microfine, optionally silanized silica and paraffins, waxes, microcrystalline waxes and mixtures thereof with silanated silicic acid or bis-fatty acid alkylenediamides. It is also advantageous to use mixtures of various foam inhibitors, for example those of silicones, paraffins or waxes. The foam inhibitors, in particular silicone- and / or paraffin-containing foam inhibitors, are preferably bound to a granular, water-soluble or dispersible carrier substance. In particular, mixtures of paraffins and bistearylethylenediamide are preferred.

In agents according to the invention it is also possible to use active substances for avoiding the tarnishing of silver objects, so-called silver corrosion inhibitors. Preferred silver corrosion inhibitors are organic disulfides, dihydric phenols, trihydric phenols, optionally alkyl- or aminoalkyl-substituted triazoles such as benzotriazole and cobalt, manganese, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium or cerium salts and / or complexes in which the Metals in one of the oxidation states II, III, IV, V or VI are present.

The compound having a skeleton of the formula (I) or the correspondingly preformed complex may be present in the form of powders or as granules, which may optionally also be coated and / or dyed and may contain conventional carrier materials and / or granulation auxiliaries. In the case of their use as granules, if desired, these may also contain further active substances, in particular bleach activator.

The preparation of solid compositions according to the invention presents no difficulties and can be carried out in a manner known in principle, for example by spray drying or granulation, with peroxygen compound and bleach activator combination optionally being added later. For the preparation of inventive compositions having an increased bulk density, in particular in the range from 650 g / l to 950 g / l, a process comprising an extrusion step is preferred. Detergents, cleaners or disinfectants according to the invention in the form of aqueous or other conventional solvent-containing solutions are particularly advantageously prepared by simply mixing the ingredients, which can be added in bulk or as a solution in an automatic mixer. In a preferred embodiment of means for the particular machine cleaning of dishes, these are tablet-shaped.

Examples Example 1: Preparation of 2- (2-hydroxyphenylimino) phenol (hpimp)

2-Aminophenol (6.3 g, 57.3 mmol, 1.0 eq) was dissolved in 150 ml of methanol. This was followed by the addition of 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (7.0 g, 57.3 mmol, 1.0 eq). After a few seconds, an intense yellow to red color was observed. After a few minutes, orange solid precipitated. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 3 h and stirred after cooling at room temperature for a further hour. The precipitate was filtered off and washed with a little diethyl ether and hexane. The mother liquor of the reaction was stored in the refrigerator overnight at 4 ° C; the crystallized further product was also filtered off and washed.

Yield: orange needles, 11.1 g (91%).
¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d ₆ ), δ / ppm = 13.85 (bs, 1H), 9.80 (bs, 1H), 9.00 (s, 1H, -CH = N-) 7.65 (dd, 1H, ³ J _HH = 7.9 Hz, ⁴ J _HH = 1.7 Hz, H _Ar ), 7.45-7.38 (m, 2H, H _Ar ), 7.17 (m, 1H, H _Ar ), 7.03-6.97 (m, 3H, H _Ar ), 6.92 (m, 1H, H _Ar ).
¹³ C-NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d ₆ ), δ / ppm = 162.6 (C-OH), 161.7 (-CH = N), 152.1 (C-OH), 135.9 (C _Ar ), 133.8 (C _Ar ), 133.2 (C _Ar ), 129.0 (C _Ar ), 120.54 (2 C _Ar ), 120.45 (C _Ar ), 119.7 (C _Ar ), 117.6 (C _Ar ), 117.5 (C _Ar ).
EI-MS m / z (%): 213 (100) [M] ⁺ , 120 (55) [C ₇ H ₆ NO] ⁺ , 93 (8) [C ₆ H ₅ O] ⁺ , 77 (8) [ C ₆ H ₅ ] ⁺ . IR spectroscopy (KBr) ν / cm ^-1 : 3046 (w), 2550 (bm), 1632 (s), 1612 (m), 1593 (m), 1330 (m), 1487 (m), 1464 (s ), 1275 m, 1242 m, 1223 m, 1138 (s), 1115 m, 764 m, 740 m, 548 m, 475 m. Elemental analysis: C ₁₃ H ₁₁ NO ₂ (M = 213.2) / wt% calculated C: 73.23 H: 5.20 N: 6.57 found C: 73.23 H: 5.53 N: 6.57.

Example 2: Preparation of 1 - ((2-hydroxyphenylimino) methyl) naphth-2-ol (hpimn)

2-Aminophenol (3.0 g, 27.5 mmol, 1.0 eq) was dissolved in 100 ml of methanol. This was followed by the addition of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl aldehyde (4.7 g, 27.5 mmol, 1.0 eq). After a few seconds, an intense yellow to red color was observed. After a few minutes, orange solid precipitated. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 3 h and stirred after cooling at room temperature for a further hour. The precipitate was filtered off and washed with a little diethyl ether and hexane. The mother liquor of the reaction was stored in the refrigerator overnight at 4 ° C; the crystallized further product was also filtered off and washed.

Yield: orange powder, 5.0 g (69%).
¹ H-NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d ₆ ), δ / ppm = 15.78 (d, 1H, ³ J _HH = 9.4 Hz, NH), 10.41 (bs, 1H, OH), 9.55 (d, 1H, ³ J _HH = 9.4 Hz, HA), 8.43 (d, 1H, ³ J _HH = 8.3, H8), 7.98 (dd, 1H, ³ J _HH = 8.1 Hz,
⁴ J _HH = 1.3 Hz, H3 '), 7.83 (d, 1 H, ³ J _HH = 9.4 Hz, H4), 7.70 (dd, 1 H, ³ J _HH = 7.4 Hz, ⁴ J _HH = 0.6 Hz, H5 ), 7.51 (ddd, 1H, ³ J _HH = 7.8 Hz, ³ J _HH = 7.8 Hz, ⁴ J _HH = 1.3 Hz, H7), 7.29 (dd, 1 H, ³ J _HH = 7.5 Hz,
³ J _HH = 7.5 Hz, H6), 7.15 (ddd, 1H, ³ J _HH = 8.0 Hz, ³ J _HH = 8.0 Hz, ⁴ J _HH = 1.5 Hz, H5 '), 7.07-6.96 (m, 2H, H4 ', H6'), 6.83 (d, 1H, ³ J _HH = 9.4 Hz, H3).
¹³ C-NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-d ₆₎ δ / ppm = 177.4 (C2), 149.5 (CA), 148.5 (C1 '), 137.9 (C4), 133.9 (C4a), 128.9 (C5), 128.6 (C8a), 128.0 (C7), 126.7 (C5 '), 125.8 (C2'), 125.0 (C3), 123.0 (C6), 119.8 (C6 '), 119.7 (C8), 117.6 (C3'), 116.0 ( C4 '), 107.7 (C1).
HRMS-ESI (MeOH): m / z: calculated for [C ₁₇ H ₁₄ N ₁ O ₂ ] ⁺ : 264.1019, found: 264.1017 [M + H] ⁺ . IR (KBr) ν / cm ^-1 : 3035 (w), 2548 (bm), 1632 (s), 1618 (s), 1548 (m), 1460 (m), 1356 (s), 1319 (m), 1271 (m), 1240 (s), 1209 (m), 1142 (s), 1115 (m), 746 (m), 739 (m). Elemental analysis: C ₁₇ H ₁₃ N ₁ O ₂ (M = 263.3) / wt% calculated C: 77.55 H: 4.98 N: 5.32 found C: 77.23 H: 4.74 N: 5.87.

Example 3: Preparation of [Mn (hpimp)] ₂ (A)

A solution of hpimp ligand prepared according to Example 1 (2.0 g, 9.4 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 150 ml of degassed methanol was slowly added to a solution of Mn (OAc) ₂ × 4 H ₂ O (2, 3 g, 9.4 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 50 ml of degassed methanol. After complete addition, the mixture was stirred for 15 min at RT and then heated under reflux for two hours. Thereafter, the mixture was cooled to room temperature, the resulting precipitate was removed by centrifuging, washed three times with degassed methanol and dried in vacuo. By repeatedly freezing the flask in liquid nitrogen and then thawing to room temperature under vacuum (freeze-drying), the partially clumped material was obtained as a fine powder.

Yield: orange powder 78%.
MALDI-MS: m / z: 266.2 [M] ⁺ , 532.2 [(M) ₂ ] ⁺ .
IR spectroscopy ν / cm ^-1 : 3414 (w), 3060 (w), 3011 (w), 1607 (s), 1583 (m), 1543 (m), 1472 (s), 1441 (m), 1391 (m), 1298 (s), 1261 (m), 918 (m), 756 (m), 745 (s). Elemental analysis: C ₁₃ H ₉ MnNO ₂ (M = 266.2) / wt% calculated C: 58.66 H: 3.41 N: 5.26 Mn: 20.6 found C: 57.62 H: 3.83 N: 5.16 Mn: 19.9.

Example 4: Preparation of [Mn (hpimp) (acac) (MeOH)] (B)

A solution of hpimp ligand prepared according to Example 1 (2.0 g, 9.4 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 100 ml of methanol was slowly added to a solution of [Mn (acac) ₃ ] (3.3 g, 9 , 4 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 20 ml of methanol. The color of the reaction solution turned from yellow-black to red-brown. The solution was refluxed for 1 h. After the reaction, the nearly homogeneous reaction mixture was transferred through a syringe filter (0.45 μm) to a second Schlenk flask. The complex crystallized for 3 days at -30 ° C in the form of fine needles. The crystalline precipitate was filtered off and dried in vacuo.

Yield: brown needles, 1.7 g (46%).
MALDI-MS: m / z: 365.1 [M-MeOH] ⁺ .
IR spectroscopy (KBr) ν / cm ^-1 : 3165 (w), 3067 (w), 2934 (w), 1597 (s), 1514 (s), 1481 (m), 1384 (s), 1373 (s ), 1307 (s), 1257 (s), 1146 (m), 1127 (m), 1024 (s), 924 (m), 839 (m), 737 (m), 544 (m). Elemental analysis: C ₁₉ H ₂₀ MnNO ₅ (M = 397.3) / wt% calculated C: 57.44 H: 5.07 N: 3.53 Mn: 13.83 found C: 57.19 H: 5.06 N: 3.46 Mn: 13.45.

Example 5: Preparation of [Mn (hpimn) (acac) (MeOH)] (C)

A solution of hpimn ligand prepared according to Example 2 (606 mg, 2.3 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 65 ml of methanol was slowly added to a solution of [Mn (acac) ₃ ] (810 mg, 2.3 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 35 ml of methanol. The color of the reaction solution turned from yellow-black to red-brown. The solution was refluxed for 1 h. During the reaction, the complex precipitated as a brown, microcrystalline precipitate. This was filtered off, washed twice with ether and dried in vacuo. From the filtrate crystallized at -30 ° C more product in a suitable form for X-ray structure analysis.

Yield: dark brown microcrystalline powder, 497 mg (52%).
HRMS-ESI (MeOH): m / z :: calculated for [C ₂₂ H ₁₈ MnNNaO ₄ ] ⁺ : 438.0509, found: 438.0505 [M-MeOH + Na] ⁺ .
EI-MS: m / z (%): 415 [M-MeOH] ⁺ (20), 154 [Mn (acac)] ⁺ (45), 100 [acac + H] ⁺ (60).
IR spectroscopy (KBr) ν / cm ^-1 : 3414 (w), 3142 (w), 3057 (w), 2810 (w), 1581 (s), 1516 (s), 1481 (m), 1379 (s ), 1361 (s), 1343 (m), 1259 (s), 1107 (w), 1028 (w), 981 (w), 835 (m), 748 (m), 736 (m), 729 (m ). Elemental analysis: C ₂₃ H ₂₂ MnNO ₅ (M = 447.4) / wt% calculated C: 61.75 H: 4.96 N: 3.13 Mn: 12.28 found C: 60.11 H: 4.92 N: 3.00 Mn: 12.32.

Example 6: Preparation of [Mn (hpimn)] ₂ (D)

A solution of hpimn ligand prepared according to Example 2 (800 mg, 3.04 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 80 ml of degassed methanol was added slowly to a solution of Mn (OAc) ₂ .4H ₂ O (745 mg, 3 , 04 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 20 ml of degassed methanol. After complete addition, the mixture was stirred for 15 min at RT and then heated under reflux for two hours. Thereafter, the mixture was cooled to room temperature, the resulting precipitate was removed by centrifuging, washed three times with degassed methanol and dried in vacuo. By repeatedly freezing the flask in liquid nitrogen and then thawing to room temperature under vacuum (freeze-drying), the partially clumped material was obtained as a fine powder.

Yield: orange powder, 596 mg (62%).
MALDI-MS: m / z: 316.0 [M] ⁺ , 631.9 [(M) ₂ ] ⁺ .
IR spectroscopy (KBr) ν / cm ^-1 : 3547 (w), 3416 (w), 3057 (w), 3018 (w), 1616 (w), 1599 (m), 1537 (m), 1473 (s ), 1456 (m), 1402 m, 1336 m, 1294 m, 1257 m, 1150 m, 972 m, 829 m, 741 m. Elemental analysis: C ₁₇ H ₁₁ MnNO ₂ (M = 316.2) / wt% calculated C: 64.57 H: 3.51 N: 4.43 found C: 63.98 H: 3.40 N: 4.15.

Example 7: Examination of Washing Performance and Fiber Damage

Primary washing power and wet tensile strength loss when using the complexes A, B, C and D prepared according to Examples 3 to 6 were tested in a miniaturized washing test. On the one hand, a simplified wash liquor consisting of surfactant, H ₂ O ₂ and catalyst in water was used. In each case, solutions of 0.93 g / l surfactant, 10 mmol / l H ₂ O ₂ and 0.0086 mmol / l (based on Mn) of the catalyst to be tested in water (3 ° dH), whose pH values by means NaOH adjusted to pH 10.5 for use; for comparison, an otherwise co-collected catalyst-free solution to which had been added 0.151 g / l TAED was tested (Table 1). On the other hand, solutions of a percarbonate-containing detergent (V1), which was free of bleach activators and bleach catalysts, or an otherwise identical composition (V2), which additionally contained 2.7 wt .-% TAED worked. In each case, solutions of 5.88 g / l of the detergent to be tested were used, the complexes A, B, C and D being added in amounts of 0.588 mg / l (based on Mn) in each case to a solution containing V1 (Table 2).

For the primary washing performance measurement, cotton substrates provided with standardized tea soiling (T), standardized blueberry juice stain (S) or standardized red wine stain (R) were placed at 20 ° C, 30 ° C or 40 ° C for 30 minutes in the respective solutions. The treated fabric substrate was rinsed under running water and then dried and color measured. In the following tables, the brightness value of the cotton measuring pieces is indicated (5-fold determinations, the mean values are indicated). Table 1: Bleaching performance in surfactant-containing H 2 O 2 A B C D TAED 20 ° C, T 51.6 52.6 55.5 55.7 50.8 20 ° C, p 37.8 37.9 36.8 36.9 nb 30 ° C, T 55.3 56.6 57.9 59.3 51.5 30 ° C, p 41.5 41.1 41.7 41.4 nb 30 ° C, R nb nb 70.8 73.1 70.2 40 ° C, T 61.5 62.3 60.9 61.2 55.9 40 ° C, p 46.0 46.0 46.0 45.9 nb nb: not determined V1 + A V1 + B V1 + C V1 + D V2 20 ° C, T nb 50.4 52.8 52.8 50.2 20 ° C, p 54.6 55.0 53.8 53.9 nb 30 ° C, T 52.9 54.8 55.0 55.0 53.3 30 ° C, p 57.0 57.3 59.2 59.5 nb 40 ° C, T 57.2 58.8 56.7 56.4 54.9 40 ° C, p 61.1 61.0 61.2 61.7 nb nb: not determined

For the measurement of wet tensile strength loss, cotton strips of defined width (number of threads) were treated 20 times for 60 minutes each at 60 ° C in the above detergent solutions. The strips were dried and dipped in a wetting solution before being torn using a constant rate tensile testing machine. The tensile strength of the treated cotton was compared with the tensile strength of the untreated cotton and the wet tensile strength loss in% was calculated. Table 3 below shows the mean values of 5-fold determinations. Table 3: Wet tensile strength loss V1 + A V1 + B V2 7 5 8th

Claims (10)

1. A washing or cleaning agent comprising a compound containing a structure according to Formula (I),

   

   in addition to conventional ingredients that are compatible therewith, wherein the structure of Formula (I) can also be bridged as well as mono or polysubstituted.
2. The agent according to claim 1, additionally comprising an Fe, Mo, Mn and/or W salt and/or an Fe, Mo, Mn and/or W complex without a ligand that corresponds to the compound containing a structure according to Formula (I).
3. The agent according to claim 1 or 2, comprising 0.001 wt % to 2 wt %, in particular 0.01 to 1 wt %, of the compound containing a structure according to Formula (I), and/or that the molar ratio of the transition metal to the compound containing a structure according to Formula (I) is preferably in the range of 0.001: 1 to 2: 1, in particular 0.01: 1 to 1: 1.
4. The washing or cleaning agent comprising a bleach catalyst that is accessible from a compound containing a structure according to Formula (I),

   

   by the formation of a complex with Fe, Mo, Mn and/or W, in addition to conventional ingredients that are compatible therewith, wherein the structure of Formula (I) can also be bridged as well as mono or polysubstituted.
5. The agent according to one of the claims 1 to 4, additionally comprising up to 50 wt %, in particular from 5 wt % to 30 wt % of a peroxygen compound, wherein the peroxygen compound is preferably selected from the group comprising hydrogen peroxide, alkali metal perborate, alkali metal percarbonate and their mixtures.
6. Use of a compound containing a structure according to Formula (I) or of a bleach catalyst in the form of a complex of Fe, Mo, Mn and/or W containing a ligand with a structure of the Formula (I),

   

   for boosting the cleaning power of washing and cleaning agents in an aqueous, especially surfactant-containing liquor that comprises Fe, Mo, Mn and/or W ions, wherein the structure of the Formula (I) can also be bridged as well as mono or polysubstituted, and wherein the washing or cleaning agent preferably comprises a peroxygen compound.
7. A process for washing fabrics or for cleaning hard surfaces, in particular for the automatic cleaning of tableware, involving the addition of a compound containing a structure according to Formula (I)

   

   or of a bleach catalyst in the form of a complex of Fe, Mo, Mn, and/or W with a ligand containing a structure of the Formula (I), wherein the structure of the Formula (I) can also be bridged as well as mono or polysubstituted.
8. The process according to claim 7, wherein an aqueous washing or cleaning liquor is used, in which the concentration of Fe, Mo, Mn and/or W is in the range of 0.1 µmol/l to 500 µmol/l, in particular 1 µmol/l to 100 µmol/l.
9. The agent according to claim 4 or 5, the use according to claim 6 or the process according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the bleach catalysing complex that possesses a ligand containing a structure according to Formula (I), comprises additional neutral, anionic or cationic ligands, in particular H₂O, NH₃, CH₃OH, acetylacetone, terpyridine, organic anions, such as citrate, oxalate, tartrate, formate, a C_2-18 carboxylate, a C_1-18 alkyl sulfate, in particular methosulfate, or a corresponding alkane sulfonate, inorganic anions, such as halides, in particular chloride, perchlorate, tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, nitrate, hydrogen sulfate, hydroxide or hydroperoxide, or bridging ligands, such as alkylenediamines.
10. The agent according to claim 4 or 5 or 9, the use according to claim 6 or 9 or the process according to one of the claims 7 to 9, wherein the compound containing a structure according to Formula (I) corresponds to the general Formula (II), in which R and R² independently of one another stand for hydrogen, a phenyl group, a benzyl group or a C_1-20 alkyl group, or to the general Formula (III)