WO2002044310A2 - Granular conditioning product - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a granular conditioning compound, to a method for producing said compound and to the use of a granular conditioning compound in a conditioning product. The invention also relates to a method for conditioning textiles fabrics using this conditioning product.

Description

 "Granular Conditioning Agent"

The invention relates to a granular conditioning compound, a process for its production and the use of a granular conditioning compound in a conditioning agent. The invention further relates to a method for conditioning textile fabrics.

The use of solid conditioning agents for the treatment of textiles is becoming increasingly important for consumers. The advantages for the consumer are the convenient and easy handling of solid products. He buys a lighter and often more concentrated product because the organic solvent and water quantities that are usual for liquid conditioning agents do not have to be transported.

The disadvantages of the prior art when using solid conditioning agents, however, lie in the low solubility of conventional cationic plasticizer components. In order to develop their conditioning effect, the plasticizer components must be in finely dispersed form. However, the formulations described in the prior art frequently show signs of gelation and only insufficiently release the cationic plasticizer components used in the required fineness. In addition, solid formulations are only insufficiently rinsed out of the induction chambers of washing machines.

The formulations described in the prior art also have further disadvantages with regard to the desorption of the cationic plasticizer components. Even if they are easy to rinse in, these formulations have a reduced conditioning property, since the cationic groups are very firmly absorbed on conventional carrier materials and these are not released in sufficient quantities during the rinsing cycle.

In addition to liquid mixtures, WO 93/23510 also describes concentrated fabric softener compositions in particulate form, the 50 to 95% by weight of a quaternary diester ammonium compound and 3-30% by weight of one Contain viscosity control agent, the ratio of plasticizer component to viscosity control agent 15: 1 to 2: 1 and the particle sizes from 50 to 1000 microns.

German patent application DE-A-3402437 describes powdered fabric softening agents which contain cationic nitrogen-containing softener components in an amount of 60 to 80% by weight, absorbed to 20 to 40% by weight of highly absorbent silica.

WO 88/00990 describes a solid fabric softener composition which has good water dispersibility and good powder flow properties. The

Plasticizer powder, contain dialkylamidoammonium compounds and up to 15

% By weight of a polyoxyalkylene derivative selected from the group of

Fatty acid alkoxylates and fatty alcohol alkoxylates.

German patent application DE-A-4232448 describes a process for the preparation of powdered detergent mixtures in the quaternized difatty acid trialkanolamine ester.

Salts with hydroxy compounds are brought into shape. The granular mixtures are processed into granules using a high-speed mixer. to

Production of aqueous dispersions, the plasticizer granules must be stirred into water with high-shear devices in order to achieve homogeneous distributions.

It was an object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantages of solid conditioning agents known from the prior art and to provide a granular conditioning agent compound with excellent conditioning properties, with excellent washability and very good dispersibility in water.

It has surprisingly been found that the above object can be achieved if conditioning agent compounds are provided which contain a mixture of plasticizer component (s), carrier material (s), dispersing agent, optionally disintegrating agent and optionally auxiliary substances. The object of the invention in a first embodiment is therefore a solid conditioning compound which contains a) one or more plasticizer components b) one or more carrier material (s) c) one or more dispersing agents d) optionally one or more disintegrating agents and e) optional auxiliaries.

In the context of this invention, a compound is to be understood as a solid additive. It can be in any solid form, for example in the form of agglomerate, granulate, powder or also in pressed, sintered or extruded forms.

For the purposes of this invention, the term conditioning is understood to mean the finishing treatment of textiles, fabrics, fabrics and yarns. The conditioning gives the textiles positive properties, such as an improved soft feel, increased gloss and color brilliance, reduction of the creasing behavior and the static charge as well as easier ironing behavior.

The conditioning compound according to the invention contains one or more plasticizer component (s).

Examples of fabric softening components are quaternary

Ammonium compounds, cationic polymers and emulsifiers as described in

Hair care products and also in agents for textile finishing.

At least one of the plasticizer components is preferably present as a cationic surfactant.

Suitable examples of cationic surfactants are quaternary ammonium compounds of the formulas (I) and (II),

where in (I) R and R ^{1 is} an acyclic alkyl radical having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, R ^{2 is} a saturated C 1 -C ₄ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical, R ^{3 is} either R, R or R or is an aromatic radical , XT stands for either a halide. Methosulfate, methophosphate or phosphate ion as well as mixtures of these. Examples of cationic compounds of the formula (I) are didecyldimethylammonium chloride, ditallow dimethylammonium chloride or

Dihexadecylammonium.

Compounds of formula (II) are so-called ester quats. Esterquats are characterized by excellent biodegradability. Here R ^{4 represents} an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds; R ⁵ stands for H, OH or O (CO) R ⁷ , R ⁶ independently of R ^{5 stands} for H, OH or O (CO) R ⁸ , where R and R each independently represent an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, m, n and p can each independently have the value 1, 2 or 3. X ^~ can be either a halide, methosulfate, methophosphate or phosphate ion, as well as mixtures of these. Compounds are preferred which contain the group O (CO) R ⁷ for R ⁵ and alkyl radicals having 16 to 18 carbon atoms for R ⁴ and R ⁷ . Compounds in which R ^{6 is} also OH are particularly preferred. Examples of compounds of the formula (II) are memyl-N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N-di (tallow acyl-oxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate, bis- (almitoyl) -e yl-hydroxyethyl-methyl-ammonium methosulfate, N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (dioleoylethyl) ammonium methosulfate or methyl-N, N- bis (acyloxyethyl) -N- (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate. If quaternized compounds of the formula (II) are used which have unsaturated alkyl chains, preference is given to the acyl groups whose corresponding fatty acids have an iodine number between 5 and 80, preferably between 10 and 60 and in particular between 15 and 45 and which have a cis / trans isomer ratio (in% by weight) greater than 30:70, preferably greater than 50:50 and in particular greater than 70:30. Commercial examples are the Memymydroxyalkyldialkoyloxyalkylammomummethosulfate sold by Stepan under the trademark Stepantex ^® or the products from Cognis known under Dehyquart ^® or the products from Goldschmidt-Witco known under Rewoquat ^® . Further preferred compounds are the diesterquats of the formula (III), which are available under the name Rewoquat® W 222 LM or CR 3099 and, in addition to the softness, also ensure stability and color protection.

R ²¹ and R ²² each independently represent an aliphatic radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds.

Cationic surfactants which are present as alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds, of which at least one alkyl chain is interrupted by an ester group and / or amido group, are particularly suitable in the context of this invention. The cationic surfactants which are present according to the following formula are particularly preferred,

in which

R ^a and Rb, each independently of one another, branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted C ₁ -C ₆ -alk (en) yl, preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxyethyl;

R ^x and RY, in each case independently of one another, branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted C ₁ -C ₆ -alkylene, preferably C ₁ -C ₃ -alkylene, for example -CH ₂ -, -CH ₂ CH ₂ -, - CH ₂ CH ₂ CH ₂ - or -CH (CH ₃ ) CH ₂ - Y ¹ and Y ² each independently -CONH-, -NHCO-, CONR ^ -, -NR ^a CO-, - OCOO-, preferably -COO-, -OOC-

R ^c and R ", in each case independently of one another, branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted C ₉ -C ₂₉ -alk (en) yl, preferably Cn-C ₂₃ -alk (en) yl, particularly preferably saturated Cn-C ₂ ι-alkyl , in particular C ₃ -C ₇ alkyl and A ^"is a common anion, for example halide, such as chloride or bromide, alkyl sulfate, such as methosulfate or ethosulfate, phosphate or alkyl phosphate, such as methophosphate. The pure diester compounds are particularly preferred since they can be dispersed particularly well in comparison to esterquats which consist of mixtures of mono-, di- and triesters. Preferred examples of these cationic surfactants are N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (ditalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate, N-memyl-N (2-hydroxyemyl) -N, N- (distearoyloxyemyl) ammonium methosulfate, N , N-

Dimethyl-N, N-distearoyloxyethyl chloride. The fatty acid alkyl residues used are advantageously saturated, since this increases the melting temperature of the cationic surfactants. Cationic surfactants which have a melting temperature above 30 ° C., preferably from 40 ° C. to 100 ° C., particularly preferably from 60 to 90 ° C., have proven particularly advantageous for the preparation of the conditioning compounds according to the invention. Conditioning compounds which were prepared with paste surfactants or liquid cationic surfactants at room temperature showed reduced dispersibility.

In addition to the quaternary compounds described above, other known compounds can also be used, such as quaternary compounds

Imidazolinium compounds of the formula (IV),

where R ^{9 is} H or a saturated alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R and R ^l independently of one another each for an aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, R ¹⁰ alternatively also for Can be O (CO) R, where R is an aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radical having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, and Z is an NH group or oxygen and X7 is an anion. q can take integer values between 1 and 4.

Further suitable quaternary compounds are described by formula (V)

R13 H

R12 - N - (CH ₂ ) _r - C - 0 (CO) R15 X ^" (V);

R14 CH ₂ - 0 (CO) R16

wherein R ^12, R ¹³ and R ¹⁴ independently represent a Cι- ₄ alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl group, R ¹⁵ and R ¹⁶ are each independently selected a C ₈ _ ₂₈ - represents alkyl group and r is a number between 0 and 5 is.

Protonated alkylamine compounds which have a plasticizing effect and the non-quaternized, protonated precursors of the cationic emulsifiers are also suitable.

The quaternized protein hydrolyzates are further cationic compounds which can be used according to the invention.

Suitable cationic polymers include the polyquaternium polymers as described in the CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary (The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance, Inc., 1997), in particular the polyquaternium-6, polyquaternium-7, polyquaternium- also known as merquats. 10-polymers (Ucare Polymer IR 400; Amerchol), polyquaternium-4 copolymers, such as graft copolymers with a cellulose skeleton and quaternary ammonium groups which are bonded via allyldimethylammonium chloride, cationic cellulose derivatives, such as cationic guar, such as guar hydroxypropyltriammonium chloride, and similar quaternary chloride, Derivatives (e.g. Cosmedia Guar, manufacturer: Cognis GmbH), cationic quaternary sugar derivatives (cationic alkyl polyglucosides), e.g. B. the commercial product Glucquat ^® 100, according to CTFA nomenclature a "Lauryl Methyl Gluceth-10 Hydroxypropyl Dimonium Chloride", copolymers of PVP and dimethylaminomethacrylate, copolymers of vinylimidazole and vinylpyrrolidone, aminosilicone polymers and copolymers.

Also employable Polyquaternized polymers (for example, Luviquat Care by BASF.), And cationic biopolymers based on chitin and derivatives thereof, for example, under the trade designation chitosan ^® (manufacturer: Cognis) polymer obtainable.

Also suitable are cationic silicone oils such as, for example, the commercially available products Q2-7224 (manufacturer: Dow Corning; a stabilized trimethylsilylamodimethicone), Dow Corning 929 emulsion (containing a hydroxylamino-modified silicone, which is also referred to as amodimethicone) ), SM-2059 (manufacturer: General Electric), SLM-55067 (manufacturer: Wacker) Abil ^® -Quat 3270 and 3272 (manufacturer: Goldschmidt-Rewo; diquartary polydimethylsiloxanes, Quaternium-80), and silicone quat Rewoquat ^® SQ 1 (Tegopren ^® 6922, manufacturer: Goldschmidt-Rewo).

The nonionic plasticizers used are especially polyoxyalkylene glycerol alkanoates, as described in British Patent GB 2,202,244, polybutylenes, as described in British Patent GB 2,199,855, long-chain fatty acids as described in EP 13 780, ethoxylated fatty acid ethanolamides as described in EP 43 547 and Fatty acid esters of polycarboxylic acids as described in German Patent DE 2,822,891.

In the conditioning compound according to the invention, the is / are

Plasticizer component (s) in an amount of 5 to 70 wt .-%, preferably from 10 to 60 wt .-%, particularly preferably from 20 to 40 wt .-%, each based on the entire compound.

The conditioning compound according to the invention contains one or more

Carrier material (s).

The carrier materials for the active compounds can be selected from all materials known from the prior art which are suitable for the production of, in particular, compressed particles. However, it is important that the carrier materials

Desorb active substances, such as plasticizer components, sufficiently. This desorption can be achieved in an ideal manner if the support material itself is soluble in water. It is obvious to the person skilled in the art that the carrier materials can act simultaneously as a carrier for these substances, such as, for example, liquid or preferably melted plasticizer components, and also as a binder or disintegrant in particles or moldings produced therefrom. Suitable carrier materials are all substances which are solid at room temperature (20 ° C.) and have a sufficient absorption capacity for the active substance (s). Carrier materials which are composed of organic material can preferably be used. Nonionic materials are particularly preferred. Synthetic polymers are suitable, such as, for example, solid polyethylene glycols, polycarboxylates, crosslinked polycarboxylates, polyvinyl alcohols with different degrees of saponification and molecular weight, or polyvinyl pyrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, organic oligocarboxylic acids which are solid at room temperature, acrylamides, such as polyisopropylacrylamide, copolymers of acrylamides, polyvinyl caprolactam, such as copolymers, such as polyvinyl caprolactam Polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl methyl ether, copolymers of polyvinyl methyl ether and blends of these substances.

Cellulose and, in particular, microcrystalline cellulose are particularly preferred for use because of their good biodegradability. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the carrier material consists of a nonionic, water-soluble material. Good water solubility of the carrier material also promotes the dispersibility of the absorbed active substances. Examples of readily water-soluble carrier materials are selected from the group of ureas, urea derivatives, such as urea blends, starch derivatives, cellulose derivatives, polysaccharides and mono-, di- and trisaccharides. Examples are starch, corn starch, glucose, sucrose or urea. Further examples which can preferably be used are substances selected from alkylated and / or hydroxyalkylated polysaccharides, cellulose ethers, for example hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC), ethyl (hydroxyethyl) cellulose (EHEC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), methyl cellulose (MC), propyl cellulose (PC ), Carboxymethylmethylcellulose (CMMC), Hydroxybutylcellulose (HBC), Hydroxybutylmethylcellulose (HBMC),

Hydrdoxyethylcellulose (HEC), Hydroxyethylcarboxymethylcellulose (HECMC), Hydroxyethylethylcellulose (HEEC), Hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), Hy- hydroxypropyl carboxymethyl cellulose (HPCMC), hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC),

Methylhydroxyethylcellulose (MHEC), methylhydroxyethylpropylcellulose (MHEPC) and their mixtures, whereby methylcellulose, methylhydroxyethylcellulose and

Methyl hydroxypropycellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose and slightly ethoxylated MC or mixtures of the above are preferred.

Further examples are mixtures of cellulose ethers with carboxymethyl cellulose

(CMC).

The conditioning compounds according to the invention contain an amount of carrier material of

2 to 80 wt .-%, preferably 5 to 70 wt .-%, each based on the total

Compound.

The conditioning compounds according to the invention contain one or more dispersants which improve the dispersibility of the softener components and that of the other conditioning compound components. Both cationic and nonionic dispersants can be used as dispersants. The dispersants show good solubility behavior in the aqueous medium. The cationic dispersants include quaternary ammonium compounds which have a long alk (en) yl chain, for example C ₆ -C ₃₀ alk (en) yl, preferably C ₈ -C ₂₄ alk (en) yl and in particular C ₈ -Cι ₆ - Alk (en) yl. The long alkyl chain can be substituted, for example by hydroxyl groups or interrupted, for example by one or more ester, amide or ether group (s). The quaternary ammonium head group is preferably additionally substituted with one to three, preferably three substituted and / or unsubstituted short-chain alkyl radicals, for example C 1 -C ₄ -alkyl, preferably methyl, ethyl or hydroxyethyl. The ammonium compounds are preferably present as halides, preferably chlorides or bromides or as alkyl sulfates, for example as methyl sulfate or ethyl sulfate. Preferred examples of these cationic dispersants are C ₈ -Cι ₈ - alkyl-trimethylammoniumchloride, such as cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, stearyl trimethyl ammonium chloride or lauryl ,. Palmitindime ylarnmonium bromide, palmitin monomethylammonium chloride,

Palmitinammoniumbromid. Further preferred examples of these cationic dispersants are those of the formula (VI) below

The alkylamidoamines in their quaternized form are also suitable. R ¹⁷ can be an aliphatic alkyl radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, s can assume values between 0 and 5. R ¹⁸ and R ¹⁹ are each independently of the other H, C ₄ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl. Preferred compounds are the protonated fatty acid amidoamines, such as, for example, the stearylamidopropyldimethylamine available under the name Tego Amid ^® S 18, or the 3-tallowamidopropyl trimethylammomum methosulfate available under the name Stepantex ^® X 9124, which, in addition to having a good dispersing action, are additionally conditioned by good conditioning Effects such as soft tissue grip are also characterized by an ink transfer inhibiting effect and especially by their good biodegradability.

Another suitable group of cationic dispersants are the alkyl pyridinium compounds in which the substituted or unsubstituted alk (en) yl chain bears 6 to 30, preferably 8 to 24 and in particular 8 to 16 carbon atoms. The cationic dispersants generally have the advantage that, in addition to their dispersing action, they also have conditioning properties such as, for example, soft feel.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the conditioning compounds according to the invention contain nonionic dispersants as dispersants. Nonionic surfactants are particularly suitable as nonionic dispersants. Preferred nonionic surfactants are alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated and / or propoxylated, in particular primary alcohols with preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and an average of 1 to 12 mol ethylene oxide (EO) and / or 1 to 10 mol propylene oxide (PO) per mol alcohol, used. C ₈ -C ₆ -Alcohol alkoxylates are particularly preferred, advantageously ethoxylated and / or propoxylated C10-C15- Alcohol alkoxylates, especially C ₂ -C ₄ alcohol alkoxylates, with a degree of ethoxylation between 2 and 10, preferably between 3 and 8, and / or a degree of propoxylation between 1 and 6, preferably between 1.5 and 5. The alcohol residue can preferably be linear or special preferably be methyl-branched in the 2-position or contain linear and methyl-branched radicals in the mixture, as are usually present in oxo alcohol radicals. However, alcohol ethoxylates with linear residues of alcohols of native origin with 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example from coconut, palm, tallow or oleyl alcohol, and an average of 2 to 8 EO per mole of alcohol are particularly preferred. The preferred ethoxylated alcohols include, for example, C12-14 alcohols with 3 EO or 4 EO, C ₉ -π-alcohol with 7 EO, C ₁ 3. ₁ 5- alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, Cι ₂ . ₁₈ alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures thereof, such as mixtures of C 12-14 alcohol with 3 EO and C _12-1 8 alcohol containing 5 EO. The degrees of ethoxylation and propoxylation given represent statistical averages, which can be an integer or a fraction for a specific product. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates and propoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow range ethoxylates / propoxylates, NRE / NRP).

In addition to these nonionic surfactants, fatty alcohols with more than 12 EO can also be used. Examples of this are tallow fatty alcohol with 14 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO. In the context of the present invention, those nonionic dispersants are particularly suitable which have C ₂ -C ₂₄ -fatty alcohol alkoxylates with preferably 2 to 25 ethylene oxide and / or propylene oxide units.

Also suitable are alkoxylated amines, advantageously ethoxylated and / or propoxylated, in particular primary and secondary amines with preferably 1 to 18 carbon atoms per alkyl chain and an average of 1 to 12 mol ethylene oxide (EO) and / or 1 to 10 mol propylene oxide (PO) per Mole of amine.

Particularly suitable nonionic dispersants, because of their excellent biodegradability and additionally because of their fabric softening properties, the alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides are those of the formula below

follow in which R ^{1 represents} an alkyl and / or alkenyl radical having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, G represents a sugar radical having 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p represents numbers from 1 to 10. You can follow the relevant preparative procedures organic chemistry can be obtained. Representative of the extensive literature here is the review by Biermann et al. in Starch /force 45, 281 (1993), B.Salka in Cosm.Toil. 108, 89 (1993) and J.Kahre et al. in SÖFW-Journal Issue 8, 598 (1995).

The alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides can be derived from aldoses or ketoses with 5 or 6 carbon atoms, preferably glucose. The preferred alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides are thus alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglucosides. The index number p in the general formula indicates the degree of oligomerization (DP), ie the distribution of mono- and oligoglycosides, and stands for a number between 1 and 10. While p must always be an integer in a given compound and above all the values p = 1 to 6, the value p for a certain alkyl oligoglycoside is an analytically determined arithmetic parameter, which usually represents a fractional number. Alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides with an average degree of oligomerization p of 1.1 to 3.0 are preferably used. From an application point of view, preference is given to those alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides whose degree of oligomerization is less than 1.7 and in particular between 1.2 and 1.4. The alkyl or alkenyl radical R ¹ can be derived from primary alcohols having 4 to 11, preferably 8 to 10, carbon atoms. Typical examples are butanol, capronic alcohol, caprylic alcohol, capric alcohol and undecyl alcohol and their technical mixtures, such as are obtained, for example, in the hydrogenation of technical fatty acid methyl esters or in the course of the hydrogenation of aldehydes from Roelen's oxosynthesis. Alkyl oligoglucosides of chain length C ₈ -Cιo (DP = 1 to 3) are preferred, which are obtained as a preliminary step in the separation of technical C ₈ -Cι ₈ coconut fatty alcohol by distillation and with a proportion of less than 6% by weight C i ₂ - Alcohol can be contaminated as well as alkyl oligoglucosides based on technical Cp _/ π-oxo alcohols (DP = 1 to 3). The alkyl or alkenyl radical R ¹ can also be derived from primary alcohols having 12 to 22, preferably 12 to 14, carbon atoms. Typical examples are lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, palmoleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol, petroselinyl alcohol, arachyl alcohol, gadoleyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol, brassidyl alcohol and their technical mixtures, as described above, which can be obtained as described above. Alkyl oligoglucosides based on hydrogenated Cι _{2 /} ι ₄ - coconut alcohol with a DP of 1 to 3

Another class of preferred nonionic dispersants are alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or ethoxylated and propoxylated Fatty acid alkyl esters, preferably having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, in particular fatty acid methyl esters, as described, for example, in Japanese patent application JP 58/217598 or which are preferably prepared by the process described in international patent application WO-A-90/13533.

Nonionic surfactants of the amine oxide type, for example N-coconut alkyl-N, N-dimethylamine oxide and N-tallow alkyl-N, N-dihydroxyethylamine oxide, and the fatty acid alkanolamides can also be suitable.

So-called gemini surfactants can be considered as further dispersants. These are generally understood to mean those compounds which have two hydrophilic groups and two hydrophobic groups per molecule. These groups are generally separated from one another by a so-called “spacer”. This spacer is generally a carbon chain which should be long enough that the hydrophilic groups are sufficiently far apart that they can act independently of one another. Such surfactants are distinguished generally due to an unusually low critical micelle concentration and the ability to greatly reduce the surface tension of the water, but in exceptional cases the term gemini surfactants is understood to mean not only dimeric but also trimeric surfactants.

Gemini-polyhydroxyfatty acid amides or poly-polyhydroxyfatty acid amides, as described in international patent applications WO-A-95/19953, WO-A-95/19954 and WO-A-95/19955, can also be used.

Other suitable dispersants are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the following formula,

R ⁵

R-CO-N- [Z] in which RCO stands for an aliphatic acyl radical with 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R ⁵ for hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] for a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl radical with 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 3 to 10 hydroxyl groups. The polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are known substances which can usually be obtained by reductive amination of a reducing sugar with ammonia, an alkylamine or an alkanolamine and subsequent acylation with a fatty acid, a fatty acid alkyl ester or a fatty acid chloride.

The group of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides also includes compounds of the following formula

R ⁶ -OR ⁷

R-CO-N- [Z]

in which R represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, R ^{6 represents} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R ^{7 represents} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical or an oxy-alkyl radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, C _M - alkyl or phenyl radicals being preferred and [Z] being a linear polyhydroxyalkyl radical whose alkyl chain is substituted by at least two hydroxyl groups, or alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated derivatives thereof residue.

[Z] is preferably obtained by reductive amination of a reduced sugar, for example glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose. The N-alkoxy- or N-aryloxy-substituted compounds can then, for example according to the teaching of international application WO-A-95/07331, be converted into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides by reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as catalyst. In the context of the present invention, conditioning compounds are preferred which contain the dispersant in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight, preferably 8 to 20% by weight, based in each case on the entire compound.

The conditioning compounds according to the invention advantageously additionally contain disintegration aids, so-called tablet disintegrants. The disintegrants accelerate the dissolving speed, facilitate the flushing and also increase the dispersibility of the conditioning compound. The disintegrants are generally used in highly compressed moldings in order to shorten the disintegration times, but have also proven effective in granules in order to accelerate their disintegration. According to Römpp (9th edition, vol. 6, p. 4440) and Voigt "Textbook of pharmaceutical technology" (6th edition, 1987, p. 182-184), tablet disintegrants or accelerators of decay are understood as auxiliary substances which are necessary for rapid disintegration of tablets in water or gastric juice and ensure the release of the pharmaceuticals in absorbable form.

These substances increase their volume when water enters, whereby on the one hand the own volume increases (swelling) and on the other hand a pressure can be generated by using a gas development system, which causes the tablet to disintegrate into smaller particles. Well-known disintegration aids which can cause the conditioning compounds to disintegrate by means of gas development are, for example, carbonate / citric acid systems, it also being possible to use other organic acids, such as di-, tri- or polycarboxylic acids. Swelling disintegration aids are, for example, synthetic polymers such as crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) or natural polymers or modified natural products such as cellulose and starch and their derivatives, alginates or casein derivatives. Disintegrants based on cellulose are used as preferred disintegrants in the context of the present invention. Pure cellulose has the formal gross composition (C ₆ Hιoθ ₅ ) _n and is formally considered a ß-1,4-polyacetal of cellobiose, which in turn is made up of two molecules of glucose. Suitable celluloses consist of approximately 500 to 5000 glucose units and consequently have average molecular weights of 50,000 to 500,000. Cellulose-based disintegrants which can be used in the context of the present invention are also cellulose Derivatives that can be obtained from cellulose by polymer-analogous reactions. Such chemically modified celluloses include, for example, products from esterifications or etherifications in which hydroxyl hydrogen atoms have been substituted. However, celluloses in which the hydroxyl groups have been replaced by functional groups which are not bound via an oxygen atom can also be used as cellulose derivatives. The group of cellulose derivatives includes, for example, cellulose esters and ethers and aminocelluloses. The cellulose derivatives mentioned are preferably not used alone as a cellulose-based disintegrant, but are used in a mixture with cellulose. The content of cellulose derivatives in these mixtures is preferably below 50% by weight, particularly preferably below 20% by weight, based on the cellulose-based disintegrant. Pure cellulose which is free from cellulose derivatives is particularly preferably used as the disintegrant based on cellulose.

The cellulose used as disintegration aid can either be used in finely divided form, for example as microcrystalline cellulose, or can be converted into a coarser form, for example granulated or compacted, before being added to the premixes to be pressed. The particle sizes of such coarse-grain disintegrants are usually above 200 μm, preferably at least 90% by weight between 300 and 1600 μm and in particular at least 90% by weight between 400 and 1200 μm. The above and described in more detail in the documents cited coarser disintegration aid based on cellulose are commercially available, for example under the name of Arbocel ^® TF-30-HG from Rettenmaier.

Microcrystalline cellulose can be used as a further cellulose-based disintegrant or as a component of this component. This microcrystalline cellulose is obtained by partial hydrolysis of celluloses under conditions which only attack and completely dissolve the amorphous areas (approx. 30% of the total cellulose mass) of the celluloses, but leave the crystalline areas (approx. 70%) undamaged. A subsequent disaggregation of the microfine celluloses produced by the hydrolysis provides the microcrystalline celluloses, which have primary particle sizes of approximately 5 μm and can be compacted, for example, into granules with an average particle size of 200 μm. The total amount of carrier material and disintegrant in the conditioning compounds according to the invention can preferably contain up to 85% by weight, particularly preferably from 3 to 78% by weight and in particular from 5 to 70% by weight, in each case based on the entire compound.

In a preferred embodiment, the conditioning compound according to the invention optionally additionally contains one or more perfumes in an amount of usually up to 10% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 5% by weight, in particular 0.05 to 3% by weight, particularly preferably 0.1 to 2% by weight, most preferably 0.2 to 1.8% by weight.

Individual fragrance compounds, for example the synthetic products of the ester, ether, aldehyde, ketone, alcohol and hydrocarbon type, can be used as perfume oils or fragrances. Fragrance compounds of the ester type are, for example, benzyl acetate, phenoxyethyl isobutyrate, p-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetate, linalyl acetate, dimethylbenzylcarbyl acetate, phenylethyl acetate, linalyl benzoate, benzyl formate, ethyl methylphenyl glycinate, allylcyclohexyl benzylatepylpropionate, and The ethers include, for example, benzyl ethyl ether, the aldehydes include, for example, the linear alkanals with 8-18 C atoms, citral, citronellal, citronellyloxyacetaldehyde, cyclamenaldehyde, hydroxycitronellal, lilial and bourgeonal, and the ketones include, for example, the jonones, oc-isomethyl ionone and methyl cedryl ketone , the alcohols anethole, citronellol, eugenol, geraniol, linalool, phenylethyl alcohol and terpineol, the hydrocarbons mainly include the terpenes such as limonene and pinene. However, preference is given to using mixtures of different fragrances which together produce an appealing fragrance. Perfume oils of this type can also contain natural fragrance mixtures such as are obtainable from plant sources, for example pine, citrus, jasmine, patchouly, rose or ylang-ylang oil. Also suitable are muscatel, sage oil, chamomile oil, clove oil, lemon balm oil, mint oil, cinnamon leaf oil, linden blossom oil, juniper berry oil, vetiver oil, olibanum oil, galbanum oil and labdanum oil as well as orange blossom oil, neroliol, orange peel oil and sandalwood oil. The fragrances can be incorporated directly into the conditioning compounds according to the invention, but it can also be advantageous to apply the fragrances to carriers which increase the adhesion of the perfume to the laundry and through a slower fragrance release ensure long-lasting fragrance of the conditioned textiles. Cyclodextrins, for example, have proven useful as such carrier materials, and the cyclodextrin-perfume complexes can additionally be coated with further auxiliaries. The use of encapsulated fragrances is advantageous for the conditioning compounds according to the invention, since on the one hand they can easily be incorporated into the compounds by simply adding them, and on the other hand the dispersibility of the compounds is only insignificantly influenced.

In addition to the substances mentioned, the conditioning compounds according to the invention can contain further ingredients of washing and cleaning agents and / or in particular textile care agents, for example from the group of builders, pH regulators, complexing agents, graying inhibitors,

Viscosity regulators and particularly preferably from the group of anti-crease agents, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, antistatic agents. Ironing aids, UV absorbers, optical brighteners, anti-redeposition agents, pearlescent agents, color transfer inhibitors, enema preventers, corrosion inhibitors, enzymes, fluorescent agents, dyes, preservatives, phobing and impregnating agents and silicone oils.

The conditioning compounds according to the invention can optionally contain enzymes. Particularly suitable enzymes are those from the classes of hydrolases such as proteases, esterases, lipases or lipolytically active enzymes, amylases, cellulases or other glycosyl hydrolases and mixtures of the enzymes mentioned. All these hydrolases help to remove stains such as protein, fat or starchy stains and graying in the laundry. Cellulases and other glycosyl hydrolases can also help to retain color and increase the softness of the textile by removing pilling and microfibrils. Oxireductases can also be used to bleach or inhibit the transfer of color. Enzymes obtained from bacterial strains or fungi such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Streptomyceus griseus and Humicola insolens are particularly suitable. Proteases are preferred of the subtilisin type and in particular proteases which are obtained from Bacillus lentus. Enzyme mixtures, for example, from protease and amylase or protease and lipase or lipolytically active enzymes or protease and cellulase or from cellulase and lipase or lipolytically active enzymes or from protease, amylase and lipase or lipolytically active enzymes or protease, lipase or lipolytically active enzymes and cellulase, but in particular protease and / or lipase-containing mixtures or mixtures with lipolytically active enzymes of particular interest. Known cutinases are examples of such lipolytically active enzymes. Peroxidases or oxidases have also proven to be suitable in some cases. Suitable amylases include in particular - amylases, isoamylases, PuUulanases and pectinases. Cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases and β-glucosidases, which are also called cellobiases, or mixtures thereof, are preferably used as cellulases. Since different cellulase types differ in their CMCase and avicelase activities, the desired activities can be set by targeted mixtures of the cellulases.

The enzymes can advantageously be adsorbed or coated as moldings on carriers in order to protect them against premature decomposition. Because of their additional textile conditioning properties, cellulases are particularly preferred. The proportion of the enzymes, enzyme mixtures or enzyme granules can be, for example, approximately 0.1 to 5% by weight, preferably 0.12 to approximately 2% by weight.

In order to bring the pH of the conditioning compounds according to the invention into the desired range when dissolved in water, the use of pH adjusting agents can be indicated. All known acids or alkalis can be used here, provided that their use is not prohibited for application-related or ecological reasons or for reasons of consumer protection. In a preferred embodiment, citric acid can be used as a pH regulator. The amount of these adjusting agents usually does not exceed 10% by weight of the total formulation. To avoid encrustations due to salt residues on the textiles to be conditioned, the conditioning compounds according to the invention can contain complexing agents. Furthermore, complexing agents are useful in order to reduce the decomposition of certain ingredients in conditioning formulations catalyzed by heavy metals. The group of complexing agents includes, for example, the alkali metal salts of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and their derivatives and alkali metal salts of anionic polyelectrolytes such as polyacrylates, polymaleates and polysulfonates. These preferred compounds include, in particular, organophosphonates such as, for example, l-hydroxyethane-l, l-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), aminotri (methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP), diethylenetriamine-penta (methylenephosphonic acid) (DTPMP or DETPMP) and 2-phosphonobutane-l , 2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBS-AM), which are mostly used in the form of their ammonium or alkali metal salts.

Optical brighteners (so-called "whiteners") can be added to the conditioning compounds according to the invention in order to eliminate graying and yellowing of the treated textiles. These substances absorb onto the fiber and bring about a brightening and simulated bleaching effect by converting invisible ultraviolet radiation into visible longer-wave light, whereby the ultraviolet light absorbed from the sunlight is emitted as a slightly bluish fluorescence and results in pure white with the yellow tone of the grayed or yellowed laundry. For example, salts of 4,4'-bis (2-anilino-4-morpholino-l, 3,5-triazinyl-6-amino) stilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid or compounds of the same structure which instead of the morpholino group carry a diethanolamino group, a methylamino group, an anilino group or a 2-methoxyethylamino group The type of substituted diphenylstyryl may be present, for example the alkali salts of 4,4 '-Bis (2-sulfostyryl) diphenyls, 4,4'-bis (4-chloro-3-sulfostyryl) diphenyls, or 4- (4-chlorostyryl) -4' - (2-sulfostyryl) diphenyls.

Other suitable compounds come, for example, from the substance classes of 4,4'-diamino-2,2 '-stilbenedisulfonic acids (flavonic acids), 4,4'-distyryl-biphenyls, methylumbelliferones, coumarins, dihydroquinolinones, 1,3-diarylpyrazolines, naphthalic acid imides, benzoxazole , Benzisoxazole and benzimidazole systems and the pyrene derivatives substituted by heterocycles. Mixtures of the aforementioned brighteners can also be used.

The optical brighteners are optionally used in amounts between 0.05 and 0.3% by weight, based in each case on the entire compound.

The conditioning compounds can optionally contain UV absorbers, which absorb onto the treated textiles and improve the light resistance of the fibers and / or the light resistance of the other formulation components. UV absorbers are understood to mean organic substances (light protection filters) which are able to absorb ultraviolet rays and release the absorbed energy in the form of longer-wave radiation, for example heat. Compounds which have these desired properties are, for example, the compounds and derivatives of benzophenone which are active by radiationless deactivation and have substituents in the 2- and / or 4-position. Substituted benzotriazoles, such as, for example, the water-soluble benzenesulfonic acid 3- (2H-benzotriazol-2-yl) -4-hydroxy-5- (methylpropyl) monosodium salt (Cibafast ^® H), are also phenyl-substituted acrylates (cinnamic acid derivatives) in the 3-position. , optionally with cyano groups in the 2-position, salicylates, organic Ni complexes and natural substances such as umbelliferone and the body's own urocanoic acid. The biphenyl and, above all, stilbene derivatives described, for example in EP 0728749 A and are available as Tinosorb FD ^{® ®} or Tinosorb FR ex Ciba commercially. 3-Benzylidene camphor or 3-benzylidene norcampher and its derivatives, for example 3- (4-methylbenzylidene) camphor, as described in EP 0693471 B1 are to be mentioned as UV-B absorbers; 4-aminobenzoic acid derivatives, preferably 4-

2-ethylhexyl (dimethylamino) benzoate, 2-octyl 4- (dimethylamino) benzoate and amyl 4- (dimethylamino) benzoate; Esters of cinnamic acid, preferably 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate, propyl 4-methoxycinnamate, isoamyl 4-methoxycinnamate, 2-ethylhexyl 2-cy ano-3, 3-phenylcinnamate

(Octocrylene); Esters of salicylic acid, preferably salicylic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester, salicylic acid 4-isopropylbenzyl ester, salicylic acid homomethyl ester; Derivatives of benzophenone, preferably 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-4'-methylbenzophenone, 2,2'-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone; Esters of Benzalmalonic acid, preferably di-2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxybenzmalonate; Triazine derivatives, such as, for example, 2,4,6-trianilino- (p-carbo-2'-ethyl-hexyloxy) -1, 3,5-triazine and octyl triazone, as described in EP 0818450 AI or dioctyl butamido triazone (Uvasorb ® HEB); Propane-1,3-diones such as 1- (4-tert-butylphenyl) -3- (4'-methoxyphenyl) propane-1,3-dione; Ketotricyclo (5.2.1.0) decane derivatives, as described in EP 0694521 B1. Also suitable are 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid and its alkali, alkaline earth, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium and glucamomum salts; Sulfonic acid derivatives of benzophenones, preferably 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone-5-sulfonic acid and its salts; Sulfonic acid derivatives of 3-benzylidene camphor, such as 4- (2-oxo-3-bornylidene methyl) benzene sulfonic acid and 2-methyl-5- (2-oxo-3-bornylidene) sulfonic acid and their salts.

Derivatives of benzoylmethane are particularly suitable as typical UN-A filters, such as, for example, 1- (4'-tert-butylphenyl) -3- (4'-methoxyphenyl) propane-1,3-dione, 4-tert-butyl- 4'-methoxydibenzoylmethane (Parsol 1789), l-phenyl-3- (4'-isopropylphenyl) propane-l, 3-dione as well as enamine compounds, as described in DE 19712033 AI (BASF). The UN-A and UN-B filters can of course also be used in mixtures. In addition to the soluble substances mentioned, insoluble light-protection pigments, namely finely dispersed, preferably nanoized metal oxides or salts, are also suitable for this purpose. Examples of suitable metal oxides are, in particular, zinc oxide and titanium dioxide and, in addition, oxides of iron, zirconium, silicon, manganese, aluminum and cerium and mixtures thereof. Silicates (talc), barium sulfate or zinc stearate can be used as salts. The oxides and salts are already used in the form of the pigments for skin-care and skin-protecting emulsions and decorative cosmetics. The particles should have an average diameter of less than 100 nm, preferably between 5 and 50 nm and in particular between 15 and 30 nm. They can have a spherical shape, but it is also possible to use particles which have an ellipsoidal shape or a shape which differs from the spherical shape in some other way. The pigments can also be surface-treated, ie hydrophilized or hydrophobicized. Typical examples are coated titanium dioxides, such as titanium dioxide T 805 (Degussa) or Eusolex® T2000 (Merck). Silicones, and in particular trialkoxyoctylsilanes or simethicones, are particularly suitable as hydrophobic coating agents. Micronized zinc oxide is preferably used. Further suitable UV light protection filters can be found in the overview by P.Finkel in SÖFW-Journal 122, 543 (1996).

The UV absorbers are usually used in amounts of up to 5% by weight, preferably from 0.03% by weight to 1% by weight.

To control microorganisms, the conditioning compounds according to the invention can contain antimicrobial active ingredients. Depending on the antimicrobial spectrum and mechanism of action, a distinction is made between bacteriostatics and bactericides, fungistatics and fungicides, etc. Important substances from these groups are, for example, benzalkonium chlorides, alkylarylsulfonates, halophenols and phenol mercuric acetate. In the context of the teaching according to the invention, the terms antimicrobial activity and antimicrobial active substance have the customary meaning which, for example, from KH Wallhäußer in "Practice of Sterilization, Disinfection - Preservation: Germ Identification - Industrial Hygiene" (5th edition - Stuttgart; New York: Thieme, 1995 Suitable antimicrobial active substances are preferably selected from the groups of alcohols, amines, aldehydes, antimicrobial acids or their salts, carboxylic acid esters, acid amides, phenols, phenol derivatives, diphenyls, diphenylalkanes , Urea derivatives, oxygen, nitrogen acetals and formals, benzamide arms, isothiazolines, phthalimide derivatives, pyridine derivatives, antimicrobial surface-active compounds, guanidines, antimicrobial amphoteric compounds, quinolines, 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane, iodo-2 propyl butyl carbamate, Iodine, iodophores, peroxo compounds, halogen compounds and any mixtures of the above.

The antimicrobial active ingredient can be selected from ethanol, n-propanol, i-propanol, 1,3-butanediol, phenoxyethanol, 1,2-propylene glycol, glycerol, undecylenic acid, benzoic acid, salicylic acid, dihydracetic acid, o-phenylphenol, N-methylmorpholine acetonitrile (MMA), 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, 2,2'-methylene-bis- (6-bromo-4-chlorophenol), 4.4 ^l -dichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether (dichlosan), 2.4 , 4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether (trichlosan), chlorhexidine, N- (4-chlorophenyl) -N- (3,4-dichlorophenyl) urea, N, N '- (1, 10-decanediyldi-1-pyridinyl-4-ylidene) bis (1-octanamine) dihydrochloride, N, N'- bis (4-chlorophenyl) -3, 12-diimino-2,4, 11, 13-tetraaza-tetradecanediimidamide, glucoprotamines, antimicrobial surface-active quaternary compounds, guanidines including the bi- and polyguanidines, such as 1,6-bis- (2-ethylhexyl-biguanido-hexane) - dihydrochloride, l, 6-di- (Nι, Nι'-phenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') - hexane-tetrahydochloride, 1, 6-di- (Nι, Nι' -phenyl-N i, N i -methyldiguanido- N ₅ , N ₅ ') -hexane-dihydrochloride, l, 6-di- (Nι, Nι'-o-chlorophenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N5') - hexane-dihydrochloride, l, 6-di- (Nι, Nι ' -2,6-dichlorophenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') hexane dihydrochloride, 1, 6-di-

[Nι, Nι'-beta- (p-methoxyphenyl) diguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ '] -hexanes-dihydrochloride, 1, 6-di- (Nι, Nι'-alpha-methyl-.beta.-phenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') -hexane-dihydrochloride, 1,6-di-

(Nι, Nι'-p-nitrophenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') hexane dihydrochloride, omega: omega-di- (

Nι, Nι'-phenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') -di-n-propylether-dihydrochloride, omega: omega'-Di- (Nι, Nι' -p-chlorophenyIdiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') -di n-propylether-tetrahydrochloride, 1,6-di- (Nι, Nι'-2,4-dichlorophenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N5 ') hexane-tetrahydrochloride, l, 6-di- (Nι, Nι'-p-methylphenyldiguanido- N5, N5 ') hexane-dihydrochloride, 1,6-di- (Nι, Nι' -2,4,5-trichlorophenyldiguanido-N5, N5 ') hexane-tetrahydrochloride, 1,6-di- [Nι, Nι' - alpha- (p-chlorophenyl) ethyldiguanido-NsjNs '] hexane dihydrochloride, omega: omega-di- (Nι, Nι'-p-chlorophenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') m-xylene-dihydrochloride, 1, 12-di - (Nι, N i '-p- chloropheny ldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') dodecane dihydrochloride, 1, 10-di- (N i, N i '- phenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') -decane tetrahydrochloride, 1, 12-di- (Nι, Nι '-phenyldiguanido- N ₅ , N ₅ ') dodecane-tetrahydrochloride, l, 6-di- (Nι, Nι'-o-chlorophenyldiguanido- N ₅ , N ₅ ') hexane dihydrochloride, l, 6-di- (Nι, Nι'-o-chlorophenyldiguanido-N ₅ , N ₅ ') hexane-tetrahydrochloride, ethylene-bis- (l-tolyl b iguanide), ethylene bis (p-tolyl biguanide), ethylene bis (3,5-dimethylphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis (p-tert-amylphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis (nonylphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis- (phenyl biguanide), ethylene bis (N-butylphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis (2,5-diethoxyphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis (2,4-dimethylphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis (o-diphenyl biguanide), ethylene bis ( mixed amyl naphthyl biguanide), N-butyl ethylene bis (phenyl biguanide), trimethylene bis (o-tolyl biguanide), N-butyl trimethyl bis (phenyl biguanide) and the corresponding salts such as acetates, gluconates, hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, Citrates, bisulfites, fluorides, polymaleates, N-cocoalkyl sarcosinates, phosphites, hypophosphites, perfluorooctanoates, silicates, sorbates, salicylates, maleates, tartrates, fumarates, ethylenediaminetetraacetates, Iminodiacetates, cinnamates, thiocyanates, arginates, pyromellitates, tetracarboxybutyrates, benzoates, glutarates, monofluorophosphates, perfluoropropionates and any mixtures thereof. Halogenated xylene and cresol derivatives, such as p-chlorometacresol or p-chloro-meta-xylene, and natural antimicrobial active ingredients of vegetable origin (for example from spices or herbs), animal and microbial origin are also suitable. Preferably antimicrobial surface-active quaternary compounds, a natural antimicrobial active ingredient of plant origin and / or a natural antimicrobial active ingredient of animal origin, most preferably at least one natural antimicrobial active ingredient of plant origin from the group comprising Cof a, theobromine and theophylline and essential oils such as eugenol, Thymol and geraniol, and / or at least one natural antimicrobial active ingredient of animal origin from the group, comprising enzymes such as protein from milk, lysozyme and lactoperoxidase, and / or at least one antimicrobial surface-active quaternary compound with an ammonium, sulfonium, phosphonium, Iodonium or arsonium group, peroxo compounds and chlorine compounds can be used. Substances of microbial origin, so-called bacteriocins, can also be used.

The antimicrobial active ingredients can be present in amounts of from 0.0001% by weight to 1% by weight, preferably from 0.001% by weight to 0.8% by weight, particularly preferably from 0.005% by weight to 0.3% by weight .-% and in particular from 0.01 to 0.2 wt .-% are used.

Increased wearing comfort can result from the additional use of antistatic agents, which are additionally added to the agents. Antistatic agents increase the surface conductivity and thus enable the flow of charges that have formed to improve. External antistatic agents are generally substances with at least one hydrophilic molecular ligand and give a more or less hygroscopic film on the surfaces. These mostly surface-active antistatic agents can be divided into nitrogen-containing (amines, amides, quaternary ammonium compounds), phosphorus-containing (phosphoric acid esters) and sulfur-containing (alkyl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates) antistatic agents. External antistatic agents are described, for example, in patent applications FR 1,156,513, GB 873 214 and GB 839 407. The Lauryl (or Stearyl-) dimethylbenzylammonium chlorides are suitable as antistatic agents for textiles or as, whereby an additional finishing effect is achieved.

To improve the water absorption capacity, the rewettability of the treated textiles and to facilitate the ironing of the treated textiles, for example silicone derivatives can be used in the formulations of the conditioning compounds. These additionally improve the rinsing behavior of the wash-active formulations due to their foam-inhibiting properties. Preferred silicone derivatives are, for example, polydialkyl or alkylarylsiloxanes in which the alkyl groups have one to five carbon atoms and are completely or partially fluorinated. Preferred silicones are polydimethylsiloxanes, which can optionally be derivatized and then are amino-functional or quaternized or have Si-OH, Si-H and / or Si-Cl bonds. The viscosities of the preferred silicones at 25 ° C. are in the range between 100 and 100,000 mPas, it being possible for the silicones to be used in amounts of up to 5% by weight, based on the entire compound.

In order to improve the aesthetic impression of the conditioning compounds according to the invention, they can be colored with suitable dyes. Preferred dyes, the selection of which is not difficult for the person skilled in the art, have a high storage stability and insensitivity to the other constituents of the compound and to light, and no pronounced substantivity towards textile fibers in order not to dye them.

In order to prevent undesirable changes in the conditioning compounds and / or the treated textiles caused by the action of oxygen and other oxidative processes or radical decomposition, the formulations can contain antioxidants. Phenols, bisphenols and thiobisphenols substituted by sterically hindered groups can be used as antioxidants. Other substance classes are aromatic amines, preferably secondary aromatic amines and substituted p-phenylenediamines, phosphorus compounds with trivalent phosphorus such as phosphines, phosphites and phosphonites, endiol groups containing compounds, so-called reductones, such as ascorbic acid and its derivatives, organosulfur compounds, such as the esters of 3,3'-thiodipropionic acid with Ci-is-alkanols, especially Cι ₀ -ι ₈ alkanols, metal ion deactivators, which are capable to complex the autooxidation catalyzing metal ions, such as copper, such as nitrilotriacetic acid and its derivatives and their mixtures. A large number of examples of such antioxidants is summarized in DE 196 16 570 (BASF AG) - the antioxidants mentioned there can be used in the context of the present invention.

Since textile fabrics, in particular rayon, rayon, cotton and their mixtures, can be wrinkled because the individual fibers prevent bending and kinking. If pressing and squeezing across the direction of the fibers are sensitive, the conditioning compounds according to the invention can contain synthetic anti-crease agents. These include, for example, synthetic products based on fatty acids, fatty acid esters. Fatty acid amides, alkylol esters, alkylolamides or fatty alcohols, which are mostly reacted with ethylene oxide, or products based on lecithin or modified phosphoric acid esters.

The invention in a second embodiment relates to a method for producing a conditioning agent compound according to the invention. The conditioning compounds according to the invention are preferably produced by melting the plasticizer component (s) and then mixing them with the other components. The preferred melting range is above 30 ° C, preferably between 40 and 90 ° C, particularly preferably between 60 and 90 °. The mixing process is designed in a preferred form such that all components of the conditioning compound, apart from the molten plasticizer component, are specified in a mixing device, preferably a ploughshare mixer. The flowable melt of the plasticizer is then gradually added to the mix with constant mixing. Advantageously, the plasticizer component and the dispersant are melted together, optionally the melt is stirred in order to obtain a homogeneous melt mixture, and then successively the carrier material in a mixing device and the disintegrant, if any, and the auxiliary agents, if any, are mixed.

The invention in a third embodiment relates to a conditioning agent containing a conditioning compound according to the invention.

The conditioning agent according to the invention contains the conditioning compound according to the invention, whereby within the scope of this invention the conditioning compound according to the invention can already be considered as such as a conditioning agent according to the invention.

The conditioning agent according to the invention can be in both liquid, gel-like and pasty form, the conditioning compounds according to the invention being dispersed in such agents in undissolved form. However, the conditioning agents according to the invention are preferably in solid form, preferably as shaped bodies or granules, particularly preferably as tablets, extrudates or sintered products.

The moldings can be produced by conventional pressing or non-pressing processes. The production of single-phase and multi-phase shaped bodies is well known to the person skilled in the art, and it is also obvious that individual manufacturing processes can be combined, in particular for the production of multi-phase shaped bodies. The pressing processes include e.g. the tableting. For this purpose, the individual components, which can be fully or partially pre-granulated, are mixed dry, then shaped and pressed. To produce the sections, the premix is compacted in a so-called die between two punches to form a solid compact.

First of all, the premix is introduced into the die, the filling quantity and thus the weight and the shape of the resulting portion of the first component being determined by the position of the lower punch and the shape of the pressing tool. The constant metering, even at high throughputs, is preferably achieved by volumetric metering of the premix. As the tableting continues, the upper punch touches the premix and lowers further in the direction of the lower punch. During this compression, the particles of the premix are pressed closer together, with the hob volume inside the filling between the stamps decrease continuously. From a certain position of the upper punch (and thus from a certain pressure on the premix) the plastic deformation begins, in which the particles flow together and the shaped part is formed. Depending on the physical properties of the premix, some of the premix particles are also crushed and sintering of the premix occurs at even higher pressures. With increasing press speed, i.e. high throughputs, the phase of elastic deformation is shortened further and further, so that the resulting sections can have more or less large cavities. In the last step of tableting, the finished section is pressed out of the die by the lower punch and transported away by subsequent transport devices. At this point in time, only the weight of the section is finally determined, since the compacts can still change their shape and size due to physical processes (stretching, crystallographic effects, cooling, etc.). Tableting takes place in commercially available tablet presses, which can in principle be equipped with single or double punches. In the latter case, not only is the upper stamp used to build up pressure, the lower stamp also moves towards the upper stamp during the pressing process, while the upper stamp presses down. For small production quantities, eccentric tablet presses are preferably used, in which the punch or stamps are fastened to an eccentric disc, which in turn is mounted on an axis with a certain rotational speed. The movement of these stamps is comparable to that of a conventional four-stroke engine. The pressing can take place with one upper and one lower punch, but several punches can also be attached to one eccentric disk, the number of die holes being correspondingly increased. The throughputs of eccentric presses vary from a few hundred to a maximum of 3000 tablets per hour, depending on the type.

For larger throughputs, rotary tablet presses are selected in which a larger number of dies is arranged in a circle on a so-called die table. The number of matrices varies between 6 and 55 depending on the model, although larger matrices are also commercially available. Each die on the die table is assigned an upper and lower punch, with the pressing pressure being active only by the upper or lower die. Lower stamp, but can also be built up by both stamps. The The die table and the stamps move about a common vertical axis, the stamps being brought into the positions for filling, compression, plastic deformation and ejection with the aid of rail-like cam tracks during the rotation. At those points where "a particularly serious lifting or lowering of the punches is required (infestation, compression, ejection), these cam tracks are supported by additional low-pressure pieces, low-pressure rails and lifting tracks. The die is filled via a rigidly arranged feed device, the The so-called filling shoe, which is connected to a storage container for the pre-mix. The pressing pressure on the pre-mix can be individually adjusted via the press paths for the upper and lower punches, the pressure being built up by rolling the punch shaft heads past adjustable pressure rollers. Rotary presses can also increase the throughput be provided with two filling shoes, whereby only one semicircle has to be run through to produce a tablet, and several filling shoes are arranged one behind the other to produce two- and multi-layered sections without the slightly pressed first layer in front of the further filling is ejected. With suitable process control, jacket and dot tablets can also be produced in this way, which have an onion-shell-like structure, the top side of the core or the core layers not being covered in the case of the dot tablets and thus remaining visible. Rotary tablet presses can also be equipped with single or multiple tools, so that, for example, an outer circle with 50 and an inner circle with 35 holes can be used simultaneously for pressing. The throughputs of modern rotary tablet presses are over one million pieces (tablets) per hour.

Tableting machines suitable within the scope of the present invention are available, for example, from the companies Apparatebau Holzwarth GbR, Asperg, Wilhelm Fette GmbH, Schwarzenbek, Hofer GmbH, Weil, Hörn & Noack Pharmatechnik GmbH, Worms, IMA Verpackungssysteme GmbH Viersen, KILIAN, Cologne, KOMAGE, Kell am See, KORSCH Pressen AG, Berlin, and Romaco GmbH, Worms. Other providers include Dr. Herbert Pete, Vienna (AU), Mapag Maschinenbau AG, Bern (CH), BWI Manesty, Liverpool (GB), I. Holand Ltd., Nottingham (GB), Courtoy NV, Halle (BE / LU) and Mediopharm Kamnik (SI ). For example, the Hydraulic double printing press HPF 630 from LAEIS, D. Tableting tools are, for example, from Adams Tablettierwerkzeuge, Dresden, Wilhelm Fett GmbH, Schwarzenbek, Klaus Hammer, Solingen, Herber% Söhne GmbH, Hamburg, Hofer - GmbH, Weil, Hörn & Noack, Pharmatechnik GmbH, Worms, Ritter Pharamatechnik GmbH, Hamburg, Romaco, GmbH, Worms and Notter Werkzeugbau, Tamm available. Other providers include Senss AG, Reinach (CH) and Medicopharm, Kamnik (SI).

The term non-pressing processes is understood to mean those processes in which it is not necessary to use high pressures. "Not compressed" means in the context of the present invention in particular "not produced by tableting". According to the invention, pressure exertion of more than 5 kN / cm ² , preferably more than 2.5 kN / cm ² , particularly preferably more than 1 kN / cm ² and in particular more than 0.1 kN / cm ² should be avoided. The end products of processes in which particulate premixes are compressed to shaped articles by using pressures above 5 kN / cm ² by reducing the intra- and inter-particulate spaces are usually not to be referred to as “not compressed”. The use of lower pressures, for example to shape deformable masses or particle piles, without achieving a self-adhering composite (a tablet) can, however, be advantageous in individual cases.

Particularly preferred production variants for non-pressed molded body parts are sintering, casting, hardening of deformable masses and the production of particles, e.g. through granulation, pelleting, extrusion, agglomeration, etc.

The sintering represents the provision of a possibly preformed particle aggregate, which is converted into a compact molded part under the influence of external conditions (temperature, radiation, reactive gases, liquids, etc.). Examples of sintering processes are the production of shaped bodies by microwaves or radiation curing, the setting of water known from the prior art. Another preferred sintering process for producing non-pressed molded body parts is reactive sintering. The starting components are brought into shape and subsequently solidified by reacting a component A and a component B ^″ with one another, components A and B being mixed with the starting components, applied thereon or added after the informing.

When this method is carried out, components A and B react with one another to solidify the individual ingredients. The reaction product formed from components A and B connects the individual starting components in such a way that a solid, relatively break-resistant molded body is obtained.

With this process, moldings with good decay are obtained. Since the binding of the individual ingredients takes place through reactive sintering and is not due to the "stickiness" of the granules of the premix, it is not necessary to adapt the formulation to the binding properties of the individual ingredients. These can be adjusted as required depending on their effectiveness.

In order to cause components A and B to react with one another, it has proven to be advantageous if the starting components are mixed with component A or coated with them before they are brought into shape. Examples of compounds of component A are the alkali metal hydroxides, in particular NaOH and KOH, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, in particular Ca (OH) ₂ , alkali metal silicates, organic or inorganic acids, such as citric acid, or acidic salts, such as hydrogen sulfate, anhydrous hydratable salts or salts containing hydrate water, such as soda , Acetates, sulfates, alkali metalates, where the abovementioned compounds can, if possible, also be used in the form of their aqueous solutions.

Component B is selected such that it reacts with component A without the application of higher pressures or a substantial increase in temperature, with the formation of a solid, with solidification of the other starting components present. Examples of compounds of component B are CO ₂ , NH ₃ , water vapor or spray, salts of hydrate water which optionally react with the anhydrous salts present as component A by hydrate migration, hydrated salts which form hydrates and the salts of the component containing hydrate water A react with hydrate migration, SO2, SO ₃ , HCl, HBr, silicon halides such as SiCl or Kiselsäureester S (OR) _x R ' ₄ . _x .

The above-mentioned components A and B are interchangeable, provided two components are used which react with one another during sintering.

In a preferred embodiment of this production route, the starting components are mixed or coated with compounds of component A and then mixed with the compounds of component B. It has proven particularly suitable if the compounds of component B are gaseous. The molded components (hereinafter referred to as preforms) can then either be gassed in a simple form or introduced into a gas atmosphere. A particularly preferred combination of components A and B are concentrated solutions of the alkali metal hydroxides, in particular NaOH and KOH, and alkaline earth metal hydroxides, such as Ca (OH) ₂ , or alkali metal silicates as component A and CO ₂ as component B.

To carry out the sintering process, the starting components are first brought into shape, ie they are usually filled into a die, which has the outer shape of the molded body to be produced. The starting components are preferably in powdery to granular form. First, they are mixed or coated with component A. After filling into the die or tablet form, it has proven to be preferred to press the starting components in the die lightly, for example by hand or with a stamp at a pressure below the above Values, especially below 100 N / cm2. It is also possible to compress the premix by vibration (knock compression). If component A is not already in a mixture with the starting components, they are then coated with it and component B is added. After the reaction, a break-stable molded body is obtained without the action of pressure or temperature.

If one of the components A or B is a gas, a preform can e.g. be mixed with it so that the gas flows through it. This procedure allows the molded article to harden evenly within a short time.

In a further process variant, a preform is introduced into an atmosphere of the reactive gas. This variant is easy to carry out. It is possible to produce moldings which have a hardness gradient, i.e. Shaped bodies that only have a hardened surface up to shaped bodies that are fully hardened.

A preform or the premix can also be reacted with the reactive gas under excess pressure. This variant of the method has the advantage that the surface hardens quickly to form a hard shell, the hardening process already being stopped here, or, as described above, completely hardened moldings can also be produced via increasing hardening stages.

The above process variants can also be combined by first allowing reactive gas to flow through the preform to displace air. The preform is then exposed to a gas atmosphere at normal pressure. The reaction between the gas and the second component automatically draws gas into the mold.

In one possible embodiment of this production process, component A is coated rather than the starting mixture, but rather a preform which has already been brought into shape, and is then reacted with component B. It hardens the layer on the surface of the preform, while the loose or slightly compacted structure remains in the core. Shaped bodies of this type are distinguished by particularly good disintegration behavior.

Unpressed molded bodies can also be produced by casting. This can be influenced either by the choice of the starting materials or by suspending the desired ingredients in a meltable matrix.

The solidification of solutions that have an ambient temperature is also a way of producing non-compressed parts. Aqueous solutions can be thickened according to the methods known in the prior art by adding thickeners to cut-resistant shaped body regions. Examples of such thickeners that form solid jellies are alginates, pectins, gelatin, etc.

Polymeric thickeners are preferred for the production of gelatinous, dimensionally stable, non-compressed molded bodies from aqueous or non-aqueous solutions. These organic high-molecular substances, also called swelling agents, which absorb liquids, swell up and finally change into viscous real or colloidal solutions, come from the groups of natural polymers, the modified natural polymers and the fully synthetic polymers.

Polymers derived from nature that are used as thickeners are, for example, agar agar, carrageenan, tragacanth, acacia, alginates, pectins, polyoses, guar flour, carob bean flour, starch, dextrins, gelatin and casein.

Modified natural products come primarily from the group of modified starches and celluloses, examples include carboxymethyl cellulose and other cellulose ethers, hydroxyethyl and propyl cellulose and core meal ether.

A large group of thickeners that are widely used in a wide variety of applications are the fully synthetic polymers such as polyacrylic and polymethacrylic compounds, vinyl polymers, polycarboxylic acids, polyethers, polyimines, polyamides and polyurethanes. Thickeners from said substance classes are widely available commercially and are sold for example under the trade name Acusol ^® -820 (methacrylic acid (stearyl alcohol 20 EO) ester-acrylic acid copolymer, 30% -in water, Rohm & Haas), Dapral ^® -GT-282-S (alkyl polyglycol ether, Akzo), Deuterol ^® polymer 1 liter (dicarboxylic acid copolymer, Schönes GmbH), Deuteron ^® -XG (anionic heteropolysaccharide based on ß-D-glucose, D-manose, D-glucuronic acid, Schönes GmbH), Deuteron ^® -XN (non-ionic polysaccharide, Schönes GmbH), Dicrylan ^® - Thickener-O (ethylene oxide adduct, 50% in water / isopropanol, Pfersse Chemie), EMA ^® -81 and EMA ^® -91 (ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, Monsanto), thickener-QR-1001 (polyurethane emulsion, 19-21% in water / diglycol ether, Rohm & Haas), Mirox * -AM (anionic acrylic acid-acrylic acid ester copolymer dispersion, 25% in water. Stockhausen), SER-AD-FX-1100 (hydrophobic urethane polymer, Servo Delden), Shellflo ^® -S (high molecular polysaccharide, stabilized with formaldehyde, Shell) and Shellflo ^® -XA (xanthan biopolymer, stabilized with formaldehyde, Shell).

Preferred uncompressed moldings contain 0.2 to 4% by weight, preferably 0.3 to 3% by weight and in particular 0.4 to 1.5% by weight, of a polysaccharide as the thickening agent

The invention in a fourth embodiment is a

Konditiomerverfahren.

The conditioner process according to the invention for conditioning textile fabrics is carried out by

I) provision of an aqueous mixture comprising a) one or more plasticizer component (s), b) one or more carrier material (s), c) one or more detergents, d) optionally one or more disintegrants and e) optionally one or more auxiliaries and

II) bringing the mixture from I) into contact with textile fabrics.

The conditioner process according to the invention can, for example, be prepared by preparing an aqueous dispersion, in which conditioning compounds according to the invention or conditioning agents according to the invention are preferably dissolved in water, and then Textiles are dipped into the mixture prepared in this way. This procedure is particularly useful for particularly delicate textiles that are hand washed.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the conditioning method according to the invention, a conditioning compound according to the invention or a conditioning agent according to the invention is first introduced into the fabric softener detergent dispenser of an automatic washing machine, is rinsed with water in the last washing cycle of the washing machine and is brought into contact with textile fabric.

Examples

Example 1:

A conditioning compound of the following composition was prepared (Table 1). The amounts are given in percent by weight, based in each case on the entire compound. Table 1

^[1] N, N-di- (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (fatty acid ethyl) ammonium chloride ex Clariant ^f2] native cellulose (fiber length: approx. 60 μm; bulk density approx. 200 g / 1) ex Rettenmeier ^{[3 ]} Ci ₂ -ι ₆ -fatty alcohol-1,4-glucoside

The compound was produced by melting the quaternary ammonium compound with the Ci ₂ -ι ₆ fatty alcohol-1,4-glucoside. The flowable melt was successively added to a ploughshare mixer, in which the carrier material (glucose) and the disintegrant (cellulose) were placed, with constant mixing. The mixture was mixed until homogeneous granules resulted towards the end of the experiment.

The granules were used for induction tests in ordinary household washing machines. 45 g of the compounds were placed in the rinse chamber and a wash cycle was started with 3.5 kg of cotton fabric. The conditioned textiles showed an excellent soft feel, which is comparable to commercially available liquid, aqueous softener formulations which contained the same amount of softener components. Example 2:

A conditioning compound according to the invention of the following composition was produced (Table 2). The amounts are given in percent by weight, based in each case on the entire compound. Table 2

^[41 N-methyl-N (2-hydroxyemyl) -N, N- (ditalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate ^[5] maize starch ex Cerestar

The compound according to the invention was produced by melting the quaternary ammonium compound with the dispersant. The flowable melt mixture was gradually added to a ploughshare mixer, in which the carrier material (corn starch) and the disintegrant (cellulose) were placed, with constant mixing. The compound was mixed until homogeneous granules resulted. The dispersibility and softness of this compound was comparable to that from Example 1.

Claims

claims

1. Solid conditioning agent compound, comprising a) one or more plasticizer components b) one or more carrier materials c) one or more dispersing agents, d) optionally one or more disintegrating agents and e) optional auxiliaries.

2. Conditioning agent compound according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the plasticizer components is present as a cationic surfactant.

3. Conditioning agent compound according spoke 2, characterized in that the cationic surfactants are present as alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds, of which at least one alkyl chain is interrupted by an ester group and / or amido group.

4. conditioning agent compound according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the cationic surfactants are present according to the following formula,

in which

R ^a and R ^D , each independently of one another branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted C ₁ -C ₆ alk (en) yl, preferably methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxyethyl;

R ^x and RY, in each case independently of one another, branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted C ₁ -C ₆ -alkylene, preferably C ₁ -C ₃ -alkylene, for example -CH ₂ -, -CH ₂ CH ₂ -, - CH ₂ CH ₂ CH ₂ - or -CH (CH ₃ ) CH ₂ - Y ¹ and Y ² each independently of one another -CONH-, -NHCO-, CONR ^a -, -NR ^a CO-, -OCOO-, preferably -COO-, -OOC-

R ^c and R ", in each case independently of one another, branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted C9-C ₂₉ -alk (en) yl, preferably Cn-C ₂₃ -alk (en) yl, particularly preferably saturated C ₁₁ -C ₂₁ -alkyl, in particular C ₃ -C ₇ - alkyl and A ^"is a common anion, for example halide such as chloride or bromide, alkyl sulfate such as methosulfate or ethosulfate.

5. conditioning compound according spoke 4, characterized in that the cationic surfactant as N-Memyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N- (ditalgacyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate, N-Memyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) -N, N - (Distearoyloxyethyl) ammonium methosulfate, N, N-dimethyl-N, N-distearoyloxyethyl-ammonium chloride or N, N-di- (2-hydroxy-1-ethyl) -N, N- (fatty acid ester methyl) ammonium chloride is present.

6. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 2-5, characterized in that the cationic surfactants have a melting temperature above 30 ° C, preferably from 40 ° C to 100 ° C, particularly preferably from 60 to 90 ° C.

7. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the plasticizer component in an amount of 5 to 70 wt .-%, preferably from 10 to 60 wt .-%, particularly preferably from 20 to 40 wt .-%, based on the entire compound.

8. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the carrier material is made up of organic material.

9. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the carrier material is a nonionic material, preferably cellulose and in particular microcrystalline cellulose.

10. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the carrier material is a nonionic soluble material, preferably is selected from the group of ureas, starch derivatives, cellulose derivatives, polysaccharides and mono-, di-, trisaccharides.

11. Conditioning compound according spoke 10, characterized in that starch, corn starch, glucose, sucrose or urea is used as the carrier material.

12. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the amount of carrier material is 2 to 80 wt .-%, preferably 5 to 70 wt .-%, each based on the entire compound.

13. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the dispersant is selected from the group of cationic or nonionic dispersants.

14. Conditioning compound according spoke 13, characterized in that the dispersant is preferably C ₈ -C ₆ alkyl trimethylammonium compounds and / or C ₈ -C ₆ alkylpyridinium compounds and / or alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides and or Ci ₂ -C ₂₄ fatty alcohol alkoxylates Contains 2 to 25 ethylene oxide and / or propylene oxide units.

15. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the dispersant in an amount of 5 to 30 wt .-%, preferably 8 to 20 wt.%, Each based on the entire compound.

16. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that it is as a total amount of carrier material and disintegrant in the conditioning compounds according to the invention preferably 2.5 to 85 wt .-%, particularly preferably from 3 to 78 wt .-% and in particular of 5 to 70 wt .-%, each based on the entire compound contains.

17. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that it contains cellulose, in particular microcrystalline cellulose and / or a gas development system as disintegrant.

18. Conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that it additionally contains fragrances, preferably encapsulated fragrances and / or fragrances applied to carrier materials.

19. A method for producing a conditioning agent compound according to any one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that the plasticizer component (s) are melted and then / are mixed with the other components.

20. The method according spoke 19, characterized in that the plasticizer component (s) melted together with the dispersant and then the melt is mixed with the other constituents.

21. The method according to any one of claims 19 or 20, characterized in that the mixing of the melt with the / the carrier material (ien) takes place in a ploughshare mixer.

22. Conditioning agent containing a conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 18.

23. Conditioning agent according to claim 22, characterized in that it is present as a conditioning molding or granules.

24. Conditioning agent according spoke 23, characterized in that it is present as a tablet, extradate or sintering product.

25. Konditiomerverfahren, characterized in that I) an aqueous mixture comprising a) one or more plasticizer components, b) one or more carrier materials, c) one or more dispersing agents and d) optionally one or more disintegrating agents, and

II) the mixture of I) is brought into contact with textile fabrics.

26. The conditioner method according to spoke 25, characterized in that a conditioning compound according to one of claims 1 to 18 or a conditioning agent according to one of claims 22 to 24 is first placed in the fabric softener dispenser of an automatic washing machine, washed into the washing drum of the washing machine in the last rinse cycle and is brought into contact with textile fabric.