Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Hoechst Akteingesellschaft

Adolf May

Hans-Walter Bucking

Siegfried Billenstein

Ulrich Cuntze

Karl H Wallhausser

Franz J Voetz

Manfred Schreiber

Karl-Heinz Keil

Willi Steckelberg

Hans-Peter Rieck

Jochen M Quack

Hans-Jurgen Kalz

Gunter Blaschke

Wolfgang Wagemann

Hans Ludwig Panke

Erich Hoffmann

Herbert Hartung

August Gerl

Gunther Tauber

Concentrated fabric softeners consisting substantially of 12 to 50 weight % of a quaternary ammonium compound customary for softeners, 2 to 20 weight of a fatty amine polyglycol ether of the formulae ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is alkyl or alkenyl having from 8 to 22, preferably 16 to 18, carbon atoms, x and y each are hydrogen or methyl with the proviso that x and y are not simultaneously methyl, n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 together are an integer of from 2 to 50, preferably 25, and p and m either are simultaneously zero, or p is 1 and m is 1, 2 or preferably 3, 3 to 30 weight % of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alcohol, an acid in an amount which is equimolar to component (b), and water and optionally further usual auxiliaries in amounts remaining to complete 100%.

Concentrated fabric softeners

Softener-containing washing agents which, in addition to the customary components of washing agents, contain 0 to 10% by weight of a quaternary ammonium compound and 1 to 30% by weight of a softener system which comprises 10 to 90% by weight of a tertiary amine and 90 to 10% by weight of a crystalline sheet-silicate of the formula

Softener-containing washing agent

Amphoteric compounds of the formula ##STR1## and their mixtures with compounds of the formula

Amphoteric compounds, mixtures containing these compounds for

Quaternary N-alkyl-N,N'-,N'-polyoxyalkyl-.alpha.,.omega.-diamino-alkylene fatty acid esters of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.30, preferably C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, or C.sub.8 -C.sub.30, preferably C.sub.16 -C.sub.18 -alkenyl,

Quaternary N-alkyl-N,N',N'-polyoxyalkyl-.alpha.,.omega.-diamino-alkylene

Concentrated masterbatches of fabric softeners consisting substantially of

Concentrated softener masterbatches

Transparent, liquid fabric softener concentrates consisting substantially of

Liquid textile softeners composed of an aqueous solution or dispersion of compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, x and y each denote hydrogen or methyl, it being excluded, however, for x and y to denote simultaneously methyl, n is an integer of from 1 to 10, m is the integer 1 or 2, p is an integer of from 1 to 5, R.sub.2 denotes C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 alkyl and, if appropriate, other auxiliaries.

Textile softener

Fabric softeners which result in an improved rewettability of the textile material treated with the same and which are present in the form of an aqueous solution or dispersion containing from 3 to 15% by weight of one or several quaternary ammonium compounds and from 0.5 to 1.5% by weight of a compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.4 is alkyl or alkenyl of from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl or aryl optionally substituted by alkyl groups, x and y are hydrogen or methyl, but are not methyl at the same time, n is a number of from 0 to 20, Z is a group of formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m COOMe, --SO.sub.3 Me or --PO.sub.3 Me.sub.2 m is an integer of from 0 to 3, and Me is an alkali metal or ammonium ion, as well as optionally further common auxiliaries and additives.

Fabric softener

A water-repellent gypsum mortar contains an agent conferring hydrophobic properties, which is composed of (a) a fatty amine of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl, phenyl, benzyl or a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H and n is a number from 0 to 4,

Water-repellent gypsum mortar

Fabric softener concentrates, which contain of from

Fabric softener concentrate

Quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula 1 ##STR1## in which R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 -alkyl or alkenyl; R.sub.1 is alkyl, 2-hydroxyalkyl or alkenyl each having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or benzyl; A is a group of the formulae ##STR2## B is A or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylene, X and Y are hydrogen or methyl with the proviso that X and Y are not simultaneously methyl; m is 1 or 2; n is a number of from 1 to 20; and A.sup.(-) is an anion; a process for the preparation thereof, and their use as fabric softeners.

Quaternary ammonium compounds

Filler slurries with a content of 0.1 to 5% by weight of a compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sub.1 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkenyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkylphenyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -epoxyalkyl, benzyl or a group of the formula ##STR2## X, Y and Z together are a number from 1 to 20, and A means an anion.

Highly concentrated filler slurries

Fabric softening compositions in the form of liquid, aqueous dispersions, containing a condensation product of 1 to 1.5 mols of fatty acid or of a fatty acid ester of the formula I

Fabric softeners

Fabric softeners in the form of aqueous solutions or dispersions which contain as active ingredient one or several compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is long-chain alkyl, X and Y are hydrogen or methyl, X and Y not being methyl simultaneously, n is an integer of 1 to 20, R.sub.2 is lower alkyl and A is an anion.

A fabric softener which contains as fabric-softening agent from 1 to 35% by weight of a condensation product obtained from about 1 to 1.5 moles of a fatty acid or a fatty acid ester of the formula I

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