Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Basf Se Corporation

Goetz Scheffler

Peter Rohringer

Ian J Fletcher

Robert Hochberg

René Schlatter

Hauke Rohwer

Oliver Becherer

Bernard Schultz

Ian John Fletcher

The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a free fluorescent whitening agent and cationic polymer as a brightening agent for a synthetic single or blended textile, especially polyester textile, and to a corresponding brightening agent as well as a laundering process for brightening a synthetic, single or blended textile, which is characterized by a) preparing a composition by contacting a free fluorescent whitening agent with a cationic polymer, and b) treating said synthetic, single or blended textile with the composition prepared in step a).

Laundering process for whitening synthetic textiles

The present invention provides novel bis-triazinylaminostilbene amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents, comprising both individual components and mixtures thereof, a process for their preparation, intermediates useful for their preparation and use of the fluorescent whitening agents for the fluorescent whitening of paper.

Amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents

The present invention provides novel bis-triazinylaminostilbene amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents, comprising both individual components and mixtures thereof, a process for their preparation, intermediates useful for their prepartion and use of the fluorescent whitening agents for the fluorescents whitening of paper.

The invention relates to novel bis(triazinylamino)stilbenes which are suitable as UV absorbers and fluorescent whiteners for textile materials and also bring about an increase in the treated textile material.

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Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

Goetz Scheffler