Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Heinz Bille

Rolf Fikentscher

Harro Petersen

Norbert Greif

Kurt Fischer

Toni Simenc

Anna Steimmig

Herbert Tulo

Alkylene oxide derivatives based on tetrahydrofuran copolymers and having the formula R-X, wherein X consists essentially of a copolymer of tetrahydrofuran and a C.sub.2 to C.sub.3 alkylene oxide, R being the radical of a C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 alcohol or carboxylic acid or their oxyalkylation products with from 1 to 20 moles of said C.sub.2 to C.sub.3 alkylene oxide, the total amount of the alkylene oxide and tetrahydrofuran units in R-X being from 60 to 95% by weight and the molar ratio of the alkylene oxide units to tetrahydrofuran units being from 1:0.5 to 1:3. The new products R-X are useful as surfactants, textile auxiliaries and, in particular, emulsifiers in the one-bath finishing and pigment dyeing of textiles.

Alkylene oxide derivatives based on polytetrahydrofuran copolymers

A process for the manufacture of stable and at the same time highly reactive, liquid easy-care finishing agents for textiles containing, or consisting of, cellulose, the agents being manufactured from urea, formaldehyde, glyoxal and an aliphatic primary amine.

Manufacture of easy-care finishing agents for cellulosic textiles

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