Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Helena Dbaly

Rainer Hans Traber

Frank Bachmann

Manfred Rembold

Alois Puntener

Menno Hazenkamp

Gunther Schlingloff

Ted Deisenroth

Josef Dannacher

Josef Zelger

Grit Richter

Vladimir Arnold

Sandra Galle

Gisbert Leuschner

Franz Wyss

Compositions comprising (A) a total of from 2 to 30% by weight, based on the total composition (A)+(B), of one or more amino alcohols of formula (1) herein R, R, Rand Rare each independently of the others hydrogen,-Calkyl,C-Caryl or C-Caralkyl, and Rand Rare each independently of the other hydrogen or C-Calkyl; and (B) from 70 to 98% by weight, based on the total composition (A)+(B), of a fluorescent whitening agent of formula (2) herein X is hydrogen, an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion or a hydroxyalkylammonium radical derived from the amino alcohol of formula (1), and R, R, Rand Rare each independently of the others &#x2014;OR, &#x2014;NRRor a group of formula (3) wherein R, and Rare each independently of the other hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, HN&#x2014;CO-alkyl or alkylthio, are distinguished by high solubility in water and by high storage stability of the aqueous solutions. 

Aqueous solutions of fluorescent whitening agents

Novel metal complexes of tripoadal ligands are useful as catalysts to enhance the action of peroxygen compounds in washing, cleaning and disinfecting processes.

Metal complexes of tripodal ligands

A liquid fluorescent whitening agent formulation comprising: a) 10 to 20% of a compound of formula (1) in which R represents hydrogen, 1-5 C-alkyl, 1-5 C-alkoxy or halogen, M represents hydrogen, an alkaline- or alkaline earth-metal, or ammonium; b) 20 to 50% of a non-ionic surfactant; c) 20 to 40% of a polyhydroxy compound; d) 0 to 20% of a glycol compound and e) 1 to 50% water and use thereof for improving the whiteness aspect of detergents.

Liquid fluorescent whitening agent formulation

Water-emulsifiable or -dispersible physical forms of sterically hindered mines, UV absorbers and antioxidants and their use for thermal and photochemical stabilization of materials of plastics, textile coatings, imitation leather and leather are described. The physical forms comprise

Stabilizing leather against thermal and photochemical decomposition

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