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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Clariant International Ltd., Muttenz, CH;
CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD, Muttenz, CH;
Abstract
A detergent composition for machine dishwashing comprising Z1) one or more ethoxylated glycerol esters of formula (I), prepared from ethylene oxide and one or more triglycerides of formula (II) in the presence of a calcium catalyst (C), characterized in that R1, R2 and R3 in formulae (I) and (II) are equal or different and are independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C7-C24 alkyl chains; m, n and o in formula (I) are equal or different and are each independently an integer number from 1 to 200 with the proviso that the number-average of the sum of m+n+o is greater than 5; and the calcium catalyst (C) is a catalyst obtainable by a reaction involving (A) calcium hydroxide and (B) a carboxylic acid comprising 3 to 40 carbon atoms, wherein the molar ratio of calcium hydroxide (A) to carboxylic acid (B) in the preparation of the catalyst (C) is from 1:1 to 1:5.