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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Carmen Araya Hernandez, Basel, CH;
Frank Bachmann, Freiburg, DE;
Hans Kramer, Frick, CH;
Wolfgang Schlenker, Aesch, CH;
Deepak M. Rane, Maharashtra Mumbai, IN;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a laundry shading process with specific blue or violet bisazo-dyes alone or in combination with a photocatalyst. Further aspects of the invention are a composition comprising at least one photocatalyst and at least one of the specific bisazo-dyes. The composition is particularly useful for shading textiles during laundry. Further aspects of the invention are a detergent composition, a fabric softener composition containing these dyes or mixtures of these dyes and photocatalysts and novel blue or violet bisazo-dyes.