EP1879990A1

EP1879990A1 - Washing and cleaning agents containing alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates

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Publication number: EP1879990A1
Application number: EP06724362A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Johannes Himmrich; Guenther Schimmel; Hans Juergen Scholz
Original assignee: Clariant Produkte Deutschland GmbH
Current assignee: Clariant Produkte Deutschland GmbH
Priority date: 2005-04-21
Filing date: 2006-04-15
Publication date: 2008-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 2026-04-15
Also published as: JP2008536985A; EP1879990B1; DE502006004006D1; ES2327445T3; WO2006111336A1; US20090305940A1; DE102005018501A1

Abstract

The invention relates to washing and cleaning agents that, as a washing active substance, contain alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates, which are obtained by the addition of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to fatty alcohols, the number of the added propylene units needing to be greater than the number of the added ethylene oxide units.

Description

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Detergents and cleaning agents containing alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates

The invention relates to the use of alcohol polyethoxylate polypropoxylates for the production of low-foaming detergents and cleaners with improved cleaning power against oily-greasy soils and stains.

The use of alcohol alkoxylates as nonionic surfactant in detergents and cleaners is known. In the publication "Comunicaciones presentadas a Ia Jornadas del Comite Espanol de Ia Detergencia (1989), 20, 45-61, CODEN: CJCDD7; ISSN: 0212-7466 describes alcohol ethoxylates as low-foam surfactants, and also the good soil release properties of high EO alcohol polyethoxylate polypropoxylates. EP 694 606 claims hard surface cleaners containing

Fatty alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates having from 1 to 10 EO and from 1 to 10 PO units as the foam suppressant.

High demands are placed on modern detergents and cleaners. You have to face next to a good and quick cleaning ability

Dirt and grease, easy to use, even at low

Washing temperatures show a high washing performance, gentle on

Behave colors and textile fibers, but also be environmentally friendly.

The task was mild to provide low-foam surfactants, which show improved washing and cleaning ability, are well formulated and processable and even at low washing temperatures and low water input not to

Tend to gel.

It has surprisingly been found that this object is achieved by alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates, which are characterized in that the propoxylate content is greater than the ethoxylate content.

The invention relates to detergents and cleaners containing alcohol Ethoxylate propoxylates of the formula 1

R ¹ - A - OR ² (1) wherein

R ^{1 is} C ₆ -C ₃₀ -alkyl or C ₆ -C ₃₀ -alkynyl, A is a group of the formula

- (OC ₂ H ₄ ) X- (OC ₃ H ₆ V or - (OC ₃ H ₆ ) _y - (OC ₂ H ₄ ) x-,

R ^{2 is} hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, x is a number from 1 to 10 and y is a number from 2 to 12, with the proviso that the value of the index y is always higher than the value of the index x.

R ¹ is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group and preferably contains 12 to 22, in particular 12 to 18 C-atoms. R ² is preferably hydrogen, but may also be methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl or n-octyl.

The compounds of formula 1 may have a narrow homolog distribution of the ethylene oxide or propylene oxide ("narrow range ethoxylates propoxylates") or a broad homolog distribution of the ethylene oxide or propylene oxide ("broad range ethoxylates propoxylates").

For the content of ethylene oxide (index x), the following ranges are preferred: 1 to 8, 2 to 6, 2 to 4. For the content of propylene oxide (index y), the following ranges are preferred: 2 to 10, 3 to 7 and 4 to 6. The sum of the numbers for x and y is preferably 3 to 14, 4 to 13 and 5 to 12. It is essential that in individual cases the value for the index y must be greater than the value for the index x. The EO or PO units can be randomly distributed or arranged in a block, the latter variant is preferred.

The stated degrees of ethoxylation or degrees of propoxylation represent statistical averages, which for a particular product may be an integer or a fractional number. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the detergents and cleaners according to the invention contain one or more alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates according to formula 1, wherein R ^{1 is} a linear or branched alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably a linear or branched radical of alcohols of native origin with 12 to 18

Carbon atoms, as well as their technical mixtures, e.g. at high pressure hydrogenations of technical methyl esters based on fats and oils or aldehydes from the Roelen oxo synthesis and as a monomer fraction in the dimerization of unsaturated fatty alcohols, e.g. lauryl, coconut, palm fat, palm kernel, stearyl, isostearyl, oleyl, capron, capryl, caprine, 2-ethylhexyl, isotridecyl, myristyl, cetyl, elaidyl, petroselinyl, Arachyl, gadoleyl, behenyl, erucyl, brassidyl alcohol or synthetic alcohols, for example guerbet alcohol.

A is a group of the formula - (OC ₃ H ₆ ) _y - (OC ₂ H ₄ ) _x -, the subscript x is a number from 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 8, more preferably from 2 to 6 and most preferably from 2 to 4, the subscript y is from 1 to 12, preferably from 2 to 10, more preferably from 3 to 7, and most preferably from 4 to 6, and the sum of the numbers x + y is in the range from 2 to 20 3 to 14, more preferably 4 to 13 and most preferably 5 to 12, and R ^{2 is} hydrogen.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the washing and cleaning agents according to the invention comprise one or more alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates according to formula 1, wherein R ^{1 is} a linear or branched alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof, preferably a Ci _{2 /} i ₅ alkyl group, A is a group of the formula - (OC ₃ He) _Y - (OC ^ H- _I ) _x -, the index x is a number from 1 to 4, preferably 2, the index y is a number of 4 to 10, preferably 4 to 8, more preferably from 5 to 7 and exceptionally preferably 5 and the sum of the numbers x + y in the range of 5 to 14, preferably 6 to 10, particularly preferably 7 to 9 and exceptionally preferably 7 to 8 and R ^{2 is} hydrogen. In an exceptionally preferred embodiment of the invention, the detergents and cleaners according to the invention comprise a C12 / 15-alcohol propoxylate ethoxylate having 5 propoxy groups and 2 ethoxy groups, wherein the EO and PO units are arranged in a block, prepared by propoxylating oxoalcohol with 5 molar equivalents of PO and subsequently

Ethoxylation of the Ci _2/15 fatty alcohol propoxylate (5 PO) with 2 molar equivalents of EO. This fatty alcohol propoxylate ethoxylate which is particularly preferably used according to the invention is obtainable under the trade name ^® Genapol EP 2552 from Clariant GmbH.

In a further exceptionally preferred embodiment of the invention, the detergents and cleaners according to the invention contain C ₆ -C alcohol alcohol ethoxylates having from 2 to 6 mol of EO and from 4 to 8 mol of PO. These products are available under the trade names ^® Genapol EP 6068, 2424, 2445 from Clariant GmbH.

According to the invention preference is given to compounds of the formula 1 whose melting point below + 1O ⁰ C, preferably below + 3 ° C, particularly preferably below ⁰ ° C ₁ particularly preferably below -1O ⁰ C.

The alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates used according to the invention in detergents can be prepared by known methods by ethoxylation and propoxylation of the corresponding alcohols of the formula R ¹ -OH. The fatty alcohol or oxo alcohol is initially charged, alkalized with 50% NaOH and then propoxylated successively at about 130 ⁰ C, then ethoxylated or ethoxylated, then propoxylated and adjusted after the reaction, for example with isononanoic acid to a pH of 6 to 8. Obtained in this way, the compounds of formula 1 with R ² = H. In the event that R ^{2 is to be} alkyl, the compounds of formula 1 with R ¹ = H are etherified in a conventional manner with an alcohol of the formula R ² -OH.

The detergents and cleaners according to the invention can be used in solid form as powder, granules, tablets or in liquid form as aqueous, aqueous / organic, aqueous / alcoholic or organic formulations are present. Other embodiments may be: emulsions, dispersions, gels and suspensions.

The detergents and cleaners according to the invention containing the abovementioned alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates can be of different types. Preference is given to solid detergents, in particular heavy-duty detergents for white and colored laundry and mild detergent for the machine and for hand washing. Also preferred are liquid detergents, dishwashing detergents for the machine, hand dishwashing detergents, liquid all-purpose cleaners, bathroom cleaners, glass cleaners, and floor cleaners.

A preferred embodiment of the invention are solid detergents, as powder detergents, granular detergents or in the form of tablets, containing the abovementioned alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 8%, particularly preferably 3 to 7%. ,

A further preferred embodiment of the invention are liquid detergents containing the abovementioned fatty alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 8%, particularly preferably 3 to 6%.

Another preferred embodiment of the invention are hand dishwashing detergents containing the abovementioned fatty alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 7%, particularly preferably 1 to 5%.

Another preferred embodiment of the invention are all-purpose cleaners containing the abovementioned fatty alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 7%, particularly preferably 1 to 5%.

In a preferred embodiment, the inventive washing, Detergent another nonionic surfactant from the class of Alkoholethoxyiate and / or non-inventive Aikohol EO / PO adducts with high EO content and low PO content.

Suitable alcohol ethoxylates are fatty alcohol or oxo alcohol ethoxylates of the formula 2,

R ¹ - 0 - (CH ₂ CH ₂ O) _n - R ² (2)

wherein R ^{1 is} a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and n is from 1 to 50, preferably 4 to 25, particularly preferably 4 to 20.

Examples are the adducts of on average 1 to 50, preferably 4 to 25, particularly preferably 4 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide with caproic alcohol, caprylic alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, capric alcohol, lauryl alcohol, isotridecyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, palmoleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol , Petroselinylalkohol, arachyl alcohol, gadoleyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol and brassidyl alcohol and their technical mixtures, eg in the high pressure hydrogenation of technical methyl esters based on fats and oils or aldehydes from the Roelen 'see oxo synthesis and as a monomer fraction in the dimerization of unsaturated fatty alcohols incurred. Preferred are adducts of 4 to 25 moles of ethylene oxide with technical fatty alcohols having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, such as coconut, palm, palm kernel or Taigfettalkohol. This class of surfactants includes the Genapol ™ grades of Clariant GmbH.

The detergents and cleaners according to the invention may additionally also contain alcohol EO / PO adducts with a high EO content and low PO content.

Examples are the adducts of on average 1 to 50, preferably 4 to 25, particularly preferably 4 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide and 1 to 20, preferably 2 to 10, particularly preferably 2 to 6 moles of propylene oxide with the abovementioned fatty alcohol or oxo alcohols.

The detergents and cleaning agents according to the invention may contain other surfactants of nonionic, anionic, cationic or amphoteric nature as well as customary auxiliaries and additives in different amounts.

Other nonionic surfactants which can be used are polyethylene, polypropylene and polybutylene oxide adducts of alkylphenols having 6 to 12 C atoms in the alkyl chain, addition products of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed from the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol or addition products of ethylene oxide with a reaction product of propylene oxide and ethylene diamine.

Furthermore, semipolar nonionic surfactants, for example amine oxides of the formula IV

R ⁹

_R 8 N - ^{• *} O

R ⁱ o _{| V}

wherein R ^{8 represents} an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkylphenol group or mixtures thereof having a chain length of 8 to 22

Carbon atoms; R ⁹ is an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene group having 2 to 3

Carbon atoms or mixtures thereof; R ¹⁰ is an alkyl or

Hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a

Polyethylene oxide group with 1 to 3 ethylene oxide units. The R ¹⁰ / R ⁹ groups may be linked together via an oxygen or nitrogen atom and thus form a ring.

These amine oxides especially include C 1 -C 6 -alkyldimethylamine oxides and ce-

Ci ₂ alkoxyethyl-dihydroxyethylamine. Instead of or in addition to the nonionic surfactants, the mixtures according to the invention may also contain anionic surfactants.

Suitable anionic surfactants are, in particular, straight-chain and branched alkyl sulfates, sulfonates, carboxylates, phosphates, alkyl ester sulfonates, arylalkyl sulfonates, alkyl ether sulfates and mixtures of the abovementioned compounds. In the following, some of the candidate types of anionic surfactants will be described in more detail. Preference is given to secondary alkanesulfonates. Secondary alkanesulfonates are surfactants of the formula R-SO ₃ M, whose alkyl group R is saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched and which can also carry hydroxyl groups, wherein the terminal carbon atoms of the alkyl chain have no sulfonate group. Preference is given to secondary alkanesulfonates having linear alkyl groups having 9 to 25 carbon atoms, preferably having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having 13 to 17 carbon atoms. Counterion M may be sodium, potassium, ammonium, mono-, di- or tri-alkanol ammonium, calcium, magnesium ion or mixtures thereof. Preference is given to sodium salts of the secondary alkanesulfonates.

Also suitable are alkyl ester sulfonates. Alkyl ester sulfonates are linear esters of C ₈ -C ₂ o carboxylic acids (ie fatty acids) which are sulfonated by SO ₃ as described in "The Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society", 52 (1975), pp. 323-329 Suitable starting materials are natural fatty derivatives, such as tallow or palm oil fatty acid, alkyl sulfates and alkyl ether sulfates are also used Alkyl sulfates are water-soluble salts or acids of the formula ROSO ₃ M, wherein R is preferably a Cio-C ₂₄ hydrocarbon radical, preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, particularly preferably a C ₂ -C ₈ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group represents. M is hydrogen or a cation, eg, an alkali metal cation (eg sodium, potassium, lithium), or ammonium or substituted ammonium, for example Methyl, dimethyl and trimethylammonium cation or a quaternary ammonium cation, such as tetramethylammonium and Dimethylpiperidiniumkation and quaternary Ammonium cations derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine and mixtures thereof. Alkyl chains of C ₁₂ -C ₁₆ are preferred for lower wash temperatures (eg below about 50 ⁰ C) and alkyl chains of C ₁₆ -C ₁₈ are preferred for higher wash temperatures (eg above about 5O ⁰ C).

The alkyl ether sulfates are water soluble salts or acids of the formula RO (A) _m SC> ₃ M wherein R is an unsubstituted Cio-C ₂₄ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having 10 to 24 carbon atoms, preferably a C ₂ -C ₂ o alkyl - or hydroxyalkyl, more preferably a C- C ₂ -C ₈ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl. A is an ethoxy or propoxy moiety, m is a number greater than 0, typically between about 0.5 and about 6, more preferably between about 0.5 and about 3, and M is a hydrogen atom or a cation such as for example, a metal cation (eg, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.), ammonium, or a substituted ammonium cation. Examples of substituted ammonium cations are methyl, dimethyl, trimethylammonium and quaternary ammonium cations such as

Tetramethylammonium and dimethylpiperidinium cations, as well as those derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, mixtures thereof and the like. May be mentioned as examples of C ₂ -C ₈ alkyl polyethoxylate (I .O) sulfate, _C12 -Ci8 alkyl polyethoxylate (2.25) sulfate, C ₁₂ -C alkyl _{polyethoxylate-8} (3.0 sulfate), C ₁₂ -C ₈ alkyl polyethoxylate (4.0) sulfate, wherein the cation is sodium or potassium.

Other anionic surfactants useful in detergents are C ₈ -C 24 olefinsulfonates, sulfonated polycarboxylic acids prepared by sulfonation of pyrolysis products of alkaline earth metal citrates such as described in British Patent GB 1 082,179, alkyl glycerol sulfates, fatty acyl glycerol sulfates, oleyl glycerol sulfates , alkylphenol ether sulfates, primary paraffinsulfonates, alkyl phosphates, alkyl ether phosphates, isethionates such as the acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurides, alkyl succinamates, sulfosuccinates, monoester of sulfosuccinates (especially saturated and unsaturated C ₁₂ -C ₈ monoesters) and diesters of sulfosuccinates (especially saturated and unsaturated C ₂ -Ci ₈ diesters), acyl sarcosinates, sulfates of alkyl polysaccharides such as sulfates of alkyl polyglycosides, branched primary Alkyl sulfates and alkyl polyethoxycarboxylates such as those of the formula RO (CH ₂ CH ₂ ) KCH ₂ COO-M ⁺ wherein R is a C ₈ -C ₂₂ alkyl, k is a number from 0 to 10 and M is a soluble salt-forming cation. Resin acids or hydrogenated resin acids such as rosin or hydrogenated rosin or tall oil resins and tall oil rosin acids are also useful. Further examples are described in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Volumes I and II, Schwartz, Perry and Berch) A variety of such surfactants are also claimed in U.S. Patent 3,929,678.

Examples of amphoteric surfactants which can be used in the formulations of the present invention are, in particular, those which are broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic secondary and tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be linear or branched and in which one of the aliphatic radicals Substituents containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms and an anionic, water-soluble group, such as Carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate or phosphonate contains.

Further preferred amphoteric surfactants are alkyl dimethyl betaines, alkylamido betaines and alkyl dipolyethoxy betaines having an alkyl radical which may be linear or branched, having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably from 8 to 18 carbon atoms and more preferably from 12 to 18 carbon atoms. These compounds are marketed by Clariant GmbH under the trade name Genagen ^® CAB example.

Auxiliaries and Additives Depending on the intended use, the detergents and cleaners contain, in addition to the surfactants mentioned, the specific auxiliaries and additives, for example builders, salts, bleaches, bleach activators, bleach catalysts, optical brighteners, complexing agents, grayness inhibitors, solubilizers, acidic additives, Enzymes, thickeners, preservatives, perfumes and dyes, pearlescers, foam inhibitors, sequestering agents.

Suitable organic and inorganic builders are neutral or in particular alkaline salts which precipitate calcium ions or to bind complex. Suitable and in particular ecologically acceptable builder substances, such as fine-crystalline, synthetic hydrous zeolites of the NaA type, which have a calcium binding capacity in the range from 100 to 200 mg CaO / g, find a preferred use. In non-aqueous systems, phyllosilicates are preferably used. Zeolite and the

Layered silicates may be present in an amount of up to 20% by weight on average. Useful organic builders are, for example, the percarboxylic acids preferably used in the form of their sodium salts, such as citric acid and nitriloacetate (NTA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, if such use is not objectionable for ecological reasons. Analogously, it is also possible to use polymeric carboxylates and their salts. These include, for example, the salts of homopolymeric or copolymeric polyacrylates, polymethyacrylates and in particular copolymers of acrylic acid with maleic acid, preferably those of 50% to 10% of maleic acid and also polyvinylpyrrolidone and urethanes. The molecular weight of the homopolymers is generally between 1000 and 100,000, those of the copolymers between 2000 and 200,000, preferably 50,000 to 120,000, based on the free acid, in particular water-soluble polyacrylates are suitable, for example, about 1% of a polyallyl ether the sucrose are cross-linked and have a molecular weight above one million. Examples of these are the polymers available under the name Carbopol 940 and 941. The crosslinked polyacrylates are used in amounts of not more than 1% by weight, preferably in amounts of from 0.2 to 0.7% by weight.

The agents according to the invention can be used as foam inhibitors

Fatty acid alkyl ester alkoxylates, organopolysiloxanes and mixtures thereof with microfine, optionally signed silica and paraffins, waxes, microcrystalline waxes and mixtures thereof with signed silica. It is also advantageous to use mixtures of different foam inhibitors, for example those of silicone oil, paraffin oil or waxes. Preferably, foam inhibitors are bound to a granular, water-soluble or dispersible carrier substance. The liquid detergents may contain optical brighteners, for example derivatives of diaminostilbenedisulfonic acid or their alkali metal salts, which can be incorporated well into the dispersion. The maximum content of brighteners in the compositions according to the invention is 0.5% by weight, preferably amounts of 0.02 to 0.25% by weight are used.

The desired viscosity of the agents can be adjusted by adding water and / or organic solvents or by adding a combination of organic solvents and other thickening agents. In principle, all mono- or polyhydric alcohols are suitable as organic solvents. Alcohols having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, straight-chain and branched butanol, glycerol and mixtures of the alcohols mentioned are preferably used. More preferred alcohols are polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight less than 2,000. In particular, use of polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of between 200 and 600 and up to 45% by weight and polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of between 400 and 600 in amounts of 5 to 25 wt .-% preferred. An advantageous mixture of solvents consists of monomeric alcohol, for example ethanol and polyethylene glycol in the ratio 0.5: 1 to 1, 2: 1, wherein the liquid detergent according to the invention may contain 8 to 12 wt .-% of such a mixture.

Other suitable solvents include triacetin (glycerol triacetate) and 1-methoxy-2-propanol.

Preferred thickeners are hardened castor oil, salts of long-chain fatty acids, preferably in amounts of from 0 to 5% by weight and in particular in amounts of from 0.5 to 2% by weight, for example sodium. Potassium, aluminum, magnesium and titanium stearates or the sodium and / or potassium salts of behenic acid, as well as polysaccharides, in particular xanthan gum, guar-guar, agar-agar, alginates and tyloses, carboxymethylcellulose and hydroxyethylcellulose, also higher molecular weight Polyethylene glycol mono- and diesters of fatty acids, polyacrylates, polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinylpyrrolidone used.

Suitable enzymes are those from the class of proteases, lipases, amylases or mixtures thereof. Their proportion can be 0.2 to 1 wt .-%. The enzymes can be adsorbed to carrier substances and / or embedded in encapsulating substances.

Suitable acidic additives are organic or inorganic acids, preferably organic acids, more preferably alpha-hydroxy acids and acids selected from glycolic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, mandelic acid, salicylic acid, ascorbic acid, pyruvic acid, oligooxa mono- and dicarboxylic acids, fumaric acid, retinoic acid, aliphatic and organic sulfonic acids, benzoic acid, kojic acid, fruit acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, galacturonic acid, acidic plant and / or fruit extracts and their derivatives.

In order to bind traces of heavy metals, the salts of polyphosphoric acids, such as 1-hydroxyethane-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) and diethylenetriamine penta-methylenephosphonic acid (DTPMP), preferably in amounts by weight of 0.1 to 1, 0 wt .-% become.

Suitable preservatives are, for example, phenoxyethanol, formaldehyde solution, parabens, pentanediol or sorbic acid.

Glycol distearic acid esters, such as ethylene glycol distearate, but also fatty acid monoglycol esters are suitable as pigments.

As salts or adjusting agents, for example, sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate or sodium silicate (water glass) are used.

Typical individual examples of further additives include sodium borate, starch, sucrose, polydextrose, stilbene compounds, methylcellulose, toluenesulfonate, cumene sulfonate, soaps and silicones.

The agents according to the invention are usually at a pH value in the range 2 to 12, preferably adjusted to pH 2.1 to 7.8, particularly preferably 2.2 to 6.5.

The following examples and applications are intended to illustrate the invention without, however, limiting it to it (all percentages are by weight).

Example 1: solid heavy duty detergent with (8 EO)

Marion ARL 13.0

Genapol OA 080 5.9

Sodium stearate 2.0

Wacker ASP 15 5.0

Zeolite A 36.8

Soda 13.4

Sokalan CP5 5.9

3 NaG 3.8

Tylose CR 1500 P2 1, 5

Dequest 2066 3.5

Tinopal DMS highly conc. 0.3

Sodium sulfate 8.5

Termamyl 6OT 0.2

Savinase 6, OT 0.2

Example 2 Solid Solid Detergent with Ci ₂ -i ₅ -oxo-alcoholethoxy (8 EO) propoxylate (4 PO)

Marion ARL 13.0

Genapol EP 2584 5.9

Sodium stearate 2.0

Wacker ASP 15 0.0

Zeolite A 36.8

Soda 13.4

Sokalan CP5 5.9 3 NaG 3.8

Tylose CR 1500 P2 1.5

Dequest 2066 3.5

Tinopal DMS highly conc. 0.3

Sodium sulfate 8.5

Termamyl 6OT 0.2

Savinase 6, OT 0.2

Example 3: solid heavy-duty detergent with C ₁₂ -i ₅ -oxo-alcoholethoxy (2 EO) propoxylate (5 PO)

Marion ARL 13.0

Genapol EP 2552 5.9

Sodium stearate 2.0

Wacker ASP 15 0.0

Zeolite A 36.8

Soda 13.4

Sokalan CP5 5.9

3 NaG 3.8

Tylose CR 1500 P2 1, 5

Dequest 2066 3.5

Tinopal DMS highly conc. 0.3

Sodium sulfate 8.5

Termamyl 6OT 0.2

Savinase 6, OT 0.2

production:

I zeolite, sodium stearate, Wacker ASP 15, soda, 3 NaG, and Tylose was placed in the Lödige mixer at room temperature and mixed for 15 minutes.

II Genapol OA 080 or Genapol 2552 or Genapol EP 2584 was melted at 70 ⁰ C and sprayed onto I. Wacker ASP 15 was sprayed on I at room temperature

III Dequest 2066 was sprayed at RT on Il.

IV Mixing Tinopal DMS-X with sodium sulfate in the Multimixer.

V adding to IV while stirring

VI addition of Marion ARL, Termamyl and Savinase.

Washing conditions:

Washing machine: Miele Novotronic W927 WPS

Ballast tissue: 3.0 kg; (2 x sheets 1, 50 x 2.60 rri, 4 x pillows

0.80 x 0.80 m, standard fabric according to ISO 2267)

Test method: single-lye method

Water hardness: 15 ° d hardness

Temperature: 40 ^° C

Wash cycle: 3 times

Dosage: 130 g tel quel

Stains: Patch monitor Empa 102

Laundry results

Remission difference against unwashed

The results show a significantly improved detergency of C _12/15 oxoalcohol ethoxylate (2 EO) propoxylate (5 PO) compared to C _12/15 oxoalcohol ethoxylate (8 EO) and compared to C _{12 /} i ₅ oxo alcohol ethoxylate (8 EO) - propoxylate (4 PO). When using EO / PO fatty alcohol alkoxylates, the defoamer Wacker ASP 15 can be dispensed with. Example 4: Liquid detergent

A potassium hydroxide 1.5

Edenor KPK 1218 5.5 B water ad 100

C Hostapur SAS 60 8.7

D Genapol EP 2552 10.1

1, 2-Propanediol 1, 0

production:

I addition of KOH to Edenor KPK 1218

II addition of B to I with stirring at about 30 ⁰ C.

III heating C to about 6O ⁰ C IV successively adding the components of D to

Example 5: Dishwashing detergent

Water, dist. 18.0%

Ethanol 2.8%

B ^® Hostapur SAS 60 20.0%

^® Genapol LRO liquid 42.9%

^® Genapol EP 2552 3.0%

^® Genagen CAB 44 13.3%

Perfume, dye, preservative q.s.

production:

Successively dissolve components B in A with stirring Example 6: All-Purpose Cleaner

A water, dist. 87.0%

B ^® Hostapur SAS 60 3.3% Genapol ^® EP 2552 4.0%

C sodium cumenesulfonate (c = 40%) 5.0%

Tri-sodium citrate 0.7%

Preparation I Dissolve components B in A with stirring

Il addition of C to I

INCI name of the commercial products used

Marion ARL Linear Narium Alkylbenzenesulfonate

Genapol OA 080 Ci _{_2/15} oxo alcohol 8 EO adduct

Genapol EP 2552 Ci _2/15 oxo alcohol 5 PO-2 EO adduct

Genapol EP 2584 Ci _2/1 ₅ 4 -oxo alcohol PO-EO adduct 8 Wacker ASP 15 polydimethylsiloxane + filler anorg./org. carrier

Sokalan CP5 copolymer based on: maleic acid, acrylic acid,

sodium salt

3 NaG sodium silicate

Tylose CR 1500 P2 sodium carboxymethylcellulose Dequest 2066 diethylenetriamine-penta (methylenephosphonic acid), sodium salt

Tinopal DMS highly conc. Bis- (triazinylamino) -stilbene disulfonic acid derivative

Termamyl 6OT alpha-amylase (bacterial)

Savinase 6.0T protease (subtilisin)

Edenor KPK 1218 fatty acid Hostapur SAS 60 secondary alkanesulfonate

Claims

claims:

1. Washing and cleaning agent containing alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates of the formula (1) R ¹ - A - OR ² (1) wherein R ^{1 is} C ₆ -C ₃ -alkyl or C ₆ -C ₃₀ -alkenyl, A is a Group of formula

- (OC ₂ H ₄ ) _X - (OC ₃ H ₆ V or - (OC ₃ H ₆ V (OC ₂ H ₄ ) _X -,

2. washing and cleaning agent containing one or more alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates according to the formula 1 in claim 1, wherein R ^{1 is} a linear alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably a linear or branched radical of alcohols of natural origin having 12 to 18 Carbon atoms, as well as their technical mixtures, A is a group of the formula - (OC ₃ H ₆ ) y- (OC ₂ H ₄ ) _x -, the index x for a number from 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 8, particularly preferred from 2 to 6, and more preferably from 2 to 4, the subscript y is a number from 2 to 12, preferably from 2 to 10, more preferably from 3 to 7, and most preferably from 4 to 6, and the sum of the numbers x + y is in the range of 2 to 20, preferably 3 to 14, more preferably 4 to 13 and most preferably 5 to 12, and R ^{2 is} hydrogen.

3. Washing and cleaning agent containing one or more alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates of the formula 1 in claim 1, wherein R ¹ hereof is a linear or branched alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof, preferably a C _{_2/15} alkyl , A is a group of the formula - (OC ₃ H ₆ V (OC ₂ H ₄ ) _Xi, the index x is a number from 1 to 4, preferably 2, the index y is a number from 4 to 10, preferably from 4 to 8, particularly preferably from 5 to 7 and very preferably 5, and the sum of the numbers x + y is in the range from 5 to 14, preferably 6 to 10, particularly preferably 7 to 9 and exceptionally preferably 7 is up to 8 and R ^{2 is} hydrogen.

4. Washing and cleaning agent according to claim 1, characterized in that the alcohol ethoxylate propoxylate of the formula 1 is a C _12/15 - alcohol propoxylate ethoxylate with 5 propoxy groups and 2 ethoxy groups, wherein the EO and PO units are arranged in blocks is ,

5. Washing and cleaning agent according to claim 1, characterized in that the alcohol ethoxylate propoxylate of the formula 1 has a melting point below +10 ⁰ C, preferably below + 3 ° C, more preferably below 0 ⁰ C, more preferably below - 10 ° C has.

6. Washing and cleaning agent according to claim 1, characterized in that they are present in solid form as a powder, granules, tablets or in liquid form as aqueous, aqueous / organic, aqueous / alcoholic or organic formulations.

7. Detergents and cleaners according to claim 1, characterized in that they are present as solid detergents, especially heavy duty detergents, as a mild detergent, as a liquid detergent, dishwashing liquid for the machine, hand dishwashing detergents, liquid all-purpose cleaners, bathroom cleaners, glass cleaners or floor cleaners.

8. Washing and cleaning agent according to claim 1, characterized in that they are present as solid detergents and the alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates of the formula 1 in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 8%, particularly preferably 3 to 7 % contain.

9. Washing and cleaning agent according to claim 1, characterized in that they are present as liquid detergents and the

Fatty alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates of the formula (1) in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 8%, particularly preferably 3 to 6%.

10. Detergents and cleaners according to claim 1, characterized in that they are present as all-purpose cleaners and the fatty alcohol ethoxylate propoxylates of formula 1 in amounts by weight of 0.5 to 10%, preferably 1 to 7%, particularly preferably 1 to 5%.

11. Detergents and cleaners according to claim 1, characterized in that they contain a further nonionic surfactant from the class of the alcohol ethoxylates and / or non-inventive alcohol EO / PO adducts with high EO content and low PO content.