Abstract:
The use of modified polyaspartic acids which are obtainable by polycondensation of aspartic acid in the presence of, in each case based on the aspartic acid employed,(a) 2.5 to 25 mol % of amines with at least 6 carbon atoms(b) at least 2% by weight of phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid, polyphosphoric acids, phosphorus pentoxide, phosphonic acids or mixtures of said acids,at temperatures of at least 120.degree. C. and subsequent hydrolysis with bases to give modified polyaspartic acids with a phosphorus content of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, as additive to detergents, and detergents which contain the modified polyaspartic acids in amounts of from 0.1 to 20% by weight.
Abstract:
A process for preparing salts of polyaspartic acid by treating polycondensates in aqueous medium with bases, employing at least 0.7 equivalent of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal base per mole of the aspartimide, aspartic acid and/or aspartamide units present in the polycondensates, and the bases being added within from 30 min to 20 hours to an aqueous suspension of polycondensates of aspartic acid which has been heated to 40.degree.-140.degree. C., and the reaction mixture being allowed to react further where appropriate, and the use of alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal salts of polyaspartic acids obtainable by treating polycondensates of aspartic acid in aqueous medium with more than 1 equivalent of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal base, with the molecular weight of the polycondensates being reduced, as additive to detergents and cleaners.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of products of the reaction of polyaspartimides and amino acids by reaction of amino acids with polyaspartimides in aqueous medium at pH values at which at least 5% of the amino groups in the amino acids are in non-protonated form in equilibrium with the protonated form, and use of the reaction products obtainable in this way and of products of the reaction of polyaspartimides with alkanolamines or aminated C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -fatty alcohol alkoxylates which contain as copolymerized units up to 50 mol % of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide per mol of fatty alcohol, as additive to detergents and cleaners, as scale inhibitor and as dispersant.
Abstract:
Soluble polyacetals containing acetaldehyde acetal units are obtainable by cationically initiated addition polymerization of(a) compounds containing at least 3 hydroxyl groups, and(b) divinyl ethers containing terminal vinyl ether groups, or mixtures of such divinyl ethers and monovinyl ethers, in the presence or absence of(c) dihydroxy compounds and/or monohydroxy compounds, and are useful as admixture in phosphate-reduced and phosphate-free detergents and cleaners and as dispersant for finely divided minerals.
Abstract:
A process for preparing cocondensates of aspartic acid and amines by heating aspartic acid and amines in the presence of acidic catalysts comprises supplying the feed region of the extruder with particulate aspartic acid and a downstream metering zone with at least one amine and at least one acidic catalyst, condensing the resulting mixture to such an extent by heating that the downstream end of the extruder discharges a precondensate which contains at least 20-95% by weight of the starting aspartic acid in condensed form, and then completing the condensation of the precondensate. The cocondensates are useful as incrustation inhibitors in detergents.
Abstract:
A description is given of water-soluble or water-dispersible polyaspartic acid derivatives, their preparation and their use in cosmetology, especially in hair cosmetology.
Abstract:
Process for preparing polycondensates of aspartic acid by polycondensation of aspartic acid at from 140.degree. to 300.degree. C. in the presence of sulfuric acid which has been partially neutralized with ammonia and/or amines as catalyst, and use of the reaction mixtures obtainable in this way or of the reaction mixtures neutralized with alkali metal or alkaline earth metal bases as additive to phosphate-free or reduced phosphate detergents and cleaners.
Abstract:
A process for preparing polyaspartic acid by polycondensation of fine-particle aspartic acid at temperatures above 150.degree. C. in the presence of acidic catalysts, wherein first contact between the acidic catalysts and the fine-particle aspartic acid takes place in the reaction zone where the polycondensation takes place.
Abstract:
A biodegradable polyester obtainable by reacting a mixture comprising (a1) from 95 to 99.9% by weight of a polyester P1 obtainable by reacting a mixture essentially comprising (b1) a mixture comprising 35-95 mol % of adipic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof, 5-65 mol % of terephthalic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof, and 0-5 mol % of a compound containing sulfonate groups, and (b2) a dihydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkanediols and C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkanediols, with the proviso that a compound D with at least three groups capable of ester formation is employed to prepare the polyester P1, (a2) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of a divinyl ether C1 and (a3) from 0 to 5 mol %, based on component (b1) from the preparation of P1, of compound D, and other biodegradable polymers and thermoplastic molding compositions, processes for the preparation thereof, the use thereof for producing biodegradable moldings and adhesives.