摘要 |
A detergent composition comprising a detergent-active compound and an anti-redeposition polymer formed by reacting (1) an ethylenic compound of the general formula: CHR=CR'CO2H in which R may be a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl residue or, together with the carboxyl group on the adjacent carbon atom, may be an anhydride, R' may be a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl residue, with a reducing phosphorus-containing compound of the general formula: <IMAGE> in which R'' may be a hydrogen atom, a straight- or branched-chain alkyl residue having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl residue having from 5-12 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkaryl group or a radical of the general formula OX, wherein X may be a hydrogen atom or a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R''' is a radical of the general formula OX wherein X has the significance defined above. The polymer or mixtures of polymers useful in the detergent composition as an anti-redeposition aid have a ratio of acrylic acid or equivalent monomer, i.e. ethylenic compound monomer, to reducing phosphorus-containing compound of from 10:1 to 60:1, preferably from 12:1 to 35:1. |