Claims
- 1. A storage-stable detergent comprising 0.5 to 30% of a peracid or a mixture of more than one of said peracid or salt thereof, said peracid being selected the group consisting of diperoxydicarboxylic acids having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and persulfates, and 0.03 to 0.5% of a fluorescent whitening agent or mixture thereof, wherein said fluorescent whitening agent is a bis-benzofuranyl fluorescent whitening agent of the formula (I)
- in which M is hydrogen or one equivalent of a non-chromophoric cation, n is 2 to 4, and wherein said fluorescent whitening agent of formula (I) is unsubstituted or further substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy.
- 2. A detergent according to claim 1, which contains peracids or salts thereof which bleach textile material at a temperature from 20.degree. C.
- 3. A detergent of claim 1 which further comprises a catalytically acting divalent metal salt which intensifies the bleaching action of the peracid.
- 4. A detergent according to claim 1, which contains as the organic peracid diperoxydodecanedioic acid.
- 5. A detergent according to claim 1, which contains, as the fluorescent whitening agent, a compound of the formula (II) ##STR5##
- 6. A method of washing textiles which comprises the step of washing said textiles in a detergent according to claim 1 at temperatures of 20.degree.-60.degree. C.
- 7. A detergent of claim 1 wherein the diperoxydicarboxylic acid contains 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/740,655, filed Aug. 2, 1991, now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/511,142, filed Apr. 19, 1990, abandoned, which is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 07/275,243 filed Nov. 22, 1988, abandoned, and Ser. No. 07/275,242 filed Nov. 22, 1988, abandoned.
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CA91:125252u (1979), "Bleaching Composition containing per-compounds and fluorescent whiteners for treating textiles", Bloching, H. |
Findley, W., "Fluorescent Whitening Agents for Modern Detergents", JAOCS, vol. 65, No. 4 (Apr. 1988), pp. 679-683. |
Continuations (2)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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