Title of Invention

"PHOSPHATED ALCANOL, ITS USE AS A HYDROTROPE AND CLEANING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE COMPOUND"

Abstract The present invention relates to cleaning composition comprising a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units and phosphated 2-propylheptanol and a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture as a hydrotrope. It also relates to a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture per se where the alkoxylate on average comprises 2 to 4 ethyleneoxy units. The cleaning composition may be used for industrial cleaning of hard surfaces, for example for vehicle cleaning or machine dishwashing.
Full Text The present invention relates to the use of phosphated 2-propylheptanol or a
phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate as a hydrotrope in aqueous alkaline
solutions for a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units. It
also relates to a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate per se and an alkaline
cleaning composition comprising phosphated 2-propylheptanol and/or a
phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate as a hydrotrope.
The ability of an aqueous solution to spread evenly over a surface, the so-called
wetting ability, is important for nnany applications. For example, a composition
for the cleaning of hard surfaces benefits from a good wetting of the surface.
Good wetting is also desirable for laundry as well as for scouring and
mercerizing processes. Nonionic surfactants are known to be good wetting
agents, and are often present in compositions for the cleaning of hard surfaces.
Most often the hard surface cleaning composition also contains alkaline
components. Many nonionic surfactants are not soluble enough in solutions with.
a high amount of electrolytes, such as alkali and/or alkaline complexing agents,
and therefore need the presence of a hydrotrope to improve the solubility. A
number of hydrotropes for nonionic surfactants have been described in various
publications. Examples of such hydrotropes are ethanol, sodium xylene
sulphonate, sodium cumene sulphonate, alkyl glycosides, and phosphated
alkoxylated alcohols.
In US 5 145 597 alkaline cleaners useful in the cleaning of mechanical
equipment are described. These alkaline cleaners include a phosphate ester
hydrotrope and a nonionic surfactant, but in the working example it is not
specified which phosphate ester is used.
US 4 493 782 describes a cleansing composition containing an ethoxylated
phosphate ester derived from an alcohol with between 8 and 12 carbon atoms

in the alkyl chain, which alcohol has been ethoxylated with 2-4 moles of
ethylene oxide (EO). This phosphate ester is combined with another phosphate
ester prepared from butanol + 2 EO, where the latter phosphate ester is added
to stabilise the formulation.
US 4 137190 discloses a detergent composition comprising a nonionic
surfactant and a synergistic hydrotrope mixture. In the working examples use is
made of a combination of P2O5 phosphated phenol + 6 EO and PPA
phosphated butanol + 1 EO or PPA phosphated isoamyl alcohol + 4 EO.
US 3 294 693 discloses hydrotropes for solubilising polyethylene oxide nonionic
surfactants into builder solutions. The hydrotropes are surface-active materials
which contain upwards of £55% primary phosphate esters. These esters are
formed by the reaction between PPA and an ethoxylated C6 to C10 alkyl phenol
or an ethoxylated C10 to C18 alcohol with 1-20 moles of EO. In all the working
examples phosphated octylphenol ethoxylates were used.
BE 632 444 relates to alkaline detergents comprising surface-active nonionic
polyethylene oxide adducts, obtained by the addition of ethylene oxide to an
alcohol, an alkylamine or an alkylphenol, and a hydrotrope which is a phosphate
of an alkoxylated alkylphenol having 6-10 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, or a
phosphate of an alkoxylated alcohol having 10-18 carbon atoms in the alkyl
chain, and where the hydrotropic material contains 90% primary phosphate
esters. In the working examples several phosphated alkoxylated alkylphenols
were used as hydrotropes, as well as phosphated dodecylalcohol + 15 EO and
phosphated stearylalcohol + 7.5 EO, to solubilise octylphenol + 10 EO.
Orthophosphoric acid esters produced from alcohols that have been
ethoxylated with up to 10, preferably 5, moles of ethylene oxide are disclosed in
EP-A-256427 as dispersants for pigments. 2-Propylheptanol is among the
alcohols mentioned.

Alkali metal salts of mono- and dliesters of orthophosphoric acid, produced from
a number of alcohols, are disclosed in CH-A-481953 as surface-active agents
used in a process for making a stable latex by emulsion polymerisation of
vinylhalide monomers. Propylheptyl is mentioned as one possible alkyl
substituent in these phosphates.
However, there is still a need for new efficient hydrotropes that are suitable for
certain compositions, since not all hydrotropes and nonionics are compatible for
the achievement of clear, stable solutions and an optimal performance in the
application at hand. Especially, in some cases alkaline solutions containing a
nonionic surfactant obtained from an alkyl-branched alkoxylated alcohol and a
hydrotrope will separate upon dilution. An example of such alcohol alkoxyiates
are 2-propylheptanol alkoxyiates, where tests have shown that clear and
homogeneous, alkaline concentrates, containing alkylene oxide adducts of 2-
propylheptanol, and hexyl glucoside and/or an octyliminodipropionate as a
hydrotrope, will become hazy or separate when they are diluted to make ready-
to-use solutions.
The aim of the present invention is to find a new hydrotrope that is efficient in
making clear homogeneous concentrated alkaline compositions containing C8-
C18-alcohol alkoxyiates comprising 1-20 ethyleneoxy units, especially 2-
propylheptanol alkoxyiates, which compositions will remain homogeneous upon
dilution, and where the cleaning performance of the compositions is good.
It has now surprisingly been found that phosphated 2-propylheptanol or a
phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate where the alkoxylate on the average
comprises 1-20, preferably 2-10, more preferably 2-6, even more preferably 2-4,
and most preferably 3, ethyleneoxy units and 0-3, preferably 0-2, propyleneoxy
and/or butyleneoxy, preferably propyleneoxy, units, is an efficient hydrotrope in
an alkaline aqueous solution for C8 - C18, preferably C8- C12, alcohol
alkoxyiates containing 1-20, preferably 1-8, and most preferably 2-7

ethyleneoxy units and 0-3, preferably 0-2 propyleneoxy units, preferably for 2-
propylheptanol alkoxylates according to the formula
(1)
where PO is a propyieneoxy group, EO is an ethyleneoxy group, a is a number
0-3, and b is a number 1-8.
The invention further relates to aqueous cleaning solutions comprising
a) 0.2-20%, preferably 2-10%, by weight of a C8 - C18, preferably C8 - C12,
alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20, preferably 1-8, and most preferably 2-7,
ethyleneoxy units, preferably a 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate having the formula
(I)
where EO, PO, a, and b have the same meaning as above
b) 0.1-30, preferably 0.1-20, and most preferably 0.1-10% by weight of
phosphated 2-propylheptanol and/or a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate,
where the alkoxylate on average comprises 1-20, preferably 2-10, more
preferably 2-6, even more preferably 2-4, and most preferably 3, ethyleneoxy
units and 0-3, preferably 0-2, propyieneoxy units, preferably a phosphated
alkoxylate according to the formula

where M is H, a monovalent metal ion or R1R2R3R4N+, where R1, R2, R3, and R4
are H, an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms or-CH2CH20H, and c is a number
1-20, preferably 2-10, more preferably 2-6, even more preferably 2-4, and most
preferably 3, and
c) 0.05-40, preferably 0.05-30, more preferably 0.05-20, and most preferably
0.05-15% by weight of an alkali hydroxide and/or alkaline complexing agents;
which are homogeneous and stable, also upon dilution. The cleaning
performance of these solutions is also very good.

Phosphated 2-propyIheptanoI or a phosphated 2-propyiheptanol alkoxylate may
be obtained by different processes, the most common being the reaction of 2-
propylheptanol or alkoxyiated 2-propylheptanol with polyphosphoric acid or
phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5).
In the process using polyphosphoric acid the resulting product mixture will
predominantly contain the monoalkylphosphate ester of 2-propylheptanol or of
alkoxyiated 2-propylheptanol and only a small amount ( dialkylphosphate ester. Always rather large amounts of inorganic phosphate
residues from the polyphosphoric acid, such as orthophosphoric acid, will be
present.
When P2O5 is used as the phosphatising reagent and the molar ratio between
P205 and alcohol or alkoxyiated alcohol is 1:3, the product mixture will contain
about equal amounts of monoalkylphosphate ester and dialkylphosphate ester,
and only smaller amounts of inorganic phosphate residues. A larger amount of
alcohol or alkoxyiated alcohol will yield more diester, and a smaller amount will
yield more monoester. It will be known to a person skilled in the art how to
synthesise phosphate esters with certain amounts of mono- and dialkyl
phosphate esters. For a general description of phosphate esters see, e.g.,
Anionic Surfactants Vol. 7, Part II, pages 504-511 in Surfactant Science Series,
edited by Warner M. Linfield, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York and Basle 1976.
The alcohol alkoxylates to be phosphated may be either of the standard type
produced by using an alkaline catalyst such as KOH, or of the narrow range
type produced by using a narrow range catalyst, such as an acid catalyst,
Ca(OH)2 or hydrotalcite.
Normally the reaction mixture resulting from either of the procedures will be
neutralised by an organic or inorganic base before use. The base may be, e.g.,
an alkali hydroxide, such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide;

ammonia, an alkanolamine, such as monoethanolamine, triethanolamine or
methyldiethanolamine; or an alkylamine such as triethylamine.
The monoalkylphosphate ester of 2-propylheptanol or of ethoxylated 2-
propylheptanol has the formula

where M is H, a monovalent metal ion or R1R2R3R4N+, where R1, R2, R3, and R4
are H, an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms or-CH2CH2OH, and c is a number
0-20, preferably 2-10, more preferably 2-6, even more preferably 2-4, and most
preferably 3. The product mixture resulting from the reaction of 2-propylheptanol
or of ethoxylated 2-propylheptanol with polyphosphoric acid may also contain
smaller amounts of products containing more than one phosphate unit
according to the formula

where n is 1-3 and M and c have the same meaning as above.
For ethoxylates containing smaller amounts of ethyleneoxy units, also a certain
amount of unethoxylated product will remain due to the distribution of
ethyleneoxy units. This unethoxylated product will also be phosphatised during
the reaction with the phosphatising agent, and thus the phosphate ester of 2-
propylheptanol will also be present in the reaction mixture resulting from these
above-mentioned ethoxylates.
The dialkylphosphate ester of 2-propylheptanol has the formula


where M and c have the same meaning as above. The product mixture resulting
from the reaction of 2-propylheptanol or ethoxylated 2-propyIheptanol with P205
may also contain a dialkyl diphosphate ester according to the formula

where M and c have the same meaning as above. This type of diester may be
hydrolysed to yield 2 moles of monoester.
2-Propylheptanol is normally made by a process resulting in small amounts of
by-products such as 4-methyl-2-propylhexanol and 5-methyl-2-propylhexanol.
These products or their ethoxylates will also be phosphated during the process,
and the phosphated species will be comprised in the resulting product mixture.
The reaction mixtures obtained by the phosphatising procedures are normally
used as such without any purification procedure, but both the mixtures and the
purified phosphate esters function as hydrotropes. To act as a good hydrotrope,
the mixture should predominantly contain the monoalkyl phosphate esters,
since these are better hydrotropes than the dialkyl phosphate esters. Preferably
more than 60, more preferably more than 70, and most preferably more than
80% by weight of the mixture should be monoalkyl phosphate esters,.
The phosphated 2-propylheptanol or phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylates
where the alkoxylate on average comprises 1-20, preferably 2-10, more
preferably 2-6, even more preferably 2-4, and most preferably 3, ethyleneoxy
units and 0-3, preferably 0-2, propyleneoxy and/or butyleneoxy, preferably
propyleneoxy, units described above and a process for their production are
already partly disclosed in the earlier mentioned publications EP-A-256427 and
CH-A-481953 for use as dispersants for pigments and as additives in an
emulsion polymerisation process, respectively. However, the phosphated 2-
propylheptanol alkoxylate where the alkoxylate comprises 2-4, preferably 3,

ethyleneoxy units on average is especially efficient as a hydrotrope compared
to the other phosphated alkoxylates of 2-propylheptano! (see Table 1 in the
Examples). Therefore, the invention aiso relates to the phosphated 2-
propylheptanol alkoxylate where the alkoxylate on average comprises 2-4,
preferably 3, ethyleneoxy units per se and a process for its production.
The C8—C18-alcohol alkoxylates may, in addition to the 1-20 ethyleneoxy units,
also contain 1-3 alkyleneoxy units with 3-4 carbon atoms. The ethyleneoxy units
and the propyleneoxy and/or butyleneoxy units may be added randomly or in
blocks. The blocks may be added to the alcohol in any order. The alkoxylates
may also contain an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms in the end position.
Preferably, the alkoxylates contain 2-7 ethyleneoxy units and 0-2 propyleneoxy
and/or butyleneoxy units.
A suitable alkoxylate to be used in the cleaning composition for the cleaning of
hard surfaces has the formula
CH3(CH2)4CHCH20(PO)a(EO)bH (I)
I
C3H7
where PO is a propyleneoxy group, EO is an ethyleneoxy group, a is a number
0-3, preferably 0-2, and b is a number 1-8, preferably 2-7, and most preferably
3-6. When the 2-propylheptanol contains the by-products mentioned above,
these will also be alkoxylated and comprised in the resulting product mixture.
The cleaning concentrates obtained by using the phosphated 2-propylheptanol
alkoxylates as hydrotropes for the 2-propylheptanol alkoxylates are clear and
stable, also upon dilution, and cleaning compositions with these components
exhibit a good cleaning performance.
When the cleaning composition is to be used for textile applications, such as for
laundry, then the alkoxylate a) should preferably comprise an amount of
ethyleneoxy units in the upper part of the range 1-20, for example 7-15 moles of
EO per mole of C8-C18-alcohol.

The alkali hydroxide in the composition preferably is sodium or potassium
hydroxide. The alkaline complexing agent may be inorganic as well as organic.
Typical examples of inorganic complexing agents used in the alkaline
composition are alkali salts of silicates and phosphates such as sodium silicate,
sodium metasilicate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium orthophosphate, sodium
pyrophosphate, and the corresponding potassium salts. Typical examples of
organic complexing agents are alkaline aminopolyphosphonates, organic
phosphates, polycarboxylates, such as citrates; aminocarboxylates, such as
sodium nitriiotriacetate (Na3NTA), sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA),
sodium diethylenetriaminepentaacetate, sodium 1,3-propylenediamine-
tetraacetate, and sodium hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetate. The amount of
alkali present in the composition depends on the application and on whether the
composition is a concentrate or a ready-to-use solution. Some applications use
highly alkaline solutions; for example for scouring, the alkali concentration is c.
4-6% by weight when using NaOH, and for mercerization, a ca. 20-26% by
weight caustic soda solution is used. A concentrate composition for vehicle
cleaning normally contains 6% to 15% by weight alkali and/or alkaline
complexing agents, and the ready-to-use solution normally contains 0.2 to 5%
by weight. For laundry, the amount of alkali and/or alkaline complexing agents
is lower and normally amounts to 3 to 10% by weight in the concentrate and 0.1
to 1% by weight in the ready-to-use solution.
The concentrated compositions of the present invention are clear and stable.
The clarity interval is suitably between 0-40°C, preferably between 0-50°C, and
most preferably between 0-60°C. This may be adapted by changing the ratio of
hydrotrope to nonionic surfactant. The concentrate normally contains 50-95%
by weight of water, suitably 70-90% by weight.
To obtain a ready-to-use solution the concentrates are diluted with water up to
1:40. The diluted solutions are also clear and stable, but in some cases they
may turn a little bit hazy although they are still stable and do not separate. The

ready-to-use solutions exhibit good cleaning properties. A typical concentrate
formulation for vehicle cleaning contains 3-5% by weight of a), 3-5% by weight
of b), and 5-10% by weight of c), and a ready-to-use formulation would normally
contain 0.2-1% by weight of a), 0.2-1% by weight of b), and 0.5-1% by weight of
c).
The present invention is further illustrated by the following Examples.
Example 1
Formulations were made containing:
5% by weight of a nonionic surfactant
10% by weight of Na3NTA (sodium nitrilotriacetate)
X% by weight of hydrotrope
Balance water
The hydrotrope was added in such an amount that the solution exhibited the
clarity interval stated in Table 2. All percentages are by weight.


To evaluate the cleaning efficiency of the formulations in Table 1 the following
cleaning test was used: White painted plates were smeared with an oil-soot
mixture obtained from diesel engines. 25 ml of the test solutions, in this case
the formulations in Table 1 diluted 1:20, were poured onto the top of the oil-
smeared plates and left there for one minute. The plates were then rinsed off
with a rich flow of water. All solutions and the water were kept at a temperature
of about 15 - 20°C. All reference solutions were placed on the same plate as the
test solutions. The cleaning ability was measured with a Minolta Chroma Meter
CR-200 reflectometer, and the result is presented as the % soil removal. The
results are collected in Table 2.

The formulations containing phosphated 2-propylheptanol or phosphated 2-
propylheptanol ethoxylates as a hydrotrope exhibited a better cleaning
performance than the comparison formulation containing coco fatty amine + 17
EO quaternised with CH3CI. There are two values for the comparison
compound, since the cleaning efficiency was tested on two separate plates; one
with l, II, lll, and IV and the other with V, VI, VII, and IV.

Example 2
This example relates to a comparison between phosphated 2-propylheptanol +
5 EO and phosphated hexanol + 5 EO as hydrotropes for 2-propylheptanol + 5
EO.

A smaller amount of phosphated 2-propylheptanol+5EO, as compared to
phosphated hexanol+5EO, was required to obtain a clarity interval of 0-600C.
The formulations with phosphated 2-propylheptanol + 5 EO as a hydrotrope
exhibited about the same cleaning efficiency as the formulations with
phosphated hexanol + 5 EO, but the former were much more stable when
diluted than the latter.

Example 3
This example compares a number of phosphated ethoxylated alcohols with
phosphated 2-propylheptanol + 5 EO as a hydrotrope for 2-propylheptanol + 5
EO.


The formulation according to the invention exhibited the best cleaning
performance of all the investigated formulations, in combination with a good
stability upon dilution.
Example 4
Table 7 displays formulations where the same amount of hydrotrope was added
to all formulations. The cleaning efficiency of the different formulations is shown
in Table 8.



The formulations according to the invention are more efficient than the
comparison formulations.
Example 5
In this example phosphated 2-propylheptanol + 5 EO was added as a
hydrotrope to a number of nonionic surfactants, and the formulations were
tested for their cleaning efficiency.



The results show that phosphated 2-propylheptanol + 5 EO also works as a
hydrotrope for other nonionics than 2-propyiheptanol alkoxylates, and that the
cleaning efficiency for these formulations in general is good.
Example 6
In this example the wetting ability of a composition according to the invention
was measured by the modified Drave's test.

In the modified Drave's test, the sinking time in s is measured for a specified
cotton yarn in approximately 0.1% surfactant solution. The formulation in the
Table above was diluted with distilled water to 0.1% by weight with respect to
the C9-C11-alcohol + 4 EO, and the modified Drave's test was performed on this
solution. The result is displayed in the Table below.


The formulation containing the phosphated 2-propylheptanol + 5 EO as a
hydrotrope for the ethoxylate had a good wetting ability, whereas for the
different components alone, the wetting time was >420 s. The C9-C11-alcohol is
not soluble in this alkaline medium without a hydrotrope, and the phosphated 2-
propylheptanol + 5 EO has no good wetting ability on its own. When the
hydrotrope is added, the nonionic surfactant is solubilised, and it is then able to
exert its wetting ability.
Example 7
In the syntheses described below a 1,000 cm3 flange flask equipped with an
anchor stirrer was used. The reactor was heated by an electrical heater
equipped with a thermostat. A slight flow of nitrogen was applied during the
reaction. The poiyphosphoric acid (PPA) used was Polyphosphoric acid 116,
84% equivalent in P205 (Albright & Wilson).
1) 2-propylheptanol + PPA
2-propylheptanol (222.47 g, 1.41 mole) was charged and heated to 45°C. PPA
(254.09 g) was added from a 60 mi syringe and the exothermic reaction was
kept at 55-70°C while stirring at 240 r/min. PPA was added during a period of 1
hour. The reaction was then left for 2 h at 60°C and with stirring at 300 r/min.
After the post-reaction water (5.0 g) was added to hydrolyse the remaining PPA,
after which the acid was neutralised: with KOH (274.4 g) dissolved in 555.0 g
water.
2) 2-propylheptanol + 3 EO +PPA
2-propylheptanol +3 EO (295.63 g, 1.02 mole) was charged and heated to
45°C. PPA (184.95 g) was added from a 60 ml syringe and the exothermic
reaction was kept at 55-70°C while stirring at 240 r/min. PPA was added during
a period of 1 hour. The reaction was then left for 2 h at 60°C and with stirring at
300 r/min. After the post-reaction water (5.0 g) was added to hydrolyse the
remaining PPA3 after which the acid was neutralised with KOH (191 g)
dissolved in 454 g water.

3) 2-propyIheptanoI + 5 EO + PPA
2-propylheptanol + 5 EO (307.71 g, 0.81 mole) was charged and heated to
45°C. PPA (148 g) was added from a 60 ml syringe and the exothermic reaction
was kept at 55-70°C while stirring at 240 r/min. PPA was added during a period
of 1 hour. The reaction was then left for 2 h at 60°C and with stirring at 300
r/min. After the post reaction water (5.0 g) was added to hydrolyse the
remaining PPA, after which 374.02 g acid were neutralised with KOH (132.37 g)
dissolved in 517 g water.

WE CLAIM
1. A cleaning composition comprising
a) 0.2-20% by weight of a C8-C18-alcohol alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units
b) 0.1-30% by weight of phosphated 2-propylheptanol or a phosphated 2-
propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture, where the alkoxylate on average
comprises 1 to 20 ethyleneoxy units and 0-3 propyleneoxy units, and
c) 0.05-40% by weight of an alkali hydroxide, or alkaline complexing agents, or
mixtures thereof.

2. The cleaning composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein a) is an alcohol alkoxylate
comprising 2-7 ethyleneoxy units and b) is a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate
comprising 2-4 ethyleneoxy units.
3. The cleaning composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein a) is a 2-propylheptanol
alkoxylate having the formula
CH3(CH2)4CHCH2O(PO)a(EO)bH (I)
1
C3H7
where PO is a propyleneoxy group, EO is an ethyleneoxy group, a is a number 0-3, and
b is a number 1-8.
4. The cleaning composition as claimed in claim 3, wherein a) is a 2-propylheptanol
alkoxylate according to formula (I), wherein a is 0 and b is on average 3-6.
5. The cleaning composition as claimed in claims 1-4 wherein b) comprises phosphated 2-
propylheptanol or a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture
comprising one or more products selected from the group II, III, IV and V having the
formulae


wherein M is H, a monovalent metal ion or R1R2R3R4N+, where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are
H, an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms or -CH2CH2OH, and c is a number 2-4,

where n is 1-3 and M and c have the same meaning as above,

wherein M and c have the same meaning as above, and

wherein M and c have the same meaning as above,
and where II is present in an amount of at least 80% by weight of the mixture.
6. A phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture where the alkoxylate on
average comprises 2 to 4 ethyleneoxy units.
7. The phosphated alkoxylate product mixture as claimed in claim 6 comprising one or
more products selected from the group II, III, IV and V having the formulae

wherein M is H, a monovalent metal ion or R1R2R3R4N+, where R1, R2, R3, and R4 are
H, an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms or -CH2CH2OH, and c is a number 2-4,

where n is 1-3 and M and c have the same meaning as above,

wherein M and c have the same meaning as above, and


wherein M and c have the same meaning as above.
8. The phosphated alkoxylate product mixture as claimed in claim 7 comprising at least
60% by weight of a product having formula (II), based on the total weight of the
phosphated alkoxylate product mixture.
9. The cleaning composition as claimed in claim 1 for the industrial cleaning of hard
surfaces or vehicle cleaning or machine dishwashing.


The present invention relates to cleaning composition comprising a C8-C18-alcohol
alkoxylate containing 1-20 ethyleneoxy units and phosphated 2-propylheptanol and a
phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture as a hydrotrope. It also
relates to a phosphated 2-propylheptanol alkoxylate product mixture per se where the
alkoxylate on average comprises 2 to 4 ethyleneoxy units. The cleaning composition
may be used for industrial cleaning of hard surfaces, for example for vehicle cleaning
or machine dishwashing.

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Patent Number 252080
Indian Patent Application Number 538/KOLNP/2007
PG Journal Number 17/2012
Publication Date 27-Apr-2012
Grant Date 25-Apr-2012
Date of Filing 13-Feb-2007
Name of Patentee AKZO NOBEL N.V.
Applicant Address VELPERWEG 76, NL-6824 BM ARNHEM
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 COMPANY MAHNAZ NYHEMSGATAN 3, S-422 47 HISINGSBACKA
2 THYBERG ANETTE NATTVIOLSVAGEN 10, S-44445 STENUNGSUND
3 FRANCK MAGNUS RODE BACKS VAGEN 15, S-43931 ONSALA
PCT International Classification Number C11D 3/36
PCT International Application Number PCT/EP2005/053267
PCT International Filing date 2005-07-08
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 04077043.0 2004-07-15 EUROPEAN UNION
2 60/608,167 2004-09-08 EUROPEAN UNION