The present disclosure relates to detergents and cleaning agents comprising at least one protease and at least one organic compound of the formula (I) which acts as a protease inhibitor and therefore is a suitable enzyme stabilizer, and to the use of said compounds as enzyme stabilizers in protease-containing detergents and cleaning agents. The present disclosure also relates to the corresponding washing and cleaning methods and to the use of the detergents and cleaning agents.

A fabric softener composition for liquid carbon dioxide-based cleaning includes: an organic solvent expressed as chemical formula 1, and a cationic surfactant, where the chemical formula 1 is R1—O—(CO)—O—R2, and R1 and R2 are hydrogen (H) or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

The present invention relates to compounds which form, under perhydrolysis conditions, certain cationic organic peracids, to the use of said compounds for activating peroxygen compounds in the context of bleaching stains when washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces, and to washing and cleaning agents that contain said compounds.

The present invention relates to compounds which form, under perhydrolysis conditions, certain cationic organic peracids, to the use of said compounds for activating peroxygen compounds in the context of bleaching stains when washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces, and to washing and cleaning agents that contain said compounds.

Provided are a wiping detergent composition for textile products capable of, when wiping a stain derived from food or the like attached to a textile product using a detergent liquid, not only reducing the degree of soiling of the stain portion, but also reducing the spread of the stain around the stain portion, and a method for removing a stain attached to a textile product using the same. A wiping detergent composition for textile products containing the following component (a1) in an amount of 0.3 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less, the following component (b) in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more, and water, wherein the mass ratio of the content of component (a1) to the content of component (b), (a1)/(b), is 0.6 or more and 50 or less, component (a1): one or more surfactants selected from a nonionic surfactant with an HLB of 9 or more and 16.0 or less and an anionic surfactant, and component (b): an organic solvent having a hydroxyl group with a ClogP of −2.0 or more and less than 1.0.

Provided are a wiping detergent composition for textile products capable of, when wiping a stain derived from food or the like attached to a textile product using a detergent liquid, not only reducing the degree of soiling of the stain portion, but also reducing the spread of the stain around the stain portion, and a method for removing a stain attached to a textile product using the same. A wiping detergent composition for textile products containing the following component (a1) in an amount of 0.3 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less, the following component (b) in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more, and water, wherein the mass ratio of the content of component (a1) to the content of component (b), (a1)/(b), is 0.6 or more and 50 or less, component (a1): one or more surfactants selected from a nonionic surfactant with an HLB of 9 or more and 16.0 or less and an anionic surfactant, and component (b): an organic solvent having a hydroxyl group with a ClogP of −2.0 or more and less than 1.0.

The present disclosure pertains to branched surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.

The present invention relates to compounds which form, under perhydrolysis conditions, certain cationic organic peracids, to the use of said compounds for activating peroxygen compounds in the context of bleaching stains when washing textiles and cleaning hard surfaces, and to washing and cleaning agents that contain said compounds.

The present disclosure pertains to surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.

The present invention relates to an unsaturated fluorinated ether or amine compound of formula (I) with low global warming potential and method of making the compound (I), where R.sub.H.sup.1 is and R.sub.H.sup.2 are independently selected from H or CH.sub.3, wherein when R.sub.H.sup.1 is CH.sub.3 then R.sub.H.sup.2 is H and when R.sub.H.sup.2 is CH.sub.3, then R.sub.H.sup.1 is H; X is O or N and when X is O, then n is 1 and R.sub.f is a linear or branched perfluorinated alkyl group comprising 1-10 carbon atoms and optionally comprising at least one catenated O or N atom; X is N, then n is 2 and (i) each R.sub.f is independently selected from a linear or branched perfluorinated alkyl group comprising 1-8 carbon atoms and optionally comprising at least one catenated O or N atom, or (ii) the two R.sub.f's are bonded together to form a ring structure optionally comprising at least one catenated O or N atom, wherein the ring of the ring structure consists of 5-7 atoms, no more than 10 carbon atoms, and is perfluorinated. The applications of the compound include solvent cleaning, electrolyte solvents or additives, heat transfer, and vapour phase soldering.