EP1645619A1 - Liquid Detergent Compositions - Google Patents

Abstract

Liquid composition (I) comprises at least one polydiallyl dialkyl ammonium compound (a), anionic surfactant (b) and 16 wt.% of water (c). Independent claims are also included for (1) a liquid detergent composition comprising (I); and (2) a liquid laundry detergent comprising a dye transfer inhibitor comprising (a) and (b) (where (b) is present in ratio of at least 3 wt related to (a)).

Description

The present invention relates to liquid compositions containing Polydiallyldimethylamonium compounds and anionic surfactants and optionally water. These agents are useful in preventing dye transfer in wash liquors and, in particular, are useful for preparing color liquid detergents.

Color liquid detergents are an independent product category in the detergent market. They are distinguished from conventional detergents by a special color protection of the laundry. So-called color transfer inhibitors should reduce the transfer of color from one garment to the other. Known and common transfer inhibitors are polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and its derivatives, e.g. PVP-N-oxide or PVP-betaines. Furthermore, a variety of cationic polymers as color transfer inhibitors but also as dye fixative in detergents and fabric care products is described. This also includes the Polydiallyldimethylamoniumchlorid. Thus, EP 0 462 806 A2 describes a detergent which contains 0.01 to 50% by weight of a cationic dye-fixing agent and 1 to 50% by weight of a nonionic surfactant. In this case, the polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride is disclosed as a suitable color-fixing agent. WO 03/057815 A1 describes solid granules which contain 1 to 90% by weight of a water-soluble dye fixing agent. Also disclosed as suitable color fixers are polydiallyldimethylammonium compounds, especially their salts and copolymers. However, only solid agents containing polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride in admixture with anionic surfactants have heretofore been known. Liquid detergent formulations containing polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride have heretofore been free of anionic surfactants.

It has now surprisingly been found that it is possible to stably formulate anionic surfactant-containing liquid detergents with polydiallyldialkylammonium compounds, preferably the chlorides. A first subject of the present invention therefore relates to liquid compositions comprising a) at least one polydiallyldialkylammonium compound, b) at least one anionic surfactant and c) at least 16% by weight of water. Preferably, as component a) Polydiallyldialkylammoniumchlorid is selected. Particular preference is given to those polymers whose molecular weight is in the range from 1000 to 1,000,000, in particular from 1,000 to 100,000, the range from 2,000 to 20,000 being particularly preferred. Polydiallyldialkylammonium compounds in the context of the present invention are known and commercially available. The alkyl radicals in these polymers may preferably 1 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Particularly preferred is the Polydiallyldimethylammoniumchlorid. They are sold, for example, under the trademark Tinofix FRD® or Lupasol®. Such products preferably have Brookfield viscosities of from 200 to 400 mPas. The active substance content (AS) is typically up to 30 to 50%. In addition to the salts, the copolymers of polydiallyldimethylammonium, in particular copolymers with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamides or vinylpyrrolidones, can in principle also be used for the purposes of the present technical teaching.

In addition to the polydiallyldimethylammonium compounds, the compositions for the purposes of the present application also contain anionic surfactants. Typical examples of anionic surfactants are alkylbenzenesulfonates, alkanesulfonates, olefinsulfonates, alkyl ether sulfonates, glycerol ether sulfonates, α-methyl ester sulfonates, sulfo fatty acids, alkyl sulfates, glycerol ether sulfates, fatty acid ether sulfates, hydroxy mixed ether sulfates, monoglyceride (ether) sulfates, fatty acid amide (ether) sulfates, mono- and dialkyl sulfosuccinates, mono and dialkylsulfosuccinamates, sulfotriglycerides, amide soaps, ether carboxylic acids and their salts, fatty acid isethionates, fatty acid sarcosinates, fatty acid taurides, N-acylamino acids such as acyl lactylates, acyl tartrates, acyl glutamates and acylaspartates, alkyl oligoglucoside sulfates, protein fatty acid condensates (especially wheat-based vegetable products) and alkyl (ether) phosphates. If the anionic surfactants contain polyglycol ether chains, these may have a conventional, but preferably a narrow homolog distribution.

In this case, alkyl and / or alkenyl ether sulfates are preferably selected. Alkyl and / or alkenyl ether sulfates, which come into consideration as component (b), are known and commercially available sulfation products of linear fatty alcohols or partially branched oxo alcohols. They preferably follow the formula (I),

RO (CH ₂ CH ₂ O) _n SO ₃ X (I)

in which R is a linear or branched alkyl and / or alkenyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, n is a number from 1 to 10 and X is alkali and / or alkaline earth, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium or glucammonium. Ether sulfates of the type mentioned are industrially produced by sulfation and subsequent neutralization of the corresponding alcohol polyglycol ether. Typical examples are the sulfates based on addition products of 1 to 10 and especially 2 to 5 moles of ethylene oxide with caproic alcohol, caprylic alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, capric alcohol, lauryl alcohol, isotridecyl alcohol, Myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, palmoleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol, petroselinyl alcohol, linolyl alcohol, linolenyl alcohol, elaeostearyl alcohol, arachyl alcohol, gadoleyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol and brassidyl alcohol and technical mixtures thereof in the form of the sodium, potassium or magnesium salts.

A further class of preferred anionic surfactants are the alkylbenzenesulfonates (ABS). These preferably follow the formula R'-Ph-SO ₃ X in which R 'is a branched, but preferably linear, alkyl radical having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, Ph is a phenyl radical and X is an alkali and / or alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkylammonium, alkanolammonium or glucammonium. Preference is given to using dodecylbenzenesulfonates, tetradecylbenzenesulfonates, hexadecylbenzenesulfonates and technical mixtures thereof in the form of the sodium salts.

In addition to the preferred alkyl and / or alkenyl ether sulfates or ABS, soaps, preferably sodium and potassium soaps, may additionally or instead be present as anionic surfactants in the compositions according to the invention. The ethanolamine salts are also suitable. In this case, amounts between 1 to 45 wt .-%, preferably 1 to 40 wt .-% and in particular of 30 wt .-%, preferably up to 15 wt .-% are preferred. Preferably, the potassium or more preferably the sodium soaps of C ₁₂ - C ₁₈ fatty acids are used.

A further preferred aspect relates to the fact that it has proved to be advantageous if component b), ie the anionic surfactant or surfactant mixture, is present in at least 3 to 5 times, preferably 5 times, the excess weight of component a) , Particularly preferred are such agents, the anionic surfactants b) in amounts of 0.5 to 70 wt .-%, preferably 0.5 to 50 wt .-% and in particular in amounts of 1 to 25 wt .-%, based on the agent , contain.
Also preferred are those agents which the component a) in amounts of 0.05 to 14 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 10 wt .-% and in particular from 0.1 to 5 wt .-%, based on the Means, included. Agents of the present invention are liquid, ie, pumpable at room temperature (21 ° C). Solid means, ie granules or powders, etc. are not included in the sense of the present technical teaching. The liquid agents according to the invention preferably have viscosities (according to Hoppler, measured at 20 ° C) of preferably 15,000 to a maximum of 50,000 mPas, whereby the range from 50 to 5,000 may also be preferred.

Water as component c) is mandatory in amounts of 16 wt .-%, based on the means included. However, the compositions according to the present technical teaching can also be present in highly diluted form and then contain up to 95% by weight of water. Preferably, however, they contain less water, for example from 20 to 80 wt .-%, preferably from 20 to 60 and in particular from 20 to 40 wt .-% water.

In addition to the above-described components a), b) and c), the liquid compositions according to the present invention may contain other surfactants, in which nonionic surfactants and especially nonionic surfactants from the class of alkyl (oligo) glycosides, fatty alcohols and / or the alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated fatty alcohols are selected as suitable agents.

Alkyl and alkenyl oligoglycosides are known nonionic surfactants which follow formula (II),

R ¹ O- [G] _p (II)

in which R ^{1 is} an alkyl and / or alkenyl radical having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, G is a sugar radical having 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p is a number from 1 to 10. They can be obtained by the relevant methods of preparative organic chemistry. The alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides can be derived from aldoses or ketoses with 5 or 6 carbon atoms, preferably glucose. The preferred alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides are thus alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglucosides. The index number p in the general formula (II) indicates the degree of oligomerization (DP), ie the distribution of mono- and oligoglycosides, and stands for a number between 1 and 10. While p in a given compound must always be an integer, and here especially If p = 1 to 6 can be assumed, the value p for a given alkyloligoglycoside is an analytically determined arithmetic quantity, which usually represents a fractional number. Preference is given to using alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides having an average degree of oligomerization p of from 1.1 to 3.0. From an application point of view, those alkyl and / or alkenyl oligoglycosides whose degree of oligomerization is less than 1.7 and in particular between 1.2 and 1.4 are preferred. The alkyl or alkenyl radical R ¹ can be derived from primary alcohols with 4 to 11, preferably 8 to 10 carbon atoms derived. Typical examples are butanol, caproic alcohol, caprylic alcohol, capric alcohol and undecyl alcohol, and technical mixtures thereof, as obtained, for example, in the hydrogenation of technical fatty acid methyl esters or in the hydrogenation of aldehydes from Roelen's oxosynthesis. Preference is given to alkyl (oligo) glucosides of the chain length C ₈ -C ₁₀ (DP = 1 to 3) which are obtained as a feedstock in the distillative separation of technical C ₈ -C ₁₈ coconut fatty alcohol and in a proportion of less than 6% by weight. % C ₁₂ alcohol can be contaminated as well as alkyl oligoglucosides based on technical C _9/11 oxo alcohols (DP = 1 to 3). The alkyl or alkenyl radical R ¹ can also be derived from primary alcohols having 12 to 22, preferably 12 to 14 carbon atoms. Typical examples are lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, palmoleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol, petroselinyl alcohol, arachyl alcohol, gadoleyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol, brassidyl alcohol, and technical mixtures thereof which can be obtained as described above. Alkyl oligoglucosides based on hydrogenated _{C12 / 14} cocoyl alcohol with a DP of 1 to 3

Alcohol ethoxylates are referred to as fatty alcohol or oxo alcohol ethoxylates and preferably follow the formula (III),

R ² O (CH ₂ CH ₂ O) _n H (III)

in which R ^{2 is} a linear or branched alkyl and / or alkenyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms and n is a number from 1 to 50, the range from 3 to 30 and in particular from 3 to 12 being particularly preferred. Typical examples are the adducts of an average of 1 to 50, preferably 5 to 40 and especially 10 to 25 moles of, for example, caproic alcohol, caprylic alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, capric alcohol, lauryl alcohol, isotridecyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, palmoleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol , Petroselinylalkohol, arachyl alcohol, gadoleyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol and brassidyl alcohol and their technical mixtures, for example, in the high-pressure hydrogenation of technical methyl esters based on fats and oils or aldehydes from Roelen's oxo synthesis and as a monomer fraction in the dimerization of unsaturated fatty alcohols. Also preferred are adducts of 10 to 40 moles of ethylene oxide with technical fatty alcohols having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, such as coconut, palm, palm kernel or tallow fatty alcohol.

As surfactants, in addition to the substances described above, it is also possible for all other nonionic, anionic, cationic and / or amphoteric agents known to the person skilled in the art to be present. Typical examples of nonionic surfactants are fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, alkylphenol polyglycol ethers, fatty acid polyglycol ethers, fatty acid amide polyglycol ethers, fatty amine polyglycol ethers, alkoxylated triglycerides, mixed ethers, optionally partially oxidized alk (en) yloligoglycosides or glucuronic acid derivatives, fatty acid N-alkylglucamides, protein hydrolysates (especially wheat-based vegetable products). , Polyol fatty acid esters, sugar esters, sorbitan esters, polysorbates and amine oxides. If the nonionic surfactants contain polyglycol ether chains, these may have a conventional, but preferably a narrow homolog distribution.

Typical examples of cationic surfactants are quaternary ammonium compounds and ester quats, especially quaternized fatty acid trialkanolamine ester salts. Typical examples of amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants are alkylbetaines, alkylamidobetaines, aminopropionates, aminoglycinates, imidazolinium betaines and sulfobetaines. The surfactants mentioned are exclusively known compounds.

Preferably, those agents are used which contain nonionic surfactants in amounts of 1 to 35 wt .-%, preferably 5 to 25 wt .-% and in particular from 5 to 20 wt .-%. A further additional component may advantageously be soap, which then advantageously in amounts of 1 to 40 wt .-%, preferably from 10 to 38 wt .-% and in particular from 12 to 38 wt .-% based on the total weight of the liquid agent may be included. It may also be advantageous that the means gem. of the above description are free of cationic surfactants and in particular free of cationic fabric softeners.
With particular advantage, agents are selected which contain a surfactant mixture consisting of anionic surfactants (other than soaps), alkyl (oligo) glycosides and fatty alcohol alkoxylates in the preferred weight ratio of 1: 1: 4 to 1: 1: 2. If soap is included, then in a ratio of preferably 4: 1 with respect to the other anionic surfactants also present. Furthermore, surfactant mixtures which contain anionic and / or nonionic surfactants in amounts of from 50 to 90% by weight are preferred.

The agents according to the present invention preferably have a pH in the range from 5.5 to 10 and preferably from 7.5 to 10, wherein the range from 8.0 to 9.5 may be particularly preferred. To adjust the pH, the means known to those skilled in the art, ie alkalis or acids, can be used. The funds gem. The above description is preferably suitable for the production of liquid detergents. The agents described above are preferably suitable for formulating liquid detergents. In this case, the components a) to c) are formulated according to the above description with further ingredients to the finished, aqueous liquid detergents. A typical aqueous liquid detergent contains (based on the active substance) preferably 5 to 25 wt .-% of nonionic surfactants, 0.5 to 5 wt .-% of anionic surfactants, 0 to 10 wt .-% of soap, 0.01 to 1 Wt .-% of a Polydiallyldialkylammoniumverbindung and 0.01 to 2 wt .-% of enzymes and 0.1 to 15 wt .-% of solubilizers or lower alcohols, such as glycerol, propanol or ethanol and other auxiliaries and additives, such as Borax, organic carboxylic acids and / or salts. The rest at 100% is then water. Preferably, these agents then have active substance contents of 10 to 20%. But it is also possible to formulate such agents with higher levels of active substance, with 40 up to 70% are possible.

A further aspect of the present invention relates to the use of a mixture of a polydiallyldimethylammonium compound to at least one anionic surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant min. In 3 to 5-fold excess weight of polydiallyldimethylammonium compound is present as a color transfer inhibitor in detergents and preferably in liquid detergents ,

• a) 60 bis 88 Gew.-% eines Tensidgemisches, enthaltend mind. zwei Tenside, ausgewählt aus der Gruppe der anionischen Tenside mit Ausnahme der Seifen, ethoxylierten Fettalkoholen und Alkyl(oligo)glycoside, mit der Maßgabe, dass mind. ein anionisches Tensid enthalten sein muss
• b) 0 bis 38 Gew.-% Seife
• c) 0,1 bis 1,5 Gew.-% Polydiallyldialkylamoniumchlorid und
• d) 0 bis 5 Gew.-% Wasser.

An additional object of the present invention relates to a liquid agent containing

• a) 60 to 88 wt .-% of a surfactant mixture containing at least two surfactants selected from the group of anionic surfactants with the exception of soaps, ethoxylated fatty alcohols and alkyl (oligo) glycosides, with the proviso that at least one anionic surfactant have to be
• b) 0 to 38 wt .-% soap
• c) 0.1 to 1.5 wt .-% Polydiallyldialkylamoniumchlorid and
• d) 0 to 5 wt .-% water.

Such liquid agents may preferably be used as a concentrate, which may then be diluted with water by a detergent manufacturer to the desired use concentration. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions contain soap, preferably in amounts of from 0.1 to 38% by weight, in particular from 10 to 38% by weight. Such concentrates should preferably still be pumpable at 20 ° C. However, the liquid concentrates may have viscosities of up to 20,000 mPas (Hoppler, 60 ° C.).

The funds gem. above description preferably contain alkyl or alkenyl ether sulfates as anionic surfactants. Furthermore, compounds of the general formula R ¹ O- [G] _p , in which R ^{1 is} an alkyl and / or alkenyl radical having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, G is a sugar radical having 5 or 6 carbon atoms and p is a number from 1 to 10 is to be selected as alkyl (oligo) glycosides. Further preferred agents contain compounds of the general formula R ² O- (CH ₂ H ₄ O) _n -H, in which R ^{2 is} a saturated, unsaturated, branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 8 to 22 C atoms and n is a number from 1 to 50 means. It may be advantageous if the agents described contain anionic surfactants in at least 5 times the amount of polydiallyldialkylammonium chloride. In this context, the anionic surfactants in the sense of component a) as well as the soaps according to component b) in this context are considered as anionic surfactants. Particularly preferred as component c) is polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride.

Liquid preparations made from the above concentrates may have a non-aqueous content in the range of from 5 to 50, and preferably from 15 to 35, weight percent. In the simplest case, these are aqueous solutions of the mixtures mentioned. However, the concentrates according to the invention as described above may also be anhydrous agents which can then be used as compounds. In this context, "anhydrous" in the context of this invention means that the agent preferably contains no free water, not bound as water of crystallization or in a comparable form. In some cases, small amounts of free water are tolerable, especially in amounts of 0.1 up to 5% by weight.

The agents used in the detergent sector, preferably in liquid detergents, may contain further typical ingredients such as builders, bleaches, bleach activators, solvents, detergency boosters, enzymes, enzyme stabilizers, viscosity regulators, grayness inhibitors, optical brighteners, soil repellants, foam inhibitors, inorganic salts and fragrances and dyes like that.

Suitable liquid builders are ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, citric acid and inorganic phosphonic acids, e.g. the neutral reacting sodium salts of 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonate, which may be present in amounts of 0.5 to 5, preferably 1 to 2 wt .-%.

The funds gem. of the above description have a good color transfer inhibiting effect and are simultaneously storage-stable. The Applicant assumes, without being bound by theory, that the anionic surfactants together with the Polydiallyldimethylamonium compounds, preferably their chlorides, form a stable complex which is itself suitable to disperse the dye molecules in aqueous solution or in solution to keep. This is supported by the fact that only in a comparatively narrow quantitative ratio between anionic surfactants and the color transfer inhibitors in the context of the present invention, an optimal effect is achieved.

Examples

Two basic formulations of liquid detergents were prepared according to the following table. <u> Table 1 </ u> Means 1 Means 2 water 85% by weight 85% by weight C12-18 fatty alcohol + 7 EO 11% by weight 11% by weight C12-16-alkyl-1,4-glucoside 2.5% by weight 2.5% by weight Kationentensid 0% by weight 2.5% by weight

To check the color transfer, the detergent solutions 1 and 2 were prediluted to a concentration of 350 g / l. 1 ml of this solution was added to 68 ml of a dye solution (containing 0.0045 g / L Doramin blue 200%). To this dyed wash was added 0.1 ml of a dilute aqueous solution of polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (0.35 g AS / 100 ml concentration).
The test solutions were heated on the magnetic stirrer while stirring at 40 ° C. Subsequently, cotton test specimens of size 6X 2.5 cm (test fabric WFK 10A) were added to each test solution. The color of the specimens was previously measured with a Minolta Chromameter CR 200 in L ex mode. The specimens remained 1 h at 40 ° C with gentle stirring in the wash. Subsequently, the specimens were separated from the wash and rinsed with tap water for 2 min. After the mangling, the color of the specimens was measured with the Minolta Chromameter CR 200 in L ex mode. The total color distance was calculated from the respective initial values and the final values of the measurements.

If necessary, the formulations were supplemented by anionic surfactants. The different volumes were each balanced with demineralized water, so that in each case a volume of 70.1 ml test solution was present. The results are shown in the following Table 2: <u> Table 2 </ u> Total color difference Agent 1 without polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride 16.3 Means 1 * 28.15 Medium 1 * + 10% by weight of lauryl ether sulfate sodium salt 6.35 Medium 1 * + 5% by weight of lauryl ether sulfate sodium salt 4.47 Composition 1 * + 3% by weight of lauryl ether sulfate sodium salt 3.68 Medium 1 * + 1% by weight of lauryl ether sulfate sodium salt 4.05 Agent 1 * + 0.5% by weight of lauryl ether sulfate sodium salt 4.57 Medium 1 * + 0.2% by weight of lauryl ether sulfate sodium salt 19.62 * each in the presence of polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride

It can be seen that the total color distance becomes smaller with the addition of anionic surfactants, but at about 3 wt .-% is passed through an optimum.

Also, the cationic surfactant-containing agent 2 was tested, once the polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride was present and once not. For a medium 2 without polydialdimethylammonium chloride, a color difference of 14.8 was measured, with polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride but a color difference of 38.0. This shows that the concomitant use of cationic surfactants leads to a deterioration in color transfer inhibition.

Claims (23)

Liquid agent containing a) at least one Polydiallyldialkylammonium compound b) at least one anionic surfactant c) at least 16% by weight of water. Composition according to claim 1, characterized in that as component a) Polydiallyldimethylamoniumchlorid, preferably with a molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 20,000 is selected. Composition according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that as anionic surfactant b) an alkyl and / or alkenyl ether is selected. Agent according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it contains as anionic surfactant b) soap. Composition according to Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that component b) is contained at least in the 3 to preferably 5-fold excess weight for component a). Composition according to Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that anionic surfactants b) in amounts of 0.5 to 70 wt .-%, preferably 0.5 to 50 wt .-% and in particular in amounts of 1 to 25 wt .-% , based on the agent, are included. Composition according to Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the component a) in amounts of 0.05 to 14 wt .-%, preferably 0.1 to 10 wt .-% and in particular from 0.1 to 5 wt .-% , based on the agent, is included. Composition according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it contains 20 to 99 wt .-%, preferably 20 to 60 wt .-% and in particular from 20 to 40 wt .-% water. Composition according to claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it additionally contains nonionic surfactants from the class of alkyl (oligo) glycosides, fatty alcohols and / or alkoxylated fatty alcohols. Composition according to Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it contains nonionic surfactants in amounts of from 1 to 35% by weight, preferably from 5 to 25% by weight and in particular from 5 to 20% by weight. Agent according to Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it contains a surfactant mixture consisting of anionic surfactants (other than soaps), alkyl (oligo) glycosides and fatty alcohol alkoxylates in a weight ratio of 1: 1: 4 to 1: 1: 2. Composition according to Claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it contains surfactant mixtures of anionic and Nichtionentensiden in amounts of 50 to 90 wt .-%. Composition according to Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it additionally contains soap, preferably in quantities of 1 to 40 wt .-%, preferably from 10 to 38 wt .-% and especially from 12 to 38 wt .-%, based on the total weight, contains. Agent according to claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the agents are free of cationic surfactants. Composition according to claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the agents are free of cationic fabric softeners. Composition according to claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the means have a pH in the range from 5.5 to 10, preferably from 7.5 to 10 and in particular from 8.0 to 9.5. Use of agents according to claims 1 to 16 for the preparation of liquid detergents. Use of a mixture of a polydiallyldialkylammonium compound and at least one anionic surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant is at least 3 times, preferably at least 5 times, the weight excess of the polydiallyldialkylammonium compound is present as a color transfer inhibitor in detergents, preferably in liquid detergents. Liquid agent containing a) 60 to 88 wt .-% of a surfactant mixture containing at least two surfactants selected from the group of anionic surfactants with the exception of soaps, ethoxylated fatty alcohols and alkyl (oligo) glycosides, with the proviso that at least one anionic surfactant must be included b) 0 to 38 wt .-% soap c) 0.1 to 1.5 wt .-% Polydiallydialkylammoniumchlorid d) 0 to 5 wt .-% water Composition according to claim 19, characterized in that alkyl or alkenyl ether are selected as anionic surfactants. Composition according to Claims 1 to 20, characterized in that compounds of the general formula R ¹ O- [G] _p in the R ^{1 represent} an alkyl and / or alkenyl radical having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, G represents a sugar radical having 5 or 6 Carbon atoms and p for numbers from 1 to 10 are selected as alkyl (oligo) glycosides. Composition according to Claims 19 to 21, characterized in that compounds of the general formula R ² O- (C ₂ H ₄ O) _n -H in which R ² is a saturated, unsaturated, branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 8 to 22 carbon Atoms and n is a number from 1 to 50, is selected as ethoxylated fatty alcohol. Composition according to claims 19 to 22, characterized in that the amount of Anionentensiden is at least 3 times, preferably at least 5 times the amount of Polydiallydialkylammoniumchlorid.