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PCT No. PCT/EP95/00300 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 5, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 5, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/21880 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 17, 1995Amphiphilic polyesters containing (a) ester units derived from polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from 500 to 7500 and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or monohydroxymonocarboxylic acids and (b) ester units derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polyhydric alcohols and having molecular weights of from 1500 to 25,000, processes for preparing the amphiphilic polyesters by polycondensation, preparing first (a) aliphatic polyesters of polyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of from 500 to 7500 with aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or monohydroxymonocarboxylic acids and then, within the aliphatic polyester thus obtained, (b) aromatic polyesters from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polyhydric alcohols, reversing the order of the polycondensation, or condensing oligomeric aromatic polyesters (b) with oligomeric aliphatic polyesters (a), and use of the amphiphilic polyesters as additive in laundry detergents, other laundry detergent additives and laundry aftertreatments. |