| abstract |
Process for the production of polyesters from (a) citric acid or isocitric acid which may be replaced to the extent of up to 29 mol.% by mono or dibasic hydroxy carboxylic acids or by up to 60 mol.% of other di to tetrabasic aliphatic carboxylic acids, and (b) polyhydroxy compounds of the polysaccharide and modified polysaccharide or polyvinyl alcohol group or their mixtures in such a molar ratio (a):(b) that 1.25 to 12 mol of component (a) is used per quantity of component (b) containing 1 mol hydroxy groups, to form condensation products with a K of 8 to 120, and the use of the polyesters as additives in low-phosphate or phosphate-free washing and cleaning agents in quantities of 0.1 to 30 wt % related to the formulation employed. |