Composition containing di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate and tricyclic isochroman compounds and use thereof in enzyme-active detergents and fabric softeners

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EP 1 061 125 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/51

(21)	Application number: 00304546.5

(22)	Date of filing: 30.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C11D 3/50, A61K 7/46, C11B 9/00, C11D 3/386, D06M 13/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.06.1999 US 336054

(71)	Applicant: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
	New York New York 10019 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Meesters, Cornelia Elisabeth Maria 5124 RT Molenschot, Gilze-Rijen, N.B. (NL) Christiaanse, Jens Joannicus 5062 HS Oisterwijk, Noord Brabant (NL) van Elst, Jan Tijmen 3723 HM Bilthoven, Utrecht (NL) Reijmer, Henricus Gerardus Maria 3871 AP Hoevelaken, Gelderland (NL)

(74)	Representative: Richardson, Kate et al
	Forrester & Boehmert, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)

(54)	Composition containing di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate and tricyclic isochroman compounds and use thereof in enzyme-active detergents and fabric softeners

(57) Described is a mixture of (i) tricyclic isochroman compounds having the structures: and (ii) di(2-ethyl hexyl) adipate having the structure: with the range of weight ratios of tricyclic isochroman:di(2-ethyl hexyl) adipate being from about 1:1 up to about 3:1 as well as a method for perfuming fabrics using such a composition which comprises washing the fabrics in the presence of a lipase-containing detergent and, optionally, subsequently treating the fabric with a fabric softener.

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