LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS WITH CELLULOSIC BASED POLYMERS TO PROVIDE APPEARANCE AND INTEGRITY BENEFITS TO FABRICS LAUNDERED THEREWITH

Compositions and methods which utilize certain cellulosic based polymer or oligomer materials as fabric treatment agents that can impart fabric appearance and integrity benefits to fabrics and textiles laundered in washing solutions which contain such materials. Specifically, the cellulosic based polymers or oligomers are of general formula (I), where in each R is selected from the group consisting of R2, R c, and (a); each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of H and C1- C4alkyl; each R H is (b); each Z is independently selected from the group consisting of M, R2, R c and R H; and each R H is independently select ed from the group consisiting of C5-C20alkyl, C5-C7cycloalkyl, C7-C20alkylaryl, C7-C20 arylalkyl, substituted alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, C1- C20alkoxy-2-hydroxyalkyl, C7-C20alkylaryloxy-2-hydroxyalkyl, (R4)2N-alkyl, (R4)2N-2-hydroxyalkyl, (R4)3N-alkyl, (R4)3N-2-hydroxyalkyl, C6 - C12aryloxy-2-hydroxyalkyl, (c), (d) and (e). The Degree of Substitution for group R H in these cellulosic based polymers or oligomer s is between about 0.001 and 0.1 and the Degree of Substitution for group R c wherein Z is H or M in these cellulosic based polymers or oligomers is between about 0.2 and 2.0.