SOLID SUBSTANCE CONTAINING GLUTAMIC ACID-N,N-DIACETIC ACID (GLDA) OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC C07C229/24 C07C229/16 C11D3/33 C11D11/02 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a solid substance which is suitable as a complexing agent for ions of alkali-earth and heavy metals in solid compositions of detergent and cleaning agents. The solid substance includes the following components: a) a core containing glutamic acid-N,N-diacetic acid and/or a salt thereof, and b) an envelope containing a compound of general formula I. In formula I, R denotes an alkyl with 1-30 carbon atoms and each M independently denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkali-earth metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g. organic amine salts) in corresponding stoichiometric amounts. The invention also relates to a method of producing said solid substance and a solid composition of detergent and cleaning agents containing said substance.

EFFECT: disclosed solid substance has sufficiently low water absorption.

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