Fabric and home care product

A fabric and home care product comprising a surfactant of formula I

• wherein Ar represents an aryl group;
• wherein Ar represents a substituted phenyl group of the following formula:
• wherein X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 which can be the same or different represent a constituent selected from the group consisting of:
• hydrogen or a C1-C24 linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms,
• hydroxy (—OH) or alkoxy group (—OR) wherein R is a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups,
• amino group (—NRR′) wherein R and R′ independently represent hydrogen or a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups,
• acyl group (—(C═O)—R) wherein R represents hydrogen or a C1-C24 linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups,
• carboxyl (—COOH) or alkoxycarbonyl group (—(C═O)—OR) wherein R represents a C1-C24 linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups,
• carbamoyl group (—(C═O)—NRR′) wherein R and R′ independently represent hydrogen or a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups,
• alkylsulfonyl group (—SO2—R) or alkylsulfinyl group (—SO—R) or alkylthio group (—S—R) wherein R represents a C1-C24 linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups;
• wherein R1 is H or a group of formula OR wherein R is H or SO3X wherein X is an alkali metal, alkali-earth metal or ammonium of general formula R′R″R″′R″″N wherein R′, R″, R′″ and R″″ are independently chosen from hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatom containing groups;
• R2 is H or SO3X wherein X is an alkali metal, alkali-earth metal or ammonium of general formula R′R″R″′R″″N wherein R′, R″, R″′ and R″″ are independently chosen from hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group which can be optionally substituted and/or interrupted by one or more heteroatom containing groups;
• with the proviso that R1 and R2 are different groups
• when R2is SO3X, R1 is H or OR with R is H
• when R2 is H, R1 is OR with R is SO3X
• R3 is a C6-C16 aliphatic group,
• wherein the fabric and home care product is a hard surface cleaner, a laundry detergent, air freshener, dish washing detergent, fabric conditioner, hard surface cleaner, laundry additive, rinse additive, or a combination thereof;
• wherein the surfactant of Formula I comprises of biodegradable components according to the OECD 301B test protocol (OECD (1992), Test No. 301:
• Ready Biodegradability, OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 3, OECD Publishing, Paris).