Reaction products from acrylamide and glyoxal or glutaraldehyde have been used as finishing agents to give cotton wrinkle resistance and durable press properties. These reaction products serve as examples of adducts from aldehydes and an amide with an electron-withdrawing acyl group. The effectiveness of these products was less than that of conventional amide formaldehyde agents but about equal to that of presently available formaldehyde-free agents. The finish from acrylamide and glyoxal had greater resistance to acid than the most common formaldehyde-free finish. At its present stage of development, the experimental finish caused some discoloration and lacked chlorine resistance.
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