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WO1993007086A1
WO1993007086A1 PCT/US1992/008301 US9208301W WO9307086A1 WO 1993007086 A1 WO1993007086 A1 WO 1993007086A1 US 9208301 W US9208301 W US 9208301W WO 9307086 A1 WO9307086 A1 WO 9307086A1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
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    • D06L4/10—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs using agents which develop oxygen
    • D06L4/12—Bleaching fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods; Bleaching leather or furs using agents which develop oxygen combined with specific additives

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  • the present invention relates to compositions that are useful in the bleaching of stains from soiled articles, including and of particular use in the bleaching of carotenoid-containing stains.
  • the invention relates to such compositions that are in the form of detergent compositions comprising one or more detersive surfactants.
  • a detergent composition it is well known to incorporate into a detergent composition an inorganic compound that is capable of yielding hyrdogen peroxide in an aqueous medium, a common example of such a compound being sodium perbonate.
  • the resultant compositions are effective in the removal of certain hydrophilic stains, for example those due to tea, wine or fruit juice, but, on its own, the bleaching agent has to be used at a temperature of at least 60°C.
  • an activator such as tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) , such activators being thought to react in solution with the perbonate and thereby yield peroxyacetic acid.
  • TAED tetraacetylethylenediamine
  • EP-A-0,337,535 which recommends the use of a bleaching composition that comprises (i) a peroxygen bleaching compound capable of yielding hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous medium, preferably sodium perbonate monohydrate or tetrahydrate, and (ii) a bleach precursor having the general formula R-CO-L wherein R is one of certain aromatic or substituted aromatic radicals, e.g.
  • EP-A-O, 106,584 discloses bleaching compositions that are described as being effective not only against a very wide class of stains but also over a very wide range of pH of the bleaching solution. Specifically, these compositions comprise (a) a halogenated peroxybenzoic acid or a salt thereof, e.g.
  • bleach activator having the general formula R-CO-L, wherein R is selected from certain alkyl, alkylene, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylene, aryl, aromatic heterocyclic or polyarylene groups or groups in which two or more aryl or arylene substituents are covalently attached.
  • bleaching compositions containing (a) a peroxycarboxylic acid or salt thereof and (b) a bleach activator having the general formula R-CO-L wherein R is a C5-C 17 alkyl group.
  • L is a leaving group wherein the conjugate acid of the anion formed on L has a pk a of from 4 to 13 and the molar ratio of each peroxycarboxy1 group of (a) to each
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET carbonyl group of (b) that can potentially generate a diacyl peroxide compound is from 10 to 0.05. It is surmissed in EP-A-O, 106,584 (page 5, lines 1 - 13) tha the bleaching performance of these compositions is due the reaction of the perxycarboxylie acid with the bleac activator within an aqueous medium to from a diacyl peroxide compound.
  • the present invention relates to the use in bleaching compositions of urea clathrates of peroxide compounds, which peroxide compounds are selected from (1) diacyl peroxides of the general formula:
  • R 1 represents a Cg-C ⁇ alkyl group containing a linear chain of at least 5 carbon atoms and optionally contain one or more substituents (e.g. -N + (CH 3 ) 3f -COOH or -CN) and/or one or more interrupting moieties (e.g. -CONH- o
  • R 2 represents an aliphatic or aromatic group compatible with a peroxide moiety, such that R 1 and R 2 together contain a total of 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and (2) tetraacyl peroxides of the general formula :
  • R 3 represents a C ⁇ -Cg alkyl group, and n represents an integer from 2 to 12 inclusive.
  • the bleaching compositions comprising the urea clathrates as defined above may find use in essentially any bleaching process.
  • the bleaching compositions for example are useful in the bleaching of cellulosic fibrous material.
  • cellulosic fibrous material as used herein has reference to wood, cotton, linen, jute and other materials of a cellulosic nature, and also includes individual fibres, for example wood pulp or cotton fibre, as well as yarns, tows, webs, fabrics (woven or non-woven) and other aggregates of such fibres.
  • the bleaching compositions of the invention are also useful in the bleaching of synethic textiles including polyamides, vicose, rayon, and polyesters.
  • the bleaching compositions are also useful as components o detergent compositions. These detergent compositions may be used in essentially any washing laundering or cleaning processes in which bleaching is required. Thus, the detergent compositions may be used in home or industrial laundering or automatic dishwashing processes, and in any process involving the cleaning of hard surfaces such at bottle washing, dairy cleaning and kitchen and bathroom cleaning processes.
  • the invention provides a detergent composition useful in the bleaching of stains from soiled articles which detergent composition comprises (A) an urea clathrate as defined above and at least one component selected from (B) a source of hydrogen peroxide selected from nonionic, anionic, cationic, ampholytic and zwitterionic detersive surfactants.
  • Compositions to be used merely for bleaching may omit component (C) whereas compositions intended for use in the laundering of bleach- sensitive coloured fabrics (so-called "colour-care" laundr compositions) may omit component (B) .
  • composition in the form of a detergent composition containing both of components (B) and (C) : optional.
  • ingredients for such detergent compositions include (D) detergent builder compound and (E) a bleach activator.
  • the diacyl peroxides of the genral formula (1) are known compounds, of which a number are sold commercially as fr radical polymerisation initiators and the like, or can b prepared by methods known in principle.
  • diacyl peroxides can be prepared by treating an acid chloride or anhydride with sodium peroxide or hydrogen perodxide in the presence of a base. Methods for the preparation of diacyl peroxides are also described by L. Silbert and D. Swern, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , JJl. (1959), 23
  • the diacyl peroxides of the general formula (1) include those in which R 2 is selected from optionally substitute and/or interrupted C ⁇ -C ⁇ alkyl radicals, phenyl and benzyl.
  • R 2 may be selected from the radicals specified for R 1 , that is to say Cg-C 18 alkyl radicals containing a linear chain of at least 5 carbon atoms and optionally containing one or more substituents and/or one or more interrupting moieties interpolated between adjacent carb atoms of the alkyl radical.
  • the said alkyl radicals R 1 and R 2 will be unsubstituted and uninterrupted and hence will usually have a linear chain at least -(CH )5 ⁇ , preferably at least -(CH 2 ) 9 -, straigh chain alkyl radicals being preferred.
  • Diacyl peroxides the formula (1) in which R 1 and R 2 are identical will commonly be used, particularly preferred compounds being dinonanoyl peroxide (also known as dipelargonyl peroxide) , of the formula n-H 17 C 8 -C0-00-C0-C 8 H17-n, and dioctanlyl peroxide, which is commercially available as N.S. Tsvetkov et al, Vysoko ol. Soyed. , A14, No. 9 (1972), 2072-2077.
  • tetraacyl peroxides may be prepared from a diperoxy dicarboxylic acid and an acyl chloride (e.g.
  • each R 3 radicals will usually be identical, although they can be different. It is preferred that each R 3 represents n-C 8 Hi7-and n is 10.
  • the diacyl and tetraacyl peroxides are intrisically unstable above their melting points and are liable to self- accelerating thermal (and catalytic) decomposition ; they should generally be handled with great caution in view of their flammability and their tendency to decompose explosively when heated or subjected to shock -or friction.
  • the peroxides commonly have a 10-hour half-life temperature of less than 100°C, a number of peroxides that are particularly useful in the present invention having 10-hour half-life temperatures of only 55-65°C.
  • urea clathrates of the peroxides may show much greater stability : for example, whereas dinonanoyl peroxide melts, and hence becomes extremely unstable, at about 20°C, a test using differential scanning calorimetry indicated that an urea clathrate of dinonanoyl peroxide was stable to at least 125°C, which is not far short of the melting point (133°C) of urea itself.
  • urea clathrates also known as urea inclusion compounds, urea complexes or urea adducts
  • diethyl peroxides and tetraacyl peroxides are known or can be prepared by methods known in principle, for example by mixing a solution containing the peroxide in methanol or propan-2-ol with a solution of urea in methanol, the peoxide/urea ration corresponding to the expected stoichiometry of the clathrate or to an excess of the peroxide, as described by K.D.M. Harris and J.M. Thomas, Che . Soc. Faraday Trans. , 1990, 86 (17), 2985-2996.
  • ure clathrates of tetraacyl peroxides are described by L. Heslinga and W. Schwaiger, Recueil, 8J5 (1986), 75-85, whi authors disclose that such a clathrate may be formed by mixing te diperoxy acid, e.g. diperoxyadipic, diperoxyazelaic or diperoxysuccinic acid, with the calculated amounts of urea and acetic anhydride.
  • te diperoxy acid e.g. diperoxyadipic, diperoxyazelaic or diperoxysuccinic acid
  • the urea clathrate will be incorporated in the bleaching detergent compositions of this invention at a level corresponding to usually at least 0.1 percent, preferably at least 0.25 percent and more preferably at least 1 percent and usually up to 20 percent, preferably up to 10 percent and more preferably up to 5 percent by weight of diacyl or tetraacyl peroxide, based on the total composition.
  • the bleaching detergent compositions of. the invention When employed in bleaching, cleaning, washing or launderin processes, the bleaching detergent compositions of. the invention will be used in an aqueous solution such that th level of diacycl or tetraacyl peroxide is preferably from 0.001% to 0.5% by weight, more preferably from 0.005% to 0.02% by weight of the solution.
  • the source of hydrogen peroxide used as component (B) can be selected from a wide variety of compounds that are capable of yielding hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous medium
  • Inorganic compounds serving as sources of hydrogen peroxid and which can be used as component (B) in the present compositions are well known in the art and include such persalts as perborates, percarbonates, perphosphates and persulfonates.
  • the alkali metal persalts are preferred, especially the sodium persalts.
  • Sodium perborate, typically as the monohydrate or tetrahydrate, is preferabl used.
  • a suitable organic compound may be used, for example a perhydrate of urea or of an organic acid salt.
  • the compound (B) if used, will be present in the composition in an amount of usually at least 0.5 percent, preferably at least 0.1 percent and more preferably at least 0.5 percent and usually up to 60 percent, preferably up to 30 percent and more preferably up to 20 percent, by weight of the total composition.
  • the weight ratio of component (A) to component (B) may be varied widely.
  • a lower level of H 0 -source especially in the presence of one of the more hydrophilic acyl peroxides, will favour carotenoid bleaching, whereas a higher level will promote peracid formation and hence will disfavour carotenoid bleaching.
  • the detersive surfactant (C) will typically be used in an amount of from 0 to 50, preferably 1 to 30 and more preferably 5 to 20 percent by weight.
  • compositions of the present invention will normally be in granular form, which expression herein includes any solid particulate form that is appropriate for bleaching, detergent or other cleaning compositions.
  • the compositions of this invention may be formulated as simple bleaching compositions, as colour-care detergent compositions that contain no source of H 0 , or even as dishwashing compositions or hard-surface, toilet or other household cleaners.
  • they are formulated as detergent compositions (typically, general-purpose or heavy duty compositions) that contain not only the above-discussed components (A) and (B) but also (C) a detersive surfactant and, optionally, (D) a detergent builder and/or (E) a bleach activator.
  • composition may also comprise any other component conventional in the art, for example an enzyme, a polymeric soil-release agent, a chelating agent, a clay soil removal/anit-redeposition agent, a polymeric dispersing agent, a brightener, a suds suppressor, a pH-buffering agent, a dye or a pigment.
  • an enzyme for example an enzyme, a polymeric soil-release agent, a chelating agent, a clay soil removal/anit-redeposition agent, a polymeric dispersing agent, a brightener, a suds suppressor, a pH-buffering agent, a dye or a pigment.
  • the detergent compositions of this invention may contain a nonionic surfactant.
  • Suitable nonionic surfactants include the polyethylene oxide condensates of alkly phenols, e.g., the condensation products of alkyl phenols having an alkyl group containing from 6 to 8 carbon atoms, in either a straight-chain or branched-chain configuration, with from 1 to 12 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkyl phenol.
  • Suitable nonionics also include the condensation products of aliphatic alcohols containing from 8 to 22, preferably
  • Suitable nonionic surfactants also include the fatty acyl or alkyl condensation products of carbohydrates and their derivatives such as glycosides, aminodeoxy forms, and polyols. Examples include coco-alkyl polyglucosides and tallow-acyl polyglycerides.
  • the nonionic surfactants may typically be used in an amount from 0.5 to 20%, preferably from 3 to 15% and more preferably from 5 to 10%, by weight of the total detergent composition.
  • the detergent compositions of the previous invention can contain, in addition to the bleaching compositions of the
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET present invention one or more anionic surfactants as described below.
  • Alkyl ester sulfonate surfactants hereof include linear esters of C 8 -C 20 carboxylic acids (i.e. , fatty acids) which are sulfonated with gaseous SO3 according to "The
  • Suitable starting materials would include natural fatty substances as derived from tallow, palm oil etc.
  • alkyl ester sulfonate surfactant especiall for laundry application, comprise alkyl ester sulfonate surfactants of the structural formula:
  • R 3 is a C 8 -C Q hydrocarbyl, preferably an alkyl, or combination thereof
  • R4 is a C ⁇ -Cg hydrocarbyl, preferably an alkyl, or combination thereof
  • M is a cation which forms a water soluble salt with alkl ester sulfonate.
  • Suitable salt-forming cations include metals such as sodium, potassium, and lithium, and substituted or unsubstituted ammonium cations, such as onoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine.
  • R 3 is c 10 ⁇ c 16 alkyl and R 4 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl.
  • methyl ester sulfonates wherein R 3 is CIQ ⁇ C 16 alkyl.
  • Alkyl sulfate surfactants hereof are water soluble salts or acids of the formula ROSO 3 M wherein R preferably is a
  • C 1 Q ⁇ C 24 hydrocarbyl preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl having a C ⁇ o ⁇ C 2 o alkyl component, more preferably a C 1 -
  • M is H or a cation, e.g. an alkali metal cation (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium), or ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g., methyl-, dimethly-
  • alkali metal cation e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium
  • ammonium or substituted ammonium e.g., methyl-, dimethly-
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET and trimethyl ammonium cations and quaternary ammonium cations such as tetramethly-ammonium and dimethyl piperdinium cations and quaternary ammonium cations derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, and mixtures thereof, and the like) .
  • alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, and mixtures thereof, and the like
  • Alkyl chains 12-16 carbon atoms, more preferably 14-15 carbon atoms are preferred.
  • Alkyl Alkoxylated Sulfate Surfactants are preferred.
  • Alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactants hereof are water soluble salts or acids of the formula RO(A) m S ⁇ 3 M wherein R is an unsubstituted C ⁇ o ⁇ c 24 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having a C 1 Q ⁇ C 24 alkyl component, preferably a C 1 -C 20 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, more preferably an alkyl group having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms, especially from 12 to 15 carbon atoms.
  • A is an ethoxy or propoxy unit
  • m is greater than zero, typically between about 0.5 and about 6, more preferably between 0.5 and about 3
  • M is H or a cation which can be, for example, a metal cation (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.), ammonium or substituted ammonium cation.
  • a metal cation e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.
  • Alkyl ethoxylated sulfates as well as alkyl propoxylated sulfates are contemplated herein.
  • substituted ammonium cations include methyl-, dimethyl-, trimethyl-ammonium cations and quaternary ammonium cations such as tetramethyl-ammonium and dimethyl piperdinium cations and those derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, mixtures thereof, and the like.
  • a preferred surfactant is C ⁇ -C ⁇ _5 alkyl polyethoxylate
  • exemplary surfactants include C ⁇ 2 -C ⁇ 8 alkyl polyethoxylate (1.0) sulfate (C 12 -C 18 E(1.0)M0, C 1 -C 18 alkyl polyethoxylate
  • anionic surfactants useful for detersive purposes can also be included in the detergent compositions of the present invention. These can include salts (including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts) of soap, 9 ⁇ c 20 linear alkylbenzenesulphonates, C 8 -
  • C__ primary or secondary alkanesulphonates Cg-C,. olefinsulphonates, sulphonated polycarboxylic acids prepared by sulphonation of the pyrolyzed product of alkaline earth metal citrates, e.g., as described in
  • alkyl glycerol sulfonates alkyl glycerol sulfonates, fatty acyl glycerol sulfonates, fatty oleyl glycerol sulfates, alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates, paraffin sulfonates, alkyl phosphates, isethionates such as the acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurates, fatty acid amides of methyl tauride, alkyl succinamates and sulfosuccinates, monoesters of sulfosuccinate (especially saturated and unsaturated C..-
  • Resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, hydrogenated rosin, and resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids present in or derived from tall oil. Further examples are given in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Vol. I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch) . A variety of such surfactants are also generally disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,929,678, issued
  • Preffered anionic surfactants systems employed in the detergent compositions of the invention are free fo alkyl benzene sulfonate salts.
  • a highly preferred system comprises a mixture of a major proportion of a C14-C15 primary alkyl sulfate and a minor proportion of a C 1 -C 1 5 alkyl ethoxysulfate containing an average of three ethoxy groups per mole of alkyl ethoxy sulfate.
  • the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from about 1% to about 20 %, preferably from about 3% to about 15% and most preferably from 5% to 10% by weight of anionic surfactants.
  • Other Surfactants are also used in the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention may also contain cationic, ampholytic, zwitterionic, and semi polar surfactants.
  • Cationic detersive surfactants suitable for use in the detergent compositions of the present invention are those having one long-chain hydrocarbyl group.
  • suc cationic surfactants include the ammonium surfactants suc as alkyldimethylanium halogenides, and those surfactants having the formula:
  • R 2 is an alkyl or alkyl benzyl group having from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, each R 3 is selected from the group consisting of -CH 2 CH -,
  • each R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C!-C 4 alkyl, C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl ring structures formed by joining the two R 4 groups, - CH 2 CHOH-
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET polymer having a molecular weight less than about 1000, and hydrogen when y is not 0;
  • R 5 is the same as R 4 or is an alkyl chain wherein the total number of carbon atoms o R 2 plus R 5 is not more than about 18 ; each y is from 0 t about 10 and the sum of the y values is from 0 to about 15; and
  • X is any compatible anion.
  • Other cationic surfactants useful herein are also described in the U.S. Patent 4,228,044, Cambre, issued October 14, 1980, incorporated herein by reference. When included therein, the detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from 0% to about 25%, preferably from about 3% to about 15% by weight of such cationic surfactants.
  • Ampholytic surfactants are also suitable for use in the detergent compositions of the present invention. These surfactants can be broadly described as aliphatic derivatives of secondary or tertiary amines, or aliphatic derivatives of heterocyclic secondary and tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be straight chain or branched.
  • One of the aliphatic substituents contains at least about 8 carbon atoms, typically from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, and at least one contains an anionic water-solubilizing group, e.g., carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate. See U.S. Patent No. 3,929,678 to Laughlin et al. , issued December 30, 1975 at column 19, lines 18-35 (herein incorporated by reference) for examples of ampholytic surfactants.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from 0% to about 15%, preferably from about 1% to about 10% by weight of such ampholytic surfactants.
  • Zwitterionic surfactants are also suitable for use in detergent compositions . These surfactants can be broadly described as derivatives of secondary and tertiary amines, derivatives of heterocyclic secondary and tertiary amines, or derivatives of quaternary ammonium, quaternary phosphonium or tertiary sulfonium compounds. See U.S.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from 0% to about 15% preferably from about 1% to about 10% by weight of such zwittarionic surfactants.
  • Semi-polar nonionic surfactants are a special category of nonionic surfactants which include water-soluble amine oxides containing one alkyl moiety of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and 2 moieties selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and hydroxyalkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; water- soluble phosphine oxides containing one alkyl moiety of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and 2 moieties selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and hydroxyalkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and water-soluble sulfoxides containing on alkyl moiety of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms an a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl and hydroxyalkyl moieties of from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms.
  • Semi-polar nonionic detergent surfactants include the amine oxide surfactants having the formula
  • R is an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or alkyl phenyl group or mixtures thereof containing from about 8 to about
  • R is an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene group containing from about 2 to about 3 carbon atoms or mixtures thereof; x is from 0 to about 3; and each R 5 i.s an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group containing from about 1 to
  • SUBSTITUTE SHEE1 about 3 carbon atoms or a polyethylene oxide group containing from about 1 to about 3 ethylene oxide groups.
  • the R groups can be attached to each other, e.g., throug an oxygen or nitrogen atom, to form a ring structure.
  • These amine oxide surfactants in particular include C .-
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from 0% to about 15%, preferably from about 1% to about 10% by weight of such semi-polar nonionic surfactants.
  • the detergent compositions fo the present invention can comprise inorganic or organic detergent builders to assist in mineral hardness control.
  • Granular formulations typically comprise at least about 1% more typically from about 10% to about 80%, preferably from about 15% to about 50% by weight of the detergent builder. Lower or higher levies of builder, however, are not meant to be excluded.
  • Inorganic detergent builders include, but are not limited to, the alkali metal, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts of polyphosphates (exemplified by the tripolyphosphates, pyrophosphates , and glassy polymeric meta-phosphates) , phosphonates, phytic acid, silicates, carbonates (including bicarbonates and sesquicarbonates) , sulphates, and aluminosilicates.
  • Borate builders, as well as builders containing borate-forming materials that can produce borate under detergent storage or wash conditions hereinafter, collectively “borate builders"
  • borate builders as well as builders containing borate-forming materials that can produce borate under detergent storage or wash conditions
  • Prefferd builder systems are also free of phosphates.
  • silicate builders are the alkali metal silicates, particularly those having a SiO_:Na 2 0 ratio : the range 1.6:1 to 3.2:1 and layered silicates, such, as
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET the layered sodium silicates described in U.S. Patent 4,664,839, issued May 12, 1987 to H. P. Rieck, incorporated herein by reference.
  • other silicates may also be useful such as for example magnesium silicate, which can serve as a crispening agent in granular formulations, as a stabilizing agent for oxygen bleaches, and as a component of suds control systems.
  • Examples of carbonate builders are the alkaline earth and alkali metal carbonates, including sodium carbonate and sesquicarbonate and mixtures thereof with ultra-fine calcium carbonate as disclosed in German Patent Application No. 2,321,001 published on November 15, 1973, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Aluminosilicate builders are useful in the present invention. Aluminosilicate builders are of great importance in most currently marketed heavy duty granular detergent compositions, and can also be a significant builder ingredient in liquid detergent formulations. Aluminosilicate builders include those having the empirical formula:
  • alumino- silicates are zeolite builders which have the formula:
  • z and y are integers of at least 6, the molar ratio of z to y is in the range from 1.0 to about 0.5, and x is an integer from about 15 to about 264.
  • aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are commercially available. These aluminosilicates can be crystalline or amorphous in structure and can be naturally-occurring aluminosilicates or synthetically derived. A method for producing aluminosilicate ion exchange materials is disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,985,669, Krummel, et al., issued October 12, 1976, incorporated herein by reference. Preferred synthetic crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials useful herein are available under the designations Zeolite A, Zeolite P (B) , and Zeolite X. In an especially preferred embodiment, th crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange material has the formula:
  • x is from about 20 to about 30, especially about 27.
  • This material is known as Zeolite A.
  • the aluminosilicate has a particle size of about 0.1-10 microns in diameter.
  • polyphosphates are the alkali metal tripolyphosphates, sodium, potassium and ammonium pyrophosphate, sodium and potassium and ammonium pyrophosphate, sodium and potassium orthophosphate, sodium polymeta phosphate in which the degree of polymerization ranges from about 6 to about 21, and salts of phytic acid.
  • phosphonate builder salts are the water- soluble salts of ethane 1-hydroxy-l, 1-diphosphonate particularly the sodium and potassium salts, the water- soluble salts of methylene diphosphonic acid e.g.
  • trisodium and tripotassium salts and the water-soluble salts of substituted methylene diphosphonic acids such as the trisodium and tripotassium ethylidene, isopyropylidene benzylmethylidene and halo ethylidene phosphonates.
  • Phosphonate builder salts of the aforementioned types are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,159,581 and 3,213,030
  • Polycarboxylate builder can generally be added to the composition in acid form, but can also be added in the form of a neutralized salt.
  • alkali metals such as sodium, potassium, and lithium, or alkanolammonium salts are preferred.
  • polycarboxylate builders include a variety of categories of useful materials.
  • One important categor of polycarboxylate builders encompasses the ether polycarboxylates.
  • a number of ether polycarboxylates have been disclosed for use as detergent builders.
  • Examples of useful ether polycarboxylates include oxydisuccinate, as disclosed in Berg, U.S. Patent 3,128,287, issued April 7, 1964, and La berti et al. , U.S. Patent 3,635,830, issued January 18, 1972, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • ether polycarboxylates useful as builders in the present invention also include those having the general formula:
  • A is H or OH
  • B is H or -O-CH(COOX)-CH 2 (COOX) ;
  • X is H or a salt-forming cation.
  • a and B are both H, then the compound is oxydissuccinic acid and its water-soluble salts. If A is OH and B is H, then the compound is tartrate monosuccinic acid (TMS) and its water-soluble salts. If A is H and B is -O-CH(COOX)-CH 2 (COOX) , then the compound is tartrate disuccinic acid (TDS) and its water- soluble salts. Mixtures of these builders are especially preferred for use herein. Particularly preferred are mixtures of TMS and TDS in a weight ratio of TMS to TDS
  • Suitable ether polycarboxylates also include cyclic compounds, particularly alicyclic compounds, such as those described in U.S. Patents 3,923,679; 3,835,163; 4,158,635;
  • ether hydroxypolycarboxylates represented by the structure:
  • n is from about 2 to about 15 (preferably n is from about 2 to about 10, more preferably n averages from about 2 to about 4) and each R is the same or different and selected from hydrogen, C . alkyl or C. , substituted alkyl (preferably
  • R is hydrogen
  • Still other ether polycarboxylates include copolymers of maleic anhydride with ethylene or vinyl methyl ether, 1,
  • Organic polycarboxylate builders also include the various alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of polyacetic acids. Examples include the sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, and nitrilotriacetic acid.
  • polycarboxylates such as mellitic acid, succinic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, polymaleic acid, benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, and carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid, and soluble salts thereof.
  • Citrate builders e.g., citric acid and soluble salts thereof (particularly sodium salt)
  • Suitable salts include the metal salts such as sodium, lithium, and potassium salts, as well as ammonium and substituted ammonium salts.
  • carboxylate builders include the carboxylated carbohydrates disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,723,322, Diehl, issued March 28, 1973, incorporated herein by reference.
  • detergent compositions of the presen invention are the 3,3-dicarboxy-4-oxa-l,6-hexanedioates and the related compounds disclosed in U.S. Patent
  • Useful succinic acid builders include the C 5 ⁇ C 20 alkyl succinic acids and salts thereof.
  • a particularly preferred compound of this type is dodecenylsuccinic acid.
  • Alkyl succinic acids typically are of the general formula
  • R-CH(COOH)CH 2 (COOH) i.e., derivatives of succinic acid, wherein R is hydrocarbon, e.g., c 10 ⁇ c 20 alkvl or alkenyl, preferably C 12 -C lg or wherein R may be substituted with hydroxyl, sulfo, sulfoxy or sulfone substituents, all as described in the above-mentioned patents.
  • the succinate builders are preferably used in the form of their water-soluble salts, including the sodium, potassium, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts.
  • succinate builders include: laurylsuccinate, myristylsuccinate, palmitylsuccinate, 2- dodecenylsuccinate (preferred) , 2-pentadecenylsuccinate, and the like. Laurylsuccinates are the preferred builders of this group, and are described in European Patent Application 86200690.5/0,200,263, published November 5, 1986.
  • useful builders also include sodium and potassium carboxymethyloxymalonate, carboxymethyloxysuccinate, cis-cyclo-hexane- hexacarboxylate, cis-cyclopentane-tetracarboxylate, water- soluble polyacrylates (these polyacrylates having molecular weights to above about 2,000 can also be effectively utilized as dispersants) , and the copolymers of maleic anhydride with vinyl methyl ether or ethylene.
  • suitable polycarboxylates are the polyacetal carboxylates disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,144,226, Crutchfield et al. , issued March 13, 1979, incorporated herein by reference.
  • polyacetal carboxylates can be prepared by bringing together, under polymerization conditions, an ester of glyoxylic acid and a polymerization initiator. The resulting polyacetal carboxylate ester is then attached to chemically stable end groups to stabilize the polyacetal carboxylate against rapid depolymerization in alkaline solution, converted to the corresponding salt, and added to a surfactant.
  • Polycarboxylate builders are also disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,308,067, Diehl, issued March 7, 1967, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Such materials include the water- soluble salts of homo- and copolymers of aliphatic carboxylic acids such as maleic acid, itaconic acid, methylenemalonic acid, fumaric acid, aconitic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • aliphatic carboxylic acids such as maleic acid, itaconic acid, methylenemalonic acid, fumaric acid, aconitic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • Other organic builders known in the art can also be used.
  • monocarboxylic acids, and soluble salts thereof, having long chain hydrocarbyls can be utilized.
  • Chain lengths of C 10 -C 2 _ are typically utilized.
  • the hydrocarbyls can be saturated or unsaturated. Enzymes
  • Detersive enzymes can be included in the detergent compositions of the present invention for a variety of reasons including removal of protein-based, carbohydrate- based, or triglyceride-based stains, for example, and prevention of refugee dye transfer.
  • the enzymes to be incorporated include proteases, amylases. Upases, cellulases, and peroxidases, as well as mixtures thereof. They may be of any suitable origin, such as vegetable, animal, bacterial, fungal and yeast origin. However, their choice is governed by several factors such as pH- activity and/or stability optima, thermostability, stability versus active detergents, builders and so on. In this respect bacterial or fungal enzymes are preferred, such as bacterial amylases and proteases, and fungal cellulases.
  • proteases are the subtilisins which are obtained from particular strains of B.subtilis and B.licheniforms. Another suitable protease is obtained from a strain of Bacillus, having maximum activity throughout the pH range of 8-12, developed and sold by Novo Industries A/S under the registered trade name Esperase @ . The preparation of this enzyme and analogous enzymes is described in British patent specification No. 1,243,784 of Novo.
  • protealytic enzymes suitable for removing protein-based stains that are commercially available include those sold under the tradenames ALCALASETM and SAVINASETM by Novo Industries A/S (Denmark) and MAXATASETM by International Bio-Synthetics, Inc. (The Netherlands) .
  • Protease A and Protease B are enzymes referred to herein as Protease A and Protease B.
  • Protease A and methods for its preparation are described in European Patent Application 130,756, published January 9, 1985, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Protease B is a proteolytic enzyme which differs from Protease A in that it has a leucine substituted for tyrosine in position 217 in its amino acid sequence.
  • Protease B is described in European Patent Application Serial No. 87303761.8, filed April 28, 1987, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Methods for preparation of Protease B are also disclosed in European Patent Application 130,756, Bott et al., published January 9, 1985, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Amylases include, for example, a-amylases obtained from a special strain of B.licheniforms, described in more detai in British patent specification No. 1,296,839 (Novo),
  • Amylolytic proteins include, for example RAPIDASETM, International Bio-Synthetics, Inc. and TERMAMYLTM, Novo Industries.
  • the cellulases usable in the present invention include both bacterial or fungal cellulase. Preferably, they will have a pH optimum of between 5 and 9.5. Suitable cellulases are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4, 435, 307, Barbesgoard et al., issued March 6, 1984, incorporated herein by reference, which discloses fungal cellulase produced from Humicola insolens. Suitable cellulases are also disclosed in GB-A-2.075.028; GB-A-2.095.275 and DE- OS-2.247.832.
  • cellulases examples include cellulases produced by a strain of Humicola insolens (Humicola grisea var. thermoidea) , particularly the Humicola strain DSM 1800, and cellulases produced by a fungas of Bacillus N or a cellulase 212-producing fungas belonging to the genus Aeromonas, and cellulase extracted from the hepatopancreas of a marine mollusc (Dolabella Auricula Solander) .
  • Suitable lipase enzymes for detergent usage include those produced by micro-organisms of the of the Pseudomonas groups, such as Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 19.154, as disclosed in British Patent 1,372,034, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Suitable lipases include those which show a positive immunological cross-reaction with the antibody of the lipase produced by the microorganism Pseudomonas fluorescens IAM 1057. This lipase and a method for its purification have been described in Japanese Patent Application 53-20487, laid open on February 24, 1978. This lipase is available from A ano Pharmaceutical Co.
  • Lipase P (Amano), hereinafter referred to as "Amano-P.”
  • Amano-P Such lipases should show a positive immunological cross- reaction with the Amano-P antibody, using the standard and well-known immunodiffusion procedure according to Ouchterlony (Acta. Med. Scan., 133, pages 76-79 (1950)).
  • lipolvticum NRRLB 3673 commercially available from Toyo Jozo Co., Tagata, Japan; and further Chromobacter viscosum lipases from U.S. Biochemical Corp., U.S.A. and Disoynth Co., The Netherlands, and lipases ex Pseudomonas gladioli.
  • Peroxidase enzymes are used in combination with oxygen sources, e.g., percarbonate, perbonate, persulfate, hydrogen peroxide, etc. They are used for "solution bleaching", i.e. to prevent transfer of dyes of pigments removed from substrates during wash operations to other substrates in the wash solution.
  • Perodidase enzymes are known in the art, and include, for example, horseradish peroxidase, ligninase, and haloperoxidase such as chloro- and bromo-peroxidase.
  • Peroxidase-containing detergent compositions are disclosed, for example, in PCT International Application Wo 89/099813, published October 19, 1989, by O.Kirk, assigned to Novo Industries A/S, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Enzymes are normally incorporated at levels sufficient to provide up to about 5 mg by weight, more typically about
  • the enzymes are preferably coated or prilled with additives inert toward the enzymes to minimize dust formation and improve storage stability.
  • Polymeric soil release agents are characterized by having both hydrophilic segments, to hydrophilize the surface of hydrophobic fibers, such as polyester and nylon, and hydrophobic segments, to deposit upon hydrophobic fibers and remain adhered thereto through completion of washing and rinsing cycles and, thus, serve as an anchor for the hydrophilic segments. This can enable stains occuring subsequent to treatment with the soil release agent to be more easily cleaned in later washing procedures.
  • Polymeric soil relese agents include cellulosic derivatives such as hydroxyether cellulosic polymers, copolymeric blocks of ethylene terephthalate or propylene terephthalate with polyethylene oxide or polyrropylene oxide terephthalate, and the like.
  • Cellulosic derivatives that are functional as soil release agents are commerically available and include hydroxyethers of cellulose such as Methocel R (Dow) .
  • Cellulosic soil release agents also include those selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl and C4 hydroxyalkyl cellulose such as methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methycellulose, and hydroxybutyl methvlcellulose.
  • C1-C4 alkyl and C4 hydroxyalkyl cellulose such as methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methycellulose, and hydroxybutyl methvlcellulose.
  • a variety of cellulose derivatives useful as soil release polymers are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,000,093, issued December 28, 1976 to
  • Soil release agents characterized by poly(vinyl ester) hydrophobe segments include graft copolymers of poly(vinyl ester), e.g. C ⁇ -Cg vinyl esters, preferably poly(vinyl acetate) grafted onto polyalkylene oxide backbones, such as polyethylen oxide backbones.
  • poly(vinyl ester) e.g. C ⁇ -Cg vinyl esters
  • poly(vinyl acetate) grafted onto polyalkylene oxide backbones such as polyethylen oxide backbones.
  • Such materials are known in the art and are described in European Patent Application 0 219 048, published April 22, 1987 by Kud, et al.
  • Suitable commercially available soil release agents of this kind include the SokalanTM type of material, e.g., SokalanTM HP-22, available from BASF (West Germany).
  • One type of preferred soil release agent is a copolymer having random blocks of ethylene terephthalate and polyethylene oxide (PEO) terephthalate. More specifically, these polymers are comprised of repeating units of ethylene terephthalate and PEO terephthalate in a mole ratio of ethylene terephthalate units to PEO terephthalate units of from about 25:75 to about 35:65, said PEO terephthalate units containing polyethylene oxide having molecular weights of from about 300 to about 2000.
  • the molecular weight of this polymeric soil release agent is in the range of from about 25,000 to about 55,000. See U.S. Patent 3,959,230 to Hays, issued May 25, 1976, which is incorporated by reference. See also U.S. Patent 3,893,929 to Basadur issued July 8, 1975 (incorporated by reference) which discloses similar copolymers.
  • Another preferred polymeric soil release agent is a polyester with repeat units of ethylene terephthalate units containing 10-15% by weight of ethylene terephthalate units together with 90-80% by weight of polyoxyethlyene terephthalate units, derived from a polyoxyethylene glycol of average molecular weight 300-5,000, and the mole ratio of ethylene terephthalate units to polyoxyethylene terephthalate units in the
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET polymeric compound is between 2:1 and 6:1.
  • Examples of this polymer include the commercially available material
  • Suitable polymeric soil release agents include the ethyl or methyl-capped 1,2-propylene terephthalate- polyoxy- ethylene terephthalate polyesters of U.S. Patent
  • X is a C ⁇ C ⁇ alkyl, or preferably methyl, all of these patents being incorporated herein by reference.
  • Additional soil release polymers include soil release polymers of U.S. Patent 4,877,896, issued October 31, 1989 to Maldonado et al. , which discloses anionic, especially sulfoaroyl, end-capped terephthalate esters, said patent being incorporated herein by reference.
  • the terephthalate esters contain unsymmetrically substituted oxy-1,2- alkyleneoxy units.
  • soil release agents will generally comprise from about 0.01% to about 10.0%, by weight, of the detergent composi-tions herein, typically from about 0.1% to about 5%, preferably from about 0.2% to about 3.0%.
  • soil release agents will generally comprise from about 0.01% to about 10.0%, by weight, of the detergent composi-tions herein, typically from about 0.1% to about 5%, preferably from about 0.2% to about 3.0%.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention may also contain one or more iron and manganese chelating agents as a builder adjunct material.
  • chelating agents can be selected from the group consisting of amino carboxylates, amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally- substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures thereof, all as hereinafter defined. Without intending to be bound by theory, it is believed that the benefit of these materials is due in part to their exceptional ability to remove iron and manganese ions from washing solutions by formation of soluble chelates.
  • Amino carboxylates useful as optional chelating agents in compositions of the invention can have one or more, preferably at least two, units of the substructure
  • M is hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g. ethanolamine) and x is from 1 to about 3, pref- erably 1.
  • these amino carboxylates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms.
  • Operable amine carboxylates include ethylenediaminetetraacetates, N- hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetates, nitrilotriacetates, ethylenediamine tetraproprionates, triethylenetetraaminehexa-acetates, diethylenetriaminepentaacetates, and ethanoldiglycines, alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts thereof and mixtures thereof.
  • Amino phosphonates are also suitable for use as chelating agents in the detergent compositions of the invention when at least low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in detergent composi- tions.
  • Compounds with one or more, preferably at least two, units of the substructure are also suitable for use as chelating agents in the detergent compositions of the invention when at least low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in detergent composi- tions.
  • M is hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium and x is from 1 to about 3, preferably 1, are useful and include ethylenedia inetetrakis (methylenephosphonates) , nitrilotris (methylenephosphonates) and diethylenetriaminepentakis (methylenephosphonates) .
  • these amino phosphonates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms.
  • Alkylene groups can be shared by substructures.
  • Polyfunctionally - substituted aromatic chelating agents are also useful in the compositions herein. These materials can comprise compounds having the general formula:
  • R is -SO-H or -COOH or soluble salts thereof and mixtures thereof.
  • Alkaline detergent compositions can contain these materials in the form of alkali metal. ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g. mono-or triethanol- araine) salts.
  • these chelating agents will generally comprise from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the detergent composi-tions herein. More preferably chelating agents will comprise from about 0.1% to about 3.0% by weight of such compositions.
  • Clay Soil Removal/Anti-redeposition Agents Clay soil removal/anti-redeposition agents useful in the detergent compositions of the present invention include polyethylene glycols and water-soluble ethoxylated amines having clay soil removal and anti-redeposition properties, as well as additional polyamino compounds derived from aspartic acid but not containing glutamic acid.
  • Polyethylene glycol compounds useful in the detergent compositions of the present invention typically have a molecular weight in the range of from to about 1,000 to about 20,000, more preferably from about 2,000 to about 12,000, most preferably from about 4,000 to about 8,000.
  • Such compunds are commercially available and are sold as Carbowax @ , which is available from Union Carbide, located in Danbury, Conn.
  • the water soluble ethoxylated amines are preferably selected from the group consisting of :
  • R is H or C ⁇ -C ⁇ alkyl or hydroxyalkyl
  • R 1 is C 2 -C 12 alkylene, hydroxyalkylene, alkenylene, arylene or alkarylene, or a C 2 -C 3 oxyalkylene moiety having from 2 to about 20 oxyalkylene units provided that no O-N bonds are formed
  • each R 2 is C ⁇ -04 or hydroxyalkyl, the moiety -L-
  • a 2 is -O- or -CH 2 -, r is 1 or 2, s is 1 or 2, and r + s is 3 or 4 ;
  • X is a nonionic group, an anionic group or mixture thereof ;
  • R 3 is a substituted C3-C12 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or alkaryl group having substitution sites ;
  • R 4 is C 1 -C ⁇ 2 alkylene, hydroxyakylene, alkenylene, arylene or alkarylene, or a c 2 ⁇ c 3 oxyalkylene moiety having from 2 to about 20 oxyalkylene units provided that no 0-0 or O-N bonds are formed ;
  • L is a hydrophilic chain which contains the polyoxyalkylene moiety -((R 5 0) m (CH 2 CH 2 0) n )-, wherin R 5 is C3-C4 alkylene or hydroxyalkylene and m and n are numbers
  • the most preferred soil release and anti-redeposition agent are ethoxylated tetraethylenepentamine. Exemplary ethoxylated amines are further described in U.S. Patent 4,597,898, VanderMeer, issued July 1, 1986, incorporated herein by reference.
  • Another group of preferred clay soil removal/anti-redeposition agents are the cationic compounds disclosed in European Patent Application 111,965, Oh and Gosselink, published June 27, 1984, incorporated herein by reference.
  • clay soil removal/anti-redeposition agents which can be used include the ethoxylated amine polymers disclosed in European Patent Application 111,984, Gosselink, published June 27, 1984; the zwitterionic polymers disclosed in European Patent Application 112,592, Gosselink, published July 4, 1984; and the amine oxides disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,548,744, Connor, issued October 22, 1985, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the most preferred soil release and anti-deposition agents are ethoxylated tetraethylenepentamine and the polythylene glycols having a molecular weight in the range of from about 4,000 to about 8,000.
  • Granular detergent compositions which contain such compounds typically contain from about 0.01% to about 10.0% by weight of the clay removal agent.
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET of the present invention can aid in calcium and magnesium hardness control.
  • these higher molecular weight dispersing agents can further enhance overall detergnet builder performance by inhibiting crystal growth of inorganics, by particulate soil peptization, and by antiredeposition, when used in combination with other builders including lower molecular weight polycarboxylates.
  • polycarboxylate materials which can be employed as the polymeric polycarboxylate dispersing agent are these polymers or copolymers which contain at least about 60% by weight of segments with the general formula :
  • X, Y, and Z are each selected from the group consisting fo hydrogen, methyl, carboxy, carboxmethyl, hydroxy and hydroxymethyl; a salt forming cationand n is from about 30 to about 400.
  • X si hydrogen or hydroxy
  • Y is hydrogent or carboxy
  • Z is hydrogen
  • M is hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonia or substituted ammonium.
  • Polymeric polycarboxylate materials of this type can be prepared by polymerizing or copolymerizing suitable unsaturated monomers, preferably in their acid form.
  • Unsaturated monomeric acids that can be polymerized to form suitable polymeric polycarxylates include acrylic acid, maleic acid (or maleic anhydride) , fumaric acid, itaconic acid, aconitic acid, mesaconic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • SUBSTITUTE ether, styrene, ethylene, etc. is suitable provided that such segments do not constitute more than about 40% by weight.
  • Particularly suitable polymeric polycarboxylates can be derived from acrylic acid.
  • acrylic acid-based polymers which are useful herein are the water soluble salts of polymerized acrylic acid.
  • the average molecular weight of such polymers in the acid form ranges from about 2,000 to 10,000, more preferably from about 4,000 to 7,000 and most preferably from about 4,000 to 5,000.
  • Water soluble salts of such acrylic acid polymers can include, for example, the alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts. Soluble polymers of this type are known materials. Use of polyacrylates of this type in detergent compositions have been disclosed, for example, in Diehl, U.S. Patent No. 3,308,067, issued March 7, 1967. This patent is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Acrylic/maleic-based copolymers may also be used as a preferred component of the dispersing agent.
  • Such materials include the water soluble salts of copolymers of acrylic acid and maleic acid.
  • the average molecular weight of such copolymers in the acid form ranges from about 5,000 to 100,000, preferably from about 6,000 to 60,000, more preferably from about 7,000 to 60,000.
  • the ratio of acrylate to maleate segments in such copolymers will generally range from about 30:1 to about 1:1, moe preferably from about 10:1 to 2:1.
  • Water-soluble salts of such acrylic acid/maleic acid copolymers can include, for example, the alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts. Soluble acrylate/maleate copolymers of this type are knwon materials which are described in European Patent Application No. 66915, published December 15, 1982, which publication is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Polyamino dispersant compounds derived from aspartic acid but not containing glutamic acid are useful as additional polyamino disperant compounds in the detergent compositions of the invention.
  • Such polyamino dispersant compounds suitable for inclusion herein are disclosed in EP-A—305282, EP-A-305283 and EP-A-351629.
  • the polymeric dispersing agents will generally comprise from about 0.2% to about 10%, preferably form about 1% to about 5% by weight of the laundry detergent compositions. Brightener
  • Optical brighteners or other brightening or whitening ag known to those skilled in the art can be incorporated i the laundry detergent compositions of the present inventi
  • the choice of brightener will depend upon a num of factors, such as the type of detergnt, the nature of ot components present in the detergent composition, temperatures of wahs wash, the degree of agitation, and ratio of the material washed to tub size.
  • the brightener selection is also dependent upon the type of material to be cleaned, e.g. cottons, synthetics, etc. Since most laundry detergent products are used to clean a variety of fabrics, the detergent compositions should contain a mixture of brighteners which will be effective for a variety of fabrics. It is of course necessary that the individual components of such a brightener mixture be compatible.
  • optical brighteners can be classified into subgroups which include, but are not necessarily limited to, derivatives of stilbene, pyrazoline, coumarin, carboxylic acid, methinecyanines, dibenzothiphene-5,5- dioxide, azoles, 5- and 6-membered-ring heterocycles, and other miscellaneous agents. Examples of such brighteners are disclosed in "The Production and Application of Fluorescent Brightening Agents", M. Zahradnik, Published by John Wiley £. Sons, New York (1982) , the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Stilbene derivatives include, but are not necessarily limited to, derivatives of stilbene; triazole derivatives of stilbene; oxadiazole derivatives of stilbene; oxazole derivatives fo stilbene; and stryl of stilbene.
  • Certain derivatives of bis(triazinly) aminostilbene may be prepared from 4,4'-diamine-stilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid.
  • Coumarin derivatives include, but are not necessarily limited to, derivatives substituted in the 3-position, in the 7-position, and in the 3- and 7-positions.
  • Carboxylic acid derivatives include, but are not necessarily limited to, fumaric acid derivatives; benzoic acid derivatives; p-phenylene-bis-acrylic acid derivatives; naphthalenedicarboxylic acid derivatives; heterocyclic acid derivatives; and cinnamic acid derivatives. Cinnamic acid derivatives can be further subclassified into groups which include, but are not necessarily limited to, cinnamic acid derivatives, styrylazoles, styrylbenzofurans, styryloxadiazoles, styryltriazoles, and styrylpolyphenyls, as disclosed on page 77 of the Zahradnik reference.
  • the styrylazoles can be further subclassified into styrylbenzoxazoles, styrylimidazoles and styrylthiazoles, as disclosed on page 78 of the Zahradnik reference. It will be understood that these three identified subclasses may not necessarily reflect an exhaustive list of subgroups into which styrylazoles may be subclassified.
  • Other optical brighteners are the derivatives of dibenzothiophene-5,5-dioxide disclosed at page 741-749 of The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
  • optical brighteners are azoles, which are derivatives of 6-membered ring heterocycles. These can be further subcategorized into monoazoles and bisazoles. Examples of monazoles and bisazoles are disclosed in the Kirk-Othmer reference.
  • miscellaneous agents include brighteners derived from pyrazine and brighteners derived from 4-aminonaphthalamide.
  • miscellaneous agents may also be useful as brighteners. Examples of such miscellaneous agents are disclosed at pages 93-95 of the Zahradnik reference, and include 1- hydroxy-3,6,8-pyrenetrisulfonic acid; 2 ,4-dimethoxy-l,3,5- triazin-6-yl-pyrene; 4,5-diphenylimidazolonedisulfonic acid; and derivatives of pyrazolinequinoline.
  • Other specific examples of optical brightener are those identified in U.S.
  • Thse brighteners include the PhorwhiteTM series of brighteners from Verona. Others brighteners disclosed in this reference include : Tinopal UNPA, Tinopal CBS adn Tinopal 5BM; available from Ciba- Geigy; Artie White CC and Artie White CWD, available from Hilton-Davis, located in Italy; the 2-(4-styrylphenyl)-2H- naphthol(1,2-d)triazoles; 4,4'-bis-(1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)- stilbene; 4,4'-bis(styryl)bisphenyls; and the y-amino- coumarins.
  • these brighteners include 4-methyl-7-diethylamino coumarin; l,2-bis(-bensimidazol-2- yl)-ethylene; 1,3-diphenylphrazolines; 2,5-bis(benzoxazol- 2-yl)-thiophene; 2-styryl-naphth-(l,2-d)-oxazole; and 2- (stilbene-4-yl)-2H-naphtho(1,2-d)triazole.
  • Still other optical brighteners include those disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,646,015, issued February 29, 1972 to Hamilton, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • the optical brighteners will generally comprise from about 0.05% to about 2.0%, preferably from about 0.1% to about 1.0% by weight of the laundry detergent compositions. Suds Suppressors
  • Suds supressor can be desirable because the polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants hereof can increase suds stability of the detergent compositions. Suds suppression can be of particular importance when the detergent compositons include a relatively high sudsing surfactant in combination With the polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactant. Suds suppression is particularly desirable for compositions intended for use in front loading automatic washing machines. These machines are typically characterized by having drums, for containing the laundry and wash water, which have a horizontal axis and rotary action about the axis.
  • suds suppressors cna also be of particular importance under hot water wahsing conditions and under high surfactant concentration conditions.
  • a wide variety of materials may be used as suds suppressors. Suds suppressors are well known to those skilled in the art. They are generally described, for example, in Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Third Edition, Volume 7, pages 430-447 (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1979).
  • One categroy of suds suppressor of particular interest encompasses monocarboxylic fatty acids and soluble salts thereof. These materials are discussed in U.S. Patent 2,954,347, issued September 27, 1960 to Wayne St.
  • the monocarboxylic fatty acids, and salts thereof, for use as suds suppressors typically have hydrocarbyl chains of 10 to about 24 carbon atoms, preferably 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • Suitable salts include alkali metal salts such as sodium, potassium, and lithium salts, and ammonium and alkanolammonium salts. These materials are a preferred category of suds suppressor for detergent compositions.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention may also contain non-surfactant suds suppressors.
  • non-surfactant suds suppressors include, for example, high molecular weight hydrocarbons such as paraffin, fatty acid esters (e.g., fatty acid triglycerides) , fatty acid esters of monovalent alcohols aliphatic C 18 -C4 Q ketones (e.g. stearone) , etc.
  • sud inhititors include N-alkylated amino triazines such as tri to hexa-alkylemlamines or di- to tetra-alkyldaimin chlortriazines formed as products of cyanuric cholorid with two or three moles of a primary or secondary amin containing 1 to 24 carbon atoms, propylene oxide, an monostearyl phosphates such as monostearyl alcoho phosphate ester and monostearyl di-alkali metal (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium) phosphates and phosphat esters.
  • the hydrocarbons, such as paraffin an haloparaffin can be utilized in liquid form.
  • the liquid hydrocarbons will be liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, and will have a pour point in the range of about -40°C and about 5°C, and a minimum boiling point not less than about 100°C (atmospheric pressure) . It is also known to utilize waxy hydrocarbons, preferably having a melting point below about 100°C.
  • the hydrocarbons constitute a preferred category of suds suppressor for detergent compositions. Hydrocarbon suds suppressors are described for example in U.S. Patent 4,265,779, issued May 5, 1981 to Gandolfo et al. , incorporated herein by reference.
  • hydrocarbons thus, include aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic, and heterocyclic saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons having from about 12 to about 70 carbon atoms.
  • the term "parrafin”, as used in this suds suppressor discussion, is intended to include mixtures of true paraffins and cyclic hydrocarbons.
  • Non-surfactant suds comprises silicone suds suppressors.
  • This category includes the use fo polyorganosiloxane oils, such as polydimethysiloxane, dispersions or emulsions fo polyorganosiloxane oils or resins, and combinations of polyorganosiloxane with silica particles wherein the polyorganosiloxane is chemisorbed of fused onto the silica.
  • Silicone suds suppressors are well known in the art and are, for example disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,265,779, issued May 5, 1981 to Gandolfo et al. , and European Patent Application No. 89307851.9, published February 7, 1990, by Starch, M.S., both incorporated herein by reference.
  • silicone suds suppressors are disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,455,839, which relates to compositions and processes for defoaming aqueous solutions by incorporating therein small amounts of polydimethylsiloxane fluids. Mixtures of silicone and silanated silica are described, for instance, in German Patent Application DOS 2,124,526. Silicone defoamers and suds controlling agents in granular detergent compositions are disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,933,672, Bartolotta et al., and in U.S. Patent 4,652,392, Baginski et al., issued March 24, 1987.
  • An exemplary silicone based suds suppressor for use herein is a suds suppressing amount of a suds controlling agent consisting essentially of :
  • siloxane resin composed of (CH 3 ) 3 SiOjy 2 units of S ⁇ 0 2 units in a ratio of from CH3 ) 3SiO]/ 2 units and to Si0 2 units of from about 0.6:1 to about 1.2:1; and (iii) from about 1 to about 20 parts per 100 parts by weight of : (i) of a solid silica gel :
  • Suds suppressors when utilized, are present in a “suds suppressing amoung".
  • Suds suppressing amount is meant that he formulator of the composition can select an amount of this suds controlling agent that will control the suds to the extent desired. Teh amount of suds control will vary with the detergent surfactant selected. Fro example, with high sudsing surfactants, relatively more of the suds controlling agent is used to achieve the desired suds control than with low foaming surfactants.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention will generally comprise from 0% to about 5% of suds suppressor.
  • monocarboxylic fatty acids, and salts thereof When utilized as suds suppressors, monocarboxylic fatty acids, and salts thereof, will be present typically in amounts up to about 5%, by weight, of the detergent composition.
  • from about 0.5% to about 3% of fatty monocarboxylate suds suppressor is utilized.
  • Silicone suds suppressors are typically utilized in amounts up to about 2.0%, by weight, of the detergent composition, although higher amounts may be used. This upper limit is practical in nature, due primarily to concern with keeping costs minimized and effectiveness of lower amounts for effectively controlling sudsing.
  • from about 0.01% to about 1% of silicone suds suppressor is used, more preferably from about 0.25% to about 0.5%.
  • these weight percentage values include any silica that may be utilized in combination with polyorganosiloxane, as well as any adjunct materials that may be utilized.
  • Monostearyl phosphates are generally utilized in amounts ranging from about 0.1% to about 2% by weight of the compositions.
  • Hydrocarbon suds suppressors are typically utilized in amounts ranging from about 0.01% to about 5.0%, although higher levels can be used.
  • Bleach activators are typically utilized in amounts ranging from about 0.01% to about 5.0%, although higher levels can be used.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention may contain one or more bleach activators.
  • the amountof bleach activators will typically be from about 0.1% to about 60%, more typically from about 0.5% to about 40%, of the bleaching composition (i.e. the total of bleaching active plus bleach activator) .
  • bleach activators include tetraacetyl alkylene diamines, particularly tetraacetyl ethylene diamine (TAED) and tetraacetyl (TAGU) .
  • TAED tetraacetyl ethylene diamine
  • TAGU tetraacetyl
  • Other activators that come into consideration are the compounds of the formula :
  • Techniques for controlling pH at recommended usuage levels include the use of buffers, alkalis, acids, etc and wherein R is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to 18 carbon atoms wherein the longest linear alkyl chain extending from and including the carbonyl carbon contains from about 6 to about 10 carbon atoms and L is a leaving group, the conjugate acid of which has a pK a in the range of from 4 to about 13.
  • R is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to 18 carbon atoms wherein the longest linear alkyl chain extending from and including the carbonyl carbon contains from about 6 to about 10 carbon atoms and L is a leaving group, the conjugate acid of which has a pK a in the range of from 4 to about 13.
  • These bleach activators are described in U.S. Patent 4,915,854, issued April 10, 1990 to Mao, et al., incorporated herein by reference, and U.S. Patent 4,412,934, which was previously incorporated herein by reference.
  • NOBS Non
  • compositions of this invention may be formulated so that during aqueous cleaning operations the wash water will have a pH of, for example, 6.5 to 11, typically 7.5 to 10.5.
  • Techniques for controlling pH at recommended usuage levels include the use of buffers, alkalis, acids, etc and are well known in the art.
  • the composition of the present invention will be dissolved in an aqueous medium, typically tap water, ad the fabric to be cleaned will be immersed in the resultant bleaching or washing liquor, with agitation if appropriate.
  • the compositions can be used for soaking, for washing by hand or in automatic laundry washing machines.
  • the concentration of actives in the said liquor, the temperature, the degree of agitation and the duration of the immersion may be varied, depending upon the nature of the fabric and the amount of soiling.
  • Granular bleaching compositions and granular detergent compositions, to be effective and acceptable, must be readily dispersible in aqueous media. In the article by L. Heslinga and W.
  • caprylyl peroxide i.e. dioctanoyl peroxide
  • aqueous perbonate solution pH 10
  • the peroxides have a very acceptable dispersability in aqueous media and give excellent bleaching performance.
  • compositions have certain advantages over the compositions disclosed in EP-A-O, 106, 584, which form diacyl peroxide in situ,in that the level of diacyl peroxide can be more accurately determined; moreover, the present invention permits the benefits of diacyl peroxide bleaching to be obtained even in situations where the use of NOBS and/or perbonate is contraindicated.
  • a further unexpected advantage of the present invention is that, although the presence of a bleach activator is not precluded, certain compositions according to the present invention can give excellent results in the absence of the activator.
  • the bleach activator e.g.
  • NOBS or TAED has been included in perbonate-containing compositions in order to produce a peroxy acid in situ, such acids being effective in the bleaching of non-carotenoid hydrophobic stains (as in the case of peroxynonanoic acid produced by NOBS) or hydrophilic stains (as in the case of peroxyacetic acid produced by TAED) .
  • the diacyl or tetraacyl peroxide and the perbonate (or other H 0 2 source) present in the compositions will give rise to a reaction in the aqueous medium to form peroxy acid, thereby providing a system benefitting from the bleaching properties of both the diacyl or tetraacyl peroxide and the peroxy acid, even in the absence of a conventional bleach activator.
  • the compound of the formula :
  • Dioctanoyl peroxide obtained as the commercial product Perkadox SE8 from Akzo, was reacted with urea in the manner described above in Example 1 to yield an urea clathrate analyses as containing 27.5% diacyl peroxide.
  • Example 3 Dioctanoyl peroxide, obtained as the commercial product Perkadox SE8 from Akzo, was reacted with urea in the manner described above in Example 1 to yield an urea clathrate analyses as containing 27.5% diacyl peroxide.
  • Diacetyl azelaic diperoxide was prepared as follows. Diperoxy azelaic acid (prepared by the method of Parker et al, J. Amer. Che . Soc. , 79. (1957) 1929) in an amount of 50 g was dissolved in acetic acid (500 ml) in an open beaker (magnetic stirrer) and cooled to below 20°C. Pyridine(38g) was added dropwise over a period of 15 min, with extra cooling to maintain the temperature below 20°C. The white suspension was thus converted to a clear solution; reaction was continued for a further 30 min at room temperature.
  • diacetyl azelaic diperoxide 40 g was dissolved in the minimum volume of warm (40°) methanol and was mixed with a hot solution of urea (120 g) in methanol (1 litre) . On cooling, a heavy white precipitate of clathrate formed, which was filtered and dried, 130 g. Analysis indicated a tetraacyl peroxide activity of 27.8%.
  • Laundry detergent compositions according to this invention may be prepared by adding the urea clathrate of dinonanoyl peroxide, the urea clathrate of dioctanoyl peroxide or the urea clathrate of diacetyl azelaic diperoxide to either of the following base formulations (the amounts being in parts by weight) .
  • Table 1 Table 1
  • LAS sodium linear C ⁇ 2 -alkyl benezene sulfonate.
  • TAS sodium tallow alcohol sulfonate.
  • 45E7 synthetic C ⁇ /C ⁇ s alcohol ethoxylated with
  • TAE11 tallow alcohol ethoxylated with 11 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol.
  • Silicate sodium silicate having an Si0 2 :Na 2 0 ratio of 1.6.
  • MA/AA copolymer of 1:4 maleic and acrylic acids average molecular weight of about 80,000.
  • Polyacrylate homopolymer of acrylic acid, molecular weight of 4000.
  • DETPMP diethylene triamine penta(methylene phosphonic acid) marketed by Monsanto under the trade name "Dequest 2060”.
  • CMC sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
  • Zeolite hydrated sodium aluminosilicate of formula Na ⁇ 2 (A10 2 .SiO 2 ) 1 .27H 2 0 and having a primary particle size of l-lOi/m.
  • Silicone 0.14 parts by weight of an 85:15 mixture (by Prill weight) silanated silica and silicone, granulated with 1.3 parts of sodium tripolyphosphate, and 0.56 parts of tallow alcohol condensed with 80 molar proportions of ethylene oxide.
  • the urea clathrates may be added in an amount, for example, equivalent to 1% by weight acyl peroxide or 1.5% by weight acyl peroxide, relative to the base formulation.
  • Sodium perbonate monohydrate may also be added to provide a content thereof in the compositions of, for example, 16% by weight.
  • two test laundry detergent compositions were prepared by adding the urea clathrate of dinonanoyl peroxide (the clathrate containing 30% active compound) in amounts of l percent by weight and 1.5% percent by weight, respectively, to a perbonate-containing (16% by weight perbonate monohydrate) granular detergent composition, hereinafter referred to as the "base" composition.
  • DOP dioctanoyl peroxide
  • DAAP diacetyl azelaic diperoxide
  • hydrophilic specifically, tea/wine
  • hydrophobic specifically, paprika
  • carotenoid specifically, tomato
  • tests against the stains were also carried out using isononanoyloxybenzene sulfonate (i-NOBS) , tetraacetylethylenediamme (TAED) and the compound of the formula C 9 H 19 - NHCO-(CH 2 )-CO-OOH (NAPAA) .
  • test compositions were prepared by adding the DOP, DAAP, i-NOBS, TAED and NAPAA to respective samples f a base formulation similar to that disclosed in Example 4B above, at a level of 5% by weight relative to said base formulation.
  • Sodium perbonate was also included in certain of the test compositions.

Abstract

Une composition de blanchiment utile pour le blanchiment d'articles tachés comprend (a) un clathrate d'urée d'un peroxyde de diacyle ou d'un peroxyde de tétraacyle, p. ex. un peroxyde de dinanomenoyle, un peroxyde de dioctanoyle ou un diacétate de diperoxyazelaïque. La composition peut également comprendre (b) un composé capable de donner un peroxyde d'hydrogène dans un milieu aqueux, p. ex. du perbonate de sodium. La composition, qui peut être efficace contre les taches caroténoïdes, se présente généralement sous forme granulaire et peut être formulée comme une composition détergente de lessive qui comprend également (c) un agent tensioactif détersif anionique, non-ionique, cationique, ampholytique ou zwittérionique et, éventuellement, (d) un adjuvant détergent et/ou (e) un activateur de blanchiment.
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