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• the present invention relates to a process for treating textiles and liquid detergent compositions for use in said process.
• the compositions of the present invention comprise a bleaching system.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a process for the treatment of textiles, whereby the textiles are contacted in an aqueous medium with a bleaching system and optionally a metallo catalyst.
• the bleach and metallo catalyst in combination serve as a bleaching system or as a dye transfer inhibition system. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a composition suitable for use in the above process.
• an aqueous medium that comprises certain anionic species such as anionic surfactants, builders and the like, as this results in improved cleaning.
• Anionic species present in the medium need to be neutralized, by a neutralizing system.
• the anionic species, especially anionic surfactants are incorporated into detergent compositions already neutralized.
• Other anionic species such as builders may be neutralized in the composition or more rarely in the aqueous medium itself which is contacted with the textiles. If, for example the anionic surfactant is not neutralized during the wash and is allowed to remain acidic, the cleaning performance of the composition will be impaired and the whiteness performance of the composition will be detrimentally affected.
• the neutralizing system is a vital constituent in the medium.
• Commonly described neutralizing system used for anionic species in the art include sodium hydroxide and alkanolamines in general particularly monoethanolamine. However when considering the choice of neutralizing systems the other ingredients' compatibility in the wash liquor must be considered.
• One such ingredient is a bleach, which is required for improving the cleaning and whiteness performance of the wash process.
• the bleaching system is required for the bleaching of fabrics and as well as stains on fabrics.
• a bleach maybe used in combination with a metallo catalyst to provide the bleaching system.
• bleach in combination with a metallo catalyst provide the benefit of preventing the transfer of dyes from one textile to another during the wash and thereby improving whiteness maintenance. Therefore it is highly desirable that these ingredients are incorporated in the aqueous medium.
• DTI systems have been disclosed in for example the copending European Patent Application Nos.: 92870181, 92870184.6 and 92870183.8.
• the metallo catalyst is activated by the bleach and it is this activated species which inhibits dye transfer.
• this species is very sensitive to the other components in the aqueous medium, particularly the neutralizing system for the anionic species. For example monoethanolamine and all other alkanolamines immediately deactivate the activated metallo catalyst and thus are not suitable for the present invention.
• Quaternary ammonium compounds are known in the art.
• DDR 123 531 discloses anhydrous detergent compositions comprising anionic surfactants and alkanolamine quaternary ammonium base. There is no disclosure of tetramethylammonium or bleach systems.
• DDR 120 051 discloses anhydrous detergent compositions comprising surfactants and quaternary ammonium bases with C1-C4 alkyl groups. There is no mention of bleach systems.
• the present invention is a process for treating textiles whereby said textiles are contacted with an aqueous medium comprising a bleach and optionally a metallo catalyst, anionic species and a neutralizing system for said anionic species, characterized in that said neutralizing system comprises quaternary ammonium cations according to the formula: wherein R1-R4 are independently C1-C6 alkyl, phenyl, hydroxylalkyl or alkoxyalkyl groups.
• the present invention further encompasses a composition comprising anionic species and a bleach and optionally a metallo catalyst and a neutralizing system for said anionic species characterized in that said neutralizing system comprises quaternary ammonium cations according to the formula: wherein R1-R4 are independently C1-C6 alkyl, phenyl, hydroxylalkyl or alkoxyalkyl groups.
• the preferred quaternary ammonium compound is Tetra Methyl Ammonium (TMA).
• TMA Tetra Methyl Ammonium
• TMA Tetra Methyl Ammonium Hydroxide
• the present invention is a process for treating textiles whereby said textiles are contacted with an aqueous medium comprising a bleach and optionally a metallo catalyst, anionic species and a neutralizing system for said anionic species, characterized in that said neutralizing system comprises quaternary ammonium cations according to the formula: wherein R1-R4 are independently C1-C6 alkyl, phenyl, hydroxylalkyl or alkoxyalkyl groups.
• the preferred quaternary ammonium compound is Tetra Methyl Ammonium (TMA).
• TMA Tetra Methyl Ammonium
• TMA Tetra Methyl Ammonium Hydroxide
• said medium is formed by mixing together in water, a first non aqueous composition comprising a bleach and a metallo catalyst, and a second composition comprising anionic species and said quaternary ammonium cations.
• the treatment of textiles includes washing processes such as machine washing process and hand washing processes, textile softening treatments, softening-through-the wash treatments, pre-wash treatments, whereby the textiles are contacted in any manner to the aqueous medium of the present invention.
• an essential ingredient of the aqueous medium are anionic species.
• the anionic species are completely dissolved in the aqueous medium.
• Anionic species suitable for use herein include anionic surfactants and builders.
• Suitable anionic surface-active salts are selected from the group of sulphonates and sulphates.
• the like anionic surfactants are well-known in the detergent art and have found wide application in commercial detergents.
• Preferred anionic water-soluble sulphonate or sulfate salts have in their molecular structure an alkyl radical containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms. Examples of such preferred anionic surfactant salts are the reaction products obtained by sulfating C8-C18 fatty alcohols derived from e.g.
• alkylbenzene sulphonates wherein the alkyl group contains from about 9 to about 15 carbon atoms; sodium alkylglyceryl ether sulphonates; ether sulfates of fatty alcohols derived from tallow and coconut oils; coconut fatty acid monoglyceride sulfates and sulphonates; and water-soluble salts of paraffin sulphonates having from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
• Sulphonated olefin surfactants as more fully described in e.g. U.S. Patent Specification 3,332,880 can also be used.
• the counterion of the above anionic surfactant can be quaternary ammonium cation according to the present invention.
• a suitable anionic synthetic surfactant herein is represented by the water-soluble salts of an alkylbenzene sulphonic acid, preferably alkylbenzene sulphonates, preferably alkylbenzene sulphonates having from about 10 to 13 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
• Another preferred anionic surfactant moiety herein is alkyl sulphate having from about 10 to 15 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
• Alkyl alkoxylated sulphate surfactants are water soluble salts of the formula RO(A) m SO3M wherein R is an C10-C24 alkyl or hydroxylalkyl group having a C10-C24 alkyl component, preferably a C12-C18 alkyl or hydroxylalkyl, A is an ethoxy or propoxy unit, m is greater than zero, typically between about 0.5 and about 6, more preferably between about 0.5 and 3, and M is the quaternary ammonium cation of the present invention.
• R is an C10-C24 alkyl or hydroxylalkyl group having a C10-C24 alkyl component, preferably a C12-C18 alkyl or hydroxylalkyl
• A is an ethoxy or propoxy unit
• m is greater than zero, typically between about 0.5 and about 6, more preferably between about 0.5 and 3
• M is the quaternary ammonium cation of the present invention.
• Exemplary surfactants are C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (1.0) sulphate (C12-C18E(1.0)M), C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (2.25) sulphate (C12-C18E(2.25)M), C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (3.0) sulphate (C12-C18E(3.0)M), C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (4.0) sulphate (C12-C18E(4.0)M).
• alkyl ester sulphonate Another type of anionic surfactant suitable for use herein are alkyl ester sulphonate, which can be synthesized according to known methods disclosed in the technical literature. For instance, linear esters of C8-C20 carboxylic acids can be sulphonated with gaseous S03 according to "The Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society", 52 (1975), pp. 323-329. Suitable starting materials would include natural fatty substances as derived from tallow, palm and coconut oils.
• the preferred alkyl ester sulphonate comprise alkyl ester sulphonates of the structural formula: wherein R4 is a C8-C20 hydrocarbyl, preferably an alkyl or combination thereof, R5 is a C1-C6 hydrocarbyl, preferably an alkyl or combination thereof and M is a quaternary ammonium cation of the present invention.
• R4 is C10-C16 alkyl and R5 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl.
• methyl ester sulphonates wherein R4 is C14-C16 alkyl.
• detergent compositions for use in the process herein comprise from 2% to 90% by weight of said anionic surfactant, preferably from 4% to 50%, most preferably from 5% to 30% by weight of said anionic surfactant.
• Builders suitable for use herein may be any conventional builder including polycarboxylates and fatty acids, materials such as ethylenediamine tetraacetate, metal ion sequestrants such as aminopolyphosphonates, particularly ethylenediamine tetramethylene phosphonic acid and diethylene triamine pentamethylenephosphonic acid. Though less preferred for obvious environmental reasons, phosphate builders can also be used herein.
• Suitable polycarboxylates builders for use herein include citric acid, preferably in the form of a water-soluble salt, derivatives of succinic acid of the formula R_CH(COOH)CH2(COOH) wherein R is C10 ⁇ 20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably C12 ⁇ 16, or wherein R can be substituted with hydroxyl, sulpho sulphoxyl or sulphone substituents.
• Specific examples include lauryl succinate, myristyl succinate, palmityl succinate, 2-dodecenylsuccinate, 2-tetradecenyl succinate.
• Other suitable polycarboxylates are oxodisuccinates and mixtures of tartrate monosuccinic and tartrate disuccinic acid such as described in US 4,663,071.
• Suitable fatty acid builders for use herein are saturated or unsaturated C10 ⁇ 18 fatty acids, as well as the corresponding soaps.
• Preferred saturated species have from 12 to 16 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
• the preferred unsaturated fatty acid is oleic acid.
• a preferred builder system for use herein consists of a mixture of citric acid and fatty acids.
• the builder system preferably represents from 2% to 40%, preferably from 5% to 20% by weight of the total composition for use in the process of the present invention.
• the composition comprises from 2% to 90%, preferably from 5% to 60% of said anionic species.
• anionic species can be neutralized without precipitation in the formulation or in the aqueous medium by a neutralizing system comprising quaternary ammonium cations.
• Said quaternary ammonium cations are compatible with a bleach and metallo catalysts.
• Another essential component of the aqueous medium of the present invention is a quaternary ammonium cation to
• R1 ⁇ R4 are independently C1-C6 alkyl, phenyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl groups and mixtures thereof.
• R1 ⁇ R4 are preferably independently C1 to C4 , groups, most preferably are independently C1 to C3 groups and mixtures thereof.
• a preferred quaternary ammonium cation for use herein is tetramethyl ammonium.
• Suitable peroxygen bleaches compounds include perborates, persulphates, percarbonates, peroxydisulphates, perphosphates and the crystalline peroxyhydrates formed by reacting hydrogen peroxide with sodium carbonate and urea. Preferred are sodium perborate, monohydrate and tetrahydrate and sodium percarbonate.
• Hydrogen peroxide releasing agents can be used in combination with bleach activators such as tetraacetylehtylenediamine (TAED), nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate (NOBS, described in US 4 412 934), 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoloxybenzenesulphonate (ISONOBS, described in EP 120 591), or pentaacetylglucose (PAG) which are perhydrolysed to form peracid as the active bleaching species, which leads to improved bleaching effects.
• bleach activators such as tetraacetylehtylenediamine (TAED), nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate (NOBS, described in US 4 412 934), 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoloxybenzenesulphonate (ISONOBS, described in EP 120 591), or pentaacetylglucose (PAG) which are perhydrolysed to form peracid as
• bleach systems for use herein include peroxyacids, perfatty acids, singlet oxygen, chlorine bleaches and enzymatic bleaches.
• compositions for use in the process according to the present invention comprise from 1% to 30% of said bleach, preferably from 5% to 20%, in the absence of a metallo catalyst.
• compositions for use in the process according to the present invention comprise an efficient amount of bleach, which refers herein to the amount of bleach which leads to a level of dye oxidation which is 40% to 100%, preferably 40% to 60%, more preferred 60% to 80%, most preferably 80% to 100% of the maximum (Z) per cent of dye oxidation that can be achieved under the most optimal conditions determined by those skilled in the art.
• a washing machine or launderometer add a known bleeding fabric and a known uncoloured pick-up tracer (e.g. cotton) to the wash load. After simulating a wash cycle, determine the amount of dye that has been picked up by the tracer according to methods known to those skilled in the art. Now to separate washing machines, add the same amount of bleeding fabric and pick-up tracer, a fixed amount of catalyst and vary the bleach level. Determine the level of dye transfer onto the pick tracers and vary the amount of bleach as to minimize dye transfer according to standard optimization method known to those skilled in the art. In this way the most optimal bleach concentration can be determined.
• a known bleeding fabric and a known uncoloured pick-up tracer e.g. cotton
• the bleaching system is preferably a dye transfer inhibition system.
• Suitable dye transfer inhibiting systems for use herein include DTI systems comprising a metallo catalyst and said bleach. It is highly desirable to incorporate metallo catalysts into the aqueous medium in order to bleach any fugative dyes present thereby preventing the dye from being transferred to other items in the wash.
• Suitable metallo catalysts for use herein may be selected from:
• the essential metallo porphin structure may be visualized as indicated in Formula I in the accompanying drawings.
• Formula I the atom positions of the porphin structure are numbered conventionally and the double bonds are put in conventionally. In other formula, the double bonds have been omitted in the drawings, but are actually present as in I.
• Preferred metallo porphin structures are those substituted at one or more of the 5, 10, 15 and 20 carbon positions of Formula I (Meso positions), with a phenyl or pyridyl substituent selected from the group consisting of wherein n and m may be 0 or 1; A is selected from water-solubilizing group, e.g., sulfate, sulphonate, phosphate, and carboxylate groups; and B is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 polyethoxy alkyl and C1-C10 hydroxyalkyl.
• Preferred molecules are those in which the substituents on the phenyl or pyridyl groups are selected from the group consisting of -CH3, -C2H5, -CH2CH2CH2SO3-, -CH2--, and -CH2CH(OH)CH2SO3-, -SO3
• a particularly preferred metallo phorphin is one in which the molecule is substituted at the 5, 10 15, and 20 carbon positions with the substituent This preferred compound is known as metallo tetrasulfonated tetraphenylporphin.
• the symbol X2 of Formula I represents an anion, preferably OH ⁇ or Cl ⁇ .
• the compound of Formula I may be substituted at one or more of the remaining carbon positions with C1-C10 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or oxyalkyl groups.
• Porphin derivatives also include chlorophyls, chlorines, i.e. isobacterio chlorines and bacteriochlorines.
• Metallo porphyrin and water-soluble or water-dispersible derivatives thereof have a structure given in formula II.
• X can be alkyl, alkyl carboxy, alkyl hydroxyl, vinyl, alkenyl, alkyl sulfate, alkylsulphonate, sulfate, sulphonate, aryl.
• the symbol X2 of Formula II represents an anion, preferably OH ⁇ or Cl ⁇ .
• the symbol X i can be alkyl, alkylcarboxy, alkylhydroxyl, vinyl, alkenyl, alkylsulfate, alkylsulfonate, sulfate, sulfonate.
• Metallo phthalocyanine and derivatives have the structure indicated in Formula III, wherein the atom positions of the phthalocyanine structure are numbered conventionally.
• the anionic groups in the above structures contain cations selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium cations or other non-interfering cations which leave the structures water-soluble.
• Preferred phthalocyanine derivatives are metallo phthalocyanine trisulfonate and metallo phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate.
• substitution of the central metal is substitution of the central metal by iron, manganese, cobalt, chromium, rhodium, ruthenium, Molybdenum or other transition metals. Still a number of considerations are significant in selecting variants of or substituents in the basic porphin or azaporphin structure. In the first place, one would choose compounds which are available or can be readily synthesized.
• the choice of the substituent groups can be used to control the solubility of the catalyst in water or in detergent solutions.
• the substituents can control the affinity of the catalyst compound for the surface.
• strongly negatively charged substituted compounds for instance the tetrasulfonated porphin, may be repelled by negatively charged stained surfaces and are therefore most likely not to cause attack on fixed dyes, whereas the cationic or zwitterionic compounds may be attracted to, or at least not repelled by such stained surfaces.
• the dye transfer inhibition system may further comprise polyamine N-oxide polymers.
• Polyamine N-oxide polymers suitable for use herein contain units having the following structure formula : wherein P is a polymerisable unit, whereto the R-N-O group can be attached to or wherein the R-N-O group forms part of the polymerisable unit or a combination of both.
• A is -O-,-S-, -N- ; x is or O or 1;R are aliphatic, ethoxylated aliphatics, aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups or any combination thereof whereto the nitrogen of the N-O group can be attached or wherein the nitrogen of the N-O group is part of these groups.
• the N-O group can be represented by the following general structures : wherein R1, R2, R3 are aliphatic groups, aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups or combinations thereof, x or/and y or/and z is 0 or 1 and wherein the nitrogen of the N-O group can be attached or wherein the nitrogen of the N-O group forms part of these groups.
• the N-O group can be part of the polymerisable unit (P) or can be attached to the polymeric backbone or a combination of both.
• Suitable polyamine N-oxides wherein the N-O group forms part of the polymerisable unit comprise polyamine N-oxides wherein R is selected from aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic groups.
• polyamine N-oxides comprises the group of polyamine N-oxides wherein the nitrogen of the N-O group forms part of the R-group.
• Preferred polyamine N-oxides are those wherein R is a heterocyclic group such as pyridine, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrrolidine, piperidine and derivatives thereof.
• Another class of said polyamine N-oxides comprises the group of polyamine N-oxides wherein the nitrogen of the N-O group is attached to the R-group.
• polyamine N-oxides are the polyamine oxides whereto the N-O group is attached to the polymerisable unit.
• Preferred class of these polyamine N-oxides are the polyamine N-oxides having the general formula (I) wherein R is an aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups wherein the nitrogen of the N-0 functional group is part of said R group.
• polyamine oxides wherein R is a heterocyclic compound such as pyridine, pyrrole, imidazole and derivatives thereof.
• polyamine N-oxides are the polyamine oxides having the general formula (I) wherein R are aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups wherein the nitrogen of the N-0 functional group is attached to said R groups.
• R groups can be aromatic such as phenyl.
• Any polymer backbone can be used as long as the amine oxide polymer formed is water-soluble and has dye transfer inhibiting properties.
• suitable polymeric backbones are polyvinyls, polyalkylenes, polyesters, polyethers, polyimides, polyacrylates and mixtures thereof.
• the amine N-oxide polymers typically have a ratio of amine to the amine N-oxide of 10 : 1 to 1: 1000000.
• the amount of amine oxide groups present in the polyamine oxide polymer can be varied by appropriate copolymerization or by appropriate degree of N-oxidation.
• the ratio of amine to amine N-oxide is from 3:1 to 1:1000000.
• the polymers of the present invention actually encompass random or block copolymers where one monomer type is an amine N-oxide and the other monomer type is an N-oxide or not.
• the amine oxide unit of the polyamine N-oxides has a pKa ⁇ 10, preferably pKa ⁇ 7, more preferred pKa ⁇ 6.
• the polyamine oxides can be obtained in almost any degree of polymerisation.
• the degree of polymerisation is not critical provided the material has the desired water-solubility and dye-suspending power.
• the average molecular weight is within the range of 500 to 1000,000; more preferred 1000 to 500,000; most preferred 5000 to 100,000.
• the polyamine N-oxides of the present invention are typically present from 0.01 to 10%, more preferably from 0.05 to 1%, most preferred from 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of the dye transfer inhibiting composition.
• the present invention further encompasses compositions which are suitable for use in the textile treatment process of the present invention.
• compositions suitable for use in the process of the present invention There are however additional problems associated with formulating compositions suitable for use in the process of the present invention. These problems which are dependant on whether the compositions are aqueous or non aqueous.
• aqueous composition comprising anionic species, a neutralizing system for said species comprising quaternary ammonium cations, peroxygen bleach and a metallo catalyst which is stable.
• composition must therefore be formulated so that the activated species is only formed in the aqueous medium. This has been achieved by keeping the peroxygen bleach or the metallo catalyst separate from each other until the wash process begins.
• aqueous composition comprising anionic species, a peroxygen bleach and a neutralizing system for said anionic species.
• Said neutralizing system comprises quaternary ammonium cations and may additionally comprise inorganic salts such as sodium or potassium to partially neutralize the anionic species. However these systems do not comprise alkanolamines.
• This composition can optionally be mixed in the aqueous medium with another composition comprising metallo catalysts.
• a non aqueous composition comprising both the peroxygen bleach and the metallo catalyst would prevent the activation of the metallo catalyst in the composition.
• This is also in line with a trend to reduce the volume of detergent compositions due to environmental considerations and produce more compact detergent formulations by reducing the amount of non active ingredients such as water in detergent compositions.
• anionic species fully neutralized by the usual neutralizing agents such as sodium or potassium hydroxide are not stable in these non-aqueous formulations and tend to set and/or precipitate upon storage. Indeed neutralizing systems based entirely on sodium hydroxide are not compatible with a non-aqueous environment and in such circumstances, the anionic species neutralized with sodium hydroxide tend to precipitate out of solution.
• neutralizing systems such as monoethanolamine are incompatible with peroxygen bleach as previously described herein.
• the quaternary ammonium cations of the neutralizing system of the present invention are compatible with a non aqueous environment and peroxygen bleach and metallo catalysts.
• a neutralizing system comprising quaternary ammonium cations is compatible with a non-aqueous environment, peroxygen bleach and metallo catalysts. Additionaly, said neutralizing system may optionally further comprise a small amount of sodium or potassium hydroxide. However alkanolamines are not present.
• non aqueous compositions refers to compositions which only contain less than 10% water, preferably less than 5%, most preferably less than 2% water.
• compositions of the present invention are that the anionic species remain fully dissolved in the compositions and do not precipitate. Furthermore, the present invention may be formulated as a concentrated composition wherein the amount of non active ingredients in the composition is reduced.
• the aqueous medium and the compositions of the present invention may further comprise a series of further, optional ingredients.
• suitable additives include solvents, pH adjusting agents, suds regulants, opacifiers, perfumes, dyes, bactericides, brighteners, soil release agents, softening agents, enzymes and other surface active ingredients and the like.
• compositions are made by combining the following ingredients in the listed proportions.
• Formula A can be used together with another composition containing a peroxygen bleach, optionally with a metallo catalyst if DTI performance is desired.
• This other composition can be in solid or in liquid form, as exemplified below :
• a HDL composition containing a lower water level and anionic species neutralized by a mixed NaOH/TMAOH system is given below (D):
• composition D is a clear transparent liquid while the same composition fully neutralized by NaOH is a stiff gel.
• This composition can be used together with a second composition containing peroxygen bleach with/without metallo catalyst such as formulae B, C, D in example I, to provide in the aqueous medium a detergent composition with good detergency properties.
• Composition D can be used at 100g. usage together with (i).0.5g of metallo-catalyst added separately in the aqueous medium, either as a powder or as a suspension or solution in an aqueous or anhydrous liquid composition.
• a substantially nonaqueous liquid detergent composition comprising anionic species, quaternary ammonium cations, peroxygen bleach, metallo catalyst and a DTI polymer is given below : PEG 200 33 C14 ⁇ 15 Alcohol Ethoxylate E03 12.5 C14 ⁇ 15 Alcohol Ethoxylate E07 12.5 C12 polyhydroxy fatty acid amide 8.5 Boric acid 1 TMA C12 Alkyl sulphate 12.5 Palm Kernel Fatty Acids (PKFA) 11 TMA-OH 4.5 Manganese phthalocyanime sulphonate 0.05 Sodium perborate monohydrate 0.5 Poly vinylpyridine N-oxide 0.2 Water and minors up to 100 parts
• This composition can be dissolved in the aqueous medium to provide good detergency and DTI benefits on fabrics.

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