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US3001948A
US3001948A US700250A US70025057A US3001948A US 3001948 A US3001948 A US 3001948A US 700250 A US700250 A US 700250A US 70025057 A US70025057 A US 70025057A US 3001948 A US3001948 A US 3001948A
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/02Anionic compounds
    • C11D1/12Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof
    • C11D1/14Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons or mono-alcohols
    • C11D1/143Sulfonic acid esters

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  • the present invention relates to molded or shaped synthetic detergent compositions of any desired shape or form and to a process for the preparation thereof. More particularly, the invention has to do with the preparation of a detergent bar for toilet and bath use containing as the essential detergent material a special kind of synthetic surfactant, the particles of which can unexpectedly be compacted or pressed into a lastingly sturdy mass or body.
  • detergent bar compositions based on normally plastic synthetic detergent material of ammonium detergent .salts of alkylsulfonic acids, and, in association therewith, a second metal detergent salt of alkylsulfonic' acids,- the valkyl groups in both instances being primary'straightchainradicals of about 8, preferably 10, to 20 carbon atoms, the detergent material having an average carbon content of 12 to 16 carbon atoms.
  • the com- .position contains water in an amount bya weight, based on the detergent material, of about 1 to 10%, usually around 5 to 8%.
  • ammonium n-alkylsulfonates of a broader class can satisfactorily'be solidified, milled and molded into an effective detergent bar by the incorporation with the ammonium n-alkylsulfonate mixture of a second metal n-alkylsulfonate detergent salt material, the alkyl groups again being primary straightchain radicals of 8 to 20 carbon atoms averaging'1'2 to 16 carbon atoms in the molecule.
  • the metal salt sulfonates can be 'derived from a number of metals, including the alkali metals, for example, sodium and potassium; the alkaline earth metals, e.g., barium, calcium and magnesium;.an other metal material, e.g., aluminum.
  • an amount of second metal n-alkylsulfonate detergent salt is selected within about the range of 10 to 15 mol percent'to mol percent and higher based on total sulfonate content.
  • the amount will depend on the sulfonate selected.
  • slightly higher amounts near the top limit of the range can be selected, that is, around 75 mol percent, while with the polyvalent metal sulfonates lesser amounts will be satisfactory, that is, below about 50 mol percent. In most cases, a satisfactory mixture will consist of around.50 mol percent of theammonium n alkylsulfonate.
  • the inorganic sulfate e.g., ammonium or sodium sulfate
  • the inorganic sulfate e.g., ammonium or sodium sulfate
  • a convenient source of the olefins for preparing the sulfonates contemplated by the invention are those that can be derived from the cracking of petroleum wax to yield a mixture primarily of l-olefins having from about 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the molecule. It is the sulfonates of these olefins which can be blended, if necessary, to yield the desired alkylsulfonates having an average carbon content of 12 to 16 carbon atoms.
  • the sulfonates contemplated by the invention are primarily and essentially those derived from 1- olefins of the specified carbon content, and are essentially of normal or straight-chain structure, although, as is known in the art, a small degree of branching may be permitted without substantial impairment of the detersive action of the material.
  • characterization of the anionic portion of the sulfonate as being a primary straight-chain radical means that the sulfonate is derived essentially from normal l-olefins in which a scattering of unsaturation in the molecule and a tolerable degree of chain branching may exist in the mixture of compounds 3 bar are subjective or organoleptic in nature and are based largely on experience derived from the properties possessed by the conventional soap bar.
  • the over-all nature of the bar such as waxy appearance and color
  • the hardness of a bar can satisfactorily be determined by As an example of the invention, calcium-ammonium the use of the conventional grease testing procedure as alkylsulfonates are prepared from a mixture of alphadescribed in ASTM method D-217.
  • the hardness of a olefins of about 8 to 20 carbon atoms and obtained by bar can thus be measured by the depth that a standard the cracking of petroleum wax, the average carbon concone penetrates the sample, set at a temperature of 77 tent of the olefins being around 15. In the preparation ;F., expressed in tenths of a millimeter.
  • non-soap detergent bars are Alkylsulfonate (calcium alkylsulfonate to ammoni superior to soap in the respect that solubllity and rates um alkylsmfonate mol ratio 10.90) 821 of solution are better in both hard and salt water.
  • a convenient way of measuring the solubility oh Water, wt. percent 6.9 aractenstics of detergent bar is by determining its loss Hardness 6.0 in weight in grams per hand-wash employing ordinary Wear rate Awash 12 tap water having a hardness of 50 p.p.m.
  • the alkylsulfonate salts are now in condition for molding. If desired, at this stage there may be incorporated into the detergent material other ingredients for the purposes of improving the composition in such properties as odor, color and the like. Accordingly, known fillers, perfumes, dyes and the like can be incorporated With the A bar is formed from ammonium and potassium primary n-alkylsulfonates derived from C -C cracked wax olefins. It analyzes as follows:
  • Alkylsulfonate (ammonium alkylsulfonate to potassium sulfonates, mol ratio 15:85) 78 Sulfate content 15 Water, wt. percent 5.0 Hardness 7.0 Wear rate, g./wash 1.5
  • a satisfactory bar is prepared from ammonium and magnesium sulfonate, with the following characteristics:
  • N-alkylsulfonate (ammonium n-alkylsulfonate to magnesium n-alkylsulfonate, mol ratio 2:1) 74 Sulfate content 15 Water, wt percent 8 Wear rate, g./wash 1.1
  • .ondary sulfonates are unsatisfactory and cannot be formed into a bar.
  • other synthetic detergent materials such as those which form the great bulk of .commercialdetergent compositions, namely, the alkylaryl sulfonates and the alkyl sulfates cannot satisfactorily be formed into bars in accordance with the present invenassists 5 tion.
  • the alkyl sulfates are chemically unstable and hydrolyze readily in the presence of water, while the alkylaryl sulfonates on the other hand are too soluble and give a sticky feeling when employed in the form of a bar.
  • a synthetic detergent bar consisting essentially of (l) ammonium n-alkyl sulfonate; (2) a second metal nalkyl sulfonate to enable milling and molding in an amount of 10 to 75 weight percent based on (1) and (2); and (3) 1% to 10% water, by weight, based on 1) and (2); the alkyl groups in each of (1) and (2) being primary straight-chain radicals of about 8 to 20 carbon atoms and averaging 12 to 16 carbon atoms, the metal of said second metal n-alkyl sulfonate being selected from the group consisting of alkali and alkaline earth metals.

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US3172859A (en) * 1965-03-09 Betergent briquette
US3175978A (en) * 1962-06-01 1965-03-30 California Research Corp Light duty liquid detergent
US3175977A (en) * 1965-03-30 Liquid eetekgent compositions
US3186948A (en) * 1961-02-27 1965-06-01 California Research Corp Detergent toilet bars
US3291744A (en) * 1959-10-26 1966-12-13 Colgate Palmolive Co Detergent bar
US3622517A (en) * 1968-03-06 1971-11-23 Marathon Oil Co Synthetic detergent compositions
US3989647A (en) * 1973-04-26 1976-11-02 Lever Brothers Company Quick lathering toilet bars and method of making same
US4007125A (en) * 1973-12-26 1977-02-08 Lever Brothers Company Synthetic detergent bar
US4092260A (en) * 1973-11-28 1978-05-30 Lever Bros. Co. Quick lathering toilet bars and method of making same

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US2374187A (en) * 1945-04-24 Detergent composition
US2504411A (en) * 1948-03-19 1950-04-18 Shell Dev Preparation of alkyl sulfonates
GB682207A (en) * 1949-03-21 1952-11-05 Bataafsche Petroleum Process for producing sulphonates from bisulphites and olefins and the sulphonates so produced
US2813078A (en) * 1954-09-10 1957-11-12 American Cyanamid Co Cake detergent and method for its production

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US2374187A (en) * 1945-04-24 Detergent composition
US2504411A (en) * 1948-03-19 1950-04-18 Shell Dev Preparation of alkyl sulfonates
GB682207A (en) * 1949-03-21 1952-11-05 Bataafsche Petroleum Process for producing sulphonates from bisulphites and olefins and the sulphonates so produced
US2813078A (en) * 1954-09-10 1957-11-12 American Cyanamid Co Cake detergent and method for its production

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US3172859A (en) * 1965-03-09 Betergent briquette
US3175977A (en) * 1965-03-30 Liquid eetekgent compositions
US3291744A (en) * 1959-10-26 1966-12-13 Colgate Palmolive Co Detergent bar
US3186948A (en) * 1961-02-27 1965-06-01 California Research Corp Detergent toilet bars
US3175978A (en) * 1962-06-01 1965-03-30 California Research Corp Light duty liquid detergent
US3622517A (en) * 1968-03-06 1971-11-23 Marathon Oil Co Synthetic detergent compositions
US3989647A (en) * 1973-04-26 1976-11-02 Lever Brothers Company Quick lathering toilet bars and method of making same
US4092260A (en) * 1973-11-28 1978-05-30 Lever Bros. Co. Quick lathering toilet bars and method of making same
US4096082A (en) * 1973-11-28 1978-06-20 Lever Brothers Company Quick lathering toilet bars and method of making same
US4110239A (en) * 1973-11-28 1978-08-29 Lever Bros. Co. Quick lathering toilet bars and method of making same
US4007125A (en) * 1973-12-26 1977-02-08 Lever Brothers Company Synthetic detergent bar

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