WO1997042291A1 - Detergent compositions comprising modified polyamines as dye transfer inhibitors - Google Patents

Detergent compositions comprising modified polyamines as dye transfer inhibitors Download PDF

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WO1997042291A1
WO1997042291A1 PCT/US1997/007056 US9707056W WO9742291A1 WO 1997042291 A1 WO1997042291 A1 WO 1997042291A1 US 9707056 W US9707056 W US 9707056W WO 9742291 A1 WO9742291 A1 WO 9742291A1
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  • the present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which can be used to wash dye-containing colored fabrics and which contain bleach stable, modified polyamine additives that inhibit dye transfer between fabrics during laundering operations.
  • the present invention also relates to methods for laundering dye-containing colored fabrics in aqueous solutions formed from laundry compositions comprising the fabric surface modifying polyamines of the present invention.
  • the process or method of the present invention is equally effective when the laundry detergent compositions disclosed herein are solid or liquid.
  • the solid laundry detergents may be in the form of granules, flakes or laundry bars.
  • the liquid detergents can have a wide range of viscosity and may include heavy concentrates, pourable "ready" detergents, or light duty fabric pre-treatments.
  • the modified polyamines disclosed in the present method are especially compatible with other laundry detergent additives and adjuncts.
  • the present invention relates to laundry detergent compositions which provide especially effective inhibition of dye transfer between fabrics being laundered in aqueous washing solutions that are formed from these detergent compositions.
  • the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise: a) at least about 5% by weight, of a detersive surfactant; b) at least about 0.01 % by weight, of a dye transfer inhibition agent; c) at least about 0.1% by weight, of a water-soluble or dispersible, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent, said agent comprising a polyamine backbone corresponding to the formula:
  • polyamine backbone prior to modification having a modified polyamine formula wherein k is less than or equal to n, said polyamine backbone prior to modification has a molecular weight greater than about 200 daltons, wherein
  • V units are terminal units having the formula:
  • W units are backbone units having the formula:
  • Y units are branching units having the formula:
  • backbone linking R units are selected from the group consisting of C2-C12 alkylene, C4-C12 alkenylene, C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene, C4-C12 dihydroxy-alkylene, Cg-C 12 dialkylarylene, -(Rl ⁇ ) ⁇ R 1 -, -(RlO ⁇ RSfOR 1 ⁇ -, -(CH 2 CH(OR2)CH 2 O) Z - (R 1 O) y Rl(OCH 2 CH(OR 2 )CH 2 ) w -» -C(O)(R4) r C(O)-, -CH 2 CH(OR 2 )CH 2 -, and mixtures thereof; wherein R ⁇ is C2-C6 alkylene and mixtures thereof; R 2 is hydrogen, - (R ⁇ xB, and mixtures thereof; R 3 is Cj-Cig alkyl, C7-C12 arylalkyl, C7-C12 alkyl substituted aryl, C6-C12
  • R ⁇ is C2-C12 alkylene or C6-C12 arylene
  • E units are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C22 alkyl, C3-C22 alkenyl, C7-C22 arylalkyl, C2-C22 hydroxyalkyl, -(CH2) p CO 2 M, -(CH2) q SO 3 M, -CH(CH 2 CO2M)-CO 2 M, - (CH2) p P03M, -(R ⁇ xB, -C(O)R 3 , and mixtures thereof; provided that when any E unit of a nitrogen is a hydrogen, said nitrogen is not also an N-oxide; B is hydrogen, Cj-Cg alkyl, -(CH 2 ) q -SO 3 M, -(CH 2 ) p CO 2 M
  • the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise: a) at least about 5% by weight, of a detersive surfactant; b) at least about 0.01 % by weight, of a dye transfer inhibition agent; c) at least about 0.1 % by weight, of a water-soluble or dispersible, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent according to the present invention; and d) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
  • Preferred laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise: a) at least about 5% by weight, of an anionic detersive surfactant; b) at least about 1 % by weight, of a nonionic detersive surfactant; c) at least about 0.01% by weight, of a dye transfer inhibition agent; d) at least about 0.5% by weight, of a water-soluble or dispersible, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent according to the present invention; and e) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
  • laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise: a) at least about 5% by weight, of an anionic detersive surfactant; b) at least about 1% by weight, of a nonionic detersive surfactant; c) at least about 0.01% by weight, of a dye transfer inhibition agent; d) optionally at least about 1% by weight, of a bleach; e) at least about 0.5 % by weight, of a water-soluble or dispersible, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent according to the present invention; and f) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
  • a more preferred laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise: a) at least about 5% by weight, of an anionic detersive surfactant; b) at least about 1% by weight, of a nonionic detersive surfactant; c) at least about 0.01% by weight, of a dye transfer inhibition agent; d) optionally at least about 1% by weight, of a bleach; e) at least about 0.1 % by weight, of a soil release polymer; f) at least about 0.5 % by weight, of a water-soluble or dispersible, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent according to the present invention; and g) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
  • a further more preferred laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise: a) at least about 5% by weight, of an anionic detersive surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfate, alkyl alkoxy sulfate, and mixtures thereof b) at least about 5% by weight, of a nonionic detersive surfactant selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, alcohol ethoxylates, and mixtures thereof; c) at least about 0.01 % by weight, of a dye transfer inhibition agent; d) optionally at least about 1 % by weight, of a bleach; e) at least about 0.5% by weight, of a water-soluble or dispersible, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent according to the present invention; and f) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.
  • an anionic detersive surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfate, alkyl alkoxy sulfate, and mixtures thereof
  • the preferred laundry detergent compositions of the present invention comprise the following preferred materials.
  • the detergent compositions herein must comprise from about 0.01% to 10% by weight of certain types of polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents.
  • the detergent compositions herein comprise from about 0.05% to 0.5% by weight of these polymeric dye transfer inhibiting materials.
  • the selected dye transfer inhibiting polymeric materials can be certain polyamine N-oxide polymers, certain copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylimidazole, polyethoxylated urethanes, acrylamide containing polymers, polyamino acids, and combinations of these materials.
  • polyamine N-oxide polymers certain copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylimidazole, polyethoxylated urethanes, acrylamide containing polymers, polyamino acids, and combinations of these materials.
  • polyamine N-oxide polymers suitable for use herein contain units having the structural formula:
  • I t R x wherein P is a polymerizable unit to which a N-O group can be attached or the N-O group can form part of the polymerizable unit or the N-O group can be attached to both units;
  • A is one of the following structures:
  • N — c — — C — O x is 0 or 1 ; and, R comprises aliphatic, ethoxylated aliphatic, aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups or any combination thereof to which the nitrogen of the N-O group can be attached or the N-O group is part of these groups.
  • the N-O group can be represented by the following general structures:
  • (R,)x- N— (R 2 )y ⁇ — .(R ⁇ (R 3 )z
  • R ⁇ , R2, R3 are aliphatic, aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups or, combinations thereof; x, y and z are 0 or 1 ; and, the nitrogen of the N-O group can be attached or form part of any of the aforementioned groups.
  • the N-O group can be part of the polymerizable 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 polymerizable unit comprise polyamine N-oxides wherein R is selected from aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic groups.
  • R is selected from aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic groups.
  • One class of such 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.
  • polyamine N-oxides comprises the group of polyamine N- oxides wherein the nitrogen of the N-O group is attached to the R-group.
  • suitable polyamine N-oxides are the polyamine oxides in which the N-O group is attached to the polymerizable unit.
  • a preferred class of these polyamine N-oxides are the polyamine N- oxides having the general formula presented above wherein R is an aromatic, heterocyclic or an alicyclic group and the nitrogen of the N-O functional group is part of the R group. Examples of these classes are 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 presented above wherein R is an aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic group and the nitrogen of the N-O functional group is attached to the R group(s).
  • R is an aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic group and the nitrogen of the N-O functional group is attached to the R group(s).
  • 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, polyamide, polyimides, polyacrylates and mixtures thereof.
  • the amine N-oxide polymers useful in the detergent compositions of the present invention typically have a ratio of amine to the amine N-oxide of 10: 1 to 1 : 1 ,000,000.
  • the number of amine oxide groups present in the polyamine oxide polymer can be varied by appropriate copolymerization or by an appropriate degree of N-oxidation.
  • the ratio of amine to amine N-oxide is from 3 : 1 to 1 : 1000000.
  • the polymers useful in the detergent compositions 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.
  • the amine oxide unit of the polyamine N-oxides has a pKa ( 310, preferably pKa ( 37, more preferred pKa 136.
  • the polyamine oxides can be obtained in almost any degree of polymerization. The degree of polymerization is not critical provided the material has the desired water-solubility and dye-suspending power. Typically, the average molecular weight is within the range of 500 to 1,000,000; more preferred 1,000 to 500,000; most preferred 5,000 to 100,000.
  • poly(4-vinylpyridine-N-oxide) which has an average molecular weight of about 50,000 and an amine to amine N-oxide ratio of about 1 :4.
  • PVNO poly(4-vinylpyridine-N-oxide)
  • polyamine N-oxides useful in the present invention can be synthesized by polymerizing the amine monomer and oxidizing the resulting polymer with a suitable oxidizing agent or the amine oxide monomer may itself be polymerized to obtain the desired polyamine N-oxide.
  • a suitable oxidizing agent or the amine oxide monomer may itself be polymerized to obtain the desired polyamine N-oxide.
  • the detergent compositions of the present invention may also utilize a copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole (also abbreviated herein as "PVPVI"). It has been found that copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole can provide excellent dye transfer inhibiting performance when utilized in the compositions of this invention.
  • PVPVI polyvinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole
  • the copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N- vinylimidazole polymers has an average molecular weight range from 5,000 to 1,000,000, more preferably from 5,000 to 200,000.
  • a highly preferred copolymer for use in detergent compositions according to the present invention has an average molecular weight range from 5,000 to 50,000, more preferably from 8,000 to 30,000 and, most preferably from 10,000 to 20,000.
  • the average molecular weight range is determined by light scattering as described in Barth J. H. G. and Mays J. W. Chemical Analysis Vol 1 13. "Modern Methods of Polymer Characterization", the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • the copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole useful in the present invention can have a molar ratio of N-vinylimidazole to N-vinylpyrrolidone from 1 : 1 to 0.2: 1 , more preferably from 0.8: 1 to 0.3 : 1 , most preferably from 0.6: 1 to 0.4: 1. It should be understood that the copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole can be either linear or branched.
  • Polyethoxylated urethanes which are known for use as associative thickeners in latex compositions are condensation polymers of polyether polyols and isocyanates.
  • the polyethoxylated urethane is prepared in a non-aqueous medium and is the reaction product of at least reactants (a) and (c), but the polymer optionally may include reactants (b) and (d) shown below:
  • the polyether alcohol containing one or more functional hydroxyl groups reactant (a), is typically an adduct of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic polyhydroxy compound such as an adduct of an alkylene oxide and a polyhydric alcohol or polyhydric alcohol ether, a hydroxyl-terminated prepolymer of such adduct and an organic polyisocyanate, or a mixture of such adducts with such prepolymers.
  • the polyether alcohol may contain just one hydroxyl group such as an alkyl polyethylene glycol, an alkylaryl polyethylene glycol, or a polycyclic alkyl polyethylene glycol where the alkyl group contains 1 to about 20 carbon atoms.
  • a convenient source of the hydrophilic polyether polyol adducts is a polyalkylene glycol (also known as a polyoxyalkylene diol) such as polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, or polybutylene glycol of about 200 to about 20,000 molecular weight.
  • adducts of an alkylene oxide and a monofunctional reactant such as a fatty alcohol, a phenol or an amine, or adducts of an alkylene oxide and a difunctional reactant such as an alkanolamine (e.g., ethanolamine) are also useful.
  • Such adducts are also known as diol ethers and alkanolamine ethers.
  • Suitable compounds providing polyether segments also include amino- terminated polyoxyethylenes of the formula
  • x has the value from about 10 to about 200.
  • Reactant (c) a monofunctional hydrophobic organic compound, reacts with one or both terminal functional groups of the reaction product of reactants (a) and (b).
  • a monofunctional hydrophobic organic compound includes both a monofunctional active hydrogen compound and an organic monoisocyanate.
  • the term "monofunctional active hydrogen compound” is defined as an organic compound having only one group which is reactive with isocyanate, such group containing an active hydrogen atom, where any other functional groups, if present, being substantially unreactive to isocyanate.
  • Such compounds include monohydroxy compounds such as alcohols, alcohol ethers; and monoamines; as well as polyfunctional compounds providing the compound is only monofunctional to isocyanates.
  • monofunctional active hydrogen compounds may include for example, the fatty (Ci -C24) alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, octanol, decanol, dodecanol, tetradecanol, hexadecanol, and cyclohexanol; phenolics such as phenol, cresol, octylphenol, nonyl, and dodecyl phenol; alcohol ethers such as the monomethyl, monoethyl and monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol, and the analogous ethers of diethylene glycol; alkyl and alkaryl polyether alcohols such as straight or branched (C1 -C22) alkanol/ethylene oxide and alkyl phenol/ethylene oxide adducts.
  • the fatty (Ci -C24) alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, octanol, decanol, dodecanol, tetradecanol, he
  • Amino compounds may be used in place of all or a portion of the monohydroxy compounds as hydrophobic monofunctional active hydrogen compounds.
  • Amino compounds include primary or secondary aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic amines such as the straight or branched chain alkyl amines, or mixtures thereof, containing about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
  • Suitable amines include n- and t-octyl amine, n-dodecyl amines, C12-C14 or Cjg-C2o t-alkyl amine mixtures, and secondary amines such as N,N-dibenzyl amine.
  • N,N-dicyclohexyl amine and N,N-diphenyl amine may contain more than one active hydrogen atom provided that under normal reaction conditions it is only monofunctional towards an isocyanate group.
  • a primary amine is an example of such a compound.
  • reactant (c) may be a monoisocyanate.
  • the monoisocyanate may include Cg-Cjg straight chain, branched chain, and cyclic isocyanates such as fro example, butyl isocyanate, octyl isocyanate, dodecyl isocyanate, octadecyl isocyanate, and cyclohexyl isocyanate. These isocyanates may be used singly or in mixtures of two or more thereof.
  • reactant (b) inclide di- and triisocyanates, isocyanate-terminated adducts of such polyhydric alcohols and organic di- or triisocyanates, as well as isocyanate-terminated prepolymers of polyalkylene ether glycols and organic di- or triisocyanates. While it is preferred that reactant (b) be an organic polyisocyanate reactants containing one or more functional groups other than isocyanate are also suitable.
  • HDI 1 ,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate
  • MDI 4,4'- methylene diphenylisocyanate
  • the polyisocyanates also include any polyfunctional isocyanate derived from reaction of any of the foregoing isocyanates and an active hydrogen compound having a functionality of at least two, such that at least one isocyanate group remains unreacted, Such isocyanates are equivalent to chain-extending an isocyanate terminated isocyanate/diol reaction product with a reactant containing at least two active hydrogen atoms in a manner well known in polyurethane synthesis.
  • the isocyanates may contain any number of carbon atoms effective to provide the required degree of hydrophobic character. Generally, about 4 to bout 30 carbon atoms are sufficient, the selection depending on the proportion of the other hydrophobic groups and hydrophilic polyether in the product.
  • Reactant (d) a polyhydric alcohol or polyhydric alcohol ether
  • the polyhydric alcohol or polyhydric alcohol ether may be aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic and may be used singly or in a mixtures of either type or mixtures of the two types.
  • reactants and reaction conditions including proportions and molecular weights of reactants, a variety of polymeric products may be obtained that may be linear or complex in structure.
  • the reaction products formed include the following: i) reaction product of at least one water soluble polyether alcohol containing at least one functional hydroxyl group reactant (a), a water insoluble organic polyisocyanate reactant (b) and organic monoisocyanate reactant (c); ii) a reaction product of the reaction (a), wherein the water soluble polyether alcohol contains at least one functional hydroxyl group, and the organic monoisocyanate reactant (c); iii) a reaction product of the reactant (a), the reactant (b) , the organic monoisocyanate reactant (c) and a reactant (d) selected from at least one polyhydric alcohol and polyhydric alcohol ether; iv) a reaction product of the reactant (a) , the water insoluble organic polyisocyanate reactant (b) containing two isocyanate groups, and a monofunctional active hydrogen containing compound; and v) a reaction product of the reactant (a), the water insoluble organic polyisocyanate reactant (a
  • Polyethoxylated urethane useful as dye transfer inhibiting agents generally will inhibit the transfer of dye during laundry process if: i) the polyether segment has a molecular weight of at least 200; ii) the polyethoxylated urethane contains at least one hydrophobic group and at least one water soluble polyether segment; iii) the sum of the carbon atoms in the hydrophobic groups are at least 4; and iv) the total molecular weight is at least 300 to about 60,000.
  • the polymers are prepared according to techniques generally known for the synthesis of urethanes preferably such that no isocyanate remains unreacted. Water should be excluded from the reaction since it will consume isocyanate functionality.
  • the reaction may be run in a solvent medium in order to reduce viscosity in those reactions leading to higher molecular weight products.
  • a solvent is useful when molecular weights of 30,000 or higher are encountered.
  • the solvent should be inert to isocyanate and capable of dissolving the polyoxyalkylene reactant and the urethane product at reaction temperature.
  • reactant proportions and other conditions of reaction such as the selection of the catalyst may be varied to control the geometry, molecular weight and other characteristics of the products, in accordance with will-known principles of polyurethane synthesis.
  • Water soluble or water dispersible acrylamide containing polymers useful for preventing dye deposition, are known for use as thickeners, rheology modifiers, and dispersants.
  • the acrylamide containing polymers are prepared by a free radical initiated polymerization process in the presence of a chain transfer agent.
  • the acrylamide containing polymers are formed from (i) at least one acrylamide of N- substituted acrylamide monomer, and optionally (ii) one or more vinyl monomers described as follows:
  • Rl is hydrogen or C ⁇ -C ⁇ alkyl, preferably hydrogen and methyl
  • R2 and R 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, t-butyl, and isobutyl; or R 2 and R 3 together with the nitrogen, to which R 2 and R 3 are attached, to form three to seven membered monoaromatic nitrogen heterocycles.
  • a vinyl monomer such as a C ⁇ -C ⁇ alkyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxyaryl (meth)acrylate, alkoxyalkyl (metf ⁇ )acrylate, polyalkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, styrene, vinyltoluene, alkyl vin etJiers, such as butyl vinyl ether, amino monomers such as amino-substituted alkyl (meth)acrylates amino-alkyl vinyl ethers, and maleic anhydride.
  • vinyl monomers substituted with carboxylic acid may be used, such as for example, maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, (meth)acrylic acid or the salts thereof.
  • salts of the carboxylic acid substituted vinyl monomer may be formed by partially or completely neutralizing the carboxylic acid substituted vinyl monomers with one or more common base alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, ammonia, low molecular weight amine, or low quaternary salt hydroxides.
  • acrylamide polymers useful in this invention can be prepared by any number of techniques, well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the preferred method is a radical initiated solution polymerization in water or a water and cO-solvent mixtures.
  • the co-solvent may be, for example, tert-butanol, monobutyl ether of ethylene glycol, or diethylene glycol.
  • a less preferred method is precipitation polymerization in a polar organic solvent such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, sec- butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, diethylene glycol ethers, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetone, acetonitrile, dimethylsulfoxide, or tetrahydrofuran, as well as mixtures of these solvents with or without water.
  • a polar organic solvent such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, sec- butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, ethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, diethylene glycol ethers, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, ethy
  • Chain transfer agents may be added in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 12 percent by weight, based on the total weight of reactants added, to the polymerization process to lower the molecular weight of the polymer, or to add hydrophobic groups to the polymer to produce an associative thickener.
  • Chain transfer agents useful for lowering the molecular weight may include for example mercaptans, such as ethyl mercaptan, n-propyl mercaptan, n-amyl mercaptan, hydroxy ethyl mercaptan, mercaptopropionic acid, and mecaptoacetic acid; halogen compounds such as carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene; some primary alkanols such as benzyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, and diethylene glycol; some secondary alcohols such as isopropanol; and bisulfite such as sodium bisulfate.
  • mercaptans such as ethyl mercaptan, n-propyl mercaptan, n-amyl mercaptan, hydroxy ethyl mercaptan, mercaptopropionic acid, and mecaptoacetic acid
  • halogen compounds such as carbon tetrachloride
  • Chain transfer agents useful in producing an associative thickener are water insoluble, and are preferably a long chain alkyl mercaptan, such as n-dodecyl mercaptan, t-dodecyl mercaptan, octyl mercaptan, tetradecyl mercaptan, and hexadecyl mercaptan.
  • the total amount of chain transfer agent added to the polymerization process depends on the efficiency of tiie chain transfer agent.
  • chain transfer agent such as sodium bisulfite
  • chain transfer agent from about 5 to about 12 percent by weight of chain transfer agent may have to be used
  • an efficient chain transfer agent such as a mercaptan
  • only about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent chain transfer agent may have to be used.
  • the molecular weight range of these polymers are from about 2,000 to about 300,000. Preferably, the molecular weight is from about 20,000 to 60,000.
  • the acrylamide containing polymer is formed from about 50 to 100 weight percent of the acrylamide or N-substituted acrylamide monomer (i), and 0 to about 50 weight percent of the vinyl monomer (ii).
  • Acrylamide containing polymers particularly useful in preventing dye deposition are polymers formed where the acrylamide or N-substituted acrylamide monomers is dimetylacrylamide, methylacrylamide, and acrylamide, and mixtures thereof, and the vinyl monomer is nonionic, such as for example the hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate or alkyl (meth)acrylate.
  • Polyamino acids such as poly aspartic acid, polysuccinimide, and copolymers of polyamino acids are useful in combination with the modified polyimines of the present invention as dye transfer inhibitors.
  • Polyamino acids useful in the present invention can be prepared by techniques well know to those skilled in the art.
  • the modified polyamines of the present invention are materials having surface modification properties. A result of this su ⁇ rising property is the ability of these materials to act in conjunction with dye transfer inhibition agents to provided for significantly increased dye transfer inhibition.
  • the dye transfer inhibition enhancing surface modification agents of the present invention are water-soluble or dispersible, bleach stable, modified polyamines comprising polyamine backbones that can be either linear or cyclic.
  • the polyamine backbones can also comprise polyamine branching chains to a greater or lesser degree.
  • the polyamine backbones described herein are modified in such a manner that each nitrogen of the polyamine chain is thereafter described in terms of a unit that is substituted, quatemized, oxidized, or combinations thereof.
  • modification is defined as replacing a backbone -NH hydrogen atom by an E unit (substitution), quaternizing a backbone nitrogen (quatemized) or oxidizing a backbone nitrogen to the N-oxide (oxidized).
  • substitution and “substitution” are used interchangeably when referring to the process of replacing a hydrogen atom attached to a backbone nitrogen with an E unit. Quaternization or oxidation may take place in some circumstances without substitution, but preferably substitution is accompanied by oxidation or quaternization of at least one backbone nitrogen.
  • linear or non-cyclic polyamine backbones that comprise the cotton soil release agents of the present invention have the general formula:
  • said backbones prior to subsequent modification comprise primary, secondary and tertiary amine nitrogens connected by R "linking" units
  • primary amine nitrogens comprising the backbone or branching chain once modified are defined as V or Z "terminal" units.
  • V or Z "terminal" units For example, when a primary amine moiety, located at the end of the main polyamine backbone or branching chain having the structure
  • H 2 N-R]- is modified according to the present invention, it is thereafter defined as a V "terminal" unit, or simply a V unit.
  • V terminal unit
  • some or all of the primary amine moieties can remain unmodified subject to the restrictions further described herein below. These unmodified primary amine moieties by virtue of their position in the backbone chain remain “terminal” units.
  • a primary amine moiety located at the end of the main polyamine backbone having the structure
  • -NH 2 is modified according to the present invention, it is thereafter defined as a Z "terminal" unit, or simply a Z unit. This unit can remain unmodified subject to the restrictions further described herein below.
  • secondary amine nitrogens comprising the backbone or branching chain once modified are defined as W "backbone" units.
  • W backbone
  • —[N-R]- is modified according to the present invention, it is thereafter defined as a W "backbone” unit, or simply a W unit.
  • W backbone
  • some or all of the secondary amine moieties can remain unmodified. These unmodified secondary amine moieties by virtue of their position in the backbone chain remain “backbone” units.
  • tertiary amine nitrogens comprising the backbone or branching chain once modified are further referred to as Y "branching" units.
  • Y tertiary amine nitrogens comprising the backbone or branching chain once modified.
  • I — [N-R]- is modified according to the present invention, it is thereafter defined as a Y "branching" unit, or simply a Y unit.
  • some or all or the tertiary amine moieties can remain unmodified. These unmodified tertiary amine moieties by virtue of their position in the backbone chain remain "branching" units.
  • the R units associated with the V, W and Y unit nitrogens which serve to connect the polyamine nitrogens, are described herein below.
  • V(n-k+l)W m YnY'kZ for cyclic polyamine cotton soil release polymers.
  • the polyamine backbone has the formula
  • polyamine backbones of the present invention comprise no rings.
  • a fully non-branched linear modified polyamine according to the present invention has the formula
  • n is equal to 0.
  • n the lower the ratio of m to n
  • degree of branching in the molecule typically the value for m ranges from a minimum value of 4 to about 400, however larger values of m, especially when the value of the index n is very low or nearly 0, are also preferred.
  • Each polyamine nitrogen whether primary, secondary or tertiary, once modified according to the present invention, is further defined as being a member of one of three general classes; simple substituted, quatemized or oxidized. Those polyamine nitrogen units not modified are classed into V, W, Y, or Z units depending on whether they are primary, secondary or tertiary nitrogens. That is unmodified primary amine nitrogens are V or Z units, unmodified secondary amine nitrogens are W units and unmodified tertiary amine nitrogens are Y units for the purposes of the present invention.
  • Modified primary amine moieties are defined as V "terminal" units having one of three forms: a) simple substituted units having the structure:
  • Modified secondary amine moieties are defined as W "backbone" units having one of three forms: a) simple substituted units having the structure:
  • Modified tertiary amine moieties are defined as Y "branching" units having one of three forms: a) unmodified units having the structure:
  • Certain modified primary amine moieties are defined as Z "terminal" units having one of three forms: a) simple substituted units having the structure:
  • a primary amine unit comprising one E unit in the form of a hydroxyethyl moiety is a V terminal unit having the formula (HOCH 2 CH 2 )HN-.
  • Non-cyclic polyamine backbones according to the present invention comprise only one Z unit whereas cyclic polyamines can comprise no Z units.
  • the Z "terminal” unit can be substituted with any of the E units described further herein below, except when the Z unit is modified to form an N-oxide. In the case where the Z unit nitrogen is oxidized to an N-oxide, the nitrogen must be modified and therefore E cannot be a hydrogen.
  • the polyamines of the present invention comprise backbone R "linking" units that serve to connect the nitrogen atoms of the backbone.
  • R units comprise units that for the pu ⁇ oses of the present invention are referred to as "hydrocarbyl R" units and “oxy R” units.
  • the "hydrocarbyl” R units are C2-Q2 alkylene, C4-C12 alkenylene, C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene wherein the hydroxyl moiety may take any position on the R unit chain except the carbon atoms directly connected to the polyamine backbone nitrogens; C4- C12 dihydroxyalkylene wherein the hydroxyl moieties may occupy any two of the carbon atoms of the R unit chain except those carbon atoms directly connected to the polyamine backbone nitrogens; C8-C12 dialkylarylene which for the purpose of the- present invention are arylene moieties having two alkyl substituent groups as part of the linking chain.
  • a dialkylarylene unit has the formula
  • the unit need not be 1 ,4-substituted, but can also be 1,2 or 1,3 substituted C 2 - C12 alkylene, preferably ethylene, 1,2 -propylene, and mixtures thereof, more preferably ethylene.
  • the "oxy" R units comprise -(R 1 O) x R 5 (OR 1 ) x -,
  • R units are C2-C12 alkylene, C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene, C4-C 12 dihydroxyalkylene, Cg-C 12 dialkylarylene, -(R * O) x R ⁇ -, - CH 2 CH(OR2)CH 2 -, -(CH2CH(OH)CH2 ⁇ ) z (R 1 O) y Rl(OCH 2 CH-(OH)CH2) w -, - (Rl ⁇ ) ⁇ R5(ORl) ⁇ -, more preferred R units are C2-C12 alkylene, C3-C12 hydroxy ⁇ alkylene, C4-C12 dihydroxyalkylene, -(Rl ⁇ ) x R 5 (OR 1 ) x -, (CH2CH(OH)CH2 ⁇ ) z (R 1 O) y R 1 (OCH 2 CH-(OH)CH2) w -, and mixtures thereof, even more preferred R units are C2-C12 alkylene, C3 hydroxyalkylene, and mixtures thereof
  • Rl units are C2-C6 alkylene, and mixtures thereof, preferably ethylene.
  • R ⁇ is hydrogen, and -(R*O) x B, preferably hydrogen.
  • R3 is C ⁇ -C ⁇ g alkyl, C7-C12 arylalkylene, C7-C12 alkyl substituted aryl, C6-C12 aryl, and mixtures thereof, preferably C1-C12 alkyl, C7-C12 arylalkylene, more preferably Cj-Ci2 alkyl, most preferably methyl.
  • R ⁇ units serve as part of E units described herein below.
  • R 4 is Cj-C 12 alkylene, C4-C12 alkenylene, Cg-Cj2 arylalkylene, Cg-Cjo arylene, preferably C J -C J O alkylene, Cg-Cj2 arylalkylene, more preferably C2-Cg alkylene, most preferably ethylene or butylene.
  • R5 is C1-C12 alkylene, C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene, C4-C12 dihydroxyalkylene, Cg-C 12 dialkylarylene, -C(O)-, -C(O)NHR6NHC(O)-, -C(O)(R 4 ) r C(O)-, -R 1 (ORl )-, -CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 O(R 1 0) y Rl OCH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 -, -C(O)(R 4 ) r C(O)-, -CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 -, R 5 is preferably ethylene, -C(O)-, -C(O)NHR6NHC(O)-, -R 1 (OR 1 )-, -CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 -, -CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 O(R 1 O ⁇ R 1 OCH 2 CH-(OH)CH 2 -, more preferably
  • R ⁇ is C2-C12 alkylene or Q5-C12 arylene.
  • the preferred "oxy" R units are further defined in terms of the R 1 , R2, and R 5 units.
  • Preferred "oxy" R units comprise the preferred R 1 , R ⁇ , and R ⁇ units.
  • the preferred cotton soil release agents of the present invention comprise at least 50% R* units that are ethylene.
  • Preferred R 1 , R ⁇ , and R ⁇ units are combined with the "oxy" R units to yield the preferred "oxy” R units in the following manner.
  • E units are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C22 alkyl, C3- C 2 2 alkenyl, C7-C22 arylalkyl, C2-C22 hydroxyalkyl, -(CH2) p CO2M, -(CH 2 ) q SO3M, - CH(CH 2 CO 2 M)CO2M, -(CH 2 )pPO 3 M, -(R ⁇ B, -C(O)R 3 , preferably hydrogen, C 2 - C 2 2 hydroxyalkylene, benzyl, C1-C22 alkylene, -(R ⁇ B, -C(O)R 3 , -(CH 2 ) p CO2M, - (CH 2 ) q SO3M, -CH(CH2CO2M)CO2M, more preferably C 1 -C 2 2 alkylene, -(R 1 0) x B, -C(O)R3, -(CH 2 ) p C ⁇
  • E units do not comprise hydrogen atom when the V, W or Z units are oxidized, that is the nitrogens are N-oxides.
  • the backbone chain or branching chains do not comprise units of the following structure:
  • E units do not comprise carbonyl moieties directly bonded to a nitrogen atom when the V, W or Z units are oxidized, that is, the nitrogens are N-oxides.
  • the E unit -C(O)R 3 moiety is not bonded to an N- oxide modified nitrogen, that is, there are no N-oxide amides having the structure
  • B is hydrogen, C;-C 6 alkyl, -(CH 2 ) q SO 3 M, -(CH 2 ) p CO 2 M, -(CH 2 ) q - (CHSO 3 M)CH 2 SO 3 M, -(CH2) q (CHSO 2 M)CH2SO 3 M, -(CH 2 ) p PO 3 M, -PO 3 M, preferably hydrogen, -(CH 2 ) q SO 3 M, -(CH 2 ) q (CHSO 3 M)CH2SO3M, -(CH 2 ) q - (CHSO2M)CH2SO3M, more preferably hydrogen or -(CH2) q SO3M.
  • M is hydrogen or a water soluble cation in sufficient amount to satisfy charge balance.
  • a sodium cation equally satisfies -(CH2) p CO2M, and (CH2) q SO3M, thereby resulting in -(CH2) p CO2Na, and -(CH2) q SO3Na moieties.
  • More than one monovalent cation, (sodium, potassium, etc.) can be combined to satisfy the required chemical charge balance.
  • more than one anionic group may be charge balanced by a divalent cation, or more than one mono-valent cation may be necessary to satisfy the charge requirements of a poly-anionic radical.
  • a - (CH2) p PO3M moiety substituted with sodium atoms has the formula -(CH2) p PO3Na3.
  • Divalent cations such as calcium (Ca2 + ) or magnesium (Mg2+) may be substituted for or combined with other suitable mono-valent water soluble cations.
  • Preferred cations are sodium and potassium, more preferred is sodium.
  • X is a water soluble anion such as chlorine (Cl"), bromine (Br) and iodine (I") or X can be any negatively charged radical such as sulfate (SO4 ⁇ -) and methosulfate (CH3SO3-).
  • the formula indices have the following values: p has the value from 1 to 6, q has the value from 0 to 6; r has the value 0 or 1 ; w has the value 0 or 1 , x has the value from 1 to 100; y has the value from 0 to 100; z has the value 0 or 1 ; k has a value less than n, typically the value of k is less than 20; m has the value from 4 to about 400, n has the value from 0 to about 200; m + n has the value of at least 5.
  • the preferred dye transfer inhibition enhancers of the present invention comprise polyamine backbones wherein less than about 50% of the R groups comprise "oxy" R units, preferably less than about 20% , more preferably less than 5%, most preferably the R units comprise no "oxy" R units.
  • the most preferred dye transfer inhibition enhancers which comprise no "oxy" R units comprise polyamine backbones wherein less than 50% of the R groups comprise more than 3 carbon atoms.
  • ethylene, 1 ,2-propylene, and 1,3-propylene comprise 3 or less carbon atoms and are the preferred "hydrocarbyl" R units. That is when backbone R units are C 2 -C ⁇ 2 alkylene, preferred is C2-C3 alkylene, most preferred is ethylene.
  • the dye transfer inhibition enhancers of the present invention comprise modified homogeneous and non-homogeneous polyamine backbones, wherein 100% or less of the -NH units are modified.
  • the term "homogeneous polyamine backbone” is defined as a polyamine backbone having R units that are the same (i.e., all ethylene). However, this sameness definition does not exclude polyamines that comprise other extraneous units comprising the polymer backbone which are present due to an artifact of the chosen method of chemical synthesis.
  • ethanolamine may be used as an "initiator" in the synthesis of polyethyleneimines, therefore a sample of polyethyleneimine that comprises one hydroxyethyl moiety resulting from the polymerization "initiator” would be considered to comprise a homogeneous polyamine backbone for the pu ⁇ oses of the present invention.
  • a polyamine backbone comprising all ethylene R units wherein no branching Y units are present is a homogeneous backbone.
  • a polyamine backbone comprising all ethylene R units is a homogeneous backbone regardless of the degree of branching or the number of cyclic branches present.
  • non-homogeneous polymer backbone refers to polyamine backbones that are a composite of various R unit lengths and R unit types.
  • a non-homogeneous backbone comprises R units that are a mixture of ethylene and 1,2-propylene units.
  • a mixture of "hydrocarbyl” and “oxy” R units is not necessary to provide a non- homogeneous backbone. The proper manipulation of these "R unit chain lengths" provides the formulator with the ability to modify the solubility and fabric substantivity of the cotton soil release agents of the present invention.
  • Preferred dye transfer inhibition enhancers of the present invention comprise homogeneous polyamine backbones that are totally or partially substituted by polyethyleneoxy moieties, totally or partially quatemized amines, nitrogens totally or partially oxidized to N-oxides, and mixtures thereof.
  • polyethyleneoxy moieties totally or partially quatemized amines
  • nitrogens totally or partially oxidized to N-oxides, and mixtures thereof.
  • not all backbone amine nitrogens must be modified in the same manner, the choice of modification being left to the specific needs of the formulator.
  • the degree of ethoxylation is also determined by the specific requirements of the formulator.
  • the preferred polyamines that comprise the backbone of the compounds of the present invention are generally polyalkyleneamines (PAA's), polyalkyleneimines (PAI's), preferably polyethyleneamine (PEA's), polyethyleneimines (PEI's), or PEA's or PEI's connected by moieties having longer R units than the parent PAA's, PAI's, PEA's or PEI's.
  • a common polyalkyleneamine (PAA) is tetrabutylenepentamine. PEA's are obtained by reactions involving ammonia and ethylene dichloride, followed by fractional distillation. The common PEA's obtained are triethylenetetramine (TETA) and teraethylenepentamine (TEPA).
  • the cogenerically derived mixture does not appear to separate by distillation and can include other materials such as cyclic amines and particularly piperazines. There can also be present cyclic amines with side chains in which nitrogen atoms appear. See U.S. Patent 2,792,372, Dickinson, issued May 14, 1957, which describes the preparation of PEA's.
  • Preferred amine polymer backbones comprise R units that are C2 alkylene (ethylene) units, also known as polyethylenimines (PEI's).
  • Preferred PEI's have at least moderate branching, that is the ratio of m to n is less than 4:1, however PEI's having a ratio of m to n of about 2:1 are most preferred.
  • Preferred backbones, prior to modification have the general formula:
  • PEI's prior to modification, will have a molecular weight greater than about 200 daltons.
  • the relative proportions of primary, secondary and tertiary amine units in the polyamine backbone will vary, depending on the manner of preparation.
  • Each hydrogen atom attached to each nitrogen atom of the polyamine backbone chain represents a potential site for subsequent substitution, quaternization or oxidation.
  • polyamines can be prepared, for example, by polymerizing ethyleneimine in the presence of a catalyst such as carbon dioxide, sodium bisulfite, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, etc.
  • a catalyst such as carbon dioxide, sodium bisulfite, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, etc.
  • Specific methods for preparing these polyamine backbones are disclosed in U.S. Patent 2,182,306, Ulrich et al., issued December 5, 1939; U.S. Patent 3,033,746, Mayle et al., issued May 8, 1962; U.S. Patent 2,208,095, Esselmann et al., issued July 16, 1940; U.S. Patent 2,806,839, Crowther, issued September 17, 1957; and U.S. Patent 2,553,696, Wilson, issued May 21, 1951 ; all herein inco ⁇ orated by reference.
  • Formula I depicts a dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent comprising a PEI backbone wherein all substitutable nitrogens are modified by replacement of hydrogen with a polyoxyalkyleneoxy unit, -(CH2CH2 ⁇ )7H, having the formula
  • Formula I This is an example of a cotton soil release polymer that is fully modified by one type of moiety.
  • Formula II depicts a dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent comprising a PEI backbone wherein all substitutable primary amine nitrogens are modified by replacement of hydrogen with a polyoxyalkyleneoxy unit, -(CH2CH2 ⁇ )7H, the molecule is then modified by subsequent oxidation of all oxidizable primary and secondary nitrogens to N-oxides, said dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent having the formula
  • Formula II Formula III depicts a dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent comprising a PEI backbone wherein all backbone hydrogen atoms are substituted and some backbone amine units are quatemized.
  • the substituents are polyoxyalkyleneoxy units, - (CH2CH2 ⁇ )7H, or methyl groups.
  • the modified PEI dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent has the formula
  • Formula III depicts a dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent comprising a PEI backbone wherein the backbone nitrogens are modified by substitution (i.e. by - (CH2CH 2 O)7H or methyl), quatemized, oxidized to N-oxides or combinations thereof.
  • the resulting dye transfer inhibition enhancement agent has the formula
  • not all nitrogens of a unit class comprise the same modification.
  • the present invention allows the formulator to have a portion of the secondary amine nitrogens ethoxylated while having other secondary amine nitrogens oxidized to N-oxides.
  • This also applies to the primary amine nitrogens, in that the formulator may choose to modify all or a portion of the primary amine nitrogens with one or more substituents prior to oxidation or quaternization. Any possible combination of E groups can be substituted on the primary and secondary amine nitrogens, except for the restrictions described herein above.
  • METHOD OF USE Present invention relates to methods of providing dye transfer inhibition benefits to dyed or colored fabric.
  • the method comprises the step of contacting said dyed or colored fabric with a water-soluble or dispersible, bleach stable, modified polyamine fabric surface modifying agent, said agent comprising a polyamine backbone corresponding to the formula:
  • V units are terminal units having the formula:
  • W units are backbone units having the formula:
  • Y units are branching units having the formula:
  • backbone linking R units are selected from die group consisting of C2-C12 alkylene, C4-C12 alkenylene, C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene, C4-C12 dihydroxy-alkylene, Cg-C 12 dialkylarylene, -(R ⁇ R 1 -, -(Rl ⁇ ) x R 5 (ORl) x -, -(CH 2 CH(OR 2 )CH 2 O) z - (R 1 O) y Rl(OCH 2 CH(OR 2 )CH2) w - 5 -C(O)(R 4 ) r C(O)-, -CH 2 CH(OR 2 )CH 2 -, and mixtures thereof; wherein R 1 is C2-C6 alkylene and mixtures thereof; R 2 is hydrogen, - (R J O) x B, and mixtures thereof; R 3 is Cj-Cig alkyl, C7-C12 arylalkyl, C7-C12 alkyl substituted
  • R 6 is C2-C12 alkylene or C6-C12 arylene
  • E units are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C ⁇ -C 2 2 alkyl, C3-C22 alkenyl, C7-C22 arylalkyl, C2-C22 hydroxyalkyl, -(CH2) p CO 2 M, -(CH 2 ) q SO 3 M, -CH(CH 2 CO 2 M)-CO 2 M, - (CH2) p PO3M, -(R 1 O) x B, -C(O)R 3 , and mixtures thereof; provided that when any E unit of a nitrogen is a hydrogen, said nitrogen is not also an N-oxide; B is hydrogen, C j -Cg alkyl, -(CH 2 ) q -SO 3 M,
  • compositions comprising bleaching agents commonly used to clean white fabrics are compatible with the fabric surface modifying agents of the present invention.
  • the present invention also provides a method for laundering colored fabrics with little or no dye transfer taking place. Such a method employs contacting these fabrics with an aqueous washing solution formed from an effective amount of the detergent compositions hereinbefore described. Contacting of fabrics with washing solution will generally occur under conditions of agitation.
  • the detersive surfactants suitable for use in the present invention are cationic, anionic, nonionic, amphoiytic, zwitterionic, and mixtures thereof, further described herein below.
  • the laundry detergent composition may be in any suitable form, for example, high density liquids, light liquids or other pourable forms in addition to granules or laundry bars.
  • the cotton soil release polymers of the present invention can be formulated into any detersive matrix chosen by the formulator.
  • the laundry detergent compositions according to the present invention may additionally comprise at least about 0.01%, preferably at least about 0.1%, more preferably at least about 1% by weight, of the following detersive surfactants.
  • Nonlimiting examples of surfactants useful herein typically at levels from about 1% to about 55%, by weight, include the conventional Cn-Cjg alkyl benzene sulfonates ("LAS") and primary, branched-chain and random C10-C20 alkyl sulfates ("AS”), the ⁇ o-C is secondary (2,3) alkyl sulfates of the formula CH3(CH2) ⁇ (CHOSO 3 " M + ) CH3 and CH3 (CH2) y (CHOS ⁇ 3 " M + ) CH2CH3 where x and (y + 1) are integers of at least about 7, preferably at least about 9, and M is a water-solubilizing cation, especially sodium, unsaturated sulfates such as oleyl sulfate, the C 1
  • the conventional nonionic and amphoteric surfactants such as the C ⁇ -Cjg alkyl ethoxylates ("AE") including the so-called narrow peaked alkyl ethoxylates and Cg-C ⁇ alkyl phenol alkoxylates (especially etiioxylates and mixed ethoxy /propoxy), Ci2-C ⁇ g betaines and sulfobetaines ("sultaines”), CiQ-Cjg amine oxides, and the like, can also be included in the overall compositions.
  • the Cjo- C j g N-alkyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amides can also be used. Typical examples include the Ci2-C ⁇ g N-methylglucamides. See WO 9,206,154.
  • sugar-derived surfactants include the N-alkoxy polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, such as Cjo-Cjg N-(3- methoxypropyl) glucamide.
  • the N-propyl through N-hexyl Ci2-C ⁇ g glucamides can be used for low sudsing.
  • C10-C20 conventional soaps may also be used. If high sudsing is desired, the branched-chain C 10-C16 soaps may be used. Mixtures of anionic and nonionic surfactants are especially useful. Other conventional useful surfactants are listed in standard texts.
  • the detergent compositions herein preferably comprise at least about 5% by weight, of an anionic surfactant, preferably from about 5% to 60% by weight of an anionic surfactant component. More preferably such compositions comprise from about 10% to 40% by weight of this anionic surfactant component.
  • a substantial portion, i.e., at least 50%, and more preferably at least 75%, of the anionic surfactant component will comprise ethoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactants.
  • ethoxylated alkyl sulfates are those which correspond to the formula:
  • R 2 -O-(C 2 H 4 O) n -SO 3 M wherein R 2 is a C10-C22 alkyl group, n is from about 1 to 20, and M is a salt-forming cation.
  • R 2 is Ci2-C]g alkyl, n is from about 1 to 15, and M is sodium, potassium, ammonium, alkylammonium or alkanolammonium.
  • R 2 is Cl 2-C 16 n i s fr° m about 1 to 6 and M is sodium.
  • alkyl ether sulfates will generally be used in the form of mixtures comprising varying R2 chain lengths and varying degrees of ethoxylation. Frequently such mixtures will inevitably also contain some unethoxylated alkyl sulfate materials, i.e. surfactants of the above ethoxylated alkyl sulfate formula wherein n is equal to 0. Such unethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactants tend to be less effective than are ethoxylated alkyl sulfates at inhibiting dye transfer in the context of the compositions of the present invention.
  • anionic surfactant component herein contain no more than about 50% by weight of such component of unethoxylated alkyl sulfate materials. Preferably no more than about 25% by weight of the anionic surfactant component will comprise unethoxylated alkyl sulfates.
  • the anionic surfactant component of the compositions herein may also contain additional optional anionic surfactants so long as such additional optional materials are compatible with other composition components and do not substantially adversely effect composition performance, e.g., dye transfer inhibition or composition stability.
  • additional optional anionic surfactants which may be employed include in general the carboxylate-type anionics.
  • Carboxylate-type anionics include fatty acid, e.g.
  • anionic surfactant which should not be utilized in the anionic surfactant component of the compositions herein comprises the sulfonated anionics which are alkyl benzene sulfonates. It has been found that non-bleach activating sulfonated anionic surfactants like linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) tend to interfere with the effectiveness of the polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents used herein to reduce transfer of dyes between fabrics during fabric laundering operations. Accordingly, the anionic surfactant component of the detergent compositions herein should be substantially free of such alkyl benzene sulfonate anionic surfactant materials.
  • LAS linear alkyl benzene sulfonate
  • the detergent compositions herein also preferably comprise from about 5% by weight of a non-ionic surfactant, preferably from about 1% to 20% by weight of an nonionic surfactant component. More preferably such compositions will comprise from about 2% to 10% by weight of this nonionic surfactant component.
  • the nonionic surfactant component essentially comprises one, and preferably both, of two specific types of nonionic surfactant materials. These are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides and alcohol ethoxylates.
  • nonionic surfactants are the polyhydroxy fatty acid amides having the formula:
  • R 7 is C5-C31 alkyl, preferably straight chain C7-C19 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably straight chain C9-C17 alkyl or alkenyl, most preferably straight chain Cj 1-C15 alkyl or alkenyl, or mixtures thereof;
  • R ⁇ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl, preferably methyl or ethyl, more preferably methyl.
  • Q is a polyhydroxyalkyl moiety having a linear alkyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative thereof; preferred alkoxy is ethoxy or propoxy, and mixtures thereof.
  • Preferred Q is derived from a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction. More preferably Q is a glycityl moiety.
  • Suitable reducing sugars include glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose, and xylose.
  • high dextrose com syrup, high fructose com syrup, and high maltose com syrup can be utilized as well as the individual sugars listed above. These com syrups may yield a mix of sugar components for Q. It should be understood that it is by no means intended to exclude other suitable raw materials.
  • Q is more preferably selected from the group consisting of -CH2(CHOH) n CH 2 OH,-CH(CH2OH)(CHOH) n _i CH 2 OH, -CH 2 (CHOH) 2 - (CHOR')(CHOH)CH2OH, and alkoxylated derivatives thereof, wherein n is an integer from 3 to 5, inclusive, and R' is hydrogen or a cyclic or aliphatic monosaccharide. Most preferred substituents for the Q moiety are glycityls wherein n is 4, particularly -CH 2 (CHOH) 4 CH 2 OH.
  • R 7 CO-N ⁇ can be, for example, cocamide, stearamide, oleamide, lauramide, myristamide, capricamide, palmitamide, tallowamide, etc.
  • R8 can be, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, 2-hydroxy ethyl, or 2-hydroxy propyl.
  • Q can be 1 -deoxyglucityl, 2-deoxyfructityl, 1 -deoxymaltityl, 1 -deoxylactityl, 1- deoxygalactityl, 1-deoxymannityl, 1-deoxymaltotriotityl, etc.
  • a particularly desirable surfactant of this type for use in the compositions herein is alkyl-N-methyl glucomide, a compound of the above formula wherein R 7 is alkyl (preferably C ⁇ ⁇ -C ⁇ 2), R&, is methyl and Q is 1 -deoxyglucityl.
  • R 7 is alkyl (preferably C ⁇ ⁇ -C ⁇ 2), R&, is methyl and Q is 1 -deoxyglucityl.
  • polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic when used in the nonionic surfactant component of the detergent compositions herein, it will generally be present to the extent of from about 1% to 20% by weight of the composition. More preferably, polyhydroxy fatty acid amide nonionic can comprise from about 2% to 10% by weight of the compositions herein.
  • ethoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic surfactant Such materials are those which correspond to the general formula:
  • R 1 (C 2 H 4 O) n OH wherein Rl is a Cg - C ⁇ 6 alkyl group or a C ⁇ - C12 alkylphenol group and n ranges from about 1 to 80.
  • R ⁇ is an alkyl group, which may be primary or secondary, that contains from about 9 to 15 carbon atoms, more preferably from about 10 to 14 carbon atoms.
  • the ethoxylated fatty alcohols will contain from about 2 to 12 ethylene oxide moieties per molecule, more preferably from about 3 to 10 ethylene oxide moieties per molecule.
  • the ethoxylated fatty alcohol nonionic surfactant will frequently have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) which ranges from about 3 to 17. More preferably, the HLB of this material will range from about 6 to 15, most preferably from about 10 to 15.
  • HLB hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
  • fatty alcohol ethoxylates useful as the essential liquid nonionic surfactant in the compositions herein will include those which are made from alcohols of 12 to 15 carbon atoms and which contain about 7 moles of ethylene oxide. Such materials have been commercially marketed under the trade names Neodol 25-7 and Neodol 23-6.5 by Shell Chemical Company.
  • Neodols include Neodol 1-5, an ethoxylated fatty alcohol averaging 1 1 carbon atoms in its alkyl chain with about 5 moles of ethylene oxide; Neodol 23-9, an ethoxylated primary Cj2 - C13 alcohol having about 9 moles of ethylene oxide and Neodol 91-10, an ethoxylated C9 - C ⁇ ⁇ primary alcohol having about 10 moles of ethylene oxide. Alcohol ethoxylates of this type have also been marketed by Shell Chemical Company under the Dobanol tradename.
  • Dobanol 91-5 is an ethoxylated C9-C1 ⁇ fatty alcohol with an average of 5 moles ethylene oxide and Dobanol 25-7 is an ethoxylated C12-C15 fatty alcohol with an average of 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of fatty alcohol.
  • Suitable ethoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactants include Tergitol 15-S-7 and Tergitol 15-S-9 both of which are linear secondary alcohol ethoxylates that have been commercially marketed by Union Carbide Co ⁇ oration.
  • the former is a mixed ethoxylation product of C ⁇ ⁇ to C15 linear secondary alkanol with 7 moles of ethylene oxide and the latter is a similar product but with 9 moles of ethylene oxide being reacted.
  • Alcohol ethoxylate nonionics useful in the present compositions are higher molecular weight nonionics, such as Neodol 45-1 1, which are similar ethylene oxide condensation products of higher fatty alcohols, with the higher fatty alcohol being of 14-15 carbon atoms and the number of ethylene oxide groups per mole being about 1 1. Such products have also been commercially marketed by Shell Chemical Company.
  • Alcohol ethoxylate nonionic is used in the nonionic surfactant component of the detergent compositions herein, it will generally be present to the extent of from about 0.5% to 10% by weight of the composition. More preferably, alcohol ethoxylate nonionic will comprise from about 1% to 5% by weight of the compositions herein.
  • SRA polymeric soil release agents
  • SRA's will generally comprise from 0.01% to 10.0%, typically from 0.1% to 5%, preferably from 0.2% to 3.0% by weight, of the compositions.
  • Preferred SRA's typically have 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, thereby serving as an anchor for the hydrophilic segments. This can enable stains occurring subsequent to treatment with the SRA to be more easily cleaned in later washing procedures.
  • SRA's can include a variety of charged, e.g., anionic or even cationic species, see U.S. 4,956,447, issued September 11, 1990 to Gosselink, et al., as well as noncharged monomer units, and their structures may be linear, branched or even star-shaped. They may include capping moieties which are especially effective in controlling molecular weight or altering the physical or surface-active properties. Structures and charge distributions may be tailored for application to different fiber or textile types and for varied detergent or detergent additive products.
  • Preferred SRA's include oligomeric terephthalate esters, typically prepared by processes involving at least one transesterification/oligomerization, often with a metal catalyst such as a titanium(IV) alkoxide. Such esters may be made using additional monomers capable of being inco ⁇ orated into the ester structure through one, two, three, four or more positions, without, of course, forming a densely crosslinked overall structure.
  • SRA's include the nonionic end-capped 1,2-propylene/polyoxyethylene terephthalate polyesters of U.S. 4,711,730, December 8, 1987 to Gosselink et al., for example those produced by transesterification/oligomerization of poly(ethyleneglycol) methyl ether, DMT, PG and poly(ethyleneglycol) ("PEG").
  • SRA's include: the partly- and fully- anionic-end-capped oligomeric esters of U.S.
  • Gosselink such as oligomers from ethylene glycol ("EG"), PG, DMT and Na-3,6-dioxa-8-hydroxyoctanesulfonate; and the anionic, especially sulfoaroyl, end-capped terephthalate esters of U.S. 4,877,896, October 31, 1989 to Maldonado, the latter being typical of SRA's useful in both laundry and fabric conditioning products, an example being an ester composition made from m- sulfobenzoic acid monosodium salt, PG and DMT, optionally but preferably further comprising added PEG, e.g., PEG 3400.
  • SRA's also include: simple copolymeric blocks of ethylene terephthalate or propylene terephthalate with polyethylene oxide or polypropylene oxide terephthalate, see U.S. 3,959,230 to Hays, May 25, 1976 and U.S. 3,893,929 to Basadur, July 8, 1975; cellulosic derivatives such as the hydroxyether cellulosic polymers available as METHOCEL from Dow; the Ci -C4 alkyl celluloses and C4 hydroxyalkyl celluloses, see U.S.
  • methyl cellulose ethers having an average degree of substitution (methyl) per anhydroglucose unit from about 1.6 to about 2.3 and a solution viscosity of from about 80 to about 120 centipoise measured at 20°C as a 2% aqueous solution.
  • Such materials are available as METOLOSE SMI 00 and METOLOSE SM200, which are the trade names of methyl cellulose ethers manufactured by Shin-etsu Kagaku Kogyo KK.
  • Suitable SRA's characterised by poly(vinyl ester) hydrophobe segments include graft copolymers of poly(vinyl ester), e.g., Cj-Cg vinyl esters, preferably poly(vinyl acetate), grafted onto polyalkylene oxide backbones. See European Patent Application 0 219 048, published April 22, 1987 by Kud, et al. Commercially available examples include SOKALAN SRA's such as SOKALAN HP-22, available from BASF, Germany. Other SRA's are polyesters with repeat units containing 10-15% by weight of ethylene terephthalate together with 80-90% by weight of polyoxyethylene terephthalate derived from a polyoxyethylene glycol of average molecular weight 300-5,000. Commercial examples include ZELCON 5126 from Dupont and MILEASE T from ICL
  • SRA is an oligomer having empirical formula (CAP)2(EG/PG)5(T) 5 (SIP) ⁇ which comprises terephthaloyl (T), sulfoisophthaloyl (SIP), oxyethyleneoxy and oxy-l,2-propylene (EG/PG) units and which is preferably terminated with end-caps (CAP), preferably modified isethionates, as in an oligomer comprising one sulfoisophthaloyl unit, 5 terephthaloyl units, oxyethyleneoxy and oxy- 1 ,2-propyleneoxy units in a defined ratio, preferably about 0.5:1 to about 10: 1, and two end-cap units derived from sodium 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-ethanesulfonate.
  • CAP empirical formula
  • Said SRA preferably further comprises from 0.5% to 20%, by weight of the oligomer, of a crystallinity-reducing stabilizer, for example an anionic surfactant such as linear sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate or a member selected from xylene-, cumene-, and toluene- sulfonates or mixtures thereof, these stabilizers or modifiers being introduced into the synthesis vessel, all as taught in U.S. 5,415,807, Gosselink, Pan, Kellett and Hall, issued May 16, 1995.
  • Suitable monomers for the above SRA include Na-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)- ethanesulfonate, DMT, Na-dimethyl-5-sulfoisophthalate, EG and PG.
  • SRA's include: (I) nonionic terephtiialates using diisocyanate coupling agents to link polymeric ester structures, see U.S. 4,201,824, Violland et al. and U.S. 4,240,918 Lagasse et al.; and (II) SRA's with carboxylate terminal groups made by adding trimellitic anhydride to known SRA's to convert terminal hydroxyl groups to trimellitate esters. With the proper selection of catalyst, the trimellitic anhydride forms linkages to the terminals of the polymer through an ester of the isolated carboxylic acid of trimellitic anhydride rather than by opening of the anhydride linkage.
  • Either nonionic or anionic SRA's may be used as starting materials as long as they have hydroxyl terminal groups which may be esterified. See U.S. 4,525,524 Tung et al..
  • Other classes include: (III) anionic terephthalate-based SRA's of the urethane-linked variety, see U.S. 4,201,824, Violland et al.; (IV) poly(vinyl caprolactam) and related co-polymers with monomers such as vinyl pyrrolidone and/or dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, including both nonionic and cationic polymers, see U.S.
  • Still other classes include: (VI) grafts of vinyl monomers such as acrylic acid and vinyl acetate onto proteins such as caseins, see EP 457,205 A to BASF (1991); and (VII) polyester- polyamide SRA's prepared by condensing adipic acid, caprolactam, and polyethylene glycol, especially for treating polyamide fabrics, see Bevan et al., DE 2,335,044 to Unilever N. V., 1974.
  • Other useful SRA's are described in U.S. Patents 4,240,918, 4,787,989 and 4,525,524.
  • Suitable for use in the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention are the following preferred soil release polymers comprising: a) a backbone comprising: i) at least one moiety having the formula:
  • R ⁇ is C2-Cg linear alkylene, C3-C6 branched alkylene, C5-C7 cyclic alkylene, and mixtures thereof;
  • R ⁇ ® is independently selected from hydrogen or -L-SO3"M + ; wherein L is a side chain moiety selected from the group consisting of alkylene, oxyalkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene, arylene, oxyarylene, alkyleneoxyarylene, poly(oxyalkylene), oxyalkyleneoxyarylene, poly(oxyalkylene)oxyarlyene, alkylenepoly(oxyalkylene),and mixtures thereof; M is hydrogen or a salt forming cation; i has the value of 0 or 1; iii) at least one trifunctional, ester-forming, branching moiety; iv) at least one 1,2-oxyalkyleneoxy moiety; and b) one or more capping units comprising: i) ethoxylated or propoxylated hydroxyethanes
  • M is a salt forming cation such as sodium or tetralkylammonium
  • Rl 1 is ethylene or propylene or a mixture thereof
  • m is 0 or 1
  • n is from 1 to 20
  • M is a salt forming cation; iii) modified poly(oxyethylene)oxy monoalkyl ether units of the formula R 2 O(CH2CH2O)i c -, wherein R* 2 contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and k is from about 3 to about 100; and iv) ethoxylated or propoxylated phenolsulfonate end-capping units of the formula MO3S(C6H4)(OR 13 ) n O-, wherein n is from 1 to 20; M is a salt-forming cation; and R ⁇ 3 is ethylene, propylene and mixtures thereof.
  • This type of preferred soil release polymer of the present invention may be described as having the formula
  • Rl is arylene, preferably a 1 ,4-phenylene moiety having the formula
  • R 2 units are ethyleneoxy or 1,2-propyleneoxy. R 2 units are combined with terephthalate moieties to form (A-R ⁇ -A-R 2 ) units having the formula
  • R' and R" are either hydrogen or methyl provided that R' and R" are not both methyl at the same time.
  • R 3 units are trifunctional, ester-forming, branching moieties having the formula
  • R3 units comprise a glycerol moiety which is placed into the soil release polymer backbone to provide a branch point.
  • R3 units are combined with terephthalate moieties to form units of the polymer backbone, for example, (A-R ⁇ -A- R3)-A-R1-A units, these units have the formula
  • one terephthalate residue is taken to be a part of the (A*R1-A-R3) unit while the second terephthalate comprises a part of another backbone unit, such as a (A-R ⁇ -A-R 2 ) unit, a (A-R ⁇ -A-R 5 ) unit, a unit.
  • the third functional group which is the beginning of the branching chain, is also typically bonded to a terephthalate residue also a part of a (A-R ⁇ -A-R 2 ) unit, a (A-R ⁇ -A- R 5 ) unit, a -A-lU-A-KR ⁇ Cap)] unit or another (A-R J -A-R 3 ) unit.
  • An example of a section of a soil release polymer containing a "trifunctional, ester-forming, branching moiety" R3 unit which comprises a glycerol unit, has the formula
  • R 4 units are R 2 , R 3 or R 5 units.
  • R ⁇ units are units having the formula
  • R ⁇ is C2-C6 linear alkylene, C3-C6 branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; preferably R ⁇ is independently selected from hydrogen or -L-SO3"M + ; wherein L is a side chain moiety selected from the group consisting of alkylene, oxyalkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene, arylene, oxyarylene, alkyleneoxyarylene, poly(oxyalkylene), oxyalkyleneoxyarylene, poly(oxyalkylene)oxyarlyene, alkylenepoly(oxyalkylene),and mixtures thereof; M is hydrogen or a salt forming cation; i has the value of 0 or 1 ;
  • R ⁇ ® units that are independently selected from hydrogen or -L-SO3"M + , provided no more than one -L- SO3"M + units is attached to an R ⁇ unit;
  • L is a side chain connecting moiety selected from the group consisting of alkylene, oxyalkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene, arylene, oxyarylene, alkyleneoxyarylene, poly(oxyalkylene), oxyalkyleneoxyarylene, poly(oxyalkylene)oxyarlyene, alkylenepoly(oxyalkylene),and mixtures thereof.
  • M is a cationic moiety selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, preferably sodium and potassium.
  • R$ moieties are essentially RlO substituted C2-C6 alkylene chains.
  • the R5 units comprise either one C2-C6 alkylene chain substituted by one or more independently selected R ⁇ moieties (preferred) or two C2-C6 alkylene chains said alkylene chains joined by an ether oxygen linkage, each alkylene chain substituted by one or more independently selected RlO moieties, that is R ⁇ may comprise two separate R ⁇ units, each of which is substituted by one or more independently selected R ⁇ moieties.
  • Preferably only one carbon atom of each R ⁇ moiety is substituted by an -L- SO3"M + unit with the remaining R ⁇ ® substituents comprising a hydrogen atom.
  • each R 9 comprises a C2 alkylene moiety.
  • one R* 0 moiety is -L- SO3 _ M + , preferably the C2 carbon is substituted by the -L-SO3"M + moiety, and the balance are hydrogen atoms, having therefore a formula:
  • R ⁇ moieties consist essentially of units
  • R ⁇ units having the index i equal to 0 wherein R ⁇ units are hydrogen and one R ⁇ units is equal to -L-SO3"M + , wherein L is a side chain connecting moiety selected from die group consisting of alkylene, alkenylene, alkoxyalkylene, oxyalkylene, arylene, alkylarylene, alkoxyarylene and mixtures thereof, refers to the preferred compounds of the present invention wherein the R*0 moieties consist of one -L-SO3"M + moiety and the rest of the RlO moieties are hydrogen atoms, for example a
  • x for the piuposes of die L moiety of die present invention, is from 0 to 20.
  • R ⁇ moieties includes the alkylene poly(oxyalkylene)oxyarylene containing monomer having the general formula
  • x is from 0 to about 20; more preferred are the monomers
  • the preferred soil release agents of the present invention in addition to the afore ⁇ mentioned Rl , R 2 , R3, R 4 , and R ⁇ units also comprise one or more capping groups, - (Cap).
  • the capping groups are independently selected from ethoxylated or propoxylated hydroxyethane and propanesulfonate units of the formula (MO3S)(CH2) m (R ⁇ O) n -, where M is a salt forming cation such as sodium or tetralkylammonium as described herein above, R* 1 is ethylene or propylene or a mixture tiiereof, m is 0 or 1, and n is from 1 to 20, preferably n is from 1 to about 4; sulfoaroyl units of the formula - (O)C(C6H4)(SO3"M + ), wherein M is a salt forming cation as described herein above; modified poly(oxyethylene)oxy monoalkyl ether units of the formula R ⁇ 2 O
  • Most preferred end capping unit is the isethionate-type end capping unit which is a hydroxyethane moiety, (MO3S)(CH2) m (R ⁇ 1 O) n -, preferably R 1 1 is ethyl, m is equal to 0, and n is from 2 to 4.
  • the value of t is 0 or 1 ; the value of u is from about 0 to about 60; the value of v is from about 0 to about 35; the value of w is from 0 to 35.
  • the preferred SRA's can be further described as oligomeric esters comprising: (1) a backbone comprising (a) at least one unit selected from the group consisting of dihydroxysulfonates, polyhydroxy sulfonates, a unit which is at least trifunctional whereby ester linkages are formed resulting in a branched oligomer backbone, and combinations thereof; (b) at least one unit which is a terephthaloyl moiety; and (c) at least one unsulfonated unit which is a 1 ,2-oxyalkyleneoxy moiety; and (2) one or more capping units selected from nonionic capping units, anionic capping units such as alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated, isethionates, alkoxylated propanesulfonates, alkoxylated propanedisulfonates, alkoxylated phenolsulfonates, sulfoaroyl derivatives and mixtures thereof.
  • CAP terephthaloyl
  • SIP sulfoisophthaloyl
  • CAP poly(ethyleneglycol)
  • DEG di(oxyethylene)oxy units
  • SEG represents units derived from the sulfoethyl ether of glycerin and related moiety units
  • B represents branching units which are at least trifunctional whereby ester linkages are formed resulting in a branched oligomer backbone
  • x is from about 1 to about 12
  • y' is from about 0.5 to about 25
  • y" is from 0 to about 12
  • y m is from 0 to about 10
  • SEG and CAP monomers for die above esters include Na-2-(2-,3- dihydroxypropoxy)ethanesulfonate (“SEG”), Na-2- ⁇ 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy) ethoxy ⁇ etiianesulfonate (“SE3”) and its homologs and mixtures thereof and the products of ethoxylating and sulfonating allyl alcohol.
  • Preferred SRA esters in this class include the product of transesterifying and oligomerizing sodium 2- ⁇ 2-(2-hydroxy- ethoxy)ethoxy ⁇ etiianesulfonate and/or sodium 2-[2- ⁇ 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)etiioxy ⁇ - ethoxyjethanesulfonate, DMT, sodium 2-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy) ethane sulfonate, EG, and PG using an appropriate Ti(IV) catalyst and can be designated as (CAP)2(T)5(EG/PG)1.4(SEG)2.5(B)0.13 wherein CAP is (Na- ⁇ -O 3 S[CH 2 CH2 ⁇ ]3.5)- and B is a unit from glycerin and the mole ratio EG/PG is about 1.7:1 as measured by conventional gas chromatography after complete hydrolysis.
  • bleaching agents may optionally contain bleaching agents or bleaching compositions containing a bleaching agent and one or more bleach activators.
  • bleaching agents will be at levels of from about 0.05% to about 30%, more preferably from about 1% to about 30%, most preferably from about 5% to about 20%, of the detergent composition, especially for fabric laundering.
  • the amount of 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 comprising the bleaching agent-plus-bleach activator.
  • the bleaching agents used herein can be any of the bleaching agents useful for detergent compositions in textile cleaning that are now known or become known. These include oxygen bleaches as well as other bleaching agents.
  • Perborate bleaches e.g., sodium perborate (e.g., mono- or tetra-hydrate) can be used herein.
  • bleaching agent that can be used without restriction encompasses percarboxylic acid bleaching agents and salts thereof.
  • Suitable examples of tiiis class of agents include magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate, the magnesium salt of meta-chloroperbenzoic acid, 4-nonylamino-4-oxoperoxybutyric acid and diperoxydodecanedioic acid.
  • Such bleaching agents are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,483,781, Hartman, issued November 20, 1984, U.S. Patent Application 740,446, Bums et al, filed June 3, 1985, European Patent Application 0,133,354, Banks et al, published February 20, 1985, and U.S.
  • Highly preferred bleaching agents also include 6-nonylamino-6-oxoperoxycaproic acid as described in U.S. Patent 4,634,551, issued January 6, 1987 to Bums et al.
  • Peroxygen bleaching agents can also be used. Suitable peroxygen bleaching compounds include sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate and equivalent "percarbonate” bleaches, sodium pyrophosphate peroxyhydrate, urea peroxyhydrate, and sodium peroxide. Persulfate bleach (e.g., OXONE, manufactured commercially by DuPont) can also be used.
  • a preferred percarbonate bleach comprises dry particles having an average particle size in the range from about 500 micrometers to about 1,000 micrometers, not more than about 10% by weight of said particles being smaller than about 200 micrometers and not more than about 10% by weight of said particles being larger than about 1 ,250 micrometers.
  • the percarbonate can be coated with silicate, borate or water-soluble surfactants.
  • Percarbonate is available from various commercial sources such as FMC, Solvay and Tokai Denka.
  • Mixtures of bleaching agents can also be used.
  • Peroxygen bleaching agents, the perborates, the percarbonates, etc. are preferably combined with bleach activators, which lead to the in situ production in aqueous solution (i.e., during the washing process) of the peroxy acid corresponding to the bleach activator.
  • bleach activators Various nonlimiting examples of activators are disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,915,854, issued April 10, 1990 to Mao et al, and U.S. Patent 4,412,934.
  • NOBS nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate
  • TAED tetraacetyl ethylene diamine
  • amido-derived bleach activators are those of the formulae: RlN(R 5 )C(O)R 2 C(O)L or RlC(O)N(R 5 )R 2 C(O)L wherein Rl is an alkyl group containing from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms, R 2 is an alkylene containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, R ⁇ is H or alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl containing from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and L is any suitable leaving group.
  • a leaving group is any group that is displaced from the bleach activator as a consequence of the nucleophilic attack on the bleach activator by the perhydrolysis anion.
  • a preferred leaving group is phenyl sulfonate.
  • bleach activators of the above formulae include (6- octanamido-caproyl)oxybenzenesulfonate, (6-nonanamidocaproyl)oxybenzenesulfonate, (6-decanamido-caproyl)oxybenzenesulfonate, and mixtures thereof as described in U.S. Patent 4,634,551, inco ⁇ orated herein by reference.
  • Another class of bleach activators comprises the benzoxazin-type activators disclosed by Hodge et al in U.S. Patent 4,966,723, issued October 30, 1990, inco ⁇ orated herein by reference.
  • a highly preferred activator of the benzoxazin-type is:
  • Still another class of preferred bleach activators includes the acyl lactam activators, especially acyl caprolactams and acyl valerolactams of the formulae:
  • lactam activators include benzoyl caprolactam, octanoyl caprolactam, 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl caprolactam, nonanoyl caprolactam, decanoyl caprolactam, undecenoyl caprolactam, benzoyl valerolactam, octanoyl valerolactam, decanoyl valerolactam, undecenoyl valerolactam, nonanoyl valerolactam, 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl valerolactam and mixtures thereof. See also U.S. Patent 4,545,784, issued to Sanderson, October 8, 1985, inco ⁇ orated herein by reference, which discloses acyl caprolactams, including benzoyl caprolactam, adsorbed
  • Bleaching agents other than oxygen bleaching agents are also known in the art and can be utilized herein.
  • One type of non-oxygen bleaching agent of particular interest includes photoactivated bleaching agents such as the sulfonated zinc and/or aluminum phthalocyanines. See U.S. Patent 4,033,718, issued July 5, 1977 to Holcombe et al. If used, detergent compositions will typically contain from about 0.025% to about 1.25%, by weight, of such bleaches, especially sulfonate zinc phthalocyanine.
  • the bleaching compounds can be catalyzed by means of a manganese compound.
  • a manganese compound Such compounds are well known in the art and include, for example, the manganese-based catalysts disclosed in U.S. Pat. 5,246,621, U.S. Pat. 5,244,594; U.S. Pat. 5,194,416; U.S. Pat. 5,114,606; and European Pat. App. Pub. Nos.
  • Preferred examples of these catalysts include Mn IV 2(u-O)3(l,4,7-trimethyl-l,4,7-triazacyclononane)2(PF6)2, Mn III 2(u-O) ⁇ (u- O Ac)2( 1 ,4,7-trimethyl- 1 ,4,7-triazacyclononane)2-(Cl ⁇ 4)2, Mn 1 V 4(u-O)6( 1 ,4,7- triazacyclononane)4(Cl ⁇ 4)4, ,4,7-trimethyl- 1 ,4,7- triazacyclononane)2(Cl ⁇ 4)3 , Mn ⁇ ( 1 ,4,7-trimethyl- 1 ,4,7-triazacyclononane)- (OCH3)3(PFg), and mixtures thereof.
  • metal-based bleach catalysts include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. 4,430,243 and U.S. Pat. 5,114,611.
  • the use of manganese with various complex ligands to enhance bleaching is also reported in the following United States Patents: 4,728,455; 5,284,944; 5,246,612; 5,256,779; 5,280,117; 5,274,147; 5,153,161; and 5,227,084.
  • compositions and processes herein can be adjusted to provide on the order of at least one part per ten million of the active bleach catalyst species in the aqueous washing liquor, and will preferably provide from about 0.1 ppm to about 700 ppm, more preferably from about 1 ppm to about 500 ppm, of the catalyst species in the laundry liquor.
  • compositions herein A wide variety of other ingredients useful in detergent compositions can be included in the compositions herein, including other active ingredients, carriers, hydrotropes, processing aids, dyes or pigments, solvents for liquid formulations, solid fillers for bar compositions, etc.
  • suds boosters such as the ClO"Cl6 alkanolamides can be inco ⁇ orated into the compositions, typically at 1%-10% levels.
  • the C10-C14 monoethanol and diethanol amides illustrate a typical class of such suds boosters.
  • Use of such suds boosters with high sudsing adjunct surfactants such as the amine oxides, betaines and sultaines noted above is also advantageous.
  • soluble magnesium salts such as MgCl2, MgSO4, and the like, can be added at levels of, typically, 0.1 %-2%, to provide additional suds and to enhance grease removal performance.
  • detersive ingredients employed in the present compositions optionally can be further stabilized by absorbing said ingredients onto a porous hydrophobic substrate, then coating said substrate with a hydrophobic coating.
  • the detersive ingredient is admixed with a surfactant before being absorbed into the porous substrate.
  • the detersive ingredient is released from the substrate into the aqueous washing liquor, where it performs its intended detersive function.
  • a porous hydrophobic silica (trademark SIPERNAT D10, DeGussa) is admixed with a proteolytic enzyme solution containing 3%-5% of Cj3_
  • the enzyme/surfactant solution is 2.5 X the weight of silica.
  • the resulting powder is dispersed with stirring in silicone oil (various silicone oil viscosities in the range of 500- 12,500 can be used).
  • silicone oil various silicone oil viscosities in the range of 500- 12,500 can be used.
  • the resulting silicone oil dispersion is emulsified or otherwise added to the final detergent matrix.
  • ingredients such as the aforementioned enzymes, bleaches, bleach activators, bleach catalysts, photoactivators, dyes, fluorescers, fabric conditioners and hydrolyzable surfactants can be "protected” for use in detergents, including liquid laundry detergent compositions.
  • Liquid detergent compositions can contain water and other solvents as carriers.
  • Low molecular weight primary or secondary alcohols exemplified by methanol, ethanol, propanol, and isopropanol are suitable.
  • Monohydric alcohols are preferred for solubilizing surfactant, but polyols such as those containing from 2 to about 6 carbon atoms and from 2 to about 6 hydroxy groups (e.g., 1,3-propanediol, ethylene glycol, glycerin, and 1,2-propanediol) can also be used.
  • the compositions may contain from 5% to 90%, typically 10% to 50% of such carriers.
  • the detergent compositions herein will preferably be formulated such that, during use in aqueous cleaning operations, the wash water will have a pH of between about 6.5 and about 11, preferably between about 7.5 and 10.5. Laundry products are typically at pH 9-11. Techniques for controlling pH at recommended usage levels include the use of buffers, alkalis, acids, etc., and are well known to those skilled in the art.
  • Enzymes can be included in the present detergent compositions for a variety of piuposes, including removal of protein-based, carbohydrate-based, or triglyceride-based stains from surfaces such as textiles, for the prevention of refugee dye transfer, for example in laundering, and for fabric restoration.
  • Suitable enzymes include proteases, amylases, lipases, cellulases, peroxidases, and mixtures thereof of any suitable origin, such as vegetable, animal, bacterial, fungal and yeast origin. Preferred selections are influenced by factors such as pH-activity and/or stability optima, thermostability, and stability to active detergents, builders and the like.
  • bacterial or fungal enzymes are preferred, such as bacterial amylases and proteases, and fungal cellulases.
  • Detersive enzyme means any enzyme having a cleaning, stain removing or otherwise beneficial effect in a laundry, hard surface cleaning or personal care detergent composition.
  • Preferred detersive enzymes are hydrolases such as proteases, amylases and lipases.
  • Preferred enzymes for laundry piuposes include, but are not limited to, proteases, cellulases, lipases and peroxidases.
  • Enzymes are normally inco ⁇ orated into detergent or detergent additive compositions at levels sufficient to provide a "cleaning-effective amount".
  • cleaning effective amount refers to any amount capable of producing a cleaning, stain removal, soil removal, whitening, deodorizing, or freshness improving effect on substrates such as fabrics.
  • typical amounts are up to about 5 mg by weight, more typically 0.01 mg to 3 mg, of active enzyme per gram of the detergent composition.
  • the compositions herein will typically comprise from 0.001% to 5%, preferably 0.01%-1% by weight of a commercial enzyme preparation.
  • Protease enzymes are usually present in such commercial preparations at levels sufficient to provide from 0.005 to 0.1 Anson units (AU) of activity per gram of composition.
  • detergents it may be desirable to increase the active enzyme content of the commercial preparation in order to minimize the total amount of non-catalytically active materials and thereby improve spotting/filming or other end-results. Higher active levels may also be desirable in highly concentrated detergent formulations.
  • proteases are the subtilisins which are obtained from particular strains of B. subtilis and B. licheniformis.
  • One suitable protease is obtained from a strain oi Bacillus, having maximum activity throughout the pH range of 8-12, developed and sold as ESPERASE® by Novo Industries A/S of Denmark, hereinafter "Novo". The preparation of this enzyme and analogous enzymes is described in GB 1,243,784 to Novo.
  • proteases include ALCALASE® and SAVINASE® from Novo and MAXATASE® from International Bio-Synthetics, Inc., The Netherlands; as well as Protease A as disclosed in EP 130,756 A, January 9, 1985 and Protease B as disclosed in EP 303,761 A, April 28, 1987 and EP 130,756 A, January 9, 1985. See also a high pH protease from Bacillus sp. NCIMB 40338 described in WO 9318140 A to Novo. Enzymatic detergents comprising protease, one or more other enzymes, and a reversible protease inhibitor are described in WO 9203529 A to Novo.
  • proteases include those of WO 9510591 A to Procter & Gamble .
  • a protease having decreased adso ⁇ tion and increased hydrolysis is available as described in WO 9507791 to Procter & Gamble.
  • a recombinant trypsin-like protease for detergents suitable herein is described in WO 9425583 to Novo.
  • an especially preferred protease is a carbonyl hydrolase variant having an amino acid sequence not found in nature, which is derived from a precursor carbonyl hydrolase by substituting a different amino acid for a plurality of amino acid residues at a position in said carbonyl hydrolase equivalent to position +76, preferably also in combination with one or more amino acid residue positions equivalent to those selected from the group consisting of +99, +101, +103, +104, +107, +123, +27, +105, +109, +126, +128, +135, +156, +166, +195, +197, +204, +206, +210, +216, +217, +218, +222, +260, +265, and/or +274 according to the numbering of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin, as described in WO 95/10615 published April 20, 1995 by Genencor Intemationai.
  • proteases are also described in PCT publications: WO 95/30010 published Novenber 9, 1995 by The Procter & Gamble Company; WO 95/30011 published Novenber 9, 1995 by The Procter & Gamble Company; WO 95/29979 published Novenber 9, 1995 by The Procter & Gamble Company.
  • Amylases suitable herein include, for example, ⁇ -amylases described in GB 1,296,839 to Novo; RAPIDASE®, International Bio-Synthetics, Inc. and TERMAMYL®, Novo. FUNGAMYL® from Novo is especially useful.
  • Engineering of enzymes for improved stability e.g., oxidative stability, is known. See, for example J. Biological Chem., Vol. 260, No. 11, June 1985, pp 6518-6521.
  • Certain preferred embodiments of the present compositions can make use of amylases having improved stability in detergents, especially improved oxidative stability as measured against a reference-point of TERMAMYL® in commercial use in 1993.
  • amylases herein share the characteristic of being "stability-enhanced" amylases, characterized, at a mimmum, by a measurable improvement in one or more of: oxidative stability, e.g., to hydrogen peroxide / tetraacetylethylenediamine in buffered solution at pH 9-10; thermal stability, e.g., at common wash temperatures such as about 60°C; or alkaline stability, e.g., at a pH from about 8 to about 1 1, measured versus the above-identified reference- point amylase. Stability can be measured using any of the art-disclosed technical tests. See, for example, references disclosed in WO 9402597.
  • Stability-enhanced amylases can be obtained from Novo or from Genencor International.
  • One class of highly preferred amylases herein have the commonality of being derived using site-directed mutagenesis from one or more of the Baccillus amylases, especialy the Bacillus ⁇ -amylases, regardless of whether one, two or multiple amylase strains are the immediate precursors.
  • Oxidative stability-enhanced amylases vs. the above-identified reference amylase are preferred for use, especially in bleaching, more preferably oxygen bleaching, as distinct from chlorine bleaching, detergent compositions herein.
  • Such preferred amylases include (a) an amylase according to the hereinbefore inco ⁇ orated WO 9402597, Novo, Feb. 3, 1994, as further illustrated by a mutant in which substitution is made, using alanine or threonine, preferably threonine, of the methionine residue located in position 197 of the B. licheniformis alpha-amylase, known as TERMAMYL®, or the homologous position variation of a similar parent amylase, such as B. amyloliquefaciens, B. subtil is, or B.
  • Met was substituted, one at a time, in positions 8, 15, 197, 256, 304, 366 and 438 leading to specific mutants, particularly important being M197L and M197T with the M197T variant being the most stable expressed variant. Stability was measured in CASCADE® and SUNLIGHT®; (c) particularly preferred amylases herein include amylase variants having additional modification in the immediate parent as described in WO 9510603 A and are available from the assignee, Novo, as DURAMYL®. Other particularly preferred oxidative stability enhanced amylase include those described in WO 9418314 to Genencor International and WO 9402597 to Novo.
  • Any other oxidative stability-enhanced amylase can be used, for example as derived by site-directed mutagenesis from known chimeric, hybrid or simple mutant parent forms of available amylases. Other preferred enzyme modifications are accessible. See WO 9509909 A to Novo.
  • Cellulases usable herein include both bacterial and fungal types, preferably having a pH optimum between 5 and 9.5.
  • U.S. 4,435,307, Barbesgoard et al, March 6, 1984 discloses suitable fungal cellulases from Humicola insolens or Humicola strain DSM 1800 or a cellulase 212-producing fungus belonging to the genus Aeromonas, and cellulase extracted from the hepatopancreas of a marine mollusk, Dolabella Auricula Solander.
  • Suitable cellulases are also disclosed in GB-A-2.075.028; GB-A-2.095.275 and DE-OS-2.247.832.
  • CAREZYME® (Novo) is especially useful. See also WO 9117243 to Novo.
  • Suitable lipase enzymes for detergent usage include those produced by microorganisms of the Pseudomonas group, such as Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 19.154, as disclosed in GB 1,372,034. See also lipases in Japanese Patent Application 53,20487, laid open Feb. 24, 1978. This lipase is available from Amano Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan, under the trade name Lipase P "Amano," or "Amano-P.”
  • Other suitable commercial lipases include Amano-CES, lipases ex Chromobacter viscosum, e.g.
  • Chromobacter viscosum var. lipolyticum NRRLB 3673 from Toyo Jozo Co., Tagata, Japan; Chromobacter viscosum lipases from U.S. Biochemical Co ⁇ ., U.S.A. and Disoynth Co., The Netherlands, and lipases ex Pseudomonas gladioli.
  • Cutinase enzymes suitable for use herein are described in WO 8809367 A to Genencor.
  • Peroxidase enzymes may be used in combination with oxygen sources, e.g., percarbonate, perborate, hydrogen peroxide, etc., for "solution bleaching" or prevention of transfer of dyes or pigments removed from substrates during the wash to other substrates present in the wash solution.
  • oxygen sources e.g., percarbonate, perborate, hydrogen peroxide, etc.
  • Known peroxidases include horseradish peroxidase, ligninase, and haloperoxidases such as chloro- or bromo-peroxidase.
  • Peroxidase-containing detergent compositions are disclosed in WO 89099813 A, October 19, 1989 to Novo and WO 8909813 A to Novo.
  • a range of enzyme materials and means for their incorporation into synthetic detergent compositions is also disclosed in WO 9307263 A and WO 9307260 A to Genencor International, WO 8908694 A to Novo, and U.S. 3,553,139, January 5, 1971 to McCarty et al. Enzymes are further disclosed in U.S. 4,101,457, Place et al, July 18, 1978, and in U.S. 4,507,219, Hughes, March 26, 1985. Enzyme materials useful for liquid detergent formulations, and their inco ⁇ oration into such formulations, are disclosed in U.S. 4,261,868, Hora et al, April 14, 1981. Enzymes for use in detergents can be stabilized by various techniques.
  • Enzyme stabilization techniques are disclosed and exemplified in U.S. 3,600,319, August 17, 1971, Gedge et al, EP 199,405 and EP 200,586, October 29, 1986, Venegas. Enzyme stabilization systems are also described, for example, in U.S. 3,519,570. A useful Bacillus, sp. AC 13 giving proteases, xylanases and cellulases, is described in WO 9401532 A to Novo.
  • Enzyme Stabilizing System Enzyme-containing, including but not limited to, liquid compositions, herein may comprise from about 0.001% to about 10%, preferably from about 0.005% to about 8%, most preferably from about 0.01% to about 6%, by weight of an enzyme stabilizing system.
  • the enzyme stabilizing system can be any stabilizing system which is compatible with the detersive enzyme. Such a system may be inherently provided by other formulation actives, or be added separately, e.g., by the formulator or by a manufacturer of detergent-ready enzymes.
  • Such stabilizing systems can, for example, comprise calcium ion, boric acid, propylene glycol, short chain carboxylic acids, boronic acids, and mixtures thereof, and are designed to address different stabilization problems depending on the type and physical form of the detergent composition.
  • One stabilizing approach is the use of water-soluble sources of calcium and/or magnesium ions in the finished compositions which provide such ions to the enzymes.
  • Calcium ions are generally more effective than magnesium ions and are preferred herein if only one type of cation is being used.
  • Typical detergent compositions, especially liquids will comprise from about 1 to about 30, preferably from about 2 to about 20, more preferably from about 8 to about 12 millimoles of calcium ion per liter of finished detergent composition, though variation is possible depending on factors including the multiplicity, type and levels of enzymes inco ⁇ orated.
  • Preferably water-soluble calcium or magnesium salts are employed, including for example calcium chloride, calcium hydroxide, calcium formate, calcium malate, calcium maleate, calcium hydroxide and calcium acetate; more generally, calcium sulfate or magnesium salts corresponding to the exemplified calcium salts may be used. Further increased levels of Calcium and/or Magnesium may of course be useful, for example for promoting the grease-cutting action of certain types of surfactant.
  • Borate stabilizers when used, may be at levels of up to 10% or more of the composition though more typically, levels of up to about 3% by weight of boric acid or other borate compounds such as borax or orthoborate are suitable for liquid detergent use.
  • Substituted boric acids such as phenylboronic acid, butaneboronic acid, p- bromophenylboronic acid or the like can be used in place of boric acid and reduced levels of total boron in detergent compositions may be possible though the use of such substituted boron derivatives.
  • Stabilizing systems of certain cleaning compositions may further comprise from 0 to about 10%, preferably from about 0.01% to about 6% by weight, of chlorine bleach scavengers, added to prevent chlorine bleach species present in many water supplies from attacking and inactivating the enzymes, especially under alkaline conditions.
  • chlorine bleach scavengers While chlorine levels in water may be small, typically in the range from about 0.5 ppm to about 1.75 ppm, the available chlorine in the total volume of water that comes in contact with the enzyme, for example during fabric-washing, can be relatively large; accordingly, enzyme stability to chlorine in-use is sometimes problematic.
  • Suitable chlorine scavenger anions are widely known and readily available, and, if used, can be salts containing ammonium cations with sulfite, bisulfite, thiosulfite, thiosulfate, iodide, etc.
  • Antioxidants such as carbamate, ascorbate, etc., organic amines such as ethylenediaminetetracetic acid (EDTA) or alkali metal salt thereof, monoethanolamine (MEA), and mixtures thereof can likewise be used.
  • EDTA ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
  • MEA monoethanolamine
  • special enzyme inhibition systems can be inco ⁇ orated such that different enzymes have maximum compatibility.
  • scavengers such as bisulfate, nitrate, chloride, sources of hydrogen peroxide such as sodium perborate tetrahydrate, sodium perborate monohydrate and sodium percarbonate, as well as phosphate, condensed phosphate, acetate, benzoate, citrate, formate, lactate, malate, tartrate, salicylate, etc., and mixtures thereof can be used if desired.
  • the chlorine scavenger function can be performed by ingredients separately listed under better recognized functions, (e.g., hydrogen peroxide sources), there is no absolute requirement to add a separate chlorine scavenger unless a compound performing that function to the desired extent is absent from an enzyme- containing embodiment of the invention; even then, the scavenger is added only for optimum results.
  • the formulator will exercise a chemist's normal skill in avoiding the use of any enzyme scavenger or stabilizer which is majorly incompatible, as formulated, with other reactive ingredients, if used.
  • ammonium salts can be simply admixed with the detergent composition but are prone to adsorb water and/or liberate ammonia during storage. Accordingly, such materials, if present, are desirably protected in a particle such as that described in US 4,652,392, Baginski et al.
  • compositions herein can optionally include one or more other detergent adjunct materials or other materials for assisting or enhancing cleaning performance, treatment of the substrate to be cleaned, or to modify the aesthetics of the detergent composition (e.g., perfumes, colorants, dyes, etc.).
  • other detergent adjunct materials e.g., perfumes, colorants, dyes, etc.
  • the following are illustrative examples of such adjunct materials.
  • Builders can optionally be included in the compositions herein to assist in controlling mineral hardness. Inorganic as well as organic builders can be used. Builders are typically used in fabric laundering compositions to assist in the removal of particulate soils.
  • the level of builder can vary widely depending upon the end use of the composition and its desired physical form.
  • the compositions will typically comprise at least about 1% builder.
  • Liquid formulations typically comprise from about 5% to about 50%, more typically about 5% to about 30%, by weight, of detergent builder.
  • Granular formulations typically comprise from about 10% to about 80%, more typically from about 15% to about 50% by weight, of the detergent builder.
  • Lower or higher levels of builder are not meant to be excluded.
  • Inorganic or P-containing 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.
  • non-phosphate builders are required in some locales.
  • compositions herein function surprisingly well even in the presence of the so-called “weak” builders (as compared with phosphates) such as citrate, or in the so-called “underbuilt” situation that may occur with zeolite or layered silicate builders.
  • silicate builders are the alkali metal silicates, particularly those having a SiO2:Na2O ratio in the range 1.6:1 to 3.2:1 and layered silicates, such as the layered sodium silicates described in U.S. Patent 4,664,839, issued May 12, 1987 to H. P. Rieck.
  • NaSKS-6 is the trademark for a crystalline layered silicate marketed by Hoechst (commonly abbreviated herein as "SKS-6").
  • Hoechst commonly abbreviated herein as "SKS-6”
  • the Na SKS-6 silicate builder does not contain aluminum.
  • NaSKS-6 has the delta-Na2Si ⁇ 5 mo ⁇ hology form of layered silicate.
  • SKS-6 is a highly preferred layered silicate for use herein, but other such layered silicates, such as those having the general formula NaMSi x ⁇ 2 ⁇ +l yH2 ⁇ wherein M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4, preferably 2, and y is a number from 0 to 20, preferably 0 can be used herein.
  • Various other layered silicates from Hoechst include NaSKS-5, NaSKS-7 and NaSKS-11, as the alpha, beta and gamma forms.
  • delta-Na2Si ⁇ 5 (NaSKS-6 form) is most preferred for use herein.
  • 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.
  • carbonate builders are the alkaline earth and alkali metal carbonates as disclosed in German Patent Application No. 2,321,001 published on November 15, 1973.
  • 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:
  • 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 amo ⁇ hous 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. Preferred synthetic crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials useful herein are available under the designations Zeolite A, Zeolite P (B), Zeolite MAP and Zeolite X. In an especially preferred embodiment, the crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange material has the formula:
  • x Na ⁇ 2 [(AlO 2 )i2(SiO 2 )i2]-xH2 ⁇ wherein 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.
  • Organic detergent builders suitable for the piuposes of the present invention include, but are not restricted to, a wide variety of polycarboxylate compounds.
  • polycarboxylate refers to compounds having a plurality of carboxylate groups, preferably at least 3 carboxylates.
  • Polycarboxylate builder can generally be added to the composition in acid form, but can also be added in the form of a neutralized salt. When utilized in salt form, 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 category of polycarboxylate builders encompasses the ether polycarboxylates, including oxydisuccinate, as disclosed in Berg, U.S. Patent 3,128,287, issued April 7, 1964, and Lamberti et al, U.S. Patent 3,635,830, issued January 18, 1972. See also "TMS/TDS" builders of U.S. Patent 4,663,071, issued to Bush et al, on May 5, 1987.
  • 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; 4,120,874 and 4,102,903.
  • ether hydroxypolycarboxylates copolymers of maleic anhydride with ethylene or vinyl methyl ether, 1, 3, 5-trihydroxy benzene-2, 4, 6-trisulphonic acid, and carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid
  • various alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of polyacetic acids such as ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid
  • polycarboxylates such as mellitic acid, succinic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, polymaleic acid, benzene 1,3,5- tricarboxylic acid, carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid, and soluble salts thereof.
  • Citrate builders e.g., citric acid and soluble salts thereof (particularly sodium salt), are polycarboxylate builders of particular importance for heavy duty liquid detergent formulations due to their availability from renewable resources and their biodegradability. Citrates can also be used in granular compositions, especially in combination with zeolite and/or layered silicate builders. Oxydisuccinates are also especially useful in such compositions and combinations.
  • succinic acid builders include the C5- C20 alkyl and alkenyl succinic acids and salts thereof.
  • a particularly preferred compound of this type is dodecenylsuccinic acid.
  • 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.
  • Fatty acids e.g., C ⁇ 2-C ⁇ g monocarboxylic acids
  • Such use of fatty acids will generally result in a diminution of sudsing, which should be taken into account by the formulator.
  • the various alkali metal phosphates such as the well-known sodium tripolyphosphates, sodium pyrophosphate and sodium orthophosphate can be used.
  • Phosphonate builders such as ethane- 1 - hydroxy- 1,1-diphosphonate and other known phosphonates (see, for example, U.S. Patents 3,159,581 ; 3,213,030; 3,422,021; 3,400,148 and 3,422,137) can also be used.
  • the detergent compositions herein may also optionally contain one or more iron and/or manganese chelating agents.
  • chelating agents can be selected from the group consisting of amino carboxylates, amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally- substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures therein, 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 include ethylenediaminetetracetates, N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetates, nitrilo- triacetates, ethylenediamine tetraproprionates, triethylenetetraaminehexacetates, diethylenetriaminepentaacetates, and ethanoldiglycines, alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts therein and mixtures therein.
  • MGDA methylglycine di-acetic acid
  • Amino phosphonates are also suitable for use as chelating agents in the compositions of the invention when at lease low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in detergent compositions, and include ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylenephosphonates) as DEQUEST. Preferred, these amino phosphonates to not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms.
  • Polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents are also useful in the compositions herein. See U.S. Patent 3,812,044, issued May 21, 1974, to Connor et al.
  • Preferred compounds of this type in acid form are dihydroxydisulfobenzenes such as 1,2- dihydroxy-3,5-disulfobenzene.
  • EDDS ethylenediamine disuccinate
  • [S,S] isomer as described in U.S. Patent 4,704,233, November 3, 1987, to Hartman and Perkins.
  • these chelating agents will generally comprise from about 0.1 % to about 10% by weight of the detergent compositions herein. More preferably, if utilized, the chelating agents will comprise from about 0.1% to about 3.0% by weight of such compositions.
  • compositions of the present invention can also optionally contain water- soluble ethoxylated amines having clay soil removal and antiredeposition properties.
  • Granular detergent compositions which contain these compounds typically contain from about 0.01% to about 10.0% by weight of the water-soluble ethoxylates amines; liquid detergent compositions typically contain about 0.01% to about 5%.
  • the most preferred soil release and anti-redeposition agent is ethoxylated tetraethylenepentamine.
  • Exemplary ethoxylated amines are further described in U.S. Patent 4,597,898, VanderMeer, issued July 1, 1986.
  • Another group of preferred clay soil removal-antiredeposition agents are the cationic compounds disclosed in European Patent Application 1 11,965, Oh and Gosselink, published June 27, 1984.
  • Other clay soil removal/antiredeposition 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.
  • CMC carboxy methyl cellulose
  • Polymeric dispersing agents can advantageously be utilized at levels from about 0.1% to about 7%, by weight, in the compositions herein, especially in the presence of zeolite and/or layered silicate builders.
  • Suitable polymeric dispersing agents include polymeric polycarboxylates and polyethylene glycols, although others known in the art can also be used. It is believed, though it is not intended to be limited by theory, that polymeric dispersing agents enhance overall detergent builder performance, when used in combination with other builders (including lower molecular weight polycarboxylates) by crystal growth inhibition, particulate soil release peptization, and anti-redeposition.
  • Polymeric polycarboxylate materials 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 polycarboxylates include acrylic acid, maleic acid (or maleic anhydride), fumaric acid, itaconic acid, aconitic acid, mesaconic acid, citraconic acid and methylenemalonic acid.
  • the presence in the polymeric polycarboxylates herein or monomeric segments, containing no carboxylate radicals such as vinylmethyl 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 preferably 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 has been disclosed, for example, in Diehl, U.S. Patent 3,308,067, issued march 7, 1967.
  • Acrylic/maleic-based copolymers may also be used as a preferred component of the dispersing/anti-redeposition 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 preferably ranges from about 2,000 to 100,000, more preferably from about 5,000 to 75,000, most preferably from about 7,000 to 65,000.
  • the ratio of acrylate to maleate segments in such copolymers will generally range from about 30:1 to about 1:1, more 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 known materials which are described in European Patent Application No. 66915, published December 15, 1982, as well as in EP 193,360, published September 3, 1986, which also describes such polymers comprising hydroxypropylacrylate.
  • Still other useful dispersing agents include the maleic/acrylic/vinyl alcohol te ⁇ olymers.
  • Such materials are also disclosed in EP 193,360, including, for example, the 45/45/10 te ⁇ olymer of acrylic/maleic/vinyl alcohol.
  • PEG polyethylene glycol
  • PEG can exhibit dispersing agent performance as well as act as a clay soil removal- antiredeposition agent.
  • Typical molecular weight ranges for these piuposes range from about 500 to about 100,000, preferably from about 1,000 to about 50,000, more preferably from about 1,500 to about 10,000.
  • Polyaspartate and polyglutamate dispersing agents may also be used, especially in conjunction with zeolite builders.
  • Dispersing agents such as polyaspartate preferably have a molecular weight (avg.) of about 10,000.
  • optical brighteners or other brightening or whitening agents known in the art can be incorporated at levels typically from about 0.05% to about 1.2%, by weight, into the detergent compositions herein.
  • Commercial optical brighteners which may be useful in the present invention 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).
  • optical brighteners which are useful in the present compositions are those identified in U.S. Patent 4,790,856, issued to Wixon on December 13, 1988. These brighteners include the PHORWHITE series of brighteners from Verona. Other brighteners disclosed in this reference include: Tinopal UNPA, Tinopal CBS and Tinopal 5BM; available from Ciba-Geigy; Artie White CC and Artie White CWD, available from Hilton-Davis, located in Italy; the 2-(4-stryl-phenyl)-2H- napthol[l,2-d]triazoles; 4,4'-bis- (l,2,3-triazol-2-yl)-stil- benes; 4,4'-bis(stryl)bisphenyls; and the aminocoumarins.
  • these brighteners include 4-methyl-7- diethyl- amino coumarin; l,2-bis(-venzimidazol-2-yl)ethylene; 1,3-diphenyl-phrazolines; 2,5-bis(benzoxazol-2-yl)thiophene; 2-stryl-napth-[l,2-d]oxazole; and 2-(stilbene-4-yl)- 2H-naphtho- [l,2-d]triazole. See also U.S. Patent 3,646,015, issued February 29, 1972 to Hamilton. Anionic brighteners are preferred herein.
  • suds suppressors A wide variety of materials may be used as suds suppressors, and suds suppressors are well known to those skilled in the art. See, for example, Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Third Edition, Volume 7, pages 430-447 (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1979).
  • One category of suds suppressor of particular interest encompasses monocarboxylic fatty acid and soluble salts therein. See U.S. Patent 2,954,347, issued September 27, 1960 to Wayne St. John.
  • the monocarboxylic fatty acids and salts thereof used as suds suppressor typically have hydrocarbyl chains of 10 to about 24 carbon atoms, preferably 12 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • Suitable salts include the alkali metal salts such as sodium, potassium, and lithium salts, and ammonium and alkanolammonium salts.
  • the detergent compositions herein 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 Cjg-C4Q ketones (e.g., stearone), etc.
  • suds inhibitors include N-alkylated amino triazines such as tri- to hexa-alkylmelamines or di- to tetra- alkyldiamine chlortriazines formed as products of cyanuric chloride with two or three moles of a primary or secondary amine containing 1 to 24 carbon atoms, propylene oxide, and monostearyl phosphates such as monostearyl alcohol phosphate ester and monostearyl di-alkali metal (e.g., K, Na, and Li) phosphates and phosphate esters.
  • the hydrocarbons such as paraffin and 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 50°C, and a minimum boiling point not less than about 1 10°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.
  • the hydrocarbons thus, include aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic, and heterocyclic saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons having from about 12 to about 70 carbon atoms.
  • the term "paraffin,” as used in this suds suppressor discussion, is intended to include mixtures of true paraffins and cyclic hydrocarbons.
  • Non-surfactant suds suppressors comprises silicone suds suppressors.
  • This category includes the use of polyorganosiloxane oils, such as polydimethylsiloxane, dispersions or emulsions of polyorganosiloxane oils or resins, and combinations of polyorganosiloxane with silica particles wherein the polyorganosiloxane is chemisorbed or 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.
  • 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:
  • polydimethylsiloxane fluid having a viscosity of from about 20 cs. to about 1,500 cs. at 25°C; (ii) from about 5 to about 50 parts per 100 parts by weight of (i) of siloxane resin composed of (CH3)3SiO ⁇ /2 units of Si ⁇ 2 units in a ratio of from (CH3)3 SiO ⁇ /2 units and to Si ⁇ 2 units of from about 0.6:1 to about 1.2:1 ; and
  • the solvent for a continuous phase is made up of certain polyethylene glycols or polyethylene-polypropylene glycol copolymers or mixtures thereof (preferred), or polypropylene glycol.
  • the primary silicone suds suppressor is branched/crosslinked and preferably not linear.
  • typical liquid laundry detergent compositions with controlled suds will optionally comprise from about 0.001 to about 1, preferably from about 0.01 to about 0.7, most preferably from about 0.05 to about 0.5, weight % of said silicone suds suppressor, which comprises (1) a nonaqueous emulsion of a primary antifoam agent which is a mixture of (a) a polyorganosiloxane, (b) a resinous siloxane or a silicone resin-producing silicone compound, (c) a finely divided filler material, and (d) a catalyst to promote the reaction of mixture components (a), (b) and (c), to form silanolates; (2) at least one nonionic silicone surfactant; and (3) polyethylene glycol or a copolymer of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol having a solubility in water at room temperature of more than about 2 weight %; and without polypropylene glycol.
  • a primary antifoam agent which is a mixture of (a) a polyorganosi
  • the silicone suds suppressor herein preferably comprises polyethylene glycol and a copolymer of polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, all having an average molecular weight of less than about 1 ,000, preferably between about 100 and 800.
  • the polyethylene glycol and polyethylene/polypropylene copolymers herein have a solubility in water at room temperature of more than about 2 weight %, preferably more than about 5 weight %.
  • the preferred solvent herein is polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of less than about 1,000, more preferably between about 100 and 800, most preferably between 200 and 400, and a copolymer of polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, preferably PPG 200/PEG 300. Preferred is a weight ratio of between about 1 : 1 and 1:10, most preferably between 1 :3 and 1 :6, of polyethylene glycolxopolymer of polyethylene-polypropylene glycol.
  • the preferred silicone suds suppressors used herein do not contain polypropylene glycol, particularly of 4,000 molecular weight. They also preferably do not contain block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, like PLURONIC L101.
  • suds suppressors useful herein comprise the secondary alcohols (e.g., 2- alkyl alkanols) and mixtures of such alcohols with silicone oils, such as the silicones disclosed in U.S. 4,798,679, 4,075,118 and EP 150,872.
  • the secondary alcohols include the Cg-Cjg alkyl alcohols having a Cj-C ⁇ chain.
  • a preferred alcohol is 2-butyl octanol, which is available from Condea under the trademark ISOFOL 12.
  • Mixtures of secondary alcohols are available under the trademark ISALCHEM 123 from Enichem.
  • Mixed suds suppressors typically comprise mixtures of alcohol + silicone at a weight ratio of 1:5 to 5:1.
  • suds should not form to the extent that they overflow the washing machine.
  • Suds suppressors when utilized, are preferably present in a "suds suppressing amount.
  • Suds suppressing amount is meant that the formulator of the composition can select an amount of this suds controlling agent that will sufficiently control the suds to result in a low-sudsing laundry detergent for use in automatic laundry washing machines.
  • compositions herein will generally comprise from 0% to about 5% of suds suppressor.
  • monocarboxylic fatty acids, and salts therein 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 phosphate suds suppressors are generally utilized in amounts ranging from about 0.1% to about 2%, by weight, of the composition.
  • Hydrocarbon suds suppressors are typically utilized in amounts ranging from about 0.01% to about 5.0%, although higher levels can be used.
  • the alcohol suds suppressors are typically used at 0.2%-3% by weight of the finished compositions.
  • Fabric Softeners Various through-the-wash fabric softeners, especially the impalpable smectite clays of U.S. Patent 4,062,647, Storm and Nirschl, issued December 13, 1977, as well as other softener clays known in the art, can optionally be used typically at levels of from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight in the present compositions to provide fabric softener benefits concurrently with fabric cleaning.
  • Clay softeners can be used in combination with amine and cationic softeners as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Patent 4,375,416, Crisp et al, March 1, 1983 and U.S. Patent 4,291,071, Harris et al, issued September 22, 1981.
  • the detergent compositions herein may also optionally contain from about 0.005% to 5% by weight of certain types of hydrophilic optical brighteners which also provide a dye transfer inhibition action. If used, the compositions herein will preferably comprise from about 0.01% to 1% by weight of such optical brighteners.
  • hydrophilic optical brighteners useful in the present invention are those having the structural formula:
  • R ⁇ is selected from anilino, N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl and NH-2-hydroxyethyl
  • R2 is selected from N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl, N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-methylamino, mo ⁇ hilino, chloro and amino
  • M is a salt-forming cation such as sodium or potassium.
  • R ⁇ is anilino
  • R2 is N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl and M is a cation such as sodium
  • the brightener is 4,4',-bis[(4-anilino-6-(N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl)-s- triazine-2-yl)amino]-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid and disodium salt.
  • This particular brightener species is commercially marketed under the tradename Tinopal-UNPA-GX by Ciba-Geigy Co ⁇ oration. Tinopal-UNPA-GX is the preferred hydrophilic optical brightener useful in the detergent compositions herein.
  • R ⁇ is anilino
  • R2 is N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-2- methylamino
  • M is a cation such as sodium
  • the brightener is 4,4'-bis[(4-anilino-6-(N- 2-hydroxyethyl-N-methylamino)-s-triazine-2-yl)amino]2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid disodium salt.
  • This particular brightener species is commercially marketed under the tradename Tinopal 5BM-GX by Ciba-Geigy Co ⁇ oration.
  • R ⁇ is anilino
  • R2 is mo ⁇ hilino
  • M is a cation such as sodium
  • the brightener is 4,4'-bis[(4-anilino-6-mo ⁇ hilino-s-triazine-2- yl)amino]2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid, sodium salt.
  • This particular brightener species is commercially marketed under the tradename Tinopal AMS-GX by Ciba Geigy Co ⁇ oration.
  • the ethoxylation is conducted in a 2 gallon stirred stainless steel autoclave equipped for temperature measurement and control, pressure measurement, vacuum and inert gas purging, sampling, and for introduction of ethylene oxide as a liquid.
  • a -20 lb. net cylinder of ethylene oxide (ARC) is set up to deliver ethylene oxide as a liquid by a pump to the autoclave with the cylinder placed on a scale so that the weight change of the cylinder could be monitored.
  • PEI polyethyleneimine
  • the autoclave is then sealed and purged of air (by applying vacuum to minus 28" Hg followed by pressurization with nitrogen to 250 psia, then venting to atmospheric pressure).
  • the autoclave contents are heated to 130 °C while applying vacuum.
  • the autoclave is charged with nitrogen to about 250 psia while cooling the autoclave to about 105 °C.
  • Ethylene oxide is then added to the autoclave incrementally over time while closely monitoring the autoclave pressure, temperature, and ethylene oxide flow rate.
  • the ethylene oxide pump is turned off and cooling is applied to limit any temperature increase resulting from any reaction exotherm.
  • the temperature is maintained between 100 and 110 °C while the total pressure is allowed to gradually increase during the course of the reaction.
  • the temperature is increased to 110 °C and the autoclave is allowed to stir for an additional hour. At this point, vacuum is applied to remove any residual unreacted ethylene oxide.
  • Vacuum is removed and the autoclave is cooled to 105 °C while it is being charged with nitrogen to 250 psia and then vented to ambient pressure.
  • the autoclave is charged to 200 psia with nitrogen.
  • Ethylene oxide is again added to the autoclave incrementally as before while closely monitoring the autoclave pressure, temperature, and ethylene oxide flow rate while maintaining the temperature between 100 and 110 °C and limiting any temperature increases due to reaction exotherm.
  • 4500 g of ethylene oxide resulting in a total of 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of PEI nitrogen function
  • the temperature is increased to 110 °C and the mixture stirred for an additional hour.
  • reaction mixture is then collected in nitrogen purged containers and eventually transferred into a 22 L three neck round bottomed flask equipped with heating and agitation.
  • the strong alkali catalyst is neutralized by adding 167 g methanesulfonic acid (1.74 moles).
  • the reaction mixture is then deodorized by passing about 100 cu. ft. of inert gas (argon or nitrogen) through a gas dispersion frit and through the reaction mixture while agitating and heating the mixture to 130 °C.
  • inert gas argon or nitrogen
  • the final reaction product is cooled slightly and collected in glass containers purged with nitrogen.
  • polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 1800 which is further modified by ethoxylation to a degree of approximately 7 ethyleneoxy residues per nitrogen (PEI 1800, E7) (207.3g, 0.590 mol nitrogen, prepared as in Example I) and acetonitrile (120 g).
  • Dimethyl sulfate 28.3g, 0.224 mol is added in one portion to the rapidly stirring solution, which is then stoppered and stirred at room temperature overnight.
  • the acetonitrile is removed by rotary evaporation at about 60°C, followed by further stripping of solvent using a Kugelrohr apparatus at approximately 80°C to afford 220 g of the desired partially quatemized material as a dark brown viscous liquid.
  • the ⁇ C- NMR (D2O) spectrum obtained on a sample of the reaction product indicates the absence of a carbon resonance at ⁇ 58ppm corresponding to dimethyl sulfate.
  • the ⁇ H-NMR (D2O) spectrum shows a partial shifting of the resonance at about 2.5 ppm for methylenes adjacent to unquatemized nitrogen has shifted to approximately 3.0 ppm.
  • PEI- 1800, E7 polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 1800 and ethoxylated to a degree of about 7 ethoxy groups per nitrogen
  • hydrogen peroxide 120 g of a 30 wt % solution in water, 1.06 mol
  • the resonances ascribed to methylene protons adjacent to unoxidized nitrogens have shifted from the original position at -2.5 ppm to -3.5 ppm.
  • To the reaction solution is added approximately 5 g of 0.5% Pd on alumina pellets, and the solution is allowed to stand at room temperature for approximately 3 days. The solution is tested and found to be negative for peroxide by indicator paper.
  • the material as obtained is suitably stored as a 51.1% active solution in water.
  • polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 1800 which is further modified by ethoxylation to a degree of 7 ethyleneoxy residues per nitrogen (PEI 1800 E7) subsequently quatemized with dimethyl sulfate to approximately 4.7% (121.7 g, -0.32 mol oxidizeable nitrogen), hydrogen peroxide (40 g of a 50 wt% solution in water, 0.588 mol), and water (109.4 g).
  • PEI 1800 E7 polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 1800 which is further modified by ethoxylation to a degree of 7 ethyleneoxy residues per nitrogen (PEI 1800 E7) subsequently quatemized with dimethyl sulfate to approximately 4.7% (121.7 g, -0.32 mol oxidizeable nitrogen), hydrogen peroxide (40 g of a 50 wt% solution in water, 0.588 mol), and water (109.4 g).
  • the flask is stoppered, and after an initial exotherm the solution is stirred
  • the ethoxylation is conducted in a 2 gallon stirred stainless steel autoclave equipped for temperature measurement and control, pressure measurement, vacuum and inert gas purging, sampling, and for introduction of ethylene oxide as a liquid.
  • a -20 lb. net cylinder of ethylene oxide (ARC) is set up to deliver ethylene oxide as a liquid by a pump to the autoclave with the cylinder placed on a scale so that the weight change of the cylinder could be monitored.
  • PEI polyethyleneimine
  • the autoclave is then sealed and purged of air (by applying vacuum to minus 28" Hg followed by pressurization with nitrogen to 250 psia, then venting to atmospheric pressure).
  • the autoclave contents are heated to 130 °C while applying vacuum.
  • the autoclave is charged with nitrogen to about 250 psia while cooling the autoclave to about 105 °C.
  • Ethylene oxide is then added to the autoclave incrementally over time while closely monitoring the autoclave pressure, temperature, and ethylene oxide flow rate.
  • the ethylene oxide pump is turned off and cooling is applied to limit any temperature increase resulting from any reaction exotherm.
  • the temperature is maintained between 100 and 1 10 °C while the total pressure is allowed to gradually increase during the course of the reaction.
  • the temperature is increased to 110 ° C and the autoclave is allowed to stir for an additional hour. At this point, vacuum is applied to remove any residual unreacted ethylene oxide.
  • Vacuum is removed and the autoclave is cooled to 105 °C while it is being charged with nitrogen to 250 psia and then vented to ambient pressure.
  • the autoclave is charged to 200 psia with nitrogen.
  • Ethylene oxide is again added to the autoclave incrementally as before while closely monitoring the autoclave pressure, temperature, and ethylene oxide flow rate while maintaining the temperature between 100 and 1 10 °C and limiting any temperature increases due to reaction exotherm.
  • 4500 g of ethylene oxide resulting in a total of 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of PEI nitrogen function
  • the temperature is increased to 110 °C and the mixture stirred for an additional hour.
  • reaction mixture is then collected in nitrogen purged containers and eventually transferred into a 22 L three neck round bottomed flask equipped with heating and agitation.
  • the strong alkali catalyst is neutralized by adding 167 g methanesulfonic acid (1.74 moles).
  • the reaction mixture is then deodorized by passing about 100 cu. ft. of inert gas (argon or nitrogen) through a gas dispersion frit and through the reaction mixture while agitating and heating the mixture to 130 °C.
  • inert gas argon or nitrogen
  • the final reaction product is cooled slightly and collected in glass containers purged with nitrogen.
  • PEI 1200 El 5 and PEI 1200 E20 can be prepared by the above method by adjusting the reaction time and the relative amount of ethylene oxide used in the reaction.
  • Dimethyl sulfate (Aldrich, 8.48g, 0.067 mol) is added all at once to the rapidly stirring solution, which is then stoppered and stirred at room temperature overnight.
  • acetonitrile is evaporated on the rotary evaporator at ⁇ 60°C, followed by a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at ⁇ 80°C to afford ⁇ 220g of the desired material as a dark brown viscous liquid.
  • a 13c-NMR (D 2 O) spectrum shows the absence of a peak at ⁇ 58ppm corresponding to dimethyl sulfate.
  • a ⁇ H-NMR (D2O) spectrum shows the partial shifting of the peak at 2.5ppm (methylenes attached to unquaternized nitrogens) to ⁇ 3.0ppm.
  • a 13c-NMR(DMSO-d6) shows that the reaction is complete by the virtual disappearance of the isethionate peaks at -53.5 ppm and -57.4 ppm, and the emergence of product peaks at -51.4 ppm (-CH2SO3Na) and -67.5 ppm (CH2CH2SO3Na).
  • the solution is cooled to ⁇ 100°C and neutralized to pH 7 with methanesulfonic acid (Aldrich).
  • the desired, neat material is obtained by adding 0.8 mol% of potassium phosphate, monobasic as buffer and heating on a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at 200°C for - 3 hrs. at -1 mm Hg to afford 77g of yellow waxy solid.
  • not all of the glycerin is removed before use in making the oligomers.
  • the use of glycerin solutions of SEG can be a convenient way of handling this sulfonated monomer.
  • the excess diethylene glycol is removed by adding 0.8 mol% of monobasic potassium phosphate (Aldrich) as a buffer and heating on a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at 150C° for - 3 hrs. at -1 mm Hg to give the desired "SE3" (as defined herein above) as an extremely viscous oil or glass.
  • Sodium hydroxide pellets (MCB, 5.5g, 0.138 mol) are added, followed by triethylene glycol (Aldrich, 448.7g, 3.0 mol).
  • the triethylene glycol can be purified by heating with strong base such as NaOH until color stabilizes and then distilling off the purified glycol for use in the synthesis. The solution is heated at 190C° under argon overnight as water distills from the reaction mixture.
  • a !3c-NMR(DMSO- d ⁇ ) shows that the reaction is complete by the disappearance of the isethionate peaks at -53.5 ppm and -57.4 ppm, and the emergence of product peaks at -51 ppm (- CH2SO3Na) , ⁇ 60ppm (-CH2OH), and at -67 ppm, -69 ppm, and -72 ppm for the remaining methylenes.
  • the solution is cooled to room temperature and neutralized to pH 7 with methanesulfonic acid (Aldrich).
  • the reaction affords 650g of a 59.5% solution of sodium 2- ⁇ 2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy ⁇ ethanesulfonate in triethylene glycol.
  • the excess triethylene glycol is removed by adding 0.8 mol% of monobasic potassium phosphate (Aldrich) as a buffer and heating on a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at 180C° for ⁇ 5.5 hrs. at -1 mm Hg to give the desired material as a brown solid.
  • a more soluble buffer can be more effective in controlling pH during the stripping of excess triethylene glycol.
  • a more soluble buffer is the salt of N-methylmo ⁇ holine with methanesulfonic acid.
  • the pH can be controlled by frequent or continuous addition of acid such as methanesulfonic acid to maintain a pH near neutral during the stripping of excess glycol.
  • the material is believed to contain a low level of the disulfonate arising from reaction of both ends of the triethylene glycol with isethionate.
  • the crude material is used without further purification as an anionic capping groups for polymer preparations.
  • This mixture is heated to 180°C and maintained at that temperature overnight under argon as methanol and water distill from the reaction vessel.
  • the material is transferred to a 500ml, single neck, round bottom flask and heated gradually over about 20 minutes to 240°C in a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at about 2 mm Hg and maintained there for 1.5 hours.
  • the reaction flask is then allowed to air cool quite rapidly to near room temperature under vacuum (-30 min.) The reaction affords 21.3g of the desired oligomer as a brown glass.
  • a 13c-NMR(DMSO-d6) shows a resonance for -C(O)OCH2CH2O(O)C- at -63.2 ppm (diester) and a resonance for - C(O)OCH2CH2OH at -59.4 ppm (monoester).
  • the ratio of the diester peak height to the monoester peak height is about 10.
  • Resonances at -51.5 ppm and -51.6 ppm representing the sulfoethoxy groups (-CH2SO3Na) are also present.
  • a 1 H- NMR(DMSO-d6) shows a resonance at -7.9 ppm representing terephthalate aromatic hydrogens.
  • This mixture is heated to 180°C and maintained at that temperature overnight under argon as methanol distills from the reaction vessel.
  • the material is transferred to a 500ml, single neck, round bottom flask and heated gradually over about 20 minutes to 240°C in a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at about 0.1 mm Hg and maintained there for 1 10 minutes.
  • the reaction flask is then allowed to air cool quite rapidly to near room temperature under vacuum (-30 min.) The reaction affords 24.4g of the desired oligomer as a brown glass.
  • a 13 C-NMR(DMSO-d6) shows a resonance for -C(O)OCH2CH2O(O)C- at -63.2 ppm (diester) and a resonance for -C(O)OCH2CH2OH at -59.4 ppm (monoester).
  • the ratio of the diester peak to monoester peak is measured to be 8.
  • Resonances at -51.5 ppm and -51.6 ppm representing the sulfoethoxy groups (-CH2SO3Na) are also present.
  • a lH-NMR(DMSO-d6) shows a resonance at -7.9 ppm representing terephthalate aromatic hydrogens.
  • a resonance for - C(O)OCH2CH2OH at -59.4 ppm is not detectable and is at least 12 times smaller than the diester peak. Resonances at -51.5 ppm and -51.6 ppm representing the sulfoethoxy groups (-CH2SO3Na) are also present.
  • a lH-NMR(DMSO-d( j ) shows a resonance at -7.9 ppm representing terephthalate aromatic hydrogens.
  • Analysis by Hydrolysis-GC shows that the mole ratio of inco ⁇ orated ethylene glycol to inco ⁇ orated propylene glycol is 1.6: 1.
  • the inco ⁇ orated glycerin is found to be 0.45 weight % of the final polymer. The solubility is tested by weighing a small amount of material into a vial, adding enough distilled water to make a 35% by weight solution, and agitating die vial vigorously. The material is readily soluble under these conditions.
  • This mixture is heated to 180°C and maintained at that temperature overnight under argon as methanol and water distill from the reaction vessel.
  • the material is transferred to a 500ml, single neck, round bottom flask and heated gradually over about 20 minutes to 240°C in a Kugelrohr apparatus (Aldrich) at about 0.5 mm Hg and maintained there for 150 minutes.
  • the reaction flask is then allowed to air cool quite rapidly to near room temperature under vacuum (-30 min.) The reaction affords 16.7g of the desired oligomer as a brown glass.
  • a * 3c-NMR(DMSO-d6) shows a resonance for - C(O)OCH2CH2O(O)C- at -63.2 ppm (diester) and a resonance for -C(O)OCH2CH2OH at -59.4 ppm (monoester).
  • the ratio of the peak height for the diester resonance to that of the monoester resonance is measured to be 6.1.
  • Resonances at -51.5 ppm and -51.6 ppm representing the sulfoethoxy groups (-CH2SO3Na) are also present.
  • a !H- NMR(DMSO-d6) shows a resonance at -7.9 ppm representing terephthalate aromatic hydrogens.
  • modified polyamines of the present invention useful as cotton soil release agents are suitably prepared by the following methods.
  • the detergent compositions according to the present invention can be in liquid, paste or granular forms. Such compositions can be prepared by combining the essential and optional components in the requisite concentrations in any suitable order and by an conventional means.
  • Liquid detergent compositions can be prepared by admixing the essential and optional ingredients thereof in any desired order to provide compositions containing components in the requisite concentrations.
  • Liquid compositions according to the present invention can also be in "compact form", in such case, the liquid detergent compositions according to the present invention will contain a lower amount of water, compared to conventional liquid detergents.
  • Concentrated built heavy duty liquid detergent compositions are prepared having the formulations set forth in Table III.
  • Granular compositions are generally made by combining base granule ingredients (e.g. surfactants, builders, water, etc.) as a slurry, and spray drying the resulting slurry to a low level of residual moisture (5-12%).
  • base granule ingredients e.g. surfactants, builders, water, etc.
  • the remaining dry ingredients can be admixed in granular powder form with the spray dried granules in a rotary mixing drum and the liquid ingredients (e.g. enzymes, binders and perfumes) can be sprayed onto the resulting granules to form the finished detergent composition.
  • Granular compositions according to the present invention can also be in "compact form", i.e. they may have a relatively higher density than conventional granular detergents, i.e. from 550 to 950 g/1.
  • the granular detergent compositions according to the present invention will contain a lower amount of "inorganic filler salt", compared to conventional granular detergents; typical filler salts are alkaline earth metal salts of sulfates and chlorides, typically sodium sulfate; "compact" detergents typically comprise not more than 10% filler salt.
  • Non-cotton soil release polymer according to U.S. Patent 4,968,451 , Scheibel et al., issued November 6, 1990.
  • Non-cotton soil release polymer according to U.S. Patent 5,415,807, Gosselink, Pan, Kellett and Hall, issued May 16, 1995.
  • compositions described in Table IV are suitable for laundering colored fabrics in aqueous washing solution while providing excellent dye transfer inhibition benefits.
  • Dye transfer inhibition performance provide by the combination of the PVNO or PVPI with the selected polyamine (PEI 1800 E7) is significantly better than if the dye transfer inhibiting polymers or the polyamine were used alone.
  • the present invention also provides a method for laundering colored fabrics with little or no dye transfer taking place. Such a method employs contacting these fabrics with an aqueous washing solution formed from an effective amount of the detergent compositions hereinbefore described. Contacting of fabrics with washing solution will generally occur under conditions of agitation.
  • Agitation is preferably provided in a washing machine for good cleaning. Washing is preferably followed by drying the wet fabric in a conventional clothes dryer.
  • An effective amount of the liquid or granular detergent composition in the aqueous wash solution in the washing machine is preferably from about 500 to about 7000 ppm, more preferably from about 1000 to about 3000 ppm.

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