Cleaning concentrate
View Patent ↗Compositions of the invention include: a surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10; and a compound of formula (I): where; x is an integer from 2 to 6, y is an integer from 0 to 5, R is a bond or (C 1 -C 4 )alkylene, R 1 is a hydrogen, halo, aryl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycyl, R 2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halo, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkenylene. Methods forming stable aqueous and non-aqueous solutions of the same are also provided.
1. A composition comprising:
(a) a surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10; and
(b) a compound of formula (I):
wherein:
x is an integer from 2 to 6;
y is an integer from 0 to 5;
R is a bond or (C 1 -C 4 )alkylene;
R 1 is a hydrogen, halo, aryl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycyl;
R 2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halo, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkenylene: and
wherein the compound of formula (I) is present from greater than 10 to 90 wt % based on total weight of surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10, and the compound of formula (I).
2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein x is an integer from 2 to 4, y is 0, R is a bond or methylene, and R 1 is hydrogen.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein x is 4, y is 0, R is a bond or methylene, R 1 is hydrogen.
4. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a second surfactant having an HLB value greater than 10 or water.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10 is a primary alcohol ethoxylate, a secondary alcohol ethoxylate, a ternary alcohol ethoxylate, a primary amine ethoxylate, a secondary amine ethoxylate or mixtures thereof.
6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10 is a compound of formula (II):
R′—O—(EO) a (PO) b R″ (II)
wherein:
a is an integer from 1 to 10;
b is an integer from 0 to 5;
R′ is (C 6 -C 22 )alkyl, (C 6 -C 22 )alkoxy, (C 6 -C 22 ) alkenylene with the proviso that when R′ is C 6 alkyl, C 6 alkoxy, or C 6 alkenylene, a is at least 1 and b is at least 1; and
R″ is a hydrogen, halo, aryl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycyl.
7. The composition according to claim 6 , wherein a is an integer from 1 to 5, b is 0, R′ is (C 8 -C 16 )alkyl, and R″ is hydrogen.
8. The composition according to claim 4 , wherein the second surfactant having an HLB greater than 10 is an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a nonionic, an amphoteric surfactant, or mixtures thereof.
9. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I) is present from 25 to 75 wt % based on total weight of surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10, and compound of formula (I).
10. A method of forming a stable cleaning composition comprising combining;
(a) a surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10;
(b) a compound of formula (I):
wherein;
x is an integer from 2 to 6;
y is an integer from 0 to 5;
R is a bond or (C 1 -C 4 )alkylene;
R 1 is hydrogen, halo, aryl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycyl;
R 2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halo, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkenylene;
wherein the compound of formula (I) is present from greater than 10 to 90 wt % based on total weight of surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10, and compound of formula (I); and
(c) a second surfactant having an HLB value greater than 10 forming a stable non-aqueous cleaning concentrate or water forming an aqueous cleaning concentrate.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein further comprising diluting the stable non-aqueous cleaning concentrate to form a stable aqueous use solution or diluting the stable aqueous cleaning concentrate to form a stable aqueous use solution.
12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the combining a compound of formula (I) comprises combining a compound of formula (I) wherein x is an integer from 2 to 4, y is 0, R is a bond or methylene, and R 1 is hydrogen.
13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the combining a surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10 comprises a compound of formula (II):
R′—O—(EO) a (PO) b R″ (II)
wherein;
a is an integer from 1 to 10;
b is an integer from 0 to 5;
R′ is (C 6 -C 22 )alkyl, (C 6 -C 22 )alkoxy, (C 6 -C 22 ) alkenylene with the proviso that when R′ is C 6 alkyl, C 6 alkoxy, or C 6 alkenylene, a is at least 1 and b is at least 1; and
R″ is hydrogen, halo, aryl, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycyl.
14. The method according to claim 13 , the combining a surfactant having an HLB value from 1 to 10 comprises a compound of formula (II) where a is an integer from 1 to 5, b is 0, R′ is (C 8 -C 16 )alkyl, and R″ is hydrogen.
15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the combining comprises combining a weight ratio of compound (I) to compound (II) of 1:3 to 3:1.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the combining a second surfactant comprises combining an amine salt of a fatty acid anionic surfactant.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the combining a second surfactant comprises combining a reaction product of a sulfonic acid and an alcohol amine.
18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the combining a second surfactant comprises combining a reaction product of a dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid and triethanol amine.
19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the combining a second surfactant further comprises combining an amine oxide.