Granted Patent B2

US 8,076,442 · App. 11/909,723 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Abstract

Claims (87)

1. A polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound, characterized in that it has repeat units of the formula (I):

-[Q-V]—  (I)

in which Q is selected from the group which consists of:

—NR—,

—N + R 2 —

a saturated or unsaturated diamino-functional heterocycle of the formulae:

an aromatic diamino-functional heterocycle of the formula:

a trivalent radical of the formula:

a trivalent radical of the formula:

a tetravalent radical of the formula

in which R is in each case hydrogen or a monovalent organic radical,

where Q does not bind to the carbonyl carbon atom,

V is selected from the group which consists of V 1 , V 2 and V 3 , in which

V 2 is selected from divalent straight-chain, cyclic or branched, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals which have up to 1000 carbon atoms (not counting the carbon atoms of the polysiloxane radical Z 2 defined below) and may optionally contain one or more groups selected from

—CONR 2 — in which R 2 is hydrogen, a monovalent straight-chain, cyclic or branched, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon radical which has up to 100 carbon atoms, may contain one or more groups selected from —O—, —NH—, —C(O)— and —C(S)— and may optionally be substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group which consists of a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group preferably containing one or more nitrogen atoms, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, ammonium, polyether radicals and polyether ester radicals, where, when a plurality of —CONR 2 groups are present, they may be the same or different,

—C(O)— and —C(S),

the V 2 radical may optionally be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups and/or by

—Si(OR) 3-a (R′) a

in which a is an integer from 0 to 2 and R and R′ may be the same or different from one another and are each an organic radical, and

the V 2 radical contains at least one —Z 2 — group of the formula

in which

R 1 may be the same or different and is selected from the group which consists of: C 1 - to C 22 -alkyl, fluoro(C 1 -C 10 )alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl and —W—Si(OR) 3-a (R′) a in which R, R′ and a are each as defined above and W is —O— or a divalent straight-chain, cyclic or branched, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon which has up to 100 carbon atoms and may contain one or more —C(O)—, —O—, —NH—, —S— groups, and may optionally be substituted by hydroxyl groups, and

n 1 =from 20 to 1000,

V 1 is selected from divalent straight-chain, cyclic or branched, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals which have up to 1000 carbon atoms and may optionally contain one or more groups selected from

—CONR 2 —, in which R 2 is as defined above, where the R 2 groups in the V 1 and V 2 groups may be the same or different,

—C(O)—, —C(S)— and —Z 1 — in which —Z 1 — is a group of the formula

in which

R 1 is as defined above, where the R 1 groups in the V 1 and V 2 groups may be the same or different, and

n 2 =from 0 to 19,

and the V 1 radical may optionally be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups and/or by

Si(OR) 3-a (R′) a

in which a is an integer of 0 to 2 and R and R′ may be the same or different from one another and are each an organic radical, and

V 3 is a trivalent or higher-valency, straight-chain, cyclic or branched, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon radical which has up to 1000 carbon atoms and optionally contains one or more groups selected from

—CONR 2 , in which R 2 is as defined above, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —Z 1 — which is as defined above, —Z 2 — which is as defined above, and Z 3 in which Z 3 is a trivalent or higher-valency organopolysiloxane unit, and

which may optionally be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups and/or by

—Si(OR) 3-a (R′) a

in which a is an integer from 0 to 2 and R and R′ may be the same or different from one another and are each an organic radical,

with the proviso

that the polysiloxane compound mentioned contains at least one —Z 1 —, —Z 2 — or —Z 3 — group,

that the trivalent and tetravalent Q radicals either serve to branch the main chain formed from Q and V such that the valencies which do not serve for binding in the main chain bear further branches formed from -[Q-V]— units, or the trivalent and tetravalent Q radicals are saturated by V 3 radicals within a linear main chain without formation of a branch,

that there is at least one group Q having at least one radical R, and

that at least one R radical in the Q groups is a polyalkylene oxide-containing organic radical R o , wherein

R o is a group of the formula (III)

—X-E-Y  (III)

wherein X is a single bond or a divalent straight-chain, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical which has up to 20 carbon atoms and may optionally contain nitrogen and/or oxygen, and X is bonded to the nitrogen atom of Q via a carbon atom,

E is a group of the formula (IV)

which may comprise random and blockwise sequences of the ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units and the bond to E may be via an ethylene oxide or propylene oxide unit, where

v=from 0 to 40,

w=from 0 to 40,

v+w≧1,

wherein R o is bonded to the X group via a carbon atom and to the Y group via an oxygen atom,

that the molar R o :Q ratio is from 0.05 to 0.8,

wherein Y is hydrogen or a monovalent straight-chain, branched or cyclic, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon radical which has up to 24 carbon atoms and may contain oxygen and/or nitrogen and/or halogen and is bonded to the E group via a carbon atom, and in which the positive charges which result from ammonium groups are neutralized by organic or inorganic acid anions.

2. A polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein V includes repeat units of the formula V 1 and V 2 .

3. A polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein V includes polyalkylene oxide-containing radicals.

4. A polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of the V 1 and V 2 groups is:

V 2 /V 1 >1.

5. A polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compound has an average of at least two repeat units of the formula (I).

6. A polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the V 1 group is selected from divalent straight-chain, cyclic or branched, saturated, unsaturated or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals which have up to 600, preferably up to 400, carbon atoms and may optionally contain one or more groups selected from —O—, —CONH—, —CONR 2 — in which R 2 is as defined above, —C(O)—, —C(S)— and —Z 1 — in which —Z 1 — is a group of the formula

wherein

R 1 is C 1 -C 18 -alkyl which is optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms, or phenyl, and n 2 is as defined above.

7. The polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the V 1 group is selected from:

—R 9 — wherein R 9 is a divalent saturated or mono- or polyunsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radical having from two to 25 carbon atoms,

—(CH 2 ) u C(O)O—[(CH 2 CH 2 O) q —(CH 2 CH(CH 3 )O) r ]—C(O)(CH 2 ) u

—(CH 2 ) u C(O)O—R 9 —O—C(O)(CH 2 ) u — in which R 9 is as defined

—(CH 2 ) u —R 10 —(CH 2 ) u — in which R 10 is an aromatic

—[CH 2 CH 2 O] q —[CH 2 CH(CH 3 )O] r —CH 2 CH 2 —,

—CH(CH 3 )CH 2 O[CH 2 CH 2 O] q —[CH 2 CH(CH 3 )O] r —CH 2 CH(CH 3 )—

—CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 —,

—CH 2 CH(OH)(CH 2 ) 2 CH(OH)CH 2 —,

—CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 OCH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 OCH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 —, and

—CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 O—[CH 2 CH 2 O] q —[CH 2 CH(CH 3 )O] r —CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 —

wherein

u is from 1 to 3,

q and r are from 0 to 40, and

q+r>0.

8. A process for preparing the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

a) a primary amine which contains a polyalkylene oxide group and optionally further amine compounds are reacted with amino-reactive polysiloxane-containing compounds and optionally further amino-reactive compounds, or

b) the amino group of a polyamino-polysiloxane copolymer compound is alkylated with an alkylating agent which contains a polyalkylene oxide group.

9. A process of fiber treatment or fiber finishing comprising applying the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds of claim 1 to fibers.

10. A process for initial finishing and treatment of textiles and other fibrous materials comprising applying the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds of claim 1 to textiles or fibrous materials.

11. A process of treatment of textiles and other fibrous materials comprising applying the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds of claim 1 to at least one of textiles, other natural and synthetic fibrous materials.

12. A fabric softener or ironing aid comprising the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds of claim 1 .

13. A process for treatment and finishing of hard surfaces comprising applying the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds of claim 1 to a hard surface.

14. A hair or skin cosmetic system comprising the polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compounds of claim 1 .

15. An aqueous emulsion comprising at least one polyamino- and/or polyammonium-polysiloxane copolymer compound as claimed in claim 1 and optionally one or more surfactants and optionally one or more nitrogen-free polysiloxane compounds.

16. A process of fiber finishing or treatment comprising applying the aqueous emulsion as claimed in claim 15 to a fiber.

Assignments (15)