Stain repellent compositions and applications thereof
View Patent ↗The present invention provides fluorinated compounds as well as dispersions of the fluorinated compounds. The fluorinated compounds described herein, in some embodiments, can be applied substrates such as textiles, including carpet and other floor coverings.
1. A fluorinated compound comprising:
a reaction product of
(i) a polyisocyanate component, and
(ii) a diol component comprising ethylene glycol; diethylene glycol; triethylene glycol; tetraethylene glycol; propylene glycol; dipropylene glycol; tripropylene glycol; 1,3-propanediol; 1,3-butanediol; 1,4-butanediol; neopentyl glycol; 1,6-hexanediol; 1,4-cyclohexanediol; or a mixture thereof,
the reaction product further reacted with an organic component comprising
(a) fluorinated molecules having a plurality of fluorinated carbon atoms and at least one isocyanate reactive functionality, and
(b) non-fluorinated molecules of Formula (III):
R o —X—H (III)
wherein X is —O—, —S— or —N(R 2 )—, and R 2 is hydrogen;
wherein R o is methyl, ethyl, or propyl, —R 3 —O—R 4
or —O—R 24 —O—C(O)—R 25 , and R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 24 and R 25 are independently selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, and propyl, and p ranges from 1 to 50
wherein the fluorinated compound has a molecular weight ranging from about 8,250 to about 20,000.
2. The fluorinated compound of claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate component comprises molecules of one or more species of polyisocyanates.
3. The fluorinated compound of claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate component comprises trifunctional isocyanate molecules.
4. The fluorinated compound of claim 1 , wherein the polyisocyanate component comprises at least one polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of
wherein, R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , R 17 , R 18 , R 19 , R 20 , R 21 , R 22 and R 23 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl; and
wherein R 10 , R 11 and R 12 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; and
wherein the alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and aryl of groups of R 7 -R 23 are optionally independently substituted one or more times with a substituent selected from the group consisting of -alkyl, -alkenyl, -fluoroalkyl, -chloroalkyl, bromoalkyl, -aryl, —O-alkyl, —O— alkenyl, —O-aryl, —O-alkylene-aryl, -carboxyl, -hydroxyl, -halo and -nitro.
5. The fluorinated compound of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fluorinated compound having a plurality of fluorinated carbon atoms and at least one isocyanate reactive functionality is a compound of Formula (II):
R f —R a —X—H (II)
wherein R is a fluoroalkyl, R a is a direct bond, alkyl, —C m H 2m SO 2 —, —SO 2 N(R 1 )—, —CON(R 1 )—, wherein m ranges from 1 to 20 and R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl, and X is —O—, —S— or —N(R 2 )—, wherein R 2 is hydrogen or alkyl.
6. The fluorinated compound of claim 5 , wherein the compound of Formula (II) comprises a fluorinated alcohol of the formula (C q F 2q+1 )(CH 2 ) u OH, wherein q ranges from 4 to 20 and u ranges from 1 to 20.
7. The fluorinated compound of claim 6 , wherein the fluorinated alcohol comprises (C 4 F 9 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 6 F 13 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 8 F 17 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 10 F 21 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 12 F 25 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 14 F 28 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 16 F 33 )(CH 2 ) u OH, (C 18 F 39 )(CH 2 ) u OH or (C 20 F 41 )(CH 2 ) u OH or mixtures thereof.
8. The fluorinated compound of claim 1 , wherein R o is
and R 5 and R 6 independently are methyl, ethyl, or propyl.
9. The fluorinated compound of claim 8 , wherein R 5 is ethyl and R 6 is methyl.
10. The fluorinated compound of claim 9 , wherein p ranges from about 7 to about 33.
11. The fluorinated compound of claim 10 , wherein p is about 17.
12. The fluorinated compound of claim 1 , wherein the organic component further comprises 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol or 2,2-dichloroethanol.