IP Library Granted Patent US 9,745,251
Granted Patent B2
US 9,745,251 · App. 14/413,875 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Lipase-stable thickening agent

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Patent No.
US 9,745,251
App. No.
14/413,875
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to novel compounds, to aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations containing the novel compounds and to the use of the novel compounds as thickening agents of aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations.

Claims (14)

1. An aqueous formulation comprising a compound of formula (I)

wherein R 1 and R 2 of the compound of formula (I) are selected from one of the following groupings

R 1 ═H or 2-hydroxypropyl and R 2 =2-hydroxypropyl;

R 1 ═H or 2-aminoethyl and R 2 =2-aminoethyl;

R 1 ═H or N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aminoethyl and R 2 ═N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aminoethyl;

R 1 ═H or 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl and R 2 =2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl;

R 1 =methyl or 2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexyl and R 2 =2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexyl; and

R 1 ═H or 2-(1-piperazinyl)ethyl and R 2 =2-(1-piperazinyl)ethyl.

2. The aqueous formulation of claim 1 , wherein R 1 ═H and R 2 ═N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aminoethyl.

3. The aqueous formulation according to claim 1 , wherein said aqueous formulation further comprises at least one surfactant.

4. The aqueous formulation according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one surfactant is a mixture of at least one anionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant.

5. The aqueous formulation according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one surfactant is a biosurfactant selected from rhamnolipids, sophorolipids, trehalose- and other mycolic-acid-containing glycolipids, and also cellobiose and mannosylerythritol lipids.

6. The aqueous formulation according to claim 1 , wherein said aqueous formulation further comprises at least one enzyme.

7. The aqueous formulation according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one compound of formula (I) is present in an amount of from 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight, where the % by weight refers to the total formulation.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 16, 2020
From: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
To: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 052422/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2015
From: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
To: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
Reel/Frame 037174/0982 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2015
From: KLOSTERMANN, MICHAEL; WENK, HANS HENNING; KOEHLE, HANS-JUERGEN; VENZMER, JOACHIM; KUPPERT, DIRK; LATTICH, JUERGEN; KOTTKE, ULRIKE
To: EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
Reel/Frame 034674/0218 →