FABRIC CARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING METATHESIZED UNSATURATED POLYOL ESTERS
The present invention relates to fabric cleaning and/or treatment compositions as well as methods of making and using same. Such fabric cleaning and/or treatment compositions contain species of metathesized unsaturated polyol esters that have the correct rheology. Thus, such species of metathesized unsaturated polyol esters provide unexpectedly improved softenening performance and formulability.
1 . A composition comprising,
a) a metathesized unsaturated polyol ester, said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester having one or more of the following properties:
(i) a weight average molecular weight of from about 5,000 Daltons to about 50,000 Daltons;
(ii) an oligomer index from greater than 0 to 1;
(iii) an iodine value of from about 30 to about 200; and
b) a material selected from the group consisting of a fabric softener active, a fabric care benefit agent, an anionic surfactant scavenger, a delivery enhancing agent, a perfume, a perfume delivery system, a structurant, a soil dispersing polymer, a brightener, a hueing dye, dye transfer inhibiting agent, builder, surfactant, an enzyme and mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier.
2 . A composition according to claim 1 , said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester having a weight average molecular weight of from about 5,000 Daltons to about 50,000 Daltons.
3 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester has an iodine value of from about 30 to about 200.
4 . A composition comprising:
a) a metathesized unsaturated polyol ester, said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester having a weight average molecular weight of from about 2,000 Daltons to about 50,000 Daltons; and one or more of the following properties:
(i) a free hydrocarbon content, based on total weight of metathesized unsaturated polyol ester of from about 0% to about 5%;
(ii) an oligomer index from greater than 0 to 1;
(iii) an iodine value of from about 8 to about 200; and
b) a material selected from the group consisting of a fabric softener active, a fabric care benefit agent, an anionic surfactant scavenger, a delivery enhancing agent, a perfume, a perfume delivery system, a structurant, a soil dispersing polymer, a brightener, a hueing dye, dye transfer inhibiting agent, builder, surfactant, an enzyme, and mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier.
5 . A composition according to claim 4 , wherein said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester has an iodine value of from about 10 to about 200.
6 . A composition according to claim 4 , wherein said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester has an oligomer index from about 0.001 to 1.
7 . A composition according to claim 1 , wherein said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester has a free hydrocarbon content, based on total weight of metathesized unsaturated polyol ester, of from about 0% to about 5%.
8 . A composition according to claim 1 , said composition comprising, based on total composition weight, from about 0.1% to about 50% of said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester.
9 . A composition according to claim 1 , comprising one or more of the following:
a) from about 0.01% to about 30% of said fabric softener active;
b) from about 0.001% to about 15% of said anionic surfactant scavenger;
c) from about 0.01% to about 10% of said delivery enhancing agent;
d) from about 0.005% to about 30% of said perfume;
e) from about 0.005% to about 30% of said perfume delivery system;
f) from about 0.01% to about 10% of said soil dispersing polymer;
g) from about 0.001% to about 10% of said brightener;
h) from about 0.0001% to about 10% of said hueing dye;
i) from about 0.0001% to about 10% of said dye transfer inhibiting agent;
j) from about 0.01% to about 10% of said enzyme;
k) from about 0.01% to about 20% of said structurant;
l) from about 0.1% to about 10% of said fabric care benefit agent;
m) from about 0.1% to about 80% of said builder; and
n) mixtures thereof.
10 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein the metathesized unsaturated polyol ester is metathesized at least once.
11 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester is derived from a natural polyol ester and/or a synthetic polyol ester, preferably said natural polyol ester is selected from the group consisting of a vegetable oil, a animal fat, a algae oil and mixtures thereof; and said synthetic polyol ester is derived from a material selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, polyglycerol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol, pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, tripentaerythritol, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, a sugar, preferably, sucrose, and mixtures thereof.
12 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein said metathesized unsaturated polyol ester is selected from the group consisting of metathesized Abyssinian oil, metathesized Almond Oil, metathesized Apricot Oil, metathesized Apricot Kernel oil, metathesized Argan oil, metathesized Avocado Oil, metathesized Babassu Oil, metathesized Baobab Oil, metathesized Black Cumin Oil, metathesized Black Currant Oil, metathesized Borage Oil, metathesized Camelina oil, metathesized Carinata oil, metathesized Canola oil, metathesized Castor oil, metathesized Cherry Kernel Oil, metathesized Coconut oil, metathesized Corn oil, metathesized Cottonseed oil, metathesized Echium Oil, metathesized Evening Primrose Oil, metathesized Flax Seed Oil, metathesized Grape Seed Oil, metathesized Grapefruit Seed Oil, metathesized Hazelnut Oil, metathesized Hemp Seed Oil, metathesized Jatropha oil, metathesized Jojoba Oil, metathesized Kukui Nut Oil, metathesized Linseed Oil, metathesized Macadamia Nut Oil, metathesized Meadowfoam Seed Oil, metathesized Moringa Oil, metathesized Neem Oil, metathesized Olive Oil, metathesized Palm Oil, metathesized Palm Kernel Oil, metathesized Peach Kernel Oil, metathesized Peanut Oil, metathesized Pecan Oil, metathesized Pennycress oil, metathesized Perilla Seed Oil, metathesized Pistachio Oil, metathesized Pomegranate Seed Oil, metathesized Pongamia oil, metathesized Pumpkin Seed Oil, metathesized Raspberry Oil, metathesized Red Palm Olein, metathesized Rice Bran Oil, metathesized Rosehip Oil, metathesized Safflower Oil, metathesized Seabuckthorn Fruit Oil, metathesized Sesame Seed Oil, metathesized Shea Olein, metathesized Sunflower Oil, metathesized Soybean Oil, metathesized Tonka Bean Oil, metathesized Tung Oil, metathesized Walnut Oil, metathesized Wheat Germ Oil, metathesized High Oleoyl Soybean Oil, metathesized High Oleoyl Sunflower Oil, metathesized High Oleoyl Safflower Oil, metathesized High Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oil, and mixtures thereof.
13 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein:
a) said fabric softener active comprises a cationic fabric softener;
b) said anionic surfactant scavenger comprises a water soluble cationic and/or zwitterionic scavenger compound;
c) said delivery enhancing agent comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a cationic polymer having a charge density from about 0.05 milliequivalent/g to about 23 milliequivalent per gram of polymer, an amphoteric polymer having a charge density from about 0.05 milliequivalent/g to about 23 milliequivalent per gram of polymer, a protein having a charge density from about 0.05 milliequivalent/g to about 23 milliequivalent per gram of protein and mixtures thereof;
d) said soil dispersing polymer is selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer copolymer or terpolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer anionic monomer;
e) said brightener is selected from the group consisting of derivatives of stilbene or 4,4′-diaminostilbene, biphenyl, five-membered heterocycles, and mixtures thereof;
f) said hueing dye comprising a moiety selected the group consisting of acridine, anthraquinone;
g) said dye transfer inhibiting agent is selected from the group consisting polyvinylpyrrolidone polymers, polyamine N-oxide polymers, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole, polyvinyloxazolidones and polyvinylimidazoles or mixtures thereof;
h) said bleach is selected from the group consisting of catalytic metal complexes; activated peroxygen sources; bleach activators; bleach boosters; photobleaches; bleaching enzymes; free radical initiators; H 2 O 2 ; hypohalite bleaches; peroxygen sources and mixtures thereof;
j) said detersive enzyme is selected from the group consisting of hemicellulases, peroxidases, proteases, cellulases, xylanases, lipases, phospholipases, esterases, cutinases, pectinases, keratanases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, ligninases, pullulanases, tannases, pentosanases, malanases, β-glucanases, arabinosidases, hyaluronidase, chondroitinase, laccase, amylases and mixtures thereof;
k) said structurant is selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated castor oil, gellan gum, starches, derivatized starches, carrageenan, guar gum, pectin, xanthan gum, modified celluloses, modified proteins, hydrogenated polyalkylenes, non-hydrogenated polyalkenes, inorganic salts, clay, homo- and co-polymers comprising cationic monomers selected from the group consisting of N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, and mixtures thereof;
l) said fabric care benefit agent is selected from the group consisting of polyglycerol esters, oily sugar derivatives, wax emulsions, silicones, polyisobutylene, polyolefins and mixtures thereof;
m) said builder is selected from the group consisting of phosphate salts, water-soluble, nonphosphorus organic builders, alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium polyacetates, carboxylates, polycarboxylates, polyhydroxy sulfonates, and mixtures thereof;
n) said surfactant is selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, ampholytic surfactants, cationic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof.
14 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein:
a) said fabric softener active is selected from the group consisting of bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)-dimethylammonium methylsulphate fatty acid ester, 1,2-di(acyloxy)-3-trimethylammoniopropane chloride, N, N-bis(stearoyl-oxy-ethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, N,N-bis(tallowoyl-oxy-ethyl) N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, N,N-bis(stearoyl-oxy-ethyl)N-(2 hydroxyethyl)-N-methyl ammonium methylsulfate, N,N-bis-(stearoyl-2-hydroxypropyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium methylsulphate, N,N-bis-(tallowoyl-2-hydroxypropyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium methylsulphate, N,N-bis-(palmitoyl-2-hydroxypropyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium methylsulphate, N,N-bis-(stearoyl-2-hydroxypropyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, 1, 2 di (stearoyl-oxy) 3 trimethyl ammoniumpropane chloride, dicanoladimethylammonium chloride, di(hard)tallowdimethylammonium chloride dicanoladimethylammonium methylsulfate, Dipalmethyl Hydroxyethylammoinum Methosulfate and mixtures thereof;
b) said anionic surfactant scavenger is selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl quaternary ammonium compounds, amine precursors of monoalkyl quaternary ammonium compounds, dialkyl quaternary ammonium compounds, and amine precursors of dialkyl quaternary ammonium compounds, polyquaternary ammonium compounds, amine precursors of polyquaternary ammonium compounds, and mixtures thereof;
c) said delivery enhancing agent is selected from the group consisting of cationic polysaccaharides, polyethyleneimine and its derivatives, polyamidoamines and homopolymers, copolymers and terpolymers made from one or more cationic monomers selected from the group consisting of N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide, quaternized N,N-dialkylaminoalkylmethacrylamide, vinylamine and its derivatives, allylamine and its derivatives, vinyl imidazole, quaternized vinyl imidazole and diallyl dialkyl ammonium chloride and combinations thereof, and optionally a second monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, N,N-dialkyl acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dialkylmethacrylamide, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, C 1 -C 12 hydroxyalkyl acrylate, polyalkylene glyol acrylate, C 1 -C 12 alkyl methacrylate, C 1 -C 12 hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, polyalkylene glycol methacrylate, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, vinyl formamide, vinyl acetamide, vinyl alkyl ether, vinyl pyridine, vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl imidazole and derivatives, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, styrene sulfonic acid, acrylamidopropylmethane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and their salts, and mixtures thereof;
d) said soil dispersing polymer is selected from the group consisting of alkoxylated polyethyleneimines, homopolymer or copolymer of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, acrylamidopropylmethane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and their salts, derivatives and combinations thereof;
e) said brightener is selected from the group consisting of derivatives of stilbene or 4,4′-diaminostilbene, biphenyl, five-membered heterocycles such as triazoles and mixtures thereof;
f) said hueing dye is selected from the group consisting of Direct Violet dyes, preferably Direct Violet dyes 9, 35, 48, 51, 66, and 99; Direct Blue dyes, preferably Direct Blue dyes 1, 71, 80 and 279; Acid Red dyes, and mixtures thereof;
g) said bleach is selected from the group consisting of catalytic metal complexes; activated peroxygen sources; bleach activators; bleach boosters; photobleaches, peroxygen source, hydrogen peroxide, perborate and percarbonate or mixtures thereof;
h) said enzyme, is selected from the group consisting of hemicellulases, peroxidases, proteases, cellulases, xylanases, lipases, phospholipases, esterases, cutinases, pectinases, pentosanases, malanases, β-glucanases, laccase, amylases and mixtures thereof;
i) said surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfate, alkyl ethoxysulfate, linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, alpha olefin sulfonate, ethoxylated alcohols, ethoxylated alkyl phenols, fatty acids, soaps, and mixtures thereof.
15 . A composition according to claim 1 comprising:
a) a fabric softening agent, a perfume, and a delivery enhancing agent; or
b) a fabric softening agent, a perfume delivery system; or
c) a hueing dye and a surfactant; or
d) less than 10% total water, said total water being the sum of the free and bound water; or
e) a fabric softening agent, a fabric care benefit agent and a delivery enhancing agent; or
f) a fabric care benefit agent and a delivery enhancing agent; or
g) a fabric care benefit agent, anionic surfactant scavenger and a delivery enhancing agent.
16 . A composition according to claim 1 , said composition being a gel network or lamellar.
17 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein said composition is in the form of a rinse-added composition.
18 . A composition according to claim 1 wherein the composition is a laundry detergent.
19 . A composition according to claim 1 said composition being in the form of a bead or pastille.
20 . An article comprising a composition according to claims 1 - 19 and a water soluble film.
21 . An article comprising two or more chambers that are surrounded by a water soluble film, at least one of said chambers comprising a composition that comprises, based on total composition weight, from about 50% to about 100% of metathesized unsaturated polyol ester, and optionally, an adjunct.
22 . A dryer sheet article comprising a composition according to any of claims 1 to 16 .
23 . A fabric treated with a composition according to claims 1 - 19 and/or an article according to claims 20 - 22 .
24 . A method of treating and/or cleaning a fabric, said method comprising
a) optionally washing and/or rinsing said fabric;
b) contacting said fabric with with a composition according to claims 1 - 19 and/or an article according to claims 20 - 22 ;
c) optionally washing and/or rinsing said fabric; and
d) optionally passively or actively drying said fabric.