POLYMERS FOR HYDROPHOBIC AND OLEOPHOBIC TEXTILE FINISHING
The invention relates to copolymers comprising or consisting of, preferably consisting of three components: component a) having at least one biuret or isocyanurate substructure, component b) selected from polysiloxanes and polyhydrocarbons, preferably polysiloxanes, component c) comprising a hydrocarbon which is different from component b) and has at least 6 carbon atoms and not more than 3 heteroatoms selected from the group of N, 0, S, where component b) is joined to 2 different or identical components a) via at least two positions; and to the preparation and use thereof for finishing of fabrics.
1 . A copolymer comprising three components:
component a) having a biuret or isocyanurate substructure,
component b) selected from the group consisting of polysiloxanes and polyhydrocarbons,
component c) comprising a hydrocarbon which is different from component b) and has at least 6 carbon atoms and not more than 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S,
wherein component b) is joined to 2 different or identical components a) via at least two positions.
2 . The copolymer according to claim 1 wherein component b) is a polybutadiene.
3 . The copolymer according to claim 1 are free of halogen atoms and are free of polyether structures.
4 . The copolymer according to claim 1 have component a) and component c) in a ratio of number of c) divided by number of a) of 1 to 3.
5 . The copolymer according to claim 1 each have, in component a), two or more biuret or isocyanurate substructures.
6 . The copolymer according to claim 1 have, as component a), independently identical or different biuret substructures of the formula (III) and isocyanurate substructures of the formula (IV)
in which
L is divalent radicals of tolyl (2,4-; 2,6-), ethylphenyl, 1,5-naphthyl, α,ω-tetramethylene, α,ω-hexamethylene, α,ω-dodecamethylene, α,ω-2-methylpentamethylene, α,ω-2,2,4-trimethylhexamethylene, cyclohexyl (1,4-), 1-methylcyclohexyl (1,3-; 1,4-; 2,6-), 2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl, isophorone (3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexyl), 4,4′-dicyclohexylmethyl, 4,4′-dicyclohexylpropane-(2,2), 4,4′-diphenylmethane, preferably hexamethylene, 4,4′-diphenylmethane and isophorone,
R x is independently the bonding site to component b) and component c),
and denotes a urethane group or urea group in the case of the bond to component b),
and denotes a urethane group, a urea group or a thiourea group in the case of the bond to component c),
where these urethane, urea and thiourea groups are bonded via the nitrogen atom to formula (III) and formula (IV),
or R x denotes a bond to a further biuret or isocyanurate substructure;
and have, as component b), preferably a polysiloxane of the formula (I)
M 1 a1 M 2 a2 M 3 a3 D 1 b1 D 2 b2 D 3 b3 T c Q d (I)
with
M 1 = [R 1 3 SiO 1/2 ],
M 2 = [R 2 R 1 2 SiO 1/2 ],
M 3 = [R 3 R 1 2 SiO 1/2 ],
D 1 = [R 1 2 SiO 2/2 ],
D 2 = [R 1 R 2 SiO 2/2 ],
D 3 = [R 1 R 3 SiO 2/2 ],
T = [R 1 SiO 3/2 ],
Q = [SiO 4/2 ],
where
a1=0 to 20;
a2=0 to 10;
a3=0 to 20;
b1=1 to 1000;
b2=0 to 10;
b3=0 to 20;
c=0 to 10;
d=0 to 50;
wherein at least one of the indices a3 and b3 is greater than 1, the sum total of a3 and b3;
R 1 =independently identical or different linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl radicals having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or aromatic hydrocarbyl radicals having 6 to 30 carbon atoms;
R 2 =independently identical or different linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl radicals, where the substituents may be selected from methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, pentoxy and glycidyloxy,
R 3 =a divalent hydrocarbon having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, the second bond of which is the bonding site to component a) via a urethane or urea group;
and have, as component c), hydrocarbons having exactly one bonding site to component a), the hydrocarbons is preferably having, aside from carbon and hydrogen, not more than 3 heteroatoms; if component c) has heteroatoms.
7 . The copolymer according to claim 6 have in component a), as divalent L radical in the formula (III) or (IV), hexamethylene, 4,4′-diphenylmethane and isophorone;
in component b), a siloxane of the formula (I) with the indices
a3=2 to 5
a1=0 to 1
a2=0
b2 and b3=0
d=0
R 1 =methyl or phenyl
in component c), a hydrocarbon which is free of heteroatoms and has aromatic rings.
8 . A process for preparing the copolymer according to claim 1 , wherein, in the first step, an intermediate comprising components a) and components c) is prepared and, in the second step, the intermediates are converted to the copolymer.
9 . A composition comprising the copolymer according to claim 1 and additives and/or auxiliaries.
10 . An aqueous emulsion comprising the copolymer according to claim 1 .
11 . The composition according to claim 9 comprising, as at least one additive, a booster, preferably a polycarbodiimide.
12 . A fabric finishing composition comprising the compositions or aqueous emulsions according to claim 9 .
13 . A method of liquid- and soil-repellent impregnation of textile fabrics by using the copolymers according to claim 1 .
14 . The method of liquid- and soil-repellent impregnation of textile fabrics according to claim 13 .
15 . The repellent textile fabric comprising the copolymer according to claim 1 .
16 . The copolymer according to claim 1 wherein component a) is a polysiloxane.
17 . The copolymer according to claim 1 are free of fluorine atoms and are free of oxyalkylene fragments bonded to one another.
18 . The copolymer according to claim 1 have component a) and component c) in a ratio of number of c) divided by number of a) of 1.8 to 2.2.
19 . The copolymer according to claim 1 each have, in component a), from 1 to 4 biuret or isocyanurate substructures.