Cleaning compositions with improved sudsing profile comprising a cationic polymer and silicone mixture

1. A detergent or cleaning composition comprising:

(a) a cationic polymer comprising a first nonionic structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide (AAm) and a second cationic structural unit derived from an amine-containing monomer, wherein said cationic polymer further comprises a third nonionic structural unit derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of vinylpyrrolidone (VP), vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, vinyl formamide, vinyl acetamide, vinyl alkyl ether, vinyl pyridine, vinyl imidazole, vinyl caprolactam, and combinations thereof;

(b) an organomodified silicone comprising one or more aryl moieties each comprising a 5- to 9-membered aromatic ring, wherein said aromatic ring can be either substituted or unsubstituted, either heteroatomic or homoatomic, either monocyclic or multicyclic; and

(c) a siloxane-based diluent having a Solubility Index of from 0.8 to 1.25 in said organomodified silicone.

2. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said cationic polymer comprises from 5 mol % to 99 mol % of said first nonionic structural unit.

3. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein the second cationic structural unit of the cationic polymer is derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of diallyl dimethyl ammonium salts (DADMAS), N,N-dimethyl aminoethyl acrylate, N,N-dimethyl aminoethyl methacrylate (DMAM), [2-(methacryloylamino)ethyl]tri-methylammonium salts, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide (DMAPA), N,N-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide (DMAPMA), acrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium salts (APTAS), methacrylamidopropyl trimethylammonium salts (MAPTAS), quaternized vinylimidazole (QVi), and combinations thereof.

4. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said cationic polymer comprises from 1 mol % to 99 mol % of said second cationic structural unit.

5. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said cationic polymer comprises from 0 mol % to 95 mol % of said third nonionic structural unit.

6. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said cationic polymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.005% to 10% by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition.

7. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein the aromatic ring of said one or more aryl moieties in said organomodified silicone is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, furan, pyrrole, thiophene, imidazole, pyrazole, oxazole, pyridine, pyrazine, naphthalene, anthracene moieties, and derivatives thereof.

8. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said organomodified silicone further comprises one or more C 2 -C 20 aliphatic moieties.

9. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said organomodified silicone comprises from 1 mol % to 75 mol %, of siloxane units containing a 2-phenylpropyl moiety; and from 1 mol % to 20 mol %, of siloxane units containing a C 3 -C 30 aryl moiety.

10. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said organomodified silicone is present in an amount ranging from 0.01% to 10%, by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition.

11. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said siloxane-based diluent has a Solubility Index of from 0.85 to 1.2 in said organomodified silicone.

12. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said siloxane-based diluent is a polydimethylsiloxane having a viscosity, at a shear rate of 20 sec −1 and 25° C., ranging from 0.5 cSt to 10,000 cSt.

13. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , wherein said siloxane-based diluent is present in an amount ranging from 0.005% to 10% by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition.

14. A detergent or cleaning composition comprising:

(a) a cationic polymer comprising a first nonionic structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide (AAm) and a second cationic structural unit derived from an amine-containing monomer;

(b) an organomodified silicone comprising one or more aryl moieties each comprising a 5- to 9-membered aromatic ring, wherein said aromatic ring can be either substituted or unsubstituted, either heteroatomic or homoatomic, either monocyclic or multicyclic; and

(c) a siloxane-based diluent having a Solubility Index of from 0.85 to 1.25 in said organomodified silicone, wherein said siloxane-based diluent comprises a first polydimethylsiloxane having a first, higher viscosity and a second polydimethylsiloxane having a second, lower viscosity.

15. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 14 , wherein the first, higher viscosity ranges from 8 cSt to 12 cSt, and wherein the second, lower viscosity ranges from 5 cSt to 10 cSt, when measured at a shear rate of 20 sec −1 and 25° C.

16. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 14 , wherein the first polydimethylsiloxane is present in an amount ranging from 0.005% to 8%, by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition, and wherein the second polydimethylsiloxane is present in an amount ranging from 0% to 8%, by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition.

17. The detergent or cleaning composition of claim 1 , further comprising:

(a) hydrophobically modified silica, which is present in an amount ranging from 0.0005% to 1% by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition;

(b) a silicone resin, which is present in an amount ranging from 0.0005% to 1% by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition; and/or

(c) optionally, a solvent for the silicone resin that is present in an amount ranging from 0% to 0.5% by total weight of the detergent or cleaning composition.

18. The detergent or cleaning product of claim 1 , further comprising one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and combinations thereof.

19. The detergent or cleaning product of claim 18 , comprising from 1% to 50% by weight of one or more anionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of C 10 -C 20 linear alkyl benzene sulphonates, C 10 -C 20 linear or branched alkylethoxy sulfates having an average degree of ethoxylation ranging from 0.1 to 5.0, C 10 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl sulfates, C 10 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl sulphonates, C 10 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl phosphates, C 10 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl phosphonates, C 10 -C 20 linear or branched alkyl carboxylates, and combinations thereof.

20. The detergent or cleaning product of claim 19 , further comprising from 0.05% to 5% by weight of one or more nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of C 8 -C 18 alkyl alkoxylated alcohols having a weight average degree of alkoxylation ranging from 1 to 20 and combinations thereof.

21. A detergent or cleaning composition comprising:

(a) from 0.1% to 1% by weight of a cationic polymer, which is an AAm/DADMAC copolymer or an AAm/DADMAC/VP terpolymer;

(b) from 0.2% to 0.5% by weight of an organomodified silicone, which comprises from 10 mol % to 40 mol % of siloxane units containing a 2-phenylpropyl moiety and from 3 mol % to 10 mol % of siloxane units containing a C 6 -C 10 alkyl moiety;

(c) from 0.2% to 0.5% by weight of a siloxane-based diluent having a Solubility Index of from 0.85 to 1 in said organomodified silicone, wherein said siloxane-based diluent comprises a first polydimethylsiloxane polymer having a first, higher viscosity ranging from 8 cSt to 12 cSt and a second polydimethylsiloxane polymer having a second, lower viscosity ranging from 5 cSt to 10 cSt when measured at a shear rate of 20 sec −1 and 25° C.;

(d) from 0.02% to 0.05% by weight of a hydrophobically modified silica; and

(e) from 0.01% to 0.05% by weight of a silicone resin.