Absorbent articles comprising glyceride copolymers
The present invention relates to absorbent articles comprising species of glyceride copolymers that provide unexpectedly improved softening performance and formulability.
1. An absorbent article comprising a composition, said composition comprising
A) a glyceride copolymer having formula (I):
wherein:
each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 in the glyceride copolymer is independently selected from the group consisting of an oligomeric glyceride moiety, a C 1-24 alkyl, a substituted C 1-24 alkyl wherein the substituent is one or more —OH moieties, a C 2-24 alkenyl, or a substituted C 2-24 alkenyl wherein the substituent is one or more —OH moieties; and/or wherein each of the following combinations of moieties may each independently be covalently linked:
R 1 and R 3 ,
R 2 and R 5 ,
R 1 and an adjacent R 4 ,
R 2 and an adjacent R 4 ,
R 3 and an adjacent R 4 ,
R 5 and an adjacent R 4 , or
any two adjacent R 4
such that the covalently linked moieties form an alkenylene moiety;
each X 1 and X 2 in said glyceride copolymer is independently selected from the group consisting of a C 1-32 alkylene, a substituted C 1-32 alkylene wherein the substituent is one or more —OH moieties, a C 2-32 alkenylene or a substituted C 2-32 alkenylene wherein the substituent is one or more —OH moieties;
two of G 1 , G 2 , and G 3 are —CH 2 —, and one of G 2 , and G 3 is a direct bond;
for each individual repeat unit in the repeat unit having index n, two of G 4 , G 5 , and G 6 are —CH 2 —, and one of G 4 , G 5 , and G 6 is a direct bond, and the values G 4 , G 5 , and G 6 for each individual repeat unit are independently selected from the values of G 4 , G 5 , and G 6 in other repeating units;
two of G 7 , G 8 , and G 9 are —CH 2 —, and one of G 7 , G 8 , and G 9 is a direct bond;
n is an integer from 3 to 250;
with the proviso for each of said glyceride copolymers at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 5 , and/or at least one R 4 in one individual repeat unit of said repeat unit having index n, is selected from the group consisting of: 8-nonenyl; 8-decenyl; 8-undecenyl; 8-dodecenyl; 8,11-dodecadienyl; 8,11-tridecadienyl; 8,11-tetradecadienyl; 8,11-pentadecadienyl; 8,11,14-pentadecatrienyl; 8,11,14-hexadecatrienyl; 8,11,14-octadecatrienyl; 9-methyl-8-decenyl; 9-methyl-8-undecenyl; 10-methyl-8-undecenyl; 12-methyl-8,11-tridecadienyl; 12-methyl-8,11-tetradecadienyl; 13-methyl-8,11-tetradecadienyl; 15-methyl-8,11,14-hexadecatrienyl; 15-methyl-8,11,14-heptadecatrienyl; 16-methyl-8,11,14-heptadecatrienyl; 12-tridecenyl; 12-tetradecenyl; 12-pentadecenyl; 12-hexadecenyl; 13-methyl-12-tetradecenyl; 13-methyl-12-pentadecenyl; and 14-methyl-12-pentadecenyl; and
mixtures thereof; and
B) optionally a material selected from the group consisting of emollients, structuring agents, viscosity enhancers, surfactants, skin care ingredients, vitamins, moisturizers, perfumes, aesthetic ingredients, enzyme inhibitors, and combinations thereof.