IP Library Granted Patent US 12,209,232
Granted Patent B2
US 12,209,232 · App. 18/345,269 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Consumer product compositions with perfume encapsulates

Inventors: Johan Smets (Lubbeek, BE); Rafael Trujillo (Mason, OH); Amanda Kiser Jukes (Brussels, BE); An Pintens (Brasschaat, BE)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
C11D3/505C11D3/044C11D3/3761
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Patent No.
US 12,209,232
App. No.
18/345,269
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Consumer product composition that includes encapsulates, the encapsulates having a core that includes perfume characterized by an acid value of greater than 5.0 mg KOH/g of perfume, the encapsulates also including a shell that includes a (meth)acrylate material. Methods of making and using such compositions.

Claims (24)

1. A consumer product composition comprising:

encapsulates,

the encapsulates comprising a core and a shell surrounding the core,

the core comprising a perfume,

the perfume being characterized by an acid value of greater than 5.0 mg KOH/g immediately before encapsulation, where the perfume comprises one or more ester compounds, and

the shell comprising a polymeric material,

the polymeric material comprising a (meth)acrylate material derived from hexafunctional acrylate; and

a consumer product adjunct.

2. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume is characterized by an acid value of greater than about 5.25 mg/KOH immediately before encapsulation.

3. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume comprises from about 30% to about 75%, by weight of the total perfume in the core immediately after encapsulate formation, of aldehyde compounds, ester compounds, or mixtures thereof.

4. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: aliphatic aldehydes and/or their acetals; cycloaliphatic aldehydes; aromatic and/or araliphatic aldehydes; aliphatic, aromatic, or araliphatic esters; lactones; or mixtures thereof.

5. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume comprises one or more aldehydic perfume raw materials selected from the group consisting of: 2,6-dimethyl-octanal; 2,2,5-trimethyl-4-hexenal; scentenal; 2-phenyl-3-(2-furyl) prop-2-enal; (l)-citronellal; tetrahydrogeranial; 2-ethoxybenzaldehyde; 5-methylfurfural; calypsone; d-xylose; 3-(2-furanyl)-2-methyl-2-propenal; 3,5,5-trimethylhexanal; canthoxal; 2,4,5-trimethoxy-benzaldehyde; 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-cinnamaldehyde; 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzaldehyde; 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde; 2,3,4-trimethoxy-benzaldehyde; (d)-citronellal; lyral; methyl octyl acetaldehyde; octanal, 3,7-dimethyl-; adoxal; citronellyloxyacetaldehyde; cis-3-hexenyloxyacetaldehyde; methoxymelonal; n-hexanal; pentyl vanillin; o-methoxycinnamaldehyde; o-anisaldehyde; octanal; nonaldehyde; 2,6,10-trimethylundecanal; citronellal; melonal; hydroxycitronellal; prenal; methyl nonyl acetaldehyde; valeraldehyde; capraldehyde; p-anisaldehyde; heptaldehyde; ethyl vanillin; vanillin; heliotropin; helional; veratraldehyde; methoxycitronellal; 7-ethoxy-3,7-dimethyloctanal; 4-ethoxybenzaldehyde; vanillin isobutyrate; vanillin acetate; ethyl vanillin acetate; 1-methyl-4-(4-methyl-3-penten-1-yl)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde; 8-undecenal; trans, trans-2,4-nonadienal; beta-sinensal; 6-cyclopentylidene hexanal; precyclemone B; tangerinal; 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde; 9-decenal; trans-2,cis-6-nonadienal; acalea; 4-tert-butylbenzaldehyde; trans-2-methyl-2-octenal; citral; 3-methyl-5-phenyl-1-pentanal; 2-decenal; trans-2-decenal; alpha,4-dimethyl benzenepropanal; cis-5-octenal; cis-7-decen-1-al; cis-4-decen-1-al; 2-trans-6-cis-dodecadienal; 2-trans-4-trans-dodecadienal; 3-cyclohexene-1-propanal; 2-nonen-1-al; 2-undecenal; 2,4-decadienal, (E,E)-; 2,4-dndecadienal, (E,E)-; isohexenyl cyclohexenyl carboxaldehyde; trans-2-nonen-1-al; 3-nonylacrolein; 2,6-nonadienal; lilial; 2-trans-6-trans-nonadienal; alpha-sinensal; bourgeonal; 2-tridecenal; p-t-butyl phenyl acetaldehyde; (Z)-3-dodecenal; m-methylbenzaldehyde; mefloral; trans-4-decen-1-al; silvial; 2-hexen-1-al; 2,4-nonadienal; floralozone; aldehyde C-11; cis-3-hexenal; myristaldehyde; cinnamic aldehyde; p-tolualdehyde; undecanal; 10-undecenal; lauraldehyde; trans-2-hexenal; geranial; 5-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde; phenylacetaldehyde; alpha-amylcinnamaldehyde; floral super; hexyl cinnamic aldehyde; alpha-methyl cinnamaldehyde; benzaldehyde; and mixtures thereof.

6. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume comprises one or more aldehydic perfume raw materials selected from the group consisting of: scentenal; adoxal; ocatanal; nonaldehyde; melonal; methyl nonyl acetaldehyde; p-anisaldehyde; ethyl vanillin; vanillin; heliotropin; lilial; aldehyde C-11; undecanal; 10-undecenal; lauraldehyde; and mixtures thereof.

7. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume comprises one or more ester perfume raw materials selected from the group consisting of: quincester; serenolide; nirvanolide; acetarolle; alpinofix; aladinate; methyl laitone; firascone; 1-hepten-1-ol, 1-acetate; (Z)-3-hepten-1-yl acetate; 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethyl-2 (5H)-furanone; isoamyl undecylenate; verdox HC; pivarose Q; citryl acetate; (E)-5-tangerinol; (Z)-5-tangerinol; myraldyl acetate; geranyl phenyl acetate; bergaptene; isopimpinellin; parsol MCX; ethyl beta-safranate; nopyl acetate; calyxol; methyl octalactone; isopulegyl acetate; ethyl tiglate; vanoris; acetoxymethyl-isolongifolene (isomers); 1-oxaspiro[2.5] octane-2-carboxylic acid, 5,5,7-trimethyl-, ethyl ester; 3,6-dimethyl-3-octanyl acetate; cis-3-hexenyl-cis-3-hexenoate; cis-3-hexenyl lactate; sclareolide; hexarose; cis-iso-ambrettolide; frutinat; ethyl gamma-safranate; amyl cinnamate; isoambrettolide; bornyl isobutyrate; cyprisate; anapear; montaverdi; vertosine; isobornyl isobutyrate; cyprisate ci; cyclobutanate; cis-3-hexenyl butyrate; geranyl tiglate; trans-hedione; isoamyl acetate; givescone; cyclogalbanate; verdural B extra; ethyl alpha-safranate; jasmal; styrallyl acetate; nonalactone; trans-ambrettolide; furfuryl heptanoate; furfuryl hexanoate; alpha-amylcinnamyl acetate; carvyl acetate; ethyl isobutanoate; citronellyl isobutyrate; furfuryl octanoate; octyl 2-furoate; cedryl acetate; isoamyl acetoacetate; cis-3-hexenyl benzoate; phenyl ethyl benzoate; hexenyl tiglate; agrumea; gamma-undecalactone (racemic); (S)-gamma-undecalactone; (R)-gamma-undecalactone; phenyl benzoate; geranyl benzoate; isobutyl salicylate; isoamyl salicylate; verdox; 2-acetoxy-3-butanone; geranyl caprylate; (+)-D-menthyl acetate; prenyl benzoate; 7-methoxycoumarin; cis-3-hexenyl 2-methylbutyrate; cis-3-hexenyl trans-2-hexenoate; ethyl valerate; n-pentyl butyrate; ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate; flor acetate; hexyl neopentanoate; decyl propionate; phenethyl tiglate; 2-phenyl-1 (2) propenyl-1 ester; methyl cyclopentylideneacetate; isononyl acetate; p-cresyl crotonate; octahydrocoumarin; methyl trans-2,cis-4-decadienoate; 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexyl acetate; hexyl vanillate; cis-3-hexenyl levulinate; dimethyl anthranilate; methyl 2-methylbutyrate; butyl salicylate; isomenthyl acetate; dihydrocarveol acetate; tetrahydrolinalyl acetate; dimethyl octanyl acetate; methyl cis-4-octenoate; hexahydro-3,5,5-trimethyl-3,8a-ethano-8aH-1-benzopyran-2 (3H)-one; cyclohexylethyl acetate; alpha-acetoxystyrene; p-methylbenzyl acetate; heptyl propionate; gamma-dodecalactone; neryl isobutyrate; geranyl isobutyrate; hexyl isobutyrate; methyl geraniate; and mixtures thereof.

8. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the perfume comprises one or more ester perfume raw materials selected from the group consisting of: methyl laitone; verdox HC; ethyl beta-safranate; hexarose; cyclobutanate; cyclogalbanate; ethyl alpha-safranate; jasmal; styrallyl acetate; nonalactone; gamma-undecalactone (racemic); verdox; flor acetate; and mixtures thereof.

9. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the core further comprises a partitioning modifier selected from the group consisting of vegetable oil, modified vegetable oil, mono-, di-, and tri-esters of C4-C24 fatty acids, isopropyl myristate, dodecanophenone, lauryl laurate, methyl behenate, methyl laurate, methyl palmitate, methyl stearate, and mixtures thereof.

10. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymeric material of the shell is formed, at least in part, by a radical polymerization process.

11. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulates are characterized by a volume weighted median diameter of about 10 to about 100 microns.

12. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the consumer product adjunct comprises a material selected from the group consisting of surfactants, conditioning actives, deposition aids, rheology modifiers or structurants, bleach systems, stabilizers, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, dispersants, enzymes, and enzyme stabilizers, catalytic metal complexes, polymeric dispersing agents, clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agents, brighteners, suds suppressors, silicones, hueing agents, aesthetic dyes, additional perfumes and perfume delivery systems, structure elasticizing agents, carriers, hydrotropes, processing aids, anti-agglomeration agents, coatings, formaldehyde scavengers, pigments, and mixtures thereof.

13. A consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the consumer product adjunct comprises a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, cationic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and combinations thereof.

14. A consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the consumer product adjunct comprises a conditioning active selected from the group consisting of a quaternary ammonium ester compound, a silicone, and combinations thereof.

15. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the consumer product composition is in the form of a liquid composition, a granular composition, a single-compartment pouch, a multi-compartment pouch, a dissolvable sheet, a pastille or bead, a fibrous article, a tablet, a bar, a flake, a dryer sheet, or a mixture thereof.

16. The consumer product composition according to claim 1 , wherein the consumer product composition is a laundry detergent composition, a fabric conditioning composition, a laundry additive, a fabric pre-treat composition, a fabric refresher composition, a dishwashing composition, a hard surface cleaning composition, an air care composition, a car care composition, a hair treatment product, a skin care product, a shave care product, a personal cleansing product, a deodorant product, an antiperspirant product, or mixtures thereof.

17. A method of treating a surface or article with a consumer product composition according to claim 1 , the method comprising the step of contacting the surface or article with the consumer product composition, optionally in the presence of water.

Priority Claims (1)
EP 19173282 · May 8, 2019 · regional
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16809589 · Mar 5, 2020
Provisional Application 62814331 · Mar 6, 2019
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