Laundry detergent compositions comprising hydrophobically modified polyamines

Abstract

The present invention relates to hydrophobically modified polyamines and laundry detergent compositions which comprise said polyamines, said compositions comprising: A) from about 0.01%, preferably from about 0.1%, more preferably from about 1%, most preferably from about 3% to about 50%, preferably to about 20%, more preferably to about 10%, most preferably to about 7% by weight, of a hydrophobically modified polyamine having the formula:  wherein R is C 6 -C 20 linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1 is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula: —(R 2 O) x —R 3  wherein R 2 is C 2 -C 4 linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 22 alkyl, C 7 -C 22 alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quatemizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 8 -C 30 substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 6 -C 30 substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30 substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30 substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30 substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30 substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 0 to 3; B) from about 0.01% by weight, of a surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from: i) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more anionic surfactants; ii) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more nonionic surfactants; iii) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more cationic surfactants; iv) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more zwitterionic surfactants; v) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more ampholytic surfactants; or vi) mixtures thereof; C) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.

1 . A polyamine having the formula:  
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein R is C 6 -C 12  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1  is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula: 
         —(R 2 O) x —R 3   
         wherein R 2  is C 2 -C 4  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3  is hydrogen, benzyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quaternizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 7-C   30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 1 to 3.  
       
     
     
         2 . A compound according to  claim 1  wherein the at least one Q is benzyl.  
     
     
         3 . A compound according to  claim 1  wherein R is hexylene.  
     
     
         4 . A compound according to  claim 1  wherein R 2  is ethylene.  
     
     
         5 . A compound according to  claim 1  wherein R 3  is hydrogen.  
     
     
         6 . A compound according to  claim 1  wherein x is from 18 to 22.  
     
     
         7 . A compound according to  claim 6  wherein x is 20.  
     
     
         8 . A compound according to  claim 1  wherein n is 1.  
     
     
         9 . A compound according to  claim 2  wherein R is hexylene, R 2  is ethylene, R 3  is hydrogen, x is 20, the at least one Q is benzyl, and n is 1.  
     
     
         10 . A compound according to  claim 9  wherein X is a water soluble anion selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, methylsulfate, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         11 . A laundry detergent composition comprising: 
 A) from about 0.01% to about 50% by weight of a hydrophobically modified polyamine having the formula:                           wherein R is C 6 -C 20  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1  is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula:   —(R 2 O) x —R 3      wherein R 2  is C 2 -C 4  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3  is hydrogen, C 1 -C 22  alkyl, C 7 -C 22  alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quatemizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 1 to 3;    B) from about 0.01% to about 80% by weight, of a surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from: 
 i) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more anionic surfactants;  
 ii) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more nonionic surfactants;  
 iii) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more cationic surfactants;  
 iv) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more zwitterionic surfactants;  
 v) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more ampholytic surfactants; or  
 vi) mixtures thereof;  
   C) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.    
     
     
         12 . A composition according to  claim 11  wherein R is C 6 -C 10  alkylene, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         13 . A composition according to  claim 12  wherein R is hexylene.  
     
     
         14 . A composition according to  claim 11  wherein R 2  is ethylene, 1,2-propylene, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         15 . A composition according to  claim 14  wherein R 2  is ethylene.  
     
     
         16 . A composition according to  claim 14  wherein R 3  is hydrogen.  
     
     
         17 . A composition according to  claim 14  wherein the index x is from 15 to 25.  
     
     
         18 . A composition according to  claim 17  wherein the index x is 20.  
     
     
         19 . A composition according to  claim 11  wherein the remaining Q is C 12 -C 18  linear alkyl, C 7 -C 12  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         20 . A composition according to  claim 19  wherein the at least one Q is benzyl.  
     
     
         21 . A composition according to  claim 11  wherein the index n is 1.  
     
     
         22 . A composition according to  claim 11  wherein said hydrophobically modified polyamine is selected from hydrophobically modified polyamines having the formulas:  
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         and mixtures thereof; wherein X is a water soluble anion selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, methylsulfate, and mixtures thereof.  
       
     
     
         23 . A composition according to  claim 11  wherein said surfactant system comprises from about 0.01% to about 100% by weight, of one or more surfactants selected from: 
 i) from about 1% to about 80% by weight, of an anionic surfactant selected from: 
 a) linear alkyl benzene sulfonates;  
 b) mid-chain branched aryl sulfonate surfactants having the formula:  
                     
  wherein A is a mid-chain branched alkyl unit having the formula:  
                     
  wherein R and R 1  are each independently hydrogen, C 1 -C 3  alkyl, and mixtures thereof, provided the total number of carbon atoms in said alkyl unit is from 6 to 18 and at least one of R and R 1  is not hydrogen; x is an integer from 0 to 13; y is an integer from 0 to 13; z is 0 or 1; R 2  is hydrogen, C 1 -C 3  alkyl, and mixtures thereof; M′ is a water soluble cation with sufficient charge to provide neutrality;  
 c) branched alkyl sulfate surfactants having the formula: 
 CH 3 CH 2 (CH 2 ) m CH 2 OSO 3 M; 
  or the formula: 
 CH 3 CH 2 (CH 2 ) m CH 2 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) y OSO 3 M; 
 d) mid-chain branched alkyl sulfate surfactants having the formula:  
                     
  or the formula:  
                     
  wherein R, R 1 , and R 2  are each independently hydrogen, C 1 -C 3  alkyl, and mixtures thereof, provided the total number of carbon atoms in said surfactant is from 14 to 20 and at least one of R, R 1 , and R 2  is not hydrogen; the index w is an integer from 0 to 13; x is an integer from 0 to 13; y is an integer from 0 to 13; z is an integer of at least 1; provided w+x+y+z is from 8 to 14 and the total number of carbon atoms in a surfactant is from 14 to 20; R 3  is ethylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-butylene, 1,4-butylene, and mixtures thereof; the average value of the index m is at least about 0.01; M is hydrogen, a water soluble cation of sufficient charge to provide electronic neutrality, and mixtures thereof;  
 
 ii) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more nonionic surfactants;  
 iii) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more cationic surfactants;  
 iv) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more zwitterionic surfactants;  
 v) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more ampholytic surfactants; or  
 vi) mixtures thereof.  
 
     
     
         24 . A composition according to  claim 11  further comprising about 1% by weight of a builder.  
     
     
         25 . A composition according to  claim 11  further comprising from about 1% to about 80% by weight, of a peroxygen bleaching system comprising: 
 i) from about 40% to 100% by weight, of the bleaching system, a source of hydrogen peroxide;  
 ii) optionally from about 0.1% to about 60% by weight, of the bleaching system, a bleach activator;  
 iii) optionally from about 1 ppb of the composition, to about 50% by weight of the bleaching system, of a transition-metal bleach catalyst; and  
 iv) optionally from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight, of a pre-formed peroxygen bleaching agent.  
 
     
     
         26 . A laundry detergent composition comprising: 
 A) from about 0.01% to about 50% by weight of a hydrophobically modified polyamine selected from hydrophobically modified polyamines having the formulas:                           and mixture thereof; wherein X is a water soluble anion selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, methylsulfate, and mixtures thereof    B) from about 0.01% to about 80% by weight, of a surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from: 
 i) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more anionic surfactants;  
 ii) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more nonionic surfactants;  
 iii) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more cationic surfactants;  
 iv) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more zwitterionic surfactants;  
 v) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more ampholytic surfactants; or  
 vi) mixtures thereof;  
   C) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.    
     
     
         27 . A nil surfactant laundry composition comprising: 
 a) from about 0.01% to about 80% by weight of a hydrophobically modified polyamine having the formula:                           wherein R is C 6 -C 20  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1  is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula:   —(R 2 O) x —R 3      wherein R 2  is C 2 -C 4  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3  is hydrogen, C 1 -C 22  alkyl, C 7 -C 22  alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quaternizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 1 to 3; and    b) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.    
     
     
         28 . A composition according to  claim 27  wherein R is C 6 -C 10  alkylene, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         29 . A composition according to  claim 28  wherein R is hexylene.  
     
     
         30 . A composition according to  claim 27  wherein R 2  is ethylene, 1,2-propylene, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         31 . A composition according to  claim 30  wherein R 2  is ethylene.  
     
     
         32 . A composition according to  claim 30  wherein R 3  is hydrogen.  
     
     
         33 . A composition according to  claim 30  wherein the index x is from 15 to 25.  
     
     
         34 . A composition according to  claim 33  wherein the index x is 20.  
     
     
         35 . A composition according to  claim 27  wherein the remaining Q is C 12 -C 18  linear alkyl, C 7 -C 12  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof.  
     
     
         36 . A composition according to  claim 35  wherein the at least one Q is benzyl.  
     
     
         37 . A composition according to  claim 27  wherein the index n is 1.  
     
     
         38 . A composition according to  claim 27  wherein said hydrophobically modified polyamine is selected from hydrophobically modified polyamines having the formulas:  
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         and mixtures thereof, wherein X is a water soluble anion selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, iodine, methylsulfate, and mixtures thereof.  
       
     
     
         39 . A composition according to  claim 27  further comprising a catalytically effective amount of a transition-metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand wherein said composition further comprises no source of peroxygen.  
     
     
         40 . A composition according to  claim 27  further comprising about 1% by weight of a builder.  
     
     
         41 . A composition according to  claim 27  further comprising from about 1% by weight, of a peroxygen bleaching system comprising: 
 i) from about 40% by weight, of the bleaching system, a source of hydrogen peroxide;  
 ii) optionally from about 0.1% by weight, of the bleaching system, a beach activator;  
 iii) optionally from about 1 ppb of the composition, of a transition-metal bleach catalyst; and  
 iv) optionally from about 0.1% by weight, of a pre-formed peroxygen bleaching agent.  
 
     
     
         42 . A laundry cleaning composition comprising: 
 A) from about 0.01% by weight of a hydrophobically modified polyamine having the formula:                           wherein R is C 6 -C 20  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1  is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula:   —(R 2 O) x —R 3      wherein R 2  is C 2 -C 4  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3  is hydrogen, C 1 -C 22  alkyl, C 7 -C 22  alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quatemizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 1 to 3;    B) a catalytically effective amount of a transition-metal bleach catalyst which is a complex of a transition-metal and a cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand; and    C) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.    
     
     
         43 . A method for cleaning fabric comprising the step of contacting an article of fabric with an aqueous solution containing at least 0.1% by weight of a composition comprising: 
 A) from about 0.01% by weight of a hydrophobically modified polyamine having the formula:                           wherein R is C 6 -C 20  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1  is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula:   —(R 2 O) x —R 3      wherein R 2  is C 2 -C 4  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3  is hydrogen, C 1 -C 22  alkyl, C 7 -C 22  alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quaternizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 1 to 3;    B) from about 0.01% by weight, of a surfactant system comprising one or more surfactants selected from: 
 i) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more anionic surfactants;  
 ii) from 0% to 100% by weight, of one or more nonionic surfactants;  
 iii) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more cationic surfactants;  
 iv) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more zwitterionic surfactants;  
 v) optionally from 0.1% to about 80% by weight, of one or more ampholytic surfactants; or  
 vi) mixtures thereof;  
   C) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.    
     
     
         44 . A method for cleaning fabric comprising the step of contacting an article of fabric with an aqueous solution containing at least 0.1% by weight of a composition comprising: 
 A) from about 0.01% by weight of a hydrophobically modified polyamine having the formula:                           wherein R is C 6 -C 20  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 1  is an alkyleneoxy unit having the formula:   —(R 2 O) x —R 3      wherein R 2  is C 2 -C 4  linear or branched alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3  is hydrogen, C 1 -C 22  alkyl, C 7 -C 22  alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; x is from about 15 to about 30; at least one Q moiety is a hydrophobic quaternizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl and mixtures thereof, and the remaining Q moieties are selected from the group consisting of lone pairs of electrons on the unreacted nitrogens, hydrogen, C 1 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 30  substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearyl, and mixtures thereof; X is an anion present in sufficient amount to provide electronic neutrality; n is from 1 to 3;    B) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.