Water-soluble polyaminoamides comprising 1,3-diimines as sunscreen agents

Abstract

A UV-protective composition comprising a water-soluble polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups and a modifier, wherein the polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups absorbs ultraviolet light radiation having a wavelength of about 200 nm to about 420 nm, and methods of treating substrates with the UV-protective polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups.

1 . A composition for protecting a substrate from the effect of ultraviolet light comprising an effective UV-protective amount of one or more water-soluble polyaminoamides containing 1,3-diimine groups and a modifiers of the formula R—X, wherein X is oxide, halogen, epoxide, acyl, anhydride, acid, ester, or halohydrin, and R is any linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or non-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon, wherein said polyaminoamides containing 1,3-diimine groups absorb ultraviolet light radiation having a wavelength of about 200 nm to about 420 nm.  
     
     
         2 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein said modifiers are selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and butylene oxide.  
     
     
         3 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the polyaminoamides containing 1,3-diimine groups absorb UV radiation having a wavelength of about 280 nm to about 350 nm.  
     
     
         4 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups further comprises one or more additional uv absorbing moieties.  
     
     
         5 . The composition of  claim 4  wherein the additional uv absorbing moieties are selected from substituted and unsubstituted cinnamoyl, salicyloyl, and p-dialkylaminobenzoyl.  
     
     
         6 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups is cross linked with one or more crosslinking agents.  
     
     
         7 . The cross-linked polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups according to  claim 6 , wherein the crosslinking agents are selected from the group consisting of diepoxides, dianhydrides, dihalogen derivatives, diesters, diacids, epihalohydrins and epihalohydrin/amine oligomers.  
     
     
         8 . The cross-linked polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups according to  claim 7  wherein the crosslinking agent is selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether, poly(propylene glycol) diglycidyl ether, epichlorohydrin, epichlorohydrin/dimethylamine oligomers.  
     
     
         9 . A modified polyaminoamide according to  claim 1  prepared by reacting a polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups according to  claim 1  with one or more modifiers selected from the group consisting of moieties containing cationic functional groups, moieties containing anionic functional groups and moieties containing substituted and unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbons.  
     
     
         10 . The modified polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups according to  claim 9  wherein the modifiers of the formula R—X are selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and butylene oxide.  
     
     
         11 . The modified polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups according to  claim 9  wherein the modifier is methyl chloride.  
     
     
         12 . The composition of  claim 1  further comprising one or more cosmetically acceptable excipients.  
     
     
         13 . The composition of  claim 12  wherein the excipients are selected from the group consisting of saccharides, surface active agents, humectants, petrolatum, mineral oil, fatty alcohols, fatty ester emollients, waxes and silicone-containing waxes, silicone oil, silicone fluid, silicone surfactants, volatile hydrocarbon oils, quaternary nitrogen compounds, amine functionalized silicones, conditioning polymers, rheology modifiers, antioxidants, sunscreen active agents, di-long chain amines from about C 10  to C 22 , long chain fatty amines from about C 10  to C 22 , fatty alcohols, ethoxylated fatty alcohols and di-tail phospholipids.  
     
     
         14 . The composition of  claim 12  selected from the group consisting of shampoos, sunscreens, conditioners, permanent waves, hair relaxers, hair bleaches, hair detangling lotion, styling gel, styling glazes, spray foams, styling creams, styling waxes, styling lotions, mousses, spray gels, pomades, hair coloring preparations, temporary and permanent hair colors, color conditioners, hair lighteners, coloring and non-coloring hair rinses, hair tints, hair wave sets, permanent waves, curling, hair straighteners, hair grooming aids, hair tonics, hair dressings and oxidative products, spritzes, styling waxes and balms.  
     
     
         15 . The composition of  claim 12  selected from the group consisting of lotions, hand and body creams, liquid soaps, bar soaps, bath oil bars, facial cleanser, aftershaves, shaving gels, shaving creams, mascara, eye gel, eye lotion, body washes, deodorants, antiperspirants, sunscreens, suntan lotions, after sun gels, bubble baths and hand and mechanical dishwashing compositions.  
     
     
         16 . A method of protecting a substrate from the effects of ultraviolet light comprising applying to the substrate an effective ultraviolet light protective amount of the polyaminoamide containing 1,3-diimine groups of  claim 1 .  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the substrate is a keratin substrate.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the keratin substrate is skin.  
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the keratin substrate is hair.  
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of textile fiber materials, metal, wood, ceramics and plastics.  
     
     
         21 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein said modifier is methyl chloride