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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
  • C11D3/3942—Inorganic per-compounds
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
  • C11D3/3902—Organic or inorganic per-compounds combined with specific additives
  • C11D3/3905—Bleach activators or bleach catalysts
  • C11D3/3907—Organic compounds
  • C11D3/3917—Nitrogen-containing compounds
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
  • C11D3/3945—Organic per-compounds

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• the invention relates to bleach catalysts, compositions containing same and a method for using the catalysts for cleaning substrates, especially fabrics.
• Oxygen-releasing materials have an important limitation; their activity is extremely temperature dependent. Temperatures in excess of 60°C are normally required to achieve any bleach effectiveness in an aqueous wash system. Especially for cleaning fabrics, high temperature operation is both economically and practically disadvantageous.
• activators also known as bleach precursors, often appear in the form of carboxylic acid esters.
• anions of hydrogen peroxide react with the ester to generate the corresponding peroxyacid which oxidizes the stained substrate.
• commercial application of this technology is found in certain fabric bleaching detergent powders incorporating sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate.
• This activator is typical of a class that features a phenol sulfonate leaving group; see US-A-4,412,934.
• carboxylic acid ester activators and the like are often effective, they are not catalytic. Once the ester has been perhydrolyzed it can no longer be recycled.
• DE-A-4 223 065 discloses heterocyclic imine compounds as bleach activators in washing, disinfecting and cleaning compositions comprising 10 to 30 weight percent of a bleaching catalyst.
• a further object of the present invention is to provide a method for bleaching stained substrates such as clothes, household hard surfaces including sinks, toilets and the like, and even dentures.
• a bleaching composition including:
• Typical water-solubilizing groups include carboxylic acid, phosphoric acid, phosphonic acid, sulfuric acid, sulfonic acid, and, especially, their salt derivatives and quaternary ammonium salts.
• N-acylimines operate even more effectively than sulfonimines as catalysts for activating peroxygen compounds to transfer active oxygen to stains. Consumer and industrial articles can effectively be bleached to remove stains present on such articles.
• N-acylimines covered by the present invention are those whose structure is:
• N-acylimines having at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 substituted with a water-solubilizing functional group.
• These functional groups may be selected from carboxylates, phosphates, phosphonates, sulfates, sulfonates in acid and salt form and quaternary ammonium salts.
• Suitable salts include those whose counterions are selected from alkali metal, ammonium, and C 2 -C 6 alkanolammonium cations.
• Amine functional groups may also be incorporated into R 1 , R 2 or R 3 to provide water-solubilization of the N-acylimines.
• An example combining the amine and heterocyclic structure is that of pyridine.
• a water-solubilizing functional group is one which renders the N-acylimines soluble to the extent of at least 2 mg/l, preferably at least 25 mg/l, optimally at least 250 mg/l by weight in water at 25°C.
• Heterocyclic rings according to this invention include cycloaliphatic and cycloaromatic type radicals incorporating an oxygen, sulfur and/or nitrogen atom within the ring system.
• Representative nitrogen heterocycles include pyridine, morpholine, pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, tetrazole, pyrrolidine, piperidine and piperazine.
• Suitable oxygen heterocycles include furan, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane.
• Sulfur heterocycles may include thiophene and tetrahydrothiophene.
• those incorporating nitrogen are the most active.
• substituted is defined in relation to R 1 , R 2 , R 3 as a substituent which is a nitro, halo, cyano, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, acyl, amino, aminoalkyl, thioalkyl, sulfoxyalkyl, carboxyester, hydroxy, C 1 -C 20 alkoxy, polyalkoxy and C 1 -C 40 quaternary di- or trialkylammonium function.
• Novel N-acylimine compounds are described below wherein R 1 is hydrogen, R 2 is phenyl with a Z substitutent, and R 3 is phenyl with a Y substituent.
• Z and Y groups are water-solubilizing groups, most commonly being carboxylic acid or salts thereof. Representative structures are as follows:
• Illustrative of cycloaromatic and of heterocyclic N-acylimines are the Imine 11, Imine 12, Imine 13 and Imine 14 compounds whose structures are outlined below.
• R 1 R 2 2H-imidazol-2-ones CH 3 CH 3 2H-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-one Ph CH 3 2H-4-methyl-5-phenylimidazol-2-one Ph Ph 2H-4,5-diphenylimidazol-2-one
• R 1 R 2 R 3 2(5H)-oxazalones CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 4,5,5-trimethyl-2(5H)-oxazalone CH 3 CH 3 Ph 5,5-dimethyl-4-phenyl-2(5H)-oxazalone
• R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 5H-2-pyrimidones CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 5H-4,5,5,6-tetramethyl-2-pyrimidone Ph CH 3 CH 3 Ph 5H-5,5-dimethyl-4,6-diphenyl-2-pyrimidone
• Multi-heterocyclic ring compounds illustrative of N-acylimines include: wherein the R groups are independently selected from those defined by R 2 described above.
• oxygen transfer agents may be incorporated into detergent bleach compositions along with a further essential component which is a peroxygen compound capable of yielding peroxide anion or peroxyacid in an aqueous solution.
• Amounts of oxygen transfer agent suitable for the present invention may range from 0.01 to 10%, preferably from 0.1 to 5%, optimally between 0.5 and 1.5% by weight of the composition.
• the peroxygen compound may be present between about 2 and 10% by weight.
• the molar ratio of peroxygen compound to oxygen transfer agent will range from about 250:1 to 1:2, preferably 100:1 to 1:1, optimally between about 25:1 to 2:1.
• Peroxyacid and peroxide anion sources are well known in the art. They include the alkali metal peroxides, organic peroxides such as urea peroxide, and inorganic persalts, such as the alkali metal perborates, percarbonates, perphosphates, persilicates and persulfates (e.g. Oxone®). Mixtures of two or more such compounds may also be suitable. Particularly preferred are sodium percarbonate, Oxone® and sodium perborate monohydrate.
• Alkylhydroperoxides are another suitable class of peroxygen compounds. Examples of these materials include cumene hydroperoxide and t-butyl hydroperoxide.
• Organic peroxy acids may also be suitable as the peroxygen compound.
• the unsubstituted acid has the general formula: wherein Y' is hydrogen, alkyl, alkylhalogen, halogen, COOH, NHCOOOH or COOOH; R is phenylene or arylene; and X is oxygen or nitrogen.
• Typical monoperoxy acids useful herein include alkyl peroxy acids and aryl peroxy acids such as:
• organic acids are N,N-phthaloylaminoperoxycaproic acid, peracetic acid, monoperoxyphthalic acid (magnesium salt hexahydrate), and diperoxydodecanedioic acid.
• hydrogen peroxide itself may directly be employed as the peroxygen compound.
• compositions of the present invention may further include a pre-bleach precursor that reacts with peroxide anion or peroxyacid and forms therewith a peracid, percarbonic acid or perimidic acid.
• the preferred precursors are N,N,N',N'-tetraacetylethylene diamine (TAED), tetraacetyl-glycoluril (TAGU), glucose pentaacetate, xylose tetraacetate, sodium acetyloxybenzene sulfonate (SABS) and sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate (SNOBS).
• TAED N,N,N',N'-tetraacetylethylene diamine
• TAGU tetraacetyl-glycoluril
• SABS sodium acetyloxybenzene sulfonate
• SNOBS sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate
• Levels of precursor may range from 0.1 to 40%, preferably from 1 to 10%, optimally from 2 to 8% by weight.
• Bleach systems of the present invention may be employed for a wide variety of purposes, but are especially useful in the cleaning of laundry.
• the peroxygen compound and oxygen transfer agent of the present invention will usually also be combined with surface-active materials, detergency builders and other known ingredients of laundry detergent formulations.
• the surface-active material may be naturally derived, or synthetic material selected from anionic, nonionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, cationic actives and mixtures thereof. Many suitable actives are commercially available and are fully described in the literature, for example in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents", Volumes I and II, by Schwartz, Perry and Berch.
• the total level of the surface-active material may range up to 50% by weight, preferably being from 0.5 to 40% by weight of the composition, most preferably 4 to 25%.
• Synthetic anionic surface-actives are usually water-soluble alkali metal salts of organic sulphates and sulphonates having alkyl radicals containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms.
• suitable synthetic anionic detergent compounds are sodium and ammonium alkyl sulphates, especially those obtained by sulphating higher (C 8 -C 18 ) alcohols produced for example from tallow or coconut oil; sodium and ammonium alkyl (C 9 -C 20 ) benzene sulphonates, sodium alkyl glyceryl ether sulphates, especially those ethers of the higher alcohols derived from tallow or coconut oil and synthetic alcohols derived from petroleum; sodium coconut oil fatty acid monoglyceride sulphates and sulphonates; sodium and ammonium salts of sulphuric acid esters of higher (C 9 -C 18 ) fatty alcohol-alkylene oxide, particularly ethylene oxide, reaction products; the reaction products of fatty acids such as coconut fatty acids esterified with isethionic acid and neutralized with sodium hydroxide; sodium and ammonium salts of fatty acid amides of methyl taurine; alkane monosulphonates such as those derived by
• the preferred anionic detergent compounds are sodium (C 11 -C 15 ) alkylbenzene sulphonates, sodium (C 16 -C 18 ) alkyl sulphates and sodium (C 16 -C 18 ) alkyl ether sulphates.
• nonionic surface-active compounds which may be used, preferably together with the anionic surface-active compounds, include in particular the reaction products of alkylene oxides, usually ethylene oxide, with alkyl (C 6 -C 22 ) phenols, generally 5-25 EO, i.e. 5-25 units of ethylene oxide per molecule; the condensation products of aliphatic (C 8 -C 18 ) primary or secondary linear or branched alcohols with ethylene oxide, generally 2-30 EO, and products made by condensation of ethylene oxide with the reaction products of propylene oxide and ethylene diamine.
• alkylene oxides usually ethylene oxide
• alkyl (C 6 -C 22 ) phenols generally 5-25 EO, i.e. 5-25 units of ethylene oxide per molecule
• condensation products of aliphatic (C 8 -C 18 ) primary or secondary linear or branched alcohols with ethylene oxide generally 2-30 EO
• products made by condensation of ethylene oxide with the reaction products of propylene oxide and ethylene diamine
• nonionic surface-actives include alkyl polyglucosides, long chain tertiary amine oxides, and fatty amido polyols such as methyl glucamines.
• Amphoteric or zwitterionic surface-active compounds such as alkylamidopropyl betaines can also be used in the compositions of the invention. If any amphoteric or zwitterionic detergent compounds are used, it is generally in small amounts in compositions based on the much more commonly used synthetic anionic and nonionic actives.
• Soaps may also be incorporated into the compositions of the invention, preferably at a level of less than 30% by weight.
• Soaps which are used are preferably the sodium, or less desirably potassium, salts of saturated or unsaturated C 10 -C 24 fatty acids or mixtures thereof.
• the amount of such soaps can be varied between 0.5 and 25% by weight, with lower amounts of 0.5 to 5% being generally sufficient for lather control. Amounts of soap between 2 and 20%, especially between 5 and 15, are used to give a beneficial effect on detergency. This is particularly valuable in compositions used in hard water where the soap acts as a supplementary builder.
• the detergent compositions of the invention will normally also contain a detergency builder.
• Builder materials may be selected from (1) calcium sequestrant materials, (2) precipitating materials, (3) calcium ion-exchange materials and (4) mixtures thereof.
• compositions of the invention may contain any one of the organic or inorganic builder materials, such as sodium or potassium tripolyphosphate, sodium or potassium pyrophosphate, sodium or potassium orthophosphate, sodium carbonate, the sodium salt of nitrilotriacetic acid, sodium citrate, carboxymethylmalonate, carboxymethyloxysuccinate, tartrate mono- and di- succinate, oxydisuccinate, crystalline or amorphous aluminosilicates and mixtures thereof.
• organic or inorganic builder materials such as sodium or potassium tripolyphosphate, sodium or potassium pyrophosphate, sodium or potassium orthophosphate, sodium carbonate, the sodium salt of nitrilotriacetic acid, sodium citrate, carboxymethylmalonate, carboxymethyloxysuccinate, tartrate mono- and di- succinate, oxydisuccinate, crystalline or amorphous aluminosilicates and mixtures thereof.
• Polycarboxylic homo- and co-polymers may also be included as builders and to function as powder structurants or processing aids. Particularly preferred are polyacrylic acid (available under the trademark Acrysol from the Rohm and Haas Company) and acrylic-maleic acid copolymers (available under the trademark Sokalan from the BASF Corporation) and alkali metal or other salts thereof.
• These builder materials may be present at a level of, for example, from 1 to 80% by weight, preferably from 10 to 60% by weight.
• the initial amount of peroxygen compound Upon dispersal in a wash water, the initial amount of peroxygen compound should range anywhere from 0.05 to 250 ppm active oxygen per liter of water, preferably from 1 to 50 ppm. Within the wash media the amount of oxygen transfer agent initially present should be from 0.01 to 300 ppm, preferably from 5 to 100 ppm. Surfactant should be present in the wash water from 0.05 to 1.0 grams per liter, preferably from 0.15 to 0.20 grams per liter. When present, the builder amount will range from 0.1 to 3.0 grams per liter.
• the detergent compositions of the invention can contain any of the conventional additives in the amounts in which such materials are normally employed in detergent compositions.
• these additives include dye transfer inhibition agents (e.g. polymers based on N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole), lather boosters such as alkanolamides, particularly the monoethanolamides derived from palmkernel fatty acids and coconut fatty acids, lather-depressants such as alkyl phosphates and silicones, anti-redeposition agents such as sodium carboxymethylcellulose and alkyl or substituted alkylcellulose ethers, stabilizers such as ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid and phosphonic acid derivatives (Dequest®), fabric softening agents, inorganic salts such as sodium sulphate, and, usually present in very small amounts, fluorescent agents, perfumes, enzymes such as proteases, cellulases, lipases and amylases, germicides and colorants.
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• the oxygen transfer agents in combination with a peroxygen compound may be useful for removing stains both in consumer type products and for industrial applications.
• consumer products incorporating this invention are laundry detergents, laundry bleaches, hard surface cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, automatic dishwashing compositions and even denture cleaners.
• Stained consumer products benefiting from treatment with compositions of this invention may include clothes and other fabrics; household fixtures and applicants such as sinks, toilet bowls and oven ranges; tableware such as drinking glasses, dishes, cookware and utensils; and even dentures. Hair colorants may also be formulated with the bleach composition of this invention.
• the bleaching system of this invention may also be applied to industrial uses such as for the bleaching of wood pulp.
• the system of the present invention may be delivered in a variety of product forms including powders, on sheets or other substrates, in pouches, in tablets, in aqueous liquids, or in nonaqueous liquids such as liquid nonionic detergents.

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