MXPA99008416A - Fabric care compositions - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a fabric care composition comprising a pro-perfume and an amino-functional polymer, whereby improved pro-perfume deposition and/or substantivity on the treated fabrics is obtained.

Description

COMPOSITIONS FOR THE CARE OF FABRICS FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a composition for the care of fabrics with effective supply of perfume aroma on the fabrics.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Fabrics that exhibit a fresh scent is one of the areas of concern for consumers. To meet said need, perfumes have been incorporated into the compositions for home treatment, such as those used in conventional washing procedures such as pretreatment, washing cycles, rinse cycles, drying methods in a dryer and a combination of the same. same. However, a problem encountered with conventional perfumes is that, although they provide fabrics with aroma, they do not provide a long-lasting perfumed aroma, that is, an aroma that will last longer than by using conventional perfume. In fact, fabrics treated with conventional perfume commonly exhibit an explosion of aroma first on the freshly treated fabric, but over time this aroma will decrease to an almost imperceptible degree. Accordingly, one goal is to provide a composition with durable perfumed aroma effective on the fabrics.

With the term "lasting aroma" is intended to say an aroma on treated fabrics that lasts a longer period of time than by using the perfume itself in the compositions, ie preferably more than 3 days and most preferably more than 6 days . Pro-perfume compounds are known in the art to meet this need, such as those described in WO 96/02625. With the term "pro-perfume" herein, an attempt is made to say a compound that may or may not be odoriferous of its own, but, after hydrolysis, produces a desirable aroma that is characteristic of one or more of its hydrolysis products. . Of course, mixtures of pro-perfume compounds can also be considered a properfume. Although satisfactory, the pro-perfume component can be lost during the treatment process, thereby decreasing the effect of these compounds on the treated fabric. Accordingly, there still remains a need for a composition that has an improved lasting aroma in treated fabrics. A solution to this problem is the encapsulation of the pro-perfume component. A typical description can be found in EP 0,601,074 where the encapsulation of the sensitive component is done by means of its encapsulation with cyclodextrins. However, while this would provide a way to overcome the aforementioned disadvantage, it would also increase the cost and complexity of the formulation.

The Applicant has now surprisingly discovered that the use of an amino-functional polymer in a composition containing a pro-perfume component satisfies said need. In fact, it has been found that the deposition and / or substantivity of the pro-perfume component on the treated fabric increases. Accordingly, an advantage of the invention is to provide a composition with improved lasting flavor properties on the fabrics. Another advantage of the invention is to provide a composition that provides better care of the colors of the fabrics. In fact, through the use of the amino-functional polymer, both an improved long-lasting aroma and improved color care on the treated fabrics have been observed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a fabric care composition comprising a pro-fragrance and an amino-functional polymer, characterized in that said pro-fragrance is selected from the group consisting of: a) a nonionic or anionic ester of a perfume of allyl alcohol that has the formula: O II R- [C- O- CRVCR '^ CR-'a] ,. wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an anionic or nonionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or aryl group of C 1 -C 30; each of R ', R "and R'" is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 25 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight , branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more; b) a nonionic or anionic ester of a non-allylic alcohol perfume having the formula: OR- [C- O- CR'2-CR "-CR '" 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 30 aryl, anionic or nonionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; each of R ', R "and R'" is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 25 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight , branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more; c) an ester of a perfume alcohol, comprising at least one free carboxylate group, having the formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 30 aryl group, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; R 'is a perfume alcohol with a boiling point at 760 mm Hg of less than about 300 ° C; and n and m are individually an integer of 1 or more; and d) mixtures thereof. In another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for providing color care and / or substantivity of perfume on fabrics treated after domestic treatment, comprising the step of contacting the fabrics with a composition comprising a pro-perfume and an amino-functional polymer. The contacting step can occur in an aqueous medium such as in a rinse cycle, a pre-treatment process or in a non-aqueous medium such as that which occurs during a dryer drying process.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Amino-functional polymer An essential component of the invention is an amino-functional polymer. In fact, by means of the present component the deposition and / or substantivity of the pro-perfume on the treated fabric is increased. Another advantage of the amino-functional polymer is that it provides care for the colors of the fabrics.

The amino-functional polymers of the present invention are water soluble or dispersible polyamines. Typically, amino-functional polymers for use herein have a molecular weight of between 200 and 106, preferably between 600 and 20,000, most preferably between 1000 and 10,000. These polyamines comprise base structures that can be linear or cyclic. The polyamine base structures can also comprise polyamine branching chains to a greater or lesser degree. The polyamine base structures described herein are modified such that at least one, preferably each nitrogen of the polyamine chain is subsequently described in terms of a unit that is substituted, quaternized or combinations thereof. For the purposes of the present invention, the term "modification" which refers to the chemical structure of the polyamines, is defined as replacing a hydrogen atom of the base structure -NH by an R 'unit (substitution), quaternizing a nitrogen of base structure (quaternized) or oxidize a nitrogen of base structure to N-oxide (oxidized). The terms "modification" and "substitution" are used interchangeably when referring to the process of replacing a hydrogen atom attached to a nitrogen of the base structure with a unit R '. The quaternization or oxidation may take place under certain circumstances without substitution, but the substitution is preferably accompanied by the oxidation or quaternization of at least one nitrogen of the base structure. The non-cyclic or linear polyamine base structures comprising the amino-functional polymer have the general formula: R "II [R'2N-R] n + 1- [NR] m- [NR] n-NR'2 The Cyclic polyamine base structures comprising the amino functional polymer have the general formula: R 'R [R'2N-R] n.k + 1- [NR] m- [NR] n- [NR] k-NR'2 The above base structures, before the optional but preferred subsequent modification, comprise primary, secondary and tertiary amine nitrogens connected by "linker" units R. For the purpose of the present invention, the primary amine nitrogens comprising the base structure or branch chain, once modified, are defined as "terminal" units V or Z. For example, when a primary amine portion located at the end of the main polyamine base structure or branching chain having the structure H2N-R] is modified according to the present invention, it is then defined as a "terminal" unit V, or simply a unit V. However, for the purposes of the present invention, some or all of the primary amine portions may remain unmodified subject to the restrictions described in more detail hereinafter. These unmodified primary amine portions, by virtue of their position in the base structure chain they remain as "terminal" units. Likewise, when a primary amine portion, located at the end of the main polyamine base structure having the structure -NH2 is modified in accordance with the present invention, it is hereinafter defined as a "terminal" Z unit, or simply a unit Z. This unit may remain unmodified subject to the restrictions described in more detail below herein. Similarly, the secondary amine nitrogens comprising the base structure or branching chain, once modified, are defined as "base structure" units W. For example, when a secondary amine portion, the main constituent of the base structures and branching chains of the present invention, having the structure HI - [NR] - is modified in accordance with the present invention, is hereinafter defined as a "base structure" unit W, or simply a unit W. However, for the purposes of the present invention, some or all of the secondary amine portions may remain unmodified. These unmodified secondary amine portions, by virtue of their position in the base structure chain, remain as "base structure" units. In another similar form, the tertiary amine nitrogens comprising the base structure or branching chain, once modified, are further defined as "branching" Y units. For example, when a tertiary amine moiety, which is a point of chain branch or base structure of polyamine or other branching chains or rings, which have the structure - [N-R} - is modified according to the present invention, is hereinafter defined as a "branching" unit Y, or simply a unit Y. However, for the purposes of the present invention, some or all of the tertiary amine portions may remain modified. These unmodified tertiary amine portions, by virtue of their position in the base structure chain, remain as "branching" units. The R units associated with the nitrogens of unit V, W and Y that serve to connect the polyamine nitrogens will be described later. The modified final structure of the polaminas of the present invention can then be represented by the general formula: V (n + 1) WmYnZ for the linear amino-functional polymer, and by the general formula k +? WmYnY'kZ for the amino-functional polymer cyclic. For the case of polyamines comprising rings, a unit Y 'of the formula: I R I - [N-R] - serves as a branch point for a base structure or a branch ring. For each unit Y 'there exists a unit Y that has the formula: I - [N-R} - which will form the connection point of the ring to the chain or branch of the main polymer. In the single case where the base structure is a complete ring, the polyamine base structure has the formula: R 'II [R'2N-R] n- [NR] m- [NR] n- so both do not comprise any terminal unit Z and have the formula nk mYnY'k where k is the number of ring-forming branch units. Preferably, the polyamine base structures of the present invention do not comprise rings. In the case of non-cyclic polyamines, the ratio of index n to index m refers to the relative degree of branching. A completely unbranched linear modified polyamine according to the present invention has the formula: vwmz ie n is equal to 0. The higher the value of n (the lower the ratio of man), the greater the degree of branching in the molecule.

Typically, the value of m varies from a minimum value of 2 to 700, preferably 4 to 400, however, values greater than m are also preferred, especially when the value of the index n is very low or almost 0. Each polyamine nitrogen, whether primary, secondary or tertiary, once modified in accordance with the present invention, is further defined as being a member of one of two general classes; simple replaced, quaternized or oxidized. Those unmodified polyamine nitrogen units are classified into units V, W, Y, Y 'or Z depending on whether they are primary, secondary or tertiary nitrogens. That is, the nitrogens of the unmodified primary amine are units V or Z, the nitrogens of the unmodified secondary amine are units W or units Y 'and the nitrogens of the unmodified tertiary amine are units And for the purposes of the present invention. Modified primary amine portions are defined as "terminal" units V having one of three forms: a) simple substituted units having the structure: R'- N- R- I R 'b) quaternized units having the structure: R 'I x- R'_ + _R_ I R' where X is an adequate counter ion that provides load balance; and c) oxidized units having the structure: O t R'- N- R-IR 'Modified secondary amine moieties are defined as "base structure" units W having one of three forms: a) single substituted units which have the structure: - N- R- IR 'b) quaternized units that have the structure: R 'l x- _ + _ -R- I R' where X is an adequate counter-ion that provides charge balance; and c) oxidized units having the structure: OT - N - R - R 'Other modified secondary amine portions are defined as units Y' having one of three forms: a) simple substituted units having the structure: - N - R - R b) quaternized units that have the structure: R 'l x - N + - R - IR' where X is an adequate counter ion that provides load balance; and c) oxidized units having the structure: O t - N - R - R 'The modified tertiary amine moieties are defined as "branching" Y units having one of three forms: a) unmodified units having the structure: - N- R- b) quaternized units that have the structure: R 'l x- - N + - R- where X is an adequate counter-ion that provides load balance; and c) oxidized units that have the structure: O t __ _R_ Certain portions of modified primary amine are defined as "terminal" Z units that have one of three forms: a) simple substituted units that have the structure: - -R 'IR' b) quaternized units that have the structure: R 'l x - - N + - R * IR 'where X is an adequate counter-ion that provides load balance; and c) oxidized units having the structure: O t - - R 'R' When any position on a nitrogen is substituted or unmodified, it is understood that the hydrogen will replace R '. For example, a primary amine unit comprising an R 'unit in the form of a hydroxyethyl portion is a terminal unit V having the formula (HOCH2CH2) HN-. For the purposes of the present invention, there are two types of chain terminator units, units V and Z. The "terminal" unit Z is derived from a terminal primary amino portion of the -NH structure. The non-cyclic polyamine based structures according to the present invention only comprise one unit Z, while the cyclic polyamines can comprise no unit Z. The "terminal" unit Z can be substituted with any of the 'R * units described further in detail later, except when unit Z is modified to form an N-oxide. In case the unit Z is oxidized to an N-oxide, the nitrogen must be modified and therefore R 'can not be a hydrogen. The polyamines of the present invention comprise "linker" units R of base structure which serve to connect the nitrogen atoms of the base structure. The R units comprise units which for the purpose of the present invention are called "hydrocarbyl R" units and "oxy R" units. The "hydrocarbyl" R units are C2-C12 alkylene, C3-C2 alkylene hydroxy alkylene, C3-C12 alkylene in which the hydroxyl portion can take any position on the R unit, except carbon atoms directly connected to the hydroxyl groups. nitrogens of the polyamine base structure; C 4 -C 12 dihydroxyalkylene wherein the hydroxyl portions can occupy any two of the carbon atoms of the chain of the R unit, except those carbon atoms directly connected to the nitrogens of the polyamine base structure; C8-C12 dialkylarylene For the purpose of the present invention are arylene portions having two alkyl substituent groups as part of the linker chain. For example, a dialkylarylene unit has the formula: although the unit does not need to be 1, 4-substituted, but it can also be 1, 2 or 1, 3-substituted with C 2 -C 2 alkylene. preferably ethylene, 1, 2-propylene and mixtures thereof, most preferably ethylene. The R "oxy" units comprise - (R O) xR5 (OR1) x-, CH 2 CH (OR 2) CH 2?) Z (R 1 O) y R 1 - (OCH 2 CH (OR 2) CH 2) w- > CH2CH (OR2) CH2-, - (R1O) xR1- and mixtures thereof. Preferred R units are C2-C12 alkylene. C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene. C4-C12 dihydroxyalkylene, C8-C12 dialkylarylene, - (R1O) xR1-, -CH2CH (OR2) CH2-, - (CH2CH (OH) CH2?) z- (R1?) and RI (OCH2CH-, (OH) CH2) w-, - (R10) xR5 (OR1)? -, most preferred R units are C2-C12 alkylene. hydroxyalkylene of C3-C- | 2, dihydroxyalkylene of C4-C-12, (R1O) xR1-, - (R1 O) XR5 (OR1) X-, (CH2CH (OH) CH2?) Z (R1?) And R1 (OCH2CH- (OH) CH2) w- V mixtures thereof, even more preferred R units are C2-C12 alkylene, C3 hydroxyalkylene and mixtures thereof , most preferred are C2-C6 alkylene. The most preferred base structures of the present invention comprise at least 50% R units that are ethylene. The R1 units are C2-C6 alkylene and mixtures thereof, preferably ethylene, R2 is hydrogen and - (R "-O) xB, preferably hydrogen, R3 is C- | -C alkyl.; 8, C7-C12 arylalkylene, substituted aryl C7-C12 alkyl, C14-C2 aryl, and mixtures thereof, preferably C, JC4 alkyl. C7-C12 alkylarylene, rnuy preferably C1-C12 alkyl, more preferably methyl. The units R3 serve as part of the units R 'described below. R4 is alkylene of C- | -C- | 2 > C4-C12 alkenylene. C 8 -C 12 arylalkylene, C 1 -C 6 arylene, preferably C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 8 -C 12 arylalkylene, most preferably C 2 -C 8 alkylene, more preferably ethylene or butylene. R5 is alkylene of C- | -C-j2 > C3-C ?2 hydroxyalkylene, 04-0-12 dihydroxyalkylene, Cs-C? dial2 dialkylarylene, -C (O) -, - C (O) NHR6NHC (O) -, -C (O) ( R4) rC (O) -, R1 (ORl) -, (CH 2 CH (OH) CH 2 O (R 1 O) and R 1 OCH 2 CH (OH) CH 2 -, -C (O) (R 4) r C (O) -, (CH2CH (OH) CH2-, R5 is preferably ethylene, -C (O) -, C (O) NHR6NHC (O) -, R1 (OR1) -, -CH2CH (OH) CH2-, (CH2CH (OH) CH2? (R'lO) and R OCH2CH- (OH) CH2-, most preferably - (CH2CH (OH) CH2-. R? Is C2-C-J2 alkylene or Cg-C- | - Preferred R "oxy" units are further defined in terms of the units R1, R2 and R5 Preferred R "oxy" units comprise the preferred R "-, R2 and R5 Preferred polyamine soil release agents from the present invention comprise at least 50% of units R ^ which are ethylene The preferred R "-, R2 and R5 units are combined with the R" oxy "units to produce the preferred R" oxy "units in the following manner. ) replacing the most preferred R§ with (CH2CH2?) XR5 (OCH2CH2) x- (CH2CH2?) XCH2CHOHCH2- (OCH2CH2) - is produced. ii) substituting preferred R1 and R2 for (CH2CH (OR2) CH2?) - t- (R1O) and R O (CH2CH (OR2) CH2) w- is produced - (CH2CH (OH) CH2O) z- (CH2CH2O) and CH2CH2? (CH2CH (OH) CH2) w- iii) substituting preferred R2 for -CH2CH (OR2 ) CH2- occurs -CH2CH (OH) CH2-. The R 'units are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 -C 22 alkyl, C 3 -C 22 alkenyl, C 7 -C 22 arylalkyl, C 2 -C 22 hydroxyalkyl, - (CH 2) C 2M, - (CH 2 ) qS? 3M, CH (CH2C? 2M) C? 2M, - (CH2) nP? 3M, - (R1O) mB, -C (O) R3, preferably hydrogen, C2-C22 hydroxyalkylene, benzyl, C1-C22 alkylene, - ( Rl?) MB, -C (O) R3, - (CH2) pCO2M, - (CH2.qSO3.vl, -CH (CH2C? 2M) C? 2M, most preferably C1-C22 alkylene, - (R10) xB, -C (O) R3, - (CH2) pC? 2M, - (CH2) qS? 3M, -CH (CH2C? 2M) C? 2M, more preferably alkylene of C- | - C22- - (R ^ C »)? B and -C (0) R3. When no modification or substitution is made on a nitrogen, then the hydrogen atom will remain as the portion representing R '. One unit R 'that is most preferred is (R1O) xB. The units R 'do not comprise a hydrogen atom when the units V, W or Z are oxidized, that is, the nitrogens are N-oxides. For example, the chain of the base structure or branching chains do not comprise units of the following structure: OOO ttt H- N- -R 0 - N- HHHH Additionally, the R 'units do not comprise carbonyl moieties attached directly to an atom of nitrogen when the units V, W and Z are oxidized, that is, the nitrogens are N-oxides. According to the present invention, the portion -C (O) R3 of the unit R 'is not bound to a nitrogen modified by N-oxide, that is, there are no N-oxide amides having the structure: RJ or combinations thereof. B is hydrogen, C- | -C6 alkyl, - (CH2) qS? 3M, - (CH2) pC? 2M, (CH2) q- (CHSO3M) CH2S? 3M, (CH2) q (CHSO2M) CH2S03M, - (CH2) pPO3M, -PO3M, preferably hydrogen, - (CH2) qS? 3M, (CH2) q (CHS? 3M) CH2S? 3M, (CH2) q- (CHS? 2lv1) CH2S? 3M, most preferably hydrogen or - (CH2) qS? 3M. M is hydrogen or a cation soluble in water in an amount sufficient to satisfy the charge balance. For example, a sodium cation also satisfies - (CH2) pCO2M and - (CH2) qS? 3M, resulting in portions (CH2) pC? 2Na and - (CH2) qS? 3Na. More than one monovalent cation (sodium, potassium, etc.) can be combined to satisfy the required chemical charge balance. However, the charge of more than one anionic group can be balanced by means of a divalent cation, or more than one monovalent cation may be necessary to satisfy the loading requirements of a polyanionic radical. For example, a - (CH2) pP? 3M portion substituted with sodium atoms has the formula - (CH2) pP? 3Na3. The divalent cations such as calcium (Ca2 +) or magnesium (Mg2 +) can be substituted by or combined with other suitable water-soluble monovalent cations. The preferred cations are sodium and potassium, sodium is very preferred. X is a water-soluble anion such as chlorine (Cl "), bromine (Br) and iodine (I"). (I-) or X can be any negatively charged radical such as sulfate (SO42.) And methosulfate (CH3SO3.). The formula indices have the following values: p has the value of 1 to 6, q has the value of 0 to 6; r has the value of 0 or 1; w has the value of 0 or 1, x has the value of 1 to 100; and has the value from 0 to 100; z has the value 0 or 1; m has the value from 2 to 700, preferably from 4 to 400, n has the value from 0 to 350, preferably from 0 to 200; m + n has the value of at least 5. Preferably, x has a value that is in the range of 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 10. Preferred amino-functional polymers of the present invention comprise basic structures of polyamine in which less than about 50% of the R groups comprise R "oxy" units, preferably less than about 20%, most preferably less than 5%, more preferably the R units do not comprise units R "oxy". The most preferred amino-functional polymers that do not comprise R "oxy" units comprise polyamine base structures in which less than 50% of the R groups comprise more than 3 carbon atoms. For example, ethylene, 1,2-propylene and 1,3-propylene comprise 3 or fewer carbon atoms and are the preferred "hydrocarbyl" R units. That is, when the R units of the base structure are 2-C12 alkylene. C2-C3 alkylene is preferred and more ethylene is preferred. The amino-functional polymers of the present invention comprise homogenous and non-homogeneous modified polyamine base structures, in which 100% or less of the -NH units are modified. For the purpose of the present invention, the term "homogeneous polyamine base structure" is defined as a polyamine base structure having R units that are the same (ie, all are ethylene). However, this definition of equality does not exclude polyamines comprising other foreign units comprising the polymer base structure, which are present due to an artifact of the chosen chemical synthesis method. For example, it is known to those skilled in the art that ethanolamine can be used as an "initiator" in the synthesis of polyethylene imines, therefore a polyethylene imine sample comprising a hydroxyethyl portion resulting from the polymerization "primer" would be considered. It comprises a homogeneous polyamine base structure for the purposes of the present invention. A polyamine base structure comprising all ethylene R units in which no branching units Y is present is a homogeneous base structure. A polyamine base structure comprising all R units of ethylene is a homogeneous base structure regardless of the degree of branching or the number of cyclic branches present. For the purposes of the present invention, the term "non-homogeneous polymer base structure" refers to polyamine base structures that are a mixture of various lengths of unit R and types of unit R. For example, an inhomogeneous base structure comprises R units that are a mixture of ethylene and 1, 2-propylene units. For purposes of the present invention, a mixture of "hydrocarbyl" and "oxy" R units is not necessary to provide a non-homogeneous base structure. The amino-functional polymers of the present invention comprise homogeneous polyamine base structures that are totally or partially substituted by polyethyleneoxy moieties, total or partially quaternized amines, nitrogens totally or partially oxidized to N-oxides, and mixtures thereof. However, not all the nitrogens of the amine of the base structure must be modified in the same way, leaving the choice of modification to the specific needs of the formulator. The degree of ethoxylation is also determined by the specific requirements of the formulator.

Preferred polyamines comprising the base structure of the compounds of the present invention are generally polyalkyleneimines (PAI's), preferably polyethylenimines (PEI's), or PEI's connected by portions having longer R units than the PEI's PAI's of origin. The base structures of the preferred amine polymer comprise R units which are C2 alkylene units (ethylene), also known as polyethylene imines (PEI's). Preferred PEI's have at least one moderate branching, that is, the ratio of m to n is less than 4: 1, however, PEI's having a ratio of m to n of 2: 1 are more preferred. The base structures, before modification, have the general formula: R 'II [R, 2NCH2CH2] n- [NCH2CH2] m- [NCH2CH2] n-NR'2 where R', m and n are the same as those defined previously. Preferred PEI's will have a molecular weight of more than about 200 daltons. The relative proportions of the amine, primary, secondary and tertiary units in the polymer base structure, especially in the case of PEI's, will vary, depending on the form of preparation. Each hydrogen atom attached to each nitrogen atom of the polyamine base structure chain represents a potential site for subsequent substitution, quaternization or oxidation.

These polyamines can be prepared, for example, by polymerizing ethyleneimine in the presence of a catalyst such as carbon dioxide, sodium bisulfite, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, etc. The specific methods for preparing these polyamine base structures are described in the U.S. patent. No. 2,182,306, Ulrich et al., Issued December 5, 1939; the patent of E.U. No. 3,033,746, Mayle et al., Issued May 8, 1962; the patent of E.U. No. 2,208,095, Esselman et al., Issued July 16, 1940; the patent of E.U. No. 2,806,839, Crowther, issued September 17, 1957; and the US patent. No. 2,553,696, Wilson, issued May 21, 1951, all incorporated herein by reference. Examples of amino-functional polymers comprising PEI's are illustrated in formulas I-IV: Formula I illustrates an amino-functional polymer comprising a base structure of PEI in which all substitutable nitrogens are modified by replacement of the hydrogen with a polyoxyalkylenoxy unit, - (CH2CH2?) 7H, having the formula: Formula I This is an example of an amino-functional polymer that is completely modified by a type of portion. Formula II illustrates an amino-functional polymer comprising a base structure of PEI in which all substitutable primary amine nitrogens are modified by replacing hydrogen with a polyoxyalkylenoxy unit, - (CH2CH2?) 7H, the molecule is then modified by the subsequent oxidation of all primary and secondary nitrogens to N-oxides, said polymer has the formula: Formula II Formula III illustrates an amino-functional polymer comprising a PEI base structure in which all of the hydrogen atoms in the base structure are substituted and some amine units in the base structure are quaternized. The substituents are polyoxyalkylenoxy units, - (CH 2 CH 2?) 7 H or methyl groups. The modified PEI polymer has the formula: Formula III Formula IV illustrates an amino-functional polymer comprising a base structure of PEI in which the nitrogens of the base structure are modified by substitution (ie, by - (CH2CH2?) 7H or methyl), quaternized, oxidized to N-oxides or combinations thereof. The resulting polymer has the formula: Formula IV In the above examples, not all the nitrogens of a unit class comprise the same modification. The present invention allows the formulator to have ethoxylated a portion of the nitrogens of the secondary amine while having the other nitrogens of the secondary amine oxidized to N-oxides. This also applies to the nitrogens of the primary amine, since the formulator may choose to modify all or a portion of the nitrogens of the primary amine with one or more substituents before oxidation or quaternization. Any possible combination of R 'groups can be substituted on the nitrogens of the primary or secondary amine, except for the restrictions described hereinabove. Commercially available amino-functional polymers suitable for use herein are hydroxyethylated poly (ethyleneimine) from Polysciences, with a MW of 2,000 and 80% hydroxyethylated poly (ethylenimine) of Aldrich.

A typical amount of the amino-functional polymer to be employed in the composition of the invention is preferably up to 90% by weight, preferably from 0.01% to 50% by weight, most preferably from 0.1% to 20% by weight and more preferably from 0.5% to 5% by weight of the composition.

Pro-perfume Another essential component of the invention is a pro-perfume component A suitable class of pro-perfume component for use in the present invention is a non-ionic or anionic ester of an allyl alcohol perfume as described in WO 96 / 02625. The pro-perfume has the formula: O || R- [C-O- CR'2-CR "= CR '" 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an anionic or non-ionic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or aryl group of C1-C30 , substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; each of R ', R "and R'" is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 25 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight , branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more.

Preferably, R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or non-ionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic C 1 -C 20 ary group; at least one R 'is hydrogen; R "is hydrogen, one R '" is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and the other R' "is a C1-C20 alkyl, alkenyl, or alkylaryl group, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic, and the substituents are selected from the group consisting of halogens, nitro, carboxyl, carbonyl, sulfate, sulfonate, hydroxyl and alkoxy, and mixtures thereof A pro-perfume that is preferred within this class is a non-ionic ester or anionic of an allyl alcohol perfume having the formula: O II R- [C- - CH 2 - CH = C (CH 3) -CH 2 CH 2 CH = C (CH 3) 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 30 aryl group , non-ionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more. Preferred pro-perfume components of this kind are those in which the allyl alcohol perfume ester is selected from the group consisting of digeranyl succinate, dineryl succinate, geranylneryl succinate, geranyl phenylacetate, and nitrile phenylacetate. , geranyl laurate, neryl laurate and mixtures thereof. Yet another class of pro-perfume component suitable for use herein is a non-ionic or anionic ester of a non-allyl alcohol perfume as described in EU 5,531,910 and having the formula: O II R- [C- O- CR'2-CR "= CR '" 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an anionic, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or aryl group of C 1 -C 30 nonionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; each of R ', R "and R'" is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 25 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight , branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more. Preferably, at least one R 'is hydrogen; an R "" is hydrogen or a C 1 -C 20 straight, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl group Most preferably one R "is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or alkenyl and the other R '" is an alkyl, alkenyl or C 1 -C 20 alkylaryl, straight, branched or cyclic Preferred esters of this class comprise esters of the following perfume alcohols: phenoxanol, floralol, β-citronellol, nonadyl alcohol, cyclohexyl ethanol, phenylethanol, isoborneol, fenchol, isociclogeranoi, 2-phenyl-1-propanol and / or 3,7-dimethyl-1-octaneol The esters of this class that are most preferred for use herein are: di-β-citronellyl maleate, dinonadyl maleate, maleate diphenonaxyl, di (3,7-dimethyl-1-octanyl) succinate, di (cyclohexylethyl) maleate, di (floral) succinate and di (phenylethyl) adipate.

Yet another class of pro-perfume component suitable for use herein are compounds having an ester of a perfume alcohol as described in US 5,562,847. The ester includes at least one free carboxylate group and has the formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 30 aryl group, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; R 'is a perfume alcohol with a boiling point at 760 mm Hg of less than about 300 ° C; and n and m are individually an integer of 1 or more. Preferably, R is selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted or substituted, straight, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 20 aryl ring containing a heterogeneous atom. Most preferably, the esters are esters of maleate, succinate, pyromellitate, trimellitate, citrate, phthalate or adipate of the alcohol perfume. As can be seen, the formula (I) includes at least one free carboxylate group. R 'is a perfume alcohol with a boiling point at 760 mm Hg of less than about 300 ° C. Although almost any perfume alcohol having a boiling point of less than about 300 ° C can be employed, the preferred alcohols include geraniol, nerol, phenoxanol, floralol, β-citronellol, nonadol, cyclohexyl ethanol, phenylethanol, Soborneol, fenchol, isociclogeraniol, 2-phenyl-1-propanol, 3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol, anisyl alcohol, cinnamyl alcohol, dec-9-en-1-ol, 3-methyl-5-phenyl-1 pentanol, 7-p-methan-1-ol, 2,6-dimethyloct-7-en-2-ol, (Z) -hex-3-en-1-ol, 1-hexanol, 2-hexanol, -ethyl-2-nonal, nona-2,6-dien-1-ol, borneol, oct-1-en-3-ol, 4-cyclohexyl-2-methyl-2-butanol, 2-methyl-4-phenyl -2-butanol, 2-methyl-1-phenyl-2-propanol, cyclomethylcitronellol, decanol, dihydroeugenol, 8-p-methanol, 3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol, 2,6-dimethyl-2-heptanol, dodecanol , eucalyptol, eugenol, tetrahydro-2-bufo-4-methyl-4 (2H) -piranoi, isoeugenol, linalool, 2-methoxy-4-propyl-1-cyclohexanol, terpineol, tetrahydromuguol, 3,7-dimethyl-3 -octanol, 3- and 4- (4-hydroxy-4-methylpentyl) cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde and combinations thereof. The most preferred alcohols (R 'groups) are selected from the group consisting of geraniol, nerol, phenoxanol, floralol, β-citronellol, nonadol, cyclohexyl ethanol, phenylethane, phenoxyethanol, isoborneol, phenolol, socycloheranol, 2-phenyl-1. -propanol, 3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol and combinations thereof, and the ester is preferably selected from the esters of maleate, succinate, adipate, phthalate, citrate or pyromellitate of the perfume alcohol. Thus, esters of the present invention that are preferred include, geranyl succinate, neryl succinate, (β-citronellyl) maleate, nonadlyl maleate, phenoxaline maleate, (3,7-dimethyl-1 - succinate) octanyl), (cyclohexyethyl) maleate, (β-citronellyl) phthalate, floralyl succinate and (phenylethyl) adipate. Of course, one skilled in the art will recognize that other esters can be employed which satisfy the general formula (I) in the present invention, such as monogeranyl citrate, di (β-citronellyl) pyromellitate and di (cyclohexylethyl) citrate and the isomers of all these compounds. Of course, mixtures of pro-perfume compounds may also be used herein to provide a more elaborate aroma. A class that is preferred among the classes of pro-perfumes described above is the non-ionic or anionic ester class of perfumes of an allyl alcohol. When used, the optional pro-perfume component is typically in an amount of 0.01% to 10% by weight, preferably 0.05% to 5% and most preferably 0.1% to 2%, by weight of the composition.

Colorant fixing agent An optional component of the invention is a colorant fixing agent. Dye fixing agents, or "fixatives," are well known and commercially available materials that are designed to improve the appearance of colored fabrics by minimizing the loss of fabric dye caused by washing. Within this definition are not included the components that are fabric softeners or those described below as amino-functional polymers.

Many dye binding agents are cationic, and are based on various quaternized compounds or other cationically charged organic nitrogen compounds. Cationic fixatives are available under various trade names from various suppliers. Representative examples include: CROSCOLOR PMF (July 1981, Code No. 7894) and CROSCOLOR NOFF (January 1988, Code No. 8544) of Crosfield; INDOSOL E-50 (February 27, 1984, Ref. No. 60008.35.84, based on polyethyleneamine) from Sandoz; SANDOFIX TPS, which is also available from Sandoz and is a polycationic fixative that is preferred to be used herein, and SANDOFIX SWE (cationic resinous compound), REWIN SRF, REWIN SRF-O and REWIN DWR from CHT-Beitlich GmbH, Tinofix® ECO, Tinofix® FRD and Solfin® available from Ciba-Geigy. Other cationic dye-fixing agents are described in "Aftertreatments for improving the fastness of dyes on textile fibers" by Christopher C. Cook (REV PROG. COLORATION Vol. 12, 1982). Dye binding agents suitable for use in the present invention are ammonium compounds such as fatty acid diamine condensates, e.g., the hydrochloride, acetate, methosulfate and benzyl hydrochloride of oleyldietilaminoethylamide, oleythylmethylethylenediaminemethosulfate, monostearylethylenediaminetrimethylammonium methosulfate and oxidized products of tertiary amines; derivatives of polyaryl alkyldiamines, polyamine-cyanuric chloride condensates and aminated glycerol dichlorohydrins.

A typical amount of the dye binding agent that can be employed in the compositions of the invention is preferably up to 90% by weight, preferably up to 50% by weight, most preferably from 0.001% to 10% by weight, more preferably 0.5. % to 5% by weight of the composition.

Polyolefin Dispersion A polyolefin dispersion may optionally be used in the composition of the invention to provide anti-wrinkle benefits and improved water absorbency to the fabrics. Preferably, the polyolefin is a polyethylene, polypropylene or mixtures thereof. The polyolefin can be at least partially modified to contain various functional groups, such as carboxyl, carbonyl, ester, ether, alkylamide, sulfonic acid or amide groups. Most preferably, the polyolefin employed in the present invention is at least partially modified with carboxyl or, in other words, oxidized. In particular, oxidized or carboxyl-modified polyethylene is preferred in the compositions of the present invention. To facilitate the formulation, polyolefin is preferably introduced as a suspension or a dispersed polyolefin emulsion by the use of an emulsifying agent. The polyolefin suspension or emulsion preferably has from 1 to 50%, most preferably from 10 to 35% by weight and more preferably from 15 to 30% by weight of polyolefin in the emulsion. The polyolefin preferably has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 15,000 and more preferably from 4,000 to 10,000. When an emulsion is employed, the emulsifier can be any suitable emulsifying agent or suspension. Preferably, the emulsifier is a cationic, nonionic, zwitterionic or anionic surfactant or mixtures thereof. Most preferably, any cationic, nonionic or anionic surfactant may be employed as the emulsifier.

Preferred emulsifiers are the cationic surfactants such as the fatty amine surfactants and in particular the ethoxylated fatty acid amine surfactants. In particular, cationic surfactants are preferred as emulsifiers in the present invention. The polyolefin is dispersed with the emulsifier or suspending agent in an emulsifier to polyolefin ratio of 1: 10 to 3: 1. Preferably, the emulsion includes from 0.1 to 50%, most preferably from 1 to 20% and more preferably from 2.5 to 10% by weight of the emulsifier in the polyolefin emulsion. Polyethylene emulsions and suspensions suitable for use in the present invention are available under the tradename VELUSTROL from HOECHST Aktiengesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In particular, polyethylene emulsions sold under the tradename VELUSTROL PKS, VELUSTROL KPA or VELULSTROL P-40 can be used in the compositions of the present invention.

When present, the compositions of the present invention will contain from 0.01% to 8% by weight of the dispersible polyolefin; most preferably from 0.1% to 5% by weight and more preferably from 0.1% to 3% by weight of the polyolefin. When the polyolefin is added to the compositions of the present invention as an emulsion or suspension, the emulsion or suspension is added in amounts sufficient to provide the aforementioned dispersible polyolefin levels to the compositions.

Non-polymeric chlorine scavengers Another essential component of the invention is a non-polymeric chlorine scavenger. Suitable levels of chlorine scavengers in the compositions of the present invention range from 0.01% to 15%, preferably from 0.02% to 10%, more preferably from 0.25% to 5% by weight of the total composition. If both the cation and the scavenger anion react with chlorine, which is desirable, the level can be adjusted to react with an equivalent amount of available chlorine. Preferred examples of chlorine scavengers are selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric ammonium salts. Non-polymeric ammonium salts suitable for use herein have the general formula: [R2N + R3] X "wherein the alkyl group is a C1-C9 alkyl or substituted alkyl (e.g., hydroxyl), or hydrogen, preferably hydrogen. Each R is a C 1 -C 4 alkyl or substituted alkyl (for example, hydroxyl), or hydrogen, preferably methyl or hydrogen, most preferably hydrogen, and the counterion X "is a compatible anion, for example, chloride, bromide, citrate, sulfate, etc., preferably chloride Very preferred examples of non-polymeric ammonium salts are selected from ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate and mixtures thereof Ammonium chloride is an inexpensive chlorine scavenger which is preferred to be used in the I presented.

Fabric softening component Optionally, a fabric softening component in the composition of the invention can also be suitably used to provide softness and anti-static properties to the treated fabrics. When used, the fabric softening component will typically be present at a level sufficient to provide anti-static and anti-aliasing properties. Typical levels are those conventionally used in fabric softening compositions, ie, from 1% to 99% by weight of the composition. Depending on the form of the composition, i.e., liquid or solid, the composition will preferably comprise a level of fabric softening components for liquid compositions of 1% to 5% by weight for the diluted compositions or from 5% to 80% very preferably 10% to 50%, more preferably 15% to 35% by weight for the concentrated compositions. When nonionic fabric softening components are present, the level of nonionic softening component in the composition will typically be from 0.1% to 10%, preferably from 1% to 5% by weight. When the composition comprising the softening component is applied to a substrate such as a towel for a dryer, the preferred level of fabric softening component will preferably be % to 99%, most preferably from 30% to 90% by weight and still more preferably from 35% to 85% by weight. Said fabric softening component can be selected from cationic, non-ionic, amphoteric or anionic fabric softening components. Typical fabric softening cationic components include the water-insoluble quaternary ammonium fabric softening actives, the most commonly used being the di-long alkyl chain ammonium chloride or methylsulfate. Preferred cationic softeners include the following: 1) ditallow dimethyl ammonium chloride (DTDMAC); 2) dihydrogenated sebodimethylammonium chloride; 3) dihydrogenated sebodimethylammonium methylsulfate; 4) distearyldimethylammonium chloride; 5) dioleyldimethylammonium chloride; 6) dipalmitylhydroxyethylmethyl ammonium chloride; 7) stearylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride; 8) hydrogenated sebotrimethylammonium chloride; 9) C 1- | 2-18; alkyl) dihydroxyethylmethylammonium chloride) ditallowimidazolinium methylsulfate; 1 1) 1- (2-tallowamemidoethyl) -2-tallowylimidazolinium methylsulfate. However, in recent years the need for materials less aggressive to the environment has arisen, and rapidly biodegradable quaternary ammonium compounds have been presented as alternatives for the traditionally used dilarga alkyl chain ammonium chlorides and methylsuiphates. Such materials and fabric softening compositions containing them are described in numerous publications such as EP-A-0, 040, 562 and EP-A-0,239,910. The quaternary ammonium compounds and amine precursors of the present have the formula (I) or (II), below: wherein Q is selected from -O-C (O) -, -C (O) -O-, -O-C (O) -O-, NR4-C (O) -, C (O) -NR4-; R1 is (CH2) n-Q-T2 or T3; R2 is (CH2) m-Q-T4 or T ^ or T3; R3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl or H; R 4 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl; T "1, T2, T3, T4 and T * 5 are independently C6-C2 alkyl or alkenyl, n and m are integers from 1 to 4, and X- is a softener-compatible anion.Non-limiting examples of anions compatible with softener include chloride or methyl sulfate The chain T ^, T2, T3, T4 and T ^ of the alkyl or alkenyl must contain at least 11 carbon atoms, preferably at least 16 carbon atoms The chain can be straight or branched. is a convenient and inexpensive source of long chain alkyl and alkenyl material Particularly preferred are compounds in which T "-, T2, T3, T4 and T-5 represent the mixture of long chain materials typical for tallow. Specific examples of quaternary ammonium compounds suitable for use in the aqueous fabric softening compositions herein include: 1) N, N-di (tallowyloxyethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride; 2) N, N-d, (tallowyl-oxy-ethyl) -N-methyl, N- (2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium chloride; 3) N, N-di (tallowyl-oxy-2-oxo-ethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride; 4) N, N-di (tallowyl-oxy-ethylcarbonyl-oxy-ethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride 5) N- (tallowyl-oxy-2-ethyl) -N- (- tallowyl) chloride oxy-2-oxo-ethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium; 6) N.N.N-triisosbyl-oxy-ethi-N-methylammonium chloride; 7) N- (tallowyl-oxy-2-oxoethyl) -N-tallowyl-N, N-dimethylammonium chloride; 8) 1,2-Disboboyl-oxy-3-trimethylammoniopropane chloride; 9) di (stearoyloxyethyl) dimethylammonium chloride (DSOEDMAC) and mixtures of any of the above materials. Of these, compounds 1-7 are examples of compounds of formula (I) and compound 8 is a compound of formula (II). Particularly preferred is N, N-di (tallowyloxyethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride, wherein the tallow chains are at least partially unsaturated. The level of unsaturation of the sebum chain can be measured by the corresponding Iodine (IV) Value of the fatty acid, which in the present case should preferably be in the range of 5 to 200, preferably 5 to 150 and most preferably 5 to 100, distinguishing two categories of compounds having an IV below or above 25. In fact, for compounds of the formula (I) made of tallow fatty acids having an IV of 5 to 25, preferably 15 to 20, it has been found that a cis / trans isomer weight ratio of more than 30/70, preferably more than 50/50 and most preferably more than 70/30 provides optimum concentration capability. For compounds of the formula (I) made from tallow fatty acids having an IV of more than 25, it has been found that the ratio of cis to trans isomers is less critical unless very high concentrations are required. Other examples of suitable quaternary ammoniums of formula (I) and (II) are obtained, eg: by replacing "tallow" in the above compounds with, for example, coconut, palm, lauryl, oleyl, ricinoleyl, stearyl, palmityl or similar, said fatty acyl chains being either fully saturated or preferably at least partially unsaturated; replacing "methyl" in the above compounds with ethyl, ethoxy, propyl, propoxy, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl or t-butyl; - replacing "chloride" in the above compounds with bromide, methylsulfate, formate, sulfate, nitrate and the like. In fact, the anion is present merely as a counter-ion of the positively charged quaternary ammonium compounds. The nature of the counterion is not critical at all for the practice of the present invention. The scope of this invention is not considered to be limited to any particular anion. By "amine precursors thereof" is meant the secondary or tertiary amines corresponding to the above quaternary ammonium compounds, said amines being substantially protonated in the present compositions due in part to the pH values. Additional fabric softening materials can be used in addition to the cationic fabric softener. These may be selected from nonionic, amphoteric or anionic fabric softening materials. The description of said materials can be found in E.U. 4,327,133; E.U. 4,421, 792; E.U. 4,426,299; E.U. 4,460,485; E.U. 3,644,203, E.U. 4,661, 269; E.U. 4,439,335; E.U. 3,861, 870; E.U. 4,308,151; E.U. 3,886,075; E.U. 4,233,164; E.U. 4,401, 578; E.U. 3,974,076; E.U. 4,237,016 and EP 472,178. Typically, said nonionic fabric softening materials have an HLB of about 2 to 9, very typically from 3 to 7. Such nonionic fabric softening materials tend to be easily dispersed either by themselves or when combined with other materials such as these. as the single and long alkyl chain cationic surfactant described in detail hereinafter. The dispersion capacity can be improved by using more single and long alkyl chain cationic surfactant, mixing with other materials as set forth hereinafter, use of warmer water and / or more agitation. In general, the selected materials should be relatively crystalline, higher melting (e.g., >40 ° C) and relatively insoluble in water. Preferred nonionic softeners are the partial fatty acid esters of polyhydric alcohols, or anhydrides thereof, wherein the alcohol, or anhydride, contains from 2 to 18, preferably from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and each fatty acid portion contains from 12 to 30, preferably from 16 to 20 carbon atoms.

Typically, such softeners contain from one to 3, preferably 2 fatty acid groups per molecule. The polyhydric alcohol moiety of the ester can be ethylene glycol, glycerol, poly (eg, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and / or hexa-) glycerol, xylitol, sucrose, erythritol, pentaerythritol, sorbitol or sorbitan. Particularly preferred are sorbitan esters and polyglycerol monostearate. The fatty acid portion of the ester is usually derived from fatty acids having from 12 to 30, preferably from 16 to 20 carbon atoms, typical examples of said fatty acids being lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and behenic acid . The highly preferred optional nonionic softening agents for use in the present invention are the sorbitan esters, which are esterified dehydration products of sorbitol and the glycerol esters. The commercial sorbitan monostearate is a suitable material. Also useful are mixtures of sorbitan stearate and sorbitan palmitate having stearate / palmitate weight ratios ranging from about 10: 1 to about 1: 10, and esters of 1, 5-sorbitan.

Preferred herein are glycerol and polyglycerol esters, especially glycerol, diglycerol, triglycerol and polyglycerol mono- and / or diesters, preferably mono- (e.g., polyglycerol monostearate with a trade name Radiasurf 7248). Useful glycerol and polyglycerol esters include monoesters with stearic, oleic, palmitic, lauric, steroitic, myristic and / or behenic acids, and the diesters of stearic, oleic, palmitic, lauric, isostearic, myristic and / or behenic acids. It is understood that the monoester contains a little di- and triester, etc. The "glycerol esters" also include the polyglycerol esters, eg, diglycerol to octaglycerol. The polyglycerol polyols are formed by condensing glycerin or epichlorohydrin with one another to link the glycerol moieties via ether linkages. The mono- and / or diesters of the polyglycerol polyols are preferred, typically the fatty acyl groups being those described hereinabove for the sorbitan and glycerol esters. For the preceding biodegradable fabric softening agents, the pH of the compositions herein is an essential parameter of the present invention. In fact, it has an influence on the stability of the quaternary ammonium compounds or amine precursors, especially under conditions of prolonged storage. The pH, as defined in the present context, is measured in the concentrated compositions at 20 ° C. For optimum hydrolytic stability of these compositions, the concentrated pH, measured under the aforementioned conditions, should be in the range of 2.0 to 4.5. Preferably, when the liquid fabric softening compositions of the invention are in concentrated form, the pH of the concentrated composition is in the range of 2.0 to 3.5, even if it is in dilute form, the pH of the concentrated composition is in the range of 2.0 to 3.0. The pH of these compositions can be regulated by the addition of a Bronsted acid. Examples of suitable acids include inorganic mineral acids, carboxylic acids, in particular low molecular weight carboxylic acids (C-1-C5), and alkylsulfonic acids. Suitable inorganic acids include HCl, H2SO4, HNO3 and H3PO4. Suitable organic acids include formic, acetic, citric, methylsulfonic and ethylsulphonic acids. The acids that are preferred with citric, hydrochloric, phosphoric, formic, methylsulphonic and benzoic acids. Fully formulated fabric softening compositions preferably contain, in addition to the components described above, one or more of the following ingredients. The concentrated compositions of the present invention may require organic or inorganic concentrating aids to go to even higher concentrations and / or to meet higher stability standards depending on the other ingredients. The surfactant concentration aids are typically selected from the group consisting of individual long chain alkyl cationic surfactants; nonionic surfactants; amine oxides; fatty acids or mixtures thereof, typically used at a level of 0 to 15% of the composition. Suitable nonionic surfactants for use herein include the addition products of ethylene oxide and, optionally, propylene oxide, with fatty alcohols, fatty acids and fatty amines. Suitable compounds are substantially water-soluble surfactants of the general formula: wherein R2 is selected from alkyl, and / or acyl, primary, secondary and branched chain hydrocarbyl groups; primary, secondary and branched chain alkenyl hydrocarbyl groups and primary and secondary branched chain alkyl and alkenyl substituted hydrocarbyl groups; said hydrocarbyl groups have a hydrocarbyl chain length of up to 20, preferably 10 to 18 carbon atoms. And it is typically -O-, -C (O) O-, -C (O) N (R) - or -C (O) N (R) R-, wherein R2 and R, when present, have the meanings given above, and / or R can be hydrogen, and z is from 5 to 50, preferably from 1 to 30. The nonionic surfactants herein are characterized by a HLB (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) of 7 to 20, preferably from 8 to 15. Examples of particularly suitable nonionic surfactants include - Alkoxylates of straight-chain primary alcohol such as tallow alcohol-EO (11), tallow alcohol-EO (18) and tallow alcohol-EO (25); - Straight chain secondary alcohol alkoxylates such as 2-C16EO (11); 2-C20EO (11) and 2-C16EO (14); - Alkylphenol alkoxylates, such as p-tridecylphenol EO (11) and p-pentadecylphenol EO (18), as well as - olefinic and branched chain alkoxylates such as branched chain primary and secondary alcohols which are available from the "OXO" processes "well-known. Inorganic viscosity control agents that can also act or enhance the effect of the stabilizers include the water soluble and ionizable salts which may also optionally be incorporated into the compositions of the present invention. The incorporation of these components into the composition must be processed at a very slow speed. A wide variety of ionizable salts can be used. Examples of suitable salts are the halides of the metals of Group IA and NA of the Periodic Table of the Elements, e.g., calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium bromide and lithium chloride. Ionizable salts are particularly useful during the process of mixing the ingredients to make the compositions herein, and later to obtain the desired viscosity. The amount of ionizable salts used depends on the active ingredients used in the compositions and can be adjusted according to the wishes of the formulator. Typical levels of salts used to control the viscosity of the composition are from 20 to 20,000 parts per million (ppm), preferably from 20 to 11,000 ppm, by weight of the composition. The alkylene polyammonium salts can be incorporated into the composition to give viscosity control, in addition to or in place of the above water-soluble and ionizable salts. In addition, these agents can act as scavengers, forming pairs of ions with the anionic detergent that comes from the main wash, during rinsing and on the fabrics, and can improve the yield of softness. These agents can stabilize the viscosity on a broader scale of temperatures, especially at low temperatures, compared to inorganic electrolytes. Specific examples of alkylene polyammonium salts include l-lysine monohydrochloride and 1,5-diammonium 2-methylpentandichlorohydrate.

Optional perfume components The products herein may also contain 0. 0001% to about 10%, most preferably about 0.001% to 5%, still more preferably about 0.01% to about 1% by weight in the composition, of conventional perfume components. The fully formulated perfume composition can be prepared using numerous perfume components of known natural or synthetic origin. The scale of natural raw materials can encompass not only easily volatile components, but also moderately volatile and slightly volatile; and the scale of synthetic substances can include materials representative of practically all kinds of fragrant substances, as will be evident from the following illustrative compilation: natural products, such as absolute of tree moss, basil oil, citrus fruit oils ( such as bergamot oil, mandarin oil, etc.) absolute mastix, myrtle oil, palmarrosa oil, patchouli oil, petigran oil from Paraguay, wood worm oil; alcohols, such as farnesol, geraniol, linalool, nerol, phenylethyl alcohol, rodinol, cinnamic alcohol; aldehydes, such as citral, Helional ™, alphahexylcinnamaldehyde, hydroxycitronellal, Lilial ™ (p-tert-butyl-alpha-methyldihydrocinnamaldehyde), methylnonylacetaldehyde; ketones such as allylonone, alfayonone, betayonone, isoraldein (isomethyl-alpha-yonone), metilyonone; esters, such as allyl phenoxyacetate, benzyl salicylate, cinnamyl propionate, citronellyl acetate, citronellyl ethoxide, decyl acetate, dimethylbenzylcarbinyl acetate, dimethylbenzylcarbinyl butyrate, ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl acetylacetate, hexenyl isobutyrate, ethyl acetate, Linalyl, methyl dihydrojasmonate, styrallylacetate, vetyveryl acetate, etc., lactones, such as gamma-undecalactone, various components commonly used in perfumery, such as musk ketone, indole, p-menthane-8-thiol-3- ona and methyl-eugenol. Likewise, any conventional fragrant acetal or ketal known in the art can be added to the present composition as an optional component of the fully formulated perfume (c). Such conventional fragrant acetals and ketals include the well-known methyl and ethyl acetals and ketals, as well as benzaldehyde based ketals, those comprising phenylethyl moieties, or more recently developed specialties such as those described in a U.S. patent. entitled "Acetates and Ketals of Oxo-Tetrans and Oxo-Indanes, see U.S. Patent No. 5,084,440, issued on January 28, 1992, assigned to Givaudan Corp. Of course, other recent synthetic specialties may be included in the perfume compositions for the fabric care composition of the invention These include the enol ethers of oxo-tetralins and alkyl-substituted oxo-indanes such as those described in U.S. Patent 5,332,725, July 25, 1994, assigned to Givaudan, or Schiff's bases described in U.S. Patent No. 5,264,615, December 9, 1991, assigned to Givaudan.Another optional but preferred ingredient is a liquid carrier.The liquid carrier employed in the present compositions is preferably at least primarily water thanks to its low cost , relative availability, safety and environmental compatibility The water level in the liquid vehicle is preferably at least 50%, most preferably 60% in water. that of the vehicle. Mixtures of water and an organic solvent of low molecular weight, for example, less than 200, for example, lower alcohols such as ethanol, propanol, isopropanol or butanol are useful as the liquid vehicle. Low molecular weight alcohols include monohydric, dihydric (glycol, etc.), trichloric (glycerol, etc.), and higher polyhydric (polyols) alcohols.

Other optional ingredients are soil release polymers, bactericides, colorants, perfumes, preservatives, optical brighteners, anti-ionization agents, anti-foam agents and the like. Various other optional optional auxiliary ingredients can also be used herein for detergent formulators of laundry and cleaning products. The following ingredients are described for the convenience of the formulator, but are not intended to be limiting of the invention.

Detersive Ingredient Detersive ingredients can also be used in the compositions of the invention. Suitable detersive ingredients are those conventional for detergent formulators of laundry and cleaning products. Typical examples of said conventional detersive ingredients include detersive surfactants, detergency builders, bleaching compounds and mixtures thereof.

Detersive Surfactants Non-limiting examples of additional surfactants that can be used herein typically at levels of 1% to 55% by weight, include the conventional CI-JCJ S alkylbenzenesulfonates ("LAS") and the "AS" alkyl sulfates. ) primary, branched and random chain, the secondary alkyl sulfates (2,3) of C-jo-Cis of the formula CH3 (CH2) x (CHOSO3-M +) CH3 and CH3 (CH2) and (CHOSO3-M +) CH2CH3 in where xy (y + 1) are integers of at least about 7, preferably at least about 9, and M is a cation of solubilization in water, especially sodium, unsaturated sulfates such as oleyl sulfate, the alkylalkoxy sulfates of CI Q-CI S ("AEXS", especially EO 1-7 ethoxysulfates), CJ OCJ S alkylalkoxycarboxylates (especially the EO 1-5 ethoxycarboxylates), the glycerol ethers of C- | rj-Ci8 > The alkyl polyglycosides of C- | oC- | 8 and their corresponding sulfated polyglycosides, and alphasulfonated fatty acid esters of C- | 2-Ci8- If desired, the conventional amphoteric and nonionic surfactants such as C12-alkylethoxylates C18 ("AE") including the so-called narrow-chain alkyl ethoxylates and the C6-C12 alkylphenolalkoxylates (especially ethoxylates and ethoxy / mixed propoxy), C12-18 betaines and sulfobetaines ("sultaines"), amine oxides of C10-18 , and the like, can also be included in the overall compositions. The N-alkyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of C- | o-C- | 8- can also be used. Typical examples include the N-methylglucamides of C ^ -J S- See WO 9,206,154. Other surfactants derived from sugar include the N-alkoxy polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, such as N (3-methoxypropyl) glucamide of CI QCl 3. The N-propyl glucamides via N-hexyl of C-J2-C -18 can be used for low foam formation. Also conventional C- or C2-C soaps can be used. If high foaming is desired, C ^ Q-C ^ Q soaps of branched chains can be used. Mixtures of anionic and nonionic surfactants are especially useful. Other conventional surfactants are listed in normal texts.

Detergency builders Builders may optionally be included in the compositions herein to help control the hardness of minerals. Inorganic and organic builders can be used. Builders are typically used in fabric washing compositions to help remove particulate soils. The level of builder can vary widely depending on the final use of the composition and its desired physical form. When present, the compositions will typically comprise at least about 1% builder preferably from 1% to 80%. Liquid formulations typically comprise from about 5% to about 50%, very typically from about 5% to about 30%, by weight builder. Granulated formulations typically comprise from about 1% to about 80%, very typically from about 5% to about 50% by weight of the builder. However, lower or higher detergency builder levels are not excluded.

Inorganic or phosphate-containing builders include, but are not limited to, alkali metal, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts of polyphosphates (illustrated by the glassy polymeric tripolyphosphates, pyrophosphates and metaphosphates), phosphonates, tiflic acid, silicates, carbonates (including bicarbonates and sesquicarbonates), sulfates and aluminosilicates. However, non-phosphate builders are required in certain places. Importantly, the compositions herein work surprisingly well even in the presence of so-called "weak" detergency builders (as compared to phosphate builders) such as citrates, or in the so-called "lower detergency enhancement" situation that It can occur with zeolite builders or stratified silicate. Examples of silicate builders are alkali metal silicates, particularly those having a Si 2: Na 2 ratio. in the scale from 1.6: 1 to 3.2: 1 and layered silicates, such as the layered sodium silicates described in US Pat. No. 4,664,839, issued May 12, 1987 to H. P. Rieck. NaSKS-6 is the trade name for a crystalline layered silicate sold by Hoechst (commonly abbreviated as "SKS-6"). Unlike zeolite builders, the NaSKS-6 silicate builder does not contain aluminum. NaSKS-6 has the morphological form of de.ta-Na2S.O5 of layered silicate. It can be prepared by methods such as those described in German Application DE-A-3,417,649 and DE-A-3,742,043. SKS-6 is a highly preferred stratified silicate for use herein, but other layered silicates, such as those having the general formula NaMSix? 2x +? yH2? wherein M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4, preferably 2, and y is a number from 0 to 20, preferably 0 may be used herein. Some other stratified silicates from Hoechst include NaSKS-5, NaSKS-7 and NaSKS-11 as the alpha, beta and gamma forms. As indicated above, the delta-Na2Si? 5 (NaSKS-6) form is most preferred for use herein. Other silicates can also be used such as for example magnesium silicate, which can serve as a tightening agent in granulated formulations, as a stabilizing agent for oxygen bleaches, and as a component of foam control systems. Examples of carbonate builders are the alkali metal and alkali metal carbonates as described in German Patent Application No. 2,321,001 published November 15, 1973. Aluminosilicate builders are useful in the present invention . Aluminosilicate detergent builders are of great importance in the majority of the heavy duty granular, commercially charged detergent compositions, and can also be an important detergency builder ingredient in liquid detergent formulations. The aluminosilicate builders include those that have the empirical formula: Mz / n [(Ai? 2) z (SiO2) and] xH2O where z and y are integers of at least 6, the molar ratio of zay is in the scale from 1.0 to 0, and x is an integer of about 0 to 264, and M is an element of Group IA or HA, eg, Na, K, Mg, Ca with valence n. Useful aluminosilicate ion exchange materials are commercially available. These aluminosilicates may be of crystalline or amorphous structure and may be naturally occurring or synthetically derived aluminosilicates. A method for producing aluminosilicate ion exchange materials is described in the US Patent 3,985,669, Krummel et al. Issued October 12, 1976. The preferred synthetic crystalline aluminosilicate ion exchange materials useful herein are available under the designations Zeolite A, Zeolite P (B), Zeolite MAP and Zeolite X. In an especially preferred embodiment, the exchange material of crystalline aluminosilicate atoms has the formula: Nai2 [(AIO2) i2 (S¡O2) i2.xH2? wherein x is from about 20 to about 30, especially about 27. The material is known as Zeolite A. Dehydrated zeolites (x = 0-10) can also be used herein. Preferably, the aluminosilicate has a particle size of about 0.1-10 microns in diameter. Organic builders suitable for the purposes of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a wide variety of polycarboxylate compounds. As used herein, "polycarboxylates" refers to compounds having a plurality of carboxylate groups, preferably at least 3 carboxylates. Polycarboxylate builders can generally be added to the composition in acid form, but can also be added in the form of a neutralized salt. When used in the salt form, alkali metals such as sodium, potassium and lithium, or alkanol ammonium salts are preferred. Included among the polycarboxylate builders are a variety of useful material categories. An important category of polycarboxylate builders comprises ether polycarboxylates, including oxydisuccinate, as described in Berg, U.S. 3,128,287, issued April 7, 1964, and Lamberti et al., US patent. 3,635,830, issued January 18, 1972. See also "TMS / TDS" detergency builders of the U.S. patent. No. 4,663,071, issued to Bush et al. On May 5, 1987. Suitable ether polycarboxylates also include cyclic compounds, particularly alicyclic compounds, such as those described in US Patents. 3,923,679; 3,835,163; 4,158,635; 4,120,874 and 4,102,903. Other useful builders include ether hydroxypolycarboxylates, maleic anhydride copolymers with ethylene or vinyl methyl ether, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene-2,4,6-trisulfonic acid, and carboxymethyloxy-succinic acid, various alkali metal salts, ammonium and substituted ammonium of polyacetic acids such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid, as well as polycarboxylates such as melific acid, succinic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, polymaleic acid, benzene-1, 3,5-tricarboxylic acid, carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid and soluble salts thereof. Citrate builders, eg, citric acid and soluble salts thereof (particularly sodium salt), are polycarboxylate builders of particular importance for heavy duty liquid detergent formulations because of their availability from renewable resources and their biodegradability. The citrates can also be used in granular compositions, especially in combination with zeolite builders and / or layered silicate. Oxydisuccinates are also especially useful in said compositions and combinations. Also suitable in the detergent compositions of the present invention are the 3,3-dicarboxy-4-oxa-1,6-hexanodiates and the related compounds described in the U.S. patent. No. 4,566,984, Bush, issued January 28, 1986. Useful succinic acid builders include the C5-C20 alkyl and alkenyl succinic acids and salts thereof. A particularly preferred compound of this type is dodecenylsuccinic acid. Specific examples of succinate builders include: laurylsuccinate, myristylsuccinate, palmitylsuccinate, 2-dodecenylsuccinate (preferred), 2-pentadecenylsuccinate, and the like. Lauryl succinates are the preferred builders of this group, and are described in EP 0,200,263.

Other suitable polycarboxylates are described in the U.S. Patents. Nos. 4,144,226 and 3,308,067. See also E.U. 3,723,322. The fatty acids, e.g., C12-C18 monocarboxylic acids can also be incorporated into the compositions by themselves, or in combination with the aforementioned builders, especially citrate and / or succinate builders, to provide additional detergency builder activity. Such use of fatty acids will generally result in decreased foaming, which would be considered by the formulator. In situations where phosphorus-based builders can be used, and especially in the bar formulations used for hand washing operations, various alkali metal phosphates such as the well-known sodium tripolyphosphates, sodium pyrophosphate, can be used. and sodium orthophosphate. Phosphonate builders such as ethan-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate and other known phosphonates can also be used (see, for example, U.S. Patents 3,159,581, 3,213,030, 3,422,021, 3,400,148 and 3,422,137).

Bleaching Compounds - Bleaching and Bleach Activating Agents The detergent compositions herein may optionally contain bleaching agents or bleaching compositions containing an agent and one or more bleach activators. When present, bleaching agents are typically found at levels of 1 to 30%, very typically from 5% to 20% of the detergent composition, especially for fabric washing. If present, the amount of bleach activators is typically from about 0.1% to about 60%, very typically from about 0.5% to about 40% of the bleaching composition containing the bleaching agent plus the bleach activator. The bleaching agents used herein may be any of the bleaching agents useful for detergent compositions in textile cleaning, hard surface cleaning or other cleaning purposes now known or known. These include oxygen bleaches as well as other bleaching agents. Perborate bleaches, e.g., sodium perborate (e.g., mono and tetrahydrate) may be used herein. Another category of bleaching agent that can be used without restriction comprises percarboxylic acid bleaching agents and salts thereof. Suitable examples of this class of agents include magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate, the magnesium salt of metachloroperbenzoic acid, 4-nonylamino-4-oxoperoxybutyric acid and hyperoxydedecandioic acid. Said bleaching agents are described in E.U. 4,483,781, E.U. 740,446, EP 0,133,354 and E.U. 4,412,934. Highly preferred bleaching agents also include 6-nonylamino-6-oxoperoxycaproic acid as described in E.U. 4,634,551.

Peroxygen bleaching agents can also be used.

Suitable peroxygen bleach compounds include sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate and equivalent "percarbonate" bleaches, sodium pyrophosphate peroxyhydrate, urea peroxyhydrate and sodium peroxide. Persulfate bleach (e.g., OXONE, commercially manufactured by DuPont) can also be used. A preferred perca bleached bleach comprises dry particles having an average particle size in the range of about 500 micrometers to about 1,000 micrometers, not more than about 10% by weight of said particles being larger than apretimately 1, 250 microns. Optionally, the percarbonate can be coated with silicate, borate or water-soluble surfactants. Percarbonate is available from various commercial supplies such as FMC, Solvay and Tokai Denka. Mixtures of bleaching agents can also be used. Peroxygen bleaching agents, perborates, the percarbonates, etc., are preferably combined with bleach activators, which lead to in situ production in the aqueous solution (ie, during the washing process) of the peroxyacid corresponding to the bleach activator. Several non-limiting examples of activators are described in E.U. 4.9151, 854, and in E.U. 4,412,934. Typical nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (NOBS) and tetraacetylethylamine (TAED) activators and mixtures thereof can also be used. See also E.U. 4,634,551 for other typical bleaches and activators useful herein. Highly preferred amido-derived bleach activators include (6-octanamidocaproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate, (6-nonanamidocaproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate, (6-decanamidocaproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate and mixtures thereof, as described in the U.S. patent. 4,634,551, incorporated herein by reference. Another class of bleach activators comprises the benzoxazine type activators described by Hodge et al. In the U.S. patent. No. 4,966,723, issued October 30, 1990. Yet another class of bleach activators includes acylactam activators such as substituted and unsubstituted benzoylcaprolactam, t.butyl-benzoylcaprolactam, n-octanoylcaprolactam, 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl-caprolactam, nonanoylcaprolactam, decanoylcaprolactam, octanoyl-valerolactam, decanoylvalerolactam, undecenoylvalerolactam, nonanoyl-valerolactam, 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoylvalerolactam, t-butyl-benzoylvalerolactam and mixtures thereof. See also the US patent. 4,545,784 issued to Sanderson on October 8, 1985 incorporated herein by reference, which describes acylcaprolactams, including benzoylcaprolactam, adsorbed on sodium perborate. It is also known in the art and bleaching agents other than oxygen bleaching agents can be used herein. A type of bleaching agent that is not oxygen of particular interest includes photoactivated bleaching agents such as sulfonated zinc and / or aluminum phthalocyanines. See the US patent. 4,033,718 issued July 5, 1977 to Holcombe et al. If used, the detergent compositions typically should contain from about 0.025% to about 1.25% by weight of said bleaches, especially sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine. If desired, the bleaching compounds can be catalyzed by means of a manganese compound. Such compounds are well known in the art and include, for example, the manganese-based catalysts described in the U.S. Patents. 5,246,621, E.U. 5,244,594; E.U. 5,194,416; E.U. 5,114,606 and EP 549.71 A1, 549,272A1, 544,440A2 and 544,490A1. As a practical matter, and not by way of limitation, the compositions and methods herein can be adjusted to provide in the order of at least one part per ten million of the active bleach catalyst species in the aqueous wash liquor, and will preferably provide about 0.1 ppm to about 700 ppm, most preferably about 1 ppm to about 500 ppm of the catalyst species in the wash liquor. Other optional ingredients that are preferred include enzymes such as lipases, proteases, cellulase, amylases and peroxidases. An enzyme that is preferred for use herein is a cellulase enzyme. In fact, this type of enzyme will also provide a color care benefit to the treated fabric. Cellulases that can be used herein include both bacterial and fungal types, preferably having an optimum pH of between 5 and 9.5. The patent of E.U. 4,435,307, Barbesgoard et al., March 6 1984, describes suitable fungal cellulases of Humicola insolens or strain DSM 1800 of Humicola or a cellulase-producing fungus 212 belonging to the genus Aeromonas, and a cellulase extracted from the hepatopancreas of a marine mollusk, Dolabella Auricular Solander. Suitable cellulases are also described in GB-A-2,075,028; GB-A-2,095,275 and DE-OS-2,247,832.

CAREZYME® and CELLUZYME® (Novo) are especially useful. Other suitable cellulases are also described in WO 91/17243 to Novo, WO 96/34092, WO 96/34945 and EP-A-0,739,982. Other optional ingredients that are preferred include enzyme stabilizers, polymeric soil release agents, materials effective to inhibit the transfer of dyes from one fabric to another during the cleaning process (i.e., dye transfer inhibiting agents), polymer dispersion, foam suppressants, optical brighteners or other brightening or whitening agents, chelating agents, fabric softening clay, anti-static agents, other active ingredients, vehicles, hydrotropes, processing aids, dyes or pigments, solvents for liquid formulations and solid fillers for bar compositions. When formulated as liquid detergent compositions, the compositions may contain water and other solvents as carriers.

The primary or secondary low molecular weight alcohols exemplified by methanol, ethanol, propanol and isopropanol are suitable. Monohydric alcohols are preferred for the solubilizing surfactant, but polyols such as those containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms and 2 to 6 hydroxyl groups (e.g., 1,3-propanediol, ethylene glycol, glycerin and 1,2-propanediol). The compositions may contain 5% to 90%, typically 10% to 50% of said vehicles. When formulated as granular detergent compositions, the detergent compositions can be prepared, for example, by spray drying (final product density 520 g / l) or by agglomerating (final product density greater than 600 g / l) the base granule. The remaining dry ingredients can then be mixed in granulated or powdered form with the base granule, for example in a rotary mixer, and the liquid ingredients (e.g., nonionic surfactant and perfume) can be sprayed. The detergent compositions herein will preferably be formulated such that, during use in aqueous cleaning operations, the wash water has a pH of between 6.5 and 1.1, preferably between 7.5 and 10.5. Laundry products are typically at a pH of 9-1 1. Techniques for controlling pH at recommended levels of use include the use of pH, alkali, acid regulators, etc., and are well known to those skilled in the art. technique.

Method In another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for providing color care and deposition and / or substantivity of pro-perfume on fabrics after domestic treatment. By the present use of the composition according to the invention, an improved deposition of the pro-perfume on the treated fabric has been observed in comparison with the compositions that do not contain an amino-functional polymer, thereby achieving a prolonged perfumed aroma and improved on the treated fabric. In the same way, an improved care of the color of the fabrics is observed by using the composition of the invention in comparison with the compositions that do not contain an amino-functional polymer. Domestic treatment may comprise the step of contacting the fabrics with an aqueous medium comprising a composition as defined hereinbefore. Preferably, said aqueous medium is at a temperature of between 2 to 40 ° C, most preferably between 5 to 25 ° C. Yet another type of domestic treatment is when the composition of the invention is applied to a substrate, such as a towel for a dryer. Accordingly, a method is also provided for providing color care and deposition and / or substantivity of perfume on fabrics treated after domestic treatment, which comprises the step of contacting the fabrics with a composition as described above, in wherein said composition is applied on a substrate, preferably a towel for a dryer. Preferably, when the composition of the invention is applied on a dryer towel, the compositions are used in dryer processes. By "deposition and / or substantivity of improved perfume on the fabric", it is intended to say that the fabrics which are put in contact with a composition of the invention exhibit a better or equal deposition and / or substantivity of perfume on the fabric in comparison with compositions comprising the pro-perfume but not the amino-functional polymer. The benefit of the deposition and / or substantivity of the pro-perfume on the treated fabric is determined by evaluating the intensity of the perfume released from the pro-perfume component in air-dried fabrics and in a dryer after six days. The method is carried out by a panel of 6 expert judges, trained to use sensory evaluations. In this case, an expert is defined as a person who has at least 6 months training with proven evidence of olfactory sensitivity. The data obtained using the intensity scale of perfumers are then averaged to give a consensus value for perceived perfume intensity. The intensity scale of perfumers is as follows: 0 - without perfume, 25 - light perfume, 50 - moderate perfume, 75 - very strong perfume and 100 - extremely strong perfume "Care of color" is intended to mean that fabrics that have been in contact with a composition of the invention, as defined above , and that after and / or before and / or simultaneously they are washed with a detergent composition exhibit a better appearance of the color of the fabric in comparison with the fabrics that have not been put in contact with said composition. The benefit of color care can be determined visually or by determining the so-called delta-E values. When the visual determination is used, a panel of expert graders visually compare, in accordance with the established panel score unit (PCU) scales, fabrics treated with and without the composition in accordance with the present invention. A positive PSU value indicates better performance (PSU scale: 0 = no difference, 1 = I think there is a difference, 2 = I'm sure there's a difference, 3 = I'm sure there's a lot of difference, 4 = I'm sure that there is a lot of difference). Another method for determining the benefit of color care in fabrics is the determination of the so-called delta-E values. Delta-E are defined, for example, in ASTM D2244. Delta E is the color difference computed as defined in ASTM D2244, that is, the magnitude and direction of the difference between two psychophysical color stimuli defined by values of three stimuli, or by chromaticity and luminance factor coordinates, calculated by means of a specified set of color difference equations defined in the opponent color space CIÉ 1976 CIELAB, in the space of color-opponent Hunter, the color space of FrieleMac Adam-Chickering or any equivalent color space.

Applications The compositions of the invention are suitable for use in any domestic treatment step, i.e. a pretreatment composition, such as a wash additive, as a composition suitable for use in the wash cycle of the wash cycle or applied to a wash cycle. towel for dryer. Obviously, for the purpose of the invention, various applications can be made such as the treatment of the fabric with a pretreatment composition of the invention and also subsequently with a composition of the invention suitable for use in the rinse cycle and / or suitable to be used as a towel for dryer. The compositions of the invention may also be in spray, foam or aerosol forms which may be suitable for use while ironing, or applied to the surfaces of the dryer. The invention is illustrated in the following non-limiting examples, in which all percentages are on an active weight basis, unless otherwise indicated. In the examples, the identifications of the abbreviated components have the following meanings: DEQA Di- (tallowyloxyethyl) dimethylammonium chloride DOEQA Di- (oleylxyethyl) dithylammonium methylsulfate DTDMAC Di- sobodimethylammonium chloride DHEQA Di- (tallow soft-oxy-ethyl) hydroxyethylmethylammonium methylsulfate Fatty acid Fatty tallow fatty acid IV = 1 18 Electrolyte Calcium chloride DTDMAMS Disodbodimethylammonium methylsulphate SDASA 1: 2 ratio of stearyldimethylamine: triple-pressed stearic acid. Glicoesperse S-20 Polyethoxylated sorbitan monostearate available from Lonza Clay Clay bentonite clay, Bentonite L, sold by Southern Clay Products TAE25 Ethoxylated tallow alcohol with 25 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol PEG Polyethylene glycol 4000 PEI 1800 E1 Ethoxylated polyethyleneimine ( MW 1800, 50% active) as synthesized in synthesis example 1 PEI 1800 E3 Ethoxylated polyethyleneimine (MW 1800, 50% active) as synthesized in synthesis example 1 PEI 1800 E7 AO: Ethoxylated polyethylenimine amine oxide ( MW 1800, 50% active) as synthesized in the synthesis example 4 PEI 1200 E1: Ethoxylated polyethyleneimine (MN 1200, 50% active in water) as synthesized in the synthesis example 5 PEI 1200 E2: Ethoxylated polyethyleneimine (PM 1200 , 50% active in water) as synthesized in synthesis example 5 PEI 1200 E7: Ethoxylated polyethyleneimine (MW 1200, active 50% in water) as synthesized in the sample sis 5 PEI 1200 E7 AO: Ethoxylated polyethylenimine amine oxide (MW 1200, 50% active) as synthesized in synthesis examples 5 and 4 Dye fixative 1: Color fixing cationic agent (50% active) available under the trade name Tinofix Eco from Ciba-Geigy Dye fixative 2: Emulsified cationic dye fixative (30% active) available under the tradename Rewin SRF-O from CHT-Beitlich NH4CI: Ammonium chloride Digeranyl succinate Ester 3.7- dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl of 1,4-butanedioic acid geranyl laurate Ester 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octanedienyl dodecanedioic acid Geranyl succinate / Ester 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl 1, 4-Nityl butanedioic acid Maleate di (cyclohexylethyl acid, 1,4-butenedioic acid hexyethylacetamide) C12 linear alkyl benzene sulphonate TAS Sebo alcohol sodium sulfate C25AS C12-C15 linear sodium alkyl sulfate CxyEzS Sodium alkylsulfate of C? X-C and ramifi and condensed with z moles of ethylene oxide C45E7 A C14-C primary alcohol predominantly linear condensed with an average of 7 moles of ethylene oxide C25E3 A primary alcohol of C12-C-15 branched and condensed with an average of 3 moles of ethylene oxide Cationic ester Ester mixture of hill of C12 / C14 Soap: Linear sodium alkylcarboxylate derived from an 80/20 mixture of tallow and coconut oils TFAA Alkyl-N-methylglucamide of C16-C18 TPKFA: C12-C14 whole-cut fatty acids Zeolite A: Sodium aluminosilicate hydrated of formula Na 2 (A1 2 SiO 2) i 2 - 27H 2 O having a primary particle size in the range of 0.1 to 10 microns Citric acid: Anhydrous citric acid Carbonate: Anhydrous sodium carbonate with a particle size of between 200μm and 900μm Silicate: Amorphous sodium silicate (SiO: Na O; ratio 2.0) Sulfate: Anhydrous sodium sulfate Citrate: Trisodium citrate dihydrate activity 86.4% with a particle size distribution of between 425μm and 850μm MA / AA: Maleic / acrylic acid copolymer 1: 4, average molecular weight of approximately 70,000 CMC: Carboxymethylcellulose of sodium Savinase: Proteolytic enzyme activity 4KNPU / g Carezyme: Cellulite enzyme with an activity of 1000 CEVU / g Termamyl: Activity amylolytic enzyme 60 KNU / g Lipolase: Activity lipolytic enzyme 100 KLU / g all sold by NOVO Industries A / S and with an activity mentioned above, unless otherwise specified PB4 Sodium perborate tetrahydrate of nominal formula NaBO2.3H2O.H2O2 PB1 Anhydrous sodium perborate whitener of nominal formula NaB? 2.H2O2 TAED Tetraacetylethylenediamine DTPMP: Diethylenetriaminepenta (methylene phosphonate) ), marketed by Monsanto under the trade name Dequest 2060 Photoactivated bleach Phthalocyanine from sulfonated zinc encapsulated in dextrin-soluble polymer Brightener 4,4'-Bis (4-anilino-6-morpholino-1,3,5-triazin-2-l) amino) -stilben-2: 2'-disulfonate disodium Silicon antifoams Polydimethylsiloxane foam controller with a siloxane-oxyalkylene copolymer as the dispersing agent with a ratio of said foam controller to said dispersing agent from 10: 1 to 100: 1 EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 1 Preparation of PEÍ 1800 Ei Step A) The ethoxylation is conducted in a 2-gallon agitated stainless steel autoclave equipped for temperature measurement and control, pressure measurement, vacuum and inert gas purging, sampling, and for the introduction of ethylene oxide as a liquid. . A cylinder of -7.5 kg net of ethylene oxide (ARC) is installed to supply ethylene oxide as a liquid by means of a pump to the autoclave placing the cylinder on a scale to be able to monitor the changes in the weight of the cylinder. A 750 g portion of polyethyleneimine is added to the autoclave (PEI) (Nippon Shokubai, Epomin SP-018 which has a listed average molecular weight of 1800, equivalent to 0.417 moles of polymer and 17.4 moles of nitrogen). The autoclave is then sealed and purged of air (applying vacuum to minus 711 mm Hg followed by pressurization with nitrogen at 17.57 kg / cm2, then ventilating at atmospheric pressure). The contents of the autoclave are heated to 130 ° C while vacuum is applied. After about one hour, the autoclave is charged with nitrogen at about 17.57 kg / cm2 while the autoclave is cooled to about 105 ° C. Ethylene oxide is then added to the autoclave in increments over time while carefully monitoring the pressure, temperature and flow rate of ethylene oxide in the autoclave. The ethylene oxide pump is turned off and cooling is applied to limit any increase in temperature that results from any reaction exotherms. The temperature is maintained between 100 and 110 ° C while the total pressure is allowed to gradually increase during the course of the reaction. After a total of 750 grams of ethylene oxide has been loaded into the autoclave (almost equivalent to one mole of ethylene oxide per function of PEI nitrogen), the temperature is increased to 110 ° C and the autoclave is allowed to stir for an additional hour. At this point, vacuum is applied to remove any residual unreacted ethylene oxide. Step B) The reaction mixture is then deodorized by passing about 2,831 dm3 of inert gas (argon or nitrogen) through a gas dispersion frit and through the reaction mixture while stirring and heating the mixture to 130 ° C. The final reaction product is cooled slightly and collected in glass containers purged with nitrogen. In other preparations, neutralization and deodorization are achieved in the rector before unloading the product. If a PEI 1800 E7 is desired, the next step of catalyst addition between Step A and B will be included. Vacuum is applied continuously while the autoclave is cooled to about 50 ° C by introducing 376 g of a sodium methoxide solution at 25 ° C. % in methanol (1.74 moles), to achieve a catalyst load of 10% based on the nitrogen functions of PEI). The methoxide solution is sucked into the autoclave under vacuum and then the programming point of the autoclave temperature controller is increased to 130 ° C. A device is used to monitor the energy consumed by the agitator. The power of the agitator is monitored together with the temperature and pressure. The power and temperature values of the agitator increase gradually as the methanol is removed from the autoclave, and the viscosity of the mixture increases and stabilizes in about one hour indicating that most of the methanol has been removed. The mixture is heated and further stirred under vacuum for an additional 30 minutes. The vacuum is removed and the autoclave is cooled to 105 ° C while it is charged with nitrogen at 17.57 kg / cm2 and then ventilated at ambient pressure. The autoclave is charged at 14.06 kg / cm2 with nitrogen. Ethylene oxide is again added to the autoclave in increments as mentioned above, carefully monitoring the pressure, temperature and flow rate of ethylene oxide in the autoclave, while maintaining the temperature between 100 and 110 ° C and limiting any increase in temperature. temperature due to the exotherm of the reaction. After achieving the addition of 4,500 g of ethylene oxide (resulting in a total of 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of nitrogen function of PEI) for several hours, the temperature is increased to 110 ° C and the mixture is Shake for an additional hour.

The reaction mixture is then collected in nitrogen purged containers and optionally transferred to a 22-liter, three-necked round bottom flask equipped with heating and stirring. The strong alkaline catalyst is neutralized by adding 167 g of methanesulfonic acid (1.74 moles). Other preferred examples can be prepared such as PEI 1800 E2, PEÍ 1800 E3, PEÍ 1800 E15 and PEÍ 1800 E20 by the above method adjusting the reaction time and the relative amount of ethylene oxide used in the reaction.

EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 2 Quaternization at 4.7% of PEI 1800 E? To a 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar is added polyethyleneimine, MW 1800 ethoxylated to a degree of 7 (224 g, 0.637 moles of nitrogen, prepared as in synthesis example 1) and acetonitrile (Baker, 150 g, 3.65 moles). Dimemethyl sulfate (Aldrich, 3.8 g, 0.030 mol) is added in one fell swoop to the solution in rapid stirring, which is then capped and stirred at room temperature overnight. The acetonitrile is evaporated on the rotary evaporator at ~60 ° C, followed by a Kugelrohr (Aldrich) apparatus at ~80 ° C to give -220 g of the desired material as a viscous dark brown liquid. A spectrum of 3 C NMR (D2O) shows the absence of a peak at ~ 58 ppm corresponding dimethyl sulfate. An NMR- ^ H (D2O) spectrum shows the partial displacement of the peak at 2.5 ppm (methylenes bound to non-quaternized nitrogens) at -3.0 ppm.

EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 3 4.7% oxidation of PEI 1800 E7 quaternized To a 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar is added polyethyleneimine, MW 1800 ethoxylated to a degree of 7, and subsequently quaternized with dimethyl sulfate to approximately 4.7% (121.7 g, -0.32 moles of oxidizable nitrogen, prepared as in synthesis example 2), hydrogen peroxide (40 g of a 50 wt% solution in water, 0.588 mol) and water (109.4 g). The flask is plugged, and after an initial exotherm, the solution is stirred at room temperature overnight. The 1 H-NMR spectrum (D 2 O) obtained in a sample of the reaction mixture indicates that methylene peaks at 2.5-3.0 ppm have changed to about 3.5 ppm. To the reaction solution is added about 5 g of 0.5% Pd on aluminum oxide pellets, and the solution is allowed to stand at room temperature for about 3 days. The peroxide indicator paper shows that no peroxide remains in the system. The material is suitably stored as a 46.5% solution in water.

EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 4 Formation of amine oxide of PEI 1800 E7 A polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 1800 and ethoxylated to a degree of about 7 ethoxy groups per nitrogen (PEI-1800, E7) (209 g, 0.595 moles) is added to a 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar. of nitrogen, prepared as in synthesis example 1), and hydrogen peroxide (120 g of a % by weight in water, 1.06 moles). The flask is capped and after an initial exotherm the solution is stirred at room temperature overnight. The NMR- 'spectrum? (D2O) obtained in a sample of the reaction mixture indicates a complete conversion. The resonances assigned to methylene protons adjacent to non-oxidized nitrogens were moved from their original position at -2.5 ppm to -3.5 ppm. To the reaction solution is added about 5 g of 0.5% Pd on alumina pellets and the solution is allowed to stand at room temperature for about 3 days. The solution is tested and found to be negative for peroxide by indicator paper. The material obtained is suitably stored as an active solution at 51.1% in water.

EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 5 Preparation of PEI 1200 Ei Step A) The ethoxylation is carried out in a stirred stainless steel autoclave of 7.56 liters, equipped for measurement and temperature control, pressure measurement, vacuum and inert gas purging, sampling, and for the introduction of ethylene oxide as a liquid. A cylinder of 7.5 kg net of ethylene oxide (ARC) is installed to supply ethylene oxide as a liquid by means of a pump to the autoclave placing the cylinder on a scale to be able to monitor the changes in the weight of the cylinder. A 750 g portion of polyethyleneimine is added to the autoclave (PEÍ) (which has a listed average molecular weight of 1200, equivalent to 0. 625 moles of polymer and 17.4 moles of nitrogen functions). The autoclave is then sealed and purged of air (applying vacuum to minus 711 mm Hg followed by applying pressure with nitrogen at 17.57 kg / cm2, then ventilating at atmospheric pressure). The contents of the autoclave are heated to 130 ° C while vacuum is applied. After about one hour, the autoclave is charged with nitrogen at about 17.57 kg / cm2 while the autoclave is cooled to about 105 ° C. Ethylene oxide is then added to the autoclave in increments over time while carefully monitoring the pressure, temperature and flow rate of ethylene oxide in the autoclave. The ethylene oxide pump is turned off and cooling is applied to limit any increase in temperature that results from any reaction exotherms. The temperature is maintained between 100 and 110 ° C while the total pressure is allowed to gradually increase during the course of the reaction. After a total of 750 grams of ethylene oxide has been charged into the autoclave (almost equivalent to one mole of ethylene oxide per function of PEI nitrogen), the temperature is increased to 110 ° C and the autoclave is allowed to shake for an additional hour.

At this point, vacuum is applied to remove any residual ethylene oxide that did not react. Step B) The reaction mixture is then deodorized by passing about 2,831 dm3 of inert gas (argon or nitrogen) through a gas dispersion frit and through the reaction mixture while stirring and heating the mixture to 130 ° C. The final reaction product is cooled slightly and collected in glass containers purged with nitrogen. In other preparations, neutralization and deodorization are achieved in the rector before unloading the product. If a PEI 1200 E7 is desired, the next catalyst addition step will be included between Step A and B. Vacuum is applied continuously while the autoclave is cooled to approximately 50 ° C by introducing 376 g of a sodium methoxide solution at 25 ° C. % in methanol (1.74 moles, to achieve a catalyst load of 10% based on the nitrogen functions of PEI). The methoxide solution is sucked into the autoclave under vacuum and then the programming point of the autoclave temperature controller is increased to 130 ° C. A device is used to monitor the energy consumed by the agitator. The power of the agitator is monitored together with the temperature and pressure. The power and temperature values of the agitator increase gradually as the methanol is removed from the autoclave, and the viscosity of the mixture increases and stabilizes in about one hour indicating that most of the methanol has been removed. The mixture is heated and further stirred under vacuum for an additional 30 minutes. The vacuum is removed and the autoclave is cooled to 105 ° C while it is charged with nitrogen at 17.57 kg / cm2 and then ventilated at ambient pressure. The autoclave is charged at 14.06 kg / cm2 with nitrogen. Ethylene oxide is again added to the autoclave in increments as mentioned above, carefully monitoring the pressure, temperature and flow rate of ethylene oxide in the autoclave, while maintaining the temperature between 100 and 110 ° C and limiting any increase in temperature due to the exotherm of the reaction. After achieving the addition of 4,500 g of ethylene oxide (resulting in a total of 7 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of nitrogen function of PEI) for several hours, the temperature is increased to 110 ° C and the mixture is Shake for an additional hour. The reaction mixture is then collected in nitrogen purged containers and is eventually transferred to a 22-liter, three-necked round bottom flask equipped with heating and stirring. The strong alkaline catalyst is neutralized by adding 167 g of methanesulfonic acid (1.74 moles). Other preferred examples such as PEI 1200 E2, PEI 1200 E3, PEI 1200 E15 and PEI 1200 E20 can be prepared by the above method by adjusting the reaction time and the relative amount of ethylene oxide used in the reaction. The corresponding amine oxide of the above ethoxylated PEI can also be prepared by following Synthesis Example 4.

EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 6 Quaternization at 9.7% of PEI 1200 E7 To a 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar is added polyethyleneimine, PM 1200 ethoxylated to a degree of 7 (248.4 g, 0.707 moles of nitrogen, prepared as in example 5) and acetonitrile (Baker, 200 mL ). Dimethyl sulfate (Aldrich, 8.48 g, 0.067 mol) is added in a single stroke to the solution in rapid stirring, which is then capped and stirred at room temperature overnight. The acetonitrile is evaporated on the rotary evaporator at ~60 ° C, followed by a Kugelrohr (Aldrich) apparatus at ~80 ° C to give -220 g of the desired material as a viscous dark brown liquid. A NMR- ^ C (D2O) spectrum shows the absence of a peak at -58 ppm corresponding dimethyl sulfate. An NMR spectrum -'- H (D2O) shows the partial displacement of the peak at 2.5 ppm (methylenes bound to non-quaternized nitrogens) at -3.0 ppm.

EXAMPLE OF SYNTHESIS 7 Oxidation at 4.7% of PEI 1200 E7 quaternized at 9.5% To a 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar is added polyethyleneimine, PM 1200 ethoxylated to a degree of 7, and quaternized at 9.5% with dimethyl sulfate (144 g, 0.37 moles of oxidizable nitrogen, prepared as in Example 6), hydrogen peroxide (Aldrich, 35.4 g of a 50% by weight solution in water, 0.52 mmole) and water (100 g). The flask is stoppered, and after an initial exotherm the solution is stirred at room temperature overnight. An NMR-1 H spectrum (D2O) shows the total displacement of the methylene peaks at 2.5-3.0 ppm at 3.5 ppm. Sufficient sodium bisulfite is added to the solution as a 40% solution in water to bring the level of residual hydroxide peroxide to 1-5 ppm. Sodium sulfate that is formed causes an aqueous phase to separate, which contains salts, but very little or no organic material. The aqueous salt phase is removed and the oxidized polyethyleneimine derivative is obtained and stored as a 52% solution in water.

EXAMPLE 1 The following compositions are in accordance with the present invention, with the exception of compositions 1 and 2.

(*) The perfume used in composition 2 is a hydrophobic perfume composition, ie, wherein less than 25% by weight of the perfume comprises perfume ingredients having a Clog P value of 3 or less, as defined in USA 5,460,736.

EXAMPLE2 The following compositions for use as towels added to a dryer are in accordance with the invention.

EXAMPLE 3 The following formulations for detergent X and Y are in accordance with the present invention: EXAMPLE 4 The following formulation for liquid detergents according to the present invention was prepared:

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NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS

1. - A composition for the care of fabrics comprising a pro-perfume and an amino-functional polymer, characterized in that said properfume is selected from the group consisting of: a) a non-ionic or anionic ester of an allyl alcohol perfume having the formula: O II R- [C- O- CR'2-CR "= CR '" 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 30 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; each of R ', R "and R'" is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 25 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight , branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more; b) a nonionic or anionic ester of a non-allylic alcohol perfume having the formula: II R- [C- O- CR, irCR "-CR," 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an anionic or non-ionic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or aryl group of C 1 -C 30 , substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; each of R ', R "and R'" is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 25 aryl, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight , branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more; c) an ester of a perfume alcohol, comprising at least one free carboxylate group, having the formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or C 1 -C 30 aryl group, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; R 'is a perfume alcohol with a boiling point at 760 mm Hg of less than about 300 ° C; and n and m are individually an integer of 1 or more; and d) mixtures thereof.

2. A composition according to claim 1, further characterized in that said amino-functional polymer comprises a polyamine base structure corresponding to the formula: R * II [R'2N-R] n + 1- [NR] m- [NR] n-NR'2 having the modified polyamine formula V (n +? ** WmYnZ; or a polyamine base structure corresponding to the formula: R 'R [R'2N-R] n.k + 1- [NR] m- [NR] n- [NR] k-NR, 2 having a polyamine formula V (n_k + i) WmYnY'kZ, wherein k is less than or equal to n, said polyamine base structure has a molecular weight of more than about 200 daltons, wherein i) the units V are terminal units having the formula: R 'O? x- T R'- N- R- R'- + - R- or R'- N- R- R 'R' R 'ii) the units W are base structure units having the formula: R' OI x- t iii) the units Y are branching units that have the formula: R 'O I x- t -N- R- - N + - R- iv) units Y 'are a branch point for a base structure or branch that has the formula: R * O t -N- R- - + - R- - N- R- RRR v) Z units are units Terminals that have the formula: R 'OI x "t - N - R' or - N + - R '- N - R' IIR 'R * R' wherein the base structure linking units R are selected from the group consisting of C2 - C12 alkylene alkenylene C4-C12, C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene, C4-C2 | dihydroxyalkylene> C-8-C12 dialkylarylene, - (R1?) x R1-, - (R1 O) X5 (OR1) X , (CH2CH (OR2) CH2O) z (R1?) And R "(OCH2CH (OR2) CH2) w" .C (O) (R) rC (O) -, -CH2CH (OR2) CH2-, and mixtures of the same, wherein R "- is selected from the group consisting of C2-C5 alkylene and mixtures thereof; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, - (R ^ O ^ B and mixtures thereof, R4 is selected from the group consisting of C- | -C-j2 alkylene, C4-C12 alkenylene, C8 arylalkylene. -C12, arylene of CQ-C < Q and mixtures thereof; R5 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene of CjC-i2> C3-C12 hydroxyalkylene, C4-C12 dihydroxyalkylene, C8-C12 dialkylarylene; , -C (O) -, -C (O) NHR6NHC (O) -, -R1 (OR1) -, -C (O) (R4) rC (O) -, CH 2 CH (OH) CH 2 -, CH 2 CH (OH) CH 2 O (R 1) and R 1 CH 2 CH (OH) CH 2 - and mixtures thereof; R-3 is selected from the group consisting of C2-C12 alkylene or C5-C12 arylene; The R 'units are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 -C 22 alkyl, C 3 -C 22 alkenyl, C 7 -C 22 arylalkyl, C 2 -C 22 hydroxyalkyl, - (CH 2) C 2M, - (CH 2) qS03M, - CH (CH2C? 2M) CO2M, - (CH2) pPO3M, - (R1O) xB, -C (O) R3, and mixtures thereof; B is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C-C6 alkyl. - (CH2) qSO3M, - (CH2) pCO2M, - (CH2) q (CHSO3M) CH2S? 3M, - (CH2) q- (CHS? 2M) CH2S? 3M, - (CH2) pP? 3M, -PO3M and mixtures thereof; R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl of C- | -C-j 8 > C7-C12 arylalkyl, aryl substituted with C7-C12 alkyl. C 1 -C 2 aryl and mixtures thereof; M is hydrogen or a cation soluble in water in an amount sufficient to satisfy the balance of the charge; X is a water soluble anion; m has the value from about 2 to about 700; n has the value from about 0 to about 350; p has the value from about 1 to about 6, which has the value from about 0 to about 6; r has the value of 0 or 1; w has the value of 0 or 1; x has the value of from about 1 to about 100; "y" has the value from about 0 to about 100; z has the value of 0 or 1.

3. A composition according to claim 2, further characterized in that said R 'units are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C3-C22 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl, Cj-C22 alkyl , - (R1O) xB, -C (O) R3, (CH2) pCO2-M +, - (CH2) qSO3-M +, -CH (CH2CO M) CO2M and mixtures thereof, preferably the R 'units are selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, C- | -C alkyl, - (R 1 O) xB, -C (O) R 3 and mixtures thereof, most preferably the R 'units are - (R1O) xB.

4. A composition according to any of claims 2 or 3, further characterized in that x has a value that is on the scale of 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 10.

5.- A composition in accordance with any of claims 1-4, further characterized in that the pro-perfume is an ionic or anionic ester of an allyl alcohol perfume having the formula: II R- [C- O- CHz- CH = C (CH3) -CH2CH2CH = C (CH3) 2] n wherein R is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl or aryl group of C1- C30, nonionic or anionic, substituted or unsubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic; and n is an integer of 1 or more.

6. A composition according to claim 5, further characterized in that the allyl alcohol perfume ester is selected from the group consisting of digeranyl succinate, dineryl succinate, geranylneryl succinate, geranyl phenylacetate, neryl phenylacetate, laurate of geranyl, neryl laurate and mixtures thereof.

7. A composition according to any of claims 1-6, further characterized in that said composition further comprises a dye-binding agent, preferably a cationic dye-binding agent, most preferably a polycationic dye-binding agent.

8. - A composition according to any of claims 1-7, further characterized in that said composition further comprises a dispersible polyolefin.

9. A composition according to any of claims 1-6, further characterized in that said composition further comprises a fabric softener, preferably a cationic fabric softener, most preferably a biodegradable cationic fabric softener selected from the group consisting of compounds of cumonary ammonium and amine precursors having the formula (I) or (II) below: R3 R3 R3 RR \ / + N - (CH2) nQ- + N (CH2) n -CH -CH2 X "-TIR = R +1 i * O di) where Q is selected from -OC (O) - , -C (O) -O-, -OC (O) -O-, NR -C (O) -, C (O) -NR4-; R1 is (CH2) n-Q-T2 or T3; R2 is (CH2) m-Q-T4 or T-5 or T3; R3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl or H; R 4 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl; T1, T2, T3, T4 and T-5 are independently alkyl or C5-C22 alkenyl; n and m are integers of approximately 1 a approximately 4; X- is an anion compatible with softener. IO.- A composition or use according to any of claims 1-9, further characterized in that said composition further comprises one or more detersive ingredients. 11. A composition or use according to any of claims 1-10, further characterized in that said composition is in a liquid form. 12. A composition or use according to any of claims 1-10, further characterized in that said composition is applied on a substrate, preferably a towel for dryer. 13. The use of an amino-functional polymer in a perfume composition to provide color care and deposition and / or substantivity of pro-perfume on fabrics after domestic treatment. 14. A method to provide color care and deposition and / or substantivity of pro-perfume on fabrics after domestic treatment, 15 which comprises the step of contacting the fabrics with an aqueous medium comprising a composition as defined in any of claims 1-11. 15. A method according to claim 13, further characterized in that said aqueous medium is at a temperature of between 2 to 40 ° C, preferably between 5 to 25 ° C. 16. A method for providing color care and deposition and / or substantivity of pro-perfume on fabrics after domestic treatment, which comprises the step of contacting the fabrics with a composition as defined in claim 12.