WO2003104560A1 - Whitening pigments - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to novel whitening pigments obtained by reaction of a melamine-formaldehyde and/or melamine-urea polycondensate with a water soluble fluorescent whitening agent containing polymerisable groups, a process for preparation of the whitening pigments and their use for the fluorescent whitening of paper, especially in coating, for the fluorescent whitening and improvement of sun protection factors of textile materials and for improving the aspect of solid detergent compositions. Further disclosed are certain novel fluorescent whitening agents suitable for preparation of the whitening pigments and a process for their preparation.
- Aqueous coating compositions are used extensively in the production of coated papers and cardboards.
- the coating compositions generally comprise anionic fluorescent whitening agents, the action of which is highly dependent on the amount and nature of co-binders used.
- anionic fluorescent whitening agents the action of which is highly dependent on the amount and nature of co-binders used.
- cationic coating compositions for example for ink-jet papers, results in a loss of effect, for example poor fastness to light, bleeding in food packaging and a deterioration in printability. Similar problems can also occur in the case of pulp or size press applications.
- the present invention relates to a whitening pigment comprising the reaction product of
- R 2 represents -CONH 2 , -CONHC ⁇ O t alkyl, -COOM, -SO 2 NH 2 or -SOaNHd-C ⁇ lkyl and
- M is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, mono- di-, tri- or tetra-substituted C C 4 alkylammonium or C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkylammonium or mixtures thereof.
- the component (a) is a melamine-formaldehyde polycondensation product.
- Condensation products of melamine and formaldehyde also referred to as melamine- formaldehyde (MF) resins, are aminoplastic resins.
- the said condensation products are prepared by acid- or base-catalysed reaction of melamine in a methylolation reaction with aqueous formaldehyde solutions to form N- methylol compounds.
- the methylol groups then react with further melamine, forming methylene bridges or - when methylol groups react with one another - methylol ether bridges.
- the reaction is usually halted at the stage where preliminary condensation products, which are still soluble or meltable, are present, in order for fillers to be added if desired.
- preliminary condensation products which are still soluble or meltable, are present, in order for fillers to be added if desired.
- some of the methylol groups still remaining may, in addition, be etherified.
- Etherification of the N-methylol compounds may also be carried out, after azeotropically distilling off the water with alcohols or glycols, or by spray-drying, by etherifying the practically water-free methylol-melamines with lower alcohols or glycols, with the addition of acid or alkaline catalysts, neutralising after etherification and, where appropriate, distilling off the excess alcohol or glycol.
- Most preferred resins are tri- or penta-methylolmelamines which may be etherified with, for example, methanol or methanol/diethylene glycol mixtures.
- R 2 represents -CONH 2 , -CONHC r C 4 alkyl or -COOM, whilst, in another preferred aspect of the invention, in the compound of formula (1), R 2 represents -SO 2 NH 2 or -SO 2 NHC ⁇ - C 4 alkyl.
- Ri preferably represents -NH 2 , -NHC C 4 alkyl, -N(CrC 4 alkyl) 2 , -NHC 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, -N(C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl) 2> -N(C C 4 alkyl)( C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl), -NHC 1 -C 4 alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 alkyl, -N(C r C 4 alkoxy-C C 4 alkyl) 2 , morpholino, piperidino or pyrrolidino.
- Ri represents -N(CrC alkyl) 2 , -N(C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl) 2 , -N(C r C 4 alkyl)( C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl), -NCC C ⁇ alkoxy-CrC ⁇ lky a or morpholino.
- R ⁇ preferably represents an amino acid residue from which a hydrogen atom has been abstracted from the amino group, especially those amino acid residues Ri which are derived from glycine, alanine, sarcosine, serine, cysteine, phenylalanine, tyrosine (4-hydroxyphenylalanine), diiodotyrosine, tryptophan ( ⁇ -indolylalanine), histidine (( ⁇ -imidazolylalanine), - aminobutyric acid, methionine, valine ( ⁇ -aminoisovaleric acid), norvaline, leucine (oc- aminoisocaproic acid), isoleucine ( ⁇ -amino- ⁇ -methylvaleric acid), norleucine (cc-amino-n- caproic acid), arginine, ornithine ( ⁇ , ⁇ -diaminovaleric acid), lysine (cc. ⁇ -diaminoca
- M in the compound of formula (1), preferably represents hydrogen, sodium or potassium.
- water soluble fluorescent whitening agents are those of the formula (1) in which Ri represents a sarcosine, taurine or aspartic acid residue, R 2 is -CONH 2 , -CONHC C 4 alkyI, especially -CONHCH 3 , or -COOM and M is sodium.
- C GiAlkyl radicals are branched or unbranched and are, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl or n-butyl; they may be unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, for example fluorine, chlorine or bromine, C C 4 alkoxy, for example methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy or n-butoxy whilst C 2 -C 4 hydroxyaIkyl may, for example, be hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl or hydroxybutyl.
- Aryl is preferably phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two C r C 4 alkyl- or C C 4 alkoxy radicals or by halogen.
- the whitening pigments of the invention may be prepared by addition of the compound of formula (1) to an excess of the melamin-formaldehyde and/or melamine-urea polycondensate in aqueous media under acidic conditions resulting from the addition of stong mineral acid, for example, concentrated hydrochloric acid.
- the mixture is then stirred, preferably at elevated temperature, for example, at between 50 and 90°C, preferably 65 to 75°C until reaction is complete and, subsequently, basifying the reaction mixture with strong inorganic base, for example, an alkali metal hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide.
- the resulting aqueous suspension may be used directly in the coating colour or, preferably, is filtered, the resulting whitening pigment dried and then ground to a suitable particle size.
- the whitening pigments used in accordance with the invention are preferably obtained by reaction of
- water-soluble fluorescent whitening agents of formula (1) are known compounds. However, other fluorescent whitening agents especially suitable for preparation of the whitening pigments of the invention are novel.
- Ri represents -OH, -OC C 4 alkyl, -Oaryl, -NH 2 , -NHC r C 4 alkyl, -N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl) 2 , -NHC 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, -N(C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl) 2 , -N(C r C 4 alkyl)( C -C 4 hydroxyalkyl), -NHCrC 4 alkoxy-CrC 4 alkyl, -N(C 1 -C 4 alkoxy-CrC 4 alkyl) 2 , morpholino, piperidino, pyrrolidino or the residue of an amino acid from which a hydrogen atom has been abstracted from the amino group,
- R' 2 represents -CONH 2 , -CONHC C 4 alkyl, -COOM or -SO 2 NHC C 4 alkyl and
- M is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, mono- di-, tri- or tetra-substituted C ⁇ -C 4 alkylammonium or C 2 -C hydroxyalkylammonium or mixtures thereof.
- R' 2 represents -CONH 2 , -CONHC r C alkyl or - COOM.
- Ri preferably represents -NH 2 , -NHC r C 4 alkyl, -N(C C 4 alkyl) 2 , -NHC 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, -N(C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl) 2 , -N(C C 4 alkyl)( C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl), -NHC C ⁇ lkoxy-CrC ⁇ lkyl, -N(C ⁇ -C 4 alkoxy-CrC 4 alkyl) 2 , morpholino, piperidino or pyrrolidino, especially, B ⁇ represents -N(CrC 4 alkyl) 2 , -N(C 2 -C hydroxyalkyI) 2 , -N(C r C alkyl)( C 2 -C 4 hydroxy
- Ri preferably represents an amino acid residue from which a hydrogen atom has been abstracted from the amino group, especially those amino acid residues R ⁇ which are derived from glycine, alanine, sarcosine, serine, cysteine, phenylalanine, tyrosine (4-hydroxyphenylalanine), diiodotyrosine, tryptophan ( ⁇ -indolylalanine), histidine (( ⁇ -imidazolylalanine), - aminobutyric acid, methionine, valine ( ⁇ -aminoisovaleric acid), norvaline, leucine (cc- aminoisocaproic acid), isoleucine ( ⁇ -amino- ⁇ -methylvaleric acid), norleucine ( ⁇ -amino-n- caproic acid), arginine, ornithine ( ⁇ , ⁇ -diaminovaleric acid), lysine ( ⁇ , ⁇ -diaminocaproic
- M in the compound of formula (2), preferably represents hydrogen, sodium or potassium.
- water soluble fluorescent whitening agents are those of the formula (2) in which Ri represents a sarcosine, taurine or aspartic acid residue, R' 2 is -CONH 2 , -CONHCrO t alkyl, especially -CONHCH 3 , or -COOM and M is sodium.
- the compounds of formula (1 ) may be produced by reacting, under known reaction conditions, cyanuric chloride, successively, in any desired sequence, with each of 4,4'- diamino-2,2'-stilbene disulfonic acid or a salt thereof, an amino compound capable of
- the starting materials are known compounds, which are readily available.
- the finely particulate whitened whitening pigments can, after dry-grinding, be incorporated in powder form directly in the paper coating composition, the particle size being from 0.05 to 40 ⁇ m, preferably from 0.3 to 10 ⁇ m and especially from 0.5 to 5 ⁇ m.
- the amount of whitening pigments for use according to the invention employed in the paper coating composition depends on the desired whitening effect; it is usually from 0.01 to 5% by weight of pure active substance, based on the melamine-formaldehyde and/or melamine-urea polycondensation product used.
- the paper coating compositions generally have a solids content of from 35 to 80% by weight, preferably from 40 to 70% by weight.
- they generally comprise (all amounts based on the pigment) (i) 60 to 150 parts by weight of inorganic pigment, (ii) from 3 to 25 parts by weight of binder, of which optionally up to half consists of natural (i.e. non-synthetic) co-binder (for example starch, casein), (iii) up to 1 part by weight of thickener and (iv) up to 2 parts by weight of wet-strength agent.
- natural (i.e. non-synthetic) co-binder for example starch, casein
- up to 1 part by weight of thickener up to 2 parts by weight of wet-strength agent.
- the whitening pigments according to the invention are excellently suitable for whitening the optionally pigmented coating compositions customarily used in the textile, paint, adhesives, plastics, wood and paper industries.
- coating compositions comprise, as binders (co-binders), plastics dispersions based on copolymers of butadiene and styrene, of naphthalene sulphonic acids and formaldehydeof, of polyethylene and polypropylene oxides, of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene, of acrylic acid esters, of ethylene and vinyl chloride and of ethylene and vinyl acetate, or homopolymers, such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyethylene, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, or polyurethane.
- aluminium silicates such as China clay or kaolin
- barium sulfate, satin white, titanium dioxide or calcium compounds for paper are described by way of example in J.P. Casey “Pulp and Paper; Chemistry and Chemical Technology", 2nd Ed. Vol. Ill; p. 1648-1649 and in Mc Graw-Hill “Pulp and Paper Manufacture", 2 nd Ed. Vol. II, p. 497 and in EP-A-0003568.
- the whitening pigments according to the invention may be used especially for the coating of paper, more especially ink-jet and photographic paper, wood, foils, textiles, non-woven materials and suitable building materials. Special preference is given to use on paper and cardboard and on photographic and ink-jet papers.
- a further aspect of the invention is paper, which has been treated with a coating composition as described above.
- the coatings or coverings so obtained have, in addition to a high degree of fastness to light, an excellent degree of whiteness. Evenness, smoothness, volume and printability properties are also improved because the whitening pigments used in accordance with the invention remain in the paper matrix as additional filler and have a favourable effect on the printability of the paper. Furthermore, due to their excellent bleed-fastness, such coatings are eminently suitable for use in food packagings.
- the whitening pigments provide a method for increasing the SPF (Sun Protection Factor) rating or for the fluorescent whitening of a textile fibre material, comprising treating the textile fibre material with 0.05 to 5.0% by weight, based on the weight of the textile fibre material, with one or more of the whitening pigments of the invention, as previously defined.
- SPF Service Protection Factor
- Textile fibres treated according to the method of the present invention may be natural or synthetic fibres or mixtures thereof.
- natural fibres include vegetable fibres such as cotton, viscose, flax, rayon or linen, preferably cotton and animal fibres such as wool, mohair, cashmere, angora and silk, preferably wool.
- Synthetic fibres include polyester, polyamide and polyacrylonitrile fibres.
- Preferred textile fibres are cotton, polyamide and wool fibres.
- textile fibres treated according to the method of the present invention have a density of less than 200g/m 2 and have not been previously dyed in deep shades.
- Some of the whitening pigments used in the method of the present invention may be only sparingly soluble in water and may need to be applied in dispersed form. For this purpose, they may be milled with an appropriate dispersant, conveniently using quartz balls and an impeller, down to a particle size of 1 -2 microns.
- alkylene oxide adducts e.g., acid esters or their salts of a polyadduct of 4 to 40 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of a phenol, or phosporic acid esters of the adduct of 6 to 30 moles of ethylene oxide with 1 mole of
- condensation products e.g., condensation products of lignin sulphonates and/or phenol and formaldehyde; condensation products of formaldehyde with aromatic sulphonic acids, e.g., condensation products of ditolylethersulphonates and formaldehyde; condensation products of naphthalenesulphonic acid and/or naphthylaminesulphonic acids and formaldehyde; condensation products of phenolsulphonic acids and/or sulphonated dihydroxydiphenylsulphone and phenols and cresols with formaldehyde and/or urea; or condensation products of diphenyloxide- disulphonic acid derivatives with formaldehyde.
- condensation products of lignin sulphonates and/or phenol and formaldehyde condensation products of formaldehyde with aromatic sulphonic acids, e.g., condensation products of ditolylethersulphonates and formaldehyde; condensation products of naphthalenesulph
- a neutral, alkaline or acidic bath it may be beneficial to carry out the treatment in a neutral, alkaline or acidic bath.
- the method is usually conducted in the temperature range of from 20 to 140°C, for example, at or near the boiling point of the . aqueous bath, e.g., at about 90°C.
- Solutions of the whitening pigments, or their emulsions in organic solvents may also be used in the method of the present invention.
- solvent dyeing pad thermofix application
- exhaust dyeing methods in dyeing machines may be used.
- the method of the present invention is combined with a textile treatment or finishing method, such combined treatment may be advantageously carried out using appropriate stable preparations which contain the whitening pigment in a concentration such that the desired SPF improvement or degree of whiteness is achieved.
- the whitening pigment is made fully effective by an after-treatment.
- This may comprise a chemical treatment such as treatment with an acid, a thermal treatment or a combined thermal/chemical treatment.
- the whitening pigment in admixture with an assistant or extender such as sodium sulphate, sodium sulphate decahydrate, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, an alkali metal phosphate such as sodium or potassium orthophosphate, sodium or potassium pyrophosphate or sodium or potassium tripolyphosphate, or an alkali metal silicate such as sodium silicate.
- an assistant or extender such as sodium sulphate, sodium sulphate decahydrate, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, an alkali metal phosphate such as sodium or potassium orthophosphate, sodium or potassium pyrophosphate or sodium or potassium tripolyphosphate, or an alkali metal silicate such as sodium silicate.
- adjuvants include emulsifiers, perfumes, bleaching agents, enzymes, colouring dyes, opacifiers, further optical whitening agents, bactericides, nonionic surfactants, fabric care ingredients, anti- gelling agents such as nitrites or nitrates, especially sodium nitrate, and corrosion inhibitors such as sodium silicate.
- the amount of each of these optional adjuvants should not exceed 1 %, and preferably ranges from 0.01 to 1 % by weight on the treated fibre.
- the method of the present invention in addition to providing protection to the skin, also increases the useful life of a textile article treated according to the present invention.
- the tear resistance and/or light fastness of the treated textile fibre material may be improved.
- the present invention also provides a textile fabric produced from a fibre treated according to a method of the present invention as well as an article of clothing produced from the said fabric.
- Such textile fabrics and articles of clothing produced from the said fabrics typically have an SPF rating of 20 and above, whereas untreated cotton, for example, generally has an SPF rating of from 2 to 4.
- the whitening pigments of the invention may be added to solid detergent compositions in order to improve the white appearance of .such detergents, especially in powder form.
- Such detergent compositions may comprise: i) 5-90%, preferably 5-70% of an anionic surfactant and/or a non-ionic surfactant; ii) 5-70%, preferably 5-40% of a builder; iii) 0-30%, preferably 1-12% of a peroxide; iv) 0-10%, preferably 1-6% of a peroxide activator and /or 0-1%, preferably 0.1-0.3% of a bleaching catalyst; v) 0.005-2%, preferably 0.01-1% of at least one fluorescent whitening agent; vi) 0.005-2%, preferably 0.01-1% of at least one whitening pigment of the invention and vii) 0.005-10%, preferably 0.1-5% of one or more auxiliaries, each, by weight, based on the total weight of the detergent.
- the anionic surfactant component may be, e.g., a sulphate, sulphonate or carboxylate surfactant, or a mixture of these.
- Preferred sulphates are alkyl sulphates having 12-22 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, optionally in combination with alkyl ethoxy sulphates having 10-20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.
- Preferred sulphonates include alkyl benzene sulphonates having 9-15 carbon atoms in. the alkyl radical.
- the cation is preferably an alkali metal, especially sodium.
- Preferred carboxylates are alkali metal sarcosinates of formula R-CO(R 1 )CH 2 COOM 1 in which R is alkyl or alkenyl having 9-17 carbon atoms in the alkyl or alkenyl radical, R 1 is C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl and M 1 is an alkali metal.
- the nonionic surfactant component may be, e.g., a condensate of ethylene oxide with a C 9 -C 15 primary alcohol having 3-8 moles of ethylene oxide per mole.
- the builder component may be an alkali metal phosphate, especially a tripolyphosphate; a carbonate or bicarbonate, especially the sodium salts thereof; a silicate or disilicate; an aluminosilicate; a polycarboxylate; a polycarboxylic acid; an organic phosphonate; or an aminoalkylene poly(alkylene phosphonate); or a mixture of these.
- Preferred silicates are crystalline layered sodium silicates of the formula NaHSi m O 2m+1 .pH 2 O or Na 2 Si m O 2m+ i.pH 2 O in which m is a number from 1.9 to 4 and p is 0 to 20.
- Preferred aluminosilicates are the commercially available synthetic materials designated as Zeolites A, B, X or HS, or mixtures of these, Zeolite A being preferred.
- Preferred polycarboxylat.es include hydroxypolycarboxyla.es, in particular citrates, polyacrylates and their copolymers with maleic anhydride.
- Preferred polycarboxylic acids include nitrilotriacetic acid and ethylene diamine tetra- acetic acid.
- Preferred organic phosphonates or aminoalkylene poly(alkylene phosphonates) are alkali metal ethane 1-hydroxy diphosphonates, nitrilo trimethylene phosphonates, ethylene diamine tetra methylene phosphonates and diethylene triamine penta methylene phosphonates.
- Any peroxide component may be any organic or inorganic peroxide compound, described in the literature or available on the market, which bleaches textiles at conventional washing temperatures, e.g., temperatures in the range of from 5°C to 90°C.
- the organic peroxides are, for example, monoperoxides or polyperoxides having alkyl chains of at least 3, preferably 6 to 20, carbon atoms; in particular diperoxydicarboxylates having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, such as diperoxyperazelates, diperoxypersebacates, diperoxyphthalates and/or diperoxydodecanedioates, especially their corresponding free acids, are of interest. It is preferred, however, to employ very active inorganic peroxides, such as persulphate, perborate and/or percarbonate. It is, of course, also possible to employ mixtures of organic and/or inorganic peroxides.
- the peroxides are preferably activated by the inclusion of an activator such as tetraacetyl ethylenediamine or nonoyloxybenzene sulphonate.
- Bleaching catalysts which may be added, include, e.g., enzymatic peroxide precursors and/or metal complexes.
- Preferred metal complexes are manganese or iron complexes such as manganese or iron phthalocyanines or the complexes described in EP-A-0509787.
- the detergents used will usually contain one or more auxiliaries such as soil suspending agents, for example, sodium carboxymethylcellulose; salts for adjusting the pH, for example, alkali or alkaline earth metal silicates; foam regulators, for example, soap; salts for adjusting the spray drying and granulating properties, for example, sodium sulphate; perfumes; and also, if appropriate, antistatic and softening agents, such as smectic clays; enzymes, such as amylases and proteases; photobleaching agents; pigments; and/or shading agents.
- auxiliaries such as soil suspending agents, for example, sodium carboxymethylcellulose; salts for adjusting the pH, for example, alkali or alkaline earth metal silicates; foam regulators, for example, soap; salts for adjusting the spray drying and granulating properties, for example, sodium sulphate; perfumes; and also, if appropriate, antistatic and softening agents, such as smectic clays; enzymes, such as am
- 21 g of the pigment are homogenised and wet milled in 81.9g of water and 2.1 g of dispersant (PluronicTM F 108) with zirconium oxide spheres (diameter 1 ⁇ m) for 30 minutes resulting in a formulation containing 20% whitener pigment with an average particle size of 0.97 ⁇ m.
- dispersant PluronicTM F 108
- zirconium oxide spheres zirconium oxide spheres (diameter 1 ⁇ m) for 30 minutes resulting in a formulation containing 20% whitener pigment with an average particle size of 0.97 ⁇ m.
- Example 1 based on total weight of coating composition.
- the light stability of the whitening pigment of Example 2 was assessed by exposure of a paper, coated as described above with a quantity of pigment dispersion incorporating 0.2 parts of the fluorescent whitening agent of formula (102), based on the total weight of the coating composition, to a light source of neon tubes at a distance of 20cm.
- the decrease in CIE Whiteness after exposure is documented in the following Table 3:
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EP03735531A EP1511901B1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-03 | Whitening pigments |
AU2003238207A AU2003238207A1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-03 | Whitening pigments |
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