Detergent Composition Containing Suds Boosting and Suds Stabilizing Modified Biopolymer

• US 20100075879A1
• Filed: 09/18/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Smith, Steven Daryl, Gizaw, Yonas, Dupont, Jeffrey Scott, Schechtman, Lee Arnold, Bettiol, Jean-Luc Philippe
• Granted Patent: US 8,383,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 510/119
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 11/0017 "Soft" surfaces, e.g. textiles
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 2111/12 Soft surfaces, e.g. textile
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/0026 Low foaming or foam regulating compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/0094 High foaming compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/225 etherified, e.g. CMC
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/227 with nitrogen-containing groups
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/228 with phosphorus- or sulfur-containing groups
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3796 Amphoteric polymers or zwitterionic polymers

Abstract

New cleaning compositions including novel suds boosting and stabilization biopolymers containing alkoxy, anionic and nitrogen containing substitution are disclosed. In particular, cleaning compositions including suds boosting and stabilization biopolymers containing modified polysaccharides having alkoxy, anionic and nitrogen containing substitution and methods of forming the same are disclosed.

Claims

1. A cleaning composition comprising a suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprising a randomly substituted linear or branched biopolymer backbone having a structure:

wherein the randomly substituted polymer backbone comprises the residues of at least one unsubstituted monomer and at least one substituted monomer, wherein the residues of monomers are independently selected from the group consisting of amino acid residues, furanose residues, pyranose residues, and mixtures of any thereof, and the residue of the substituted monomer further comprises —

(R)_p substituent groups,

where each R substituent is independently selected from an anionic substituent and a nitrogen containing substituent;

or an alkoxy substituent, an anionic substituent and a nitrogen containing substituent,

where the anionic substituent has a degree of substitution ranging from 0.0001 to 2.0, the nitrogen containing substituent has a degree of substitution ranging from 0.01 to 0.04, the alkoxy substituent has a degree of substitution of 0 or ranging from 0.001 to 1.0, p is an integer from 1 to 3, and the ratio of the degree of substitution of the nitrogen containing substituent to the degree of substitution of the anionic substituent ranges from 0.05;

1 to 0.2;

1, and

wherein the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 Daltons to 100,000,000 Daltons.

2. The cleaning composition of claim 1, wherein the randomly substituted biopolymer backbone is a randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone.

3. The cleaning composition of claim 2, wherein the randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone comprises a randomly substituted polyglucose backbone and the residues of the monomers comprise substituted and unsubstituted glucopyranose residues.

4. The cleaning composition of claim 3, wherein the randomly substituted polyglucose backbone is selected from the group consisting of a randomly substituted cellulose backbone, a randomly substituted hemicellulose backbone, a randomly substituted starch backbone and blends thereof.

5. The cleaning composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one or more adjuncts selected from the group consisting of bleach activators, surfactants, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, dispersants, enzymes, enzyme stabilizers, catalytic metal complexes, polymeric dispersing agents, clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agents, brighteners, suds suppressors, dyes, perfumes, perfume delivery systems, structure elasticizing agents, fabric softeners, carriers, hydrotropes, processing aids, and pigments.

6. The cleaning composition of claim 1, wherein the cleaning composition is a fabric care product selected from the group consisting of liquid laundry detergents, solid laundry detergents, laundry soap products, laundry spray treatment products, a dish washing detergent, a beauty care detergent, a shampoo, and a household cleaning detergent.

7. A cleaning composition comprising a suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprising a randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone comprising unsubstituted and substituted glucopyranose residues and having a general structure according to Formula I:

wherein each substituted glucopyranose residue independently comprises from 1 to 3 R substituents, which may be the same or different on each substituted glucopyranose residue, and

wherein each R substituent is independently a substituent selected from hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, R¹, R², R³ and a polysaccharide branch having a general structure according to Formula I;

or hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, R¹, R², and a polysaccharide branch having a general structure according to Formula I, provided that at least one R substituent comprises at least one R¹ and at least one R²,

wherein each R¹ is independently, the same or different, a first substituent group having a degree of substitution ranging from 0.01 to 0.04 and a structure according to Formula II;

wherein each R⁴ is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a lone pair of electrons;

H;

CH₃;

linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C₂-C₁₈ alkyl, provided that at least two of the R⁴ groups are not a lone pair of electrons, R⁵ is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C₂-C₁₈ alkyl chain or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated secondary hydroxy(C₂-C₁₈)alkyl chain, L is a linking group selected from the group consisting of —

O—

, —

C(O)O—

, —

NR⁹—

, —

C(O)NR⁹—

, and —

NR⁹C(O)NR⁹—

, and R⁹ is H or C₁-C₆ alkyl, w has a value of 0 or 1, y has a value of 0 or 1, and z has a value of 0 or 1,

each R² is independently, the same or different, a second substituent group having a degree of substitution ranging from 0.0001 to 2.0 and a structure according to Formula III;

wherein R⁶ is an anionic substituent selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, carboxymethyl, succinate, sulfate, sulfonate, arylsulfonate, phosphate, phosphonate, dicarboxylate, and polycarboxylate, a has a value of 0 or 1, b is an integer from 0 to 18, and c has a value of 0 or 1,

each R³ is independently, the same or different, a third substituent group having a degree of substitution of 0 or ranging from 0.001 to 1.0, and having a structure according to Formula IV;

wherein d has a value of 0 or 1, e has a value of 0 or 1, f is an integer from 0 to 8, g is an integer from 0 to 50, each R⁷ is the group ethylene, propylene, butylene, or mixtures thereof, and R⁸ is an end group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C₁-C₂₀ alkyl, hydroxy, —

OR¹ and —

OR², and

wherein the ratio of the degree of substitution of the first substituent to the degree of substitution of the second substituent ranges from 0.05;

1 to 0.2;

1, and the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 Daltons to 100,000,000 Daltons.

8. The cleaning composition of claim 7, wherein (OR⁷) has a structure —

O—

CH(R¹⁰)CH₂—

, wherein R¹⁰ is methyl or ethyl.

9. The cleaning composition of claim 7, wherein the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprises a blend of at least a first randomly substituted polysaccharide having a structure according to Formula I and a weight average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 Daltons to 1,000,000 Daltons and a second randomly substituted polysaccharide having a structure according to Formula I and a weight average molecular weight ranging from 1,000,000 Daltons to 100,000,000 Daltons.

10. The cleaning composition of claim 7, wherein the randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone is a randomly substituted cellulose backbone having the general structure according to Formula IA:

11. The cleaning composition of claim 7, wherein the randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone is a randomly substituted starch backbone having the general structure according to Formula IB:

12. The cleaning composition of claim 11, wherein the randomly substituted starch backbone is derived from a starch selected from corn starch, wheat starch, rice starch, waxy corn starch, oat starch, cassaya starch, waxy barley starch, waxy rice starch, glutenous rice starch, sweet rice starch, potato starch, tapioca starch, sago starch, high amylose starch, or mixtures of any thereof.

13. The cleaning composition of claim 12, wherein the randomly substituted starch backbone is derived from a high amylose starch having an amylose content of from about 30% to about 90% by weight.

14. The cleaning composition of claim 11, wherein the randomly substituted starch backbone is a randomly substituted amylopectin backbone, further comprising at least one α

(1→

6) polyglucopyranose branch, wherein the polyglucopyranose branch comprises unsubstituted and substituted glucopyranose residues.

15. The cleaning composition of claim 7, wherein the polysaccharide backbone is a randomly substituted hemicellulose backbone further comprising at least one unsubstituted or substituted carbohydrate residue selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted or substituted xylose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted mannose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted galactose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted rhamnose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted arabinose residue, and combinations of any thereof,

wherein the substituted carbohydrate residue comprises at least one R¹ substituent or R² substituent and may optionally comprise one or more R³ substituent.

25. A method of treating a fabric comprising:

contacting the fabric with an effective amount of a fabric care composition comprising the cleaning composition according to claim 7.

16. A method for making a cleaning composition comprising:

adding a suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer to the cleaning composition,

wherein the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprises a randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone comprising unsubstituted and substituted glucopyranose residues and having a general structure according to Formula I;

wherein each substituted glucopyranose residue independently comprises from 1 to 3 R substituents, which may be the same or different on each substituted glucopyranose residue, and

wherein each R substituent is independently a substituent selected from hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, R¹, R², R³ and a polysaccharide branch having a general structure according to Formula I;

or hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, R¹, R², and a polysaccharide branch having a general structure according to Formula I, provided that at least one R substituent comprises at least one R¹ and at least one R²,

wherein each R¹ is independently, the same or different, a first substituent group having a degree of substitution ranging from 0.01 to 0.04 and a structure according to Formula II;

wherein each R⁴ is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a lone pair of electrons;

H;

CH₃;

linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C₂-C₁₈ alkyl, provided that at least two of the R⁴ groups are not a lone pair of electrons, R⁵ is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C₂-C₁₈ alkyl chain or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated secondary hydroxy(C₂-C₁₈)alkyl chain, L is a linking group selected from the group consisting of —

O—

, —

C(O)O—

, —

NR⁹—

, —

C(O)NR⁹—

, and —

NR⁹C(O)NR⁹—

, and R⁹ is H or C₁-C₆ alkyl, w has a value of 0 or 1, y has a value of 0 or 1, and z has a value of 0 or 1,

each R² is independently, the same or different, a second substituent group having a degree of substitution ranging from 0.0001 to 2.0 and a structure according to Formula III;

wherein R⁶ is an anionic substituent selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, carboxymethyl, succinate, sulfate, sulfonate, arylsulfonate, phosphate, phosphonate, dicarboxylate, and polycarboxylate, a has a value of 0 or 1, b is an integer from 0 to 18, and c has a value of 0 or 1,

each R³ is independently, the same or different, a third substituent group having a degree of substitution of 0 or ranging from 0.001 to 1.0, and having a structure according to Formula IV;

wherein d has a value of 0 or 1, e has a value of 0 or 1, f is an integer from 0 to 8, g is an integer from 0 to 50, each R⁷ is the group ethylene, propylene, butylene, or mixtures thereof, and R⁸ is an end group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C₁-C₂₀ alkyl, hydroxy, —

OR¹ and —

OR², and

wherein the ratio of the degree of substitution of the first substituent to the degree of substitution of the second substituent ranges from 0.05;

1 to 0.2;

1, and the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 Daltons to 100,000,000 Daltons.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprises a blend of at least a first randomly substituted polysaccharide having a structure according to Formula I and a weight average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 Daltons to 1,000,000 Daltons and a second randomly substituted polysaccharide having a structure according to Formula I and a weight average molecular weight ranging from 1,000,000 Daltons to 100,000,000 Daltons.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone is a randomly substituted cellulose backbone having the general structure according to Formula IA:

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone is a randomly substituted starch backbone having the general structure according to Formula IB:

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the randomly substituted starch backbone is derived from a starch selected from corn starch, wheat starch, rice starch, waxy corn starch, oat starch, cassaya starch, waxy barley starch, waxy rice starch, glutenous rice starch, sweet rice starch, potato starch, tapioca starch, sago starch, high amylose starch, or mixtures of any thereof.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the randomly substituted starch backbone is derived from a high amylose starch having an amylose content of from about 30% to about 90% by weight.

22. The cleaning composition of claim 19, wherein the randomly substituted starch backbone is a randomly substituted amylopectin backbone, further comprising at least one α

(1→

6) polyglucopyranose branch, wherein the polyglucopyranose branch comprises unsubstituted and substituted glucopyranose residues.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the polysaccharide backbone is a randomly substituted hemicellulose backbone further comprising at least one unsubstituted or substituted carbohydrate residue selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted or substituted xylose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted mannose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted galactose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted rhamnose residue, an unsubstituted or substituted arabinose residue, and combinations of any thereof,

wherein the substituted carbohydrate residue comprises at least one R¹ substituent or R² substituent and may optionally comprise one or more R³ substituent.

24. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

adding at least one or more adjuncts selected from the group consisting of bleach activators, surfactants, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, dispersants, enzymes, enzyme stabilizers, catalytic metal complexes, polymeric dispersing agents, clay and soil removal/anti-redeposition agents, brighteners, suds suppressors, dyes, perfumes, perfume delivery systems, structure elasticizing agents, fabric softeners, carriers, hydrotropes, processing aids, and pigments to the fabric care composition.

26. A cleaning composition comprising a suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprising a randomly substituted polysaccharide backbone comprising unsubstituted and substituted glucopyranose residues and having a general structure according to Formula I:

wherein each substituted glucopyranose residue independently comprises from 1 to 3 R substituents, which may be the same or different on each substituted glucopyranose residue, and

wherein each R substituent is independently a substituent selected from hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, R², and a polysaccharide branch having a general structure according to Formula I, provided that at least one R substituent comprises at least one R²,

wherein each R² is independently, the same or different, a second substituent group having a degree of substitution ranging from 0.1 to 2.0 and a structure according to Formula III;

wherein R⁶ is an anionic substituent selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, carboxymethyl, succinate, sulfate, sulfonate, arylsulfonate, phosphate, phosphonate, dicarboxylate, and polycarboxylate, a has a value of 0 or 1, b is an integer from 0 to 18, and c has a value of 0 or 1, and

wherein the suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 Daltons to 100,000,000 Daltons.