Compound, polymer prepared from the compound, and composition comprising the polymer

• US 6,703,468 B1
• Filed: 08/20/2001
• Issued: 03/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: POLA Chemical Industries Incorporated (POLA Orbis Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: POLA Chemical Industries Incorporated (POLA Orbis Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kuroda, Hideo, Oyobikawa, Midori, Hattori, Takao, Otiai, Michi, Kitada, Yoshio, Ichinomiya, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): PEZZUTO, HELEN LEE
• Application Number:
  US09/857,505
• Time in Patent Office: 932 Days
• Field of Search: 526/288, 526/304, 526/307, 526/317.6, 526/312, 526/318.3, 424/401
• US Class Current: 526/307.6
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8158 Homopolymers or copolymers of amides or imides, e.g. (meth) acrylamide; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/00 Drugs for dermatological disorders
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 17/00 Barrier preparations; Preparations brought into direct contact with the skin for affording protection against external influences, e.g. sunlight, X-rays or other harmful rays, corrosive materials, bacteria or insect stings
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/00 Preparations for care of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 219/08 having at least one of the hydroxy groups esterified by a carboxylic acid having the esterifying carboxyl group bound to an acyclic carbon atom of an acyclic unsaturated carbon skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 233/49 having the carbon atom of the carboxamide group bound to a carbon atom of an acyclic unsaturated carbon skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 279/14 being further substituted by carboxyl groups
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 311/41 to an acyclic carbon atom of a hydrocarbon radical substituted by nitrogen atoms, not being part of nitro or nitroso groups
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 20/34 Esters containing nitrogen , e.g. N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 20/36 containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen , e.g. 2-N-morpholinoethyl (meth)acrylate or 2-isocyanatoethyl (meth)acrylate
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 20/60 containing nitrogen in addition to the carbonamido nitrogen

Abstract

A composition comprising a polymer containing a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof as a constituent monomer, or a polymer containing a structure represented by Formula (9) as a partial structure is used for protecting or improving skin.

In the formula, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, or an alkylamino group; R4 represents an amino acid residue, a polyamine residue, or an aminoalcohol residue; and X represents oxygen atom or a group represented as NH.

In the formula, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, or an alkylamino group; R4 represents an amino acid residue, a polyamine residue, or an aminoalcohol residue; and X represents oxygen atom or a group represented as NH.

Claims

1. A composition for topical administration to skin or hair comprising a carrier suitable for topical administration to skin or hair and an effective amount of a polymer containing a compound represented by Formula (1) as a constituent monomer, or a salt thereof:

wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, or an alkylamino group;

X-R4 represents an amino acid residue, a polyamine residue, or an aminoalcohol residue;

but X represents oxygen atom or a group represented as NH, or a salt thereof.

5. The composition according to claim 1, wherein molecular weight of the polymer is 5000-1,000,000.

6. A method for producing the composition according to claim 1, comprising a step of producing the polymer by polymerizing a compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof as a raw material monomer.

7. The composition according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the polymer and/or a salt thereof is a polymer or a salt thereof produced by polymerized only a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof.

8. The composition according to claim 1 or 2, which is a cosmetic.

2. A composition for topical administration to skin or hair comprising a carrier suitable for topical administration to skin or hair and an effective amount of a polymer which has a partial structure represented by Formula (9):

wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, or an alkylamino group;

X-R4 represents an amino acid residue, a polyamine residue, or an aminoalcohol residue;

but X represents oxygen atom or a group represented as NH, or a salt thereof.

3. The composition according to claim 2, wherein the partial structure of the polymer represented by Formula (9) is a partial structure represented by Formula (10):

wherein R5 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group, Y-R6 represents an amino acid residue, a polyamine residue, or an aminoalcohol residue;

but Y represents oxygen atom or a group represented as NH.

4. The composition according to claim 3, wherein the partial structure represented by Formula (10) is one or more partial structures selected from partial structures represented by any one of Formulae (11) to (17);

Formula (11)

12. The composition according to claim 2, wherein molecular weight of the polymer is 5000-1,000,000.

13. A method for producing the composition according claim 2, comprising a step of producing the polymer by polymerizing a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof as a raw material monomer.

9. A method for identifying a group exhibiting affinity for amino acid residues by adsorbing a polymer containing together with one or more compounds represented by Formula (21), and one or more compounds represented by Formula (23):

wherein R10 to R12 each independently represent hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and R13 represents a group comprising a labeled group, or a salt thereof;

wherein R16 to R18 each independently represent hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and R19 represents an amino acid residue or salts thereof, as constituent monomers, or a salt thereof, to said group.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the compound represented by Formula (23) is one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by any one of Formulae (3) to (8):

11. A method for differentiating skin, comprising conducting the identification method according to claim 9.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein R13 in Formula (21) is a group represented as —

NH—

(CH₂)_n—

R14 where n is an integer of 2 to 10, and R14 represents a labeled group.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the labeled group is dansyl group.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the compound represented by Formula (21) is a compound represented by Formula (22):

wherein R15 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group.