Compositions comprising a near terminal-branched compound and methods of making the same

• US 8,883,698 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Scheibel, Jeffrey John, Kitko, David Johnathan, Xu, Jun, Saunders, Charles Winston, Price, Kenneth Nathan, Urbin, Stephanie Ann, Green, Phillip Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Ogden, Jr., Necholus
• Application Number:
  US13/182,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20130053300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 510/130
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/34 Free of silicones
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/342 Alcohols having more than seven atoms in an unbroken chain
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/37 Esters of carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/39 Derivatives containing from 2 to 10 oxyalkylene groups
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/416 Quaternary ammonium compounds A61K8/35 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/463 containing sulfuric acid derivatives, e.g. sodium lauryl sulfate
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 Preparations containing hair conditioners

Abstract

Disclosed herein are novel mixtures of near terminal-branched compounds and derivatives thereof. Further disclosed are methods of making these mixtures, and uses of these mixtures in cleaning compositions (e.g., dishcare, laundry, hard surface cleaners,) and/or personal care compositions (e.g., skin cleansers, shampoo, hair conditioners).

Claims

1. A composition comprising at least about 50 wt % of a mixture of at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of:

2. The composition of claim 1, herein m is 7-27 and n is 1-23, wherein m+n is 8-28.

3. The composition of claim 2, wherein the mixture is present in an amount of at least about 75 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition.

4. The composition of claim 2, wherein R¹ is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl, and R² is (C_1-C₅)alkyl or (C_1-C₅)alkenyl with 1, 2, or 3 methyl and/or ethyl branches.

5. The composition of claim 2, wherein the omega-1 branched compounds are present in an amount of about 1 wt % to about 40 wt %, based on the total weight of near terminal-branched compounds.

6. The composition of claim 2, wherein the composition is free of secondary hydroxy compounds.

7. The composition of claim 2, further comprising a linear fatty acid, a linear fatty alcohol, a mid-chain branched fatty acid, a mid-chain branched fatty alcohol, or mixtures thereof in an amount of less than about 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition.

8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the linear fatty acid, the linear fatty alcohol, the mid-chain branched fatty acid, the mid-chain branched fatty alcohol, and mixtures thereof in an amount of less than about 10 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition.

9. The composition of claim 1, wherein the moiety