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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
  • C11D3/3902—Organic or inorganic per-compounds combined with specific additives
  • C11D3/3905—Bleach activators or bleach catalysts
  • C11D3/3907—Organic compounds
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
  • C11D3/3902—Organic or inorganic per-compounds combined with specific additives
  • C11D3/3905—Bleach activators or bleach catalysts
  • C11D3/3907—Organic compounds
  • C11D3/391—Oxygen-containing compounds
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/39—Organic or inorganic per-compounds
  • C11D3/3947—Liquid compositions

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a liquid bleaching composition comprising a peroxide bleach.
• the compositions are useful for a variety of applications.
• the compositions are formulated so as to avoid itching of the skin of the user using the composition, when it comes in contact with the composition.
• Peroxygen bleaching finds a variety of applications, such as bleaching fabrics or, in the household, treating hard surfaces or carpets.
• a major drawback of liquid peroxygen bleaches is that they may bleach the skin of the person using the composition and whiten it, if they come in contact with the composition. This whitening is fully reversible, but it also causes temporary itching of the skin.
• the present invention is the use, in a liquid peroxygen bleaching composition, of an anionic surfactant to reduce itching of the skin of the user of said composition, after it has come in contact with said composition.
• the invention is a liquid composition formulated as an emulsion comprising two phases, each phase comprising a nonionic surfactant, said composition comprising a peroxygen bleach in one of said phases and an activator for said bleach in the other phase, said composition further comprising an anionic surfactant.
• compositions according to the present invention are aqueous. Accordingly, the compositions according to the present invention comprise from 10% to 95% by weight of the total composition of water, preferably from 30% to 90%, most preferably from 60% to 80%. Deionized water is preferably used.
• compositions according to the present invention are stable aqueous emulsions of nonionic surfactants.
• stable emulsion it is meant an emulsion which does not substantially separate into distinct layers, upon standing for at least 2 weeks at 50 °C.
• Said emulsions of nonionic surfactants comprise at least two nonionic surfactants.
• said two nonionic surfactants must have different HLB values (hydrophilic lipophilic balance), and preferably the difference in value of the HLBs of said two surfactants is at least 1, preferably at least 3.
• compositions of the present invention as emulsions
• a stable activated bleaching compositions can be obtained where the bleach is present in the more hydrophilic phase, and the activator for said bleach is present in the other more hydrophobic phase.
• Such emulsions are described for instance in EP 92 932.
• Suitable nonionic surfactants for use herein include alkoxylated fatty alcohols. Indeed, a great variety of such alkoxylated fatty alcohols are commercially available which have very different HLB values.
• the HLB values of such alkoxylated nonionic surfactants depend essentially on the chain length of the fatty alcohol, the nature of the alkoxylation and the degree of alkoxylation. Hydrophilic nonionic surfactants tend to have a high degree of alkoxylation and a short chain fatty alcohol, while hydrophobic surfactants tend to have a low degree of alkoxylation and a long chain fatty alcohol.
• Surfactants catalogues are available which list a number of surfactants including nonionics, together with their respective HLB values.
• compositions according to the present invention comprise from 2 % to 50 % by weight of the total composition of said hydrophilic and hydrophobic nonionic surfactants, preferably from 5 % to 40 %, most preferably from 8 % to 30%.
• compositions according to the present invention may further comprise other nonionic surfactants which should however not significantly alter the weighted average HLB value of the overall composition.
• compositions herein comprise a peroxygen bleach.
• Suitable peroxygen bleaches for use herein are water soluble peroxygen bleach.
• Preferred for use herein is hydrogen peroxide, or water-soluble sources thereof such as perborates, percarbonates, persilicates and persulfate salts.
• Hydrogen peroxide is most preferred for use in the compositions according to the present invention.
• the compositions according to the present invention comprise from 0.5% to 20% by weight of the total composition of hydrogen peroxide, preferably from 2% to 15%, most preferably from 3% to 10%.
• bleach activator it is meant herein any compound which reacts with hydrogen peroxide to form a peracid.
• hydrophobic bleach activators typically belong to the class of esters, amides, imides, or anhydrides.
• Suitable other activators herein must be hydrophobic in the sense that they will allow segregating said peroxygen bleach in a hydrophilic phase and said bleach activator in a hydrophobic phase.
• a particular family of bleach activators of interest in the present invention were disclosed in applicant's co-pending European patent application No 91870207.7. Particularly preferred in that family is acetyl triethyl citrate which was also disclosed in the context of bar soaps in FR 2 362 210. Acetyl triethyl citrate has the advantages that it is environmentally friendly as it eventually degrades into citric acid and alcohol. Furthermore, acetyl triethyl citrate has a good hydrolytical stability in the product upon storage and it is an efficient bleach activator. As used herein and unless otherwise specified, the term bleach activator includes mixtures of bleach activators.
• the bleach activators herein cannot be a compound according to the formulae in which
• compositions according to the present invention in an acidic pH range contributes to the stability of the composition.
• the compositions of the present invention accordingly have a pH as is of from 0.5 to 6, preferably of from 1 to 5.
• the pH of the composition can be trimmed by all means available to the man skilled in the art.
• compositions herein comprise an anionic surfactant, or mixtures thereof.
• anionic surfactants for use herein include alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxylated sulfates and others.
• Suitable alkyl sulfate surfactants for use herein are water soluble salts or acids of the formula ROSO3M wherein R preferably is a C10-C24 hydrocarbyl, preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl having a C10-C20 alkyl component, more preferably a C12-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, and M is H or a cation, e.g., an alkali metal cation (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium), or ammonium or substituted ammonium (e.g., methyl-, dimethyl-, and trimethyl ammonium cations and quaternary ammonium cations, such as tetramethyl-ammonium and dimethyl piperdinium cations and quarternary ammonium cations derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, and mixtures thereof, and the like).
• Suitable alkyl alkoxylated sulfate surfactants for use herein are water soluble salts or acids of the formula RO(A) m SO3M wherein R is an unsubstituted C10-C24 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having a C10-C24 alkyl component, preferably a C12-C20 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, more preferably C12-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, A is an ethoxy or propoxy unit, m is greater than zero, typically between about 0.5 and about 6, more preferably between about 0.5 and about 3, and M is H or a cation which can be, for example, a metal cation (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.), ammonium or substituted-ammonium cation.
• R is an unsubstituted C10-C24 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having a C10-C24 alkyl component, preferably a
• Alkyl ethoxylated sulfates as well as alkyl propoxylated sulfates are contemplated herein.
• Specific examples of substituted ammonium cations include methyl-, dimethyl-, trimethyl-ammonium and quaternary ammonium cations, such as tetramethyl-ammonium, dimethyl piperdinium and cations derived from alkanolamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, mixtures thereof, and the like.
• Exemplary surfactants are C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (1.0) sulfate, C12-C18E(1.0)M), C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (2.25) sulfate, C12-C18E(2.25)M), C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (3.0) sulfate C12-C18E(3.0), and C12-C18 alkyl polyethoxylate (4.0) sulfate C12-C18E(4.0)M), wherein M is conveniently selected from sodium and potassium.
• anionic surfactants useful for detersive purposes can also be used herein. These can include salts (including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts) of soap, C9-C20 linear alkylbenzenesulfonates, C8-C22 primary or secondary alkanesulfonates, C8-C24 olefinsulfonates, sulfonated polycarboxylic acids prepared by sulfonation of the pyrolyzed product of alkaline earth metal citrates, e.g., as described in British patent specification No.
• salts including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts
• C9-C20 linear alkylbenzenesulfonates C8-C22 primary or secondary alkanesulfonates
• C8-C24 olefinsulfonates C8
• alkylpolyglycolethersulfates containing up to 10 moles of ehtylene oxide
• alkyl ester sulfonates such as C14 ⁇ 16 methyl ester sulfonates
• acyl glycerol sulfonates fatty oleyl glycerol sulfates, alkyl phenol ethylene oxide ether sulfates, paraffin sulfonates, alkyl phosphates, isethionates such as the acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurates, alkyl succinamates and sulfosuccinates, monoesters of sulfosuccinate (especially saturated and unsaturated C12-C18 monoesters) diesters of sulfosuccinate (especially saturated and unsaturated C6-C14 diesters), acyl sarcosinates, sulfates of alkylpolys
• Resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, hydrogenated rosin, and resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids present in or derived from tall oil. Further examples are given in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Vol. I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch). A variety of such surfactants are also generally disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,929,678, issued December 30, 1975 to Laughlin, et al. at Column 23, line 58 through Column 29, line 23 (herein incorporated by reference).
• Preferred surfactants for use in the compositions herein are the alkyl benzene sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, alkyl alkoxylated sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
• the anionic surfactant, or mixtures thereof should be present in a weight ratio of total anionic surfactant to total peroxygen bleach of from 1 to 10, preferably from 1 to 5, most preferably from 1 to 3. It is believed that this benefit of reducing skin itching is due to the formation of liquid crystals that limit the adsorption of the nonionic surfactant on the skin, and as a consequence, adsorption of the bleach.
• anionic surfactants act as rheology modifyer in the emulsions according to the present invention. Indeed, adding anionic surfactants increases the viscosity of the composition and that is desirable for several reasons, including control of pouring, control for spreading for instance when the composition is used as a laundry pretreater, cling on vertical surfaces, when the composition is used as a hard surface treating composition.
• compositions herein comprise at most 10% of anionic surfactant.
• compositions according to the present invention may further comprise a variety of the ingredients such as perfumes, dyes, optical brighteners, builders and chelants, pigments, enzymes, dye transfer inhibitors, solvents, buffering agents, radical scavengers and the like.
• compositions according to the present invention are particularly suitable as laundry pretreaters, carpet cleaners, or laundry bleach additives.
• anionic surfactants improves absorbance of the compositions of the invention on the fibres. This does not improve pretreatment performance, but gives significant through the wash performance improvement, particularly on whiteness, dingy cleaning and enzymatic stain removal.
• the present invention is not limited to the emulsions compositions of the present invention. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses the use of an anionic surfactant, in a liquid peroxygen bleach composition, to reduce itching of the skin of the user of said compositions when it comes in contact with said composition.
• the present invention further encompasses a process for the manufacture of the composition described herein.
• the process according to the present invention comprises at least three steps:
• a hydrophobic mixture is prepared which comprises the most hydrophobic nonionic surfactant together with other hydrophobic ingredients which are to be formulated in the composition, i.e. the bleach activator and optionally as perfumes, solvents, enzymes, bleach activators and polymers.
• a hydrophilic mixture which comprises at least water, the more hydrophilic nonionic surfactant.
• said peroxygen bleach is preferably added last, after said buffering agent has been added.
• first and said second steps can be performed in any order, i.e second step first is also suitable.
• both of said mixtures are mixed together.
• compositions are made by listing the following ingredients in the listed proportions
• Ingredient A B Dobanol ® 45-7 6.0 6.0 Dobanol ® 91-10 3.0 3.0 Dobanol ® 23-2 6.0 6.0 Alkyl sulfate 2.0 2.0 Hydrogen peroxide 6.0 7.5 Acety triethy citrate 3.5 7.0 Citric acid up to pH 4.0 up to pH 4.0 Minors and deionized water balance balance viscosity 20°C,50rpm) 700-900 cps 700-900 cps
• Ingredient C D Dobanol ® 45-7 8.0 6.7 Luthensol ® TO3 7.0 8.3 Na Alkyl sulfate 2.0 2.0 Hydrogen peroxide 6.0 7.5 Acety triethy citrate 3.5 7.0 Citric acid up to pH 4.0 up to pH 4.0 Minors and deionized water balance balance viscosity 20°C,50rpm) 1000 cps 2000 cps
• composition C with and without Na alkyl sulfate, as a stain pretreater on fabrics.
• the panelists therefore used the product rubbing or spreading it with their fingers. They were asked whether they noticed the skin itching problem.
• Panelist Base 80 composition without NaAS % composition with 2% NaAS % Noticed skin itching when using the product 41 22 Claimed do not like the product because it causes skin itching 18 11

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