Laundry care compositions
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsBenjamin R. Butterfield, Eduardo Torres, Sanjeev K. Dey, Michael Hong, Haihu Qin, Dominick J. Valenti
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Abstract
A laundry care composition comprises a laundry care ingredient or adjunct and at least one compound that is capable of changing from a first color state (i.e., the initial color state in the composition) to a second color state that is perceptibly different from the first color state. A method for treating textile articles comprises the steps of: (a) providing a laundry care composition as described above; (b) adding the laundry care composition to a liquid medium; and (c) placing the textile articles in the liquid medium.
Claims6
A laundry care composition comprising a laundry care ingredient and at least one compound conforming to the structure of Formula (I) below
- wherein X1 and X2 are selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom;
- a is an integer from 0 to 5, provided a is an integer from 0 to 4 when one of X1 and X2 is a nitrogen atom and a is an integer from 0 to 3 when both X1 and X2 are nitrogen atoms;
- each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of halogens, a hydroxy group, a nitro group, alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, —S(O)2OH, —S(O)2O−[M+], —C(O)OR5, —C(O)R5, —C(O)NR5R6, —NC(O)OR5, —NC(O)SR5, —OR5, —NR5R6, —S(O)2R5, —S(O)2NR5R6, and —P(O)2R5;
- M is a cation;
- R5 and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aryl groups, substituted aryl groups, and Ra;
- R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of aryl groups, substituted aryl groups, heteroaryl groups, and substituted heteroaryl groups, provided at least one of R2 and R3 is a heteroaryl group or a substituted heteroaryl group when both X1 and X2 are carbon atoms;
- L1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, a hydroxy group, a cyano group, and —OR8;
- R8 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and substituted alkyl groups;
- wherein Ra is selected from the group consisting of —Rx—O—Ry—Rz and —Ry—Rz;
- Rx is selected from the group consisting of alkanediyl groups and arenediyl groups;
- Rz is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, acyl groups, and Rb;
- Rb is a monovalent group conforming to the structure of Formula (I);
- and Ry is a divalent substituent selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) divalent substituents comprising two or more divalent repeating units independently selected from repeating units conforming to the structure of Formula (C)
- wherein R101 and R102 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aryl, alkoxyalkyl, and aryloxyalkyl;
- (ii) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CX)
- wherein R111 and R112 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, and C1-C10 alkyl, aa is an integer from 1 to 12, and bb is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- (iii) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CXX)
- wherein R121 and R122 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, and C1-C10 alkyl, cc is an integer from 1 to 12, and dd is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- (iv) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CXXX)
- wherein R131, R132, and R133 are independently selected from alkyl and hydroxyalkyl, and ee is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- (v) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CXL)
- wherein each R141 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkylamine groups, and ff is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- (vi) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CL)
- wherein gg is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- (vii) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CLX)
- wherein each R161 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl, and hh is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- (viii) divalent substituents conforming to the structure of Formula (CLXX)
- wherein each R171, R172, and R173 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and —CH2CO2H, and jj is an integer greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., from 1 to 100);
- and
- (ix) divalent substituents comprising two or more substituents selected from the group consisting of substituents conforming to a structure of Formula (C), (CX), (CXX), (CXXX), (CXL), (CL), (CLX), or (CLXX).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.