Durable press treatment of fabric

An article of manufacture for domestic application of durable press benefits to fabric articles comprising:

• a) a treatment composition having at least one cross-linking agent and at least one suitable cross-linking catalyst;
• b) at least one container for the treatment composition;
• and
• c) accompanying text in association with the container which provides instructions to apply an amount of the treatment composition to a fabric article that corresponds to from about 0.1% to about 20% on weight of fabric of the cross-linking agent and instructions for heating the fabric article to effect at least partial curing of the cross-linking agent, the cross-linking agent being selected from the group consisting of:
• i) homopolymers of ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula:
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• wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
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• where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
• R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12, and at least one, preferably at least two, of R1, R2, or R3 contains a CO2M moiety;
• M is H, a salt forming cation;
• the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0, preferably from 0 to about 10;
• x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
• ii) Copolymers of all ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
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• wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula
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• where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
• R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12, and at least one, preferably at least two, of R1, R2, or R3 contains a CO2M moiety;
• M is H, a salt forming cation;
• the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0, preferably from 0 to about 10;
• x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
• iii) copolymers of all ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers where the copolymers have the formula
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• wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, a unit having the formula:
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• where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
• R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12, and at least one, preferably at least two, of R1, R2, or R3 contains a CO2M moiety;
• R4, R5, R6 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, carboxy or alkylcarboxy, ester and functionalized esters, anhydride, amide, cyano, urea, alcohol, ether, acetal, phosphino, phosphono, sulfonate, sulfonamide, heterocycles such as imidazole, thiol, thioester, and mixtures thereof;
• the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0, preferably from 0 to about 10;
• x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
• and
• iv) mixtures thereof.

An article of manufacture for domestic application of durable press benefits to fabric articles comprising:

• a) a treatment composition having at least one cross-linking agent and at least one suitable cross-linking catalyst;
• b) at least one container for the treatment composition, the container including a dispensing element;
• and p1 c) accompanying text in association with the container which provides instructions to use the composition, the cross-linking agent being selected from the group consisting of
• i) homopolymers of ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula:
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• wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, or a unit having the formula:
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• where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
• R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12, and at least one, preferably at least two, of R1, R2, or R3 contains a CO2M moiety;
• M is H, a salt forming cation;
• the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0, preferably from 0 to about 10;
• x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
• ii) copolymers of all ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates having the formula
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• wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, a unit having the formula:
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• where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
• R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12, and at least one, preferably at least two, of R1, R2, or R3 contains a CO2M moiety;
• M is H, a salt forming cation;
• the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0, preferably from 0 to about 10;
• x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
• iii) copolymers of all ethylenically-α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers where the copolymers have the formula
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• wherein R is independently H, OH, OM, a unit having the formula:
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• where X is independently selected from H, OH, or OSO3M;
• R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl, CO2M, or (CH2)nCO2M, where n is from 1 to 12, and at least one, preferably at least two, of R1, R2, or R3 contains a CO2M moiety;
• R4, R5, R6 are independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, carboxy or alkylcarboxy, ester and functionalized esters, anhydride, amide, cyano, urea, alcohol, ether, acetal, phosphino, phosphono, sulfonate, sulfonamide, heterocycles such as imidazole, thiol, thioester, and mixtures thereof;
• the indices x, y, and z are each independently greater than or equal to 0, preferably from 0 to about 10;
• x+y+z is greater than or equal to 1, Q is H, OH, OM but not H when both x and z are greater than or equal to 1;
• and
• iv) mixtures thereof.