Reactive leuco compounds and compositions comprising the same
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsSanjeev K. Dey, Wesley A. Freund, Gregory S. Miracle
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Abstract
A leuco composition comprises at least one reactive leuco compound, which reactive leuco compound comprises a leuco moiety and at least one reactive moiety covalently bound to the leuco moiety. A laundry care composition comprises a laundry care ingredient and a leuco composition. A method of treating a textile comprises the steps of (i) treating a textile with an aqueous solution containing a leuco composition, (ii) optionally, rinsing the textile, and (iii) drying the textile.
Claims21
A leuco composition comprising at least one reactive leuco compound, wherein the reactive leuco compound comprises a leuco moiety and at least one reactive moiety covalently bound to the leuco moiety, wherein the reactive moiety is sufficiently electrophilic to react with a nucleophilic moiety, and wherein the ratio of the amount of the reactive leuco compound present in the leuco composition to the amount of a colored form of the reactive leuco compound present in the leuco composition is about 1:9 or more.
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