Laundry Care Compositions Containing Dyes

A composition comprising a thiophene azo carboxylate dye having the structure of Formula I:

• wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, CH3 and electron-withdrawing groups;
• wherein R2 is ((CH2CR′HO)x(CH2CR″HO)z)yQ and R3 is ((CH2CR′HO)x(CH2CR″HO)z)y′Q′;
• wherein y and y′ are integers independently selected from 1 to 39, wherein 8≤(y+y′)≤40;
• wherein x≥0 and z>1;
• wherein R′ is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-4 alkyl, CH2O(CH2CH2O)zQ, phenyl and CH2OR5;
• wherein R″ is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-4 alkyl, CH2O(CH2CH2O)zQ, phenyl and CH2OR5;
• each R5 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C16 linear or branched alkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C7-C16 arylalkyl;
• preferably R5 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, hexyl, 2-ethylhexyl, octyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, phenyl, benzyl, 2-phenylethyl, naphthyl and mixtures thereof;
• and wherein Y is an organic radical represented by Formula II
• wherein independently for each Y group,
• M is H or a charge balancing cation;
• m is 0 to 5, preferably 0, 1, 2 or 3;
• n is 0 to 5, preferably 0, 1, 2 or 3;
• the sum of m+n is 1 to 10, preferably 1, 2 or 3;
• each R8 is independently selected from the group consisting of H and C3-18 or C4-C18 alkenyl, and wherein at least one R8 group is not H;
• wherein Q and Q′ are independently selected from the group consisting of H and Y wherein Y is as defined below;
• with the proviso that the dye comprises at least one Q or Q′ group that is Y;
• and
• wherein Y is an organic radical represented by Formula II
• wherein independently for each Y group,
• M is H or a charge balancing cation;
• m is 0 to 5;
• n is 0 to 5;
• the sum of m+n is 1 to 10;
• each R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C3-18 or C4-C18 linear or branched alkyl, C3-18 or C4-C18 linear or branched alkenyl, and mixtures thereof, and wherein at least one R4 group is not H.