Polyvinylpyridinium derivatives as anti-dye transfer agents

A laundry detergent composition comprising:

• a) 0.01 to 90 weight percent, based on the total weight of the detergent composition, of a water-soluble polyvinylpyrridinium derivative copolymer comprising a quaternary nitrogen and an anionic moiety selected from a sulfonate or a carboxylate functionality, said polyvinylpyrridinium derivative copolymer having the structure
• wherein a is a repeating unit of 1 to 100;
• b is a repeating unit of 0 to 99;
• c is a repeating unit of 0 to 99;
• d is a repeating unit of from 1 to 99:
• R is selected from the group consisting of (CR1R2)m1, benzene, and substituted benzene;
• Y is selected from the group consisting of (CR3R4)m2, benzene, and substituted benzene;
• substituted benzene is independently a benzene substituted with a group selected from the group consisting of amino moeity, nitro moiety, halogen moiety, and combinations thereof;
• Z is derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, m1 and m2 are independently 0 to 10;
• M+ is independently a cation wherein M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, ammonia, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, copper, organic amines, amino acids, and amino saccharides;
• R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl having C1 to C6, aryl having C6 to C18, and alkaryl having C7 to C18;
• R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen;
• and X− is independently a halide,
• with the proviso that if Y is benzene or substituted benzene then a is 0 to 99 and b is 1 to 100;
• and
• b) at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of builders, enzymes, enzyme stablizers, optical brighteners, bleaches, bleach boosters, bleach activators, dye transfer agents, dispersents, enzyme activators, suds suppressers, dyes, perfumes, colorants, filler salts, hydrotropes, and mixtures thereof.

A process for inhibiting dye transfer from one fabric to another during fabric laundering operations involving colored fabrics, said process comprises contacting fabrics with a laundering solution comprising:

• a) a water-soluble polyvinylpyrridinium derivative copolymer comprising a quaternary nitrogen and an anionic moiety selected from a sulfonate or a carboxylate functionality, said polyvinylpyrridinium derivative copolymer having the structure
• wherein a is a repeating unit of 1 to 100;
• b is a repeating unit of 0 to 99;
• c is a repeating unit of 0 to 99;
• d is a repeating unit of from 1 to 99;
• R is selected from the group consisting of (CR1R2)m1, benzene, and substituted benzene;
• Y is selected from the group consisting of (CR3R4)m2, benzene, and substituted benzene;
• substituted benzene is independently a benzene substituted with a group selected from the group consisting of amino moeity, nitro moiety, halogen moiety, and combinations thereof;
• Z is derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, m1 and m2 are independently 0 to 10;
• M+ is independently a cation wherein M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, ammonia, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, copper, organic amines, amino acids, and amino saccharides;
• R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl having C1 to C6, aryl having C6 to C18, and alkaryl having C7 to C18;
• R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen;
• and X− is independently a halide,
• with the proviso that if Y is benzene or substituted benzene then a is 0 to 99 and b is 1 to 100;
• and
• b) at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of builders, enzymes, enzyme stablizers, optical brighteners, bleaches, bleach boosters, bleach activators, dye transfer agents, dispersents, enzyme activators, suds suppressers, dyes, perfumes, colorants, filler salts, hydrotropes, and mixtures thereof.

A fabric softening composition comprising

• a) 0.01 to 90 weight percent, based on the total weight of the fabric softening composition, of a water-soluble polyvinylpyrridinium derivative copolymer comprising a quaternary nitrogen and an anionic moiety selected from a sulfonate or a carboxylate functionality, said polyvinylpyrridinium derivative copolymer having the structure
• wherein a is a repeating unit of 1 to 100;
• b is a repeating unit of 0 to 99;
• c is a repeating unit of 0 to 99;
• d is a repeating unit of from 1 to 99;
• R is selected from the group consisting of (CR1R2)m1, benzene, and substituted benzene;
• Y is selected from the group consisting of (CR3R4)m2, benzene, and substituted benzene;
• substituted benzene is independently a benzene substituted with a group selected from the group consisting of amino moeity, nitro moiety, halogen moiety, and combinations thereof;
• Z is derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, m1 and m2 are independently 0 to 10;
• M+ is independently a cation wherein M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, ammonia, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, copper, organic amines, amino acids, and amino saccharides;
• R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl having C1 to C6, aryl having C6 to C18, and alkaryl having C7 to C18;
• R5, R6, and R7 are hydrogen;
• and X− is independently a halide,
• with the proviso that if Y is benzene or substituted benzene then a is 0 to 99 and b is 1 to 100;
• and
• b) at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of builders, enzymes, enzyme stablizers, optical brighteners, bleaches, bleach boosters, bleach activators, dye transfer agents, dispersents, enzyme activators, suds suppressers, dyes, perfumes, colorants, filler salts, hydrotropes, and mixtures thereof.