Photolabile latex for the release of perfumes
AssigneeFirmenich SA
InventorsAndreas Herrmann, Damien Berthier, Nicolas Paret, Myléne Therrien
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of perfumery. More particularly, it concerns co-polymeric latex particles derived from 2-oxo-2-(3- or 4-vinylphenyl)acetates capable of liberating an active molecule such as, for example, an aldehyde or ketone upon exposure to light. The present invention concerns also the use of said latex in perfumery as well as the perfuming compositions or perfumed articles comprising the invention's latex.
Claims20
A polymer microparticle capable of releasing in a controlled manner a perfuming aldehyde or ketone, said polymer microparticle comprising:
- a) at least one repeating unit of formula
- wherein A represents a benzene-1,4-diyl or a benzene-1,3-diyl moiety, and R is a group capable of releasing a C6-20 perfuming aldehyde or perfuming ketone;
- b) optionally at least one repeating cross-linking unit of formula
- wherein all x are simultaneously either 0 or 1, y is 2, 3 or 4;
- R1 represents a C2-12 hydrocarbon di-, tri- or tetra-radical depending upon the value of y, optionally comprising from 1 to 5 oxygen atoms;
- and
- R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
- alternatively, the repeating cross-linking unit is of formula
- c) optionally at least one repeating unit of the formulae
- wherein L is an oxygen atom or a NH group, B represents a COOR4 group, a C6H5, a C6H4COOR4, a OR4, a R4COO, a CON(R4)2, a 2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl group or a 2-oxoazepan-1-yl group, each R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and each R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group or a (C2H4O)qR3 group, with q being an integer varying between 1 and 10.
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