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Stabilized alkylene oxide adduct containing lactic acid or a lactate
Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-02-05
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Granted: 1988-04-12
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Expires: 2006-02-05
Abstract
Abstract A stabilized alkylene oxide adduct of a hydroxyl group-containing organic compound, having at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lactic acid and lactates and added to said alkylene oxide adduct of said hydroxyl group-containing organic compound or a sulfate thereof and a liquid detergent composition having as a detergent active component thereof the stabilized alkylene oxide adduct.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiromi Yokoyama
- 👤 Koji Kakehi
- 👤 Hitoshi Ozaki
- 👤 Yuson Hayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 14:58
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/20; C11D3/2075; C11D3/2086; C08; C08G; C08G65/00; C08G65/02; C08G65/26; C08G65/2603; C08G65/2606; C11D1/00; C11D1/02; C11D1/12; C11D1/29; C11D1/66; C11D1/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 37
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A stabilized composition consisting of an adduct of an alkylene oxide moiety and an organic compound selected from the group consisting of phenols selected from the group consisting of mono and polyhydric substituted and unsubstituted phenols including bisphenols wherein the substituents are alkyl, alkylene, amino and halo and saturated and unsaturated mono and polyhydric alcohols and the sulfates of all of the foregoing, and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts of lactic acid, wherein the weight ratio of stabilizer to said organic compound is in the range of 0.001 to 5 parts per 100 parts and the pH of the composition is between 4 and 9.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A stabilized composition consisting of an adduct of an alkylene oxide moiety and an organic compound selected from the group consisting of phenols selected from the group consisting of mono and polyhydric substituted and unsubstituted phenols including bisphenols wherein the substituents are alkyl, alkylene, amino and halo and saturated and unsaturated mono and polyhydric alcohols and the sulfates of all of the foregoing, and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts of lactic acid, wherein the weight ratio of stabilizer to said organic compound is in the range of 0.001 to 5 parts per 100 parts and the pH of the composition is between 4 and 9.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A composition of claim 1 wherein the alkylene oxide moiety is at least one member of the group consisting of ethylene oxide or alkylene oxide of 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein said salt is sodium lactate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the amount of said alkali metal salt of lactic acid is in the range of 0.05 to 1 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said organic compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A liquid detergent composition having as a detergent-active composition thereof a detergent-effective amount of a composition of claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 5 wherein said salt is sodium lactate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 10 wherein said salt is sodium lactate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A composition of claim 1 wherein the alcohols have from 6 to 30 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A composition of claim 8 wherein the alkylene oxide moiety is at least one member of the group consisting of ethylene oxide or alkylene oxide of 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A liquid detergent composition having as a detergent-active composition thereof a detergent-effective amount of a composition of claim 9.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 9 wherein said alkylene oxide adduct is an aliphatic primary alcohol ethoxylate of 6 to 30 carbon atoms in alkyl moiety.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 11 wherein the aliphatic moiety of said primary alcohol ethoxylate is saturated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 11 wherein the average number of moles of ethylene oxide in the adduct is in the range of 0.1 to 100 per mole of organic compound.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 9 wherein said adduct is a secondary alcohol ethoxylate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 14 wherein said secondary alcohol ethoxylate is an adduct resulting from the addition reaction of ethylene oxide to a random secondary alcohol obtained by subjecting a N-paraffin of 8 to 20 carbon atoms to liquid-phase oxidation with molecular oxygen in the presence of a boron compound.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A composition according to claim 14 wherein the number of moles of ethylene oxide in the adduct falls in the range of 0.1 to 100 per mole of secondary alcohol.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 8 wherein said hydroxyl group-containing organic compound is a phenol.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 17 wherein said phenol is an alkyl phenol having an alkyl group of 8 to 9 carbon atoms.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 17 wherein the average number of moles of alkylene oxide in adduct is in the range of 0.1 to 100 per mole of phenol.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 9 wherein said alkylene oxide moiety contains at least two members of the group consisting of ethylene oxide and alkylene oxides of 3 to 4 carbon atoms and is added to an alcohol.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 20 wherein said alcohol is a primary alcohol.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 21 wherein said alcohol is a secondary alcohol.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 21 wherein said alkylene oxide of 3 to 4 carbon atoms is propylene oxide.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 21 wherein the total number of moles each of said ethylene oxide and alkylene oxide of 3 to 4 carbon atoms falls in the range of 0.1 to 100 per mole of alcohol.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 9 wherein said adduct is an alkylene oxide adduct of a polyhydric alcohol.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 25 wherein said polyhydric alcohol is an alkylene glycol of 2 to 3 carbon atoms.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 25 wherein said polyhydric alcohol is polyethylene glycol.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 25 wherein said polyhydric alcohol is a condensate of ethylene oxide and an hydrophobic substrate produced by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 25 wherein said polyhydric alcohol is a product made by reacting propylene oxide with ethylene diamine and then reacting that product with ethylene oxide.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A composition to claim 9 wherein said adduct is the sulfate of said phenols or alcohols.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 30 wherein said adduct is an aliphatic primary alcohol ethoxy-sulfate of 6 to 30 carbon atoms in alkyl moiety.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 30 wherein said adduct is a secondary alcohol ethoxysulfate.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 30 wherein said alylene oxide moiety contains at least two members of the group consisting of ethylene oxide and alkylene oxides of 3 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 30 wherein said adduct is an alklyene oxide adduct sulfate of a phenol.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
19 words
A liquid detergent composition having as a detergent-active composition thereof a detergent-effective amount of a composition of claim 30.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
12 words
A composition according to claim 35 wherein said salt is sodium lactate.
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