Patent ID: 6903059
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A laundry detergent composition comprising: a) from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight, of a polyamine, said polyamine having the formula: wherein R is a backbone unit selected from the group consisting of: i) C 6 -C 16 substituted or unsubstituted arylene, C 7 -C 40 substituted or unsubstituted alkylenearylene having the formula: or mixtures thereof; ii) hydroxyalkylene units having the formula: iii) hydroxyalkylene/oxyalkylene units having the formula: iv) a carboxyalkyleneoxy units having the formula: v) and mixtures thereof; Y is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 linear alkyl, —N(R 1 ) 2 , an anionic unit selected from the group consisting of —(CH 2 ) f CO 2 M, —C(O)(CH 2 ) f CO 2 M, —(CH 2 ) f PO 3 M, —(CH 2 ) f OPO 3 M, —(CH 2 ) f SO 3 M, —CH 2 (CHSO 3 M)(CH 2 ) f SO 3 M, —CH 2 (CHSO 2 M)(CH2) f SO 3 M, and mixtures thereof; wherein said Y units comprises at least one of the group selected from C 1 -C 4 linear alkyl or N(R 1 ) 2 and such that greater than about 40% of said Y units are —SO 3 M units, M is hydrogen, a water soluble cation, and mixtures thereof; the index f is from 0 to about 6; the index m is from 0 to 20; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of: i) hydrogen; ii) C iii) C iv) C v) —[CH vi) anionic units; vii) and mixtures thereof; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of ethylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-butylene, 1,4-butylene, 1,6 hexylene, 1,2-hexylene, 1,4-phenylene, and mixtures thereof; R 3 is C 2 -C 8 linear alkylene, C 3 -C 8 branched alkylene, phenylene, substituted phenylene, and mixtures thereof; R 4 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl), —(CH 2 ) u (R 2 O) t (CH 2 ) u Y, and mixtures thereof; wherein index s is from 0 to 5; the index t is from 0.5 to 100; the index u is from 0 to 6; index w is from 0 to 25; indices x and z are each independently from 0 to 20 and y is from 1 to 20; X is oxygen or the amino unit —NR 4 —, the index r is 0 or 1; indices j and k are each independently from 1 to 20; Q is a quaternizing unit selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 linear alkyl, C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl, —[CH 2 CH(OR 4 )CH 2 O] s (R 2 O) t Y, and mixtures thereof; b) from about 0.01% to about 60% of a surfactant system comprising: i) from 0% to 80% by weight, of a mid-chain branched alkyl sulfate or alkyl alkoxy sulfate surfactant selected from the group consisting of surfactants having the formula:  the formula:  and mixtures thereof; wherein R, R ii) from 0% to 80% by weight, of a mid-chain branched aryl sulfonate surfactant having the formula:  wherein A of the mid-chain branched aryl sulfonate is a mid-chain branched alkyl unit having the formula:  wherein R and R iii) optionally from 0.01% to about 30% by weight, of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic, zwitterionic, ampholytic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and c) the balance carriers and adjunct ingredients.