Patent ID: 6238649
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C07C

Abstract:
A sunscreen-containing cosmetic or pharmaceutical preparation for protecting the human epidermis or human hair from UV light in the range from 280 to 400 nm, which comprises, in a cosmetically or pharmaceutically suitable carrier, alone or together with compounds which absorb in the UV region and are known for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations, amounts, which are effective as photostable UV filters, of compounds of the formula I ##STR33##where the diene system has the Z,Z: Z,E: E,Z or E,E configuration or a mixture thereof, and where the variables independently of one another have the following meanings:R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -dialkylamino, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted, substituents which confer solubility in water and are selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate or ammonium residues;R.sup.3 hydrogen, COOR.sup.5, COR.sup.5, CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6, CN, O.dbd.S(--R.sup.5).dbd.O, O.dbd.S(--OR.sup.5).dbd.O, R.sup.7 O--P(--OR.sup.8).dbd.O, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkenyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkenyl, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted;R.sup.4 COOR.sup.6, COR.sup.6, CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6, CN, O.dbd.S(--R.sup.6).dbd.O, O.dbd.S(--OR.sup.6).dbd.O, R.sup.7 O--P(OR.sup.8).dbd.O, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 --C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkenyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkenyl, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted;R.sup.5 to R.sup.8 hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkenyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.10 -bicycloalkenyl, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted;n from 1 to 3:where the variables R.sup.3 to R.sup.8 may, in each case together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, together form a 5- or 6-membered ring which may be further fused.