Patent ID: 7524800

Claim:
A personal care composition, comprising: (a) a surface active agent, (b) a hydrophilizing agent comprising a compound selected from the group consisting of: (b)(1) organophosphorus compounds according to structure (I): wherein: each R 1 and R 2 are independently absent or O, provided that at least one of R 1 and R 2 is O, each R 3 is independently an alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group, which may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms of such alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group, by hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, aryl, or aryloxy groups, R 5 and R 4 are each independently absent or an alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group, which may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms of such alkyleneoxy, or poly(alkyleneoxy) group, by hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, aryl, or aryloxy groups, R 6 , R 8 and R 7 are each independently H, or (C 1 -C 30 )hydrocarbon, which hydrocarbon may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms by hydroxyl, fluorine, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl and/or interrupted at one or more sites by an O, N, or S heteroatom, or —POR 9 R 10 , R 9 and R 10 are each independently hydroxyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, or (C 1 -C 30 )hydrocarbon, which hydrocarbon may optionally be substituted on one or more carbon atoms by hydroxyl, fluorine, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl and/or interrupted at one or more sites by an O, N, or S heteroatom, and m is an integer of from 1 to 5, (b)(2) salts of organophosphorus compounds according to structure (I), (b)(3) condensation reaction products of two or more molecules of one or more organophosphorus compounds according to structure (I), and (b)(4) mixtures comprising two or more of the compounds, salts, and/or reaction products of (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3), and (c) a vinyl alcohol material selected from the group consisting of: (c)(1) polymers comprising monomeric units according to structure (I-a): (c)(2) salts of polymers (c)(1), (c)(3) reaction products of two or more molecules of one or more polymers (c)(1); wherein the vinyl alcohol material has a weight average molecular weight of about 50,000 to 200,000, and a degree of hydrolysis of at least 88%; and the composition comprises about 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of the vinyl alcohol material per 100 parts by weight of the composition.