Hair spray containing fluorocarbon compounds as additives

Claim 2

In a hair spray composition comprising a non-fluorinated film-forming resin in a solvent vehicle, the improvement comprising the addition to said composition of 0.005 to 5.0 percent by weight of said composition of a vehicle-soluble, dermally non-irritating compound of the formula: R.sub.f Q(XCO)A(COOZ) wherein R f is a monovalent, fluorinated, saturated, aliphatic radical having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one terminal perfluorinated carbon atoms; Q is a divalent linking group free of reactive groups which would chemically interfere with the formation of ester or amide linkages and free of heteroatoms other than sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen; X is --O-- or --NR-- where R is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 14 carbon atoms; A is phenylene containing only hydrogen substituents on the aromatic carbon atoms, or phenylene where one or more of said hydrogen substituents have been replaced by bromine, chlorine, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; Z is hydrogen or a cation selected from the group consisting of NH 4 + , Na + , K + , Li + , a protonated alkyl amine, a protonated alkanol amine having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and quaternized forms of said amines

Claim 3

The composition according to claim 1 wherein the solvent vehicle is ethyl alcohol.

Claim 4

The composition according to claim 2 wherein the film-forming resin is polyvinylpyrrolidone.

Claim 5

The composition according to claim 2 wherein the film-forming resin is the ethyl or butyl half ester of maleic anhydride methylvinyl ether copolymer.

Claim 6

The composition according to claim 1 wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of: CH 2n , --SO 2 NR(CH 2 ) n `, (CH 2 ) n COOCH 2 CH 2 -, --SO 2 NR(CH 2 CH 2 O) n ##STR50## where R is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 14 carbon atoms and n is an integer from 1 to 15.

Claim 7

The composition according to claim 5 wherein the carbon atoms of the R f moiety are substituted only by fluorine, chlorine or hydrogen atoms with no more than one hydrogen or chlorine atom for every two carbon atoms, and the skeletal chain may contain a divalent oxygen or trivalent nitrogen atom, bonded only to carbon atoms.

Claim 8

The composition according to claim 6 wherein R f is a perfluorocarbon radical having 4 to 12 carbon atoms.

Claim 9

The composition according to claim 7 wherein R f is --C 8 F 17 .

Claim 10

The composition according to claim 8 wherein the compound is ##STR51## wherein X is H or K + .

Claim 11

The composition according to claim 8 wherein the compound is: ##STR52##

Claim 12

In a method of treating human hair comprising applying to the hair an effective amount of a hair spray composition comprising a non-fluorinated film-forming resin in a solvent vehicle, the improvement comprising the addition to said composition of 0.005 to 5.0 percent by weight of said composition of a vehicle-soluble, dermally non-irritating compound of the formula: R.sub.f Q(XCO)A(COOZ) wherein R f is a monovlent, fluorinated, saturated, aliphatic radical having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one terminal perfluorinated carbon atom; Q is a divalent linking group free of reactive groups which would chemically interfere with the formation of ester or amide linkages and free of heteroatoms other than sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen; X is --O-- or --NR-- where R is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 14 carbon atoms; A is phenylene containing only hydrogen substituents on the aromatic carbon atoms or phenylene where one or more of said hydrogen substituents have been replaced by bromine, chlorine alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; is hydrogen or a cation selected from the group consisting of NH 4 + , Li + ,a protonated alkanol amine having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and quaternized forms of said amines.

Claim 13

In a method of treating human hair comprising applying to the hair an effective amount of a hair spray composition comprising a non-fluorinated film-forming resin in a solvent vehicle, the improvement comprising the addition to said composition of 0.005 to 5.0 percent by weight of said composition of a vehicle-soluble, dermally non-irritating compound of the formula: R.sub.f Q(XCO)A(COOZ) wherein R f is a monovlent, fluorinated, saturated, aliphatic radical having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one terminal perfluorinated carbon atom; Q is a divalent linking group free of reactive groups which would chemically interfere with the formation of ester or amide linkages and free of heteroatoms other than sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen; X is --O-- or --NR-- where R is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 14 carbon atoms; A is phenylene containing only hydrogen substituents on the aromatic carbon atoms or phenylene where one or more of said hydrogen substituents have been replaced by bromine, chlorine alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or combinations thereof; is hydrogen or a cation selected from the group consisting of NH 4 + , Li + ,a protonated alkanol amine having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and quaternized forms of said amines.

Claim 14

The method of claim 11 wherein the solvent vehicle is ethyl alcohol.

Claim 15

The method of claim 12 wherein the film-forming resin is the ethyl or butyl half ester of maleic anhydride methylvinyl ether copolymer.

Claim 16

The method of claim 13 wherein the compound is: ##STR53## where X is hydrogen or K 30 .