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Substituted metaaminophenols, a process for their preparation, hair dyeing compositions containing them and a hair-dyeing process

Assignee: L'Oréal SA
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Filing: 1984-06-07
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Granted: 1989-09-05
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Expires: 2004-06-07
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Abstract

Abstract A new substituted metaaminophenol of formula (I): <IMAGE> (I) wherein Z represents a monohydroxylated or polyhydroxylated hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aminoalkyl radical of the formula: <IMAGE> wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6 and R1 and R2, which are identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical of 1 to 6 carbom atoms or an acyl radical of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical or monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, monocarbamylalkyl, dicarbamylalkyl, aminoalkyl, acyl, carbalkoxy, carbamyl or monoalkylcarbamyl radical, the abovementioned alkyl radicals containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an acid salt thereof with the proviso that if R represents a hydrogen atom, Z cannot represent -CH2CH2OH is disclosed, together with a process for their preparation, hair-dyeing compositions containing them and a hair-dyeing process.

Inventors

  • 👤 Andree Bugaut
  • 👤 Alex Junino

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 14:41
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/10; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/40; A61K8/41; A61K8/415; C; C07; C07C; C07C275/00; C07C275/28; C07C275/32; C07C275/34

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 62 words
A metaaminophenol of the formula ##STR24## wherein Z represents a monohydroxylated or polyhydroxylated hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, monohydroxyalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms or polyhydroxyalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, or an acid salt thereof, with the proviso that if R represents hydrogen, Z cannot represent --CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 62 words
A metaaminophenol of the formula ##STR24## wherein Z represents a monohydroxylated or polyhydroxylated hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, monohydroxyalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms or polyhydroxyalkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, or an acid salt thereof, with the proviso that if R represents hydrogen, Z cannot represent --CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
The metaaminophenol of claim 1 wherein Z represents --CH 2 CH 2 OH, --CH 2 --CHOH--CH 2 OH or --CH 2 --CHOH--CH 3 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
The metaaminophenol of claim 1 selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxy-4-N-ethylaminophenoxyethanol, 2-hydroxy-4-N-β-hydroxyethylaminophenoxyethanol and 1-(2-hydroxy-4-aminophenoxy)propane-2,3-diol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
A hair-dyeing composition comprising at least one oxidation base, a cosmetic carrier, and at least one coupler as defined in claim 1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 124 words
A composition according to claim 4, comprising at least one oxidation base which is: (A) a paraphenylenediamine or paraaminophenol of formula (VI): ##STR25## or an acid salt thereof, wherein R' 1 , R' 2 , R' 3 and R' 4 , which are identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy or hydroxyalkoxy radical of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Y' represents a hydroxyl group or an NR' 5 R' 6 group, wherein R' 5 and R' 6 , which are identical or different represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, carbamylalkyl, mesylaminoalkyl or alkoxyalkyl radical of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or: (B) a heterocyclic oxidation base or an acid salt thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 39 words
A composition according to claim 5, comprising at least one oxidation base which is paraphenylenediamine, paratoluylenediamine, chloroparaphenylenediamine, 2,6-dimethylparaphenylenediamine, N-β-hydroxyethylparaphenylenediamine, N-carbamylmethylparaphenylenediamine, 2,5-diaminophenoxyethanol, N,N-di-β-hydroxyethylparaphenylenediamine, N-carbamylmethyl-N-ethylparaphenylenediamine, N-methoxyethylparaphenylenediamine, 2,5-diaminophenylethanol, paraaminophenol, 2-chloro-4-aminophenol, 3-chloro-4-aminophenol, N-methylparaaminophenol, or a salt thereof, or 2,5-diaminopyridine or its acid salt.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
A composition according to claim 4, comprising at least one complementary coupler other than those defined in claim 1, which is a metadiphenol, a metaaminophenol, a metadiamine, a heterocyclic coupler or an acid salt thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 29 words
A composition according to claim 7, wherein the complementary coupler is metaaminophenol, 2-methyl-5-aminophenol, 2-methyl-5-N-methylaminophenol, 2-methyl-5-N-β-hydroxyethylaminophenol, 2-methyl-5-N-carbamylmethylaminophenol, 2-methyl-5-N-acetylaminophenol, resorcinol, 2-methylresorcinol, 2,4-diaminophenoxyethanol, 2,4-diaminophenoxyethylamine, 1-(2',4'-diaminophenoxy)propane-2,3-diol, 2-N-β-hydroxyethylamino-4-aminoanisole, 2,6-diaminopyridine or an acid salt thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 29 words
A composition according to claim 4, comprising at least one direct dyestuff which is a nitro dyestuff of the benzene series, an anthraquinone dyestuff, or an indophenol or indoaniline.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 21 words
A composition according to claim 9, wherein the direct dyestuff is 2-methyl-4-amino-5-nitrophenol, 3-N-methylamino-4-nitrophenoxyethanol, 2-N-β-hydroxyethylamino-5-nitroanisole, 2-amino-3-nitrophenol, 3-nitro-4-N-β-hydroxyethylaminophenol, 3-nitro-4-N'-methylamino-N,N-di-β-hydroxyethylaniline, 3-nitro-4-amino-N-β-hydroxyethylaniline, 2-methyl-4-amino-5-nitro-N-β-hydroxyethylaniline or 1,4,5,8-tetraaminoanthraquinone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 28 words
A composition according to claim 4, which contains from 0.01% to 4% by weight of compound according to claim 1, relative to the total weight of the composition.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 46 words
A composition according to claim 4, wherein the cosmetic carrier comprises at least one of water, a solvent, a penetrating agent, a surface-active agent, a thickener, an antioxidant, an alkalizing or an acidifying agent, a sequestering agent, a perfume, a film-forming product or a treating agent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 14 words
A composition according to claim 4, which has a pH from 8 to 11.5.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 25 words
A composition according to claim 12 which contains from 0.05 to 55% by weight of surface-active agent relative to the total weight of the composition.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 25 words
A composition according to claim 12, which contains from 1 to 40% by weight of organic solvent relative to the total weight of the composition.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 24 words
A composition according to claim 12, which contains from 0.5 to 5% by weight of thickener relative to the total weight of the composition.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 24 words
A composition according to claim 12, which contains from 0.05 to 1.5% by weight of anti-oxidant relative to the total weight of the composition.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 19 words
A composition according to claim 4, in the form of a liquid, a cream, a gel or an aerosol.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 60 words
A hair-dyeing process, in which at the time of use, an oxidizing agent is mixed with a composition according to claim 4, the mixture is left to act on the hair for a period from 10 to 45 minutes at a temperature of from 15° to 50° C., and the hair is rinsed, optionally washed and rinsed again, and dried.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 18 words
A process according to claim 19 wherein the oxidizing agent is hydrogen peroxide, urea peroxide or a per-salt.

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