US5250652A
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High loading water-dispersible UVA and/or UVB light-absorbing copolymer
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1992-07-30
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Granted: 1993-10-05
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Expires: 2012-07-30
Abstract
Abstract The invention is concerned with novel water-dispersible copolymers which contain at least one UVA light-absorbing monomer, one UVB light-absorbing monomer, one hydrophilic monomer, and optionally one hydrophobic monomer component. The UVA light-absorbing monomer absorbs at lambda max ultraviolet light in the 320-400 nm range. The UVB light-absorbing monomer absorbs at max ultraviolet light in the 290-320 nm range. Because of the R3 group used in the invention, the copolymers of the invention permit higher loading of UV monomers than previously obtainable.
Inventors
- 👤 Matthew E. Langer
- 👤 Ferial Khorshahi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-02 11:41
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q17/00; A61Q17/04; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/84; A61K8/88; C; C07; C07C; C07C63/00; C07C63/66; C08; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/12; C08G63/52; C08G63/54; C08G63/547; C08G63/68; C08G69/00; C08G69/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
A copolymer having the formula: ##STR5## wherein: R is a difunctional aryl or alkyl group or a difunctional straight or branched alkyl chain containing 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R 1 is hydrogen or an aliphatic group having 1 to 20 carbons, an aryl, an alkaryl, a secondary amine, an alkali metal sulfonate, an alkali metal carboxylate, an alkyl ether, or a halogen atom; R 2 is a difunctional moiety absorbing UVA light at λmax; R 3 is a charged moiety selected from the group consisting of a carboxylate salt, a sulfonate salt, and a quaternary ammonium derivative; R 4 is a difunctional moiety absorbing UVB light at λmax; x is selected such that the hydrophobe is present at 0 to 49.9 mol % of the polymer; y is selected such that the R 2 group is present at 0 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer; z is selected such that the R 3 group is present at 0.5 to 49.9 mol % of the polymer; and w is selected such that the R 4 group is present at 0 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer; wherein y must be greater than 0 if w is 0 and w must be greater than 0 if y is 0.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
210 words
A copolymer having the formula: ##STR5## wherein: R is a difunctional aryl or alkyl group or a difunctional straight or branched alkyl chain containing 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R 1 is hydrogen or an aliphatic group having 1 to 20 carbons, an aryl, an alkaryl, a secondary amine, an alkali metal sulfonate, an alkali metal carboxylate, an alkyl ether, or a halogen atom; R 2 is a difunctional moiety absorbing UVA light at λmax; R 3 is a charged moiety selected from the group consisting of a carboxylate salt, a sulfonate salt, and a quaternary ammonium derivative; R 4 is a difunctional moiety absorbing UVB light at λmax; x is selected such that the hydrophobe is present at 0 to 49.9 mol % of the polymer; y is selected such that the R 2 group is present at 0 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer; z is selected such that the R 3 group is present at 0.5 to 49.9 mol % of the polymer; and w is selected such that the R 4 group is present at 0 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer; wherein y must be greater than 0 if w is 0 and w must be greater than 0 if y is 0.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein said carboxylate salt is a hydroxy-, phenylhydroxy-, thio-, or diaminoacid salt selected from the group consisting of cysteine acid salt, hydroxylysine acid salt, hydroxyproline acid salt, lysine acid salt, serine acid salt, threonine acid salt, and tyrosine acid salt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein R 3 is --HN(CH 2 ) 4 CH(CO 2 --Na + )NH--.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein said quaternary ammonium derivative is 2,3-dihydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein R 3 is --OCH 2 CH(CH 2 NMe 3 +Cl - )O--.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein R 4 is ##STR6##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein R 2 is ##STR7##
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1, wherein R 4 is ##STR8## R 3 is --HN(CH 2 ) 4 CH--(CO 2 --Na + )NH--; and R 2 is ##STR9##
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A copolymer according to claim 1 prepared by polymerizing a mixture of 4,4'-stilbenedicarbonyl dichloride, 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone, and lysine hydrochloride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein R 2 is ##STR10## R 3 is --OCH 2 CH(CH 2 NMe 3 + Cl - )O--; and R 4 is ##STR11##
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 prepared by polymerizing a mixture of 4,4'-stilbenedicarbonyl dichloride, 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone, and 2,3-dihydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride.
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