Use of rhamnolipids and/or sophorolipids in coating compositions for obtaining a homogeneous colour appearance of the dry coating film and/or for increasing occupational safety in the production of coating compositions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12338366-B2
Application number	US-202117547575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2021
Priority date	Dec 15, 2020
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

Rhamnolipids and/or sophorolipids can be used in coating compositions for improvement of the speed of wetting of pulverulent formulation constituents in such compositions, which leads to a reduction in dust nuisance during incorporation thereof and to the increase in occupational safety in the production of coating compositions. Rhamnolipids and/or sophorolipids can also be used in coating compositions for obtaining improved homogeneous colour appearance of the dry paint film with regard to difference in hue, ascertained from the delta E and visual assessment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of improving a speed of wetting pulverulent formulation constituents in a coating composition, the method comprising:
grinding with grinding bodies at least one solid selected from the group consisting of a filler, a pigment, a dye, an optical brightener, a ceramic material and a magnetic material with at least one rhamnolipid (RL) and/or at least one sophorolipid forming a ground solid in a liquid medium selected from the group consisting of an organic solvent, water and a mixture thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising mixing said ground solid into said coating composition, wherein the coating composition is a paint or coating material selected from the group consisting of an interior wall paint, an exterior paint, an architectural paint, a floor coating, a wood paint, an industrial paint, an automotive OEM or refinishing paint, a primer, a primer-surfacer, a basecoat, and a topcoat.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the coating composition comprises at least one further additive.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one further additive is selected from the group consisting of a wetting agent, a dispersing additive, a rheology additive, a levelling aid, and a defoamer.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one rhamnolipid and/or the at least one sophorolipid is present within a range from 0.01% by weight to 10.0% by weight, based on the coating composition.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the at least
one rhamnolipid and/or the at least one sophorolipid is present within a range from 0.1% by weight to 5.0% by weight, based on the coating composition.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the coating composition is formed from an additive composition that comprises the ground solid and the at least one rhamnolipid and/or the at least one sophorolipid, wherein the additive composition is a pigment concentrate, a colour paste, a pigment paste, or a millbase.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one rhamnolipid is a compound of the general formula (I) or a salt thereof:

wherein
m=2, 1 or 0,
n=1 or 0,
R 6 and R 7 = independently an identical or different organic radical having 2 to 24 carbon atoms.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the Formula (I), R 6 and R 7 are independently an optionally branched, optionally substituted, optionally unsaturated alkyl radical having 2 to 24 carbon atoms.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the Formula (I), R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from the group consisting of pentenyl, heptenyl, nonenyl, undecenyl, tridecenyl, and (CH 2 ) x -CH 3 with x=1 to 23.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one rhamnolipid is a mixed composition with >90% diRL.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one rhamnolipid is a mixed composition comprising rhamnolipids, wherein the mixed composition contains:
51% by weight to 95% by weight of diRL-C10C10, and
0.5% by weight to 9% by weight of monoRL-C10C10,

wherein percentages by weight are based on a sum total of all rhamnolipids present, and with the proviso that a weight ratio of di-rhamnolipids to mono-rhamnolipids is greater than 91:9.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the weight ratio of di-rhamnolipids to mono-rhamnolipids is greater than 98:2.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one rhamnolipid is a mixed composition comprising rhamnolipids, wherein the mixed composition contains 0.5% by weight to 15% by weight of diRL-C10C12:1, wherein percentages by weight are based on a sum total of all rhamnolipids present.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least sophorolipid is a compound of the formula (II) or (IIa):

wherein
R 1 and R 2 are independently either H or an acetyl group,
R 3 is H, a methyl, ethyl, or hexyl group,
R 4 is independently a saturated or unsaturated divalent branched or unbranched organic group,
R 5 is H or a methyl group, and
with the proviso that a total number of carbon atoms in the groups R 4 and R 5 do not exceed 29.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said solid is a pigment and said ground solid has an improved homogeneous colour appearance of a dry paint film hue as compared with a coating film without rhamnolipids and/or sophorolipids.

17. The method according to claim 1 wherein an organic solvent is present which is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl acetate, a hydrocarbon, an alcohol, an ether, a glycol and a glycol ether.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an organic solvent is present which is at least one selected from the group consisting of butyl acetate, ethyl acetate and petroleum spirits.

Assignees

• Evonik Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Reuter Ellen
• Silber Stefan
• Allef Petra
• Roland Katrin
• Cavaleiro Pedro
• Mergenthaler Jochen
• Jansen Claudia
• Blei Marco

Classifications

• C07H15/06

  being a hydroxyalkyl group esterified by a fatty acid · CPC title

• C09D7/41

  Organic pigments; Organic dyes · CPC title

• C09D7/63 Primary

  organic · CPC title

• C09D7/61

  inorganic · CPC title

• C09D5/028

  Pigments; Filters · CPC title