Microcapsule compositions containing amino silicone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018085291-A1
Application number	US-201615278805-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 28, 2016
Priority date	Sep 28, 2016
Publication date	Mar 29, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a microcapsule composition containing a microcapsule and an aminopolysiloxane. The microcapsule has an oil core including an active material and a capsule wall encapsulating the oil core. The microcapsule wall is formed of an encapsulating polymer. Also disclosed are a method of preparing the microcapsule composition and a consumer product containing the microcapsule composition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A microcapsule composition comprising a microcapsule and an aminopolysiloxane, wherein
the microcapsule has an oil core containing an active material and a capsule wall encapsulating the oil core, the microcapsule has a particle size of 0.1 to 1000 microns, and the microcapsule wall is formed of an encapsulating polymer.

2 . The microcapsule composition of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulating polymer is a polyacrylate, polyurea, polyurethane, polyacrylamide, polyester, polyether, polyamide, poly(acrylate-co-acrylamide), starch, silica, gelatin and gum Arabic, alginate, chitosan, polylactide, poly(melamine-formaldehyde), poly(urea-formaldehyde), or combination thereof; and the active material is a fragrance, pro-fragrance, flavor, malodor counteractive agent, vitamin or derivative thereof, anti-inflammatory agent, fungicide, anesthetic, analgesic, antimicrobial active, anti-viral agent, anti-infectious agent, anti-acne agent, skin lightening agent, insect repellant, animal repellent, vermin repellent, emollient, skin moisturizing agent, wrinkle control agent, UV protection agent, fabric softener active, hard surface cleaning active, skin or hair conditioning agent, flame retardant, antistatic agent, nanometer to micron size inorganic solid, polymeric or elastomeric particle, taste modulator, cell, probiotic, or combination thereof.

3 . The microcapsule composition of claim 1 , further comprising a polyvinyl alcohol, polystyrene sulfonate, carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium polystyrene sulfonate, alkylnaphthalenesulfonate formaldehyde condensate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, copolymer of vinyl pyrrolidone and quaternized dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, or combination thereof, wherein the encapsulating polymer is a polyurea or polyurethane, the polyurea is a reaction product of a polyfunctional isocyanate and a polyfunctional amine, and the polyurethane is a reaction product of a polyfunctional isocyanate and a polyfunctional alcohol as a cross-linking agent.

4 . The microcapsule composition of claim 3 , wherein
the polyfunctional isocyanate is an aromatic polyfunctional isocyanate, aliphatic polyfunctional isocyanate, or combination thereof, the aromatic polyfunctional isocyanate containing a phenyl, tolyl, xylyl, naphthyl, or diphenyl moiety, or a combination; the aliphatic polyfunctional isocyanate being a trimer of hexamethylene diisocyanate, a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate, a biuret of hexamethylene diisocyanate, or a combination thereof; and the polyfunctional amine is hexamethylenediamine, hexaethylenediamine, ethylenediamine, 1,3-diaminopropane, 1,4-diamino-butane, diethylenetriamine, pentaethylenehexamine, 1,6-diaminohexane, hydrazine, 1,4-diaminocyclohexane and 1,3-diamino-1-methylpropane, bis(3-aminopropyl)amine, bis(hexamethylene)triamine, tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, triethylene-tetramine, N,N′-bis(3-aminopropyl)-1,3-propanediamine, tetraethylenepentamine, branched polyethylenimine, chitosan, nisin, gelatin, 1,3-diamino-guanidine, 1,1-dimethylbiguanide, guanidine, arginine, lysine, ornithine, histidine, amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, or a combination thereof.

5 . The microcapsule composition of claim 4 , wherein the aromatic polyfunctional isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, polyisocyanurates of toluene diisocyanate, trimethylol propane-adducts of toluene diisocyanate, trimethylol propane-adducts of xylylene diisocyanate, and combinations thereof; and the aliphatic polyfunctional isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of dimers, biurets, symmetric trimers, asymmetric trimers of hexamethylene diisocyanate, and combinations thereof.

6 . The microcapsule composition of claim 3 , wherein each of the alkylnaphthalenesulfonate formaldehyde condensate and polyvinylpyrrolidone, independently, is present at 0.1 to 5% by weight of the microcapsule composition, and the ratio between the alkylnaphthalenesulfonate formaldehyde condensate and polyvinylpyrrolidone is 10:1 to 1:10.

7 . The microcapsule composition of claim 3 , wherein the encapsulating polymer is a polyurea that is a reaction product of a polyfunctional isocyanate and a polyfunctional amine, the polyfunctional isocyanate contains a trimethylol propane-adduct of toluene diisocyanate or a trimethylol propane-adduct of xylylene diisocyanate, and the polyfunctional amine is diethylenetriamine, bis(3-aminopropyl)amine, bis(hexamethylene)triamine, tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, triethylenetetramine, N,N′-bis(3-aminopropyl)-1,3-propanediamine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, branched polyethylenimine, chitosan, nisin, gelatin, 1,3-diaminoguanidine monohydrochloride, 1,1-dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride, or guanidine carbonate, or mixture thereof.

8 . The microcapsule composition of claim 1 , further comprising a cationically modified polyvinyl alcohol or quaternized polysaccharide.

9 . The microcapsule composition of claim 1 , wherein the aminopolysiloxane has a structure of Formula I:

wherein
R is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, or —O—Si(CH 3 ) 3 ;
R 1 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, —(OCH 2 CH 2 ) m —H, or —(OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 ) n —H, in which each of m and n, independently, is an integer from 0 to 10;
R 2 is NH2, NHR′, or NR′R″, in which each of R′ and R′, independently, is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl;
A is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, —(OCH 2 CH 2 ) m —H, or —(OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 ) n —H;
x is 0 to 2000;
y is 1-2000; and
z is 1-2000.

10 . The microcapsule composition of claim 1 , further comprising a deposition aid that is polyquaternium-4, polyquaternium-5, polyquaternium-6, polyquaternium-7, polyquaternium-10, polyquaternium-16, polyquaternium-22, polyquaternium-24, polyquaternium-28, polyquaternium-39, polyquaternium-44, polyquaternium-46, polyquaternium-47, polyquaternium-53, polyquaternium-55, polyquaternium-67, polyquaternium-68, polyquaternium-69, polyquaternium-73, polyquaternium-74, polyquaternium-77, polyquaternium-78, polyquaternium-79, polyquaternium-80, polyquaternium-81, polyquaternium-82, polyquaternium-86, polyquaternium-88, polyquaternium-101, polyvinylamine, polyethyleneimine, polyvinylamine and vinylformamide copolymer, an acrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride/acrylamide copolymer, a methacrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride/acrylamide copolymer, or a mixture thereof.

11 . The microcapsule composition of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulating polymer contains a first polymer and a second polymer, the ratio between the first polymer and the second polymer is 1:10 to 10:1, the first polymer is a sol-gel polymer, and the second polymer is polyacrylate, polyacrylamide, poly(acrylate-co-acrylamide), polyurea, polyurethane, starch, gelatin and gum Arabic, poly(melamine-formaldehyde), poly(urea-formaldehyde), or a combination thereof.

12 . The microcapsule composition of claim 11 , wherein the first polymer is a silica gel or polyalkylsiloxane and the second polymer is a polyurea polymer.

13 . A method of preparing a microcapsule composition of claim 1 , the method comprising:
(a) providing an oil phase having an active material, a first polymer precursor, and a second polymer precursor, (b) providing an aqueous phase having an aminopolysiloxane, (c) emulsifying the oil phase into the aqueous phase to form an oil-in-water emulsion, (d) causing the formation of a capsule having an oil core that contains the active material and a capsule wall that is formed of the first polymer precursor and a second polymer precursor, and (e) curing the capsule to obtain the microcapsu

Assignees

• Int Flavors & Fragrances Inc

Inventors

• Sasaki Takashi
• Lin Yuchuan
• Pluyter Johan G L

Classifications

• C11D3/162

  containing Si · CPC title

• C11D17/0039

  Coated compositions or coated components in the compositions, (micro)capsules · CPC title

• A23P10/30

  Encapsulation of particles, e.g. foodstuff additives · CPC title

• B01J13/185

  in an organic phase · CPC title

• C11D3/50

  Perfumes · CPC title