Claims
- 1. A sunscreen composition, comprising:
- 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.sub.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.sub.2 is a moiety which absorbs UVA light (320-400 nanometer range) at .lambda.max;
- R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of --HN(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CH(CO.sub.2 .sup.- Na.sup.+)NH--; and --OCH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.2 NMe.sub.3.sup.+ Cl.sup.-)O--;
- R.sub.4 is a moiety which absorbs UVB light (290-320 nanometer range) at .lambda.max;
- x is selected such that the R--R.sub.1 hydrophobe is present at 0 to a 49.9 mol % of the polymer;
- y is selected such that the R.sub.2 group is present at 1 to 99.9 mol % of the polymer;
- z is selected such that the R.sub.3 group is present at 0.5 to 49.9 mol % of the polymer;
- w is selected such that the R.sub.4 group is present at 0.1 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; and
- wherein the copolymer has a loading at about 75% to about 95% UVA and UVB moiety while still allowing the copolymer to be solvated in aqueous media;
- wherein each group represented by x, y, z, and w may be interchanged in random order.
- 2. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.2 is ##STR6##
- 3. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.4 is ##STR7##
- 4. A composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.2 is ##STR8##
- 5. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.2 is ##STR9## R.sub.3 is --HN(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CH(CO.sub.2.sup.- Na.sup.+)NH--; and R.sub.4 is ##STR10##
- 6. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, prepared by polymerizing a mixture of 4,4'-stilbenedicarbonyl dichloride, 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone, and lysine HCl.
- 7. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, wherein R.sub.2 is ##STR11## R.sub.3 is --OCH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.2 NMe.sub.3.sup.+ Cl.sup.-)O--;and R.sub.4 is ##STR12##
- 8. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, prepared by polymerizing a mixture of 4,4'-stilbenedicarbonyl dichloride, 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone, and 2,3-dihydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride.
- 9. A sunscreen composition according to claim 1, comprising:
- ______________________________________Ingredient Weight Percent______________________________________A copolymer comprising a UVA Iight-absorbing 10.00monomer and a UVB light-absorbing monomeraccording to the invention�Finsolv TN! Benzoic Acid Ester of C.sub.12 -C.sub.15 Alcohol 10.00Stearic Acid 4.00�Amphisol! Cocoamidobetaine 3.00Cetyl Alcohol 1.50Water 69.95�Carbopol 980! Poly(acrylic acid) 0.15Triethanolamine 1.00Methylparaben 0.30Propylparaben 0.10______________________________________
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation application of Ser. No. 07/922,458, filed Jul. 30, 1992 abandoned.
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