Claims
- 1. A composition suitable for cosmetic application which comprises an effective amount of a compound of the general formula I: ##STR18## in which: Z and Z' independently denote a hydrogen atom or a SO.sub.3 H radical or a salt thereof with an inorganic or organic base, at least one of Z and Z' denoting a hydrogen atom; R.sub.1 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical containing 4 to 18 carbon atoms when R.sub.2 is other than an alkoxy radical, an alkyl radical containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms when R.sub.2 is an alkoxy radical, an alkenyl radical containing 3 to 18 carbon atoms, a radical of formula ##STR19## or a salt thereof with an organic or inorganic base, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.m CO.sub.2 R, in which R denotes H or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a divalent radical of formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- or --CH.sub.2 --CHOH--CH.sub.2 --, m having a value from 1 to 10, n having a value from 1 to 20 and p having a value from 1 to 6, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each independently denote a hydrogen atom or an optionally branched or hydroxy alkyl radical, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together form a morpholino or a piperidino ring with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached; R.sub.2 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy radical containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a divalent radical --O-- bonded to the radical R.sub.1 if the latter is also divalent; q denotes 1 or 2, such that if q is 2, R.sub.1 is a said divalent radical, with the proviso that if R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen, R.sub.2 also denotes hydrogen; when q is 1, at least one of Z, Z', R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is not hydrogen and when Z and Z' are both hydrogen, R.sub.1 is not --CH.sub.2 -- when R.sub.2 is --O--; and a cosmetically acceptable vehicle or a mixture of the cosmetically acceptable vehicle and a cosmetically acceptable adjuvant in an amount of 1 to 98% by weight.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1, which comprises a compound of formula I in an amount of 0.5 to 10% by weight, in the form of a solution, an oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsion, a gel, a dispersion, a suspension or a foam, or packaged in the form of an aerosol.
- 3. A composition according to claim 2 which comprises a compound of formula I in an amount of 1 to 6% by weight.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 which contains an adjuvant selected from lanoline, a fatty acid triglyceride, an essential oil, polyethylene glycol, oxyethylenated lanoline, isopropyl palmitate or myristate, cetyl/stearyl, cetyl or stearyl alcohol, glyceryl monostearate or distearate, polyethylene glycol monostearate or distearate, an inorganic or organic wax or oil selected from vaseline oil, sipol wax, silicone oil, sunflower oil or castor oil, an agent which slows down the dehydration of the skin selected from salts of pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid, salts of hydroxyacids, aminoacids and urea, or an anionic or non-ionic surface-active agent, or mixtures thereof.
- 5. A composition according to claim 1, which comprises as solvent or suspending agent, water, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, glycerol, propylene glycol, sorbitol, oleyl alcohol or hexylene glycol, a mixture of said alcohols or an aqueous-alcoholic mixture.
- 6. A composition according to claim 1, which contains an iron oxide or titanium oxide in an amount of 0.001 to 0.2% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition.
- 7. A composition according to claim 1, which contains a compound of formula I in which Z or Z'=SO.sub.3 H, and is totally or partially neutralised with an inorganic or organic base.
- 8. A composition according to claim 1 which contains a compound of formula I which contains a basic group and is partially or totally neutralised with an inorganic or organic acid.
- 9. A composition according to claim 1 which contains another protective agent which filters UV-B radiation and which is a p-amino- or p-dialkylamino-benzoic acid ester or benzylidene-camphor optionally substituted by an alkyl, ammonium, sulpho or substituted alkyl radical, or a mixture of the above compounds.
- 10. A composition according to claim 9, which contains a benzylidene-camphor derivative having the formula: ##STR20## in which: R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Y represents a halogen, a methyl group or a hydrogen atom and X.sup.- represents a halide, an arylsulphonate, an alkylsulphonate, a camphosulphonate or an alkyl-sulphate.
- 11. A composition according to claim 9 which contains a benzylidene-camphor derivative having the formula: ##STR21## in which R denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R' and R" each independently denote a hydrogen atom or a --SO.sub.3 M radical, in which M denotes H, an organic ammonium group or a metal, at least one of the radicals R' and R" not being H.
- 12. A composition according to claim 9 which contains an alkyl-substituted benzylidene-camphor derivative having the formula: ##STR22## in which Y and Y' independently denote H or SO.sub.3 H, or a salt thereof with an organic or inorganic base, and Z' denotes the group --CH.sub.2 BR, --CHBrBr, --CH.sub.2 I, --CH.sub.2 R, --CHR'R', --CHO or --COOR", in which R=--NR.sub.1 R.sub.2, --NR.sub.1.sup.+ R.sub.2 R.sub.3, --OR.sub.4, --OCOR.sub.5, --SR.sub.6, --CN, --COOR" or --SSO.sub.3 Na, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently denote H, C.sub.1-18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl or together form, with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a heterocyclic ring, R.sub.3 denotes C.sub.1-4 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or sulphonatopropyl, R.sub.4 denotes alkyl, polyoxyethylene, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, menthyl or dialkylaminoalkyl, R.sub.5 denotes alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or an aromatic or non-aromatic heterocyclic ring containing 5 or 6 ring members, R.sub.6 denotes H, alkyl, carboxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aryl or 3-alanyl, R' denotes --OR'.sub.4 or --SR'.sub.6, in which R'.sub.4 and R'.sub.6 are as defined under R.sub.4 and R.sub.6, respectively, but other than hydrogen, polyoxyethylene, hydroxyalkyl, 3-alanyl- or aryl, and R" denotes hydrogen or alkyl, and if R=--NR.sub.1 R.sub.2, the compound can be in the form of an addition salt with an inorganic or organic acid, and if R=NR.sub.1.sup.+ R.sub.2 R.sub.3, in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not H, the ionic balance in the molecule is provided either by R.sub.3, if the latter denotes sulphonatopropyl, or by an anion X.sup.-, which is SO.sub.4 alkyl, SO.sub.3 aryl, SO.sub.3 alkyl or halogen.
- 13. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the compound of the general formula I is 3-(3',4'-dimethoxybenzylidene)-bornan-2-one.
- 14. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the compound of the general formula I is 3-(4'-dodecyloxybenzylidene)-bornan-2-one.
- 15. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the compound of the general formula I is 3-(4'-butoxybenzylidene)-bornan-2-one.
- 16. A compound according to claim 1 wherein the compound of the general formula I is sodium 2-butoxy-5-(2-oxobornylidene-3-methyl)-benzenesulphonate.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 56,262 filed July 10, 1979.
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