Claims
- 1. A water or alcohol soluble or dispersible thermoplastic elastomeric copolymer having a backbone and two or more hydrophilic polymeric side chains and one or more polysiloxane side chains, said copolymer formed from the copolymerization of randomly repeating A, B, and C units wherein said copolymer comprises:
- (i) from about 20% to about 89.9% by weight of said A units, wherein said A units are ethylenically unsaturated monomer units that are copolymerizable with said B and C units;
- (ii) from about 10% to about 60% by weight of said B units, wherein said B units are hydrophilic nitrogen containing macromonomer units having a polymeric portion and a moiety that is copolymerizable with said A and C units, wherein said B macromonomer units are selected from nitrogen containing macromonomers represented by the following structure ##STR16## wherein R.sup.12 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 straight or branched chain alkyl, benzyl, and mixtures thereof, m is an integer from about 10 to about 2000; E is an ethylenically unsaturated moiety, copolymerizable with A and C, selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl, acryloyl, methacryloyl, ethacryloyl, styryl, 2-vinyl benzyl, 3-vinyl benzyl, 4-vinyl benzyl, 2-vinylbenzoyl, 3-vinylbenzoyl, 4-vinylbenzoyl, 1-butenyl, isobutenyl, isoprenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, and mixtures thereof; and P is selected from the group consisting of 4-dimethylaminomethyl benzene, 4-aminomethyl benzene, 4-dimethylaminoethyl benzene, 4-aminoethyl benzene, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and C1-C4 alkyl quaternized derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; and
- (iii) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of said C units, wherein said C units are polysiloxane macromonomer units having a polymeric portion and a moiety that is copolymerizable with said A and B units, wherein said A units, in conjunction with said copolymerizable moieties of said B units and said C units, form said backbone; wherein said polymeric portion of said B units forms said hydrophilic side chains; wherein said polymeric portion of said C units forms said polysiloxane side chains; wherein said copolymer has a weight average molecular weight greater than about 10,000, and wherein said copolymer exhibits at least two distinct T.sub.g values, said first T.sub.g corresponding to said backbone and having a value less than about 0.degree. C., and said second T.sub.g corresponding to said hydrophilic polymeric side chains and having a value greater than about 25.degree. C.
- 2. A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein R.sup.12 is 1,1-diphenyl-4-methylpentyl and m is an integer from about 20 to about 250.
- 3. A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein the T.sub.g corresponding to said backbone is from about -45.degree. C. to about -120.degree. C., and the T.sub.g corresponding to said hydrophilic polymeric side chains is from about 35.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C.
- 4. A copolymer according to claim 3 wherein said A monomer units comprise from about 35% to about 85% by weight of the total copolymer, said B macromonomer units comprise from about 20% to about 55% by weight of the total copolymer, and said C polysiloxane macromonomer units comprise from about 1% to about 15% by weight of the total copolymer.
- 5. A copolymer according to claim 3 wherein said A monomer units comprise from about 50% to about 80% by weight of the total copolymer, said B macromonomer units comprise from about 30% to about 50% by weight of the total copolymer, and said C polysiloxane macromonomer units comprise from about 2% to about 10% by weight of the total copolymer.
- 6. A copolymer according to claim 5 wherein said A monomer units are of the formula ##STR17## wherein X is elected from the group consisting of --OH, --OM, --OR.sup.4, --NH.sub.2, --NHR.sup.4, and --N(R.sup.4).sub.2 ; M is a cation selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Mg++, Ca++, Zn++, NH.sub.4 +, alkylammonium, dialkylammonium, trialkylammonium, and tetralkylammonium; R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 straight or branched chain alkyl, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, methyl quaternized N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, and 2-ethoxyethyl; and R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 straight or branched chain alkyl, methoxy, ethoxy, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, and 2-ethoxyethyl.
- 7. A copolymer according to claim 6 wherein said A monomer units are selected from the group consisting of n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, N-octyl acrylamide, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, methyl quaternized N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, and mixtures thereof.
- 8. A copolymer according to claim 7 wherein said polysiloxane macromonomer is of the formula
- E'(Y).sub.n Si(R.sup.7).sub.3-t (Z).sub.t
- wherein E' is an ethylenically unsaturated moiety copolymerizble with A and B; Y is a divalent linking group; R.sup.7 is selected from the group consisitng of H, lower alkyl, aryl, or alkoxy; Z is a monovalent siloxane polymeric moiety having a number average molecular weight of at least about 500, is essentially unreactive under copolymerization conditions, and is pendant from said backbone after polymerization; n is 0 or 1; and t is an integer from 1 to 3.
- 9. A copolymer according to claim 8 wherein said polysiloxane macromonomer is selected from the group consisting of ##STR18## wherein t is 1, 2, or 3; p is 0 or 1; R.sup.8 is alkyl or hydrogen; q is an integer from 2 to 6, s is an integer from 0 to 2; E' is ##STR19## wherein R.sup.9 is hydrogen or --COOH; R.sub.10 is hydrogen, methyl or --CH.sub.2 COOH; Z is ##STR20## R.sup.11 is alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, aryl, or hdryoxyl; and r is an integer from about 5 to about 700.
- 10. A water or alcohol soluble or dispersible thermoplastic elastomeric copolymer having a backbone and two or more hydrophilic polymeric side chains and one or more polysiloxane side chains, said copolymer formed from the copolymerization of randomly repeating A, B, and C units and corresponding to the formula
- �A!.sub.a �B!.sub.b �C!.sub.c
- wherein
- (i) A is at least one monomer unit, copolymerizable with said B and C units, corresponding to the formula ##STR21## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of --OH, --OM, --OR.sup.4, --NH.sub.2, --NHR.sup.4, and --N(R.sup.4).sub.2 ; M is a cation selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Mg++, Ca++, Zn++, NH.sub.4 +, alkylammonium, dialkylammonium, trialkylammonium, and tetralkylammonium; each R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 straight or branched chain alkyl, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, methyl quaternized N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, and 2-ethoxyethyl; and R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 straight or branched chain alkyl, methoxy, ethoxy, 2-hydroxyethoxy, 2-methoxyethyl, and 2-ethoxyethyl;
- (ii) B is at least one hydrophilic nitrogen containing macromonomer unit, copolymerizable with said A and C units, corresponding to the formula ##STR22## wherein R.sup.12 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 straight or branched chain alkyl benzyl, and mixtures thereof, m is an integer from about 10 to about 2000; E is an ethylenically unsaturated moiety, copolymerizable with A and C, selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl, acryloyl, methacryloyl, ethacryloyl, styryl, 2-vinyl benzyl, 3-vinyl benzyl, 4-vinyl benzyl, 2-vinylbenzoyl, 3-vinylbenzoyl, 4-vinylbenzoyl, 1-butenyl, isobutenyl isoprenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, and mixtures thereof; and P is selected from the group consisting of 4-dimethylaminomethyl benzene, 4-aminomethyl benzene, 4-dimethylaminoethyl benzene, 4-aminoethyl benzene, and acceptable salts and C1-C4 allyl quaternized derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof;
- (iii) C is at least one polysiloxane macromonomer unit, copolymerizable with said A and B units, corresponding to the formula
- E(Y).sub.n Si(R.sup.7).sub.3-t (Z).sub.t
- wherein E' is an ethylenically unsaturated moiety copolymerizable with A and B; Y is a divalent linking group; R.sup.7 is selected from the group consisting of H, lower alkyl, aryl, or alkoxy; Z is a monovalent siloxane polymeric moiety having a number average molecular weight of at least about 500, is essentially unreactive under copolymerization conditions, and is pendant from said backbone after polymerization; n is 0 or 1; and t is an integer from 1 to 3; and
- (iv) a is an integer of about 100 or greater, b is an integer of about 2 or greater, and c is an integer of about 1 or greater, and wherein said A units, in conjunction with said ethylenically unsaturated moieties of said B units and said C units, form said backbone; wherein said polymeric portion of said B units forms said hydrophilic side chains; wherein said polymeric portion of said C units forms said polysiloxane side chains; wherein said copolymer has a weight average molecular weight greater than about 10,000, and wherein said copolymer exhibits at least two distinct T.sub.g values, said first T.sub.g corresponding to said backbone and having a value less than about 0.degree. C., and said second T.sub.g corresponding to said hydrophilic polymeric side chains and having a value greater than about 25.degree. C.
- 11. A copolymer according to claim 10 wherein said A monomer units are selected from the group consisting of n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, N-octyl acrylamide, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, methyl quaternized N,N-diemthylaminoethyl acrylate, and mixtures thereof; R is methyl, R' is ethyl, m is an integer from about 10 to about 2000, a is an integer from about 100 to about 3000, b is an integer from about 2 to about 50, and c is an integer from about 1 to about 25.
- 12. A copolymer according to claim 11 wherein said polysiloxane macromonomer is selected from the group consisting of ##STR23## wherein t is 1, 2, or 3; p is 0 or 1; R.sup.8 is alkyl or hydrogen; q is an integer from 2 to 6, s is an integer from 0 to 2; E' is ##STR24## wherein R.sup.9 is hydrogen or --COOH; R.sub.10 is hydrogen, methyl or --CH.sub.2 COOH; Z is ##STR25## R.sup.11 is alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, aryl, or hydroxyl; and r is an integer from about 5 to about 700.
- 13. A hair care composition useful for styling hair, comprising the copolymer of claim 1 and a carrier suitable for application to the hair.
- 14. A hair care composition according to claim 13, in the form of a liquid suitable for application to the hair, wherein said carrier comprises water, a C1-C6 monohydric alcohol, or a mixture thereof.
- 15. A hair care composition according to claim 14 which further comprises a propellant.
- 16. A hair care composition according to claim 13, in the form of a liquid suitable for application to the hair, wherein said carrier comprises a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, and mixtures thereof.
- 17. A hair care composition according to claim 13, in the form of a mousse for application to the hair, wherein said carrier comprises water, one or more surfactants, and a propellant.
- 18. A composition for topical application to the skin comprising the copolymer of claim 1 and a carrier suitable for application to the skin.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/440,867, filed on May 15, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,694 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/259,069 filed on Jun. 20, 1994, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/257,961 filed on Jun. 16, 1994, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/236,881 filed Apr. 29, 1994, now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/110,592 filed Aug. 23, 1993, now abandoned.
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