TY - JOUR
T1 - Potential bleach activators with improved imide hydrolytic stability
AU - Song, Ziyuan
AU - Chen, Xue
AU - Wang, Zhiyu
AU - King, Steve
AU - Yan, Haoyuan
AU - Cai, Kaimin
AU - Cheng, Jianjun
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by The Dow Chemical Company.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - The commercially available bleach activator, N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), has been widely used in laundry detergents to enable efficient low-temperature bleaching. However, the competitive hydrolysis of TAED limits its use in liquid detergents. Herein we report the synthesis of two TAED derivatives, N,N,N′,N′-tetracetylpropylene-1,2-diamine (TA(Me)ED) and N,N,N′-triacetylpropylene-1,2-diamine (TriA(Me)ED), through the acetylation of propylene-1,2-diamine. The hydrolytic and perhydrolytic activity of the imide molecules were studied by HPLC to elucidate the structure–function relationship. Due to the increased steric hindrance imparted by the α-methyl group close to the imide, TA(Me)ED and TriA(Me)ED exhibited higher hydrolytic stability than TAED, with the hydrolytic rate constants (kH) at pH 8.0 decreased by 58% and 84% for TA(Me)ED and TriA(Me)ED, respectively. On the other hand, TA(Me)ED and TriA(Me)ED showed comparable perhydrolytic activity with TAED in the presence of peroxide, enabling similar bleaching effect of a model food dye at room temperature. These results suggest these TAED derivatives may have potential being used as improved bleach activators.
AB - The commercially available bleach activator, N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), has been widely used in laundry detergents to enable efficient low-temperature bleaching. However, the competitive hydrolysis of TAED limits its use in liquid detergents. Herein we report the synthesis of two TAED derivatives, N,N,N′,N′-tetracetylpropylene-1,2-diamine (TA(Me)ED) and N,N,N′-triacetylpropylene-1,2-diamine (TriA(Me)ED), through the acetylation of propylene-1,2-diamine. The hydrolytic and perhydrolytic activity of the imide molecules were studied by HPLC to elucidate the structure–function relationship. Due to the increased steric hindrance imparted by the α-methyl group close to the imide, TA(Me)ED and TriA(Me)ED exhibited higher hydrolytic stability than TAED, with the hydrolytic rate constants (kH) at pH 8.0 decreased by 58% and 84% for TA(Me)ED and TriA(Me)ED, respectively. On the other hand, TA(Me)ED and TriA(Me)ED showed comparable perhydrolytic activity with TAED in the presence of peroxide, enabling similar bleaching effect of a model food dye at room temperature. These results suggest these TAED derivatives may have potential being used as improved bleach activators.
KW - Bleach activator
KW - Hydrolysis
KW - Imides
KW - Perhydrolysis
KW - Steric hindrance
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U2 - 10.1007/s40090-020-00210-4
DO - 10.1007/s40090-020-00210-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088835061
VL - 11
SP - 177
EP - 185
JO - International Journal of Industrial Chemistry
JF - International Journal of Industrial Chemistry
SN - 2228-5970
IS - 3
ER -