CA2333131A1 - Water-absorbing polymers having supramolecular hollow molecules, a method of producing same, and their use - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to absorbent polymers based on optionally partially neutralised, monoethylenically unsaturated, acid group-carrying monomers. Th e surfaces of said polymers are re-cross-linked. The inventive polymers also have cyclodextrines and/or cyclodextrine derivatives which are covalently and/or ionically bonded and/or included therein.
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Water-absorbing Polymers Having Supramolecular Hollow Molecules, a Method of Producing Same, and Their Use The invention relates to absorbents, preferably for water and aqueous liquids, which absorbents are based on polymers absorbing aqueous liquids, wherein cyclodexarin or cyclodextrin derivatives have been inr_orporated ionically, covalently and/or as a result of mechanical inclusion.
Commercially available superabsorbing polymer; essen-tially are crosslinked polyacrylic acids, crosslinked starch-/acrylic acid graft copolymers, crosslinked hydrolyzed starch/acrylonitrile graft copolymers, crosslinkeo, poly-(maleic anhydride-co-isobutylene), or mixtures of various of the above-mentioned crosslinked polymers, wherein the car-boxylic groups have been subjected to partial neutralization with sodium and/or potassium ions.
Such polymers find use e.g. in hygiene articles capa-._._.. ble of absorbing body fluids such as urine or in materials for cable sheathings where they absorb large amounts of aque-ous liquids and body fluids such as urine or blood with swel-ling and formation of hydrogels. Furthermore, the absorbed amount of liquid must be retained under a pressure typical of use. During the further techn=ical development of superabsorb-ing polymers, the pattern o.f requirements to be met by these products has changed significantly over the years. To date, the development. of superabsorbers has been forced particular-ly with respect.. to the amount= of absorbed liquid and pressure stability.
Such crosslinked polymer products based on monomers containing acid groups are obtained by using one c>r more primary crosslinkers and one or more secondary crosslinkers and exhibit a combination of properties, namely, high reten-tion, high absorption under pressure, low solubles, and rapid absorption of liquid, which has not been achieved so far.
When used in hygiene articles, these crosslinked polymer products have the advantage that secreted fluids, once ab-sorbed by the polymer product, can no longer contact the skin. Thus, skin lesions such as diaper dermatitis can large-ly be avoided. Such comfort can even be increased by absorb-ing malodorous compounds.
According to Rompp Chemie Lexikon, the content of urine components is subject to physiological fluctuations;
also, particular substances are secreted at concentrations varying within a daily period, so that more precise data on the urine composition invariably are related to the so-called 24 hour urine which, in a healthy adult, contains e.g. urea (average 20 g), uric acid (0.5 g), creatinine (1.2 g), ammo-nia (0.5 g), amino acids (2 g), proteins (60 mg), reducing substances (0.5 g, about 70 mg of which are D-glucose or urine sugar), citric acid (0.5 g) and other organic acids, as well as certain vitamins ( C, B12 et:c . ) . The following inor-ganic ions are present: Na+ (5.9 g), K+ (2.7 g), NH4+ (0.8 g), Ca2+ ( 0 . 5 g ) , Mg2+ ( 0 . 4 g ) ; C 1 ( 8 . 9 g ) , P~43 ( 4 . 1 g ) , S~4 (2.4 g). The dry content is between 50 and 72 g. Inter alia, alkylfurans, ketones, lactones, pyrrole, allyl i.sothio-cyanate, and dimethyl sulfone have been recognized as vola-tile components of urine. Most of the volatile components are molecules having a molar mass below about 1000 g/mol and a high vapor pressure.
Volatile components of urine have also been investi-gated by, inter alia, A. Zlatkis et al. (Anal. Chem. Vol. 45, 763ff.). It is also well-known that consumption of asparagus results in an increase of the concentration of organic sul-fur-containing compounds in human urine (R. H. blaring, Xeno-biotika, Vol. 17, 7.363ff. ) . In patients who are subject to specific diets and generally, in patients who ingest ~~pecific medications, ar in elderly individuals with decreasing kidney function, the urine may include malodorous substances. Pa-tients suffering from urine incontinence have an increased secretion of ureases which convert t:he urea cont<~ined in urine, thereby liberating toxic ammonia. Also, a pathological change is well-known which is referred to as fish smell syn-drome. It results from an increased secretion of quaternary ammonium compounds.
Previous approaches of achieving an odor reduction in incontinence products are based on reducing the concentration of free ammonia. Basically, there are two approaches to this end: preventing additional production of ammonia from urea degradation by suitable urease inhibitors (A. Norberg et al., Gerontology, 1.984, 30, 261ff.), or by protonating free ammo-nia and binding thereof in the form of a carboxylate ammonium salt. This method is disadvantageous in that essentially, merely ammonia and other nitrogen-containing components can be controlled. Malodorous compounds lacking basic groups, e.g. thiols, are still capable of entering the vapor space.
It is well-known to those skilled in the art that certain hollow molecules, also referred to as endohedral or concave molecules, are capable of incorporating other, mostly smaller, so-called guest molecules, thereby forming a host-guest complex. Such complex formation has an effect. on the chemical and physical properties of both guest and host mole-cule. These hallow-forming molecules .include the cyclodex-trins.
Cyclodextrins are formed during starch degradation by Bacillus macerans or Bacillus circr~rlans under the action of cyclodextrin glycosyl transferase. They are comprised of 6, 7, 8 or 9 glucose units a-1,4-linked to form a ring (a-, or y-cyclodextrins). They are capable o:~ entrapping hydropho-bic guest molecules in varying amounts up to saturation ("mo-lecular encape,u'~at~_on" ) , e.g. gases, alcohols or hvdroca~w-bons. The use of cyclodextrins as host molecule is reported comprehensively in the work of ,7. Szejtli (Cyclodextr.in Tech-nology, Kluwer Academic Publishers,. 1988).
Also, the production of polymers containing cyclodex-trins is already known. Thus, EP-A-0,483,380 obtains cyclo-dextrin-containing polymers by copolymerizing cyclodextrins bearing aldehyde groups with polyvinyl alcohol.
Crossl.inked, water-swellable, hydrophilic bead poly-mers made of hydroxyalkylcyclodextrins and epichlorohydrin or polyepoxide type crosslinkers are known from US-A-5,360,899.
These crosslinkers involve a carcinogenic potential and therefore, such products cannot be used in hygiene articles.
These cyclodextrins immobilized by polymerization are used as packing and separating material in chromatographic separation columns.
Furthermore, water-swellable, hydrophilic bead poly-mers made of cyclodextrins bearing glycidyl or methacrylate groups and optionally other comonomers such as hydroxyethyl acrylate are known from LJS-A-5,357,012. Likewise, these cyclodextrins immobilized by polymerization are used as pack-ing and separating material in chromatographic separation columns.
DE-A-195 20 989 describes covalent binding of reac-tive cyclodextrin derivatives having at. least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle to po=Lymers bearing at least one nu-cleophilic group. Polymers linked to cyclodextrins according to this method must have nucleophil.ic groups such as OH, NH, or SH groups. Also, polymerizable cycl_odextrin derivatives are mentioned which, after suitable modification, are copoly-merized with other monomers, e.g. ethylenically unsaturated compounds. As noted i_n this publication, the products accord-ing to the above-mentioned US patent specifications US
Commercially available superabsorbing polymer; essen-tially are crosslinked polyacrylic acids, crosslinked starch-/acrylic acid graft copolymers, crosslinked hydrolyzed starch/acrylonitrile graft copolymers, crosslinkeo, poly-(maleic anhydride-co-isobutylene), or mixtures of various of the above-mentioned crosslinked polymers, wherein the car-boxylic groups have been subjected to partial neutralization with sodium and/or potassium ions.
Such polymers find use e.g. in hygiene articles capa-._._.. ble of absorbing body fluids such as urine or in materials for cable sheathings where they absorb large amounts of aque-ous liquids and body fluids such as urine or blood with swel-ling and formation of hydrogels. Furthermore, the absorbed amount of liquid must be retained under a pressure typical of use. During the further techn=ical development of superabsorb-ing polymers, the pattern o.f requirements to be met by these products has changed significantly over the years. To date, the development. of superabsorbers has been forced particular-ly with respect.. to the amount= of absorbed liquid and pressure stability.
Such crosslinked polymer products based on monomers containing acid groups are obtained by using one c>r more primary crosslinkers and one or more secondary crosslinkers and exhibit a combination of properties, namely, high reten-tion, high absorption under pressure, low solubles, and rapid absorption of liquid, which has not been achieved so far.
When used in hygiene articles, these crosslinked polymer products have the advantage that secreted fluids, once ab-sorbed by the polymer product, can no longer contact the skin. Thus, skin lesions such as diaper dermatitis can large-ly be avoided. Such comfort can even be increased by absorb-ing malodorous compounds.
According to Rompp Chemie Lexikon, the content of urine components is subject to physiological fluctuations;
also, particular substances are secreted at concentrations varying within a daily period, so that more precise data on the urine composition invariably are related to the so-called 24 hour urine which, in a healthy adult, contains e.g. urea (average 20 g), uric acid (0.5 g), creatinine (1.2 g), ammo-nia (0.5 g), amino acids (2 g), proteins (60 mg), reducing substances (0.5 g, about 70 mg of which are D-glucose or urine sugar), citric acid (0.5 g) and other organic acids, as well as certain vitamins ( C, B12 et:c . ) . The following inor-ganic ions are present: Na+ (5.9 g), K+ (2.7 g), NH4+ (0.8 g), Ca2+ ( 0 . 5 g ) , Mg2+ ( 0 . 4 g ) ; C 1 ( 8 . 9 g ) , P~43 ( 4 . 1 g ) , S~4 (2.4 g). The dry content is between 50 and 72 g. Inter alia, alkylfurans, ketones, lactones, pyrrole, allyl i.sothio-cyanate, and dimethyl sulfone have been recognized as vola-tile components of urine. Most of the volatile components are molecules having a molar mass below about 1000 g/mol and a high vapor pressure.
Volatile components of urine have also been investi-gated by, inter alia, A. Zlatkis et al. (Anal. Chem. Vol. 45, 763ff.). It is also well-known that consumption of asparagus results in an increase of the concentration of organic sul-fur-containing compounds in human urine (R. H. blaring, Xeno-biotika, Vol. 17, 7.363ff. ) . In patients who are subject to specific diets and generally, in patients who ingest ~~pecific medications, ar in elderly individuals with decreasing kidney function, the urine may include malodorous substances. Pa-tients suffering from urine incontinence have an increased secretion of ureases which convert t:he urea cont<~ined in urine, thereby liberating toxic ammonia. Also, a pathological change is well-known which is referred to as fish smell syn-drome. It results from an increased secretion of quaternary ammonium compounds.
Previous approaches of achieving an odor reduction in incontinence products are based on reducing the concentration of free ammonia. Basically, there are two approaches to this end: preventing additional production of ammonia from urea degradation by suitable urease inhibitors (A. Norberg et al., Gerontology, 1.984, 30, 261ff.), or by protonating free ammo-nia and binding thereof in the form of a carboxylate ammonium salt. This method is disadvantageous in that essentially, merely ammonia and other nitrogen-containing components can be controlled. Malodorous compounds lacking basic groups, e.g. thiols, are still capable of entering the vapor space.
It is well-known to those skilled in the art that certain hollow molecules, also referred to as endohedral or concave molecules, are capable of incorporating other, mostly smaller, so-called guest molecules, thereby forming a host-guest complex. Such complex formation has an effect. on the chemical and physical properties of both guest and host mole-cule. These hallow-forming molecules .include the cyclodex-trins.
Cyclodextrins are formed during starch degradation by Bacillus macerans or Bacillus circr~rlans under the action of cyclodextrin glycosyl transferase. They are comprised of 6, 7, 8 or 9 glucose units a-1,4-linked to form a ring (a-, or y-cyclodextrins). They are capable o:~ entrapping hydropho-bic guest molecules in varying amounts up to saturation ("mo-lecular encape,u'~at~_on" ) , e.g. gases, alcohols or hvdroca~w-bons. The use of cyclodextrins as host molecule is reported comprehensively in the work of ,7. Szejtli (Cyclodextr.in Tech-nology, Kluwer Academic Publishers,. 1988).
Also, the production of polymers containing cyclodex-trins is already known. Thus, EP-A-0,483,380 obtains cyclo-dextrin-containing polymers by copolymerizing cyclodextrins bearing aldehyde groups with polyvinyl alcohol.
Crossl.inked, water-swellable, hydrophilic bead poly-mers made of hydroxyalkylcyclodextrins and epichlorohydrin or polyepoxide type crosslinkers are known from US-A-5,360,899.
These crosslinkers involve a carcinogenic potential and therefore, such products cannot be used in hygiene articles.
These cyclodextrins immobilized by polymerization are used as packing and separating material in chromatographic separation columns.
Furthermore, water-swellable, hydrophilic bead poly-mers made of cyclodextrins bearing glycidyl or methacrylate groups and optionally other comonomers such as hydroxyethyl acrylate are known from LJS-A-5,357,012. Likewise, these cyclodextrins immobilized by polymerization are used as pack-ing and separating material in chromatographic separation columns.
DE-A-195 20 989 describes covalent binding of reac-tive cyclodextrin derivatives having at. least one nitrogen-containing heterocycle to po=Lymers bearing at least one nu-cleophilic group. Polymers linked to cyclodextrins according to this method must have nucleophil.ic groups such as OH, NH, or SH groups. Also, polymerizable cycl_odextrin derivatives are mentioned which, after suitable modification, are copoly-merized with other monomers, e.g. ethylenically unsaturated compounds. As noted i_n this publication, the products accord-ing to the above-mentioned US patent specifications US
5,357,012 and US 5,361J,899 involve the drawback that cyclo-dextrin incorporation is difficult to control in spatial terms and that cyclodextrins fixed inside the polymers are no longer available for utilization. The use of polymers, which include cyclodextrin derivatives, as superabsorbing materials is not mentioned.
Inter alia, the use of cyclodextrins in hygiene prod-ucts is known from EP-A-806,195, WO 94/22501, and WO
94/22500. Therein, the cyclodextrins are employed to absorb odors. In those cases where the cyclodextrins or cyclodextrin complexes are not bound to the powdered absorbent, demixing during storage or transportation of the hygiene articles may occur. As a result, the effectiveness o:E the cyclodext rins as odor absorbent may be lost due to demixing between absorbent and cyclodextrins.
To achieve improved adhesion on powdered absorbents, WO 94/22501 teaches addition of polyethylene glycols or other linear polymers to cyclodextrin in a "melt" or in :solution and subsequent spraying on the powdered absorbent. However, as is well-known to those skilled in the art, linear polymers have a marked tendency to "thread" into the cyclodextrin cavity, which :fact is advantageously utilized in supramolecu-lar chemistry in order to produce e.g. rotaxans or catenanes (cf. the documents US 5,538,655; G. Wenz, Angew. Chem. 1994, 106, 851). Typically, the linear polymers have a molecular weight (m.w.) of more than 200. Also, suitable polymers are e.g, polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene oxide (PEO) and polyethyleneimine. Multiple cyclodextrins can be threaded on a linear polymer chain; Harada et al. (J. Org. Chem. 58, 1993, 7524-28) report that :?0 cyclodextrins can be threaded on a polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 2000 g/mol. Therefore, the process described in WO
94/22501 is particularly disadvantageous, because the cyclo-dextrin cavities after such a polyethylene glycol pre-treatment are no longer quantitatively available for absorb-ing malodorous compounds.
Inter alia, the use of cyclodextrins in hygiene prod-ucts is known from EP-A-806,195, WO 94/22501, and WO
94/22500. Therein, the cyclodextrins are employed to absorb odors. In those cases where the cyclodextrins or cyclodextrin complexes are not bound to the powdered absorbent, demixing during storage or transportation of the hygiene articles may occur. As a result, the effectiveness o:E the cyclodext rins as odor absorbent may be lost due to demixing between absorbent and cyclodextrins.
To achieve improved adhesion on powdered absorbents, WO 94/22501 teaches addition of polyethylene glycols or other linear polymers to cyclodextrin in a "melt" or in :solution and subsequent spraying on the powdered absorbent. However, as is well-known to those skilled in the art, linear polymers have a marked tendency to "thread" into the cyclodextrin cavity, which :fact is advantageously utilized in supramolecu-lar chemistry in order to produce e.g. rotaxans or catenanes (cf. the documents US 5,538,655; G. Wenz, Angew. Chem. 1994, 106, 851). Typically, the linear polymers have a molecular weight (m.w.) of more than 200. Also, suitable polymers are e.g, polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene oxide (PEO) and polyethyleneimine. Multiple cyclodextrins can be threaded on a linear polymer chain; Harada et al. (J. Org. Chem. 58, 1993, 7524-28) report that :?0 cyclodextrins can be threaded on a polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 2000 g/mol. Therefore, the process described in WO
94/22501 is particularly disadvantageous, because the cyclo-dextrin cavities after such a polyethylene glycol pre-treatment are no longer quantitatively available for absorb-ing malodorous compounds.
The invention therefore is based on the object of providing polymer products capable of absorbing water or aqueous liquids, and capable of binding malodorous organic compounds such as occurring e.g. in urine or other fluids secreted from the body, and methods of producing same.
The polymer products should not involve the drawbacks of prior art and enable a preferably uniform, marked reduc-tion of gaseous, malodorous compounds released during use.
Moreover, a largely stable dispersion of the deodorant: compo-nent in the absorbent should be achieved, i.e., demixing prior to and during use should be avoided as much as possi-ble. In addition, binding of the deodorant component should not be effected by using carcinogenic or otherwise hazardous substances. Furthermore, the effeci~iveness of the deodorant component in the absorbent should be independent of it:s loca-tion, i.e., whether inside the polymer or at the surface thereof.
According to the invention, said object is accom-plished by providing polymers based on crosslinked monomers bearing optionally partially neutralized acid groups, which polymers have cyclodextrins and/or derivatives thereof bound sonically and/or covalently and/or incorporated therein.
As a result of the inventive binding to the prefera-bly powdered polymer, the cyclodext:rin component can be ex-tracted by the liquid to be absorbed to only a lesser extent, or, in the dry state, undergoes demixing to only a lesser extent. Despite the intimate linkage with the crosslinked absorber bearing acid groups, the polymer according to the invention surprisingly shows excellent absorption o:f odors which is even enhanced compared to unbound cyclodextrin. In particular, the absorbent polymers Exhibit high absorption of odors even in those .cases where the cycl.ode:~trin is fixed inside the absorber. This can be estableshed by an effective reduction in the gas concentration of malodorous substances.
Moreover, the polymer products of the invention are excellently suited f:or incorporating active substances, and when used, these active substances can optionally be released in a controlled fashion. By incorporation in the absorbents of the invention, the stability of sensitive active substanc-es is markedly improved.
According to the invention, a "~,y type cyclodextrins and derivatives thereof are suitable.
The cyclodextrins have the following recurring struc-ture:
ORS
-O
ORS H
H OR2 ( n The anhydroglucose units are linked in a cyclic, glycosidic fashion t~o form rings, wherein the residues R1 through R3 are the same or different, represent H or C1-C4 alkyl, and a-cyclodextrin: n - 6, I3-c:yclodextrin: n - 7, 'y-cyclodextrin: n = 8, S-cyclodextrin: n = 9. In cyclodextrin derivatives, n different substituents per residue (R1-R3) are possible which may be the same or different.
Above all, those derivatives are possible which per-mit chemical linkage by ionic or covalent binding to the monomer bearing acid groups or to the corresponding polymer.
Covalent linkages preferably are via C-C bonds as, for exam-ple, with cyclodextrin derivatives having ethylenically un-saturated groups incorporated covalently in the polymer chain already during polymerization of the monomers. For example, such groups are (meth)acrylic, (meth)al:iyl and vinyl groups.
According to the invention, however,, covalent linkage of the cyclodextrin component to the polymer of ethylenicall.y unsat-urated monomers is also possible subsequent to polymerization vi.a ether, amide or ester groups.
Ionic binding of the cyclodextrin derivatives can be effected using anionic or cationic groups, with cationic groups being preferred. Frequently, it is advantageous when the cyclodextrin molecules have multiple substitutions with ionic groups. Examples of anionic groups are carboxylate, sulfate and sulfonate groups. Examples of cationic groups are quaternary grous containing nitrogen.
Ionic cyclodextrins can be produced by :reacting cyclodextrin derivatives with reactive compounds such as chloroacetic acid, sodium chloroace~tate, malefic acid, malefic anhydride, and succinic anhydride. In an aqueous solution, these reaction products, e.g. carboxymethylcyclodextrin, carry a negative charge in a basic medium due to the carbox-ylate group.
Cyclodextri.n derivatives to be used according to the invention and having at least one nitrogen-containing hetero-cycle can be produced according to the teaching of DE-A-195 20 98, A1, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. In this way, cyclodextrin derivatives can be obtained, which include another group active towards nucleo-philic groups. These derivatives can undergo direct z-eaction with polymers bearing nucleophilic groups. Examples of nu-cleophilic groups are -OH, -NH or -SH groups.
Other chemically modified cyclodextrins to be used according to the invention can be obtained as described in A.P. Croft and R.A. Bartsch, Tetrahedron Vol. 39, No. 9, pp.
1417-1473. They are obtained by reacting nitrogen-containing compounds having at least one functional group capable of reacting ~,nith the hydroxyl groups of the cyclodextrins to fo,-m ether, ester or ace~al groups.
Cationic cyclodextrins such as described in Ch.
Roussel, A. Favrou, Journal of Chromatography A, 704 (1995), 67-74, are particularly preferred. They are obtained by re-acting cyclodextrin with e.g. N-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride. The cyclodextrins described in the above publication have a degree of substitution of 0.2.
The ionic cyclodextrins including at least one nitro-gen-containing aliphatic residue, which can be used according to the invention, may also be produced e.g. according to the methods described in US 3,740,391; 4,153,585 and 4,638,058.
The disclosure of the above-mentioned publications i~: hereby incorporated by reference.
For example, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl (met:h)acrylate, N,N-dimethylamino-ethyl(meth)acrylamide, and N,N-dimethylaminopropyl(meth)-acrylamide, or the quaternary derivatives thereof obtained by reaction with alkyl halides may be mentioned as suitable monomers. Preferably, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate (ADAME
or ADAME-quat.) and N,N-dimethylaminopropylacrylamide (DIMAPA
or DIMAPA-quat..) are employed.
Here, the compound of formula I undergoes reaction:
HZC=CR1-CO-X-R2-N+(R3)3 Y- (I) wherein R1 = H, CH3, R2 = C2-C4 alkylene group, R3 = H, C1-C4 alkyl group, X = O, NH, Y = Cl, 504.
The average degree of sub:>titution ( DS value ) per anhydroglucose unit for substituents containing nitrogen can be determined according to methods known from literature using elemental analysis as described e.g. in US 5,,134,127 and US 3,453,257 for substituents containing sulfur o:r nitro-gen. When using the synthetic methods described in US
3, 740, 391 and 4, 153, 585, the DS value can be varied within wide limits.
3 hydroxyl groups per anhydroglucose unit of <~ cyclo-dextrin are capable of undergoing further reaction. There-fore, the degree of substitution e.g. in case of (3-cyclodex-trin can be between 0.05 and 3 at maximum. A degree of sub-stitution below 0.05 indicates that a mixture of non-modified cyclodextrin and chemically modified cyc:lodextrin is present.
According t.o the invention, the= degree of substitu-tion (DS) of the cyclodextrin derivatives is 0.005 - 2, pref-erably 0.05 - 1.5.
In addition to the above-mentioned groups required for binding to the polymer, the cyclodextrins may also con-tain other substituents having no reactivity towards the polymer. For example, these include reaction products of cyclodextrins with alkylating agents, e.g. C1-C22 alkyl hal-ides, e.g. methyl chloride, ethyl chloride, butyl chloride, butyl bromide, benzyl chloride, lauryl chloride, stearyl chloride, or dimethyl sulfate, or reaction products oi= cyclo-dextrins with alkylene oxides such as ethylene oxide, propyl-ene oxide, butylene oxide, or styrene oxide.
The amount of cyclodextrin or derivatives thereof to be employed according to t:he invention is 0.01-50 wt.-o, preferably 0.1-30 wt.-o, more preferably 0.5-10 wt.-°>, rela-tive to the total amount of polymer.
Well-known processes are possible for polymerizing the polymers of the invention optionally having superabsorb-ent properties, e.c~. buik polymerization, solution polymer-- 1.1 -ization, spray polymerization, inverse emulsion polymeriza-tion, and inverse suspension polymerization.
Preferably, a solution po:Lymerization is performed using water as solvent. The solution polymerization may be conducted in a continuous or batchwise fashion. The prior art includes a broad spectrum of possible variations with respect to concentration conditions, temperatures, type and amount of initiators and of secondary catalysts. Typical processes have been described in the following patent specifications: US
4,286,082; DE 27 06 135, US 4,076,663, DE 35 03 458, DE
40 20 780, DE 42 44 548, DE 43 23 001, DE 43 33 056, DE
44 18 818 which hereby are incorporated as disclosure of the process according to the invention.
Preferably, aliphatic, optionally substituted C2-Clo preferably CZ-C5 carboxylic acids or sulfonic acids, such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, isocrotonic acid, malefic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, vinylacetic acid, vinylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid, 2-acryl-amido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, as well as the alkali and/or ammonium salts or mixtures thereof are possible as ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups. It is preferred to use acrylic acid and its alkali and/or ammo-nium salts and mixtures thereof. Furthermore, it is also possible to use monomers being hydrolyzed to form acid groups as late as subsequent to the polymerization, e.g. the corre-sponding nitrile compounds.
In order to modify the polymer properties, up to 40 wt.-o of monomers other than the monomers containing acid groups, which are soluble in the aqueous polymerization batch, such as acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylonitrile, (meth)allyl alcohol ethoxyl.ates, and mono(meth)acrylic acid esters of polyhydric ~alcohols or et~ho:~ylates can optionally be used.
Minor amounts of crosslinking monomers having more than one reaci~ive group in their molecules are copolymerized together with the above-mentioned monomers, thereby forming partially crosslinked polymer products which are no longer soluble in wager but merely swellable. Bi- or multifunctional monomers, e.g. methylenebi.sacryl- or -methacrylamide, or ethylenebisacrylamide may be mentioned as crosslinking mono-mers, and also, allyl compounds such as allyl (meth)acrylate, alkoxylated allyl (meth)acrylate reacted preferably with from 1 to 30 mol of ethylene oxide units, triallyl cyanurate, malefic acid d.iallyl ester, polyallyl esters, tetraa7_lyloxy-ethane, trial:Lylamine, tetraallylethylenediamine, al.lyl es-ters of phosphoric acid or phosphorous acid, and also, the N-methylol compounds of unsaturated amides such as methacryl-amide or acrylamide and the ethers derived therefrom, as well as esters of polyols and alkoxylated po:Lyols with unsaturated acids, such as diacrylates or triacrylates, e.g. but:anediol or ethylene glycol diacrylate, polyglycol di(meth)acrylates, trimethylolpropane tri.acrylate, di- and triacrylate esters of trimethylolpropane preferably oxyall~>ylated (ethoxylated) with 1 to 30 mol alkylene oxide, acrylate and methacrylate esters of: glycerol and pentaerythritol, and of glycerol anon, penta-erythritol preferably oxyethylated with 1 to 30 mol ethylene oxide. It is preferred to use tri.allylamine, acrylates of pc>lyhydric alcohols or alkoxylates thereof, and methallyl alcohol acrylates or alkoxylates thereof.. The ratio of cross-li.nking monomers is from 0.01 to 3.0 wt.-%, preferably from 0.05 to 2.0 wt.-°,, and more preferably from 0.05. to 1.5 wt.-o, relative to the total weight: of the monomers.
The optional neutralization of the acidic monomers according to the polymerization process of the invention can be performed i.n various ways. On the one hand, according to tr.e teaching of US 4,654,039, the polymerization may be con-ducted directly with 'the acidic monomers, with neutra7_ization being effected subsequently in the polymer gel. Preferably, the acid groups of_ the monomers are already neutralized to 20-95 0, preferably 50-80°s prior to po:Lymerization, in which case they are present as sodium and/or potassium and/or ammo-nium salts at the time polymerization is begun. It is pre-ferred to use those bases for neutralization which do not adversely affect the subsequent polymerization. It is pre-ferred to use sodium or potassium hydroxide solution and/or ammonia, with sodium hydroxide solution being particularly preferred; addition of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate may have an additional positive effect as taught in US 5,314,420 and US 5,154,713. Before initiating the polymerization in this adiabatic solution polymerization, the partially neutralized monomer solution is cooled to a temperature of-_ below 30°C, preferably below 20°C. The other palymerization processes comply with the temperatures known from prior art as apparent from the literature below.
The polymer products of the invention may optionally contain water-soluble natural or synthetic polymers as a basis for grafting in amounts up to 30 wt.-%. IntE~r alia, trese include partially or completely saponified polyvinyl alcohols, starch or starch derivatives, cellulose or cellu-lose derivatives, po:lyacrylic acids, polyglycols, or mixtures thereof. The molecular weights of the polymers added as basis far grafting must be adapted to the circumstances of the polymerization conditions. In the event of an aqueous solu-tion polymerization, for example, it may be necessary for viscosity reasons to employ low to medium molecular weight polymers, whereas this factor plays a minor role in a suspen-sion polymerization.
In addition to polymers obtained by crosslinking polymerization of partially neutra:Lized acrylic acid, those are preferably used which are obtained by employing starch or polyvinyl alcohol as graft basis.
The polymerization process of the invention can be in-tiated by various condi.r_:ior~s, e.g. by irradiating with radioactive, electromagnetic or ultraviolet radiation, or by a redox reaction of two compounds, e.g. sodium hydrogen sul-fite with potassium persulfate, or ascorbic acid with hydro-gen peroxide. The thermally induced decomposition of a so-called free-radical initiator such as azobisisobutyronitrile, sodium peroxodisulfate, t-butyl hydroperoxide, or dibenzoyl peroxide is suitable as well. Furthermore, a combination of some of the above-mentioned polymerization initiators is possible.
Preferably, the polymer products of the invention are produced according to two methods:
According to the first method, the partially neutralized acrylic acid is converted to a gel by means of free-radical polymerization in aqueous solution. and in the presence of crosslinkers and optional polymer additives, which gel is subsequently crushed and dried until a powdered, flowable state is reached, milled, and screened to the desired parti-cle size. The solution polymerization may be conducted in a continuous or batchwise fashion. The patent literature in-cludes a broad spectrum of possible variations with respect to concentration conditions, temperatures, type and amount of initiators, as well as a variety of secondary crosslinking options. Typical processes have been described in the follow-ing patent specifications: US 4,0'76,663; US 4,286,082; DE
27 06 135, DE 35 03 458, DE. 35 44 770, DE 40 20 780, DE
42 44 548, DE 43 23 001, DE 43 33 056, DE 44 18 8:18, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The inverse suspension and emulsion polymerization process may also be used to produce the polymer products of the invention. According to this process variant, an aqueous, partially neutralized solution of acrylic acid is dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent using protective colloids and/or emulsifiers, and the polymerization is initiated using free-radical initiators. The cross;linl~>ers are either dis-solved in the monomer solution and pre-charged together with same or added separately and optional_Ly during polymeriza-tion. The optionally present polymeric grafting bases are added via the monomer solution or by directly placing in the oil phase. Subsequently, the water is removed azeotropically from the mixture, and the polymer product is filtrated and optionally dried.
Using the process of subsequent surface crosslinking, the polymer products according to the invention are improved in their pattern of properties, particularly in their absorp-tion of liquid under pressure, so that the well-known phenom-enon of "gel blocking" is suppressed, where slightly swollen polymer particles adhere to each other, thereby impeding further absorption of liquid and distribution of liquid in the absorbent articles. In this secondary crosslinking, the carboxyl groups of the polymer molecules are crosslinked at the surface of the polymer particles at elevated temperature using crosslinking agents. Inter a~'ia, methods of secondary crosslinking have been described in the following publica-tions: DE 40 20 780, EP 317,106 and WO 94/9043. According to the invention, all those surface crossli.nking agents known to a person skilled in the art from US 5,314,420, page 8, lines 3-45, may be employed advantageously in combination with a crosslinker used during polymerization or a combination of crosslinkers. As a rule, these compounds contain at least two functional groups capable of reacting with carboxylic acid or carboxyl groups. Alcohol, amine, aldehyde, and carbonate groups are preferred and also, crosslinker molecules having multiple different functions are employed. Preferably, poly-ols, polyamines, polyaminoalcohols, and alkylene carbonates are used. Preferably, one of the following crosslinking agents is used: ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethyl-ene glycol, polyet=hylene glycol, glycerol, polyglycerol, propylene gl ycol, diethanol.arnine, t~riet=hanolamine, polypro-pylene glycol, block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propyl-ene oxide, sorbitan fatty ac~.id esters, ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid esters, trimethylolpropane, ethoxylated trimeth-ylolpropane, pentaerythritol, ethoxylated pentaerythritol, polyvinyl alcohol, sorbitol, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate. It is particularly preferred to use polyols and ethylene carbonate as surface crosslinking agents. The cross-linking agent is employed in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt.-o, preferably 0.1-10 wt.-%, relative to the polymer to be crosslinked.
Following polymerization, the polymer product is dried, milled, screened for the respective grain fraction favorable in application-technical terms, and subsE~quently subjected to surface crosslinking. In some cases, however, it has proven beneficial to add the surface secondary crosslink-ers at an early st:age prior- to drying the polymer gel or prior to crushing the partially or predominantly dried poly-mer. Secondary crosslinking to be performed according to the invention has been described in US 4,666,983 and DE 40 20 780 which hereby are incorporated by reference. Advantageously, the secondary crosslinker frequently is added i.n the form of a solution in water, organic solvents or mixtures thereof, particularly in those cases where low amounts of secondary crosslinking agent are used. Suitable mixing apparatus for applying the secondary crosslinking agent are, e.g., Patter-son-Kelley mixers, DRAIS turbulence mixers, Lodige mixers, Ruberg mixers, screw mixers, pan mixers, and fluid-bed mix-ers, as well as continuously operated vertical mixers wherein the powder is mixed at a rapid frequency using rotating knives (Schugi mixer). Once the surface crosslinker has been mixed with the crosslinked polymer,, heating to temperatures of from 60 to 250°C'., preferably from 1:35 to 200°C, and more preferably from 150 to 185°C is effected in order to perform the surface crosslinking reaction. The time period of the heat treatment is limited by the risk of destroying the de-sired pattern of properties of the superabsorbent polymer product as a result of heat damage.
Depending on the type of use, various screening frac-tions are employed for processing the polymer products as superabsorbers, e.g. between 100 and 1000 ~m and preferably between 150 and 850 ~.m for diapers. In general, this grain fraction is produced by milling and screening prior to and/or subsequent to secondary crosslinking.
According to the process of the invention, the cyclo-dextrins or derivatives thereof are employed as subst:ance or dissolved in a solvent. A preferred solvent is water, but mixtures of water and organic solvents such as ethyl alcohol, acetone are also used.
The addition of the cyclodextrin component can be effected at various process stages in the production. of the polymer products according to the invention. The amount of cyclodextrins or derivatives thereof is 0.01-50 wt.-°s, pref-erably 0.1-30 wt.-%, and more preferably 0.5-10 wt.-°s, rela-tive to the amount of polymer product.
Thus, addition to the monomer solution is possible, where the cyclodextrin or its derivative is added directly to the aqueous monomer solution prior to the polymerization thereof. In case the polymer product of the invention is produced by suspension polymerization, it is also possible to pre-charge all or part of the cyclodextrin in the oi.l phase and meter the monomer solution thereto. Where only a part of the cyclodextrin is pre-charged, th.e remainder can be intro-duced via the monomer solution.
It is also possible to apply the cyclodextrin compo-nent onto a non-dried polymer gel, where the cyclode~a rin or it:s derivative as substance or dissolved in water and/or an organic solvent is applied onto the crushed polymer gel, preferably by spraying and mixing.
However, it is also possible to dry and crush the polymer gel initia:Lly, and subsequently apply the cyclodex-trin or its derivative as substance or dissolved i.n water and/or an organic solvent onto the powder. The rf:sulting product immediately can be processed further or dried to remove solvents.
The cyclodextrin component may also be added onto the crushed and dried absorbent material during surface cross-linking of the polymer product. Suitable mixing apparatus for applying the crosslinking agent and the cyclodextrin compo-nent are e.g. Patterson-Kelley mixers, DR.AIS turbulence mix-ers, Lodige mixers, Ruberg mixers, screw mixers, pan mixers, and fluid-bed mixers, as well as continuously operated verti-cal mixers wherein the powder is mixed at a rapid frequency using rotating knives {Schugi mixer).
Also, the cyclodextri.n component can be applied onto the crushed, already surface-crosslinked polymer product. In this process variant, according to the invention, preferably sonically modified cyclodext.rins as substance or dissolved in water and/or an organic solvent are sprayed onto the prefera-bly powdered polymer, followed by evaporating the solvent.
According to the process of the invention, the cyclo-dextrin component may also be introduced at various stages of the production process, so as to optionally optimize its effect. In this way it is possible, for example, to polymer-ize a non-modified cyclodext:rin together with the monomer solution and fix an sonically modified cyclodextrin on the surface of the polymer during surface crosslinking.
It is also possible to bind the cyclodextrin compo-nent to the polymer in an additional surface crosslin king.
Using the methods according to the invention, final products are obtained wherein the cyclodextrin or its deriva-tive is incorporated in the synthetic polymer in such a way that the amount of cyclodextrin extractable with water is significantly less than the amount actually contained in the final product. In the products according to the invention, the extractable percentage of cyclodextrins is below 85% of the amount present in the product, preferably 60%, and more preferably 45%.
Owing to their excellent absorptive capacity, the polymer products of the invention are suitable as absorbents which, compared to powdered absorbents including no cyclo-dextrin or derivative thereof, exhibit improved absorption of malodorous compounds.
The polymers according to the invention find use e.g.
in hygiene articles capable of absorbing body fluids such as urine, or in the packaging sector, e.g. meat and fi:~h prod-ucts, where they absorb large amounts of aqueous liquids and body fluids such as urine or blood, with swelling and forma-tion of hydrogels. The polymer products of the invent=ion are incorporated directly as powders in constructions for absorb-ing liquids, or previously fixed in foamed or non-foamed sheet materials. For example, such constructions for absorb-ing liquids are diapers for babies, incontinence art~_cles or absorbent inserts in packaging units for foodstuffs.
Moreover, the absorbents of the invention were found to be excellently suited for incorporating active substances.
The stability of sensitive active substances, e.g. with re-spect to oxidative degradation, is substantially improved as a result of incorporation in the absorbents of the invention.
Furthermore, the polymers according to the invention find use in plant breeding and in pest. control in agricul-ture. In plant breeding, the polymers. in the vicinity of plant roots provide for sufficient supply of liquid and pre-viously incorporated nutrients and are capable of storing and releasing same over a prolonged period of time.
In pest control, the polymers can incorporate single active substances or a combination of multiple active sub-stances which in use are released in a controlled fashion in tE:rms of time and amount.
Production and properties of the polymer products according to the invention will be illustrated in the follow-ing Examples which also comprise the production of ionic cyclodextrins used according to the invention.
Test methods used on polymers according to the invention:
1) 180 ml of an aqueous solution of sodium chloride is poured over 1 g of polymer product, and this is stirred thoroughly for 1 hour (alternatively 16 hours) at room temperature. This is subsequently filtrated through a screen, and the concen-tration of cyclodextrin is determined according to the method below. This method is based on the reduction of light absorp-tion (550 nm) of an alkaline solution of phenolphthalein in the presence of cyclodextrin which, as described by T.
Takeuchi and T. Miwa, Chromatographia 1994, 38, 453, can be determined. The concentration obtained experimentally is divided by the concentration calculated theoretically. The theoretical concentration can be determined from the amount of cyclodextrin employed in the powder by dividing by 180. In this way, the extracted amount of cyclodextrin is obtained.
Concentration (CD) found EA(CD) - -- -Theoretica.l concentration (CD) EA(CD): extractable percentage of c:yclodextrin.
- ? _L _ 2) Determination of the absorption of malodorous compounds 0.1 g of powdered polymer product is added with 2 ml of an aqueous solution (including 5 wt.-% ethanol) of mal-odorous compound, and this is sealed in a 5 ml test vessel.
This is allowed to stand at 40°C for 20 minutes, <~nd the content of malodorous compound in the vapor space above the liquid is determined quantitatively against a blank using headspace GC.
Examples:
Comparative Example 1 according to patent applications WO
94/22500 and WO 94/22501 9.850 g of a commercially available absorbent (Favor~, company Stockhausen GmbH) is mixed thoroughly with O.:LS g of solid /3-cyclodextrin (beta-W7-cyclodextrin, techni-ca:1 grade, by blacker company). Thereafter, the extractable amount of cyclodextrin is determined according to the speci-fied test method.
EA = 93%
Comparative Example 2 according to patent applications WO
94/22500 and WO 94/22501 40 g of polyethylene glycol (m.w. 3000) is melted at elevated temperature. 40 g o.f cyclodextrin is added thereto, and the mixture is homogenized. 9.40 g of a commercially available powdered absorbent (Favor°, company 5tockhausen GmbH) is sprayed with 0.6 g o:E the cycle>dextrin/polyethylene glycol solution, mixed thoroughly and cooled to room tempera-ture. Thereafter, the extractable amount of cyclodexl~rin is determined according ~to the specified test method.
EA = 89%
Example 1 A) An aqueous solution of acrylic acid (29.3 wt.-%) is mixed with 1.2 wt~.-%/monomer of a polyglycol acrylate cross-linker mixture and partially neutralized to 60 mole-%
using a 50% sodium hydroxide solution with stirring and cooling. The solution is cooled to 7-8°C and purged with nitrogen for about 20 minutes. Following addition of aqueous solutions of sodium persulfate, hydrogen peroxide and a water-soluble azo initiator, the polymerization is initiated with ascorbic acid, whereupon a significant rise in temperature to more than 90°C occurs. A gE=1-like product is obtained.
B) 50 g of the dried and milled polymer from A) screened to 150-800 ~m is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonate, 2 g of water and 4 g of acetone in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a commercially available household hand mixer (Krups company). Subsequently, the wetted polymer is heated in an oven at a temperature of 180°C for- 30 minutes, thereby undergoing surface crossl.inking.
C) The procedure is as described in A). In addition, howev-er, 5 g of cyclodextrin is added to the monomer solution.
A gel-like product is obtained, t:he further processing of which is effected as described in B).
D) The gel free of cyclodextrin, which has been obtained in A), is immersed i.n a 80°C hot solution in a beaker, con-sisting of 10 g of cyclodextrin and 23.3 g of water, until the solution has completely permeated into the polymer gel. Subsequently, the gel is willowed and dried at 150°C.
EA = 27%, determined according to the specified test method.
E) 50 g of the dried and milled polymer from D) screened to 150-800 ~m is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonates 2 g of water and 4 g of acetone in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a commercially available household hand mixer (Krups company). Subsequently, the wetted polymer is heated in an oven at a temperature of 180°C for 30 minutes.
The extractable percentage, EA = 8%, determined ac-cording to the specified test method, is clearly lower as a result of surface crosslinking.
Example 2 50 g of the wallowed, dried and milled polymer from Example 1 A) screened to 150-800 ~cm is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonate, 1.5 g of non-modified cyclo-dextrin, and 8.5 g of water in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a commercially available household hand mixer (Krups company). For surface crosslink-ing, the wetted polymer subsequently is heated in an oven at a temperature of 175°C for 25 minutes.
EA = 800, determined according to the specified test method.
Example 3 F) In a 500 ml three-necked round boti~om flask, 113.4 g of ~3-cyclodextrin is suspended in 200 g of deionized water and 8 g of an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (50%).
This suspension is heated to boiling until all of the above is dissolved. LVith vigorous stirring, 34.4 g of an aqueous solution of DIMAPA-quat. (600) is added dropwise over 30 min, and this is stirred. under reflux for another hours. The solu~:ion is cooled to 5'C, and a pH of 7 is adjusted using hydrochi.oric a~~id. The precipitate is filtrated and washed with water. Following drying of the filter residue, the DS value is determined to be 0.005 using elemental analysis. 50 g of the willowed, dried and milled polymer from Example 1 B) screened to 150-800 um is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonate, 1.5 g of cyclodextrin derivative according to F), and 7.3 g of water in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a cammercially available household hand mixer (Krups com.pany). For surface. cross-linking, the wetted polymer subsequently is heated in an oven at a temperature of 175°C for 25 minutes.
EA = 40%, determined according to the specified test method.
Determination of the gas concentration of malodorous com-pounds Superabsorbers made of polyacrylic acid with a degree of neutralization of 60g and 70%, respectively, and subjected to secondary surface crosslinking were modified in a second secondary surface crosslinking according to the procedure of Example 3, using various cyclodextrins. The amount of cyclo-dextrin can be inferred from the fol:Lowing Table. In the measurement of malodorous substances, a polymer with no cyclodextrin was tested as a blank according to the specified test procedure, and the gas concentration of malodorous sub-stance found was set 1000. Samples containing cyclodextrin were subsequently tested and the gas concentration of mal-odorous substance determined.
Odorous substance: Ethylfuran.
Wt.-% CD Cyclodextrin derivative Reduction of ethylfuran concentration in the gaseous space 10## ,Q-Cyclodextrin 72%
3## Q-Cyclodextrin 63%
3## a-Cyclodextrin 6g%
##: Absorber having 60% neutralization of the acid groups As can clearly be seen, the gas concentration of volatile substances dissolved in water is reduced upon ab-sorption by the cyclodextrin-containing polymers of the in-vention.
In analogy to ethylfuran, an odorous substance con-taining sulfur was tested.
In addition, the effect of pure cyclodextrin ('with no polymer) was monitored. As can be seen, cyclodextrin in the polymer of the invention from a content as low as 3% on achieves a marked reduction in the gas concentration of the sulfur-containing compound.
Doping with furfurylmercaptane:
Wt.-% CD Cyclodextrin or Reduction of furfurylmercaptane CD derivative conc entration in the gaseous space 10# ~3-Cyclodextrin 3# ~3-Cyclodextrin 51%
3# a-Cyclodextrin 65%
10## ,Q-Cyclodextrin 46%
3## a-Cyclodextrin 18%
3## a-Cyclodextrin 2g%
1.5# Monochlorotriazinyl-,Q-cyclodextrin42%
3# Monochlorotriazinyl-a-cyclodextrin49%
100 /3-Cyclodextrin 5 7'%
100 a-Cyclodextrin 64'%
#: Absorber having 70% neutralization of the acid groups ##: Absorber having 60% neutralization of the acid groups The polymers of the invention develop excellent ef-fectiveness when the cyclodextrin is entrapped in the poly-mers:
Polymer of CD ratio CD derivative Reduction of furfurylmercaptane Example (wt.-%] concentration in the gaseous space f%]
1 E 1.5 non-modif. 72 1 E 3 non-modif. 55 3 3 of Ex. 3F 49
The polymer products should not involve the drawbacks of prior art and enable a preferably uniform, marked reduc-tion of gaseous, malodorous compounds released during use.
Moreover, a largely stable dispersion of the deodorant: compo-nent in the absorbent should be achieved, i.e., demixing prior to and during use should be avoided as much as possi-ble. In addition, binding of the deodorant component should not be effected by using carcinogenic or otherwise hazardous substances. Furthermore, the effeci~iveness of the deodorant component in the absorbent should be independent of it:s loca-tion, i.e., whether inside the polymer or at the surface thereof.
According to the invention, said object is accom-plished by providing polymers based on crosslinked monomers bearing optionally partially neutralized acid groups, which polymers have cyclodextrins and/or derivatives thereof bound sonically and/or covalently and/or incorporated therein.
As a result of the inventive binding to the prefera-bly powdered polymer, the cyclodext:rin component can be ex-tracted by the liquid to be absorbed to only a lesser extent, or, in the dry state, undergoes demixing to only a lesser extent. Despite the intimate linkage with the crosslinked absorber bearing acid groups, the polymer according to the invention surprisingly shows excellent absorption o:f odors which is even enhanced compared to unbound cyclodextrin. In particular, the absorbent polymers Exhibit high absorption of odors even in those .cases where the cycl.ode:~trin is fixed inside the absorber. This can be estableshed by an effective reduction in the gas concentration of malodorous substances.
Moreover, the polymer products of the invention are excellently suited f:or incorporating active substances, and when used, these active substances can optionally be released in a controlled fashion. By incorporation in the absorbents of the invention, the stability of sensitive active substanc-es is markedly improved.
According to the invention, a "~,y type cyclodextrins and derivatives thereof are suitable.
The cyclodextrins have the following recurring struc-ture:
ORS
-O
ORS H
H OR2 ( n The anhydroglucose units are linked in a cyclic, glycosidic fashion t~o form rings, wherein the residues R1 through R3 are the same or different, represent H or C1-C4 alkyl, and a-cyclodextrin: n - 6, I3-c:yclodextrin: n - 7, 'y-cyclodextrin: n = 8, S-cyclodextrin: n = 9. In cyclodextrin derivatives, n different substituents per residue (R1-R3) are possible which may be the same or different.
Above all, those derivatives are possible which per-mit chemical linkage by ionic or covalent binding to the monomer bearing acid groups or to the corresponding polymer.
Covalent linkages preferably are via C-C bonds as, for exam-ple, with cyclodextrin derivatives having ethylenically un-saturated groups incorporated covalently in the polymer chain already during polymerization of the monomers. For example, such groups are (meth)acrylic, (meth)al:iyl and vinyl groups.
According to the invention, however,, covalent linkage of the cyclodextrin component to the polymer of ethylenicall.y unsat-urated monomers is also possible subsequent to polymerization vi.a ether, amide or ester groups.
Ionic binding of the cyclodextrin derivatives can be effected using anionic or cationic groups, with cationic groups being preferred. Frequently, it is advantageous when the cyclodextrin molecules have multiple substitutions with ionic groups. Examples of anionic groups are carboxylate, sulfate and sulfonate groups. Examples of cationic groups are quaternary grous containing nitrogen.
Ionic cyclodextrins can be produced by :reacting cyclodextrin derivatives with reactive compounds such as chloroacetic acid, sodium chloroace~tate, malefic acid, malefic anhydride, and succinic anhydride. In an aqueous solution, these reaction products, e.g. carboxymethylcyclodextrin, carry a negative charge in a basic medium due to the carbox-ylate group.
Cyclodextri.n derivatives to be used according to the invention and having at least one nitrogen-containing hetero-cycle can be produced according to the teaching of DE-A-195 20 98, A1, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. In this way, cyclodextrin derivatives can be obtained, which include another group active towards nucleo-philic groups. These derivatives can undergo direct z-eaction with polymers bearing nucleophilic groups. Examples of nu-cleophilic groups are -OH, -NH or -SH groups.
Other chemically modified cyclodextrins to be used according to the invention can be obtained as described in A.P. Croft and R.A. Bartsch, Tetrahedron Vol. 39, No. 9, pp.
1417-1473. They are obtained by reacting nitrogen-containing compounds having at least one functional group capable of reacting ~,nith the hydroxyl groups of the cyclodextrins to fo,-m ether, ester or ace~al groups.
Cationic cyclodextrins such as described in Ch.
Roussel, A. Favrou, Journal of Chromatography A, 704 (1995), 67-74, are particularly preferred. They are obtained by re-acting cyclodextrin with e.g. N-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride. The cyclodextrins described in the above publication have a degree of substitution of 0.2.
The ionic cyclodextrins including at least one nitro-gen-containing aliphatic residue, which can be used according to the invention, may also be produced e.g. according to the methods described in US 3,740,391; 4,153,585 and 4,638,058.
The disclosure of the above-mentioned publications i~: hereby incorporated by reference.
For example, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl (met:h)acrylate, N,N-dimethylamino-ethyl(meth)acrylamide, and N,N-dimethylaminopropyl(meth)-acrylamide, or the quaternary derivatives thereof obtained by reaction with alkyl halides may be mentioned as suitable monomers. Preferably, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate (ADAME
or ADAME-quat.) and N,N-dimethylaminopropylacrylamide (DIMAPA
or DIMAPA-quat..) are employed.
Here, the compound of formula I undergoes reaction:
HZC=CR1-CO-X-R2-N+(R3)3 Y- (I) wherein R1 = H, CH3, R2 = C2-C4 alkylene group, R3 = H, C1-C4 alkyl group, X = O, NH, Y = Cl, 504.
The average degree of sub:>titution ( DS value ) per anhydroglucose unit for substituents containing nitrogen can be determined according to methods known from literature using elemental analysis as described e.g. in US 5,,134,127 and US 3,453,257 for substituents containing sulfur o:r nitro-gen. When using the synthetic methods described in US
3, 740, 391 and 4, 153, 585, the DS value can be varied within wide limits.
3 hydroxyl groups per anhydroglucose unit of <~ cyclo-dextrin are capable of undergoing further reaction. There-fore, the degree of substitution e.g. in case of (3-cyclodex-trin can be between 0.05 and 3 at maximum. A degree of sub-stitution below 0.05 indicates that a mixture of non-modified cyclodextrin and chemically modified cyc:lodextrin is present.
According t.o the invention, the= degree of substitu-tion (DS) of the cyclodextrin derivatives is 0.005 - 2, pref-erably 0.05 - 1.5.
In addition to the above-mentioned groups required for binding to the polymer, the cyclodextrins may also con-tain other substituents having no reactivity towards the polymer. For example, these include reaction products of cyclodextrins with alkylating agents, e.g. C1-C22 alkyl hal-ides, e.g. methyl chloride, ethyl chloride, butyl chloride, butyl bromide, benzyl chloride, lauryl chloride, stearyl chloride, or dimethyl sulfate, or reaction products oi= cyclo-dextrins with alkylene oxides such as ethylene oxide, propyl-ene oxide, butylene oxide, or styrene oxide.
The amount of cyclodextrin or derivatives thereof to be employed according to t:he invention is 0.01-50 wt.-o, preferably 0.1-30 wt.-o, more preferably 0.5-10 wt.-°>, rela-tive to the total amount of polymer.
Well-known processes are possible for polymerizing the polymers of the invention optionally having superabsorb-ent properties, e.c~. buik polymerization, solution polymer-- 1.1 -ization, spray polymerization, inverse emulsion polymeriza-tion, and inverse suspension polymerization.
Preferably, a solution po:Lymerization is performed using water as solvent. The solution polymerization may be conducted in a continuous or batchwise fashion. The prior art includes a broad spectrum of possible variations with respect to concentration conditions, temperatures, type and amount of initiators and of secondary catalysts. Typical processes have been described in the following patent specifications: US
4,286,082; DE 27 06 135, US 4,076,663, DE 35 03 458, DE
40 20 780, DE 42 44 548, DE 43 23 001, DE 43 33 056, DE
44 18 818 which hereby are incorporated as disclosure of the process according to the invention.
Preferably, aliphatic, optionally substituted C2-Clo preferably CZ-C5 carboxylic acids or sulfonic acids, such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, isocrotonic acid, malefic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, vinylacetic acid, vinylsulfonic acid, methallylsulfonic acid, 2-acryl-amido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, as well as the alkali and/or ammonium salts or mixtures thereof are possible as ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups. It is preferred to use acrylic acid and its alkali and/or ammo-nium salts and mixtures thereof. Furthermore, it is also possible to use monomers being hydrolyzed to form acid groups as late as subsequent to the polymerization, e.g. the corre-sponding nitrile compounds.
In order to modify the polymer properties, up to 40 wt.-o of monomers other than the monomers containing acid groups, which are soluble in the aqueous polymerization batch, such as acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylonitrile, (meth)allyl alcohol ethoxyl.ates, and mono(meth)acrylic acid esters of polyhydric ~alcohols or et~ho:~ylates can optionally be used.
Minor amounts of crosslinking monomers having more than one reaci~ive group in their molecules are copolymerized together with the above-mentioned monomers, thereby forming partially crosslinked polymer products which are no longer soluble in wager but merely swellable. Bi- or multifunctional monomers, e.g. methylenebi.sacryl- or -methacrylamide, or ethylenebisacrylamide may be mentioned as crosslinking mono-mers, and also, allyl compounds such as allyl (meth)acrylate, alkoxylated allyl (meth)acrylate reacted preferably with from 1 to 30 mol of ethylene oxide units, triallyl cyanurate, malefic acid d.iallyl ester, polyallyl esters, tetraa7_lyloxy-ethane, trial:Lylamine, tetraallylethylenediamine, al.lyl es-ters of phosphoric acid or phosphorous acid, and also, the N-methylol compounds of unsaturated amides such as methacryl-amide or acrylamide and the ethers derived therefrom, as well as esters of polyols and alkoxylated po:Lyols with unsaturated acids, such as diacrylates or triacrylates, e.g. but:anediol or ethylene glycol diacrylate, polyglycol di(meth)acrylates, trimethylolpropane tri.acrylate, di- and triacrylate esters of trimethylolpropane preferably oxyall~>ylated (ethoxylated) with 1 to 30 mol alkylene oxide, acrylate and methacrylate esters of: glycerol and pentaerythritol, and of glycerol anon, penta-erythritol preferably oxyethylated with 1 to 30 mol ethylene oxide. It is preferred to use tri.allylamine, acrylates of pc>lyhydric alcohols or alkoxylates thereof, and methallyl alcohol acrylates or alkoxylates thereof.. The ratio of cross-li.nking monomers is from 0.01 to 3.0 wt.-%, preferably from 0.05 to 2.0 wt.-°,, and more preferably from 0.05. to 1.5 wt.-o, relative to the total weight: of the monomers.
The optional neutralization of the acidic monomers according to the polymerization process of the invention can be performed i.n various ways. On the one hand, according to tr.e teaching of US 4,654,039, the polymerization may be con-ducted directly with 'the acidic monomers, with neutra7_ization being effected subsequently in the polymer gel. Preferably, the acid groups of_ the monomers are already neutralized to 20-95 0, preferably 50-80°s prior to po:Lymerization, in which case they are present as sodium and/or potassium and/or ammo-nium salts at the time polymerization is begun. It is pre-ferred to use those bases for neutralization which do not adversely affect the subsequent polymerization. It is pre-ferred to use sodium or potassium hydroxide solution and/or ammonia, with sodium hydroxide solution being particularly preferred; addition of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate may have an additional positive effect as taught in US 5,314,420 and US 5,154,713. Before initiating the polymerization in this adiabatic solution polymerization, the partially neutralized monomer solution is cooled to a temperature of-_ below 30°C, preferably below 20°C. The other palymerization processes comply with the temperatures known from prior art as apparent from the literature below.
The polymer products of the invention may optionally contain water-soluble natural or synthetic polymers as a basis for grafting in amounts up to 30 wt.-%. IntE~r alia, trese include partially or completely saponified polyvinyl alcohols, starch or starch derivatives, cellulose or cellu-lose derivatives, po:lyacrylic acids, polyglycols, or mixtures thereof. The molecular weights of the polymers added as basis far grafting must be adapted to the circumstances of the polymerization conditions. In the event of an aqueous solu-tion polymerization, for example, it may be necessary for viscosity reasons to employ low to medium molecular weight polymers, whereas this factor plays a minor role in a suspen-sion polymerization.
In addition to polymers obtained by crosslinking polymerization of partially neutra:Lized acrylic acid, those are preferably used which are obtained by employing starch or polyvinyl alcohol as graft basis.
The polymerization process of the invention can be in-tiated by various condi.r_:ior~s, e.g. by irradiating with radioactive, electromagnetic or ultraviolet radiation, or by a redox reaction of two compounds, e.g. sodium hydrogen sul-fite with potassium persulfate, or ascorbic acid with hydro-gen peroxide. The thermally induced decomposition of a so-called free-radical initiator such as azobisisobutyronitrile, sodium peroxodisulfate, t-butyl hydroperoxide, or dibenzoyl peroxide is suitable as well. Furthermore, a combination of some of the above-mentioned polymerization initiators is possible.
Preferably, the polymer products of the invention are produced according to two methods:
According to the first method, the partially neutralized acrylic acid is converted to a gel by means of free-radical polymerization in aqueous solution. and in the presence of crosslinkers and optional polymer additives, which gel is subsequently crushed and dried until a powdered, flowable state is reached, milled, and screened to the desired parti-cle size. The solution polymerization may be conducted in a continuous or batchwise fashion. The patent literature in-cludes a broad spectrum of possible variations with respect to concentration conditions, temperatures, type and amount of initiators, as well as a variety of secondary crosslinking options. Typical processes have been described in the follow-ing patent specifications: US 4,0'76,663; US 4,286,082; DE
27 06 135, DE 35 03 458, DE. 35 44 770, DE 40 20 780, DE
42 44 548, DE 43 23 001, DE 43 33 056, DE 44 18 8:18, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The inverse suspension and emulsion polymerization process may also be used to produce the polymer products of the invention. According to this process variant, an aqueous, partially neutralized solution of acrylic acid is dispersed in a hydrophobic organic solvent using protective colloids and/or emulsifiers, and the polymerization is initiated using free-radical initiators. The cross;linl~>ers are either dis-solved in the monomer solution and pre-charged together with same or added separately and optional_Ly during polymeriza-tion. The optionally present polymeric grafting bases are added via the monomer solution or by directly placing in the oil phase. Subsequently, the water is removed azeotropically from the mixture, and the polymer product is filtrated and optionally dried.
Using the process of subsequent surface crosslinking, the polymer products according to the invention are improved in their pattern of properties, particularly in their absorp-tion of liquid under pressure, so that the well-known phenom-enon of "gel blocking" is suppressed, where slightly swollen polymer particles adhere to each other, thereby impeding further absorption of liquid and distribution of liquid in the absorbent articles. In this secondary crosslinking, the carboxyl groups of the polymer molecules are crosslinked at the surface of the polymer particles at elevated temperature using crosslinking agents. Inter a~'ia, methods of secondary crosslinking have been described in the following publica-tions: DE 40 20 780, EP 317,106 and WO 94/9043. According to the invention, all those surface crossli.nking agents known to a person skilled in the art from US 5,314,420, page 8, lines 3-45, may be employed advantageously in combination with a crosslinker used during polymerization or a combination of crosslinkers. As a rule, these compounds contain at least two functional groups capable of reacting with carboxylic acid or carboxyl groups. Alcohol, amine, aldehyde, and carbonate groups are preferred and also, crosslinker molecules having multiple different functions are employed. Preferably, poly-ols, polyamines, polyaminoalcohols, and alkylene carbonates are used. Preferably, one of the following crosslinking agents is used: ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethyl-ene glycol, polyet=hylene glycol, glycerol, polyglycerol, propylene gl ycol, diethanol.arnine, t~riet=hanolamine, polypro-pylene glycol, block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propyl-ene oxide, sorbitan fatty ac~.id esters, ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid esters, trimethylolpropane, ethoxylated trimeth-ylolpropane, pentaerythritol, ethoxylated pentaerythritol, polyvinyl alcohol, sorbitol, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate. It is particularly preferred to use polyols and ethylene carbonate as surface crosslinking agents. The cross-linking agent is employed in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt.-o, preferably 0.1-10 wt.-%, relative to the polymer to be crosslinked.
Following polymerization, the polymer product is dried, milled, screened for the respective grain fraction favorable in application-technical terms, and subsE~quently subjected to surface crosslinking. In some cases, however, it has proven beneficial to add the surface secondary crosslink-ers at an early st:age prior- to drying the polymer gel or prior to crushing the partially or predominantly dried poly-mer. Secondary crosslinking to be performed according to the invention has been described in US 4,666,983 and DE 40 20 780 which hereby are incorporated by reference. Advantageously, the secondary crosslinker frequently is added i.n the form of a solution in water, organic solvents or mixtures thereof, particularly in those cases where low amounts of secondary crosslinking agent are used. Suitable mixing apparatus for applying the secondary crosslinking agent are, e.g., Patter-son-Kelley mixers, DRAIS turbulence mixers, Lodige mixers, Ruberg mixers, screw mixers, pan mixers, and fluid-bed mix-ers, as well as continuously operated vertical mixers wherein the powder is mixed at a rapid frequency using rotating knives (Schugi mixer). Once the surface crosslinker has been mixed with the crosslinked polymer,, heating to temperatures of from 60 to 250°C'., preferably from 1:35 to 200°C, and more preferably from 150 to 185°C is effected in order to perform the surface crosslinking reaction. The time period of the heat treatment is limited by the risk of destroying the de-sired pattern of properties of the superabsorbent polymer product as a result of heat damage.
Depending on the type of use, various screening frac-tions are employed for processing the polymer products as superabsorbers, e.g. between 100 and 1000 ~m and preferably between 150 and 850 ~.m for diapers. In general, this grain fraction is produced by milling and screening prior to and/or subsequent to secondary crosslinking.
According to the process of the invention, the cyclo-dextrins or derivatives thereof are employed as subst:ance or dissolved in a solvent. A preferred solvent is water, but mixtures of water and organic solvents such as ethyl alcohol, acetone are also used.
The addition of the cyclodextrin component can be effected at various process stages in the production. of the polymer products according to the invention. The amount of cyclodextrins or derivatives thereof is 0.01-50 wt.-°s, pref-erably 0.1-30 wt.-%, and more preferably 0.5-10 wt.-°s, rela-tive to the amount of polymer product.
Thus, addition to the monomer solution is possible, where the cyclodextrin or its derivative is added directly to the aqueous monomer solution prior to the polymerization thereof. In case the polymer product of the invention is produced by suspension polymerization, it is also possible to pre-charge all or part of the cyclodextrin in the oi.l phase and meter the monomer solution thereto. Where only a part of the cyclodextrin is pre-charged, th.e remainder can be intro-duced via the monomer solution.
It is also possible to apply the cyclodextrin compo-nent onto a non-dried polymer gel, where the cyclode~a rin or it:s derivative as substance or dissolved in water and/or an organic solvent is applied onto the crushed polymer gel, preferably by spraying and mixing.
However, it is also possible to dry and crush the polymer gel initia:Lly, and subsequently apply the cyclodex-trin or its derivative as substance or dissolved i.n water and/or an organic solvent onto the powder. The rf:sulting product immediately can be processed further or dried to remove solvents.
The cyclodextrin component may also be added onto the crushed and dried absorbent material during surface cross-linking of the polymer product. Suitable mixing apparatus for applying the crosslinking agent and the cyclodextrin compo-nent are e.g. Patterson-Kelley mixers, DR.AIS turbulence mix-ers, Lodige mixers, Ruberg mixers, screw mixers, pan mixers, and fluid-bed mixers, as well as continuously operated verti-cal mixers wherein the powder is mixed at a rapid frequency using rotating knives {Schugi mixer).
Also, the cyclodextri.n component can be applied onto the crushed, already surface-crosslinked polymer product. In this process variant, according to the invention, preferably sonically modified cyclodext.rins as substance or dissolved in water and/or an organic solvent are sprayed onto the prefera-bly powdered polymer, followed by evaporating the solvent.
According to the process of the invention, the cyclo-dextrin component may also be introduced at various stages of the production process, so as to optionally optimize its effect. In this way it is possible, for example, to polymer-ize a non-modified cyclodext:rin together with the monomer solution and fix an sonically modified cyclodextrin on the surface of the polymer during surface crosslinking.
It is also possible to bind the cyclodextrin compo-nent to the polymer in an additional surface crosslin king.
Using the methods according to the invention, final products are obtained wherein the cyclodextrin or its deriva-tive is incorporated in the synthetic polymer in such a way that the amount of cyclodextrin extractable with water is significantly less than the amount actually contained in the final product. In the products according to the invention, the extractable percentage of cyclodextrins is below 85% of the amount present in the product, preferably 60%, and more preferably 45%.
Owing to their excellent absorptive capacity, the polymer products of the invention are suitable as absorbents which, compared to powdered absorbents including no cyclo-dextrin or derivative thereof, exhibit improved absorption of malodorous compounds.
The polymers according to the invention find use e.g.
in hygiene articles capable of absorbing body fluids such as urine, or in the packaging sector, e.g. meat and fi:~h prod-ucts, where they absorb large amounts of aqueous liquids and body fluids such as urine or blood, with swelling and forma-tion of hydrogels. The polymer products of the invent=ion are incorporated directly as powders in constructions for absorb-ing liquids, or previously fixed in foamed or non-foamed sheet materials. For example, such constructions for absorb-ing liquids are diapers for babies, incontinence art~_cles or absorbent inserts in packaging units for foodstuffs.
Moreover, the absorbents of the invention were found to be excellently suited for incorporating active substances.
The stability of sensitive active substances, e.g. with re-spect to oxidative degradation, is substantially improved as a result of incorporation in the absorbents of the invention.
Furthermore, the polymers according to the invention find use in plant breeding and in pest. control in agricul-ture. In plant breeding, the polymers. in the vicinity of plant roots provide for sufficient supply of liquid and pre-viously incorporated nutrients and are capable of storing and releasing same over a prolonged period of time.
In pest control, the polymers can incorporate single active substances or a combination of multiple active sub-stances which in use are released in a controlled fashion in tE:rms of time and amount.
Production and properties of the polymer products according to the invention will be illustrated in the follow-ing Examples which also comprise the production of ionic cyclodextrins used according to the invention.
Test methods used on polymers according to the invention:
1) 180 ml of an aqueous solution of sodium chloride is poured over 1 g of polymer product, and this is stirred thoroughly for 1 hour (alternatively 16 hours) at room temperature. This is subsequently filtrated through a screen, and the concen-tration of cyclodextrin is determined according to the method below. This method is based on the reduction of light absorp-tion (550 nm) of an alkaline solution of phenolphthalein in the presence of cyclodextrin which, as described by T.
Takeuchi and T. Miwa, Chromatographia 1994, 38, 453, can be determined. The concentration obtained experimentally is divided by the concentration calculated theoretically. The theoretical concentration can be determined from the amount of cyclodextrin employed in the powder by dividing by 180. In this way, the extracted amount of cyclodextrin is obtained.
Concentration (CD) found EA(CD) - -- -Theoretica.l concentration (CD) EA(CD): extractable percentage of c:yclodextrin.
- ? _L _ 2) Determination of the absorption of malodorous compounds 0.1 g of powdered polymer product is added with 2 ml of an aqueous solution (including 5 wt.-% ethanol) of mal-odorous compound, and this is sealed in a 5 ml test vessel.
This is allowed to stand at 40°C for 20 minutes, <~nd the content of malodorous compound in the vapor space above the liquid is determined quantitatively against a blank using headspace GC.
Examples:
Comparative Example 1 according to patent applications WO
94/22500 and WO 94/22501 9.850 g of a commercially available absorbent (Favor~, company Stockhausen GmbH) is mixed thoroughly with O.:LS g of solid /3-cyclodextrin (beta-W7-cyclodextrin, techni-ca:1 grade, by blacker company). Thereafter, the extractable amount of cyclodextrin is determined according to the speci-fied test method.
EA = 93%
Comparative Example 2 according to patent applications WO
94/22500 and WO 94/22501 40 g of polyethylene glycol (m.w. 3000) is melted at elevated temperature. 40 g o.f cyclodextrin is added thereto, and the mixture is homogenized. 9.40 g of a commercially available powdered absorbent (Favor°, company 5tockhausen GmbH) is sprayed with 0.6 g o:E the cycle>dextrin/polyethylene glycol solution, mixed thoroughly and cooled to room tempera-ture. Thereafter, the extractable amount of cyclodexl~rin is determined according ~to the specified test method.
EA = 89%
Example 1 A) An aqueous solution of acrylic acid (29.3 wt.-%) is mixed with 1.2 wt~.-%/monomer of a polyglycol acrylate cross-linker mixture and partially neutralized to 60 mole-%
using a 50% sodium hydroxide solution with stirring and cooling. The solution is cooled to 7-8°C and purged with nitrogen for about 20 minutes. Following addition of aqueous solutions of sodium persulfate, hydrogen peroxide and a water-soluble azo initiator, the polymerization is initiated with ascorbic acid, whereupon a significant rise in temperature to more than 90°C occurs. A gE=1-like product is obtained.
B) 50 g of the dried and milled polymer from A) screened to 150-800 ~m is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonate, 2 g of water and 4 g of acetone in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a commercially available household hand mixer (Krups company). Subsequently, the wetted polymer is heated in an oven at a temperature of 180°C for- 30 minutes, thereby undergoing surface crossl.inking.
C) The procedure is as described in A). In addition, howev-er, 5 g of cyclodextrin is added to the monomer solution.
A gel-like product is obtained, t:he further processing of which is effected as described in B).
D) The gel free of cyclodextrin, which has been obtained in A), is immersed i.n a 80°C hot solution in a beaker, con-sisting of 10 g of cyclodextrin and 23.3 g of water, until the solution has completely permeated into the polymer gel. Subsequently, the gel is willowed and dried at 150°C.
EA = 27%, determined according to the specified test method.
E) 50 g of the dried and milled polymer from D) screened to 150-800 ~m is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonates 2 g of water and 4 g of acetone in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a commercially available household hand mixer (Krups company). Subsequently, the wetted polymer is heated in an oven at a temperature of 180°C for 30 minutes.
The extractable percentage, EA = 8%, determined ac-cording to the specified test method, is clearly lower as a result of surface crosslinking.
Example 2 50 g of the wallowed, dried and milled polymer from Example 1 A) screened to 150-800 ~cm is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonate, 1.5 g of non-modified cyclo-dextrin, and 8.5 g of water in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a commercially available household hand mixer (Krups company). For surface crosslink-ing, the wetted polymer subsequently is heated in an oven at a temperature of 175°C for 25 minutes.
EA = 800, determined according to the specified test method.
Example 3 F) In a 500 ml three-necked round boti~om flask, 113.4 g of ~3-cyclodextrin is suspended in 200 g of deionized water and 8 g of an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (50%).
This suspension is heated to boiling until all of the above is dissolved. LVith vigorous stirring, 34.4 g of an aqueous solution of DIMAPA-quat. (600) is added dropwise over 30 min, and this is stirred. under reflux for another hours. The solu~:ion is cooled to 5'C, and a pH of 7 is adjusted using hydrochi.oric a~~id. The precipitate is filtrated and washed with water. Following drying of the filter residue, the DS value is determined to be 0.005 using elemental analysis. 50 g of the willowed, dried and milled polymer from Example 1 B) screened to 150-800 um is wetted with a solution of 0.5 g of ethylene carbonate, 1.5 g of cyclodextrin derivative according to F), and 7.3 g of water in a plastic vessel with vigorous stirring and mixed thoroughly using a cammercially available household hand mixer (Krups com.pany). For surface. cross-linking, the wetted polymer subsequently is heated in an oven at a temperature of 175°C for 25 minutes.
EA = 40%, determined according to the specified test method.
Determination of the gas concentration of malodorous com-pounds Superabsorbers made of polyacrylic acid with a degree of neutralization of 60g and 70%, respectively, and subjected to secondary surface crosslinking were modified in a second secondary surface crosslinking according to the procedure of Example 3, using various cyclodextrins. The amount of cyclo-dextrin can be inferred from the fol:Lowing Table. In the measurement of malodorous substances, a polymer with no cyclodextrin was tested as a blank according to the specified test procedure, and the gas concentration of malodorous sub-stance found was set 1000. Samples containing cyclodextrin were subsequently tested and the gas concentration of mal-odorous substance determined.
Odorous substance: Ethylfuran.
Wt.-% CD Cyclodextrin derivative Reduction of ethylfuran concentration in the gaseous space 10## ,Q-Cyclodextrin 72%
3## Q-Cyclodextrin 63%
3## a-Cyclodextrin 6g%
##: Absorber having 60% neutralization of the acid groups As can clearly be seen, the gas concentration of volatile substances dissolved in water is reduced upon ab-sorption by the cyclodextrin-containing polymers of the in-vention.
In analogy to ethylfuran, an odorous substance con-taining sulfur was tested.
In addition, the effect of pure cyclodextrin ('with no polymer) was monitored. As can be seen, cyclodextrin in the polymer of the invention from a content as low as 3% on achieves a marked reduction in the gas concentration of the sulfur-containing compound.
Doping with furfurylmercaptane:
Wt.-% CD Cyclodextrin or Reduction of furfurylmercaptane CD derivative conc entration in the gaseous space 10# ~3-Cyclodextrin 3# ~3-Cyclodextrin 51%
3# a-Cyclodextrin 65%
10## ,Q-Cyclodextrin 46%
3## a-Cyclodextrin 18%
3## a-Cyclodextrin 2g%
1.5# Monochlorotriazinyl-,Q-cyclodextrin42%
3# Monochlorotriazinyl-a-cyclodextrin49%
100 /3-Cyclodextrin 5 7'%
100 a-Cyclodextrin 64'%
#: Absorber having 70% neutralization of the acid groups ##: Absorber having 60% neutralization of the acid groups The polymers of the invention develop excellent ef-fectiveness when the cyclodextrin is entrapped in the poly-mers:
Polymer of CD ratio CD derivative Reduction of furfurylmercaptane Example (wt.-%] concentration in the gaseous space f%]
1 E 1.5 non-modif. 72 1 E 3 non-modif. 55 3 3 of Ex. 3F 49
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1. An absorbent polymer based on optionally partially neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing acid groups, the surface of which polymer has been subjected to secondary crosslinking subsequent to polymerizing, characterized in that the polymer has cyclodextrins and/or cyclodextrin derivatives bound covalently and/or ionically and/or incorporated therein.
2. The polymer according to claim 1, characterized in that the polymer includes from 0.01 to 50 wt.-%, preferably from 0.1 to 30 wt.-%, more preferably from 0.5 to wt.-% of cyclodextrins and/or cyclodextrin derivatives, relative to the polymer.
3. The polymer according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a maximum of 85 wt.-% of the amount of cyclodextrins and/or cyclodextrin derivatives in the polymer is extractable with water.
4. The polymer according to claim 3, characterized in that the amount extractable with water is 60 wt.-% at maximum, preferably 45% at maximum.
5. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the polymer is constituted up to 40 wt.-% of monoethylenically unsaturated monomers other than the monomers bearing acid groups.
6. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the polymer has from 0.05 to 3 wt.-% of a crosslinking monomer incorporated by polymerization.
7. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the polymer has 30 wt.-% of a water-soluble, natural or synthetic polymer incorporated therein by polymerization and/or graft polymerization.
8. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the polymer has been subjected to surface crosslinking using from 0.1 to 10 wt.-%, relative to the polymer, of a crosslinker component.
9. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the polymer contains .alpha.-, .beta.-, or .gamma.-cyclodextrins or derivatives thereof as cyclodextrins or derivatives thereof.
10. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the cyclodextrins or cyclodextrin derivatives are covalently bound to the polymer via ethylenically unsaturated groups.
11. The polymer according to any of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the cyclodextrins or cyclodextrin derivatives are sonically bound to the polymer via carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate, or quaternary amino groups.
12. The polymer according to claim 11, characterized in that the cyclodextrins or cyclodextrin derivatives are bound to the polymer in a cationic fashion.
13. A process for producing the polymers according to any of claims 1 to 12 by free-radical polymerization of an aqueous solution of the ethylenically unsaturated, optionally partially neutralized monomer bearing acid groups, optionally up to 40 wt.-% of further monoethylenically unsaturated comonomers, crosslinking monomers, and optionally up to 30 wt.-% of a water-soluble natural or synthetic polymer, optional isolation, crushing, and drying of the polymer, characterized in that the cyclodextrin and/or cyclodextrin derivative is already contained in the polymer during secondary surface crosslinking of same, or the polymer having undergone surface crosslinking is treated with an ionic cyclodextrin derivative.
14. The process according to claim 13, characterized in that the cyclodextrin and/or cyclodextrin derivative is incorporated prior to or during polymerization of the monomers and/or applied on an optionally obtained hydrogel and/or on optionally milled and dried polymer prior to or during surface crosslinking of the polymer.
15. The process according to any of claims 13 to 14, characterized in that the cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivative is employed as substance or as a solution.
16. Use of the polymers according to any of claims 1 to 12 as an absorbent for aqueous liquids, preferably in absorbing body fluids, in optionally foamed sheet materials, in packaging materials, in plant breeding, and as soil improver.
17. The use of polymers according to claim 16 in hygiene articles.
18. Use of the polymers according to any of claims 1 to 12 as a vehicle and/or stabilizer for active substances or fertilizers being released optionally in a delayed fashion.
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