171 results about "Branched chain fatty acids" patented technology

The present invention relates to polyglycerol partial esers of polyhydroxystearic acid and polyfunctional carboxylic acids which are obtainable by esterification of a polyglycerol mixture with polyhydroxystearic acid where N=1 to 10, preferably 2 to 8, in particular 3 to 5 units and dimer fatty acids which have been obtained by catalytic dimerization of unsaturated fatty acids having 12 to 22 C atoms and have an average functionality of 2 to 3, and/or with aliphatic, linear or branched dicarboxylic acids having a chain length of 2 to 16 C atoms and additionally saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 22 C atoms, preferably 12 to 18 C atoms, the degree of esterification of the polyglycerol mixture being between 20 and 75%, preferably 40 to 70%.

A composition suitable for use on the skin or hair comprising: a) at least one extract of a Boswellia plant or at least one boswellic acid; and b) a carrier selected from the group consisting of branched fatty alcohols containing 8 to 32 carbon atoms, branched fatty acids containing 8 to 32 carbon atoms, unsaturated fatty alcohols containing 12 to 24 carbon atoms, unsaturated fatty acids containing 12 to 24 carbon atoms and derivatives of said branched fatty alcohols, said branched fatty acids, said unsaturated fatty alcohols and said unsaturated fatty acids, or mixtures thereof.

In a prior cosmetic, a cosmetic product provided with sufficient storage stability together with excellent usability can not be realized, and it has been an actual state that a cosmetic product having sense of non-tackiness etc. and excellent usability has poor storage stability. In the present invention, as a cosmetic, a cosmetic for producing a cosmetic product having more excellent usability and storage stability, and a method for making the same, are provided.

The cosmetic of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises an amino acid oil gelling agent, a polyamide resin and one or more monoesters selected from a monoester having a C₉ to C₂₄ linear chain or branched chain fatty acid residue and/or a C₉ to C₂₄ linear chain or branched chain alcohol residue, and thereby, a cosmetic product having excellent usability and sufficient storage stability in combination can be realized.

Anhydrous sunscreen compositions that include a volatile solvent, an organic UV-filter dissolved in the volatile solvent, a water-insoluble, low-volatility, C₂-C₈, liquid silicone dissolved in the volatile solvent, a branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid dissolved in the volatile solvent, and a film-forming polymer, where the branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid and the water-insoluble, low-volatility, C₂-C₈, liquid silicone are present in a ratio from about 3:1 to 4.25:1.

The present invention relates to a process for the skeletal isomerization of unsaturated linear fatty acids to branched fatty acids which comprises contacting said unsaturated linear fatty acids with at least one large pore zeolite catalyst wherein said at least one zeolite catalyst comprises a material having a three dimensional channel structure having a pore diameter of at least 6.0 Å. In another embodiment, the invention relates to a process for the skeletal isomerization and hydrogenation of unsaturated linear fatty acids to saturated branched fatty acids which comprises contacting said unsaturated linear fatty acids in the presence of an acidic catalyst, wherein said acidic catalyst comprises a mesoporous crystalline phase having pore walls containing primary and secondary crystalline building unit structures.

An oily raw material which is usable as an oily raw material for cosmetics and has water-holding properties; and a cosmetic containing this material. The water-holding oily raw material is an esterification product obtained by esterifying polyglycerol having an average degree of polymerization of 6 to 15 with a C8-22 branched fatty acid. This esterification product preferably has a degree of esterification of 60% or higher. This esterification product can be used to produce a cosmetic.

Disclosed are thickeners comprising at least one polyfunctional alcohol ester of formula (I), where G is a moiety which is obtained by removing all alcoholic hydroxyl groups from a polyhydric alcohol; A is an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, where all identical or different alkylene groups may be randomly distributed or present in blocks, n is a number from 101 to 200, and the total of m+p represents the total number of alcoholic hydroxy groups in the polyhydric alcohol, and RCO is an acyl moiety of saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms.

A process for preparing saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof involving subjecting unsaturated fatty acids having 10 to 25 carbon atoms, alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof to a skeletal isomerization reaction in the presence of water or a lower alcohol at a temperature of about 240° C. to about 280° C. using a combination of a stericly hindered Lewis base and zeolite as a Brönsted or Lewis acid catalyst, and isolating saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof from the reaction mixture obtained by the skeletal isomerization reaction. The yield of said saturated branched chain fatty acids is ≧70 wt %. The stericly hindered Lewis base is a tertiary amine or phosphine with linear or branched C1 to C6 alkyl or phenyl groups attached thereto.

The invention provides a transparent solid soap which contains (A) C12-18 linear saturated fatty acids and/or salts thereof and contains substantially neither any branched fatty acid salt nor any unsaturated fatty acid salt. The transparent solid soap further contains (B) one or more members selected among nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, polyhydric alcohols which are liquid at ordinary temperature, and saccharides, (C) an inorganic salt, and (D) water. The content of the fatty acids constituting the ingredient (A) is 20-40 mass% based on the whole solid soap, and the proportion of the fatty acids constituting the ingredient (A) to the ingredient (B) is from 30/70 to 45/55 by mass. The content of the ingredient (C) is 0.5-5 mass%, and the ingredient (D) constitutes the remainder. In the ingredient (A), the proportion of the C12 fatty acid to the sum of the C16 fatty acid and the C18 fatty acid is from 30/70 to 60/40 by mass, and the proportion of the C12 fatty acid to theC14 fatty acid is from 20/80 to 80/20 by mass. The total amount of the C12 fatty acid and the C14 fatty acid is 14-22 mass% based on the whole solid soap. This transparent solid soap is highly transparent and lathers well especially in hard water. It has the moderate hardness required of solid soaps, is free from problems concerning deterioration in odor with time and sogginess. The solid soap has high productivity and can be easily molded into a desired shape.

Provided is an aqueous hair cosmetic composition containing (A) a tertiary amine type cationic surfactant, (B) an aromatic alcohol, (C) a branched fatty acid or salt thereof, and water, wherein Component (B) and Component (C) at a (B)/(C) weight ratio falls within a range of from 100/1 to 1/10. The aqueous hair cosmetic composition of the present invention can repair or prevent the hair damage and fatigue breakdown and give good flexibility and a supple touch to the hair during from wetting to even after drying.

The refrigeration oil composition for HFC-based refrigerants or HC-based refrigerants of the invention includes a product of the esterification of an alcohol ingredient including pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol and a fatty acid ingredient including at least one of a linear or branched fatty acid having 5 carbon atoms and a linear or branched fatty acid having 6 carbon atoms and at least one of a linear or branched fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a linear or branched fatty acid having 9 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the fatty acid having 5 carbon atoms and the fatty acid having 6 carbon atoms in the fatty acid ingredient accounts for 20 to 100% by mol of the total amount of the fatty acid ingredient, and either the alcohol ingredient or the fatty acid ingredient is a mixture.

A cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition is provided. The composition contains a mixture of oils prepared by Kolbe electrolysis of branched chain fatty acids and mixtures of branched chain fatty acids with straight chain fatty acids. The fatty acids containing from 3 to 26 carbon atoms. The oils are a mixture of oils with different spreading rates (spreading cascade).

Substantially anhydrous compositions including at least 10% by weight of a C₂ or C₃ mono-alcohol, a solid, organic UV-filter dissolved therein; and an oil portion including one or more oils, the oil portion having an interfacial tension with water of greater than 9 and less than 32.5, where the composition has a volume fraction of oil relative to oil plus C₂ or C₃ mono-alcohol that is about 0.44 or greater, and is substantially free of a mixture of a low-volatility, C₂-C₈ liquid silicone and a branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid in a ratio of from about 3:1 to 4.25:1

The present invention generally relates to a process for the skeletal isomerization of unsaturated linear fatty acids and/or alkyl esters thereof to their branched counterparts. Said skeletal isomerization process comprises contacting said unsaturated linear fatty acids and/or alkyl esters thereof with at least one metal ion exchanged solid material catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of branched fatty acids and/or alkyl esters thereof from their straight chain counterparts. Finally, the invention also relates to various derivatives prepared from the branched fatty acids and/or alkyl esters prepared in accordance with the present invention.

The invention discloses a method preparing for a biological diesel with the branched chain fatty acid ester, which comprises the following steps: mixing the natural grease, the frying scavenge oil or the trench oil with carbinol, alkyl(the range of carbon atomicity is 3-7), the carbinol type branched chain alcohol(the boiling point is under 155Deg. C) or no branched chain carbinol type branched chain alcohol on alpha-carbon atom; adding the accelerant preparing for the biological diesel( the mole ratio of the carbinol and the grease is 1-6:1; the mole ratio of the branched chain alcohol and the grease is 3-20:1; the accelerant consumption of the esterifying reaction is 0. 3%-5% grease weight); reacting 20-90min at 40Deg. C-100Deg. C; getting the product A; distilling the product A; getting the upper layer biological diesel and the lower layer glycerin after stratifying the rest product in the knockout drum. The invention changes the low temperature floating property of the product, which improves the caloric value.

A process for preparing saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof involving subjecting unsaturated fatty acids having 10 to 25 carbon atoms, alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof to a skeletal isomerization reaction in the presence of water or a lower alcohol at a temperature of about 240° C. to about 280° C. using a combination of a stericly hindered Lewis base and zeolite as a Brönsted or Lewis acid catalyst, and isolating saturated branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof from the reaction mixture obtained by the skeletal-isomerization reaction. The yield of said saturated branched chain fatty acids is ≧70 wt %. The stericly hindered Lewis base is a tertiary amine or phosphine with linear or branched C1 to C6 alkyl or phenyl groups attached thereto.

Sunscreen compositions containing a discontinuous oil phase dispersed in a continuous water phase, at least 10% by weight of an organic UV-filter, a water-insoluble, C₂-C₈, liquid silicone, a branched fatty acid ester of a polyprotic carboxylic acid; and at least 2% by weight of a mineral particulate having a starch coating applied to the surface thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of naturally occurring methylated branched chain fatty acids, precursors, or derivatives such as but not limited to 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-Hexadecen-1-ol (phytol), 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-enoic acid (phytenic acid), 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic (phytanic acid) or 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecanoic (pristanic acid) as amino acid salts for cosmetic, dietary supplement, or pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful in increasing the variables associated with physical performance for the regulation of athletic function.