United States Patent (19) 11) 4,282,110 Koike 45) Aug. 4, 1981 54). ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP 3,700,601 10/1972 Bloching .............................. 252/105 3,723,326 3/1973 Cheng et al.......................... 252/107 75) Inventor: Mamoru Koike, Kashiwa, Japan 4,115,294 9/1978 Fearnley et al...................... 252/106 73) Assignee: Kao Soap Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 21 Appl. No.: 93,522 1943694 3/1971 Fed. Rep. of Germany ........... 252/106 22 Filed: Nov. 13, 1979 Primary Examiner-P. E. Willis, Jr. 30 Foreign Application Priority Data Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier Dec. 22, 1978 (JP) Japan ................................ 53-159628 51) Int. Cl. .......................... C11D 9/14; C11D 9/50 57) ABSTRACT 52 U.S. Cl. ..................................... 252/107; 252/109 An antibacterial soap comprising 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'- 58) Field of Search ........................ 252/106, 107, 109 hydroxydiphenylether in amounts of 0.05 to 5% by weight and at least one of an inorganic phosphorus 56) References Cited oxyacid and a salt thereof has a wide range of antibacte U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS rial activities and marked resistance to discoloration 2,234,379 3/1941 Martin .................................. 252/109 upon exposure to sunlight. 3,284,362 11/1966 Zussman ...... ... 252/107 3,625,903 12/1971 Davies et al. ........................ 252/107 4 Claims, No Drawings 4,282,110 1. 2 noted drawbacks of the conventional antibacterial ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP soaps. Another object of the invention is to provide a nove BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION antibacterial soap which exhibits a wide range of anti bacterial activities and is protected against color forma 1. Field of the Invention tion upon exposure to sunlight and which is very stable This invention relates to soaps suitable for skin and in physical properties and does not irritate the skin. hair treatment and has particular reference to a novel In accordance with the invention, there is provided antibacterial soap which comprises 2,4,4-trichloro-2'- an antibacterial soap which comprises 2,4,4'-trichloro hydroxydiphenylether and one or more of an inorganic 10 2'-hydroxydiphenylether in amounts of 0.05 to 5% by phosphorus oxyacid and a salt thereof. weight and at least one of an inorganic phosphorus 2. Description of the Prior Art oxyacid and a salt thereof. 2,4,4'-Trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenylether is a known These and other objects and advantages of the inven compound which possesses broad antibacterial spec tion will become apparent from the detailed description trum characteristics for microorganisms such as Gram 15 and claims which follow hereinafter. positive and -negative bacteria, mold, yeast and the like. By the term soap is meant a cleansing material in the Moreover, the compound has lower toxic and irritating form of a bar or flake. effects upon the skin and mucous membrane of human beings. Because of such substantial advantages, the DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE compound is useful as a good antibacterial agent for 20 PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS inhibiting any noxious microorganisms which would Broadly stated, a novel antibacterial soap according adhere to the skin and hair, and therefore, can be ex to the present invention is produced by incorporating pected to find wide application to soaps, shampoos, into a solid or powdered soap base 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'- detergents, cosmetics, ointments and similar articles. hydroxydiphenylether as an antibacterial agent and at However, such antibacterial compound or 2,4,4-tri 25 least one of a phosphoric oxyacid and a salt thereof as a chloro-2'-hydroxydiphenylether is encountered with discolor-preventing agent. the drawback that the compound when incorporated Typical examples of inorganic phosphorus oxyacids into any conventional soap bases causes the resulting and salts thereof which are useful in the invention in soaps to discolor or become dark brown when they are clude phosphoric acid, hypophosphoric acid, phospho exposed to sunlight. Although discoloration in the soaps 30 rous acid and hypophosphorous acid, and an alkali does not induce adverse effects upon the antibacterial metal salt thereof such as sodium or potassium, and an action of the compound, nevertheless it mars attractive ammonium salt. appearance of the soap product and makes the user feel More particularly, examples of inorganic phosphorus uneasy. This problem is particularly detrimental to oxyacids and salts thereof for use in the invention in commercial acceptance of generally light-colored 35 clude orthophosphoric acid, primary phosphate, sec soaps. Accordingly, a need continues to exist for an ondary phosphate, tertiary phosphate, pyrophosphoric antibacterial soap which produces no color deteriora acid, acid pyrophosphate, neutral pyrophosphate, tion even upon exposure to sunlight. polymetaphosphate, hypophosphoric acid, acid hypo In fact, various attempts have been made to reduce, phosphate, neutral hypophosphate, phosphorous acid, retard or prevent color formation in the soaps of the primary phosphite, secondary phosphite, pyophosphite, type described, and some reports on the problem have polymetaphosphite, hypophosphorous acid and hypo been made public. According to U.S. Pat. No. phosphite. Of these inorganic phosphorus oxyacids and 3,284,362, an aromatic carboxylic acid or an alkali metal salts thereof, preferably useful are orthophosphoric salt thereof is employed as a discolor-preventing agent acid, primary sodium phosphate, primary potassium 45 phosphate, primary ammonium phosphate, pyrophos in a soap composition. The use of a C8-C22 substantially phoric acid, acid sodium pyrophosphate, acid potassium straight-chain fatty acid is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. pyrophosphate, triphosphoric acid, tetraphosphoric 3,625,903 and Japanese Pat. publication No. 47-20629. acid, trimetaphosphoric acid, tetrametaphosphoric acid, On the other hand, Japanese Pat. publication No. hypophosphoric acid, acid sodium hypophosphate, 52-43207 is concerned with the prevention of a soap 50 phosphorous acid, primary sodium phosphite, primary from discoloration with the aid of an organic acid such potassium phosphite, pyrophosphorous acid, polymeta as malonic acid, citric acid or malic acid. It has now phosphorous acid and hypophosphorous acid. Espe been found that satisfactory results cannot still be ob cially desirable are phosphoric acid, primary alkalimet tained by such prior art techniques. al- or ammonium phosphate, pyrophosphoric acid, acid The present inventor has made many studies concern 55 alkalimetal- or ammonium pyrophosphate, triphospho ing minimizing or avoiding color formation or discolor ric acid, tetraphosphoric acid, trimetaphosphoric acid, ation in a variety of antibacterial soaps into which tetraphosphoric acid, hypophosphoric acid and phos 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenylether is incorpo phorous acid. rated. As a result of those studies, it has been discovered The amount of the antibacterial compound or 2,4,4'- that particular phosphoric oxyacids and salts thereof 60 trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenylether may vary, depend exhibit excellent discolor-preventing characteristics and ing on the intended use of the soap, and is practically in are surprisingly efficient in keeping the soaps against a range of about 0.05 to 5% by weight. Moreover, the discoloration. The present invention bases its achieve discolor-preventing agent, that is, any selected one inor ment upon this discovery. ganic phosphorus oxyacid or salt thereof, may be added 65 in amounts of about 0.01 to 10%, preferably 0.1 to 2% SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION by weight. The addition of the discolor-preventing It is an object of the present invention to provide a agent in smaller amounts of less than the lower limits novel antibacterial soap which eliminates the above fails to impart sufficient effects, whereas larger amounts 4,282,110 3 4. of more than the upper limit show no appreciable in TABLE 1-continued crease in the effectiveness and adversely affects the 8: Extremely discolored as physical properties of the soap, thereby resulting in compared to the standard Commercially cracked or otherwise deteriorated soap product. Conse 9: unacceptable quently, the discolor-preventing agent should be added 5 in the amounts specified above for satisfactory results. : Wholly discolored or equal Other desired ingredients can be advantageously to the control utilized in the antibacterial soap of this invention in combination with the antibacterial and discolor-pre venting agents. Such ingredients are germicides, anti-in 10 EXAMPLE II flammatory agents, forming additives, antioxidants, Antibacterial soaps were prepared in the same proce perfumes and pigments, and may be included individu dure as in Example I and tested to observe the relation ally or in combination in any convenient manner. ship between the varying ratios of the discolor-prevent Suitable germicides include 3,4,4-trichlorocarbani ing agent present in the soaps and the degrees of color lide (TCC) and 3-trifluoromethyl-4,4'-dichlorocarbani 15 stabilization and cracking. lide (CF3). Suitable anti-inflammatory agents include The results obtained are shown in Table 2. 5-ureidohydantoin (allantoin), dipotassium glycyrrhe TABLE 2 tate and diammonium glycyrrhetate. Suitable foaming discolor additives include superfatting agents such as lanolin, preventing agent Grades of color Degrees of grades lanolin derivatives, fatty acids, fatty acid esters, higher 20 (phosphoric acid) stabilization of cracking alcohols and alkylalkanolamides.