| abstract |
A water-soluble home care concentrate is provide which includesna blend of zinc ricinoleate; and at least one alkoxylated aminenhaving the formulan R(nAO) s NH t , nwhereinn R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkylncontaining from 8 to 22 carbon atoms; AO is a C 2 -C 6 alkoxylate; n is the number of moles of AO and is from 1 to 50; s 1, 2 or 3; t 0, 1 or 2; and the sum of s and t is 3. n The present invention also relates to diluted formulations thatninclude the inventive water-soluble concentrate and at a leastnone solvent such as water and/or a carboxylic acid that isncapable of solubilizes the concentrated blend into a dilutednformulation that contains about 20%, by weight, or greaternactivated zinc atoms therein which are capable of binding withnmalodor molecules. The present invention also provides homencare formulations that include the inventive dilutednformulation and at least one additional formulating agent suchnas a perfume, dye, surfactant and the like. Methods of formingnthe inventive water-soluble concentrate, diluted formulationnand home care formulations are also provided in the presentninvention. |