US 7,357,881 B2
Cycloamide-transition metal complexes and bleach catalysts
Hiroshi Danjo, Wakayama (Japan); and Hiromoto Mizushima, Wakayama (Japan)
Assigned to Kao Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/505,165
PCT Filed Mar. 04, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/02491
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 22, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/074539, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-059986 (JP), filed on Mar. 06, 2002; and application No. 2002-359665 (JP), filed on Dec. 11, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0161635 A1, Jul. 28, 2005
Int. Cl. C11D 3/39 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 252—186.1  [252/186.33; 252/186.43; 510/311; 540/465] 8 Claims
 
1. A cyclic amide transition metal complex represented by formula (1)

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C16 hydrocarbon, a perfluoroalkyl group or a halogen atom, R7 represents an optionally substituted C1 to C18 alkylene or a perfluoroalkylene group, A represents a group having 1 to 3 quatemary ammonium groups substituted with a linear or branched alkyl group or linked with a linear or branched alkylene group, a cyclic quaternary ammonium group or a heterocyclic aromatic quaternary cation group which may be substituted with a linear or branched alkyl group, M represents a transition metal, L represents a ligand and Q represents an arbitrary counterion equilibrated stoichiometrically with a charge of the compound.