Guerbet alcohol mixtures and uses thereof

US9333262B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Peter Kempers · Rheydt, DE
• Rolf Kawa · Monheim, DE
• Stefan Brüning · Goldkronach, DE
• Jadranka Milardovic · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Eike Ulf Mahnke · Velbert, DE
• Heinz-Josef Krüppel · Grevenbroich, DE
• Markus Dierker · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Burkhard Beckedahl · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 15, 2013
• Grant date: May 10, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/10
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Mixtures of Guerbet alcohols, their use in cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical preparations, and also cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical preparations comprising mixtures of Guerbet alcohols are described. Of suitability as petroleum jelly substitute are in particular Guerbet alcohol mixtures with a melting range, measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), between −20° C. and +70° C., where the width of the melting range comprises at least 30 temperature degrees and the maximum of the melting range is 35±10° C. These are obtainable for example by reacting