| CPC A61K 9/5073 (2013.01) [A01N 25/26 (2013.01); A01N 53/00 (2013.01); A61K 8/11 (2013.01); A61K 8/25 (2013.01); A61K 8/38 (2013.01); A61K 8/671 (2013.01); A61Q 19/00 (2013.01); B01J 13/02 (2013.01); B01J 13/22 (2013.01); C09C 3/063 (2013.01); A61K 9/501 (2013.01); A61K 9/5021 (2013.01); A61K 9/5026 (2013.01); A61K 2800/412 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2991 (2015.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. A process for coating solid benzoyl peroxide consisting of:
(a) contacting, in an aqueous medium, the solid benzoyl peroxide with a cationic surfactant to obtain a dispersion of solid benzoyl peroxide having positive charges on its surface;
(b) adding an aqueous solution of a metal oxide salt to said dispersion, under conditions wherein said metal oxide salt precipitates onto the benzoyl peroxide, and acidifying to thereby form benzoyl peroxide that has a metal oxide layer coated thereon;
(b1) contacting, in an aqueous medium, the benzoyl peroxide coated with a metal oxide layer of the preceding step with a surface adhering additive being one or both of (i) a cationic polymer additive and (ii) a non-ionic additive, to obtain a dispersion of said coated solid benzoyl peroxide having an adhering additive on the surface thereof;
(b2) bringing the dispersion obtained in step (b1) into contact with an aqueous solution of a metal oxide salt, under conditions wherein said metal oxide salt precipitates onto the surface of said coated solid benzoyl peroxide, and acidifying to thereby form a solid benzoyl peroxide that has a further metal oxide layer coated thereon;
(c) repeating steps (b1) and (b2) at least 3 more times;
(d) after completion of step (c), aging the metal oxide coating at a temperature ranging between 4° C. and 90° C. and at a pH of 3-9 to form a coated solid benzoyl peroxide, wherein no aging step is conducted between repeated coating steps, but only after completion of step c; and, optionally,
(e) separating the coated, solid benzoyl peroxide from the aqueous medium and optionally rinsing and re-dispersing the coated, solid benzoyl peroxide in an aqueous medium.
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