Cleaning and bleaching composition with amidoperoxyacid

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A process for making a composition comprising, by weight of the composition:

(a) from about 1% to about 15% of amidoperoxyacid, said amidoperoxyacid being substantially water-insoluble at the pH of said composition;

(b) from about 0.5% to about 20% of hydrogen peroxide or a water-soluble source thereof;

(c) from about 10% to about 95% of water;

(d) from about 1% to about 15% of an acylated citrate ester; and

(e) from about 5% to about 25% of a first and a second C.sub.8-18 alcohol which have been ethoxylated with an average from about 2 to about 15 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, wherein the ethoxylated alcohols have a difference in Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balances of at least 2, and wherein a mixture of the ethoxylated alcohols has a weighted average Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance equal to that of said acylated citrate ester; and wherein the pH as is of said composition is from about 0.5 to about 6;

said process comprises the steps of:

i) dissolving said acylated citrate ester and said amidoperoxyacid into said first ethoxylated alcohol;

ii) separately mixing said water, said hydrogen peroxide or a water-soluble source thereof, and said second ethoxylated alcohol; and

iii) emulsifying by pouring the product of step a) into the product of step b) while stirring.

2. A process for making a composition comprising, by weight of the composition:

(a) from about 1% to about 15% of amidoperoxyacid, said amidoperoxyacid being substantially water-insoluble at the pH of said composition;

(b) from about 0.5% to about 20% of hydrogen peroxide or a water-soluble source thereof;

(c) from about 10% to about 95% of water;

(d) from about 1% to about 15% of an acylated citrate ester; and

(e) from about 5% to about 25% of a first and a second C.sub.8-18 alcohol which have been ethoxylated with an average from about 2 to about 15 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, wherein the ethoxylated alcohols have a difference in Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balances of at least 2, and wherein a mixture of the ethoxylated alcohols has a weighted average Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance equal to that of said acylated citrate ester; and wherein the pH as is of said composition is from about 0.5 to about 6;

said process comprises the steps of:

i) mixing said acylated citrate ester and said first ethoxylated alcohol;

ii) separately mixing said water, said hydrogen peroxide or a water-soluble source thereof, and said second ethoxylated alcohol;

iii) combining said mixtures; and

iv) mixing said amidoperoxyacid with the product of step c).

3. An aqueous cleaning and bleaching composition comprising, by weight of the composition:

(a) from about 1% to about 15% of amidoperoxyacid, said amidoperoxyacid being substantially water-insoluble at the pH of said composition;

(b) from about 0.5% to about 20% of hydrogen peroxide or a water-soluble source thereof;

(c) from about 1% to about 15% of an acylated citrate ester; and

(d) from about 5% to about 25% of two C.sub.8-18 alcohols which have been ethoxylated with an average from about 2 to about 15 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, wherein the ethoxylated alcohols have a difference in Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balances of at least 2, and wherein a mixture of the ethoxylated alcohols has a weighted average Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance equal to that of said acylated citrate ester;

wherein said acylated citrate ester is emulsified in said composition by said ethoxylated alcohols, and wherein the pH as is of said composition is from about 0.5 to about 6.

4. A composition according to claim 3 wherein said amidoperoxyacid is of the formula: ##STR4## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group containing from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 is an alkylene group containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.

5. A composition according to claim 4 wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 10 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 is an alkylene group containing from about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms.

6. A composition according to claim 4 wherein said acylated citrate ester is of the formula: ##STR5## wherein R', R'' and R''' are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1-18 alkyl, C.sub.1-18 alkenyl, substituted phenyl, unsubstituted phenyl, alkylphenyl, and alkenylphenyl, and R is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-9 alkyl, C.sub.1-9 alkenyl, substituted phenyl, unsubstituted phenyl, alkylphenyl, and alkenylphenyl.

7. A composition according to claim 6 wherein R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.9 alkyl, and R', R'' and R''' are selected from the group consisting of H, C.sub.1-4 alkyl and C.sub.1-4 alkenyl, but R', R'' and R'''are not all H.

8. A stable composition according to claim 3 which has a pH of from about 1 to about 5.

9. A stable composition according to claim 8 wherein said amidoperoxyacid is monononylamido peroxysuccinic acid or monononylamido peroxyadipic acid.

10. A stable composition according to claim 9 comprising from about 10 to about 20% of a first ethoxylated alcohol having a Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance of from about 5 to about 8, and a second ethoxylated alcohol having a Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance of from about 11 to about 16.

11. A stable composition according to claim 10 comprising from about 2 to about 10% of hydrogen peroxide.

12. A stable composition according to claim 11 wherein said acylated citrate ester is selected from the group consisting of acetyl triethyl citrate, octanoyl trimethyl citrate, acetyl trimethyl citrate, nonanoyl triethyl citrate, hexanoyl triethyl citrate, octanoyl triethyl citrate, nonanoyl trimethyl citrate, hexanoyl trimethyl citrate and mixtures thereof.

13. A stable composition according to claim 12 comprising from about 30 to about 90% of water.

14. A stable composition according to claim 13 comprising from about 2 to about 10% of acylated citrate ester.

15. A stable composition according to claim 14 which does not comprise anionic surfactant.