In accordance with the invention there is a composition comprising a. an antibacterial agent, and b. a solubilizing effective amount for the purposes of solubilizing b of a compound or the formula. ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl of four to twenty carbon atoms inclusive and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl of one to twelve carbon atoms, inclusive.

A cleansing composition which comprises a cleansing effective amount of one or a mixture of a surfactant and a color stabilizing effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are the same or different and are isopropyl or tertiary butyl.

A cleansing composition which comprises a cleansing effective amount of a long chain alkyl or alkenyl containing surfactant or mixtures thereof and a color stabilizing effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are the same or different and are isopropyl or tertiary butyl, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 are the same or different and are isopropyl or tertiary butyl and n is ...

A solid composition comprising a. a cleansing effective amount of an anionic surfactant or mixture thereof, b. an alcohol ethoxycarboxylic acid of the formula wherein R is an alkyl of an average of about 8 to 20 carbon atoms inclusive and n is a number of 1 to about 20, c. a carbanilide antibacterial agent in antibacterial effective quantities wherein component b is in sufficient quantities to solubilize the carbanilide antibacterial agent.

A personal cleansing composition comprising a. at least about one wt % of soap, and b. a sufficient amount of a compound to provide at least about 0.03 wt. % of a free fatty carboxylic acid, said compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or CH.sub.2 COOH, R.sub.a is hydrogen or carboxyl, and R.sub.b is hydrogen or methyl provided that when R is hydrogen, then R.sub.a is carboxyl and when R is CH.sub.2 COOH then R.sub.a is hydrogen.

A composition comprising a homogeneous blend of 95 to 5 parts by weight of an oxidation-curable type water-soluble resin and 5 to 95 parts by weight of a vinyl polymer obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer or monomers in the presence of a neutralized, water-soluble product of an adduct between a substantially amorphous polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of dicyclopentadiene and maleic acid or maleic anhydride. The composition is useful as a coating material, and has advantageous ...

A bentonite composition useful in preventing the flow of water through a structure to be waterproofed is disclosed. This composition comprises at least about 75% to 96% of a substantially unswelled bentonite and the remainder a film forming composition, said film forming composition comprising an organic binder that is solid at room temperature and is substantially unreactive with said bentonite. This bentonite is suspended substantially uniformly throughout said film forming composition to form...

Thermoplastic molding composition comprising an organic polyester or poly(phenylene oxide) or poly(phenylene sulfide) or poly(etherimide) polysulfone and a hydrogenated oligomer of an alpha-olefin in an amount effective to impart reliable and facile mold release.

A composition comprises (a) a carboxylic acid compound which contains at least three carbon atoms and (b) an amine such as an ethoxylated amine. The composition may be obtained by conventional powder blending or melt blending techniques. The compositions can be incorporated into an olefin polymer to give a polymer composition which has an increased crystallization temperature and/or improved optical properties.

An aqueous composition comprising a. a suffactant selected from the group consisting (1) a salt of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an aliphatic radical or mixed aliphatic radicals with 4 to 24 carbon atoms, inclusive, the average value of n is from one to about 10, and M is a metal or amine, (2) a salt of an acyl isethionate wherein the acyl group is from about 10 to 22 carbon atoms inclusive, (3) mixtures of (1) and (2), and b. an antibacterial effective amount of ##STR2## wherein W, X, Y and...