| abstract |
The present invention relates to a detergent composition in aqueous solution comprising:n (i) a surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and cationic surfactants and mixtures thereof, (ii) a precursor compound capable of giving a rise to a peroxygen compound in the presence of water, (iii) a bleach activator capable of enhancing the bleaching activity of the peroxygen compound so formed, (iv) a suds suppressing agent and (v) a detergent builder, characterised in that the bleach activator comprises one or more cyclic tertiary nitrogen compounds of a defined generic formula, said activator being at least partially soluble in water.n The claimed bleach activators show bleaching activity at relatively low temperatures. |