Patent ID: 7582594

Claim:
A composition consisting of: water; one or more monopersulfate compounds; one or more buffers selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts of bicarbonate and carbonate; one or more co-solvents, wherein at least one of the co-solvents is selected from the group consisting of acetonitrile, tert-butanol, propylene carbonate, propylene glycol, and polypropylene glycol; and one or more ketones, at least one of said ketones being selected from the group consisting of acetone, 2-butanone, 2-pentanone, 2-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, hexafluoroacetone, trifluoroacetone, acetophenone, camphorsulfonic acid, and levulinic acid, wherein the composition has a pH of from 5 to about 9 and is formulated to achieve in situ generation of dioxirane.