Patent ID: 8414793

Claim:
A bleaching composition comprising a peroxy compound and one or more activator(s) to activate the peroxy compound and accomplish bleaching or cleaning or oxidation in an amount from 1 ppb to 99.99 weight %, the activator comprising one or more metallocarbene(s) of the structure: wherein R 1 through R 8 are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, heteroatom, substituted heteroatom and mixtures thereof, M represent a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Os, Mn, Re, Cu, Ag, Au, Co, Cr, Mo, W, Ru, Sc, Y, La, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Ni, Pd, Pt and Zn, L n ′ represents one or more ligands which may or may not include one or more metal centers, and where y≧1 and n=0-5.