Patent ID: 8809392

Claim:
A method for sanitizing an article comprising: contacting an article with a composition comprising at least one compound according to Formula I wherein: R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted C m alkyl group; R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C n alkylene group; X is hydrogen, a cationic group, or an ester forming moiety; n is 1 to 10; m is 1 to 10; and m+n is less than or equal to 18, or salts, esters, or mixtures thereof; wherein the composition includes a mixture of 10-hydroxy-9-sulfooctadecaneperoxoic acid; 10,11-dihydroxy-9-sulfooctadecaneperoxoic acid; 9-hydroxy-10-sulfooctadecaneperoxoic acid; and 10-sulfo-8, 9-dihydroxyoctadecaneperoxoic acid.