Patent ID: 6887839

Claim:
A composition useful as a detergent for cleaning laundry, dishes, hard surfaces, and other substrates that is formed from components comprising: a) an alkylbenzene sulfonate surfactant component present in any amount between 0.25% and 99.50% by weight based upon the total weight of the composition, said component characterized as comprising any amount between 42.00% and 85.00% by weight based upon the total weight of the component, including every hundredth percentage therebetween, of water-soluble sulfonates of the 2-phenyl isomers of alkylbenzenes described by the general formula: wherein n is equal to any integer between 4 and 18; and b) any amount between 99.75% and 0.50% of a second component that comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of: a fatty acid, an alkyl sulfate, an ethanolamine, an amine oxide, an alkali carbonate, water, a C 1 to C 6 alcohol, pine oil, sodium chloride, sodium silicate, a water-soluble polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 1000, an alcohol alkoxylate, a zeolite, a perborate salt, an alkali sulfate, an enzyme, a hydrotrope, a dye, a fragrance, a preservative, a brightener, a builder, a polyacrylate, an essential oil, an alkali hydroxide, a water-soluble branched alkylbenzene sulfonate, an ether sulfate, an alkylphenol alkoxylate, a fatty acid amide, an alpha olefin sulfonate, a paraffin sulfonate, a betaine, a chelating agent, a tallowamine ethoxylate, a polyetheramine ethoxylate, an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer, an alcohol ethylene oxide/propylene oxide surfactant, a methyl ester sulfonate, an alkyl polysaccharide, an N-methyl glucamide, an alkylated sulfonated diphenyl oxide, a polyethylene glycol, and a water soluble alkylbenzene sulfonate having a 2-phenyl isomer content of less than 30.00%.