Patent ID: 7115549

Claim:
A bleaching composition comprising: a) an alkyl benzene sulphonate surfactant, and b) a macrocyclic tetra amido N-donor metal ligand complex, having the structure as shown below: wherein: B 1 , B 3 and B 4 each represent a bridging group having zero, one two or three carbon containing nodes for substitution, and B 2 represents a bridging group having at least one carbon containing node for substitution, each said node containing a C(R), C(R 1 )(R 2 ) or C(R) 2 , each R substituent is the same or different from the remaining R substituents, and (1) is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, alkynyl, alkylaryl, halogen, alkoxy, phenoxy and combinations thereof, or (2) form a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring of which two carbons on the ring form nodes in the B-unit; M is a transition metal ion; L is an axial ligand; and, Q is an alkali metal or tetra-alkyl ammonium or tetra-phenyl phosphonium counter-ion and, said composition being devoid of any added peroxygen bleach or a peroxy based or peroxyl-generating bleach system.