Patent ID: 8404627

Claim:
A detergent comprising one or more neutral or overbased alkaline earth metal C 10 to C 40 hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzoates, wherein: greater than or equal to 20 mole % of the one or more neutral or overbased alkaline earth metal C 10 to C 40 hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzoates, based on the total number of moles of said neutral or overbased alkaline earth metal C 10 to C 40 hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzoates, comprises one or more C 10 to C 40 hydrocarb-1-yl substituted hydroxybenzoates; or greater than or equal to 55 mole % of the one or more neutral or overbased alkaline earth metal C 10 to C 40 hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzoates, based on the total number of moles of said neutral or overbased alkaline earth metal C 10 to C 40 hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzoates, comprises one or more C 10 to C 40 hydrocarb-2-yl substituted hydroxybenzoates.