Photoactivated bleach-compositions

摘要

An unbuilt liquid detergent composition containing sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine as a bleach photoactivator is provided for removing stains from textiles. A process for removing stains from textiles by treating the textiles with an aqueous solution of the unbuilt detergent compositions of this invention in the presence of visible light and oxygen is provided. Preferred compositions contain a high proportion of zinc phthalocyanine tri and tetra sulfonates in the bleach photoactivator component.