Claims
- 1. An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising:
- a) 1 to 20 weight percent of a bleaching agent selected from the group of a peroxygen agent, a hypohalite agent and its corresponding salts, and mixtures thereof;
- b) 0.05 to about 10 weight percent of a purine class compound which prevents silver tarnishing and having a formula: ##STR15## wherein X is nitrogen or C--R.sub.3, Y is nitrogen or C--R.sub.4, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently a hydrogen, an oxygen, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an amine, a straight or branched alkyl chain having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an amido, an amidoalkyl, an alkylthio, an alkenyl or a hydroxyalkyl, provided that a pK.sub.a value of the purine class compound is more than 1 unit below a pH value of an aqueous solution of a detergent composition in which it is incorporated;
- c) 1 to 75 weight percent of a builder; and
- d) 0 to 40 weight percent of a surfactant
- wherein the detergent composition has a pH in a range of about 7 to about 11 and substantially prevents tarnishing of silver and silver plated articles in an automatic dishwasher.
- 2. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the purine class compound of formula I includes those compounds wherein X is nitrogen, Y is C--R.sub.4, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently a hydrogen, an oxygen, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an amine, or a lower alkyl having C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 carbon atoms.
- 3. A detergent composition according to the claim 2 wherein the purine class compound of formula I is selected from the group consisting of purine, adenine, guanine, 6-mercaptopurine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, uric acid, and allopurinol.
- 4. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the peroxygen agent is an organic agent or an inorganic agent.
- 5. A detergent composition according to claim 4 wherein the organic agent is selected from the group consisting of epsilon-phthalimido peroxyhexanoic acid, o-carboxybenzamido peroxyhexanoic acid and N,N-terephthaloyl-di(6-aminopercaproic acid).
- 6. A detergent composition according to claim 4 wherein the inorganic agent is selected from a group consisting of salts or perborate monohydrate, monopersulfate, perborate tetrahydrate, percarbonate and mixtures thereof.
- 7. A detergent composition according to claim 1 further comprising an effective amount of peroxygen peracid precursor.
- 8. A detergent composition according to claim 7 wherein the peroxygen peracid precursor is selected from a group consisting of sodium p-benzoyloxybenzene sulfonate, N,N,N',N'-tetraacetyl ethylenediamine, sodium nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate and choline sulfophenyl carbonate.
- 9. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the hypohalite agent is sodium hypochlorite.
- 10. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the builder is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal citrates, succinates, tartrate disuccinates, polycarboxylates, aluminosilicates and mixtures thereof.
- 11. A detergent composition according to claim 1 wherein the anti-tarnishing compound is present in an amount of from about 0.25 to about 2.5 weight percent.
- 12. A detergent composition according to claim 1 further comprising about 0.1 to 40 weight percent of an alkalinity agent.
- 13. A detergent composition according to claim 1 further comprising an enzyme in an amount of up to about 10 wt. %.
- 14. A method for substantially preventing tarnishing of silver or silver plated articles comprising the steps of:
- washing the silver or silver plated articles in an effective amount of an automatic dishwashing detergent composition having the composition:
- a) 1 to 20 weight percent of a bleaching agent selected from the group of a peroxygen agent, a hypohalite agent and its corresponding salts, and mixtures thereof;
- b) 0.05 to about 10 weight percent of a purine class compound which prevents silver tarnishing and having a formula: ##STR16## wherein X is nitrogen or C--R.sub.3, Y is nitrogen or C--R.sub.4, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently a hydrogen, an oxygen, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an amine, a straight or branched alkyl chain having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an amido, an amidoalkyl, an alkylthio, an alkenyl or a hydroxyalkyl, provided that a pK.sub.a value of the purine class compound is more than 1 unit below a pH of an aqueous solution of a detergent composition in which it is incorporated;
- c) 1 to 75 weight percent of a builder; and
- d) 0 to 40 weight percent of a surfactant,
- the composition having a pH in a range of about 7 to about 11,
- to substantially prevent tarnishing of the silver or silver-plated articles during the washing process.
- 15. A method according to claim 14 wherein the peroxygen agent is an organic agent or an inorganic agent.
- 16. A method according to claim 15 wherein the organic agent is selected from the group consisting of epsilon-phthalimidoperoxy hexanoic acid, o-carboxybenzamido peroxyhexanoic acid, and N,N-terephthaloyl-di(6-amino-percaproic acid) and mixtures thereof.
- 17. A method according to claim 15 wherein the inorganic agent is selected from a group consisting of salts or perborate monohydrate, monopersulfate, perborate tetrahydrate, percarbonate and mixtures thereof.
- 18. A method according to claim 14 wherein the composition further comprises an effective amount of peroxygen peracid precursor.
- 19. A method according to claim 14 wherein the hypohalite agent is sodium hypochlorite.
- 20. A method according to claim 14 wherein the purine class compound of formula I is selected from the group consisting of purine, adenine, guanine, 6-mercaptopurine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, uric acid and allopurine.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/136,629, filed Oct. 14, 1993, now abandoned.
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