Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.

National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation

Stephen W Russell

Mark P Houghton

Alan Digby Tomlinson

Paul T Kimpton

Polymers can be prepared by polymerizing appropriate monomers in a substantially non-aqueous liquid medium comprising a detergent and/or an ester of a polyhydic alcohol. The invention also includes novel polymers which can be prepared by this process.

Process for the polymerization of polymers in non-aqueous liquid media

An aqueous liquid detergent composition comprising water, a glyceryl ether of an alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, an enzyme and boric acid or a boron-equivalent thereof capable of reacting with said surfactant.

Storage-stable enzymatic liquid detergent composition

A substantially non-aqueous liquid detergent product comprising a liquid surfactant phase and a solid phase dispersed therein, the liquid surfactant phase comprising an ethoxylated alcohol having an average of from 5 to 8 ethylene oxide (EO) groups per molecule, at least 60% having a number of ethylene oxide groups within .+-.2EO of the average and the alkyl chain distribution being such that less than 2% has a chain length of 9 or less carbon atoms, at least 90% has a chain length between 10 and 12 carbon atoms and less than 10% has a chain length of 13 or more carbon atoms, said percentages being by weight of the ethoxylated alcohol.

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Stephen W Russell