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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1983
Vincent Lamberti, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Lever Brothers Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An aqueous composition, particularly a liquid detergent composition comprising urea as a hydrotrope, of improved storage stability which further comprises certain esters, e.g., methyl and ethyl lactates which hydrolyze at a rate comparable to that of the hydrolysis of urea to ultimately form ammonium salts whereby said detergent composition is maintained at a stable overall pH level. In an alternative, competing, but nonetheless beneficial mode of operation the ammonia generated by the hydrolysis of urea may react directly with the esters of the invention by ammonolysis. The acid from which said ester is derived has a pK.sub.a in the range of about 2 to about 4.