Acidified chlorite disinfectant compositions with olefin stabilizers

A disinfecting composition comprising an olefin compound having the formula:

• (R1)CH═CH(R2)(X)
• where R1=H—, CH3−, CH3(CH2)n—, CH3(CH2)nCH(OH)—, and MO2C(CH2)n—;
• n=1-20;
• R2=—(CH2)m—;
• m=2-20;
• M=H, Na, K, Ca, Mg, ammonia, or an organic cation;
• and
• X=a hydrophilic group having at least four heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, iodine, phosphorous and mixtures thereof,
• wherein there are at least two saturated carbon atoms between (R1)CH═CH and a heteroatom and a saturated carbon is a carbon free of double and triple bonds.

A two-part disinfecting system comprising a first part and a second part adapted to be mixed to yield an aqueous disinfecting composition, wherein the first part comprises a chlorite and the second part comprises an acid, and wherein the first part, the second part, or both the first and second parts contain an olefin compound having the formula:

• (R1)CH═CH(R2)(X)
• where R1=H—, CH3−, CH3(CH2)n—, CH3(CH2)nCH(OH)—, and MO2C(CH2)n—;
• n=1-20;
• R2=—(CH2)m—,
• m=2-20;
• M=H, Na, K, Ca, Mg, ammonia, or an organic cation;
• and
• X=a hydrophilic group having at least four heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, iodine, phosphorous and mixtures thereof,
• wherein the olefin compound is present in the first part, the second part, or both the first part and second part so that, when the first part and second part are combined, it is present within the disinfecting composition at a concentration ranging from about 0.005% to about 50% by weight.