Bleach compositions containing metal bleach catalyst, and bleach activators and/or organic percarboxylic acids

A laundry or cleaning composition comprising:

• (a) from about 0.0001% to about 99.9% of a bleach activator and/or organic percarboxylic acid;
• (b) from about 0.001 ppm to about 49% of a transition-metal bleach catalyst, said catalyst comprising a complex of a transition metal and a cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand, wherein:
• (1) said transition metal is selected from the group consisting of Mn(II), Mn(III), Mn(IV), Mn(V), Fe(II), Fe(III), Fe(IV), Co(I), Co(II), Co(III), Ni(I), Ni(II), Ni(III), Cu(I), Cu(II), Cu(III), Cr(II), Cr(III), Cr(IV), Cr(V), Cr(VI), V(III), V(IV), V(V), Mo(IV), Mo(V), Mo(VI), W(IV), W(V), W(VI), Pd(II), Ru(II), Ru(III), and Ru(IV), and;
• (2) said cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand is selected from the group consisting of:
• (i) the cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand of formula (I) having denticity of 4 or 5:
• (ii) the cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand of formula (II) having denticity of 5 or 6:
• (iii) the cross-bridged macropolycyclic ligand of formula (III) having denticity of 6 or 7:
• wherein in these formulas:
• each “E” is the moiety (CRn)a—X—(CRn)a′, wherein —X— is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR and P, or is a covalent bond, and for each E the sum of a+a′ is independently selected from 1 to 5;
• each “G” is the moiety (CRn)b;
• each “R” is independently selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkylaryl, and heteroaryl, or two or more R are covalently bonded to form an aromatic, heteroaromatic, cycloalkyl, or heterocycloalkyl ring;
• each “D” is a donor atom independently selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, and P, and at least two D atoms are bridgehead donor atoms coordinated to the transition metal;
• “B” is a carbon atom or “D” donor atom, or a cycloalkyl or heterocyclic ring;
• each “n” is an integer independently selected from 1 and 2, completing the valence of the carbon atoms to which the R moieties are covalently bonded;
• each “n′” is an integer independently selected from 0 and 1, completing the valence of the D donor atoms to which the R moieties are covalently bonded;
• each “n″” is an integer independently selected from 0, 1, and 2 completing the valence of the B atoms to which the R moieties are covalently bonded;
• each “a” and “a′” is an integer independently selected from 0-5, wherein the sum of all “a” plus “a′” in the ligand of formula (I) is within the range of from about 8 to about 12, the sum of all “a” plus “a′” in the ligand of formula (II) is within the range of from about 10 to about 15, and the sum of all “a” plus “a′” in the ligand of formula (III) is within the range of from about 12 to about 18;
• each “b” is an integer independently selected from 0-9, or in any of the above formulas, one or more of the (CRn)b moieties covalently bonded from any D to the B atom is absent as long as at least two (CRn)b covalently bond two of the D donor atoms to the B atom in the formula, and the sum of all “b” is within the range of from about 1 to about 5;
• and
• (iii) optionally, one or more non-macropolycyclic ligands;
• and
• (c) at least about 0.1% of one or more laundry or cleaning adjunct materials.