Use of compounds for making products with at least one N-halamine precursor group and at least one cationic center

A process for making a reaction-product compound, the process comprising a step of:

• a. reacting a reactant compound of Formula 1:
• wherein
• Z is either N or Y,
• when Z is N then R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a group of methyl, ethyl or n-propyl;
• and
• when Z is Y then R1 and R2 are both nil and Y is selected from Cl, Br and I, with one or more further reactants,
• wherein the one or more further reactants comprise a coating incorporation group that is one of:
• a vinyl group, a vinyl acetate group, an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, a methyl methacrylate group, an acrylamide group, a styrenic group, a hydroxyl group, an alkyloxy group, an aldehyde group, a ketone group, a carboxy group, an epoxide, an amine group, an imine group, an imide group, an azide group, an amide group, a cyanate group, an isocyanate group, a carbamide group, a thiourea, a thiol group, a sulfinic group, a sulfone group, a sulfoxide group or combinations thereof;
• and
• wherein the reaction-product compound is a monomer comprising at least one cyclic N-halamine precursor group, at least one cationic nitrogen center and the at least one coating incorporation group on a substituent of the cationic nitrogen center, and wherein the at least one coating incorporation group makes the reaction-product compound incorporatable into a polymer.