Chloromethyl nitropyridines as antimicrobials
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorsJeffrey D. Griffith, Helen K. Tobol
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Abstract
Chloromethyl nitropyridine compounds which correspond to one of the formulae ##SPC1## Wherein R represents dichloromethyl, trichloromethyl and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, with the proviso that when n is 2, the R groups are not ortho to each other, and compositions containing said compounds are employed as broad spectrum antimicrobials for the control of both fungal and bacterial organisms.
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A method for killing microbes selected from the group consisting of bacteria and fungi which comprises contacting said microbes with an antimicrobial amount of a chloromethyl nitropyridine compound corresponding to one of the formulae ##SPC3##
- wherein R represents dichloromethyl or trichloromethyl and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, with the proviso that when n is 2, the R groups are not
A method for killing soil fungi which comprises treating soil with a fungicidal amount of a chloromethyl nitropyridine compound corresponding to one of the formulae ##SPC4##
- wherein R represents dichloromethyl or trichloromethyl and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, with the proviso that when n is 2, the R groups are not
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