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US 4,049,665 AGranted
Unsymmetrical disulfides as antimicrobial agents
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorMiriam Lois Douglass
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Abstract
Novel unsymmetrical disulfides of pyridine-1-oxide and acid addition salts thereof, having particular utility as antimicrobial agents per se and in skin cleansing detergent compositions, shampoos, hair dressings, disinfectants, preservatives and the like.
Claims6
An unsymmetrical disulfide compound having the structural formula:
- ##STR25## wherein R is a C.sub.1- C.sub.12 alkyl radical, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 alkenyl radical, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or aralkyl radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, benzyl or naphthyl which may be substituted by 1 or 2 halo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkoxy groups, or a heterocyclic radical selected from the class consisting of furyl, thienyl and pyridyl;
- and acid addition salts thereof selected from the group consisting of halides, sulfates, nitrates and acetates.
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