Method of combatting microorganisms employing substituted oxazolines
AssigneeIMC Chemical Group, Inc.
InventorJerry H. Hunsucker
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Abstract
A method of combatting microorganisms by applying to them or to their habitat an oxazoline represented by the formula ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 can be methyl, ethyl or hydroxymethyl and can be the same or different; X is H.sub.2 or (--CH.sub.2 OH).sub.2 and R.sup.2 is alkyl of 4 to 16 carbon atoms.
Claims9
A method of combatting bacteria and fungi by applying in an amount lethal to said bacteria and fungi and to the environment inhabitated by them, an oxazoline represented by the formula ##STR5## where R and R.sup.1 are hydrogen, methyl, or hydroxymethyl and can be the same or different, R.sup.2 is an alkyl group of from 4 to 16 carbon atoms and X is H.sub.2 or (--CH.sub.2 OH).sub.2.
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