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AssigneeSterling Drug Inc.
InventorsWolfgang Munzenmaier, Heinz Eggensperger, Helmut H. Ehlers, Wolfgang Beilfuss, Lothar Bucklers, Hans-Peter Harke
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Disclosed is a method of disinfecting and a method for destroying bacteria and fungi employing certain 2-substituted glutaraldehydes having the formulas ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from one to twelve carbon atoms, lower-alkoxyalkyl having from two to twelve carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from three to twelve ring carbon atoms, and alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl having from three to eight ring carbon atoms and a total of from four to ten carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is alkyl having from one to four carbon atoms.
A method for disinfecting an inanimate surface contaminated with deleterious microorganisms which comprises contacting said surface with an amount effective for disinfection thereof of a glutaraldehyde represented by the formulas ##STR4## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from one to twelve carbon atoms, lower-alkoxyalkyl having from two to twelve carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from three to twelve ring carbon atoms, and alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl having from three to eight ring carbon atoms and a total of from four to ten carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is alkyl having from one to four carbon atoms.
A method for destroying bacteria and fungi which comprises applying to them or to an environment inhabited by them a bactericidally and fungicidally effective amount of a glutaraldehyde represented by the formulas ##STR8## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the froup consisting of alkyl having from one to twelve carbon atoms, lower-alkoxyalkyl having from two to twelve carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from three to twelve ring carbon atoms, and alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl having from three to eight ring carbon atoms and a total of from four to ten carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is alkyl having from one to four carbon atoms.
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