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US 5,688,744 AGranted
Antimicrobial compounds with quick speed of kill
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorsRhoda Weber Joseph, Diane Lynn Antes, Peter Osei-Gyimah
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Abstract
A method of inhibiting the growth of bacteria and algae in industrial loci using a compound of formula I or II: ##STR1## is disclosed. Antimicrobial compounds useful in inhibiting the growth of bacteria and algae in industrial loci and compositions containing the antimicrobial compounds are also disclosed.
Claims3
A method of inhibiting the growth of bacteria or algae in an industrial locus comprising introducing in, at, or on said locus an effective amount of at least one of a quick speed of kill, non-environmentally persisting antimicrobial compound of formulas I or II:
- ##STR4## wherein X and Y are independently selected from Cl, Br, and I;
- ##STR5## R=phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzyl, methyl, or ethyl;
- R.sup.1 =(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8) alkyl;
- R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from H, and (C.sub.1-C.sub.8) alkyl.
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