Inventors:
Thomas P. Brady - Holliston MA
Nancy L. Boardway - Ashland MA
Joseph W. Whalen - Midland MI
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company - Midland MI
International Classification:
C07C 8726, A01N 920
Abstract:
Quaternary ammonium phenates containing a 3-chloro-2-propenyl substituent group attached to the nitrogen atom and having as other substitutent groups attached to the nitrogen atoms (1) a C. sub. 8 -C. sub. 18 alkyl group, (2) a one carbon, two carbon, C. sub. 8 -C. sub. 18 alkyl or a 3-chloro-2-propenyl group, (3) a one carbon or two carbon alkyl or a 3-chloro-2-propenyl group, and (4) a phenate group, wherein not more than a total of two 3-chloro-2-propenyl groups are present in the molecule. The compounds have antibacterial and antifungal utility.