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Synthesis of ω-hydroxy quaternary ammonium bolaform surfactants
Davey, Tim W.,Hayman, Alan R.
, p. 581 - 586 (2007/10/03)
Several members of a novel class of ω-substituted asymmetric bolaform surfactants have been synthesized in order to investigate their surfactant and biological properties. The ω-hydroxy trialkylammonium and pyridinium surfactants have significant antimicrobial and antifungal activity relative to their conventional analogues. For conventional quaternary ammonium alkyl surfactants, increasing the hydrocarbon chain length causes a decrease in the surfactant monomer solubility and a corresponding decrease in the biological activity. No such trend is observed for the ω-hydroxy quaternary ammonium bromide series.
