ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER COMPOUNDS, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to an antimicrobially active polymer compound defined as follows : K-S-A where : - K is a polymer or copolymer of one or more alpha-olefins; - S is a cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride moiety; - and A is a molecule comprising at least one free NH2 group, or a substituent with a free amine group, when not bound to S; wherein S is covalently bound to K via one of its uncarboxylated ring carbon atoms, and A is covalently bound to S via an imide bond in replacement of the "oxy" functional group of the cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride, and S-A together form a substitution unit having antimicrobial activity.