摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides an antimicrobial detergent composition containing, as an antimicrobial agent, a bis-quaternary ammonium compound of the general formula <CHEM> wherein the two R1 may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group of 3 to 18 carbon atoms; the two R2 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R3 represents an alkylene group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenylene group of 3 to 18 carbon atoms or a phenylene or xylylene group which may optionally be substituted by an alkyl group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkoxycarbonyl group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Y1 represents -NHCO-, -CONH-, -NHCS-, -COO-, -COS-, -O- or -S-; Y2 represents -CONH-, -NHCO-, -CSNH-, -OOC-, -SOC-, -O- or -S-; and X represents an anion.</p> |