Antimicrobial compositions

Claim 1

An antimicrobial composition comprising the product resulting from admixing (1) a compound selected from the group consisting of a poly (quaternary ammonium) compound having the formula ##STR14##wherein n is about 2-200, A is the anion of an acid, and R 1 and R 4 are polymethylene containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms and R 2 , R 3 , R 5 and R 6 are alkyl containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms ##STR15##wherein n = 10 2 to 5×10 3 ; R is alkyl containing 6 to 15 carbon atoms, x is halide metho-sulfate or etho-sulfate and (2) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds having the formula ##STR16##wherein Y is hydrogen or hydroxy and X halogen, --CF 3 or --H, ##STR17##wherein R is a substituent selected from the group consisting of methyl and phenyl, each X is at least one of bromine and chlorine, y is 0 or 1, and m is an integer of about 1 to 5 (5-y), inclusive; ##STR18##wherein X represents a halogen such as chlorine or bromine, n represents an integer of about 1 to 3, and R represents S or a divalent alkylene radical having about 1 to 4 carbon atoms; ##STR19##wherein X represents a halogen such as chlorine or bromine, n is an integer of about 1 to 3, R is an alkyl group containing about 1 to 4 carbon atoms and Y is S or a divalent radical having about 1 to 4 carbon atoms; ##STR20##wherein each X 1 represents hydrogen or halogen, X 2 represents a halogen, and Y represents hydrogen, halogen or trifluoromethyl; ##STR21##wherein Q represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, X 1 and X 2 each represent a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, iodine and CH 3 , X 3 represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine and CH 3 and X 4 and Y each represent a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine and bromine, there being at least two halogen substituents in the X positions; ##STR22##wherein X is chlorine, bromine or iodine and n is 0 to about 1; ##STR23##wherein X is chlorine, bromine, iodine or hydrogen and a is 0 to about 2, with the proviso that there is at least one and not more than three directly attached halogen atoms, none of which is adjacent to any of the others or to the CF 3 group.