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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Daniel J. Coady, Bluffton, GA (US);
Richard A. Dipietro, Campbell, CA (US);
Amanda C. Engler, Woodbury, MN (US);
James L. Hedrick, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Victor W. L. Ng, Singapore, SG;
Zhan-Yuin Ong, London, GB;
Jeremy P. K. Tan, Singapore, SG;
Yi Yan Yang, Singapore, SG;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Agency For Science, Technology And Research, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Antimicrobial cationic polymers having one or two cationic polycarbonate chains were prepared by organocatalyzed ring opening polymerization. One antimicrobial cationic polymer has a polymer chain consisting essentially of cationic carbonate repeat units linked to one or two end groups. The end groups can comprise a covalently bound form of biologically active compound such as cholesterol. Other antimicrobial cationic polymers have a random copolycarbonate chain comprising a minor mole fraction of hydrophobic repeat units bearing a covalently bound form of a vitamin E and/or vitamin D2. The cationic polymers exhibit high activity and selectivity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive microbes and fungi.