Abstract

Para-biguanidinyl benzoyl chitosan hydrochloride (p-BGBC) is prepared with chitosan (CTS) and para-biguanidinyl benzoyl chloride, which is synthesized by acidchloride reaction of para-biguanidinyl benzonic acid hydrochloride (p-BGBA), as starting material in the medium consisted of MeSO3H and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Structure of p-BGBC is characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR and gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and its antimicrobial activities are evaluated against a Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) and a Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Compared with CTS hydrochloride, p-BGBC has much stronger antimicrobial activities, which increase with the increase of its degree of substitution (DS) of guanidinylation. When the DS of p-BGBC achieves or exceeds 36.8%, its antibacterial activities against the tested bacteria are higher than that of Bromo-Geramium. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012

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