STEARIN AS A STARTING MATERIAL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE IONIC LIQUIDS

Abstract

For the first time, the possibility of using widely available stearin for the production of fatty acid-derived ionic liquids (ILs) has been shown. New amphiphilic ILs based on imidazolium, pyridinium, and quaternary ammonium cations containing long-chain alkyl substituents were obtained. The synthesized compounds are shown to have biological activity comparable to known antimicrobial compounds. ILs with one alkyl substituent have higher cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity compared to disubstituted derivatives.