Claims
- 1. A process of inhibiting or preventing the growth of microorganisms in aqueous or hydrocarbon systems which comprises treating said aqueous or hydrocarbon system with about 5 to 500 p.p.m. of a compound which is a halogenated alkynoxymethyl amine having the formula
- RN(CH.sub.2 OR'C.tbd.CX).sub.2
- where R is alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl, R' is an alkylene group having up to 8 carbon atoms and X is a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine.
- 2. The process of claim 1 where R in the formula is alkyl or aryl.
- 3. A process of claim 2 where R in the formula is alkyl having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
- 4. A process of claim 2 where R in the formula is aryl.
- 5. A process of claim 1 where R' in the formula is ##STR20##
- 6. A process of claim 1 where the alkynoxymethyl amine has the formula
- t--dodecyl--N(CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 C.tbd.CI).sub.2.
- 7. The process of claim 1 where the system treated is an aqueous system.
- 8. The process of claim 1 where the system treated is a hydrocarbon system.
- 9. The process of claim 1 wherein the microorganism whose growth is inhibited or prevented is Desulfovibrio desulfuricans.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of Ser. No. 556,332 filed Mar. 7, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,026,946, issued May 31, 1977.
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Divisions (1)
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