
%0 Journal Article
%A Davey, Tim W. 
%A Hayman, Alan R. 
%T Synthesis of &#969;-Hydroxy Quaternary Ammonium Bolaform Surfactants
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1998/07/13
%V 51
%N 7
%P 581-586
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/C98001
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/C98001 
%X Several members of a novel class of w-substituted asymmetric bolaform surfactants have been synthesized in order to investigate their surfactant and biological properties. The &#969;-hydroxy trialkylammonium and pyridinium surfactants have significant antimicrobial and antifungal activity relative to their conventional analogues. For conventional quaternary ammonium alkyl surfactants, increasing the hydrocarbon chain length causes a decrease in the surfactant monomer solubility and a corresponding decrease in the biological activity. No such trend is observed for the &#969;-hydroxy quaternary ammonium bromide series. 
