Polycationic organic compounds

Abstract

A chemical compound having the general formula (I): wherein: each group R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R′ 1 , R′ 2 , and R′ 3 is alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl; each R 4 , R′ 4 , R 5 and R′ 5 is alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or —(CH 2 ) a —(CHY) b —(CH 2 ) c —N + R 1 R 2 R 3 An − ; each Y is —H, —OH, —OR 6 , halo, alkyl, aryl or aralkyl, wherein -R 6 may be alkyl or —(CH 2 ) a —(CHOH) b —(CH 2 ) c —N + R 1 R 2 R 3 An − , and at least one Y is other than —OH or —OR 6 ; each q and z is from 0 to about 6, and q+z is 1 to about 6; each a, b, and c is from 0 to 2, and a+b+c in any fragment is from 3 to 6; and each An − independently may be one or more or a mixture of organic or inorganic, monovalent or polyvalent anion as needed to obtain a neutral compound.

1 . A chemical compound having general formula (I): 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     wherein:
 each group R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R′ 1 , R′ 2 , and R′ 3  is an organic moiety independently selected from alkyl, aryl, and aralkyl; 
 each R 4 , R′ 4 , R 5  and R′ 5  is an organic moiety independently selected from alkyl, aryl, aralkyl and —(CH 2 ) a —(CHY) b —(CH 2 ) c —N + R 1 R 2 R 3 An − , wherein R 1 , R 2  and R 3  are as defined above; 
 at least one R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R′ 1 , R′ 2 , R′ 3 , R 4 , R′ 4 , R 5  and R′ 5  is aryl or aralkyl; 
 each Y is independently selected from —H, —OH, —OR 6 , halo, alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, wherein -R 6  may be alkyl or —(CH 2 ) a —(CHOH) b —(CH 2 ) c —N + R 1 R 2 R 3 An − , wherein R 1 , R 2  and R 3  are as defined above, and at least one Y is other than —OH or —OR 6 ; 
 each q and z independently may be any whole number from 0 to 6, with the proviso that q+z is from 1 to 6; 
 each a, b, and c independently may be any whole number from 0 to 2, with the proviso that the sum a+b+c in any fragment is from 3 to 6; and 
 each An −  independently may be one or more or a mixture of organic or inorganic, monovalent or polyvalent anion as needed to obtain a neutral compound; 
 wherein alkyl is a branched or unbranched group containing 1-5 carbon atoms, aryl is an aromatic group containing 6-12 carbon atoms, and aralkyl is an aryl-substituted alkyl group, in which aryl and alkyl are as defined above. 
 
   
   
       2 . The compound of  claim 1  wherein the displacer compound has the structure: