| abstract |
A disinfectant formulation that imparts a residual biocidal property, the disinfectant formulation comprising: 0.1 to 5% polymeric binder, where the polymeric binder is an oxazoline homopolymer having a structure of: **(See formula)** where R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, alkynyl, allyl, amino, anilino, aryl, benzyl, carboxyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyalkenyl, cyano, glucosyl, halo, hydroxyl, oxazolinium mesylate, oxazolinium tosylate, oxazolinium triflate oxazolinium, silyl oxazolinium, phenolic, polyalkoxy, quaternary ammonium, thiol or thioether; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, alkynyl, allyl, amino, anilino, aryl, benzyl, carboxyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyalkenyl, cyano, glucosyl, halo, hydroxyl, oxazolinium mesylate, oxazolinium tosylate, oxazolinium triflate oxazolinium, silyl oxazolinium, phenolic, polyalkoxy, quaternary ammonium, thiol or thioether or a macrocyclic structure; R3 is ethyl; and n is in a range of 1 to 1,000,000, 0.1 to 3% of a biocidal compound, wherein the biocidal compound is a quaternary ammonium compound selected from n-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, di-n -octyl dimethyl ammonium and a combination of 40% N-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, 30% N-octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, 15% di-n-decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and di-n -15% dioctyl ammonium and a vehicle. |