New ionic liquids based on the biguanide cation with antimicrobial properties for applications in the textile and polymer materials industries

The presented article describes the method of synthesizing new ionic liquid based on a biguanide cation and a tiocyanate or benzoate anion with antimicrobial properties. The structure of obtained new ionic liquid was confirmed by infrared spectroscopy. Additionally, the article describes a simple method of producing an antibacterial textile materials and PE-based film with the addition of an ionic liquid.

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The article presents a method for synthesizing a new ionic liquid that has antimicrobial properties, using a biguanide cation and a tiocyanate or benzoate anion. The structure of the new ionic liquid is confirmed by infrared spectroscopy. Additionally, the article describes a simple method for producing antibacterial textile materials and PE-based film by incorporating the ionic liquid.