Wood Protection Properties of Quaternary Ammonium Spiroborate Esters Derived from Alkyl Tartrates

Autor: Jenny M. Carr, Edward M. Tyndall, Peter J. Duggan, David Humphrey, James Alexis Platts
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Australian Journal of Chemistry. 64:495
ISSN: 0004-9425
Popis: Four new tetra-n-butylammonium spiroborates derived from dimethyl, diethyl, di-iso-propyl and di-n-butyl esters of l-tartaric acid have been prepared and their potential as environmentally benign wood protectants investigated. These compounds showed good activity in a no-choice cellulose paper bioassay with Coptotermes acinaciformis termites. The hydrolytic stability of these spiroborates is not high relative to other spiroborates, yet the tetra-n-butylammonium spiroborate derived from di-iso-propyl-l-tartrate showed remarkable permanence in timber in a demanding leaching test.
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