Reaction products of guanidine compounds or salts thereof, polyepoxides and polyhalogens

1. A composition comprising one or more sources of metal ions, and one or more compounds comprising a reaction product of one or more guanidine compounds or salts thereof, one or more polyepoxide compounds and one or more polyhalogen compounds wherein the one or more polyhalogens have a formula:

X 1 —R 16 —X 2   (VII)

wherein X 1 and X 2 may be the same or different and are halogens chosen from chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine; R16 is a moiety having formula:

—CH 2 —R 17 —CH 2 —  (VIII)

wherein R 17 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted (C 1 -C 18 )alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted (C 6 -C 12 )cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted (C.sub.6-C 15 )aryl, —CH 2 —O—(R 18 —O) q —CH 2 — where R 18 is a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched (C 2 -C 10 )alkyl and q is an integer of 1-10.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the reaction product is in amounts of 0.01 ppm to 500 ppm.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sources of metal ions are chosen from copper salts and tin salts.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more guanidine compounds have a formula:

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same or different and comprise hydrogen; linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted (C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; linear or branched carboxy(C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted amino(C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; substituted or unsubstituted aryl; linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted aryl(C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyl; —N(R 5 ) 2 where R 5 may be the same or different and are hydrogen or linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted (C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; or a moiety having formula:

wherein R 6 and R 7 are the same or different and comprise hydrogen, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted (C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; linear or branched carboxy(C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; substituted or unsubstituted aryl; substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched aryl(C 1 -C 10 )alkyl; —N(R 5 ) 2 where R 5 is defined as above; or a moiety having formula:

wherein R 6 and R 7 are as defined above.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein salts of the one or more guanidine compounds have a formula:

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are as defined in claim 1 and Y − comprises halide, sulfate, hydrogen sulfate, carbonate, bicarbonate, nitrate, nitrite, borate, perchlorate, phosphite or phosphate.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polyepoxides have a formula:

wherein R 8 and R 9 are the same or different and are chosen from hydrogen and (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl; A =OR 10 or R 11 ; R 10 =((CR 12 R 13 ) m O), (aryl-O) p , CR 12 R 13 —Z —CR 12 CR 13 , or OZ′ t O; R 11 =(CH 2 ) y ; B is (C 5 -C 12 )cycloalkyl; Z =a 5- or 6-membered ring; Z′ is R 14 OArOR 14 , (R 15 O) a Ar(OR 15 ), or (R 15 O) a , Cy (OR 15 ), Cy =(C 5 -C 12 )cycloalkyl; each R 12 and R 13 are the same or different and are chosen from hydrogen, methyl, or hydroxyl; R 14 is (C 1 -C 8 )alkyl; R 15 is (C 2 -C 6 )alkyleneoxy; a=1-10; m =1-6; p =1-6; t =1-4; and y =0-6.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polyepoxides are chosen from 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, diethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, triethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, glycerol diglycidyl ether, neopentyl glycol diglycidyl ether, propylene glycol diglycidyl ether, dipropylene glycol diglycidyl ether and poly(propyleneglycol) diglycidyl ether.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polyhalogen compounds are chosen from 1,2-dibromoethane; 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,2-diiodoethane; 1,3-dibromopropane; 1,3-dichloropropane; 1,3-diiodopropane; 1,4-dibromobutane; 1,4-dichlorobutane; 1,4-diiodobutane; 1,5-dibromopentane; 1,5-dichloropentane; 1,5-diiodopentane; 1,6-dibromohexane; 1,6-dichlorohexane; 1,6-diiodohexane; 1,7-dibromoheptane; 1,7-dichloroheptane; 1,7-diiodoheptane; 1,8-dibromooctane; 1,8-dichlorooctane; 1,8-diiodooctane; 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol; 1,4-dichloro-2,3-butanediol; 1-bromo-3-chloroethane; 1-chloro-3-iodoethane; 1,2,3-trichloropropane; 1-bromo-3-chloroproane; 1-chloro-3-iodopropane; 1,4-dichloro-2-butanol; 2,3-dichloro-l-propanol; 1,4-dichlorocyclohexane; 1-bromo-3-chloro-2-methylpropane; 1,5-dichloro[3-(2-chloroethyl)]pentane; 1,10-dichlorodecane; 1,18-dichlorooctadecane; 2,2′ -dichloroethyl ether; 1,2-bis(2-chloroethoxy)ethane; diethylene glycol bis(2-chloroethyl)ether; triethylene glycol bis(2-chloroethyl)ether; 2,2′-dichloropropyl ether; 2,2′-dichlorobutyl ether; tetraethylene glycol bis(2-bromoethyl) ether and heptaethylene glycol bis(2-chloroethyl) ether.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio of a moiety of the one or more guanidine compounds or salts thereof to a moiety of the one or more polyepoxide compounds to a moiety of the one or more polyhalogen compounds is from 0.5-1:0.5-1:0.05-0.5 based on monomer molar ratios.