CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS AND ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS MADE BY CURING SUCH COATING COMPOSITIONS

1 . A coating composition comprising (i) one or more free radical-polymerizable monomers wherein the at least one free radical-polymerizable monomer constitutes 35-99.5% of the combined weights of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), (ii) at least one free radical initiator, and 0.25 to 40% by weight based on the combined weights of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), of a least one of (iii) and (iv), wherein (iii) is at least one phenolic compound having a molecular weight of up to 500 g/mol and/or one or more menthol isomers and (iv) is at least one non-free radical-polymerizable ammonium compound having a molecular weight of up to 1000.

2 . The coating composition of claim 1 wherein (iii) is present.

3 . The coating composition of claim 2 wherein (iii) is one or more of phenol, cresol, o- and or p-phenyl phenol, stilbene, rhapontin, resveratrol, pinosylvin, caffeic acid, caffeic acid 1,1-dimethylallyl ester, chicoric acid, cinnamyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-α-cyanocinnamate, 2, 4-dihydroxycinnamic acid, ethyl 3,4-dihydroxycinnamate, chlorogenic acid, CU-CPT22 acid, butyl gallate, ethyl 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate, 3,4-dihydroxy-benzoic acid methyl ester, 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoic acid, isopropyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate, methyl 3,5 dihydroxybenzoate) acids, cardamonin, dihydromyricetin, diosmin, epigallocatechin gallate, myricetin, myricitrin, quercetin 3-β-D-glucoside, rutin, silibinin, taxifolin, wedelolactone, baicalein, 3′,5′-dihydroxyflavone, 5,7-dihydroxy-4-phenylcoumarin, 5,7-dihydroxy-4-propylcoumarin, 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylcoumarin, 5,8-dihydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone, 2,3-dichloro-5,8-dihydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone, thymol (2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol), carvacrol (2 isopropyl-6-methylphenol) 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, (5-methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-ol)), including (+)-menthol, (+)-isomenthol, (+)-neomethyol, (+)-neoisomenthol, (−)-menthol, (−)-isomenthol, (−)-neomenthol and (−)-neoisomenthol.

4 . The coating composition of claim 1 which contains 0.25 to 30% by weight of (iii), based on the combined weights of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

5 . The coating composition of claim 1 wherein (i) includes (i-a) at least one ammonium monomer having at least one free-radical-curable carbon-carbon double bond and at least one ammonium group.

6 . The coating composition of claim 5 wherein (i-a) is an acrylate ester, methacrylate ester or acrylamide compound.

7 . The coating composition of claim 6 wherein (i-a) is represented by the structure:

wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, X represents a linking group, each R 1 is independently hydrocarbyl having up to 18 carbon atoms, and A represents a monovalent counteranion.

8 . The coating composition of claim 7 (i-a) is one or more of a 3-acrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium salt and an N-(2-acryloyloxyethyl)-N-benzyl-N, N-dimethylammonium salt.

9 . The coating composition of claim 1 wherein (iv) is present and is one or more compounds represented by any of structures III, IV, V, VI and VII:

wherein:

each A represents a monovalent counteranion;

each R 4 is independently alkyl, preferably C1-4 alkyl and most preferably methyl, provided that any two R 4 groups may together form a divalent alkylene group;

each R 5 is independently alkyl (preferably C1-4 alkyl, especially methyl), phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzyl or ring-substituted benzyl;

each R 6 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group having at least one unbroken chain of 8 or more, preferably 8 to 20 or 12 to 20 consecutive aliphatic carbon atoms;

R 7 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group having at least one unbroken chain of 8 or more, preferably 8 to 20 or 12 to 20 consecutive aliphatic carbon atoms; and

each R 8 is independently hydrogen, hydroxyl substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxyl, halogen, provided that any two R 8 groups may together form an unsubstituted or substituted divalent alkylene group.

10 . The coating composition of claim 9 wherein (iv) is one or more of a C 8-18 alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium salt, a dialkyldimethyl ammonium salt wherein the alkyl groups have 8 to 18 carbon atoms; a benzyl dimethyl alkyl ammonium salt in which the alkyl group has 8 to 18 carbon atoms; a 1,1′-decane-1,10-diylbis(4-amino-2-methylquinolinium) decyl]-2-methyl-4-quinolin-1-iumamine salt (fluomizin) a (benzyl-dimethyl-[3-(tetradecanoylamino)propyl]azanium salt (miramistin), an N-((5-Acetoxy-4,6-dimethylpyridin-3-yl)methyl)-N,N-dimethyloctan-1-aminium salt, a N-((5-Acetoxy-4,6-dimethylpyridin-3-yl)methyl)-N,N-dimethyldodecan-1-aminium salt, aN-((5-Acetoxy-4,6-dimethylpyridin-3-yl)methyl)-N,N-dimethyloctadecan-1-aminium salt, a 5-((Octyldimethylammonio)methyl)-3-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylpyridin-1-ium salt, a 5-((Dodecyldimethylammonio)methyl)-3-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylpyridin-1-ium salt and a 5-((Dimethyl(octadecyl)ammonio)methyl)-3-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylpyridin-1-ium salt, in each case having a monovalent counteranion.

11 . The coating composition of claim 1 wherein (i) includes (1-b) at least one free radical-polymerizable monomer having at least two free radical-polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds and no ammonium group.

12 . The coating composition of claim 11 wherein (1-b) is one or more of 1,4-butanediol diacrylate, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, 1,8-octanediol diacrylate, cyclohexane dimethanol diacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, glycerin triacrylate, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, dipentaerythritol tetraacrylate, dipentaerythritol penatacrylate and diepentaerythritol hexacrylate.

13 . The coating composition of claim 1 which further contains up to 30% by weight, based on the weight of the coating composition, of a poly(ethylene glycol) having a number average molecular weight of 180 to 3000.

14 . An antimicrobial polymer produced by polymerizing a coating composition of claim 1 .

15 . A coated substrate comprising a substrate having on at least one surface thereof a coating of the antimicrobial polymer of claim 14 .