ANTIFOULING COMPOUNDS USED FOR MICROBIAL FOULING CONTROL

Disclosed herein are antifouling compositions and uses of antifouling compositions for controlling microbial fouling in a system in contact with an aqueous medium. The antifouling compositions comprising an antifouling compound of Formula 1wherein A is an optionally substituted phenyl, naphthalene, indole, purine, pyridine, quinoline, isoquinoline, pyrimidine, pyrrole, furan, thiophene, imidazole, or thiazole; and Z has the following structure:wherein Xis -O-, -N(R10)-, -OC(O)-, -C(O)O-, -N(R10)C(O)-, -C(O)N(R10)-, -OC(O)O-, -OC(O)N(R10)-, -N(R10)C(O)O-, or -N(R10)C(O)N(R10)-; p is an integer from 0 to 10; R6 is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; R7 is alkyl, aryl, or -(CH2)z-O-R11; R8 and R9 are independently hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; R10 is hydrogen or alkyl; R11 is hydrogen or alkyl; m is independently an integer from 2 to 20; n is independently an integer from 3 to 20; and z is an integer from 1 to 10, wherein at least one of R8 and R9 are other than hydrogen and wherein the antifouling composition reduces biofilm growth in a system comprising an aqueous medium.