Patent ID: 8399696

Claim:
A functionalized triclosan oligomer of Formula IV: R 1 —O—(Y 1 ) b —C(═O)CH 2 —(Y) a —O—R 1 IV wherein: each Y is independently: —OCH 2 C(═O)— (inverse glycolic ester moiety), —OCH(CH 3 )C(═O)— (inverse lactic ester moiety), —OCH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 C(═O)— (inverse dioxanone ester moiety), —OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 C(═O)— (inverse caprolactone ester moiety), —O(CH 2 ) m C(═O)—, or —O(CH 2 CH 2 O) n OCH 2 C(═O)—; each Y 1 is independently: —C(═O)CH 2 O— (glycolic ester moiety), —C(═O)CH(CH 3 )O— (lactic ester moiety), —C(═O)CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 O— (dioxanone ester moiety), —C(═O)CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O— (caprolactone ester moiety), —C(═O)(CH 2 ) m O—, or —C(═O)CH 2 —O—(CH 2 CH 2 O) n —; R is: a and b are each independently an integer from about 1 to about 8; each m and n is independently an integer from about 2 to about 24.