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Abstract

A chemical compound having the formula: (Q--L--Q).sub.w.sup.+2X.sub.y.sup.-z or (Q--T).sub.u.sup.+X.sup.-v wherein: Q represents 4-E-2-R.sub.3-1-quinolinium; E represents NR.sub.1R.sub.2, COO R.sub.1, OR.sub.1, I, Br, Cl, F, or NO.sub.3 N represents a nitrogen atom; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent hydrogen or lower alkyl; R.sub.3 represents E, hydrogen or lower alkyl; L represents a chain comprising n atoms, the atoms in the chain being t carbon atoms and 0 to approximately 0.5t heteroatoms; the minimum value of n is 12; the maximum value of n is 22; T represents hydrogen or a chain comprising m atoms, the atoms in the chain being t carbon atoms and 0 to approximately 0.5t heteroatoms; the minimum value of m is 6; the maximum value of m is 22; X represents an anion; w represents 1 or 3, y and z represent 1 or 2, with the proviso that 2w=yz; and u and v represent 1, 2, or 3 with the proviso that u=v.

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