Synthesis of imidazolium-containing mono-methacrylates as polymerizable antibacterial agents for acrylic bone cements.

With the aim to prepare antibacterial acrylic bone cements, a series of imidazolium-containg mono-methacrylates with N-alkyl chain length varied from 10 to 18 (MEIM-x) were synthesized as polymerizable antibacterial agents through a two-step reaction. The structures of the monomers were confirmed by