Antifouling furan-2-one derivatives

A novel chemical genus of furan-2-one antifouling compound as non-toxic, environment friendly antifouling agent, a coating material for objects submerged under the water based on the furan-2-one compounds. The substituted furan-2-one antifouling compounds have a foran-2-one ring and an alkyl side chain thereto and are of the formula: where n = 6-14, representing the number of carbon atoms in saidside chain.