Reaction product of epoxidized fatty acid esters of lower alkanols and polyamino compounds

Claim 1

PRODUCTS OBTAINED BY REACTING AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 110* TO 160*C. FOR FROM ABOUT TWO TO FOUR HOURS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL MOLAR PROPORTIONS OF (A) AN EPOXIDIZED ESTER OF A LOWER ALKANOL AND A MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSED OF CARBON, HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ATOMS, SAID ACID HAVING FROM 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, THE EPOXIDIZED ESTER CONTAINING ON THE AVERAGE APPROXIMATELY ONE OXIRANE RING IN THE ACYL RADICAL AND BEING DEVOID OF AN OXIRANE RING IN THE ALKANOL RADICAL, THE ACYL RADICAL PRIOR TO EPOXIDATION BEING FREE FROM ANY RESIDUAL HYDROXYL RADICAL AND CONJUGATED ETHYLENIC LINKAGES, WITH (B) AN OXYALKYLATION-SUSCEPTIBLE POLYAMINO COMPOUND COMPOSED OF CARBON, HYDROGEN, OXYGEN AND NITROGEN ATOMS, HAVING ONLY FUNCTIONAL GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROXYL GROUPS, PRIMARY AMINO GROUPS AND SECONDARY AMINO GROUPS AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE SUCH FUNCTIONAL AMINO GROUP; SAID REACTION BETWEEN (A) AND (B) INVOLVING RUPTURE OF THE OXIRANE RING AND BEING LIMITED TO FORMATION OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPINGS FIG1-1