1,4-diazaepine-5-ones

Claim 1

A compound having the formula: ##SPC11## wherein n is 1 or 2, X is O or NH, Y is O, hydrogen or a branched or straight-chain alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R 1 is a hydrocarbyl having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which is selected, when n is 1 from the group consisting of a branched- or straight-chain alkyl having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a branched- or straight-chain alkenyl having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted cycloalkyl having from 5 to 14 carbon atoms or said cycloalkyl substituted with an alkyl of 1 to 8 carbons unsubstituted aryl selected from phenyl and naphthyl or said aryl substituted with chloro, methoxy or phenyl, an alkaryl having from 7 to 18 carbon atoms said alkyl substituent having 1 to 12 carbons, and when n is 2, from the group consisting of a branched- or straight-chain alkylene having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenylene having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted cycloalkylene having from 5 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an alkarylene having from 7 to 8 carbon atoms, said aromatic substituents being halogen or lower alkoxy groups; and salts thereof said salts being in the form of a phosphate, carbonate, sulphate, chloride, acetate, stearate, maleate, citrate, tartrate, oxalate, benzoate or carbamate.