Bridged-bis-hydroxyamide dicarbanilates

Claim 1

N,N'-(X)-bis[N-(R')-2-(R)-2-(ZO)-ethylamine] of the formula ##STR13## wherein: R is alkyl of three to fifteen carbon atoms or cycloalkyl of four to seven ring carbon atoms; R' is atertiary alkyl of one to four carbon atoms; X is alkylene of two to twelve carbon atoms with bonds to the nitrogen atoms at different carbon atoms or X'--Y--X", wherein R' and X" are alkylene of one to four carbon atoms with bonds to Y and to the nitrogen atoms at the same or different carbon atoms and Y is cycloalkylene of four to seven ring carbon atoms with bonds to X' and X" at the same or different carbon atoms, phenylene, vinylene or ethynylene; the sum of the number of carbon atoms of R and X is at least nine; Z is N-phenylcarbamoyl or N-phenylcarbamoyl substituted in the benzene ring by one to three members selected from the group consisting of atertiary alkyl of one to four carbon atoms, halo and atertiary alkoxy of one to four carbon atoms or by a member selected from the group consisting of trifluoromethyl, acetamido, nitro and methylsulfonyl; or an acid-addition salt thereof.