Silicon-bearing carboxylic acids and amides

Claim 1

A compound of the formula: ##STR27## wherein n is a whole integer of from 3 to 20, each of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is, independently, either (a) alkyl having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms; or (b) a radical of the formula ##STR28## in which m is 0, 1 or 2, and each of R' and R" is, independently, a hydrogen atom, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 127; provided that the sum of n and the number of carbon atoms in any one of R 1 , R 2 or R 3 is not greater than 34 when any of R 1 , R 2 or R 3 is of type (a); and R is of type (a) an aralkyl-type radical of the structure: ##STR29## wherein g is 0, 1 or 2; R a is a hydrogen atom, halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 127, alkoxy having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or trifluoromethyl; R b is a hydrogen atom, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 36; and R c is subtype (i) a hydrogen atom; subtype (ii) a radical of the structure ##STR30## in which p is 0, 1 or 2, and y is a hydrogen atom, halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 127, alkoxy having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and y' is a hydrogen atom, alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 36; or subtype (iii) alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; or R is of type (b) a phenyl-type radical of the structure ##STR31## in which R b is as defined above, and R o is a hydrogen atom, halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 127, ie. alkoxy having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or R o is a radical of the structure R f : ##STR32## in which D is --CH 2 -- or --O--; f is 0 or 1; and W is a hydrogen atom, halo having an atomic weight of from about 19 to 80, alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; or R is of type (c) an indolyl radical of the structure: ##STR33## wherein R b is as defined above; R 4 is alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or benzyl (unsubstituted); and R 5 is a hydrogen atom, alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or benzyl (unsubstituted); or R is (d) a benzocycloalkyl radical of the structure: ##STR34## wherein y and y' are as defined above; and j is a whole integer of from 1 to 4.