Organic materials containing poly(oxyalkylene) moieties having enhanced functionality and their preparation

Claim 1

A compound having the formula Y--(Z).sub.1-6 wherein Y is the residue of a reactant selected from: anilines; 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines; 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazines; 2-aminothiazoles; indoles; 2,3-dihydroindoles; carbazoles; naphthylamines; phenoxazines; phenothiazines; diphenylamines; julolidines; 2-aminothiophenes; and aminopyridines, and each Z is a poly(oxyalkylene) moiety having a glycidol segment containing one or more glycidol residues, provided that said compound comprises at least two of said glycidol residues, and wherein a primary oxy site of said glycidol segment is linked directly to a first epoxide segment containing at least one residue of an epoxide of three or more carbons, wherein in said first epoxide segment said epoxide residue of three or more carbons is either directly linked to said glycidol segment at said primary oxy site or is positioned in said segment within ten epoxide residues of said primary oxy site, said first epoxide segment being linked through a secondary oxy site directly to a second epoxide segment containing at least one epoxide residue having a primary terminal hydroxyl, and wherein a secondary hydroxyl of said glycidol segment is linked directly to a third epoxide segment having a primary terminal hydroxyl.