N-2,3-dihydroxy-propyl-n-2'-hydroxy-alkyl-amines and their salts

Abstract From the Canadian patent

N-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-N-2'-hydroxyalkyl amines and salts thereof of the general formulae, I and, II , X-, are useful as antistatic agents when mixed with thermoplastic materials, i.e. they prevent the build up of static electricity on or in the thermoplastics. In the above formulae R and R1, each represents a hydrogen atom or a saturated alkyl radical the, sum of the carbon atoms in the two alkyl radicals being 4 to 30; R2 represents hydrogen, a lower alkyl radical containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, benzyl, o-, m- and/or p-methylbenzyl,o-,m-and/or p-chlorobenzyl o-, m- and/or p-bromobenzyl, C2-C6 aminoalkyl C1-C5 alkyl, C2-C6 aminoalkyl, …