Claims
- 1. A compound having the structure: ##STR12## wherein the alkyl group has from 16 to 100 carbon atoms; R, R' are R" are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; and --N is the amino nitrogen of a lactam polyamine having the structure ##STR13## wherein m is an integer of 1 to 10 and R, R' and R" are individually selected as previously defined.
- 2. The compound of claim 1 wherein both R and R' are hydrogen.
- 3. The compound of claim 1 wherein said alkyl group is derived from propylene or butene polymer and R" is hydrogen.
- 4. The compound of claim 1 wherein said alkyl group contains at least 16 carbon atoms in a straight chain.
- 5. The compound of claim 1 wherein m is 3 or 4.
- 6. A bis-lactam obtained from a gamma-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactone of the formula ##STR14## wherein R, R' and R" are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and ethyl, and R'" is alkyl having a chain length of 16 to 100 carbon atoms, by reacting said butyrolactone with H.sub.2 N(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 NH).sub.m --H wherein m is an integer of 1 to 10.
- 7. The bis-lactam of claim 6 having the structure ##STR15## wherein R'" and m are as defined.
- 8. The bis-lactam of claim 6 wherein R'" has a molecular weight of about 800 and m is from 3 to 4.
- 9. The bis-lactam of claim 6 wherein R'" has a molecular weight of about 1350 and m is from 3 to 4.
- 10. The bis-lactam of claim 6 wherein said amine is tetraethylenepentamine and both R and R' are hydrogens.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 336,564 filed Feb. 28, 1973, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 799,939, filed on Feb. 17, 1969, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 714,447, filed Mar. 20, 1968, now abandoned. Copending application Ser. No. 176,267, a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 799,939 is now U.S. Pat. No. 3,734,865.
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