CA1160220A - N-(2,3,6-polyalkyl-4-piperidyl)-amidocarboxylic acids and their ester and amide derivatives as light stabilizers - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Compounds of the formula I

I

in which m is 0 or 1, n is 1 or 2, X is -OH, -OR3 or -NR4R5, R is H or CH3, R1 is an n-valent radical, R2 to R5 are monovalent radicals or hydrogen and Z is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and also salts of these compounds, are valuable light stabilisers for organic materials, especially for polymers. The compounds of formula I can be prepared from the corresponding 4-sec.- aminopiperidines by reaction with cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydrides and appropriate further re-actions.

Description

3~12784/S/-Amide ~erivatives of polyalkylpiperidines The inYention relates to novel amide derivatives of polyalkylpiperidines and their use as light stabili-sers for organic material, especially for polymers, and also their use as intermediates for the preparation of oligomeric light stabilisers.
It has been disclosed in German Offenlegungs-schri~t 2,040,975 and German Offenlegungsschrift 2,349,962 that 4-acylamino-2,2,6,6-tetraalkylpiperidines are valu-able light stabilisers for synthetic polymers. How-ever, these compounds have not yet found any industrial use, mainly because their volatility is too high at the te~peratures required when processing polymers to impart shape.
In U.S. Patent Specification 3,907,803, 4-acyl-amino-polyalkylpiperidines have been proposed in which the acyl radical is derived from a dicarboxylic acid and which have the following formula r CH3\./c.~3 ~3 ~ / NH--CO-R4-COO¦ M
R \R --Z

in which M is hydrogen or a monovalent to tetravalent metal cation. Metal salts of this type are not vola-tile at the processing temperatures for the conventional plastics, but they are not sufficiently compatible with

2~

many polymers. ~his results in a non-uniform distri-bution in the plastic and also in migration and e~flores-cence.
Similar compounds have now been found which, however, have better compatibility with polymers and a higher solubility in lacquers.
me invention relates to compounds of the formula O o C ( 2 ) m C~ / \ /RCH

2 _ n in which m is O or 1 and n is 1 or 2, X is -OH, -oR3 or -N(R4)R5), R is hydrogen or CH3, Rl, if n is 1, is Cl-C18-alkyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C3-C5-methoxyalkyl, C5-C8-cycloalkyl, C6-C7-cycloalkylmethyl, unsubstituted C7-Cl~-aralkyl or C7-C12-aralkyl substituted by Cl-C4-alkyl and/
or hydroxyl, or phenyl, 2-cyanoethyl, 2-alkoxy-(Cl-C4)-carbonylethyl or a group of the formula II or III

3\~/. 3 ~ ~./ 3 ~ . / Ca2CH2~ II R -~ /._ III
C~ / \CH RCE / ~ ~

is C2-C12-alk~lene' C2-C12-alkYlene inter_ rupted by one or more -O- or -N(R ~ -, or C6-C18-cyclo-alkylene, R is hydrogen, an oxyl radical 9 Cl-C12-C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C3-C5-alkenyl, propargyl, benzyl or acetyl, Z i5 a group -C - C- or -C C-, R3 is Cl-C12-R10 Rll z~

-- 3 --alkyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl~ C3-C10-alkoxyalkyl~ C3-C5-alkenyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl or a radical of the formula III, R4 is hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C5-alkenyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl and R is hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, allyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, cyclohexyl or a radical of the form-ula III, or R4 and R5 together with the N atom to which they are bonded form a pyrrolidine, piperidine, hexà-methyleneimine or morpholine ring, and R6 is hydrogen or methyl, R/ is methyl or an acyl radical -CO-(CH2)m-Z-CO-X, R8 is hydrogen or Cl-C18-alkyl and R9 is hydrogen, Cl-C18-alkyl, C3-C12-alkenyl or phenyl, or R8 and R9 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a saturated or unsaturated, at least 5-membered, carbo-cyclic ring, and R10 and Rll independently of one another are hydrogen or methyl, and to salts of these compounds with mineral acids, sulfo~ic acids or organic phosphorlc acids, and also to salts of the compounds of the formula I in which X is -OH with monovalent to trivalent metals.
These compounds di~fer from the abovementioned compounds of U.~. Patent Specification 3,90~,803 in particular in that the nitrogen atom in the 4-position of the piperidine ring does not carry a hydrogen a-tom.
In the formula I, R2, R~, R4 and R5 can be alkyl having 1 - 12 C atoms. These radicals can be straight-chain or branched, for example methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, tert.-butyl, hexyl, octyl, isooctyl, decyl or dodecyl. Rl, R8 and R9 can, in addition, also be higher alkyl radicals, such as tetradecyl, hexa-decyl or octadecyl.
R2, R3 and R~ can be C3-C5-alkenyl, for example allyl, crotyl, methallyl or 3-methylbut-2-enyl. As alkenyl having 3 - 12 C atoms, R9 can, in addition, also be hexenyl, octenyl or dodecenyl.
Cycloalkyl Rl can be, for example, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or cyclooctyl. Cycloalkylmethyl Rl can be cyclopentylmethyl or cyclohexylmethyl. As unsubsti-z~

tuted aralkyl or aralkyl substituted by lower alkyl and/or hydroxyl, R1 can, for example, be benzyl, phenylethyl, phenylpropyl, 4-isopropylbenzyl, 3-hydroxybenzyl, 2-methyl-4-tert.-butylbenzyll 4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert.-butyl-benzyl or 3- hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-4-tert.-butyl-benzyl. Hydroxy- or methoxy-alkyl Rl can be, for example, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 3-hydroxy-propyl, 2-hydroxybutyl or 2-methoxyethyl.
If n is 2, Rl can be alkylene, ~hich can be straight-chain or branched ar,d can be interrupted by -O-or -N(R7)-. Examples of such radicals are the radi-cals 1?2-ethylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,3-propylene, tetra-methylene, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propylene (neopentylene), hexamethylene, 2,2,4-trimethylhexamethylene, octamethyl-ene, dodecamethylene, 4-oxaheptamethylene, 3,6~dioxa-octamethylene, 4-methylaza-heptamethylene, 3,6-di-(methyl-aza)-octamethylene or 3-methylaza-pentamethylene. An acyl radical R7 is identical to the two acyl radicals on the nitrogen in the 4-position of the piperidine radicals.
Cycloalkylene Rl can be, for example, 1,4-cyclo-hexylene, 1,3-cyclohexylene, 1,3- or 1,4-bis-(methylene)-cyclohexane or dicyclohexylmethane-4,4'-diyl.
R8 and R9 together with the two C atoms to which they are bonded can form a carbocyclic ring. Ex-amples of such rings are a cyclohexane, cyclohexene, endomethylenecyclohexane, endocyclohexene, cyclooctane or 1,2-phenylene ring.
Hydroxyalkyl R3 can be, for exam~le, 2-hydroxy-ethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl or 2-hydroxybutyl. Alkoxyalkyl R3 can be, for example, 2-methoxyethyl, 2-butoxyethyl, 3-ethoxypropyl or 2-isopropoxybutyl.
The free carboxylic acids of the formula I (X=OH) can be prepared by reacting a 4-amino-polyalkylpiperidine of the formula IV with a cyclic a~hydride of a 1,2- or 1,3-dicarboxylic acid of the formula V:

R~NH

CH3\i i"CH3 ~ n ~ O
RC~ \N/ H R ( H ) -C~
2 C 2 2 m R2 n IV V

_ _ R-- ( 2 m COO~
CH ~ RCH
2 ~/ CH2R
R2 n VI
The 4-aminopiperidines of the formula IV are known compounds which in general can be prepared by reductive amination of 4-oxopiperidines with the mono-amines Rl-NH2 or diamines H2N-R1-NH2. Such compounds are described, for example, in German Offenlegungsschrif-t 2,040,975 and German Offenlegungsschri~t 2,349,962, and the use of these compounds as light stabilisers is also described in-these publications.
The cyclic anhydrides of the formula V are like-wise known compounds. Some of ~hem are obtainable commercially. Examples are the anhydrides of succinic acid, citraconic acid and a-alkyl- and a-alkenyl-succinic acids, maleic acid, 2,3-dimethylmaleic acid, cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, phthalic acid, tetrahydrophthalic acid, 2,5-endomethylene-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, 2,5-endoxotetrahydrophthalic acid, glutaric acid~ a-alkylglutaric acid, homophthalic acid or hexahydrohomo-phthalic acid.

z~

The reaction of IV with the anhydrides of the formula V is preferably carried out in an inert solvent and, if necessary, with warming. Examples o~ solvents which can be used are benzene, toluene, xylene, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran or dialkyl ethers.
If the cyclic anhydride V which is used is un-symmetrical, there is a possibility that two structural isomers of VI will form. This may be illustrated by taking as an example the use of a monoalkylsuccinic anhydride.
1 Alk R -NH ~ Alkyl-o~
Pip ! ~ ~ R -N-CO-CH2-CH-C~OH
Pip A

Alk . ~---R -N-CO-CH-CH2-COO~
Pip B
It has been ~ound that in such cases it is in the main the isomer A which is formed, i.e. a mixture of A and B is formed which consists mainly of A. This isomerism is of no significance lf the compounds are to be used as stabilisers and it is not necessary to separate the mixture.
The carboxylic acids of the formula VI are in the form of betaines, i.e. inner salts. True acid addition salts can be obtained from these by treatment with strong acids, such as mineral acids, sulfonic acids or organic acids of phosphorus. Examples of such acids are hydrochloric acid, sulfurlc acid, phosphoric acid, ethylphosphoric acid, phenylphosphonic acid, me-thylphosphonic acid, 4-dodecylbenzenesul~onic acid, dinonylnaphthalene-mono- and -di-sulfonic acid or toluene-sulfonic acid.
If the compounds of the formula VI contain more than one basic nitrogen atom, it is possible for partial acid addition salts to form.
I~hen the betaines of the formula VI are treated with strong bases, the corresponding metal sal-ts are obtained. Suitable strong bases are, in par-ticular, alkali metal hydroxides and alkali metal alkoxides.
By reacting the alkali metal salts, which are thus obtainable, with salts of metals of grou~s IIIa - ~a or IIb - VIII of the periodic table, it is possible to obtain the corresponding salts of the compounds of the formula VI.
The compounds of the formula VI can be con-verted to the corresponding carboxylic acid chlorides (formula I, X = C1) by reaction with thionyl chloride, preferably in an inert solvent. These acid chlorides can be converted to the esters of the formula I, in which X is -oR3 by reaction with alcohols of the formula R3-oH.
However~ it is not necessary, for this purpose, to iso-late the acid chlorides. It is also possible to use the acids VI direct as starting materials for the pre-paration of the esters, by dissolving or suspending -these acids in the alcohol R30H and slowly adding thionyl chloride, in the stoichiometric amount required ~or VI, to this mixture. Advantageously, the alcohol R30H
will be used in excess for this one-pot reaction.
A second possibility for the preparation of the esters comprises reacting the alkali metal salts with alkyl halides, alkenyl halides or benzyl halides. The alkali metal salts do not have to be isolated for this reaction. The acids VI are reacted with at least the stoichiometric amount of base, for example ~ith NaOH, KOH, K2C03 or LiC03, and at least the stoichiometric amo~mt of halide R3Hal is then added. This is advan-tageously e~fected in a polar aprotic solvent, for example in acetone, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, dimethyl-formamide, sulfolane, dimethylsulfoxide or 1,2-dimethoxy-ethane. This process is advantageous if it is desiredat the same time also to introduce the substituent R2 on the piperidine nitrogen. In this case, a compound of the formula I is obtained in which X is -OR~ and R2 and R3 are identical.
A further possibility for the preparation of the esters comprises reacting the alkali metal salts with dialkyl sulfates. The reaction is preferably carried out in the presence of a proton acceptor in an organic solvent, for example in methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexa-none or dioxane, from which the alkali metal sulfate formed can be removed by filtration. The reaction is brought to completion by warming~ If the alkali metal salt of a compound of the formula I in which R2 is hydro-gen is used for this reaction, alkylation of the piperi-dine nitrogen can be effected at the same time. In this case, thus, an ester is obtained in which R2 and R3 are identical.
The amides of the formula I in which X is -N5R4)(R5) can be obtained ~rom the acid chlorides by reaction with an amine of the formula HN(R4)(R5). For this reaction, either 2 mols of amine are used per C1 atom, in order to bind the HCl formed, or 1 mol o~ the amine and 1 mol of an au~iliary base, which serves as a proton acceptor, are used. Bases of this type which can be used are, for example, tertiary amines, alkali metal hydroxides, or alXali metal carbonates. The amidation is advantageously effected in an inert solvent, for example in benzene, toluene, xylene, ligroin, chloro-form, me-thylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran or dioxane.
The amides of the formula I in which X is -NHR4 or -NHR5 can also be prepared by reacting the esters of the formula I, in which X is -oR3, with a corresponding amine, preferably at elevated temperature.
The substituent R2, if this is not hydrogen, can ~ J~2~

be introduced at various stages of the synthesis of the compounds of the formula I. For example, the intro-duction of R2 can be effected at the stage of the 4-oxopiperidines or at the stage of the compounds of the formula I. In certain cases, the reaction can be carried out simultaneously with the introduction of other substituents, for example simultaneously with the introduction of R3.
The introduction of an alkyl, alkenyl, propargyl, benzyl or acetyl radical as R is effected by reacting the NH compound with the corresponding halogen compounds R2Hal, for example with butyl bromide, octyl bromide, allyl chloride, propargyl bromide, benzyl chloride or acetyl chloride. Preferably, this reaction is effected in the presence of hydrogen halide acceptors and in an inert solvent such as toluene, acetone, 2-butanone, cyclohexanone, DMSO, sulfolane, xylene or dibutyl ether.
An alkyl radical R can also be introduced by reaction with dialkyl sulfates or alkyl tosylates. A methyl radical R2 can also be introduced by reaction with form-aldehyde/formic acid. ~n acetyl radical R2 can also be introduced by means of ace-tic anhydride. A hydroxy-alkyl radical R2 can be introduced by reaction with alkyl-ene oxides, for example ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
Products in which R2 is an oxyl radical can be prepared from the corresponding NH compounds by reaction with an inorganic or organic per-acid or with H202 in the pre-sence of tungsten catalysts.
The way in which these reactions are carried out corresponds to the general me-thods for the introduction of substituen-ts into secondary amines, but, because of the steric hindrance at the piperidine nitrogen, it is sometimes necessary to use somewhat more severe reaction conditions (time, temperature).
The introduction of an acyl radical R is effected at the same time as the reaction o~ IV with a cyclic anhydride. In this case, the starting material used is a compound of the formula IV in which n is 2 a~d R1 is an alkylene radical interrupted by -NH-.
Examples of individual compounds of the formula I are the compounds of the formulae given below. In these formulae, the radical \i i /y\

is a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine radical.

C4H9;N-CO-CH-CH-COOH

\i i/

H

C8lll7-N-co-cH2-cH2-cooH
o \i i/
~-~'\
H

C H -N-CO-CH -CH--COOH' / \i C8H17 /~\

`i I~
/ \Nf \

12 25 N CO-CH=CE~-COOH-- S03 ~ i~ ,i CH3 _ c~3 CH2-N-CO-CH~CH-COOH

\i i/
~ \Nf-\

., . `

C8H17 N-CO CON (C4H9) 2 \l 1' C~ \.-N-CO-~CHZ) 3-COOCH3 \i t/
f'~

\ /
H ~cH2cH2-N-co-5 /\ I
\t t./

H

2 2 N (Ca2)6-N-C0-5aZC~2~CH
o \i 1/ \1 1/
a C1~3 . . C~3 HOOC-C~CH-CO~N i i ~-CO-CH-C-COOH

,~ ,~
i/\t i/
a H

Ca3 CH3ooc-ca--c~2-co~ --C--~ N-CO-C~2-C~ OOCH3 \i 1/ C~3 / \ C~H17 /~\ /~\

~/' ~.
C H OO ~ \co-N-(cH2)3-N-(cH2)3-N-co COOC2H9 / \ CH
o l~ 3 CH3 C~3 \. /
C4HgOOC Co--N--(Ca2)3-O-(CE~2)3-N-CO COOC4Hg /\ /\
'' !' '! !
/-~\ /~\
H ~I

\.,./ 2 2)3 CO N--~C~2)6--N-CO--(Ca2)3-COOCH2--~ ~-/ \ / \

\. / ' C H OOC/ \CO-N--(CH2) 6~!1-CO CC3H17 \i i/ \7 i/

C12H25 cl2a25 HOOC-CH CH2-CO-N--(C~2) 3~(CH2) 3--N-CO-CH2CH2 C~
/ \ CO / \
\i i~ 1 \i 1 /
/-\N/~\ ca CH3 C~H2 C~3 COOH

(C~I3) 3C~

\ _ / 2 10-CH2-CH-CI~OCl2H25 (C~13)3C/ \l i/ C~ 17 /\N/\
H

2 2~Co{~H=c~I-coNHcl2H25 \t i~
c~3 Preferred compounds of the formula I are those in which R is hydrogen.
. Further preferred compounds are the compounds of the formula I in which n is 1 and Rl is C2-C12-alkyl, and also the compounds of the formula I in which n is 2 and Rl is C2-C12-alkylene, or C4-C10-alkylene interrupted by --O--.
Further preferred compounds of the formula I are those in which R2 is hydrogen, Cl-C4-alkyl, allyl, benzyl or acetyl.
Further preferred compounds of the formula I are those in which m is O. These are the reaction pro-ducts of 1,2-dicarboxylic acid anhydrides. Amongst these products of the formula I in which m is O, pre-ferred compounds are those in which Z is a -CH=CH- or -CH2-CH(R9~- group and R9 is hydrogen or alkyl, or in which Z is a 1,2-phenylene, 1,2-cyclohexylene or 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1,2-phenylene radical.
Further preferred compounds of the formula I are those in which X is -OH or -oR3 and R3 is alkyl, allyl or benzyl.
The compounds of the formula I are stabilisers for organic materials, in particular to protect -them against damage due to the action of light. ~aterials of this type which have to be protected against the action of light can be oils, fats, waxes, detergents or solvents, but the stabilisers according to the inven-tion are particularl~ suitable for protecting organic polymers against the action of light. Examples of polymers which can be damaged by the action of light and which can be stabilised by the addition of compounds of the formula I are the polymers listed on pages 22 - 25 of German Offenlegungsschrift 2,805,821.
The stabilisation of polyolefins, styrene poly-mers, polyurethanes, polyethers, polyesters and poly-ether-esters is particularly important and the compounds of ~he formula I are outstandingly suitable for this.
Examples of such polymers are high-density polyethylene and low-density polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene/
propylene copolymers, polystyrene, styrene/butadiene/
acrylonitrile copolymers, mixtures of polyolefins or of styrene polymers, and polyurethanes based on polyethers or polyesters, in the form of films, fibres, lacquers, elastomers or foams. The use of the compounds of the formula I as light stabilisers for all types of lacquer resins is also of particular importance.
The stabilisers are added to these plastics in a concentration of 0.01 to 5% by weight, based on the material to be stabilised. Preferably, 0.03 to 1.5, and particularly preferentially 0.2 to 0.6, % by weight of the compounds, based on the material to be stabilised, are incorporated into the latter.
Incorporation can be effected after polymerisa~
tion, for example by mixing the compounds, and, if desired, further additives, into the melt by the methods customary in the art, before or during shaping, or also by applying the dissolved or dispersed compounds to the ~L~

polymer, with subsequent evapora-tion of the solvent if necessary.
The compounds can also be added to the plastics to be stabilised in the form of a master batch which con-tains these compounds, for example in a concentration of 205 to 25% by weight.
In addition to the compounds of the formula I, yet further known stabilisers can also be added to the plastics. These stabilisers can be, for example, anti-oxidants, light stabilisers or metal deactivators, or also costabilisers, for example those of the phosphorous acid ester type. Furthermore, other additives custom-ary in plastics technology, for example flameproo~ing agents, antistatic agents, plasticisers, lubricants, blowing agents, pigments~ reinforcing materials or fillers, can also be added. Specific examples of such known and conventional additives are listed on yages 25 - 32 of German Offenlegungsschrift 2,349,962.
The invention therefore also relates to plastics which are stabilised by the addition of O.Ol to 5C/o by weight of a compound of the formula I and which, if desired, can also contain other known and conventional additives. The plastics stabilised in this way can be used in very diverse forms, for example as films, fibres, tapes or profiles, or as binders for lacquers, adhesives or putties.
The compounds of the formula I in which n 's 2 and X is -OH or -oR3 can also be used as intermediates for the preparation of oligomeric polyesters or polyamides which have the general form~la VII:

2Z~

o o o o -~-Z-(CH2)m-C~ N-C-(C~2) -Z-C~ y- VII
3\t 1/ 3 CH CH

RC~2 ~ CX2R 2 R R

In this formula, m, R, Rl, R2 and Z are as defined under formula I, Y is -O- or -NH-, p is a value between 2 and about 50 and R12 is a divalent organic radical. Preferably, R12 is C2-C20-alkylene, or C4-C8-alkylene interrupted by O, or C6-C12-arylene, C8-C14-aralkylene, C6-C14-cycloalkylene,an N,N'-bis--(alkylene)-hydantoin, N,N'-bis-(alkylene)-methylene-bis-hydantoin or N,N'~bis-(alkylene)-benzimidazolone radical, a -phenyl-ene-T-phenylene radical, in which T is -CH2-, -C(CH3)2-, -O-, -S- or -SO2-, or a radical of the ~ormula VIII

_ / 2 VIII
c~ \cH3 wherein Rl3 is hydrogen, methyl 9 ethyl 7 phenyl or phenoxymethyl.
The oligomers of the ~ormula VII are prepared from the compounds of the formula I in which n is 2 and X is -OH or -oR3 by reaction with a diol or a diamine of the formula HY-R12-YH. Examples of diols which can be used arealiphatic glycols, such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butane-1,4-diol, neopentylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycols, octane-1,8-diol or dodec~ne-1,12-diol; arali-phatic diols, such as p-xylylene glycol or 4,4'-di-~ 3 (hydroxymethyl)-diphenyl; cycloaliphatic diols, such as cyclohexane-1,4-diol or 1,4-di-(hydroxymethyl)-cyclo-hexane; aromatic diols, such as bisphenol A or 4,4'-dihydroxy-diphenyl; or heterocyclic diols, for example 1,3-di-(hydroxyethyl)-5,5-dimethylhydantoin or N,N'-di-(hydroxyethyl)-benzimidazolone.
The reaction with the diols results in oligomeric polyesters of the formula VII, in which Y is -0-, and can be carried out by the methods generally known forthe prepara-tion of polyesters from dicarboxylic acids or dicarboxylic acid esters and diols. The reaction conditions are so chosen that the degree of polycondensation p of the result-ing polyesters is relatively low, in order to ensure good compatibility of the products in plastics. The products of -the formula ~II which are formed are mixtures of oligomers with different degrees of polycondensation. The value p therefore expresses an average value. Preferably, p is 4 to 20.
The polyamides of the formula VII, in which Y is -NH-, are obtained by reacting the acids or esters I with primary diamines. Examples of suitable diamines are ali-phatic diamines such as ethylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine,

4-oxaheptane-1,7-diamine, decamethylenediamine, 2,2,4-trimethylhexamethylenediamine, dodecamethylenediamine, octamethylenediamine or eicosamethylenediamine 9 cyclo-aliphatic diamines such as 1,4-diaminocyclohexane, 1,3-bis-~2-aminomethyl)-cyclohexane or 2,2-bis-(4'-aminocyclohexyl)-propane, or aromatic diamines such as 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane or 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl ether.
The reaction is effected by the methods generally known for the formation o~ polyamides from dicarbo~ylic acids or dicarboxylic acid esters and diamines. The reaction conditions are so chosen that the average degree of polycondensation p o~ the resulting polyamides is relatively low, in order to ensure good compatibility of the products in plastics. Preferably, p is 2 - 12 The compounds o~ the formula I in which n is 1, Rl is hydroxyalkyl and X is -OH or -oR3 can be used as intermediates for the preparation of oligomeric poly-esters of the formula IX
R14 o o O - CH - (CH~, W - C - (CH2)m - Z - C _ R _ I X

R

in which R, R2, Z and m are as defined under formula I, s is 1 or 2, R14 is H, CH3 or C2H5 and q has a value of 2 - 50 and pre~erably of 4 - 20. The preparation of these oligomers IX from -the carboxylic acids (X = OH) or esters (X = oR3) of the formula I, defined above, is ef~ected by heating in -the presence of catalys-ts. For example, tetraalkyl titanates can be used as the catalyst for the polycondensation of the carboxylic acids. In this case, the reaction is preferably carried out in a solvent which is immiscible with water, and the water which is split off is distilled off from the reaction mixture continuously as an azeotrope. Suitable sol-vents are, for example, toluene or xylene or deca- or tetra-hydronaphthalene.
Bases, for examplé LiOH, NaNH2~ potassium tert~-butoxide, Al(O-isoC3H7)3, magnesium oxide or anhydrous zinc acetate or tetraalkyl orthotitanates, can be used as the ca-talyst for the polycondensation of the esters.
In this case~ the reaction is pre~erably carried out without a solvent, the R30H which is split o~f being distilled off.
Oligomeric polyesters and polyamides which con-tain polyalkylpiperidine groups have been disclosed in German Offenlegungsschrift 2,719,131, in which their use as light stabilisers for plastics is also described.
The oligomeric polyesters and polyamides of the formulae VII and IX can likewise be used as light stabilisers.
The compounds of the formula I in which n is 2 and R2 is hydrogen can also be used as intermediates for the preparation of oligomeric compounds of the formula X:
~C~z~ /~ 3 B~C~3/C~12P~ .
_ ~< \. ;~ _C~2 cH(od)-ca2-o-E~ 2-c~(o~)-cN2 .
~CEi ~ \C~ CO CO CX~ C~2~ r (C~12)3 (CH2)m X
Z Z
,C~ CO

In this formula, R, Rl and Z are as defined under formula I, r has a value between 2 and about 50, preferably 4-12, and E is a divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical or dicarboxylic acid radical, especi-ally a C2-C20-alkylene radical or the radical of a bis phenol.
These compounds are prepared from the compounds of the formula I in which n is 2 and R2 is hydrogen and X is preferably -oR3 by reaction with a diglycidyl ether or diglycidyl ester of the formula XI

Ca -A-CH-CH -o-E-o-CH -C ~ CH XI

Examples of such diglycidyl ethers are those of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol) butane 1,4-diol, butane-2,3-diol, hexane-1,6-~iol, diethylene glycol, 1,4-di hydroxy-methyl-cyclohexane, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl, 4,4'-di-hydroxydiphenylmethane or bisphenol A (2,2-diphenylol-~ 2i~
.

propane). It is also possible to use more highly con-densed reaction products of diphenols with epichloro-hydrin, such as are used as technical grade mixtures for the preparation of epoxide resins. Examples of diglycidyl esters are the diglycidyl esters of succinic acid, adipic acid, sebacic acid, phthalic acid or iso-phthalic acid.
The compounds of the formula I in which n is 2 and X is -OH and R2 is Cl-Cl2-alkyl, C3-C5-alkenyl or benzyl can likewise be reacted with diglycidyl ethers or diglycidyl esters of the formula XI. In this case, the epoxide groups of XI react with the carboxyl groups of I and oligomeric compounds of the formula XII
O o O o o~

Z (CH2)m~C ! 1 _ N~C-(CH ) -Z-C-o-CX -CH-CY.2-C~3~l t/ 3 3\l l/ 3 RCa2 \N/ CX2R RCH2 \N/ CH2R
R OH R

-o-E-O-CH2-CEI-(} ~ r XII
i~ which R2 is as defined above and R, Rl, Z, E, m and r are as defined under formula X are formed.
The preparation of the oligomers of the formulae X or XII 9 is effected by warming the two components I and XI in, preferably, an equimolar ratio, i.e. one epoxide group is used per NH group or per COOH group. However, it is also possible to use an excess (about 2-20%) of I
or XI if it is intended that the oligomeric compound shall have epoxide end groups. The reaction can be carried out without a solvent or in a polar solvent. Examples of suitable solvents are, in particular, high-boiling alcohols, glycols and their ethers~ for example butanol, butoxyethanol, ethylene glycol or ethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The reaction can be accelerated by the addition of catalytic amounts of tertiary amines or quaternary ammonium salts. Examples of these are tributylamine, benzyldime-thylamine, tetramethylammonium chloride or benzyl-trimethylammonium chloride. The reaction con-ditions should be so chosen that the average degree of polyaddition r of the product is relatively low. Pre-ferably, r has a value of 4 to 12.
The compounds of the formula X and XII are like-wise light stabilisers and can be used in the same way as the compounds of the formula I as stabilisers 'or organic polymers.
The examples which follow describe the prepara-tion of specific compounds of the formula I and their use as light stabilisers and as intermediates for the prepara-tion of oligomers. In these examples, temperatures are in C. Parts and % are by weight.
Example 1: 184 g (1~0 mol) of 4-ethylamino-2,2,6,6-tetra-methylpiperidine and 212 g (1.0 mol) of octylsuccinic anhydride are dissolved in 750 ml of xylene and this solution is refluxed for 6 hours. The solvent is distilled off and the brown-yellow resin obtained as the residue is washed cold with ace-tone. This yields com-pound No. 1, which has the formula given below, in the form of a beige powder, which is freed from solven-t resi-dues at 50C and under a pressure of 11 mm Hg. It melts in the temperature range o~ 125 - 139.
No. 1 C 2H5-N-CO-CH2 C~--COOH
`i I~ C8Hl7 a ~l~L~

Example 2: 325 g (l.O mol) of 4-n-dodecylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine are dissolved in 350 ml o~ dioxane and this solution is added dropwise in the course of 3 hours at 80 to a solution of lOO g (l.O mol) of succinic anhydride in 700 ml of dioxane. This reaction mixture is then heated a-t 80 for 4 hours. On cooling, a pre-cipitate separates out and this is washed with acetone and reprecipitated from dioxane. This yields compound No. 2, which has the formula given below, in the form of a white powder, which is freed from solvent residues at 40 and under a pressure of lOO mm Hg. It melts in a temperature range of 116 - 134.
No. 2 Cl,2H25_N_Co_cH2cH2-cooH

The following compounds are prepared analogously:
No. 3 C4~ -N-co-c~2cH2-cooH
f \
\i i/
/~-\
H

melting point 212-217 No. 4 c4H9-N-co-ca \T T/
/~\
I

softens above 70.

Example 3- 325 g (1.0 mol) of 4-n-dodecylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine and 212 g (1.O mol) of oc-tylsuccinic anhydride are dissolved in 600 ml of xylene and this solu-tion is then refluxed for 6 hours. On cooling, a pre-cipitate separates out and this is washed with acetone.
This yields compound No. 5, which has the formula given below, in the form of a pale beige product, which is freed from solv~nt residues at 40 and under a pressure of 11 mm Hg. It melts in a temperature range of 100 107C.
No. 5 C H -N-CO-CH -cH-COOH

\i i~ C8H17 /~\
H

Example 4: 31.6 g (0.08 mol) of 1,6-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetra-methyl-4-piperidyl-amino)-hexane, dissolved in 300 ml of toluene, are heated to the reflux temperature and 43 g (0.16 mol) of freshly distilled dodecylsuccinic anhydride are introduced in portions into this solution in the course of one hour. After heating for a further 5 hours, with stirring, the reaction mixture is cooled to about 10, whereupon compound No. 6 crystallises out.
me compound is filtered off, washed well, first with cold toluene and then with hexane, and dried at 60/0.05 mm Hg. The compound melts in the temperature range of 136 - 145.
C56H106N406 calculated: C 72.21 H 11.47 N 6.02%
(931-4) found: C 72.0 H 11.4 N 5.9%
No. 6 Hooc-cH-cH2-co-N-(cH2)6-~-co-cH2 CH CoOH
C12H25 / \~ C12H25 /-~\ /-~\
H H
.

~A' ~

The following compounds are prepared analogously:
No. 7 HOOC-CH-CH -Co~ (CH ) ~ -CO-CH2-C~-COOH

17 \i i/ \i l/ C8~l7 / ~o\
H a softens above 155, melts at 188 No. 8 EIOOC-C~I--CH2-CO-~(CH ~ t~-CO-CH -CH-COOH
C8Hl7 ' `I `I i~ C8Hl7 CH3. CH3 softens above about 70 No. 9 HOOC-CH-CH -&0~( CEI ) ----N-CO-CH -C~-C OOEI
C12H25 ~1' `I~ ' ` Cl2H25 ~\N/\ /~\
C~3 CH3 softens above about 85.

Example 5: A solution of 236.8 g (0.6 mol) of 1,6-bls~
(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl-amino)-hexane is added dropwise in the course of ~ hours, at 60, to a solution of 120.1 g (1.2 mols) of succinic anhydride in 600 ml of dioxane, with stirring, and the resulting mixture is stirred for a further 20 hours at 60. It is then cooled to 20 and compound No. lG, which has precipita-ted, is filtered off, washed with a little dioxane and then with methylene chloride and driedunder a high vacuum at 60. Melting point 278 - 282.

_ 26 -No. 10 HC-CH2CH2-C- ~ (C~2)6 ~ C 2 2 O , ./ \
'! !' '! !' ~\ /~\
H H
The following compounds are prepared analogously:
No. 1' Hooc-cH-cH2-co-N---( 2 6 -CO-CH2-CH-COOH
C8Hl5 ~ `. `I i~ C8Hl5 H H
softens above 170, melts at 185, prepared from technical grade "octenylsuccinic anhydride", position of the double bond not terminated.
No. 12 HOOC-CH=CH-CO-~ ( 2)6 -Co CH=CH - COOH
/\ /\
\T t/ '! i' H H
melting point 285 - 287 No. 13 HOOC-C = C~CO-N---(CH ) ---N-CO~C~=C-COOH
/\ /\
\i i/ \i i/

H H
mixture o~ cis and trans isomers, softens above about 160o No. 14 Hooc_cH2cH2_cO_~t~-H2)3~0~(CH2)4~0~(CH2~~N~C0~
/\ /\
t i/ \i i/
\ /~
H a melting point 265 - 270 (decompo-sition) No. 15 \ /.

/-\ C ~
/~/\

melting point about 230-235.
If tetrahydrofuran is used as the solvent and the reaction is carried out at 0 to 20, the following com-pounds are obtained analogously using the corresponding starting materials:
No. 16 C4EIg-N-CO-Ca=Ca--COOH

H
cis isomer, melting point 285 - 290 No. 17 C8H17-N--CO-CH=CH COO~

'! !' /~\
H

cis isomer, melting point 229 - 232 _ 28 -No. 18 ~/ \.
!' -~\

cis isomer, softening point about 135 No. 19 C4Hg-N-CO-CH=C~-COOH
,-~
/~\
ca3 cis isomer, melting point 128 - 135 No. 20 CH3 ~H3 HOOC C CH CO N (CH2)6 /\ /\
\t ~/ '! !' / ~ \ / ~ \

melting point 186-188 No. 21 \ ~

/ ~ CO-CH2C~2COOH
/ \ ~ \

'i !' -~\

melting point 308-319 No. 22 HOOC CO-~ - (CH2) 6 - ~1 - CO COOH
/\ /\
'! !' '! !' /~\ /~\
H H

melting point 192-195 No. 23 ~_.
/
HOOC/ \CO N - CH2CH2 - N - CO COOH

\T T/ \i i~
H H
mixture of isomers, melting point about 217 No. 24 ~ooc-cH2cH2-co-~-cH2cH2-cooc2H5 \i i/
H
melting point 232-233 No. 25 HO-CH--CH~-N-CO-CH~CH2-COOH

H
(prepared at -20) melting point 202-205.

'Z~

Example 6: 59.5 g (0.1 mol) of compound No. 10 are sus~
pended in 300 ml of boiling methanol. 25 g (O.21 mol) of ~reshly distilled thionyl chloride are added dropwise in the course of one hour to this suspension at the reflux temperature, with vigorous stirring, the educt gradually dissolving completely with forma-tion of the dimethyl ester. After stirring under reflux for a total of 22 hours, the pale yellow reaction solution is freed ~rom the solvent in vacuo at about 30, the residue is dissolved in 500 ml of acetonitrile and this solution is stirréd for 3 hours at room temperature ~ith 60 g of finely powdered, solid potassium carbonate. The potassium salts are then filtered off, the filtrate is freed from acetonitrile in vacuo, the residue is dissolved in 500 ml of boiling cyclohexane, the solution is stirred with 5 g of silica gel 60 Merck) the mixture is filtered to give a clear filtrate and compound No. 26 crystallises on cooling and is dried in vacuo. Melting point 120 -121.
C34H62N46 calculated: C 65.56 H 10.03 N 9.00%
(622.9) found: C 65.8 H 10.2 N 8.9%
No. 26 CH300C-CH2CE~2-CO--N-(CH2)6-N-CO-CH2CH2-COOCH3 O
'! !' \! 1' ~\ /~\
H H
The methyl esters No. 27 to No. 31 are obtained analogously from compounds Nos. 14, 7, 21 and 22 and No.3.
No. 27 c~ ooC-c~ C~2-co-N-(c~2)3-o-(c~2)4 (CH2)3 1 2 ~ 3 / \ / \
~i i/ '! i' ~\ /~\
oil, nD5 1.4931 H H

~L~ 2 No. 28 CH300C CH C~121 ( 2) 6 1 2 1 3 C8H17./ \.~ C8H17 H H
melting point 45 - 51.
No. 29 ~_~ 4 '! !' / ~/ \ melting point 98 No. ~0 H

CE~300C/ CO I ( 2) 6 1 3 / \ / ~
\i i, \i T
H H
melting point 124-131 No. 31 C4Hs - ~ - co - CH2CH2 - CoocH3 \i !/

H
oil, boiling point 175/0.1 mm Hg Example 7: 100 g of finely powdered potassium carbonate are added to a suspension of 187 g (0.3 mol) of dimethyl ester No. 26 in 900 ml of 2-butanone. 79.2 g (0.6~
mol) of dimethyl sulfate are then added dropwise at room temperature in the course of 1 hour, with stirring and slight ice-cooling, and during this addition the tempera-2~

ture rises to about 27. The reaction mixture is nowrefl~xed for a further 20 hours and cooled and -the result-ing white suspension is filtered. Tne filtrate is evaporated under a waterpump vacuum, the residue is dis~
solved in 2 litres of hot cyclohexane and the solution is stirred briefly with 30 g of silica gel 60 (Merck) and with the addition of kieselguhr, is clarified by filtering the hot solution. On cooling the filtrate, compound No. 32 is made to crystallise and the crystals are fil-tered off and dried. Melting point 118 - 120.
C36H66N406 calculated: G 66.42 H 10.22 N 8-61%
(650.91) found: C 66.5 H 9.9 N 8.5~o No. 32 CH300C-CH2CH2-CO-N~(CH2)6 N CO C~2C~2 3 / \ / \
!' \! !/
~\ /~\

m ic compound has also been obtained in one step by reacting compound No. 10 with 4 mols of dimethyl sul-fate (see Example 8).
Compound No. 33, which melts at 169-170, is obtained analogously by reaction with diethyl sulfate.
No- 33 CH300C CH2CH2 Co N {Ca2)6 N 2 2 3 O ~ -'! !' '! !' /~\ /~\

The analogous reaction of compounds Nos. 24 and 25 with 2 mol equivalents of dimethyl sulfate yields the com~
pounds Nos. 34 and 35.

~ 2 - 3~ -No. 34 ~i i/ .
/\N/\
I

oil, boiling point 210/0.01 mm Hg No. 35 HO CH CH -N-co-cH2cH2-coocH3 ,i t /'~-\

oil, boiling point 195/0.05 mm Hg Example 8- 165.8 g ~1.2 mols) of finely powdered potas-sium carbonate are added to a suspension of 161.7 g (0.25 mol) of compound No. 23 in 600 ml of 2-butanone.
138.7 g (1.1 mols) of freshly distilled dimethyl sulfate are then added dropwise in the course of one hour at room temperature, with stirring and the mixture is then stirred at the reflux temperature for a further 24 hours. To isolate the product, the white suspension is cooled to room temperature and filtered, the salt residue is washed well with me-thylene chloride and the combined filtrates are evaporated under a waterpump vacuum. The residue is dissolved in 1,600 ml of n-hexane at the reflux temp-erature, 40 g of silica gel 60 (Merck) are added to the solution, which is not quite clear, and the mixture is kept at the reflux temperature for a further 15 minutes.
The mixture is now filtered hot to remove the silica gel 60, the clear filtrate is concentrated and compound No.
36 is made to crystallise by cooling and is filtered off and dried in vacuo at 60. A colourless crystalline powder of the geometric isomers is obtained which has a -Z~

melting point of 141-155.
C40~ oN406 calculated: C 68.36 H 10.04 N 7.97%
(703.02) found: C 68.6 H 10.1 N 8.2%.
No. 36 CE300~ C0 N CH2 2 1 3 T i/ \i i/
~\ /~\
CH3 C~3 Compound No. 37 is prepared analogously from compound No. 22 and excess dimethyl sulfate.
No. 37 /-=-\ / = \

CH300~C0 N ( 2)6 1 3 \i l/ \t l/
/-~-\ /-~f'\

melting point 189-195.
Example 9: A mixture of 208.2 g of compound No. 10, 250 g of allyl bromide, 250 g of potassium carbonate and

5 g of finely powdered potassium iodide in 500 ml of 2-butanone is refluxed for 48 hours, with stirring. The reaction mixture is then filtered while still warm, the filtrate is freed from the solvent and the excess allyl bromide under a waterpump vacuum and the residue is recrystallised from about 2 litres of n-hexane, the pure compound No. 38 with a melting point of 97~98 being obtained.
C~4H74N406 calculated: C 69.99 H 9.8B N 7.42%
(755-1) found: C 70.1 H 10.2 N 7.5%

-No. 38 CH =CH-CH O~C-~H2CH2-CO-N-(C~2)6 N co c~2 2 2 2 2 CH2 C~H2 cH - CH2 CH = cH2 The allyl compounds Nos. 39, 40 and 41 are obtained analogously from compounds Nos. 8, 13 and 21.
No- 39 CH ~cH-cH2ooc-cH-cH2-co-N-(c~2)6-N-c~2-cH-coocH2-c~=cH2 C8 17 .f \. / \ C8x17 oil \! !/ ~! !~
/~\ /\~\

C~3 C~3 No. 40 C Ca3 C~ CH3 CH2-CH_cH2-ooc-~c--co-N- (CH:2) 6-N-CO-C~ C-C0CH2CH=CH2 `i i~ `-1 1/
/-~ \ / \N/ \
CIH2 lH2 o CH = cH cH - ca2 melting point 101-103 2 No. 41 2 2 \ / _~-co-cH2cH2cooc~2cH=cH2 \ /\
\i i /~\

CH2 2 melting point 99-lO0 -Compound No. 42 is ob-tained analogously from com-pound No. 26 and 2 mol equivalents of benzyl bromide.
No. 42 c~ ooC-CH -CON - (CH ) - N-CO-CH~CH2-COOCH3 /\ /\
\i i/ \1 i/
/y~ /\N/\

C6H5 C6 5melting point 154-156 .
5 g of compound No. 26 in 15 g of acetic anhydride, with the addition of 2 drops of sulfuric acid, are heated at 90 for 48 hours. All of the acetic anhydride is then distilled off in vacuo and the residue is subjected to repeated recrystallisation from a little methylene chloride with the addition of diethyl ether 9 and the diacetyl compound No. 43 with a melting point of 1~0-132 is obtained.
C38H66N408 calculated: C 64-56 H 9-41 N 7.93%
(706.93) found: C 64.3 H 9.3 N ~.9%
No. 43 CA ooc~ cA2~CO~N~ (C~I2) 6 N CO CH2C~I2 3 o ~ n 'I !' '! !' /~\

COCH COCA

30 g of the amidocarboxylic acid No. 3 are reacted with 13 g of thionyl chloride in 150 ml of metha-nol, by a procedure analogous to that of Example 6, to give the methyl ester. The latter boils at 175/0.1 mm Hg (bulb tube) (Compound No. 44). 0.16 g of sodium methoxide is added to a melt of 16.6 g (0.051 mol) of the methyl ester No. 44 and 10.2 g (0.06 mol) of 4-amino-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-piperidine and the mixture is heated at 165-170 in a gentle stream of N2 for 24 hours, with stirring. For working up, the reaction mixture is dissolved in n-hexanel the solution is treated for 1 . hour with 8 g of Tonsil~AC and 10 g of silica gel 60 (Merck) and filtered and the filtrate is freed first from all of the solvent and then from excess 4-amino-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidine, in vacuo. The crude diamide is then distilled undar a high vacuum (bulb tube): boiling point 240-245/0.01 mm Hg.
C27H52N42 calculated C 69.78 H 11.28 N 12.06%
(464.71) found: C 69.5 H 10.9 N 12.2%
No. 45 O O ,~/
Il 1~ /~
gC4 N C CH2-CH2-C-NH-~ CH
/\ /\
'! !' /~\
H

Compound No. 46 is obtained analogously from the dimethyl ester No. 32 and excess N-hexyl-methylamine.
NoO 46 ~CH3 CH3 C6H 3-N-C-cH2cH2-co-N - (CH2) 6 -N-C-CH2CH2-CO-N-C6X13 /\ /\
~7 i/ \i i/
/y-\ /-y-\

C~3 CH3 melting point 60-62 Example 12: Preparation of oli~omeric polyesters 19.53 g (0.03 mol) of dimethyl ester No. 32 together with 6.04 g (0.03 mol) of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4---- hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine and 0.2 ml of tetrabutyl orthotitanate (monomer) in 200 ml of anhydrous xylene, are heated slowly, in a gentle stream of ni-trogen, to 140C in the course of about 3 hours, the methanol ~ racle rn c r k z~

split off being distilled off continuously~ The temp-erature is then kept at 145-150 for a further 8 hours.
m e crude, oligomeric ester is cooled to 50 and dissolved in a little chloroform, the solution is filtered and the filtrate is then poured slowly, at room temperature, into 300 ml of acetonitrile, with vigorous stirring with a turbine stirrer, whereupon the polyester is precipitated.
The acetonitrile is decanted o~ from the precipitate, the precipitate is redissolved in methylene chloride and the solvent is removed completely, first under a water-pump vacuum and then under a high vacuum, compound No. 47 being obtained in the form of a brittle solid. It sinters at about 95 and is completely melted at 140 and has an average molecular weight (vapour pressure osmometry) of about 17,000.
No- 47 _ _ 2 2 ~ (CH2)6-~-C0-cH2c~2-cO-O-cH CH -~ \, 0 /\ -/\ /\
\i 1/ \-1 1/
/~\ /~\
I

In an analogous manner, polyesters Nos. 48 and 49 are prepared from dimethyl ester No. 26,and polyester No.
50 is prepared ~rom dimethyl ester No. 28.
No. 48 \0/. ~
~ 2 2 C0 N (c~2)6-N-co-c~2c~2-coo-cH2cH2-~ 0- L P
'i i/ '! i' /~\ /~\
H H
softening temperature above about 95, ~n (osmometry)

6,900 ~ 2'~

No. 49 ~ 2 2 C0 1 (cH2)6;N-co-cH2cH2-coo-(cH CH Q) `I I~ `1 i~
~y\ ,~
H

softening temperature above about 50, ~n 5~300 No. 50 - \./.
_ -co-ca-~a~-co-N- (ca~) 6-~-co-cH2-ca-coo-c~ CH ~ -0- _ / y \ . , ~ H
softens above about 60, ~n 6,600 Analogously, polyester No. 51 is prepared from compound No. 27, polyester No. 52 is prepared from com-pound No. 36 and polyester No. 53 is prepared from com-pound No. 34.
No. 51 - \/ 1 2 2 ~ (CH2)3 (CH2)4~~(CH2)3~~~CCHzCH2C~-/ \N-C~ C
L '.~! '!~i' H H
softening temperature about 70, ~ 7,100 No. 52 _ ~
'\ /'' \ /' _ -OC C-~ - CH2CH2 - ~-C COOCH2-C-CH20---/~
i i/ \l i /-\N/-\ /'\N/~\
. - ~H3 CH3 _ P
softening temperature about 135U, Mn 2,270 ~ ~6~Z'~

No. 53 CO ~-CH2CH2~-~ CH2CH2-L
x3 softening temperature about 110, ~ 2,740 Polyester No. 54 is obtained by auto-condensation of compound No. 35 by the method given above.
No. 5L~
- - C'd3 -- 4-c~-cH -N-C0-CH2CH2-CO- _ ~ \~a3 ~ ..

softenin~ temperature about 90- ~n 1,~00 When the procedure of Example 12 is repeated using 0.1 g of lithium amide and 0.1 g of aluminium triisopropylate as the catalyst, in place o. the tetra-butyl titanate, polyesters Nos. 55-60 are obtained from diallyl ester No. ~8 and the corresponding diols : ~
- .co-cH2c~2-co-N- (CH2) 6-N Co CH2CH2 / \ / \
,!~!'y~

~2 ~H2 0_0 No. 55 R =-CH2CH2-~ softening temperature about 160 ~ 3,000 z~

No. 56 R = CH2CH2-0-CH2CH2-~-CH2CH2-softening temperature 55~ ~n 12,300 No. 57 R = residue of "polyethylene glycol 300"
softening temperature about 20, ~ 3,700 Cl2~
No 58 R -cH2-c-cH

softening temperature 75, ~n 7~500 '!

softening temperature 75, ~n 6,300 o -c~2C~2-~ ~-ca2ca2-o. 60 R =
ca3~ o softening temperature about 85, ~n 6~800 melting point 130 Polyesters Nos. 61-63 are obtained analogously from diallylester No. 39 and the corresponding diols.
_ , - co-~a-CH2-Co-~--(CH2)6---N Co C~2 1 _ _ 8 17 \i i~ \l I~ _ P

Ca3 CH3 \ /
No. 61 R - -CH2CH
_ .
softening temperature about 50, ~ 4,900 C~3 \~/.
No. 62 R = ~ C~2 / \
softening temperature about 65, ~ 6,800 o No. 63 R = C~2C~2 ~ ~ 2 2 CE~j--.,o waxy compound, ~l 2,000 Example 13: Pr~ ation of oligomeric ~olyamides 26.4 g (0.035 mol) of diallyl ester No~ 38 and 4.1 g (0.035 mol) of 1,6-diaminohexane are heated to about 100. 0.12 g of sodium methoxide and 0.18 g of aluminium isopropoxide are added 7 under a nitrogen ~tmosphere, to the resulting clear melt, with stirring.
In a gentle stream of N2, the temperature is gradually raised to 170, allyl alcohol, distilling off slowly.
After 20 hours at about 170, the viscous melt is cooled to 50 and dissolved in chloroform, the solution is filtered through a layer of kieselguhr and the filtrate is concentrated to about 50 ml and poured slowly into 300 ml of acetonitrile at about 0, with vigorous stir-ring with a turbine stirrer, ~hereupon the oligomeric amide is precipitated. The acetonitrile is decanted off, the precipitate is dissolved in methylene chloride and the solvent is removed, first under a waterpump vacuum and then, to completion, under a high vacuum~ and by this means the solid, bri-ttle compound No. 64 is obtained. It sinters at 80, has melted completely at 100 and has an average molecular weight (vapour pressure osmometry) of about 2,300.
No. 64 -CO-C~2CX2-co-N-(C~2)6-N-C0 ca2c~2 c~ NH (cH2)6 /\ /\
`i T~
,~

1 2 -~2cH
_ c~ca2 _ P
xample 14: Reaction with diglycidyl ethers to ~__e oligomeric pol~ethers 21.8 g (0.035 mol) of dimethyl ester No. 26, together with 11.9 g (0.035 mol) of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and 0.17 g of dimethyl-benzylamine are heated slowly to a maximum temperature of 140-143 in a N2 atmosphere, with stirring,and the mixture is stirred for a further 8 hours at this temperature. For working up, the vis-cous melt is cooled and dissolved in methylene chloride, the solution is filtered through a layer of kieselguhr and the filtrate is concentrated to about 80 ml. This solution is now poured slowly, at room temperature, into 400 ml of a 1:1 mixture of acetonitrile and methanol, with vigorous stirring with a turbine stirrer, the poly-meric compound being precipitated. The precipitate is separated off and redissolved in methylene chloride and the solvent is removed in vacuo and then, to completion, under a high vacuum, and by this means the oligomeric polyether No. 65 is obtained in the form of a brittle compound which can be pulverised easily. It sinters at about 105, has melted at 135 and has an average molecular weight (vapour pressure osmometry) of about 19, 000 .
No. 65 OOCa3 1OOCH3 ~ 2.)2 (C~

CH2~ 2-~ 0~2-cl~-ca o~ CH3 , _ r Example 15- Reaction with dihalide to ~ive p~y~
.

A mixture of 2~.~3 g (0.025 mol) of compound No.
9 and 5.34 g of trans-1,4-dibromo-2-butene(0.025 mol),8.28g of powderedpotassh~ carbonate and 0.2 g of ~inely powdered potassium iodide in 100 ml of 2-butanone are refluxed (80) for 28 hours, with stirring. To isola-te the oligomeric ester, the reaction mixture is clarified by ~iltration through a layer of Hyflo~ the filtrate is freed from the solvent in vacuo and the residue is dis-solved in about 50 ml of methylene chloride. This solution is allowed to run slowly into 700 ml o~ aceto-nitrile at room temperature, with vigorous stirring with a turbine stirrer (Polytron apparatus), and by this means the oligo-ester is precipitated as a resin. The supernatant acetonitrile is now decanted off, the resin which has precipitated is redissolved in a little methyl-ene chloride and the precipitation procedure in aceto-nitrile as described above is repeated. The precipi-tated oligo-ester (No. 66) is dried in vacuo under 0.05 mm Hg, a colourless powder with a softening point of about 40 being obtained by this means. Mean molecular J, n~de,~J k weight ~n: 4,000 (vapour press~e osmometer). Resi-dual bromine content: < 0.15%.
No. 66 _ C CH2 CO N (CH2) 6 ~ N-CO-C~2-CH-COO-CH2CH=CaCH2-0--~
C12H25 / ~ / \ C12H25 \i !/ \! !/
_ /\N/\ /~\ P
CH3 ~H3 Example 16: Salt formation __ A solution of 42.4 g (0.1 mol) of compound No. 18 in 200 ml of methanol is neutralised with a solution of 18.8 g (0.1 mol) of p-toluenesulfonic acid in lO0 ml of methanol, with stirring. The solution of the salt (compound No. 67) is evaporated and the pulverulent residue is dried under 0.1 mm Hg and at 50. The salt softens at about 70 and has melted completely at 120.
No. 67 3 \ = / 3 [ ~ / I Co-CH-cH-cO0~

Example 17: Stabilisation of polyl~ropylene against light 100 parts o~ polypropylene powder (Moplen, fibre grade, from Montedison) are homogenised with 0.2 part of octadecyl ~-~3,5-di-tert.-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl~-propion-ate, 0.1 part of calcium stearate and 0.25 part of a stabiliser from Table 1 below, in a Brabender plastograph at 200C for 10 minutes. The composition thus obtained is removed from the kneader as rapidly as poss-ible and pressed in a toggle press to give a 2-3 mm thick sheet. Part of the r~sulting blank is cut out and pressed between two high-gloss hard aluminium foils with a ~ ~3 manual hydraulic laboratory press ~or 6 minutes at 260 to give a 0.1 mm thick film, which is immediately chilled in cold water. Sections are now punched from this film and exposed in a Xenotest 1200. These test pieces are removed from the exposure apparatus at regular intervals andtestedin anIRspectrophotometer to determine their carbonyl content. m e increase in the carbonyl extinction at 5.85 ~m during exposure is a measure of the photo-oxidative degradation of the polymer (cf. L. Balaban et al., J. Polymer. Sci. Part C; 22, 1059-1071 (1969)) and experience has shown that it is associated with a deterioration in the mechanical properties of the poly-mer. The time taken to reach a carbonyl extinction of about 0.3, at which the comparison film is brittle, is taken as a measure of the protective effect.
The ratio of this exposure time to the exposure time for a blank sample without light stabiliser is the protection factor PF.

PF exposure time for sample exposure time for blank sample Table 1 gives the protection factors for the light stabilisers of the formula I which were studied.
Table 2 gives the corresponding values for oligomeric light stabilisers of the formula VII.

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Table 1 Light stabiliserExposure time PF
- 760 hours Compound No. 6 2,730 hours 3.6

7 3,240 hours 4.2

8 4,030 hours 5.3

9 7,580 hours 10.0 3,750 hours 4.9 11 3,810 hours 4.7 26 5,010 hours 9.3 . 38 6,260 hours 7.7 40 5,970 hours 6.8 Table 2 Light stabiliserExposure time PF
Compound No. 48 5,440 hours 7.4 49 5,960 hours 6.8 50 6,400 hours 7-3 55 4,590 hours 6.1 56 4'400 hours 5,4 57 4,280 hours 5.3 58 3J550 hours 4.4 59 3,080 hours 4~1 60 3~580 hours 4.7 64 4,150 hours 5.1

Claims (9)

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A compound of the formula I

I
in which m is 0 or 1 and n is 1 or 2, X is -OH, -OR3 or -N(R4)(R5), R is hydrogen or CH3, R1, if n is 1, is C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C3-C5-methoxyalkyl, C5-C8-cycloalkyl, C6-C7-cycloalkylmethyl, unsubstituted C7-C12-aralkyl or C7-C12-aralkyl substituted by C1-C4-alkyl and/or hydroxyl, or phenyl, 2-cyanoethyl, 2-alkoxy(C1-C4)-carbonylethyl or a group of the formula II
or III

II III

and if n is 2 is C2-C12-alkylene, C2-C12-alkylene inter-rupted by one or more -O- or -N(R7)- or C6-C18-cycloalkyl-ene, R2 is hydrogen, an oxyl radical, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C3-C5-alkenyl, propargyl, benzyl or acetyl, Z is a group or R3 is C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C3-C10-alkoxyalkyl, C3-C5-alkenyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl or a radical of the formula III, R4 is hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C5-alkenyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl and R5 is hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, allyl, C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl, cyclohexyl or a radical of the form-ula III, or R4 and R5 together with the N atom to which they are bonded form a pyrrolidine, piperidine, hexa-methyleneimine or morpholine ring, R6 is hydrogen or methyl, R7 is methyl or one of the acyl radicals -CO-(CH2)m-Z-CO-X, R8 is hydrogen or C1-C18 alkyl and R9 is hydrogen, C1-18-alkyl or C3-C12-alkenyl or phenyl,or R8 and R9 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a saturated or unsaturated, at least 5-membered, carbocyclic ring, and R10 and R11 independently of one another are hydrogen or methyl, or a salt of such a compound with a mineral acid, sulfonic acid or organic phosphoric acid, or a salt of a compound of the formula I
in which X is -OH with a monovalent to trivalent metal.

2. A compound according to claim 1, of the formula I, in which R is hydrogen.

3. A compound according to claim 1, of the formula I, in which n is 1 and R1 is C2-C12-alkyl, or n is 2 and R1 is C2-C12-alkylene, or C4-C10-alkylene interrupted by -O-.

4. A compound according to claim 1, of the formula I, in which R2 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, allyl, benzyl or acetyl.

5. A compound according to claim 1, of the formula I, in which m is nought.

6. A compound according to claim 5, of the formula I, in which m is O and Z is a -CH=CH- or -CH2-CH(R9)- group, in which R9 is hydrogen or alkyl, or Z is a 1,2-phenylene, 1,2-cyclohexylene or 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1,2-phenylene radical.

7. A compound according to claim 1, of the formula I, in which X is -OH or -OR3 and R3 is alkyl, allyl or benzyl

8. A composition comprising an organic material and at least one compound of the formula I, of claim 1, in an amount which suffices for stabilisation.

9. A composition according to claim 8, comprising an organic polymer and 0.01 to 5% by weight of at least one compound of the formula I, of claim 1.