GELLING AGENT FOR SOLIDIFYING AGENT FOR LIQUID ORGANIC MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a new compound capable of gelling or solidifying a wide variety of liquid organic media with a small amount thereof added and providing a gelled material excellent in long-term stability at about normal temperature and further producible by a simple method. SOLUTION: This compound is represented by the formula (R1 is a 7-21C alkyl or a 7-21C alkenyl; R2 is a 1-22C alkyl or a 1-22C alkenyl; R3 is an 8-22C alkyl or an 8-22C alkenyl; (n) is 2-4), e.g. Nα-octadecylcarbamoyl-Nω- lauroyllysine methyl ester. The above compound is obtained by using an Nω- acylamino acid such as Nε-acyllysine as a starting raw material, carrying out an esterification of the carboxyl group with an alcohol and an alkylcarbamoylation or an alkenylcarbomoylation by a reaction of anα-amino group with an alkyl isocyanate or an alkenyl isocyanate.