Patent ID: 8748646

Claim:
A process of making one or more molecules comprising one or more beta-hydroxyamine moieties said process comprising: a) combining one or more molecules comprising one or more primary and/or secondary amine moieties, said one or more molecules comprising an amino silicone, with one or more molecules comprising one or more epoxide moieties and a catalyst comprising a protic solvent, said protic solvent: (i) having a hydroxyl equivalents of at least 0.007 equivalents per gram; and (ii) comprising at least two hydroxyl moieties per protic solvent molecule, and solubility of at least 0.2% by weight of protic solvent in the mixture at the conditions of the reaction, to form a first mixture; b) heating said first mixture to a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 200° C., and maintaining said temperature for a time of from about 10 seconds to about 48 hours, to form a composition comprising one or more molecules comprising one or more beta-hydroxyamine moieties; and c) optionally purifying said composition comprising one or more molecules comprising one or more beta-hydroxyamine moieties.