Patent ID: 8883698

Claim:
A composition comprising at least about 50 wt % of a mixture of at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of: wherein A and B are each independently OH or O(C═O)R 7 ; R 1 is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R 2 is (C 1- C n )alkyl or (C 1- C n )alkenyl having 0, 1, 2, or 3 (C 1- C 3 )alkyl branches, wherein when R 1 is H, R 2 has 1, 2, or 3 (C 1- C 3 )alkyl branches, and when R 1 is methyl or ethyl, R 2 has 0, 1, or 2 (C 1- C 3 )alkyl branches, and wherein branching occurs on carbon atoms that are within 40% of the nonfunctionalized terminus of the longest carbon chain; R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are each independently R 7 is (C 1- C 26 )alkyl; and, m is 5-37 and n is 1-33, wherein m+n is 6-38; and, wherein the composition contains less than about 2 wt % of secondary hydroxy compounds.