Patent ID: 8269046

Claim:
A process of making a cyclic bisamide of structure I comprising reacting under amidification conditions reactants comprising a diamine of structure (IV) and a monocarboxylic acid of the formula R 1 —COOH, wherein at least one n is an integer from 1 to 2, and at least one n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 2, m is 0 or 1 to provide a cyclopentyl ring or cyclohexyl ring, and R 1 is a C1-C75 alkyl group, the reactants further comprising a difunctional reactant selected from (a) H 2 N—R 2 —NH 2 where R 2 is selected (i) from a polyether group having a plurality of —OR 3 — groups where R 3 is a C3-C10 aliphatic hydrocarbyl, and (ii) a C2-C36 hydrocarbyl group and (b) HOOC—R 4 —COOH where R 4 is a C2-C34 hydrocarbyl group, where the composition has a melt viscosity at 130° C. of less than 100 cPs.