Vegetable oil-based material as a substitute for carnauba wax

A wax composition comprising a plurality of fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (I):

• wherein:
• R1 a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl;
• R2 is H, substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl;
• n1 is an integer from 1 to 10;
• n2 is an integer from 1 to 20;
• m1 is 0 or 1;
• and
• m2 is 0 or 1, and
• wherein m1+m2 cannot be 2,
• wherein if R1 is a substituted C3 to C50 alkyl, then R2 is H, unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or C3 to C50 alkyl substituted with alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, carboxy, carboalkoxy, carboxamido, cyano, carbonyl, nitro, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, mercapto, alkylthio, sulfoxide, sulfone, acylamino, amidino, phenyl, benzyl, heteroaryl, phenoxy, benzyloxy, or heteroaryloxy;
• or
• wherein if R2 is a substituted C3 to C50 alkyl, then R1 is an unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or C3 to C50 alkyl substituted with alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, carboxy, carboalkoxy, carboxamido, cyano, carbonyl, nitro, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, mercapto, alkylthio, sulfoxide, sulfone, acylamino, amidino, phenyl, benzyl, heteroaryl, phenoxy, benzyloxy, or heteroaryloxy.

A process for preparing a compound of Formula (I):

• said process comprising:
• providing one or more monoamide compounds having the Formula (IV):
• providing one or more acids having the Formula (Va) or Formula (Vb)
• wherein
• R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl;
• R2 is substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl;
• R2′ is substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C50 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl;
• n1 is an integer from 1 to 10;
• n2 is an integer from 1 to 20;
• m1 is 0 or 1;
• and
• m2 is 0 or 1,
• wherein m1+m2 cannot be 2, and
• reacting the one or more monoamide compounds having the Formula (IV) with the one or more acids having Formula (Va) or Formula (Vb) under conditions effective to make the compound of Formula (I).