Branched trialkylamine precursors, intermediates, products made therefrom and processes of manufacture

A carboxybetaine having the formula:

• wherein R5, R6 and R7 are C3H7, C2H5, CH3 or H wherein R6 and R7 cannot both be H.

A hydroxysultaine having the formula:

• wherein R5, R6 and R7 are C3H7, C2H5, CH3 or H wherein R6 and R7 cannot both be H.

An N-alkyl-N glucamine having the formula:

• wherein R5, R6 and R7 are C3H7, C2H5, CH3, or H, and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl moiety derived from a reducing sugar in a reductive amination reaction;
• wherein said reducing sugar is glucose, mannose, fructose, sorbose, arabinose, maltose, isomaltose, maltulose, isomaltulose, trehalulose, lactose, glyceraldehyde, galactose, xylose, ribose, cellobiose, xylobiose or a combination thereof.