Aromatic carboxylic acid esters and amides as fixing agents

A compound of the formula, ##SPC18##

• wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are, independently, ethylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-butylene or phenylethylene, with the proviso that
• a. only the group Y.sub.1 or Y.sub.2 which is bound to X can be 1,3-propylene, and
• b. each (Y.sub.1 -O) or (Y.sub.2 -O) chain contains no more than 2 phenylethylene groups,
• R.sub.4 " is hydrogen, --CO.sub.2 M, --OR.sub.6 or a group --CO--X--(Y.sub.1 O).sub.m.sbsb.1 --R.sub.1,
• R.sub.5 " is hydrogen, --CO.sub.2 M or a group --CO--X--(Y.sub.1 O).sub.m.sbsb.1 --R.sub.1,
• M is a charge equivalent of a cation,
• R.sub.6 is hydrogen, phenyl, phenylalkyl (C.sub.7 -C.sub.22), phenyl or phenylalkyl (C.sub.7 -C.sub.22) substituted by --OH, alkyl or halogen and having up to 22 carbon atoms in the aggregate thereof, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.22), cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7), alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7), cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7) alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7) alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) or a group --(Y.sub.2 --O).sub.m.sbsb.2 --R.sub.2,
• X is --O-- or --NR--,
• R is one of the significances of R.sub.6,
• R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are, independently, hydrogen, phenyl, phenylalkyl (C.sub.7 -C.sub.22), phenyl or phenylalkyl substituted on the phenyl nucleus by --OH, alkyl or halogen and having up to 22 carbon atoms in the aggregate thereof, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.22), cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7), alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7), cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7) alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15), alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7) alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15), or a group ##SPC19##
• R.sub.3 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.22), cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7), cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7) alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15), alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7), alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15) cycloalkyl (C.sub.5 -C.sub.7) alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.15), --CN, --COOR.sub.6, --SO.sub.3 R.sub.6, --OR.sub.6, --NHR.sub.6 or --N(R.sub.6).sub.2, --CO.sub.2 M, --SO.sub.3 M or a group --CO--X--(Y.sub.1 O).sub.m.sbsb.1 --R.sub.1,
• with the proviso that when R.sub.4 " or R.sub.5 " is a group --CO--X--(Y.sub.1 O).sub.m.sbsb.1 --R.sub.1, then R.sub.1 is hydrogen, or when R.sub.4 is a group O--(Y.sub.2 --O).sub.m.sbsb.2 --R.sub.2, then R.sub.2 is hydrogen,
• m.sub.1 and m.sub.2 are integers 1 to 100 , the sum of all the integers m.sub.1 and m.sub.2 being 1 to 100,
• and z.sub.1 and z.sub.2 are integers 1 to 100 , the sum of all the integers z.sub.1 and z.sub.2 being 5 to 100, and when relevant, the sum of all the integers z.sub.1 , z.sub.2, m.sub.1 and m.sub.2 being 6 to 100.