Extremely low viscosity adducts of lactams with alcohols

Adduct of a lactam selected from the group of epsilon-caprolactam, 1-N-methyl hexahydro-1,4-diazepin-3-one, propiolactam, butyrolactam, valerolactam and dodecalactam, with an alcohol selected from the group of methanol, ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, isopropanol, t-butanol, cyclohexanol, allyl alcohol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, benzyl alcohol, chloroethanol, fluoroethanol, trichloroethanol, trifluoroethanol, beta-hydroxypropylester of C.sub.1-4 carboxylic acids, furfuryl alcohol, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, n-butyl mercaptan, dodecyl mercaptan, mercaptoethanol, a hemiacetal of the foregoing alcohols with formaldehyde or chloral;

• ethylene glycol;
• diethylene glycol;
• thioglycol;
• a propane diol isomer;
• di- or tri-propylene glycol;
• glycerine, tri-methylol propane, hexane-1,6-diol or other isomer of hexane diol;
• hexahydroquinone;
• 1,4-bis-hydroxymethyl cyclohexane;
• terpin hydrate;
• mono-, di, tri- or tetra-methylol cyclohexanone;
• anhydroenneaheptiotol;
• phthalic or terephthalic acid diglycol ester;
• methylene glycol;
• a mono- or bis-hemiacetal of formaldehyde or chloral of any of the aforementioned polyhydroxyl compounds;
• n-methyl diethanolamine;
• bis hydroxyethyl cyclo-hexylamine;
• and bis-hydroxyethyl stearylamine, and an N-methylol derivative of valeorlactam, butyrolactam, caprolactam, propiolactam, N-butylethylurethan, N-methylol benzamide, N-hydroxymethyl naphthalimide, ethanolamine, N-methylethanol amine, cyclohexylethanolamine, oxethylated benzoic acid amide, hydroxyethyl acetamide, hydroxyethyl carbamic acid butyl ester, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, N,N-diethylethanolamine, and hydroazinoethanol, said adduct containing from 0.3 to 4 moles of said alcohol per mol of said lactam.