Polyurethanes prepared from hydroxy benzamides or polyols prepared from hydroxy benzamides and polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates

A product resulting from reacting (1) a vicinal dihydroxyl-containing material or mixture of such materials represented by the following formulas VIII, IX or X ##STR3## wherein each R is a divalent hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms, a group represented by the following formulas IV, V, VI or VII ##STR4## or R can be combined with R.sup.5 so as to form a stable heterocyclic ring with the nitrogen atoms;

• each A is independently a divalent hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, --O--, --S--, --S--S--, ##STR5## each R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• each R.sup.4 is independently hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl or a halogen substituted hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms;
• each R.sup.5 is independently hydrogen, a 2-hydroxy-3-halopropyl group, a 2-alkyl-2-hydroxy-3-halopropyl group, a monovalent hydrocarbyl group or a hydroxyl substituted monovalent hydrocarbyl group, said hydrocarbyl groups having from 1 to about 9 carbon atoms, said alkyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• each R.sup.8 is independently selected from the group represented by the following formula XV ##STR6## or the groups represented by R.sup.5, except that R.sup.8 cannot be hydrogen;
• each R.sup.9 is a divalent hydrocarbyl group having from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• each X is independently hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or a hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbyloxy group having from 1 to about 9 carbon atoms;
• each X' is a hydroxyl group;
• each m independently has a value of zero or 1;
• n has an average value of from about 0.01 to about 6;
• p has an average value of from 1 to about 10;
• q has an average value of at least 1 and each y and z independently has a value of 1 or 2 with (2) a polyisocyanate, polyisothiocyanate or mixture thereof.