Tertiary amines having carbonate and urethane groups

A process for the production of a tertiary amine having carbonate and urethane groups comprising reacting

• a) a polyol represented by the formula
• Q(OH).sub.n (I)
• in which
• Q represents the residue obtained by removing n-hydroxyl groups from an n-hydric aliphatic alcohol having a molecular weight in the range from 90 to 400,
• and
• n represents 2 or 3,
• and
• b) an amine corresponding to the formula ##STR3## in which A represents the residue of a divalent, aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which at least 2 carbon atoms are present between the nitrogen atoms which appear in Formula (II),
• R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl residue having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or together with the nitrogen atom to which each is bonded form a saturated heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring which heterocyclic ring is inert with respect to carbonic acid derivatives,
• with
• c) a carbonic acid derivative selected from the group consisting of
• 1) carbonates corresponding to the formula ##STR4## in which R.sup.3 each represents a phenyl residue, an alkyl residue having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or together form an alkylene residue having 2 or 3 carbon atoms,
• 2) urea,
• 3) phosgene and
• 4) bis-chlorocarbonates of polyols represented by Formula (I),
• in amounts such that the molar ratio of hydroxyl groups from a) to primary amino groups of b) is from about 4:1 to about 16:1, and a total of about 0.5 moles of carbonic acid derivative c) plus from about 0.2 to about 0.5 moles of carbonic acid derivative c) for each mole of hydroxyl groups in a) to form carbonate and urethane groups.