For the most part, the substituted alkylene polyamines of this invention having the nitrogen directly bonded to an aliphatic carbon will have the following formula: atoms between the nitrogen atoms, R is a branched chain alkyl or alkenyl group of from 25 to 100 carbon atoms (see the definition of R 12 is an integer of from 1 to 5, usually of from 1 to 3, and q is an integer of from 1 to 2.