long chain esters such as n ch 2 ch 2 ococ 17 h 35 2 are also possible the novel compounds may be formulated in a variety of physical forms to form a fabric conditioning composition such a composition would comprise from about 1 to about 99 wt of a compound of formula i and from about 1 to about 99 wt water such compositions may be prepared by any conventional method known in the art it may be understood that the compounds of the invention may be combined with conventional fabric conditioning components to form a mixture of fabric conditioning actives useful in preparing fabric conditioning compositions such conventional conditioning agents include acyclic quaternary ammonium salts such us ditallowdimethylammonium methylsulfate cyclic quaternary ammonium salts particularly those of the imidazolinium type diamido quaternary ammonium salts tertiary fatty amines having at least 1 and preferably 2 c 8 to c 30 alkyl chains carboxylic acids having 8 to 30 carbon atoms and one carboxylic group per molecule esters of polyhydric alcohol such as sorbitan esters or glycerolstearate fatty alcohols ethoxylated fatty alcohols ethoxylated fatty amines mineral oils polyols such as polyethyleneglycol silicone oils and mixtures thereof suitable conventional fabric conditioning compounds are described in taylor et al u s pat no 5 254 269 herein incorporated by reference additionally one or more optional additives may be incorporated in the fabric conditioning composition selected from the group consisting of perfumes dyes pigments opacifiers germicides optical brighteners fluoresers anti corrosion agents and preservatives the amount of each additive in the composition is up to about 0 5 by weight it has been found that the conditioning compositions of the present invention can be incorporated into both.