another preferred embodiment a is 20 b is 0 c is 10 and d is 0 the compounds of the present invention are made 1 the reaction of a silicone epoxide with a secondary amine followed by 2 oxidation of the resulting tertiary amine with hydrogen peroxide to make the amine oxide the silicone epoxide compounds of the present invention are available from a variety of sources most important of which is siltech corporation of toronto ontario canada they conform to the following structure the secondary amines useful as raw materials in the preparation of the compounds of the present invention are items of commerce available from a variety of sources including nova molecular technologies janesville wis they conform to the following structure r 1 and r 2 are ch 3 u2014 ch 2 e to a suitable reaction flask equipped with stirring heat and a reflux condenser is added the required amount of the specified silicone epoxide examples 1 8 isopropanol totaling 10 by weight of the total quantity of material being produced is then added the specified amount and type of amine examples 9 14 is then added under agitation the resulting reaction mass is heated to 80 100 u00b0 c the reaction mass is held at this temperature for six hours during which time the epoxide value drops to vanishingly low levels and the tertiary amine concentration reaches theoretical the isopropanol is then striped off using vacuum next in a subsequent process the tertiary amine prepared above is oxidized to the amine oxide using hydrogen peroxide the preferred hydrogen peroxide concentration is 50 by weight but other conentrations can be used hydrogen peroxide is an item of commerce provided by many suppliers the most important of which is duponte to.