Y is a hydrogen radical, m is zero and n is two a material such as 3,3-di (hydroxymethyl)-1-propanol which may be represented as:##STR7##For example, the 3,3,3-tri (hydroxymethyl)-1-propanol might be synthesized by reacting formaldehyde with 3-chlorine-1-propanal and hydrolyzing the product in an alkaline (NaOH) solution.Representative examples of materials represented by Formula (II) are, for exa