Nippon Oil Fats Co., Ltd.

Yoshifumi Kubo

Tohru Yasukohchi

Shin-ichi Akimoto

Takaharu Ishizaki

Hiroumi Izaiku

A formal compound is represented by formula (1): wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 26 carbon atoms, A.sup.1 is an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a is 1 to 100, A.sup.2 is an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, b is 1 to 5, R.sup.2 is an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, c is 0 to 5, R.sup.3 is an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, d is 0 to 5, A.sup.3 is an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, e is 0 to 5, and R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or CH.sub.2 (OA.sup.4).sub.f OR.sup.5, in which A.sup.4 is an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, f is 1 to 100, and R.sup.5 is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 26 carbon atoms, and wherein each of (A.sup.1 O).sub.a, (OA.sup.2).sub.b, (NR.sup.2).sub.c, (R.sup.3 NH).sub.d, (A.sup.3 O).sub.e, and (OA.sup.4).sub.f may consist of different constituent units, a fuel oil additive comprising said formal compound and a fuel oil composition comprising a fuel oil and said formal compound.

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