The syntheses of 2-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N, N-dimethylhexadecan-1-aminium chloride [1 (16) Cl] and iodide [1 (16) I], 2-hydroxy-N, N, N-trimethylhexadecan-1-aminium chloride (6), N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N, N-dimethylhexadecan-1-aminium chloride (8), N, N-bis (2- hydroxyethyl)-N-methylhexadecan-1-aminium chloride (11), and 2-hydroxy-N-(2- hydroxyethyl)-N, N-dimethyl-4-oxahexadecan-1-aminium chloride (14) are reported along ...