Rheology control agents

The present invention provides for a rheology control agent that includes a following compound represented by the following formula: wherein A, B, C and D equal CH 2 , CHR, NH, or O, and A, B, C and D may be the same or different and at least one of A and B equals NH and at least one of C and D equals NH; and wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 may be the same or different and represent a linear, branched, hyper-branched, or dendritic ether, polyether or hydrocarbon based chain, optionally forming at least one carbon-based ring, being saturated or unsaturated and R 2 represents linear or branched alkylenes, ethers, polyethers, or polyester linkages and at least one of R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 comprises an ester group or an amide group which is branched off from the main chain; excluded from Formula (1) is a compound wherein R 2 is CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH(C(O)OCH 3 ), A, B, C, and D are equal to NH and R 1 and R 3 are both equal to a linear octyl hydrocarbon chain; the rheology control agent is suitable for solvent-borne and water-borne coating composition having improved rheology control useful for OEM refinishing or repainting the exterior of automobile and truck bodies and parts thereof.