The present invention provides a compound that thickens or gels a fluid organic substance to a desired viscosity or homogeneously stabilizes a composition containing a fluid organic substance, a thickening/stabilizing agent containing the compound, a thickened/stabilized composition containing the thickening/stabilizing agent and a fluid organic substance, and a method for producing a thickened/stabilized composition. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, R 1 and R 2 are different from each other and represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having not less than 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. The thickening/stabilizing agent of the present invention contains the compound.