Dispersant-viscosity improvers for lubricating oil and fuels

US6677282B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Lubrizol Corporation · US

Inventors

• Richard M. Lange · Euclid, US
• Stuart L. Bartley · Lakewood, US
• Daniel M. Vargo · Willoughby, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10N2070/02
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Hydrocarbyl substituted carboxylic compositions and derivatives thereof useful as dispersant/viscosity improvers for lubricating oil and fuel compositions. Carboxylic compositions are derived from (A) a hydrocarbon polymer having Mn ranging from about 20,000 to about 500,000, and (B) an &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carboxylic compound prepared by reacting (1) an active methylene compound of the formula (I), and (2) a carbonyl compound of the general formula (II), wherein Ra is H or hydrocarbyl and Rb is a member of the group consisting of H, hydrocarbyl and (III), wherein each R&#8242; is independently R or OR and each R is, independently, H or a hydrocarbyl group; and lower alkyl acetals, ketals, hemiacetals and hemiketals of the carbonyl compound (2). Carboxylic derivative compositions are obtained by reacting the carboxylic compositions with a reactant selected from the group consisting of (a) amines characterized by the presence within their structure of at least one condensable H&#8212;N< group, (b) alcohols, (c) reactive metal or reactive metal compounds, and (d) a combination of two or more of any of (a) through (c), the components of (d) being reacted with the carboxylic composi…