EP0400870A1 - Multifunktionaler Viskositätsindexverbesserer, hergestellt aus Polyamin, welcher eine primäre und mindestens eine sekundäre Amino-Gruppe enthält und der verbesserte viskometrische Eigenschaften bei niedrigen Temperaturen aufweist - Google Patents

Multifunktionaler Viskositätsindexverbesserer, hergestellt aus Polyamin, welcher eine primäre und mindestens eine sekundäre Amino-Gruppe enthält und der verbesserte viskometrische Eigenschaften bei niedrigen Temperaturen aufweist Download PDF

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EP0400870A1
EP0400870A1 EP90305567A EP90305567A EP0400870A1 EP 0400870 A1 EP0400870 A1 EP 0400870A1 EP 90305567 A EP90305567 A EP 90305567A EP 90305567 A EP90305567 A EP 90305567A EP 0400870 A1 EP0400870 A1 EP 0400870A1
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  • the present invention relates to nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers useful as multifunctional viscosity index (V.I.) improver additives, e.g., viscosity index improvers-dispersants, for oleaginous compositions, particularly fuel oils and lubricating oils, methods for preparing said grafted ethylene copolymers, and to oleaginous compositions containing these nitrogen containing grafted copolymers. More specifically the instant invention relates to a copolymer of ethylene with other alpha-olefins as a backbone.
  • V.I. multifunctional viscosity index
  • copolymer comprised of segmented copolymer chains with compositions which are intramolecularly heterogeneous and intermolecularly homogeneous, grafted with ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid material and reacted with polyamine containing one primary amino group and at least one secondary amino group.
  • the additives of the instant invention provide oleaginous compositions, particularly lubricating oil compositions. exhibiting improved low temperature viscometric properties compared to conventional nitrogen containing grafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers.
  • V.L-dispersant oil additive The concept of derivatizing V.I. improving high molecular weight ethylene and alpha-olefin copolymers with acid moieties such as maleic anhydride, followed by reaction with an amine or an amine and a carboxylic acid component to form a V.L-dispersant oil additive is known and is disclosed. inter alia, in the following patents:
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3.326,804 teaches reacting ethylene copolymers with oxygen or ozone. to form a hydroperoxidized polymer, which is grafted with maleic anhydride followed by reaction with polyalkylene polyamines.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,089,794 teaches grafting the ethylene copolymer with maleic anhydride using peroxide in a lubricating oil solution, wherein the grafting is preferably carried out under nitrogen, followed by reaction with polyamine.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4.137,185 teaches reacting C, to C 30 mono carboxylic acid anhydrides. and dicarboxylic anhydrides, such as acetic anhydride, succinic anhydride, etc. with an ethylene copolymer reacted with maleic anhydride and a polyalkylene polyamine to inhibit cross linking and viscosity increase due to further reaction of any primary amine groups which were initially unreacted.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,144,181 is similar to 4,137,185 in that it teaches using a sulfonic acid to inactivate the remaining primary amine groups when a maleic anhydride grafted ethylene-propylene copolymer is reacted with a polyamine.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,169,063 reacts an ethylene copolymer in the absence of oxygen and chlorine at temperatures of 150 to 250 C with maleic anhydride followed by reaction with polyamine.
  • a number of prior disclosures teach avoiding the use of polyamine having two primary amine groups to thereby reduce cross-linking problems which become more of a problem as the number of amine moieties added to the polymer molecule is increased in order to increase dispersancy.
  • German Published Application No. P3025274.5 teaches an ethylene copolymer reacted with maleic anhydride in oil using a long chain alkyl hetero or oxygen containing amine.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,132,661 grafts ethylene copolymer, using peroxide and/or air blowing, with maleic anhydride and then reacts with primary-tertiary diamine.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4.160,739 teaches an ethylene copolymer which is grafted, using a free radical technique, with alternating maleic anhydride and a second polymerizable monomer such as methacrylic acid, which materials are reacted with an amine having a single primary, or a single secondary, amine group.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,171,273 reacts an ethylene copolymer with maleic anhydride in the presence of a free radical initiator and then with mixtures of C 4 to C, 2 n-alcohol and amine such as N-aminopropylmorpholine or dimethylamino propyl amine to form a V.L-dispersant-pour depressant additive.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,219.432 teaches maleic anhydride grafted ethylene copolymer reacted with a mixture of an amine having only one primary group together with a second amine having two or more primary groups.
  • German published application No. 2753569.9 shows an ethylene copolymer reacted with maleic anhydride by a free-radical technique and then reacted with an amine having a single primary group.
  • German published application No. 2845288 grafts maleic anhydride on an ethylene-propylene copolymer by thermal grafting at high temperatures and then reacts with amine having one primary group.
  • French published application No. 2423530 grafts maleic anhydride on an ethylene-propylene copolymer with maleic anhydride at 150 ⁇ to 210° C followed by reaction with an amine having one primary or secondary group.
  • U.S. pat. No. 4,516,104 and 4,632,769 represented a further improvement over the art in that they permitted the utilization of the generally less expensive polyamines having two primary amine groups, while achieving good dispersancy levels, inhibiting cross-linking and allowing initiator, e.g., peroxide, grafting in oil.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,517,104 discloses polymeric viscosity index (V.I.) improver-dispersant additives for petroleum oils, particularly lubricating oils, comprising a copolymer of ethylene with one or more C 3 to C 28 alpha-olefins, preferably propylene, which have been grafted with acid moieties, e.g., maleic anhydride, preferably using a free radical initiator in a solvent, preferably lubricating oil, and then reacted with a mixture of a carboxylic acid component, preferably an alkyl succinic anhydride, and a polyamine having two or more primary amine groups.
  • V.I. polymeric viscosity index
  • the grafted polymer may be reacted with said acid component prereacted with said polyamine to form salts, amides, imides, etc. and then reacted with said grafted olefin polymer. These reactions can permit the incorporation of varnish inhibition and dispersancy into the ethylene copolymer while inhibiting cross-linking or gelling.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,632,769 discloses oil soluble viscosity improving ethylene copolymers such as copolymers of ethylene and propylene, reacted or grafted with ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid moieties, preferably maleic anhydride moieties, and then reacted with polyamines having two or more primary amine groups and a C 22 to C 28 olefin carboxylic acid component, preferably alkylene polyamine and alkenyl succinic anhydride, respectively. These reactions can permit the incorporation of varnish inhibition and dispersancy into the ethylene copolymer while inhibiting cross-linking or gelling.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,804,794 discloses segmented copolymers of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin monomer, each copolymer being intramolecularly heterogeneous and intermolecularly homogeneous and at least one segment of the copolymer, constituting at least 10% of the copolymer's chain, being a crystallizable segment. These copolymers are disclosed as exhibiting good mechanical properties such as good shear stability and as being useful V.I.
  • oleaginous compositions containing ethylene copolymers of the instant invention grafted with ethylenically monounsaturated carboxylic acid material and reacted with polyamine containing one primary amine group and one or more secondary amine groups to form nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers exhibit better low temperature viscometric properties than those containing conventional nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers.
  • the multifunctional viscosity index improver additives of the instant invention provide oleaginous compositions, particularly lubricating oil compositions, exhibiting dispersancy and better low temperature viscometric characteristics than conventional multifunctional viscosity index improvers comprised of nitrogen or ester containing grafted conventional ethylene copolymers.
  • the present invention is directed to oil soluble nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers useful as multifunctional viscosity index improvers or modifiers, e.g., as V.I. improver-dispersant additives, in oleaginous compositions.
  • the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention provide oleaginous compositions, in particular lubricating oil compositions, exhibiting improved viscometric properties, particularly highly desirable viscosity properties at low temperatures, and dispersancy characteristics.
  • the ethylene copolymers of the instant invention are grafted with an ethylenically mono-unsaturated carboxylic acid grafting material and the grafted ethylene copolymers are then reacted with at least one polyamine containing only one primary amino group, at least one secondary amino group. and preferably no tertiary amino groups.
  • copolymers which are grafted and reacted with the polyamine containing one primary amine group, one or more (i.e., one to about 6) secondary amine groups, and preferably no tertiary amine groups are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,804,794, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • These copolymers are segmented copolymers of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin monomer: each copolymer is intramolecularly heterogeneous and intermolecularly homogeneous and at least one segment of the copolymer, constituting at least 10°0 of the copolymer's chain, is a crystallizable segment.
  • the term "crystallizable segment” is defined to be each segment of the copolymer chain having a number-average molecular weight of at least 700 wherein the ethylene content is at least 57 wt.%.
  • the remaining segments of the copolymer chain are herein termed the “low crystallinity segments” and are characterized by an average ethylene content of not greater than about 53 wt%.
  • the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of copolymer is very narrow. It is well known that the breadth of the molecular weight distribution can be characterized by the ratios of various molecular weight averages.
  • an indication of a narrow MWD in accordance with the present invention is that the ratio of weight to number-average molecular weight ( M W n) is less than 2.
  • a ratio of the z-average molecular weight to the weight-average molecular weight ( M M w ) of less than 1.8 typifies a narrow MWD in accordance with the present invention. It is known that a portion of the property advantages of copolymers in accordance with the present invention are related to these ratios. Small weight fractions of material can disproportionately influence these ratios while not significantly altering the property advantages which depend on them. For instance, the presence of a small weight fraction (e.g.
  • the copolymer reactants in accordance with the present invention, are characterized by having at least one of M w , M less than 2 and M z / M w less than 1.8.
  • the copolymer reactant comprises chains within which the ratio of the monomers varies along the chain length.
  • the ethylene copolymer reactants are preferably made in a tubular reactor.
  • nitrogen containing polymeric materials useful as multifunctional viscosity index improvers, particularly viscosity index improver-dispersant additives, for oleaginous materials, particularly lubricating oils which are comprised of (i) certain specific types of ethylene and alpha-olefin copolymers grafted with (ii) ethylenically monounsaturated carboxylic acid material, and (iii) reacted with polyamine containing one primary amino group and at least one secondary amino group.
  • the nitrogen containig grafted ethylene copolymers are comprised of the reaction products of:
  • the nitrogen containing carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymers of either aspect A or B are reacted or post-treated with a viscosity stabilizing or end capping agent such as, for example, a C, 2 -C, 8 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride.
  • a viscosity stabilizing or end capping agent such as, for example, a C, 2 -C, 8 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride.
  • the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention When the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention are incorporated into oleaginous materials such as lubricating oils the resultant oleaginous compositions exhibit better low temperature viscometric properties than oleaginous compositions containing conventional nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers. Furthermore, the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of this invention function as dispersants in oleaginous compositions and generally exhibit substantially similar dispersancy efficacy as conventional nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers falling outside the scope of the instant invention.
  • the ethylene and alpha-olefin copolymers defined as (i) hereinafore are copolymers of ethylene with at least one other alpha-olefin comprised of segmented copolymer chains with compositions which are intramolecularly heterogeneous and intermolecularly homogeneous.
  • the instant copolymers are segmented copolymers of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin monomer wherein the copolymer's chain contains at least one crystallizable segment of ethylene monomer units, as will be more completely described below, and at least one low crystallinity ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer segment, where in the low crystallinity copolymer segment is characterized in the unoriented bulk state after at least 24 hours annealing by a degree of crystallinity of less than about 0.2% at 23 C. and wherein the copolymer's chain is intramolecularly heterogeneous and intermolecularly homogeneous.
  • the crystallizable segments comprise from about 10 to 90 wt.%, preferably from about 20 to 85 wt-%. of the total copolymer chain, and contain an average ethylene content which is at least about 57 wt.%, preferably at least about 62 wt.%, and more preferably at least about 63 wt.% and which is not greater than 95 wt.%, more preferably ⁇ 85%, and most preferably ⁇ 75 wt.% (e.g., from about 58 to 68 wt.%).
  • the low crystallinity copolymer segments comprise from about 90 to 10 wt.%, preferably from about 80 to 15 wt.%, and more preferably from about 65 to 35 wt.%, of the total copolymer chain, and contain an average ethylene content of from about 20 to 53 wt.%, preferably from about 30 to 50 wt.%, and more preferably from about 35 to 50 wt.%.
  • the copolymers comprise intramolecularly heterogeneous chain segments wherein at least two portions of an individual intramolecularly heterogeneous chain, each portion comprising at least 5 weight percent of the chain and having a molecular weight of at least 7000 contain at least 5 wt.% ethylene and differ in composition from one another by at least 5 weight percent ethylene, wherein the intermolecular compositional dispersity of the polymer is such that 95 wt. % of the polymer chains have a composition 15% or less different in ethylene from the average weight percent ethylene composition, and wherein the copolymer is characterized by at least one or a ratio of M w / M of less than 2 and a ratio of M z / M of less than 1.8.
  • the copolymers will contain at least one crystallizable segment rich in methylene units (hereinafter called an "M" segment) and at least one low crystallinity ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer segment (hereinafter called a "T” segment).
  • the copolymers may be therefore illustrated by copolymers selected from the group consisting of copolymer chain structures having the following segment sequences: M-T, (I) wherein M and T are defined above, M' and M 2 can be the same or different and are each M segments, T and T 2 can be the same or different and are each T segments, x is an integer of from 1 to 3 and y is an integer of 1 to 3.
  • the copolymer's M segment is positioned between two T segments, and the M segment can be positioned substantially in the center of the polymer chain (that is, the T and T 2 segments can be substantially the same molecular weight and the sum of the molecular weight of the T' and T 2 segments can be substantially equal to the molecular weight of the M segment), although this is not essential to the practice of this invention.
  • the M segments and T segments of the copolymer are located along the copolymer chain so that only a limited number of the copolymer chains can associate before the steric problems associated with packing the low crystallinity T segments prevents further agglomeration. Therefore, in a preferred embodiment, the M segment is located near the center of the copolymer chain and only one M segment is in the chain.
  • the M segments of the copolymers of this invention comprise ethylene and can also comprise at least one other alpha-olefin, e.g., containing 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • the T segments comprise ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin, e.g., alpha-olefins containing 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
  • the M and T segments can also comprise other polymerizable monomers, e.g., non-conjugated dienes or cyclic mono-olefins.
  • EPM ethylene-propylene
  • Copolymer (i)(a) in accordance with the present invention is preferably made in a tubular reactor.
  • ethylene due to its high reactivity , will be preferentially polymerized.
  • the concentration of monomers in solution changes along the tube in favor of propylene as the ethylene is depleted.
  • the result, with monomer feed only at the inlet, is copolymer chains which are higher in ethylene concentration in the chain segments grown near the reactor inlet (as defined at the point at which the polymerization reaction commences), and higher in propylene concentration in the chain segments formed near the reactor outlet. These copolymer chains are therefore tapered in composition.
  • An illustrative copolymer chain of ethylene-propylene is schematically presented below with E representing ethylene constituents and P representing propylene constituents in the chain:
  • the far left-hand segment (1) thereof represents that portion of the chain formed at the reactor inlet where the reaction mixture is proportionately richer in the more reactive constituent ethylene.
  • This segment comprises four ethylene molecules and one propylene molecule.
  • subsequent segments are formed from left to right with the more reactive ethylene being depleted and the reaction mixture proportionately increasing in propylene concentration, the subsequent chain segments become more concentrated in propylene.
  • the resulting chain is intramolecularly heterogeneous.
  • Intra-CD intramolecular compositional dispersity
  • Inter-CD intermolecular compositional dispersity
  • composition can vary between chains as well as along the length of the chain.
  • An object of this invention is to minimize the amount of inter-chain variation.
  • the Inter-CD can be characterized by the difference in composition between the copolymer fractions containing the highest and lowest quantity of ethylene. Techniques for measuring the breadth of the Inter-CD are known as illustrated in "Polymerization of ethylene and propylene to amorphous copolymers with catalysts of vanadium oxychloride and alkyl aluminum halides"; E. Junghanns, A. Gumboldt and G. Bier; Makromol. Chem., V. 58 (12 12 62): 18-42.
  • solventnon-solvent a p-xylene dimethylformamide solventnon-solvent was used to fractionate copolymer into fractions of differing intermolecular composition.
  • Other solventnon-solvent systems can be used as hexane 2 propanol, as will be discussed in more detail below.
  • the Inter-CD of copolymer in accordance with the present invention is such that 95 wt. % of the copolymer chains have an ethylene composition that differs from the average weight percent ethylene composition by 15 wt. % or less.
  • the preferred Inter-CD is about 13% or less, with the most preferred being about 10% or less.
  • Junghanns et al. found that their tubular reactor copolymer had an Inter-CD of greater than 15 wt. %.
  • the Intra-CD of copolymer in accordance with the present invention is such that at least two portions of an individual intramolecularly heterogeneous chain, each portion comprising at least 5 weight percent of the chain, differ in composition from one another by at least 7 weight percent ethylene. Unless otherwise indicated, this property of Intra-CD as referred to herein is based upon at least two 5 weight percent portions of copolymer chain.
  • the Intra-CD of copolymer in accordance with the present invention can be such that at least two portions of copolymer chain differ by at least 10 weight percent ethylene. Differences of at least 20 weight percent, as well as, of at least 40 weight percent ethylene are also considered to be in accordance with the present invention.
  • the experimental procedure for determining Intra-CD is as follows. First the Inter-CD is established as described below, then the polymer chain is broken into fragments along its contour and the Inter-CD of the fragments is determined. The difference in the two results is due to Intra-CD as can be seen in the illustrative example below.
  • Molecule A is 36.8 wt. % ethylene
  • B is 46.6%
  • C is 50% ethylene.
  • the average ethylene content for the mixture is 44.3%.
  • the Inter-CD is such that the highest ethylene polymer contains 5.7% more ethylene than the average while the lowest ethylene content polymer contains 7.5% less ethylene than the average. Or, in other words, 100 weight % of the polymer is within +5.7% and -7.5% ethylene about an average of 44.3%. Accordingly, the Inter-CD is 7.5% when the given weight % of the polymer is 100%.
  • the fragments into which the original polymer is broken should be large enough to avoid end effects and to give a reasonable opportunity for the normal statistical distribution of segments to form over a given monomer conversion range in the polymerization. Intervals of ca 5 weight % of the polymer are convenient. For example, at an average polymer molecular weight of about 105, fragments of ca 5000 molecular weight are appropriate.
  • a detailed mathematical analysis of plug flow or batch polymerization indicates that the rate of change of composition along the polymer chain contour will be most severe at high ethylene conversion near the end of the polymerization. The shortest fragments are needed here to show the low ethylene content sections.
  • compositional dispersity for non-polar polymers
  • solvent/non-solvent fractionation which is based on the thermodynamics of phase separation. This technique is described in "Polymer Fractionation", M. Cantow editor, Academic 1967, p. 341 and in H. Inagaki, T. Tanaku, “Developments in Polymer Characterization”, 3, 1, (1982). These are incorporated herein by reference.
  • molecular weight governs insolubility more than does composition in a solventlnon-solvent solution.
  • High molecular weight polymer is less soluble in a given solvent mix.
  • a fractionation procedure is as follows: Unfragmented polymer is dissolved in n-hexane at 23 ° C to form ca a 1% solution (1 g. polymer / 100 cc hexane). Isopropyl alcohol is titrated into the solution until turbidity appears at which time the precipitate is allowed to settle. The supernatant liquid is removed and the precipitate is dried by pressing between Mylar polyethylene terphthalate) film at 150° C. Ethylene content is determined by ASTM method D-3900. Titration is resumed and subsequent fractions are recovered and analyzed until 100% of the polymer is collected. The titrations are ideally controlled to produce fractions of 5-10% by weight of the original polymer, especially at the extremes of composition.
  • the data are plotted as % ethylene versus the cumulative weight of polymer as defined by the sum of half the weight % of the fraction of that composition plus the total weight % of the previously collected fractions.
  • Another portion of the original polymer is broken into fragments.
  • a suitable method for doing this is by thermal degradation according to the following procedure: In a sealed container in a nitrogen-purged oven, a 2mm thick layer of the polymer is heated for 60 minutes at 330 C. (The time or temperature can be empirically adjusted based on the ethylene content and molecular weight of the polymer.) This should be adequate to reduce a 105 molecular weight polymer to fragments of ca 5000 molecular weight. Such degradation does not substantially change the average ethylene content of the polymer, although propylene tends to be lost on scission in preference to ethylene.
  • This polymer is fractionated by the same procedure as the high molecular weight precursor. Ethylene content is measured , as well as molecular weight on selected fractions.
  • Ethylene, propylene or high alpha-olefin polymerizations with transition metal catalysts can be described by the terminal copolymerization model, to an approximation adequate for the present purpose. (G. Ver Strate, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, vol. 6, 522 (1986)). In this model, the relative reactivity of the two monomers is specified by two reactivity ratios defined as follows:
  • R. and R 2 are dependent on the particular comonomer and catalyst employed to prepare the polymer, the polymerization temperature and, to some extent, the solvent.
  • R is significantly larger than R 2 .
  • ethylene will be consumed more rapidly than propylene for a given fraction of the monomer in the reacting medium.
  • the amount of monomer that has reacted at a given time in a batch reactor or at a given point in a tubular reactor can be determined, it is possible through equation (1), to determine the instantaneous composition being formed at a given point along the polymer chain. Demonstration of narrow MWD and increasing MW along the tube proves the compositional distribution is intramolecular.
  • the amount of polymer formed can be determined in either of two ways. Samples of the polymerizing solution may be collected, with appropriate quenching to terminate the reaction at various points along the reactor, and the amount of polymer formed evaluated. Alternatively, if the polymerization is run adiabatically and the heat of polymerization is known, the amount of monomer converted may be calculated from the reactor temperature profile.
  • R 1 and R 2 thus simply serve to characterize the polymer composition in terms of the polymerization conditions.
  • R, and R 2 we are able to specify the intramolecular compositional distribution.
  • VCI 4 and ethylaluminum sesquichloride are employed in hexane as solvent.
  • R is the gas constant (1.98 col deg-mole) and "T k " is degrees Kelvin.
  • R. 9.7.
  • R 2 0.02.
  • Ethylene content is measured by ASTM-D3900 for ethylene-propylene copolymers between 35 and 85 wt.% ethylene. Above 85% ASTM-D2238 can be used to obtain methyl group concentrations which are related to percent ethylene in an unambiguous manner for ethylene-propylene copolymers.
  • ASTM-D2238 can be used to obtain methyl group concentrations which are related to percent ethylene in an unambiguous manner for ethylene-propylene copolymers.
  • proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic reasonance spectroscopy can be employed to determine the composition of such polymers. These are absolute techniques requiring no calibration when operated such that all nucleii of a given element contribute equally to the spectra. For ranges not covered by the ASTM tests for ethylene-propylene copolymers, these nuclear magnetic resonance methods can also be used.
  • copolymers in accordance with the present invention are comprised of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin. It is believed that such alpha-olefins could include those containing 3 to 18 carbon atoms, e.g., propylene, butene-1, pentene-1, etc. Alpha-olefins of 3 to 6 carbons are preferred due to economic considerations.
  • the most preferred copolymers in accordance with the present invention are those comprised of ethylene and propylene.
  • copolymers of ethylene and higher alpha-olefins such as propylene often include other polymerizable monomers.
  • Typical of these other monomers may be non-conjugated dienes such as the following non-limiting examples:
  • dienes containing at least one of the double bonds in a strained ring are preferred.
  • the most preferred diene is 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB).
  • ENB 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene
  • the amount of diene (wt. basis) in the copolymer could be from about 0% to 20% with 0% to 15% being preferred. The most preferred range is 0% to 10%.
  • the most preferred copolymer in accordance with the present invention is ethylene-propylene.
  • the average ethylene content of the copolymer could be as low as about 20% on a weight basis.
  • the preferred minimum is about 25%.
  • a more preferred minimum is about 30%.
  • the maximum ethylene content could be about 90% on a weight basis.
  • the preferred maximum is about 85%, with the most preferred being about 80%.
  • the copolymers of this invention intended for use as viscosity modifier-dispersant contain from about 35 to 75 wt.% ethylene, and more preferably from about 50 to 70 wt.% ethylene.
  • the molecular weight of copolymer made in accordance with the present invention can vary over a wide range. It is believed that the weight-average molecular weight could be as low as about 2,000. The preferred minimum is about 10,000. The most preferred minimum is about 20,000. It is believed that the maximum weight-average molecular weight could be as high as about 12,000,000. The preferred maximum is about 1,000,000. The most preferred maximum is about 750,000. An especially preferred range of weight-average molecular weight for copolymers intended for use as V.M. polymer is from 50,000 to 500,000.
  • the copolymers of this invention will also be generally characterized by a Mooney viscosity (i.e., ML-(1, + 4,) 125°C) of from about 1 to 100, preferably from about 5 to 70, and more preferably from about 8 to 65, and by a thickening efficiency ("T.E.") of from about 0.4 to 5.0, preferably from about 1.0 to 4.2, most preferably from about 1.4 to 3.9.
  • Mooney viscosity i.e., ML-(1, + 4,) 125°C
  • T.E. thickening efficiency
  • the molecular weight distribution is very narrow, as characterized by at least one of a ratio of M w/ M n of less than 2 and a ratio of M z/ M w of less than 1.8.
  • MWD molecular weight distribution
  • the preferred copolymers have M w / W n less than about 1.5, with less than about 1.25 being most preferred.
  • the preferred M z / M is less than about 1.5, with less than about 1.2 being most preferred.
  • copolymers of the instant invention may be produced by polymerization of a reaction mixture comprised of catalyst, ethylene and at least one additional alpha-olefin monomer, wherein the amounts of monomer, and preferably ethylene, is varied during the course of the polymerization in a controlled manner as will be hereinafter described. Solution polymerizations are preferred.
  • any known solvent for the reaction mixture that is effective for the purpose can be used in conducting solution polymerizations in accordance with the present invention.
  • suitable solvents would be hydrocarbon solvents such as aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, or halogenated versions of such solvents.
  • the preferred solvents are C12 or lower, straight chain or branched chain, saturated hydrocarbons, C 5 to C 9 saturated alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbons or C 2 to C 6 halogenated hydrocarbons. Most preferred are C, or lower, straight chain or branched chain hydrocarbons , particularly hexane.
  • Non-limiting illustrative examples of solvents are butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, methyl cyclopentane, methyl cyclohexane, isooctane, benzene, toluene, xylene, chloroform, chlorobenzenes, tetrachloroethylene, dichloroethane and trichloroethane.
  • Suitable reactors are a continuous flow tubular or a stirred batch reactor.
  • a tubular reactor is well known and is designed to minimize mixing of the reactants in the direction of flow. As a result, reactant concentration will vary along the reactor length.
  • the reaction mixture in a continuous flow stirred tank reactor (CFSTR) is blended with the incoming feed to produce a solution of essentially uniform composition everywhere in the reactor. Consequently, the growing chains in a portion of the reaction mixture will have a variety of ages and thus a single CFSTR is not suitable for the process of this invention.
  • CFSTR continuous flow stirred tank reactor
  • 3 or more stirred tanks in series with all of the catalyst fed to the first reactor can approximate the performance of a tubular reactor. Accordingly, such tanks in series are considered to be in accordance with the present invention.
  • a batch reactor is a suitable vessel. preferably equipped with adequate agitation, to which the catalyst, solvent, and monomer are added at the start of the polymerization. The charge of reactants is then left to polymerize for a time long enough to produce the desired product or chain segment. For economic reasons, a tubular reactor is preferred to a batch reactor for carrying out the processes of this invention.
  • the polymerization should be conducted such that:
  • copolymer structures II and III above (and, optionally, to prepare copolymer structure I above), additional solvent and reactants (e.g., at least one of the ethylene, alpha-olefin and diene) will be added either along the length of a tubular reactor or during the course of polymerization in a batch reactor, or to selected stages of stirred reactors in series in a controlled manner (as will be hereinafter described) to form the copolymers of this invention.
  • additional solvent and reactants e.g., at least one of the ethylene, alpha-olefin and diene
  • tubular reactor is the preferred reactor system for carrying out polymerizations in accordance with the present invention.
  • the following illustrative descriptions are drawn to that system, but will apply to other reactor systems as will readily occur to the artisan having the benefit of the present disclosure.
  • the composition of the catalyst used to produce alpha-olefin copolymers has a profound effect on copolymer product properties such as compositional dispersity and MWD.
  • the catalyst utilized in practicing processes in accordance with the present invention should be such as to yield essentially one active catalyst species in the reaction mixture. More specifically, it should yield one primary active catalyst species which provides for substantially all of the polymerization reaction. Additional active catalyst species could provide as much as 35% (weight) of the total copolymer. Preferably, they should account for about 10% or less of the copolymer.
  • the essentially one active species should provide for at least 65% of the total copolymer produced, preferably for at least 90% thereof.
  • the extent to which a catalyst species contributes to the polymerization can be readily determined using the below-described techniques for characterizing catalyst according to the number of active catalyst species.
  • MWD gel permeation chromatography
  • Catalyst systems to be used in carrying out processes in accordance with the present invention may be Ziegler catalysts, which may typically include:
  • the preferred catalyst system in practicing processes in accordance with the present invention comprises hydrocarbon-soluble vanadium compound in which the vanadium valence is 3 to 5 and an organo-aluminum compound, with the proviso that the catalyst yields essentially one active catalyst species as described above. At least one of the vanadium compound/organo-aluminum pair selected must also contain a valence-bonded halogen.
  • vanadium compounds useful in practicing processes in accordance with the present invention could be:
  • each R (which can be the same or different) preferably represents a C 1 to C 10 aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical such as ethyl (Et), phenyl, isopropyl, butyl, propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl, t-butyl, hexyl, cyclohexyl, octyl, naphthyl, etc.
  • R preferably represents an alkylene divalent radical of 1 to 6 carbons (e.g. -CH 2 -, -C 2 H 4 -, etc.).
  • the most preferred vanadium compounds are VCl 4 , VOCI 3 , and VOCl 2 (OR).
  • the co-catalyst is preferably organo-aluminum compound.
  • organo-aluminum compound in terms of chemical formulas, these compounds could be as follows:
  • a catalyst system comprised of VCI 4 and Al 2 R 3 Cl 3 , preferably where R is ethyl, has been shown to be particularly effective.
  • the molar amounts of catalyst components added to the reaction mixture should provide a molar ratio of aluminum vanadium (AIV) of at least about 2.
  • the preferred minimum AIV is about 4.
  • the maximum Al V is based primarily on the considerations of catalyst expense and the desire to minimize the amount of chain transfer that may be caused by the organo-aluminum compound (as explained in detail below). Since, as is known certain organo-aluminum compounds act as chain transfer agents, if too much is present in the reaction mixture the M M n of the copolymer may rise above 2. Based on these considerations, the maximum Ai-V could be about 25, however, a maximum of about 17 is more preferred. The most preferred maximum is about 15.
  • Chain transfer agents for the Ziegler-catalyzed polymerization of alpha-olefins are well known and are illustrated, by way of example, by hydrogen or diethyl zinc for the production of EPM and EPDM. Such agents are very commonly used to control the molecular weight of EPM and EPDM produced in continuous flow stirred reactors.
  • addition of chain transfer agents to a CFSTR reduces the polymer molecular weight but does not affect the molecular weight distribution.
  • chain transfer reactions during tubular reactor polymerization in accordance with the present invention broaden polymer molecular weight distribution and Inter-CD.
  • chain transfer agents in the reaction mixture should be minimized or omitted altogether.
  • the amount of chain transfer agent used should be limited to those amounts that provide copolymer product in accordance with the desired limits as regards MWD and compositional dispersity. It is believed that the maximum amount of chain transfer agent present in the reaction mixture could be as high as about 0.2 mol,mol of transition metal, e.g.. vanadium, again provided that the resulting copolymer product is in accordance with the desired limits as regards MWD and compositional dispersity.
  • chain transfer reactions can occur because propylene and the organo-aluminum cocatalyst can also act as chain transfer agents.
  • the organo-aluminum compound that gives the highest copolymer molecular weight at acceptable catalyst activity should be chosen. Furthermore, if the AIV ratio has an effect on the molecular weight of copolymer product. that AIV should be used which gives the highest molecular weight also at acceptable catalyst activity. Chain transfer with propylene can best be limited by avoiding excessively elevated temperature during the polymerization as described below.
  • Polymerizations in accordance with the present invention should be conducted in such a manner and under conditions sufficient to initiate propagation of essentially all copolymer chains simultaneously. This can be accomplished by utilizing the process steps and conditions described below.
  • the catalyst components are preferably premixed, that is, reacted to form active catalyst outside of the reactor, to ensure rapid chain initiation. Aging of the premixed catalyst system, that is, the time spent by the catalyst components (e.g., vanadium compound and organo-aluminum) in each other's presence outside of the reactor, should preferably be kept within limits. If not aged for a sufficient penod of time, the components will not have reacted with each other sufficiently to yield an adequate quantity of active catalyst species, with the result of nonsimultaneous chain initiation. Also, it is known that the activity of the catalyst species will decrease with time so that the aging must be kept below a maximum limit.
  • the catalyst components e.g., vanadium compound and organo-aluminum
  • the minimum aging period could be as low as about 0.1 second.
  • the preferred minimum aging period is about 0.5 second, while the most preferred minimum aging period is about 1 second.
  • the maximum aging period could be higher, for the preferred vanadium/organo-aluminum catalyst system the preferred maximum is about 200 seconds. A more preferred maximum is about 100 seconds.
  • the most preferred maximum aging period is about 50 seconds.
  • the premixing could be performed at low temperature such as 40 C or below. It is preferred that the premixing be performed at 25 C or below, with 20 C or below being most preferred.
  • the catalyst components are premixed in the presence of the selected polymerization diluent or solvent under rapid mixing conditions, e.g., at impingement Reynolds Numbers (NRE) of at least 10,000, more preferably at least 50,000, and most preferably at least 100,000.
  • Impingement Reynolds number is defined as where N is fluid flow velocity (cm./sec.), D is inside tube diameter (cm), p is fluid density (g.;cm.3) and ⁇ is fluid viscosity (poise).
  • the temperature of the reaction mixture should also be kept within certain limits.
  • the temperature at the reactor inlets should be high enough to provide complete, rapid chain initiation at the start of the polymerization reaction.
  • the length of time the reaction mixture spends at high temperature must be short enough to minimize the amount of undesirable chain transfer and catalyst deactivation reactions.
  • Temperature control of the reaction mixture is complicated somewhat by the fact that the polymerization reaction generates large quantities of heat. This problem is, preferably, taken care of by using prechilled feed to the reactor to absorb the heat of polymerization. With this technique, the reactor is operated adiabatically and the temperature is allowed to increase during the course of polymerization.
  • heat can be removed from the reaction mixture, for example, by a heat exchanger surrounding at least a portion of the reactor or by well-known autorefrigeration techniques in the case of batch reactors or multiple stirred reactors in series.
  • the inlet temperature of the reactor feed could be about from -50° C to 150° C. It is believed that the outlet temperature of the reaction mixture could be as high as about 200° C. The preferred maximum outlet temperature is about 70° C The most preferred maximum is about 60 C.
  • reactor cooling such as by a cooling jacket, to remove the heat of polymerization, it has been determined (for a mid-range ethylene content EP copolymer and a solvent with heat capacity similar to hexane) that the temperature of the reaction mixture will increase from reactor inlet to outlet by about 13°C per weight percent of copolymer in the reaction mixture (weight of copolymer per weight of solvent).
  • the preferred maximum copolymer concentration at the reactor outlet is 25 wt./100 wt. diluent.
  • the most preferred maximum concentration is 15 wt/100 wt.
  • concentration there is no lower limit to concentration due to reactor operability, but for economic reasons it is preferred to have a copolymer concentration of at least 2 wt/100 wt. Most preferred is a concentration of at least 3 wt/00 wt.
  • the rate of flow of the reaction mixture through the reactor should be high enough to provide good mixing of the reactants in the radial direction and minimize mixing in the axial direction.
  • Good radial mixing is beneficial not only to both the Intra- and Inter-CD of the copolymer chains but also to minimize radial temperature gradients due to the heat generated by the polymerization reaction.
  • Radial temperature gradients in the case of multiple segment polymers will tend to broaden the molecular weight distribution of the copolymer since the polymerization rate is faster in the high temperature regions resulting from poor heat dissipation.
  • the artisan will recognize that achievement of these objectives is difficult in the case of highly viscous solutions. This problem can be overcome to some extent through the use of radial mixing devices such as static mixers (e.g., those produced by the Kenics Corporation).
  • residence time of the reaction mixture in the mix-free reactor can vary over a wide range. It is believed that the minimum could be as low as about 0.2 second. A preferred minimum is about 0.5 second. The most preferred minimum is about 1 second. It is believed that the maximum could be as high as about 3600 seconds. A preferred maximum is about 40 seconds. The most preferred maximum is about 20 seconds.
  • the fluid flow of the polymerization reaction mass through the tubular reactor will be under turbulent conditions, e.g., at a flow Reynolds Number (NR) of at least 10,000, more preferably at least 50,000, and most preferably at least 100.000 (e.g., 150,000 to 250,000), to provide the desired radial mixing of the fluid in the reactor.
  • NR flow Reynolds Number
  • Flow Reynolds Number is defined as wherein N is fluid flow velocity (cm. sec.), D. is inside tube diameter of the reactor (cm.).
  • p is fluid density (g..cm. 3 ) and a is fluid viscosity (poise).
  • catalyst activators for the selected vanadium catalysts can be used as long as they do not cause the criteria for a mix-free reactor to be violated, typically in amounts up to 20 mol %, generally up to 5 mol%, based on the vanadium catalyst.
  • catalyst activators include esters of halogenated organic acids, particularly alkyl trichloroacetates.
  • alkyl tribromoacetates esters of ethylene glycol monoalkyl (particularly monoethyl) ethers with trichloroacetic acid and alkyl perchlorocrotonates, and acyl halides.
  • Specific examples of these compounds include benzoyl chloride. methyl trichloroacetate, ethyl trichloroacetate, methyl tribromoacetate, ethyl tribromoacetate, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether trichloroacetate, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether tribromoacetate, butyl perchlorocrotonate and methyl perchlorocrotonate.
  • alpha-olefin copolymers having very narrow MWD can be made by direct polymerization.
  • narrow MWD copolymers can be made using other known techniques, such as by fractionation or mechanical degradation, these techniques are considered to be impractical to the extent of being unsuitable for commercial-scale operation.
  • EPM and EPDM made in accordance with the present invention the products have good shear stability and (with specific intramolecular CD) excellent low temperature properties which make them especially suitable for tube oil applications.
  • the Intra-CD of the copolymer is such that at least two portions of an individual intramolecularly heterogeneous chain. each portion comprising at least 5 weight percent of said chain, differ in composition from one another by at least 5 weight percent ethylene.
  • the Intra-CD can be such that at least two portions of copolymer chain differ by at least 10 weight percent ethylene. Differences of at least 20 weight percent, as well as, 40 weight percent ethylene are also considered to be in accordance with the present invention.
  • the Inter-CD of the copolymer is such that 95 wt.% of the copolymer chains have an ethylene composition that differs from the copolymer average weights percent ethylene composition by 15 wt.% or less.
  • the preferred Inter-CD is about 13% or less, with the most preferred being about 10% or less.
  • the particularly preferred copolymers of this invention are those that have a weight average molecular weight of from about 20,000 to about 250,000.
  • the materials or compounds that are grafted on the ethylene copolymer backbone to form the grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention are generally those materials that can be grafted onto said ethylene copolymers to form the grafted ethylene copolymers, which grafted copolymers are then reacted with the amido-amines or with the carboxylic acid components and amido-amines to form the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention.
  • These materials preferably contain olefinic unsaturation and further preferably contain at least one of carboxylic acid moiety, ester moiety, or anhydride moiety.
  • the olefinically unsaturated portion i.e., ethylenically unsaturated portion, is one which is capable of reacting with the ethylene copolymer backbone, and upon reaction therewith becomes saturated.
  • the preferred grafting materials are the carboxylic acid materials.
  • the carboxylic acid material which is grafted to or reacted with the ethylene copolymer to form the grafted ethylene copolymer is preferably ethylenically unsaturated, preferably monounsaturated, carboxylic acid material and can be either a monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid material.
  • the dicarboxylic acid materials include (1) monounsaturated C 4 to C, o dicarboxylic acid wherein (a) the carboxyl groups are vicinyl, i.e., located on adjacent carbon atoms, and (b) at least one, preferably both, of said adjacent carbon atoms are part of said monounsaturation; and (2) derivatives of (1) such as anhydrides or C 1 to C 5 alcohol derived mono- or diesters of (1).
  • the monounsaturation of the dicarboxylic acid, anhydride, or ester becomes saturated.
  • maleic anhydride becomes an ethylene copolymer substituted succinic anhydride.
  • the monocarboxylic acid materials include (1) monounsaturated C 3 to C, monocarboxylic acid wherein the carbon-carbon bond is conjugated to the carboxy group, i.e., of the structure and (2) derivatives of (1) such as C, to C 5 alcohol derived monoesters of (1).
  • the monounsaturation of the monounsaturated carboxylic acid material becomes saturated.
  • acrylic acid becomes an ethylene copolymer substituted propionic acid
  • methacrylic acid becomes an ethylene copolymer substituted isobutyric acid.
  • Such unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids, or anhydrides and thereof include fumaric acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, chloromaleic anhydride, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, cinnamic acid, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, etc.
  • Preferred carboxylic acid materials are the dicarboxylic acid anhydrides. Maleic anhydride or a derivative thereof is particularly preferred as it does not appear to homopolymerize appreciably but grafts onto the ethylene copolymer to give two carboxylic acid functionalities. Such preferred materials have the generic formula wherein R and R are independently hydrogen or a halogen.
  • various unsaturated comonomers may be grafted on the ethylene copolymer together with the unsaturated carboxylic acid material.
  • Such graft monomer systems may comprise one or a mixture of comonomers different from said unsaturated carboxylic acid material, and which contain only one copolymerizable double bond and are copolymerizable with said unsaturated acid component.
  • such comonomers do not contain free carboxylic acid groups and are esters containing alpha-ethylenic unsaturation in the acid or alcohol portion; hydrocarbons, both aliphatic and aromatic, containing , alpha-ethylenic unsaturation, such as the C 4 -C 12 alpha olefins, for example hexene, nonene, dodecene, etc.; styrenes, for example styrene, alpha-methyl styrene, p-methyl styrene, butyl styrene, etc.; and vinyl monomers, for example vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinyl ketones such as methyl and ethyl vinyl ketone, and nitrogen containing vinyl monomer such as vinyl pyridine and vinyl pyrrolidine, etc.
  • Comonomers containing functional groups which may cause crosslinking, gelation or other interfering reactions should be avoided, although minor amounts of such comonomers (up
  • the components of the graft copolymerizable system are used in a ratio of unsaturated carboxylic acid material monomer component to comonomer component of about 1:4 to 4:1, preferably about 12 to 2:1 by weight.
  • Grafting of the ethylene copolymer with the grafting material may be conducted by either conventional grafting processes or by a process which does not substantially adversely affect (substantially broaden) the narrow MWD of the ethylene copolymer, e.g., relatively low temperature and or low shear process. While not wishing to be bound by any theory. it is believed that the reaction of the polyamine containing at least two reactive amino groups to form the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer or with the polyol to form the ester containing grafted ethylene copolymer produces a product having a broader molecular weight distribution than that of the ethylene copolymer.
  • the grafting conditions, particularly temperature are such that the narrow MWD as defined herein of the ethylene copolymer reactant is not substantially adversely affected, i.e., is not substantially broadened.
  • the MWD is considered to be substantially broadened if the difference in MWD between the ungrafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer and the grafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer is greater than about 10%.
  • the grafting conditions are those which are effective to yield a graft copolymer which contains an ethylene copolymer backbone having substantially the same of similar MWD distribution as the ethylene copolymer reactant.
  • substantially the same or similar MWD is meant a MWD which is about 10% or less different from the MWD of the ungrafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, i.e., the difference between the MWD of ungrafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer and grafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer is about 10% or less.
  • the narrow MWD, as defined hereinafore, of the ethylene copolymer is substantially adversely affected, i.e., is substantially broadened. That is to say the resultant grafted ethylene copolymer no longer has the narrow MWD of the ungrafted ethylene copolymer.
  • the grafting conditions used to graft the grafting material, e.g., maleic anhydride, onto the ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer depend, to a degree, upon the MWD of the ungrafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer reactant.
  • the narrower the MWD of the ungrafted copolymer reactant the milder the grafting conditions, i.e., temperature and or shear, that are utilized to produce a grafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer having a MWD which differs 10% or less from the MWD of the ungrafted ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer reactant.
  • grafting is carried out in solution, preferably using free-radical initiators, at temperatures below about 225 C.
  • the conventional grafting of the ethylene copolymer with the grafting material such as carboxylic acid material may be by any suitable and well-known conventional method such as thermally by the "ene” reaction, using copolymers containing unsaturation, such as ethylene-propylene-diene polymers either chlorinated or unchlorinated, or more preferably it is by free-radical induced grafting in solvent, preferably in a mineral lubricating oil as solvent.
  • the radical grafting is preferably carried out using free radical initiators such as peroxides, hydroperoxides, and azo compounds and preferably those which have a boiling point greater than about 100 ⁇ C. and which decompose thermally within the grafting temperature range to provide said free radicals.
  • the initiator is generally used at a level of between about 0.005% and about 1%, based on the total weight of the polymer solution, and temperatures of about 150 to 250 C, preferably from about 150 C to about 220 C are used.
  • the ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid material such as maleic anhydride
  • the aforesaid carboxylic acid material and free radical initiator are generally used in a weight percent ratio range of 1.0:1 to 30:1, preferably 3.0:1 to 6:1.
  • the resultant grafted copolymer contains the residue of the ethylene copolymer as the backbone and the residue of the ethylenically unsaturated grafting material as the grafted moiety.
  • residues is meant the respective moieties produced by and remaining after the grafting process or reaction.
  • the ethylenically unsaturated grafting material may be maleic anhydride
  • succinic anhydride moiety that is grafted or attached to the ethylene copolymer backbone.
  • this succinic anhydride moiety is referred to herein as the residue of the ethylenically unsaturated grafting material, i.e., residue of maleic anhydride.
  • a preferred method of grafting is by free-radical induced grafting in solvent, preferably in a mineral lubricating oil as solvent.
  • the free-radical grafting is preferably carried out using free radical initiators such as peroxides, hydroperoxides, and azo compounds and preferably those which have a boiling point greater than about 100°C and which decompose thermally within the grafting temperature range to provide said free radicals.
  • free-radical initiators are asobutyro-nitrile, 2,5-di-methyl-hex-3-yne-2, 5 bis-tertiary-butyl peroxide (sold as Lupersol 130) or its hexane analogue, di-tertiary butyl peroxide and dicumyl peroxide.
  • the initiator is generally used at a level of between about 0.005% and about 1 %, based on the toal weight of the polymer solution, and temperatures of about 150 to 220° C.
  • the initiator grafting is preferably carried out in an inert atmosphere, such as that obtained by nitrogen blanketing. While the grafting can be carried out in the presence of air, the yield of the desired graft polymer is generally thereby decreased as compared to grafting under an inert atmosphere substantially free of oxygen.
  • the grafting time will usually range from about 0.1 to 12 hours, preferably from about 0.5 to 6 hours, more preferably 0.5 to 3 hours.
  • the graft reaction will be usually carried out to at least approximately 4 times, preferably at least about 6 times the haff-life of the free-radical initiator at the reaction temperature employed, e.g. with 2,5-dimethyl hex-3-yne-2, 5-bis(t-butyl peroxide) 2 hours at 160 C. and one hour at 170 C., etc.
  • the copolymer solution is first heated to grafting temperature and thereafter said grafting material such as unsaturated carboxylic acid material and initiator are added with agitation, although they could have been added prior to heating.
  • said excess grafting material can be eliminated by an inert gas purge, e.g. nitrogen sparging.
  • the grafting material such as carboxylic acid material that is added is kept below its solubility limit in the polymer solution, e.g. below about 1 wt. %, preferably below 0.4 wt. % or less, of free maleic anhydride based on the total weight of polymer-solvent solution, e.g.
  • ethylene copolymer mineral lubricating oil solution ethylene copolymer mineral lubricating oil solution.
  • grafting material such as carboxylic acid material along with an appropriate portion of initiator, during the course of the reaction, can be utilized to maintain the grafting material such as carboxylic acid material below its solubility limits, while still obtaining the desired degree of total grafting.
  • the maleic anhydride or other carboxylic acid material used will be grafted onto both the polymer and the solvent for the reaction.
  • Many solvents such as dichlorobenzene are relatively inert and may be only slightly grafted, while mineral oil will tend to be more grafted.
  • the exact split of graft between the substrate present depends upon the polymer and its reactivity, the reactivity and type of oil, the concentration of the polymer in the oil, and also upon the maintenance of the carboxylic acid material in solution during the course of the reaction and minimizing the presence of dispersed, but undissolved acid, e.g. the maleic anhydride.
  • the undissolved acid material appears to have an increased tendency to react to form oil insoluble materials as opposed to dissolved acid material.
  • the split between grafted oil and grafted polymer may be measured empirically from the infrared analyses of the product dialyzed into oil and polymer fractions.
  • the grafting-is preferably carried out in a mineral lubricating oil which need not be removed after the grafting step but can be used as the solvent in the subsequent reaction of the graft polymer with the polyamine or polyol and as a solvent for the end product to form the lubricating additive concentrate.
  • the solution grafting step when carried out in the presence of a high temperature decomposable peroxide can be accomplished without substantial degradation of the chain length (molecular weight) of the ethylene containing polymer. This can be an advantage as opposed to high temperature thermal reactions which depend on degradation to apparently form free radical reactive sites. Measurement of molecular weights and degradation can be evaluated by determination of the thickening efficiency (T.E.) of the polymer as will later be described.
  • T.E. thickening efficiency
  • the amount of grafting material such as carboxylic acid material used in the grafting reaction is an amount which is effective to provide a grafted ethylene copolymer which upon further reaction with the polyamine as described hereinafter provides a material exhibiting the properties of a multifunctional viscosity index improver additive.
  • a viscosity index improver-dispersant additive i.e., a material having both V.I. improving and dispersancy properties in an oleaginous composition. That is to say, an amount which is effective to provide, upon reaction of the grafted ethylene copolymer with the polyamine, an oleaginous composition exhibiting improved viscometric and dispersancy properties.
  • this amount of grafting material e.g., moles of carboxylic acid material such as maleic anhydride
  • a grafted ethylene copolymer e.g., ethylene-alpha-olefin substituted carboxylic acid material such as ethylene- propylene substituted succinic anhydride, containing an average number of acid material moieties, e.g., succinic anhydride, grafted to or present on a 10,000 number average molecular weight segment of a mole of ethylene copolymer of at least about 0.1. preferably at least about 0.5, and more preferably at least about 1.
  • the maximum average number of grafted moieties present per 10,000 average number molecular weight segment of a mole of ethylene copolymer backbone should not exceed about 10, preferably about 7 and more preferably about 5.
  • the average number, moles, of grafted moieties present per mole of ethylene copolymer backbone is at least about 0.6, preferably at least about 0.8, and more preferably at least about
  • the maximum average number of grafted moieties grafted to or present per mole of ethylene copolymer backbone should generally not exceed about 10, preferably about 7. and more preferably about 5. Thus, for example.
  • a mole of grafted ethylene copolymer e.g., ethylene- propylene substituted succinic anhydride, containing an ethylene copolymer backbone such as an ethylene- propylene backbone having an average number molecular weight of 50,000 contains grafted to said backbone an average number of succinic anhydnde moieties of from about 0.5 to about 50, preferably from about 0.6 to about 10.
  • succinic anhydnde moieties of from about 0.5 to about 50, preferably from about 0.6 to about 10.
  • from about 0.2 to about 12 preferably from about 0.4 to about 6 moles of said carboxylic acid material are charged to the reactor per mole of ethylene copolymer charged.
  • ethylene copolymer reacts with the carboxylic acid material, e.g., maleic anhydride, to produce a grafted ethylene copolymer, e.g., ethylene-propylene substituted succinic anhydride.
  • the resultant reaction product mixture therefore, contains reacted or grafted ethylene copolymer, e.g., ethylene-propylene substituted succinic anhydride, unreacted or ungrafted ethylene copolymer, and unreacted grafting material, e.g., maleic anhydride.
  • the unreacted ethylene copolymer is typically not removed from the reaction product mixture, and the reaction product mixture, generally stripped of any unreacted grafting material, is utilized as is or is employed for further reaction with the amine as described hereinafter.
  • Characterization of the average number of moles of grafting material such as carboxylic acid material, e.g., maleic anhydride, which have reacted per mole of ethylene copolymer charged to the reaction (whether it has undergone reaction or not) is defined herein as the average number of grafted moieties grafted to or present per mole of ethylene copolymer the resulting reaction product mixture can be subsequently modified, i.e., increased or decreased by techniques known in the art, such modifications do not alter the average number of grafted moieties as defined above.
  • the term grafted ethylene copolymer is intended to refer to the reaction product mixture whether it has undergone such modification or not.
  • the grafted, preferably acid material grafted, ethylene copolymer is reacted with a poiyamine or polyol to form the nitrogen or ester containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention.
  • a poiyamine or polyol is reacted with a poiyamine or polyol to form the nitrogen or ester containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention.
  • the resultant product is a nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer.
  • the polyamines containing one primary amino group and at least one secondary amino group are typically those that contain one primary amino group and from 1 to about 6 secondary amino groups. Preferably these polyamines contain no tertiary amino groups. These polyamines may also optionally contain an oxygen or sulfur atom.
  • the amino groups, and the oxygen or sulfur if present, are separated from each other by hydrocarbylene groups, preferably alkylene groups, more preferably alkylene groups containing from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.
  • polyamines contain from 2 to about 7 nitrogens, from 7 (8 if an oxygen or sulfur is present) to about 80 carbons, and optionally a sulfur or oxygen atom.
  • polyamines include polyamines represented by the formula wherein:
  • Preferred hydrocarbyl radicals represented by R 3 are the aliphatic hydrocarbyl radicals, either saturated or unsaturated.
  • the preferred aliphatic hydrocarbyl radicals are the acyclic aliphatic hydrocarbyl radicals, either saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched.
  • the preferred aliphatic acyclic hydrocarbyl radicals are the alkyl radicals, either straight chain or branched, with the straight chain or slightly branched alkyl radicals being preferred.
  • R 3 is most preferably an alkyl radical containing from 1 to about 40 carbons, preferably from 5 to about 30 carbons, and more preferably from about 10 to about 20 carbons.
  • Preferred alkyl radicals are the straight chain or slightly branched alkyl radicals.
  • Preferred hydrocarbylene radicals represented by R 1 and R 2 are the aliphatic hydrocarbylene radicals.
  • Preferred aliphatic hydrocarbylene radicals are the acyclic aliphatic hydrocarbylene radicals. Of these, the alkylene radicals are preferred. The preferred alkylene radicals are those containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms. The most preferred alkylene radical is propylene.
  • the polyamines of the instant invention may contain an oxygen or a sulfur atom, i.e., they may be polyamine ethers or thioethers.
  • y in Formula I is one and these polyamine ethers or thioethers may be represented by the formula wherein R', R 2 , R 3 , A and z are as defined.
  • oxygen or sulfur atoms may be absent, and the polyamines contain only nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen atoms.
  • y in Formula I is 0 and these polyamines may be represented by the formula
  • polyamines including the polyamine ethers and thioethers, are known compounds which may be readily prepared by conventional methods. Some of these compounds are commercially available.
  • mixtures of two or more different polyamines particularly mixtures of polyamines wherein the only difference between the polyamines lies in R 3 being a different alkyl.
  • a mixture for example, may contain 5 different polyamines of Formula Ib wherein R' is propylene, z is 3. and R 3 is respectively dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, and octadecyl.
  • Such polyamines are referred to as tallow amines and are generally commercially available.
  • the grafted high molecular weight ethylene copolymer preferably in solution, such as an oil solution, containing 5 to 95 wt.%, preferably 5 to 30 wt. %, and more preferably 10 to 20 wt.° ' o of said grafted ethylene copolymer, is readily reacted with the polyamine by introducing the polyamine into said grafted ethylene copolymer containing solution and heating at a temperature of from about 100 ⁇ C to 250 C, preferably from 125 to 175° C, for from about 1 to 10 hours, usually about 2 to about 6 hours.
  • the heating is preferably carried out, in the case of ethylene copolymer substituted dicarboxylic acid material, to favor formation of imides or mixtures of imides and amides rather than amides and salts.
  • heating is preferably carried out to favor formation of amides rather than salts.
  • Removal of water assures completion of the imidation amidation reaction. Reaction ratios can vary considerably, depending upon the reactants, amounts of excess. type of bonds formed, etc. Generally, from about 1 to 5, preferably from about 1.5 to 3 moles of ethylene copolymer substituted monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid moiety content, e.g.. grafted succinic anhydnde content, is used per equivalent of polyamine reactant, e.g., primary amine.
  • the ethylene copolymer substituted mono- or dicarboxylic acid material and polyamines are contacted for a time and under conditions sufficient to react substantially the primary nitrogen in the polyamine reactant.
  • the progress of this reaction can be followed by infra-red analysis.
  • This reaction can be conducted in a polar or non-polar solvent, e.g., xylene, toluene, benzene, and the like, and is preferably conducted in the presence of a mineral or synthetic lubricating oil.
  • a polar or non-polar solvent e.g., xylene, toluene, benzene, and the like, and is preferably conducted in the presence of a mineral or synthetic lubricating oil.
  • the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer e.g., succinic anhydride grafted ethylene-propylene copolymer
  • the polyamine containing one primary amino group and at least one secondary amino group and a carboxylic acid component which is described more fully hereinafter.
  • a reaction mixture containing said carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer and said carboxylic acid component be first prepared. This reaction mixture can be readily prepared by admixing the carboxylic acid component and the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer.
  • the polyamine and the carboxylic acid component can be added substantially simultaneously or concurrently to the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene-propylene copolymer to form a reaction mixture.
  • This reaction mixture is then reacted under conditions effective for the three components to react and form the nitrogen containing carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer of the instant invention.
  • carboxylic acid component and the polyamine may be prereacted, and this prereacted carboxylic acid component polyamine may then be coreacted with the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer to form the nitrogen containing carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer of the instant invention.
  • the carboxylic acid component includes: hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid or anhydride, preferably succinic anhydride or acid, having 12 to 49 carbons, preferably 16 to 49 carbons in said hydrocarbyl group; long chain monocarboxylic acid of the formula R'°COOH where R'° is a hydrocarbyl group of 50 to 400 carbons and long chain hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid or anhydride, preferably succinic anhydride or acid, having from about 50 to about 400 carbons in said hydrocarbyl group.
  • the preferred carboxylic acid component is the long chain hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid or anhydride, preferably succinic acid or anhydride, having from about 50 to about 400 carbon atoms in said hydrocarbyl group.
  • Said hydrocarbyl groups are essentially aliphatic and include alkenyl and alkyl groups.
  • the longer chain acids and anhydrides are preferred, particularly when the grafting reaction is carried out in lubricating oil.
  • the about C 50 -C 400 hydrocarbyl subtituted dicarboxylic acid or anhydride includes the reaction product of the Cso-Caoo hydrocarbon polymer, generally a polyolefin, with (i) monounsaturated C 4 to Cio dicarboxylic acid wherein (a) the carboxyl groups are vicinyl, i.e., located on adjacent carbon atoms, and (b) at least one, preferably both, of said adjacent carbon atoms are part of said monounsaturation; or with (ii) derivatives of (i) such as anhydrides of (i).
  • the monounsaturation of the dicarboxylic acid, anhydride, etc. becomes saturated.
  • maleic anhydride becomes a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic anhydride.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid material will contain unreacted polyolefin.
  • the unreacted polyolefin is typically not removed from the reaction mixture (because such removal is difficult and would be commercially infeasible) and the product mixture, stripped of any unreacted monounsaturated C4 to C 10 dicarboxylic acid or anhydride, is employed as the carboxylic acid component.
  • Characterization of the average number of moles of dicarboxylic acid or anhydride, which have reacted per mole of polyolefin charged to the reaction (whether it has undergone reaction or not) is defined herein as functionality. Said functionality is based upon (i) determination of the saponification number of the resulting product mixture using potassium hydroxide; and (ii) the number average molecular weight of the polymer charged, using techniques well known in the art. Functionality is defined solely with reference to the resulting product mixture. Although the amount of said reacted polyolefin contained in the resulting product mixture can be subsequently modified, i.e., increased or decreased by techniques known in the art, such modifications do not alter functionality as defined above.
  • the term C 50 -C 400 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid material is intended to refer to the product mixture whether it has undergone such modification or not.
  • the functionality of the C 50 -C 400 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid material will be typically at least about 0.5, preferably at least about 0.8, and most preferably at least about 0.9 and will vary typically from about 0.5 to about 2.8 (e.g., 0.6 to 2), preferably from about 0.8 to about 1.4, and most preferably from about 0.9 to about 1.3.
  • Such unsaturated dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof are fumaric acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, chloromaleic acid, chloromaleic anhydride, etc.
  • C 50 to about C 400 olefin polymers for reaction with the unsaturated dicarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof are polymers comprising a major molar amount of C 2 to C,o e.g., C 2 to C 5 monoolefin.
  • Such olefins include ethylene, propylene, butylene, isobutylene, pentene, octene-1, styrene, etc.
  • the polymers can be homo0olymers such as polyisobutylene, as well as copolymers of two or more of such olefins such as copolymers of: ethylene and propylene; butylene and isobutylene; propylene and isobutylene; etc.
  • copolymers include those in which a minor molar amount of the copolymer monomers, e.g., 1 to 10 mole %, is a C 4 to C 18 non-conjugated diolefin, e.g., a copolymer of isobutylene and butadiene; or a copolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1,4-hexadiene; etc.
  • a minor molar amount of the copolymer monomers e.g., 1 to 10 mole %
  • a C 4 to C 18 non-conjugated diolefin e.g., a copolymer of isobutylene and butadiene; or a copolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1,4-hexadiene; etc.
  • the olefin polymer may be completely saturated, for example an ethylene-propylene copolymer made by a Ziegler-Natta synthesis usig hydrogen as a moderator to control molecular weight.
  • the olefin polymers used will usually have number average molecular weights within the range of about 700 and about 5,600, more usually between about 800 and about 3000. Particularly useful olefin polymers have number average molecular weights within the range of about 900 and about 2500 with approximately one terminal double bond per polymer chain.
  • An especially useful starting material is polyisobutylene.
  • the number average molecular weight for such polymers can be determined by several known techniques. A convenient method for such determination is by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) which additionally provides molecular weight distribution information, see W. W. Yau, J. J. Kirkland and D. D. Bly, "Modern Size Exclusion Liquid Chromatography", John Wlley and Sons, New York, 1979.
  • olefin polymer and the dicarboxylic acid or derivative may be simply heated together as disclosed in U.S. Patents 3,361,673 and 3,401,118 to cause a thermal "ene" reaction to take place.
  • the olefin polymer can be first halogenated, for example, chlorinated or brominated to about 1 to 8 wt. %, preferably 3 to 7 wt.
  • % chlorine, or bromine based on the weight of polymer, by passing the chlorine or bromine through the polyolefin at a temperature of 60 to 250° C, e.g. 120 to 160 C, for about 0.5 to 10, preferably 1 to 7 hours.
  • the halogenated polymer may then be reacted with sufficient unsaturated acid or derivative at 100 to 250 C, usually about 180 to 235 C, for about 0.5 to 10, e.g. 3 to 8 hours, so the product obtained will contain the desired number of moles of the unsaturated acid or derivative per mole of the halogenated polymer. Processes of this general type are taught in U.S. Patents 3,087,936; 3,172,892; 3,272,746 and others.
  • the olefin polymer, and the unsaturated acid or derivative are mixed and heated while adding chlorine to the hot material.
  • Processes of this type are disclosed in U.S. Patents 3,215,707; 3,231,587; 3,912,764; 4,110.349; and in U.K. 1,550,219.
  • halogen about 65 to 95 wt. % of the polyolefin, e.g. polyisobutylene will normally reacted with the dicarboxylic acid or derivative.
  • the acid component is polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride.
  • the aforesaid polyamine and carboxylic acid component may be pre-reacted, with the acid being generally attached to the polyamine through salt, imide, amide, or other linkages so that a primary or secondary amine group of the polyamine is still available for reaction with the acid moieties of the grafted high molecular weight ethylene copolymer.
  • the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer is reacted with the polyamine containing one primary amino group and one or more secondary amino groups and carboxylic acid component or pre- reacted polyamine carboxylic acid component substantially as described hereinafore for the reaction of the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer with the polyamine.
  • a reaction mixture containing the grafted ethylene copolymer, e.g., ethylene-propylene substituted succinic anhydride, and carboxylic acid component, e.g., polyisobutenyl substituted succinic anhydride is prepared by admixing these two reactants, and the polyamine is then introduced into this reaction mixture and the reaction is carried out as described hereinafore.
  • the carboxylic acid component and polyamine may be added substantially simultaneously to a reaction mixture containing the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer.
  • the amount of the carboxylic acid component utilized is an amount sufficient to provide about 0.5 to about 4, preferably from about 1 to about 2 moles of said carboxylic acid component per molar amount of the carboxylic acid moieties present in the grafted ethylene copolymer.
  • the amount of the carboxylic acid component utilized is an amount sufficient to provide about 0.5 to about 4, preferably from about 1 to about 2 moles of said carboxylic acid component per molar amount of the carboxylic acid moieties present in the grafted ethylene copolymer.
  • a grafted ethylene-propylene copolymer of about 40,000 M n and averaging 4 succinic anhydride groups per molecule
  • about 4 moles of polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride would preferably be used per mole of grafted copolymer.
  • oleaginous compositions particularly oil concentrates, containing the multifunctional viscosity index improver additives of the instant invention may exhibit an increase in viscosity.
  • This viscosity increase appears to be due, at least in part, to chain extension and/or cross-linking of the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer of the instant invention.
  • the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention can be treated or post-reacted with a variety of materials, particularly acid materials, to inactivate the reactive amino groups, i.e., secondary amino groups or primary amino groups.
  • the nitrogen containing acid material grafted ethylene copolymer may be reacted or post-treated with C, - C 30 monocarboxylic acids or anhydrides, preferably acetic anhydride, or unsubstituted or C. to C 28 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic acid anhydrides as disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,137,185, incorporated herein by reference; the sulfonic acids of U.S. Patent No.
  • Preferred viscosity stabilizing materials are those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,803,003. i.e., the C 12 to about C 18 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydrides.
  • These anhydrides may be represented by the general formula R 11 Y wherein R" is a hydrocarbyl group containing a total of from 12 to about 18, preferably 12 to 16, more preferably 12 to 14, and most preferably 12 carbons, which are essentially aliphatic, saturated or unsaturated, and include alkenyl groups, alkyl groups, and mixtures of alkenyl groups and alkyl groups, preferably alkenyl groups, and can be straight chain or branched, and Y is a dicarboxylic anhydride moiety.
  • R 11 is an alkenyl group it is preferred that the olefinic unsaturation site be located near the anhydride, e.g., allylic to Y, moiety.
  • the radical Y will usually contain 4 to 10, preferably 4 to 8, more preferably 4 to 6, and most preferably 4 carbon atoms and will define a dicarboxylic anhydride.
  • the Y radical may be represented by the formula wherein Z is selected from alkylene and alkenylene radicals containing from 2 to 8, preferably 2 to 6, more preferably 2 to 4, and most preferably 2 carbon atoms.
  • Z is an alkylene radical.
  • the most preferred Y radical is the succinic anhydride radical, i.e., The Y radical is linked to the R 11 group by a carbon to carbon linkage.
  • the amount of the hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride utilized is a viscosity stabilizing effective amount.
  • viscosity stabilizing effective amount is meant any amount which is effective to stabilize the viscosity of an oleaginous solution of the nitrogen containing acid material grafted ethylene copolymers, i.e., inhibit or retard the increase in viscosity over an extended period of time of an oil solution, particularly an oil concentrate, of the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers.
  • this amount is from about 0.5- 2.5, preferably 1 - 1.5 moles of C 12 to about C 18 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride per mole of any remaining primary or secondary amino groups of the ethylene copolymer grafted with a carboxylic acid material and thereafter reacted with the amido-amine.
  • the chain extension termination or end-capping of the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer which was preferentially prepared in a mineral oil solution can be conducted by subsequently introducing the C 12 to about C 18 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride directly into the reaction system used to prepare said nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer, or it can be a separate non-integrated reaction step.
  • the nitrogen containing carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer is first produced by preparing the grafted ethylene copolymer and then reacting this grafted copolymer with at least one polyamine, or with the carboxylic acid component and polyamine, or with the preformed carboxylic acid component and polyamine, and this nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer is then subsequently reacted or treated with the C 12 to about C 18 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride in a end-capping or chain extension limiting step.
  • a viscosity stabilizing effective amount of the C 12 to about C 18 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride is introduced into the heated solution containing the nitrogen or ester containing grafted ethylene copolymer and the reaction carried on for a period of about 0.25 to 8 hours at a temperature of about 100 to 200 C being preferred.
  • the entire reaction is generally carried out under an inert atmosphere, for example, a nitrogen blanket.
  • This reaction can be conducted in a polar or non-polar solvent, e.g., xylene, toluene, benzene, and the like, and is preferably conducted in the presence of a mineral or synthetic lubricating oil.
  • a polar or non-polar solvent e.g., xylene, toluene, benzene, and the like, and is preferably conducted in the presence of a mineral or synthetic lubricating oil.
  • At least a portion of the C '2 to C 18 hydrocarbyl substituted dicarboxylic anhydride or other end-capping agent can be introduced into a reaction mixture containing the carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymer prior to or concurrently with the introduction of the polyamine reactant, and the remaining portion of the end-capping agent can be reacted with the preformed, partially end-capped nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymer.
  • the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers i.e., the derivatized ethylene copolymers, of the instant invention, either unreacted or reacted with the viscosity stabilizing or end-capping agents described hereinafore, may optionally be post-treated by contacting said nitrogen containing acid material grafted ethylene copolymer with one or more post-treating reagents selected from the group consisting of boron oxide, boron oxide hydrate, boron halides, boron acids, esters of boron acids, carbon disulfide. sulfur. sulfur chlorides, alkenyl cyanides, aldehydes, ketones, urea.
  • hydrocarbyl phosphates hydrocarbyl phosphites, hydrocarbyl thiophosphates, hydrocarbyl thiophosphites.
  • phosphorus sulfides phosphorus oxides, phosphoric acid.
  • hydrocarbyl thiocyanates hydrocarbyl isocyanates.
  • hydrocarbyl isothiocyantes epoxides, episulfides, formaldehyde or formaldehyde-producing compounds plus phenols, and sulfur plus phenols.
  • a minor amount. e.g. 0.01 up to 49 wt %, preferably 0.05 to 25 wt. %, based on the weight of the total composition, of the V.I. improver-dispersants produced in accordance with this invention can be incorporated into a major amount of an oleaginous material.
  • an oleaginous material such as a lubricating oil or hydrocarbon fuel, depending upon whether one is forming finished products or additive concentrates.
  • derivatized copolymer concentrations are usually within the range of about 0.01 to 25 wt %, of the total composition.
  • the lubricating oils to which the products of this invention can be added include not only hydrocarbon oil derived from petroleum, but also include synthetic lubricating oils such as esters of dibasic acids; complex esters made by esterifications of monobasic acids, polyglycols, dibasic acids and alcohols: polyolefin oils. etc.
  • the nitrogen containing acid material grafted ethylene copolymer of the invention may be utilized in a concentrate form, e.g., from about 5 wt °o up to about 49 wt. %. preferably 7 to 25 wt. %. in oil, e.g., mineral lubricating oil, for ease of handling, and may be prepared in this form by carrying out the reaction of the invention in oil as previously discussed.
  • oil e.g., mineral lubricating oil
  • compositions may optionally contain other conventional additives, pour point depressants, antiwear agents, antioxidants, other viscosity-index improvers, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors, anti-foaming agents, detergents. rust inhibitors, friction modifiers, and the like.
  • Corrosion inhibitors also known as anti-corrosive agents, reduce the degradation of the metallic parts contacted by the lubricating oil composition.
  • corrosion inhibitors are phosphosulfurized hydrocarbons and the products obtained by reaction of a phosphosulfurized hydrocarbon with an alkaline earth metal oxide or hydroxide, preferably in the presence of an alkylated phenol or of an alkylphenol thioester, and also preferably in the presence of carbon dioxide.
  • Phosphosulfurized hydrocarbons are prepared by reacting a suitable hydrocarbon such as a terpene, a heavy petroleum fraction of a C 2 to C 6 olefin polymer such as polyisobutylene, with from 5 to 30 wt.
  • Oxidation inhibitors reduce the tendency of mineral oils to deteriorate in service which deterioration can be evidenced by the products of oxidation such as sludge and varnish-like deposits on the metal surfaces, and by viscosity growth.
  • oxidation inhibitors include alkaline earth metal salts of . alkylphenolthioesters having preferably C 5 to C 12 alkyl side chains, e.g., calcium nonylphenol sulfide, barium toctylphenyl sulfide, dioctylphenylamine, phenylalphanaphthylamine, phospho- sulfurized or sulfurized hydrocarbons, etc.
  • oxidation inhibitors or antioxidants useful in this invention comprise oil-soluble copper compounds.
  • the copper may be blended into the oil as any suitable oil-soluble copper compound.
  • oil soluble it is meant that the compound is oil soluble under normal blending conditions in the oil or additive package.
  • the copper compound may be in the cuprous or cupric form.
  • the copper may be in the form of the copper dihydrocarbyl thio- or dithio-phosphates.
  • the copper may be added as the copper salt of a synthetic or natural carboxylic acid.
  • salt thus include C 10 to C 18 fatty acids, such as stearic or palmitic acid, but unsaturated acids such as oleic or branched carboxylic acids such as napthenic acids of molecular weights of from about 200 to 500, or synthetic carboxylic acids, are preferred, because of the improved handling and solubility properties of the resulting copper carboxylates.
  • oil-soluble copper dithiocarbamates of the general formula (RR,NCSS)nCu (where n is 1 or 2 and R and R, are the same or different hydrocarbyl radicals containing from 1 to 18, and preferably 2 to 12, carbon atoms, and including radicals such as alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl and cycloaliphatic radicals. Particularly preferred as R and R, groups are alkyl groups of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms.
  • the radicals may, for example, be ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl, sec-butyl, amyl, n-hexyl, i-hexyl, n-heptyl, n-octyl, decyl, dodecyl, octadecyl, 2-ethylhexyl, phenyl, butylphenyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclopentyl, propenyl, butenyl, etc.
  • the total number of carbon atoms i.e., R and R, will generally be about 5 or greater. Copper sulphonates, phenates, and acetylacetonates may also be used.
  • Exemplary of useful copper compounds are copper Cul and/or Cull salts of alkenyl succinic acids or anhydrides.
  • the salts themselves may be basic, neutral or acidic. They may be formed by reacting (a) polyalkylene succinimides (having polymer groups of M of 700 to 5,000) derived from polyalkylenepolyamines, which have at least one free carboxylic acid group, with (b) a reactive metal compound.
  • Suitable reactive metal compounds include those such as cupric or cuprous hydroxides, oxides, acetates, borates, and carbonates or basic copper carbonate.
  • these metal salts are Cu salts of polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride, and Cu salts of polyisobutenyl succinic acid.
  • the selected metal employed is its divalent form, e.g., Cu + 2.
  • the preferred substrates are polyalkenyl succinic acids in which the alkenyl group has a molecular weight greater than about 700.
  • the alkenyl group desirably has a W n from about 900 to 1,400, and up to 2,500, with a M n of about 950 being most preferred.
  • polyisobutylene succinic anhydride or acid is especially preferred.
  • These materials may desirably be dissolved in a solvent, such as a mineral oil, and heated in the presence of a water solution (or slurry) of the metal bearing material. Heating may take place between 70. and about 200' C. Temperatures of 110°C to 140' C are entirely adequate. It may be necessary, depending upon the salt produced, not to allow the reaction to remain at a temperature above about 140" C for an extended period of time, e.g., longer than 5 hours, or decomposition of the salt may occur.
  • a solvent such as a mineral oil
  • the copper antioxidants e.g., Cu-polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride, Cu-oleate, or mixtures thereof
  • Cu-polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride e.g., Cu-polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride, Cu-oleate, or mixtures thereof
  • Friction modifiers serve to impart the proper friction characteristics to lubricating oil compositions such as automatic transmission fluids.
  • Dispersants maintain oil insolubles, resulting from oxidation during use, in suspension in the fluid thus preventing sludge flocculation and precipitation or deposition on metal parts.
  • Suitable dispersants include high molecular weight alkyl succinimides, the reaction product of oil-soluble polyisobutylene succinic anhydride with ethylene amines such as tetraethylene pentamine and borated salts thereof.
  • Pour point depressants otherwise known as lube oil flow improvers, lower the temperature at which the fluid will flow or can be poured.
  • Such additives are well known.
  • those additives which usefully optimize the low temperature fluidity of the fluid are C s -C 's dialkylfumarate vinyl acetate copolymers, polymethacrylates, and wax naphthalene.
  • Foam control can be provided by an antifoamant of the polysiloxane type, e.g., silicone oil and polydimethyl siloxane.
  • Anti-wear agents reduce wear of metal parts.
  • Representatives of conventional antiwear agents are zinc dialkyldithiophosphate and zinc diaryldithiosphate.
  • Detergents and metal rust inhibitors include the metal salts of sulphonic acids, alkyl phenols, sulfurized alkyl phenols, alkyl salicylates, naphthenates and other oil soluble mono- and dicarboxylic acids.
  • Highly basic (viz, overbased) metal sales, such as highly basic alkaline earth metal sulfonates (especially Ca and Mg salts) are frequently used as detergents. Representative examples of such materials, and their methods of preparation, are found in EP-A-0208560.
  • compositions when containing these conventional additives are typically blended into the base oil in amounts which are effective to provide their normal attendant function.
  • Representative effective amounts of such additives are illustrated as follows:
  • additive concentrates comprising concentrated solutions or dispersions of the dispersant (in concentrate amounts hereinabove described), together with one or more of said other additives (said concentrate when constituting an additive mixture being referred to here in as an additive package) whereby several additives can be added simultaneously to the base oil to form the lubricating oil composition. Dissolution of the additive concentrate into the lubricating oil may be facilitated by solvents and by mixing accompanied with mild heating, but this is not essential.
  • the concentrate or additive-package will typically be formulated to contain the dispersant additive and optional additional additives in proper amounts to provide the desired concentration in the final formulation when the additive-package is combined with a predetermined amount of base lubricant.
  • the products of the present invention can be added to small amounts of base oil or other compatible solvents along with other desirable additives to form additive-packages containing active ingredients in collective amounts of typically from about 2.5 to about 90%, and preferably from about 5 to about 75%, and most preferably from about 8 to about 50% by weight additives in the appropriate proportions with the remainder being base oil.
  • the final formulations may employ typically about 10 wt. % of the additive-package with the remainder being base oil.
  • weight percents expressed herein are based on active ingredient (a.i.) content of the additive. and ⁇ or upon the total weight of any additive-package, or formulation which will be the sum of the a.i. weight of each additive plus the weight of total oil or diluent.
  • the nitrogen containing acid material grafted ethylene copolymers of the present invention are particularly useful as fuel and lubricating oil additives.
  • the nitrogen containing grafted ethylene copolymers of this invention find their primary utility, however, in lubricating oil compositions, which employ a base oil in which these copolymers are dissolved or dispersed.
  • base oils suitable for use in preparing the lubricating compositions of the present invention include those conventionally employed as crankcase lubricating oils for spark-ignited and compression- ignited internal combustion engines, such as automobile and truck engines, marine and railroad diesel engines, and the like.
  • Advantageous results are also achieved by employing the additives of the present invention in base oils conventionally employed in and/or adapted for use as power transmitting fluids such as automatic transmission fluids, tractor fluids, universal tractor fluids and hydraulic fluids, heavy duty hydraulic fluids, power steering fluids and the like.
  • Gear lubricants, industrial oils, pump oils and other lubricating oil compositions can also benefit from the incorporation therein of the additives of the present invention.
  • the additives of the present invention may be suitably incorporated into synthetic base oils such as alkyl esters of dicarboxylic acids, polyglycols and alcohols; polyalpha-olefins, polybutenes, alkyl benzenes, organic esters of phosphoric acids, polysilicone oils, etc.
  • synthetic base oils such as alkyl esters of dicarboxylic acids, polyglycols and alcohols; polyalpha-olefins, polybutenes, alkyl benzenes, organic esters of phosphoric acids, polysilicone oils, etc.
  • the nitrogen containing carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene copolymers of the instant invention are oil-soluble, dissolvable in oil with the aid of a suitable solvent, or are stably dispersible therein.
  • oil-soluble, dissolvable in oil, or stably dispersible in oil does not necessarily indicate that the materials are soluble, dissolvable, miscible, or capable of being suspended in oil in all proportions. It does mean, however, that the additives for instance, are soluble or stably dispersible in oil to an extent sufficient to exert their intended effect in the environment in which the oil is employed.
  • the additional incorporation of other additives may also permit incorporation of higher levels of a particular copolymer hereof, if desired.
  • any effective amount, i.e., dispersant or viscosity index improving - dispersant effective amount, of the additives of the present invention can be incorporated into the fully formulated lubricating oil composition, it is contemplated that such effective amount be sufficient to provide said lube oil composition with an amount of the additive of typically from about 0.001 to about 20, preferably about 0.01 to about 15, more preferably from about 0.1 to about 10, and most preferably from about 0.25 to about 5.0 wt. %, based on the weight of said composition.
  • Example 1 illustrates the preparation of an ethylene-propylene copolymer of the instant invention.
  • An ethylene-propylene copolymer having an ethylene content of about 56 wt. %, a thickening efficiency (T.E.) of about 2.6, an M of about 105,000, an M of about 96,000 M w / M a of 1.094 and M z/ , M of 1.086 is prepared in a tubular reactor under the following condition:
  • Example 2 illustrates the grafted, i.e.. succinic anhydride grafted, ethylene-propylene copolymer of the instant invention.
  • Examples 3-4 illustrate the nitrogen containing carboxylic acid material grafted ethylene-propylene copolymer sof the instant invention.

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