EP0874884A1 - Lubricants with improved rust inhibition - Google Patents

Lubricants with improved rust inhibition

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EP0874884A1
EP0874884A1 EP96936136A EP96936136A EP0874884A1 EP 0874884 A1 EP0874884 A1 EP 0874884A1 EP 96936136 A EP96936136 A EP 96936136A EP 96936136 A EP96936136 A EP 96936136A EP 0874884 A1 EP0874884 A1 EP 0874884A1
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Sanjay Krishna Agarwal
James Zielinski
Michael Gerald Romanelli
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  • This invention relates to lubricants having improved rust inhibition due to the presence of an amine phosphate and an alkyl primary amme.
  • This invention concerns a lubricant having improved rust inhibition which compnses a major amount of lubricating oil and a minor rust inhibiting amount of an additive combination comp ⁇ sing
  • This invention also concerns an additive concentrate comprising (a) 30 and (b). a lubricant formed from the mixture of (a) and (b), and a method of improving the rust inhibition of a lubricant, particularly a power transmitting fluid.
  • the lubricant of this invention requires a lubricating oil.
  • Lubricating oils useful in this invention are derived from natural lubricating oils, synthetic lubricating oiis. and mixtures thereof. In general, both the natural and synthetic lubricating oii will each have a kinematic viscosity ranging from about 1 to about 40 mm 2 /s (cSt) at 100°C, although typical applications will require each oil to have a viscosity ranging from about
  • Natural lubricating oiis include animal oils, vegetable oils (e.g., castor oil and lard oil), petroleum oiis. mineral oils, and oils derived from coai or shale.
  • the preferred natural lubricating oil is mineral oil.
  • Suitable mineral oiis include ail common mineral oil basestocks. This includes oils that are naphthenic or paraffinic in chemical structure. Oils that are refined by conventional methodology using acid, alkali, and clay or other agents such as aluminum chloride, or they may be extracted oils produced, for example , by solvent extraction with solvents such as phenol, sulfur dioxide, furfural, dichlordiethyl ether, etc. They may be hydrotreated or hydrofined, dewaxed by chilling or catalytic dewaxing processes, or hydrocracked. The mineral oil may be produced from natural crude sources or be composed of isomenzed wax materials or residues of other refining processes.
  • Synthetic lubricating oils include hydrocarbon oiis and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oiis such as oligomenzed. polymerized, and interpoiymerized olefins [e.g., polybutyienes, polypropylenes, propylene, isobutylene copolymers. chlorinated polytactenes. poly(l-hexenes), poly(l-octenes), poly- (1-decenes), etc.. and mixtures thereof]; aikylbenzenes [e.g., dodecyl- benzenes , tetradecylbenzenes, dinonyl-benzenes.
  • hydrocarbon oiis and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oiis such as oligomenzed. polymerized, and interpoiymerized olefins [e.g., polybutyienes, polypropylenes, prop
  • the preferred oils from this class of synthetic oils are oligomers of ⁇ -olefins, particularly oligomers of 1-decene.
  • Synthetic lubricating oils also include alkylene oxide polymers, interpolymers copoiymers.
  • polyoxyalkylene polymers prepared by polymerization of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide: the alkyl and aryl ethers of these polyoxyalkylene polymers (e.g., methyl-polyisopropylene glycol ether having an average molecular weight of 1000.
  • diphenyl ether of polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 1000 - 1500 diphenyl ether of polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 1000 - 1500
  • mono- and poly-carboxylic esters thereof e.g., the acetic acid esters, mixed C3-C8 fatty acid esters, and C12 oxo ac ⁇ d diester of tetraethyiene glycol
  • Another suitable class of synthetic lubricating oils comprises the esters of dicarboxy l ic acids (e.g., phtha ⁇ c acid, succ ic acid, alkyl succinic acids and alkenyl succmic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebasic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic acid dimer, malonic acid, alkyimalonic acids , alkenyl malonic acids, etc.) with a variety of alcohols (e.g., butyl alcohol , hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoethers, propylene glycol, etc.).
  • dicarboxy l ic acids e.g., phtha ⁇ c acid, succ ic acid, alkyl succinic acids and alkenyl succmic acids, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid,
  • esters include dibutyl adipate, di(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate, di- ⁇ -hexyl fumarate, dioctyl sebacate, diisooctyl azelate, diisodecyl azelate, dioctyl isothalate, didecyl phthalate, dieicosyl sebacate, the 2-ethylhexyl diester of linoleic acid dimer, and the complex ester formed by reacting one mole of sebasic acid with two motes of tetraethyiene glycol and two moles of 2-ethyl- hexanoic acid, and the like.
  • a preferred type of oil from this class of synthetic oils are adipates of C4 to C12 alcohols.
  • Esters useful as synthetic lubricating oils also include those made from C5 to C12 monocarboxylic acids and polyols and polyol ethers such as neopentyl glycol, t ⁇ methylolpropane pentaerythritol dtpentaeryth ⁇ tol, tnpentaeryth ⁇ tot, and the like.
  • Silicon-based oils (such as the polyalkyl-, polyaryl-, polyalkoxy-, or poiyaryloxy-siloxane oils and silicate oils) comprise another useful class of synthetic lubricating oils. These oils include tetra-ethyl siiicate, tetraisopropyl silicate , tetra-(2-ethylhexyl) silicate, tetra-(4-methyl-2-ethylhexyl) silicate, tetra-(p-tert-butylphenyl) silicate. hexa-(4-methyl-2-pentoxy)-dis ⁇ ioxane.
  • Other synthetic lubricating oils include liquid esters of phosDnorus-containing acids (e.g., tricresyi phosphate, t ⁇ octyl phosphate, and diethyl ester of decylphosphonic acid), polymeric tetra-hydrofurans. poly- ⁇ -olefins. and the like.
  • the lubricating oiis may be derived from refined, rerefined oils, or mixtures thereof.
  • Unrefined oiis are obtained directly from a natural source or synthetic source (e.g., coal, shate, or tar sands bitumen) without further purification or treatment.
  • unrefined oils include a shale oil obtained directly from a retorting operation, a petroleum oil obtained directly from distillation, or an ester oil obtained directly from an esterification process, each of which is then used without further treatment.
  • Refined oils are similar to the unrefined oiis except that refined oiis have been treated in one or more purification steps to improve one or more properties.
  • Suitable purification techniques include distillation, hydrotreating, dewaxing, solvent extraction, acid or base extraction, filtration, and percolation, all of which are known to those skilled in the art.
  • Rerefined oils are obtained by treating used oils in processes similar to those used to obtain the refined oils. These rerefined oils are also known as reclaimed or reprocessed oiis and are often additionally processed by techniques for removal of spent additives and oil breakdown products.
  • the lubricating oil is a mixture of natural and synthetic iub ⁇ cating oils (i.e., partially synthetic)
  • the oil typically will contain 1 to 80, preferably from about 10 to 75, most preferably from about 10 to 50 weight percent synthetic lubricating oil.
  • the choice of the partial synthetic oii components may widely vary, particularly useful combinations are comprised of mineral oiis and poly- ⁇ -olefins (PAO), particularly oligomers of 1-decene.
  • amme phosphates useful in this invention are the neutralization or partial neutralization products of acidic phosphorus-containing intermediates and amines.
  • the acidic intermediates are preferably formed from a hydroxy- substituted triester of a phosphorothioic acid with an inorganic phosphorus reagent selected from the group consisting of phosphorus acids, phosphorus oxides. and phosphorus haiides.
  • these phosohates perform an extreme pressure or antiwear function in the lubricant
  • hydroxy-substituted t ⁇ esters of phosDnorothioic acids include principally those having the structural formula
  • R is selected from the class consisting of substantially hydrocarbon, functionally substituted hydrocarbon and hydroxy-substituted hydrocarbon radicals, at least one of the R radicals bemg a hydroxy-substituted substantially hydrocarbon radical, and X is selected from the class consisting of sulfur and oxygen.
  • the substantially hydrocarbon radicals include aliphatic, aromatic, alkyl substituted aromatic, cycloaliphatic and heterocyclic radicals such as alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl radicals.
  • the functionally substituted hydrocarbon radicals may contain a substituent such as fluoro, chloro. bromo. iodo.
  • alkoxy polyalkyioxy, aryloxy, alkylthio. alkyipolythio, arylthio. alkylamino. nitro. keto, thioketo. carboaikoxy, amido, imido. aldehydo. or thioaldehydo group.
  • functional substituent in each hydrocarbon radical it is generally preferred that there be no more than one.
  • substantially hydrocarbon and functionally substituted hydrocarbon radicals are: methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, secondary-butyl, isobutyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl 1 3-d ⁇ methylbutyl, 2-ethylhexyl, isodecyl, dodecyl, tetrapropenyl, isotridecyl, oieyi.
  • polyisobutenyl polybutenyi, cyclohexyl , cyclopentyl, 2-heptyl-cyclohexyl, Dnenyl, naphthyl, xenyl, p- heptylphenyl , 2,6-di-tert ⁇ ary-butytphenyl, benzyl, phenylethyl, 3,5- dodecylphenyl , octylthioethyl.
  • hydroxy-substituted substantially hydrocarbon radicals are exemplified by 2.5-dihydroxypnenyl , aipha-hydroxy-beta-naphthyl, 3-hydroxy-4-dodecyl, 3-hydroxy-6-octadecyl, and p-(p-hydroxyphenyi)-phenyl radicals. Those having less than about 8 carbon atoms are preferred because of the convenience in preparing such hydroxy-substituted triesters.
  • a more preferred class of hydroxy-substituted triesters of phophorothioic acids include those having the structural formula
  • R is selected from the class consisting of substantially hydrocarbon, functionally substituted hydrocarbon, and hydroxy-substituted substantially hydrocarbon radicals as described above, with at least one of the R radicals being a hydroxy-substituted substantially hydrocarbon radical, and X is selected from the class consisting of sulfur and oxygen with at least one of the X radicals being sulfur.
  • a most preferred class of the hydroxy-substituted triesters comprises those having the structural formula
  • R" is a substantially hydrocarbon ra ⁇ icat illustrated above and R' is a bivalent substantially hydrocarbon radical such as alkylene or arylene radicals derived from the previously illustrated substantially hydrocarbon radicals.
  • a convenient method for preparing such esters involves the reaction of a phosphorodithioic acid with an epoxide or a giycol. Such reaction is known in the art. The following equations are illustrative of the reaction.
  • ⁇ R > O is an epoxide and HO - R' - OH is a glycol.
  • epoxides are exemplified by ethyiene oxide, propylene oxide, styrene oxide, alpha-methylstyrene oxide, p-methylstyrene oxide, cyclohexene oxide, cyclopente ⁇ e oxide, dodecene oxide, octadecene oxide, 2.3-butene oxide, 1 ,2-butene oxide. 1.2-octene oxide, 3.4-pentene oxide , and 4-phenyl-1 ,2-cyclohexene oxide.
  • aliphatic epoxides having less than about 8 carbon atoms and styrene oxides are preferred for use in the above process.
  • Glycols include both aliphatic and aromatic di-hydroxy compounds.
  • the iatter are exemplified by hydroquinone. catechol, resorcinol. and 1 ,2-dihydroxynaphthalene.
  • Aliphatic giycols are especially useful such as ethylene giycol. propylene glycol, hexylene glycol, tnmethylene glycol. tetramethylene glycol. decamethylene glycol. di-ethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol triethylene glycol, and pentaethylene glycol
  • the glycols may also contain heteroatoms such as 2-(2-hydroxyiethytth ⁇ oj- ethanol
  • Another convenient method for preparing the hydroxy-substituted triesters comprises the addition of a phosphorodithioic acid to an unsaturated alcohol such as allyl alcohol, cinnamyl alcohol, or oleyl alcohol such as is described in U.S Patent 2.528 723
  • Still another method involves the reaction of a metal phosphorothiate with a hatogen-substituted alcohol 0 described in U.S Reissue Patent 20,411
  • the phosphorodithioic acids from which the hydroxy-substituted t ⁇ esters can be derived are likewise well-known They may be prepared by the reaction of phosphorus pentasulfide with an alcohot. a phenoi mixtures of 5 two or more alcohols, or mixtures of two or more phenols The reaction involves at least 4 moles of the alcohol or phenol per mole of phosphorus pentasulfide and may be carried out within the temperature range from about 25°C to about 200°C.
  • the preparation of 0,O'-d ⁇ -n- hexylphosphorodithioic acid involves the reaction of phosphorus pentasulfide 0 with at least 4 moles of n-hexyl alcohol at about 100°C for about 2 hours.
  • thiophenols mixtures of mercaptans and thiophenols, mixtures of mercaptans and alcohols, mixtures of thiophenols and alcohois. mixtures of mecaptans and phenols, and mixtures of thiophenols and phenols.
  • hypoDhosDhorous acid phosphorus haiides such as phosohorus trichloride , phosphorus tribromide. phosphorus pentachlor.de, monobromophosphorus tetrachloride. phosphorus oxychloride. and phosphorus t ⁇ iodide: and phosphorus suifides such as phosphorus oentasulfide and cnosDhorus oxysuifide.
  • the most preferred inorganic p ⁇ osonorus reagent is Dnosohorus pentoxide.
  • the reaction of the hy ⁇ roxy-substitute ⁇ t ⁇ esters of phosDhorothioic acids with the inorganic phosphorus reagent results in an acidic product.
  • the chemical constitution of the acidic product depends to a large measure on the nature of the inorganic phosphorus reagent used. In most instances the product is a complex mixture the precise composition of which is not known. It is known , however, that the reaction of the hydroxy-substituted triesters of phosphorothioic acids with phosDhorus pentoxide involves the hydroxy radical of the triester with the inorganic phosphorus reagent.
  • reaction may be likened to that of an alcohol cr a phenol with the inorganic phosphorus reagent
  • the reaction of tne hydroxy-substitute ⁇ triester with phosphorus pentoxide is believed to result principally in acidic phosphates , i . e.. mono- or di-esters of phosDno ⁇ c acid in which the ester radical is the residue obtained by the removal of the hydroxy radical of the phosphorothioic triester reactant.
  • the product may also contain phosphonic acids and pnosphinic acids in which one or two direct carbo ⁇ -to-phosphorus linkages are present.
  • the reaction product may aiso contain small amounts of pyrophosphates depending UDO ⁇ the reaction conditions such as the i nadvertent contamination of the pnosphorus pentoxide with small amounts of water. Sma l l amounts of these oyrophosphates may be left in the Droduct.
  • the acidic product of the reaction between the hy ⁇ roxy-substituted tr i ester with D nosphorus oxyhatide or phosphoric acid is Deiieved to resuit in simiiar mixtures of acidic phosDnates. phosphonic acids, and/or Dhosphinic acids.
  • the reaction of the hydroxy-substituted triester with phosphorus trichloride or phospnorus acid is believed to result D ⁇ ncipally in acidic organic pnosphites.
  • Still other products may be obtained from the use of other inorganic phosphorus reagents illustrated previously.
  • the product is acidic and as such is useful as the intermediate for the preparation of the neutralized products useful in invention.
  • the triester is used for each mole of the inorganic phosphorus reagent.
  • the preferred proportion of the triester is about 3-4 moies for each mole of the phosphorus reagent.
  • the use of amounts of either reactant outside the limits indicated here results in excessive unused amounts of the reactant and is ordinarily not preferred.
  • the preferred inorganic phosphorus reagent for the reaction of the triester with phosDhorus pentoxide. the preferred inorganic phosphorus reagent. 3 moies of triester are used per mole of phosphorus pentoxide.
  • reaction of the hydroxy-substituted triester with the inorganic phosphorus reagent to produce the acidic intermediate can be effected simply by mixing the two reactant at a temperature above about room temperature, preferably above about 50°C. A higher temperature such as 100°C or 150°C may be used but ordinarily is unnecessary.
  • the amines useful for neutralizing the acidic intermediate may be primary, secondary or tertiary amines. They may include aliphatic amines. aromatic amines, cycloaliphatic amines, heterocyclic amines, or carbocyclic amines. Amines having from about 4 to about 30 aliphatic carbon atoms are preferred, having the formula
  • R- j , R2 and R3 are for selected for example from the group consisting of hydrogen, substantially hydrocarbon, functionally substituted hydrocarbon, and hydroxy-substituted substantially hydrocarbon radicals as described above.
  • useful aiiDhatic amines include tert-octyl, tert-dodecyl, tert-tetra ⁇ ecyi, tert-octadecyl. cetyl, n-tetradecyl. coco , behenyl, stearyl. eicosyl , docosyl , tetracosyl, hexat ⁇ acontanyl, and pentahexacontanyl.
  • Examples of other aliphatic amines include cyclohexyl amine. n-hexylamme. dodecylam i ne , di-dodecytamine, tridodecylamine. N-methyl-octylamine. butylamine. behenylamine. stearyl amine. oleyl amme. my ⁇ styl amme. N- dodecyi t ⁇ methyle ⁇ e diamine. mentha ⁇ e diamine. cyclopentyl amme. ethyiene diamine , hexamethylene tetrami ⁇ e, octamethylene diamine.
  • isononyioxypropylamine isodecyioxyipropylamine. isotridecyioxypropylamine, and tallowdiamine.
  • aromatic amines include aniline, o-toluidine. benzidine, phenylene diamine, N,N'-di-sec-butylphenylene diamine, N,N'- dibutyl-phenylene diamine, beta-naphthylamine, and atpha-naphthylamine.
  • heterocyclic amines include morpholine. and piperazine. and Also useful are hydroxy-substituted amines such as ethanolamine, diethanolamine , triethanolamine. isopropanolamine.
  • hydroxy-substituted amines which can be employed , a preference is expressed for hydroxy-substituted aliphatic amines , particularly those which conform for the most part to the formula
  • R is as previously defined;
  • A is a lower alkylene radical such as methylene , ethylene, propylene-1 ,2, t ⁇ -methylene, butylene-1.2. tetramethylene, amy lene- 1.3. pentamethylene, etc.;
  • x is 1-10. inclusive; and
  • Q is hydrogen, (AO) x H, or R
  • hydroxy-substituted aliphatic am i nes in many instances imparts improved rust-inhibiting characteristics to the phosphorus and nitrogen-containing compositions of this invention.
  • Examples of such preferred hydroxy-substituted aliphatic amines include N-4- hydroxybutyl-dodecyl amme.
  • N-2-hydroxyethyl-n-octylamine N-2- hydroxypropyl dinonylamme. N,N-di-(3-hydroxypropyi)-tert-dodecyl amme. N- hydroxytriethoxyethyl-tert-tetradecyl amine. N-2-hydroxyethyl-tert-dodecyl amme. N-hydroxyhexaproDoxypropyi-te ⁇ -octadecyi amine. N-5-hy ⁇ roxypentyl di-n-decyl amine. N,N-diethoxycccoam ⁇ ne, N j ⁇
  • sucn hy ⁇ roxy-substituted alipnatic amines involves the known reaction of an aliphatic primary or secondary amme with at least about an equimoiecular amount of an epoxide, preferady in the presence of a suitable catalyst such as sodium methoxide, sodami ⁇ e. sodium metal , etc.
  • R, x and A are as previously defined.
  • a preference is expressed for N-monohydroxyalkyl substituted mono-tertiary-alkyl ammes of the formula tert-R - NHAOH. wherein tert-R is a tertiary-alky I radical containing from about 11 to about 24 carbon atoms.
  • tert-R - NHAOH In lieu of a single compound of the formula tert-R - NHAOH, it is often convenient and desirable to use a mixture of such compounds prepared, for example, by the reaction of an epoxide such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or butylene oxide with a commercial mixture of tertiary-alkyl pnmary amines such as C-] 1-C14 tertiary- alkyl primary amines, C13-C22 tertiary-alkyl primary amines, etc.
  • an epoxide such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or butylene oxide
  • tertiary-alkyl pnmary amines such as C-] 1-C14 tertiary- alkyl primary amines, C13-C22 tertiary-alkyl primary amines, etc.
  • R * is a divalent alkylene grouD having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and R" is a hydrocarbyl group of about 5 to about 150 carbon atoms.
  • R * is a divalent alkylene grouD having 2 to 6 carbon atoms
  • R" is a hydrocarbyl group of about 5 to about 150 carbon atoms.
  • R * is a divalent alkylene grouD having 2 to 6 carbon atoms
  • R" is a hydrocarbyl group of about 5 to about 150 carbon atoms.
  • R * is a divalent alkylene grouD having 2 to 6 carbon atoms
  • R" is a hydrocarbyl group of about 5 to about 150 carbon atoms.
  • R * is a divalent alkylene grouD having 2 to 6 carbon atoms
  • R" is a hydrocarbyl group of about 5 to about 150 carbon atoms.
  • R * is a divalent alkylene grouD having 2 to 6 carbon
  • the nitrile reactant can have from 2 to 6 caroon atoms with acrylon i tr i le ce i ng most preferred.
  • Ether amines are known commercial products wh i ch are ava i lable under the name SURFAM" pro ⁇ uce ⁇ ana marneted by Mars Chemical Company , Atlanta. Ga.
  • sucn amines are those nav i ng from aDout 150 to about 400 molecular weight
  • Preferre ⁇ etheram i nes are exemDiified by those i dent i fied as SURFAM P14B (decyioxyprooyiam i ne ) , SURFAM P16A (linear Ci ⁇ ), SURFAM P17B (t ⁇ decyioxyproDyiamme )
  • the carbon chain lengths ( i .e.'. C . etc.) of the SURFAMS ⁇ escr i bed above and used here i nafter are approximate and include the oxygen ether linkage.
  • C 14 SURFAM would have the following general formula
  • am i nes used to form tne ammonium salts may De ny ⁇ roxyamines In one embod i ment , these hy ⁇ roxyammes can ce represented by the formula
  • R* 8 is a hydrocarbyl group generally containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms
  • R *9 is an ethylene or propylene group
  • R * i s an alkylene group containing up to about 5 caroo ⁇ atoms
  • a i s zero or one each R * 11 i s hydrogen or a lower alkyl grouD.
  • x y and z are each independentiy integers from zero to about 10 at least one of x y and z be i ng at least 1
  • hydroxyamines can be prepared by techniques well known in the art. and many such hydroxyamines are commercially available. They may be prepared , for example, by reaction of D ⁇ mary amines containing at least 6 carbon atoms with various amounts of aikylene ox i des such as ethylene oxide , propylene oxide, etc.
  • the c ⁇ mary am i nes may be s i ngle ammes or m i xtures of amines such as obtaine ⁇ by the hydrolysis of fatty o i ls such as tallow oils , sperm oils, coconut oils etc
  • fatty ac i d am i nes containing from about 6 to aDout 30 carbon atoms i n clude saturated as well as unsaturated aliphatic amines such as octyl am i ne. decyl amine, lauryl amme. stearyl amme. oleyl amine. my ⁇ styl amine. almityl amine. dodecyl amine. and octadecyl amme.
  • the useful hydroxyamines where a in the above formula :s zero include 2-hydroxyethylhexylamine. 2-hy ⁇ roxyethyloctylam ⁇ ne. 2- hydroxyethyipentadecylamine, 2-hy ⁇ roxyethyloleylam ⁇ e. 2- hydroxyethylsoyamine, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)hexylamine, bis(2- hydroxyethyl)oleylam ⁇ ne, and mixtures thereof. Also include ⁇ ed are the comparable members wherein in the above formula at least one of x and y is at least 2, as for example, 2-hydroxyethoxyethylhexylamine.
  • alkoxylated amines where a is 1 include "Ethoduomeen T/13" and "T/20" which are ethylene oxide condensation products of N-tallow trimethylene diamine containing 3 and 10 moies of ethylene oxide per moie of diamine. respectively.
  • the fatty polyamine diamines include mono- or dialkyi, symmetrical or asymmetrical ethylene diamines, propane diamines (1 ,2, or 1 ,3), and polyamine analogs of the above. Suitable commercial fatty polyamines are
  • Duomeen C N-coco-1.3-diami ⁇ opropane
  • Duomeen S N-soya-1 ,3- diam opropane
  • Duomeen T ⁇ N-tallow-1.3-d ⁇ amonopropane
  • Duomeen O N-oleyl-1.3-d ⁇ am ⁇ noproDane
  • Duomeens are commercially available diamines descriDe ⁇ in Pro ⁇ uct Data Bulletin No. 7-10R1 of Armak Chemical Co.. Chicago, III
  • the secondary amines may be cyclic amines such as Dipe ⁇ dine. piperazine. morpholine. etc.
  • the neutralization of the acidic intermediate with the amme is in most instances exothermic and can be carried out simply by mixing the reactants at ordinary temperatures, preferably from about 0°C to about 200°C.
  • the chemical constitution of the neutralized product of the reaction depends to a large extent upon the temperature.
  • the product comprises predominantly a salt of the am e with the acid.
  • the product may contain amides, amidines, or mixtures thereof.
  • the reaction of the acidic intermediate with a tertiary amme results oniy in a salt.
  • the relative proportions of the acidic intermediate and the amines used in the reaction are preferably such that a substantial portion of the acidic intermediate is neutralized.
  • the lower limit as to the amount of amine used in the reaction is based primarily upon a considerable of the utility of the product formed. In most instances, enough amme should be used as to neutralize at least about 50% of the acidity of the intermediate.
  • substantially neutral products such as are obtained by neutralization of at least about 90% of the acidity of the intermediate are desirable.
  • the amount of the amine used may vary within wide ranges depending upon the acidity desired in the product and also upon the acidity of the intermediate as determined by, for example, ASTM procedure designation D-664 or D-974
  • a particularly preferred amme phosphate is when the acidic intermediate is derived from the reaction of P2O5 with hydroxypropyl 0,0- di(4-methyl-2-pentyl) phosphorodithioate. This acidic intermediate may then be neutralized or partially neutralized with a C-12 to C-14 tertiary aliphatic primary amine.
  • An example of such an amme may be commercially purchased under the trade name of P ⁇ mene 81 R.
  • the second component of the lubricant of this invention is a primary am e of the formula RNH2 where R is an alkyl group having at least 4 carbon atoms. Generally, R will have from 4 to 60 carbon atoms, preferably from 6 to 25 carbons.
  • Preferred alkyl primary amines are tallow amine and 2 ethyihexyl amine. Particularly preferred amines are branched alkyl primary amines, especially branched beta alkyl substituted primary amines, with the most preferred primary amine being 2 ethylhexyl amine.
  • the amount of alkyl primary amme can vary broadly, but typically wiil range from 0.01 to about 2 0 wt. %, preferably from 0.1 to 0.6 wt. %, although for economic reasons, the most preferred range will be from 0.1 to about 0.3 wt. %.
  • additives known in the art may be added to the lubricating oil. These additives include corrosion inhibitors, antioxidants. dispersants. 15 antiwear agents, metallic detergents, other extreme pressure additives, seal swellants and the like. They are typically disclosed in, for example. "Lubricant Additives” by C. V. Smalheer and R. Kennedy Smith, 1967, pp. 1-11 and U.S. Patent 4,105,571.
  • Antifoaming Agents 0.0 - 1 0.001 - 0.5
  • Suitable viscosity index improvers include homopolymers and
  • copolymers of two or more monomers of C2 to C30 olefins include both alpha-olefms and internal olefins, which may be straight or branched, aliphatic aromatic, alkyl-aromatic, cyclo-aliphatic, etc. Frequently they will be of ethylene with C3 to C30 olefins. particularly preferred being the copoiymers of ethylene and propylene. Other polymers can be used such as polyisobutylenes. homopolymers and copolymers of C5 and high alpha- olefins. atactic polypropylene, hydrogenated polymers and copolymers and terpolymers of styrene. e.g., with isoprene and/or butad i ene.
  • suitable viscosity index improvers include polyacrylates and poiymethacryiates and their derivatives. Especially preferred are the polymethacrylates.
  • Suitable corrosion inhibitors which can be used in the practice of this invention are comp ⁇ sed of thiazoles. triazoles. and thiadiazoies. Examples include benzotriazole and its substituted derivatives (e.g., tolyitriazole) as well as mercapto- and hydrocarbylthio-disubstituted derivatives of 1 ,3,4- thiadiazoie , e.g., C2 to C30; alkyl. aryl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl and alkaryl-mono- di-, tri , or tetra- or thio-disubstituted derivatives thereof.
  • benzotriazole and its substituted derivatives e.g., tolyitriazole
  • mercapto- and hydrocarbylthio-disubstituted derivatives of 1 ,3,4- thiadiazoie e.g., C2 to C30
  • Examples of such thiadiazole derivatives include 2,5-bis(octylthio) 1 ,3,4-thiadiazoie; 2.5- bis(octyldithio)-1 , 3 , 4-thiadiazole; 2.5-bis(octyltrithio)-1 ,3,4-thiadiazole; 2.5- bis(octyltetrathio)-1 ,3,4 , -thiadiazole: 2,5-bis(nonylthio)- 1 ,3,4-thiadiazole; 2.5- bis(dodecyldithio)-1 ,3,4-thiadiazole: 2-5-bis(cyclohexyldithio)-1 ,3,4- thiadiazole; and mixtures thereof.
  • Preferred thiadiazoies are derivatives of 1 ,3.4-thiadiazoies such as those described in U.S. Patent Nos. 2.719,125. 2,719,126 and 3,087,932. Especially preferred are the compounds 2.5-b ⁇ s(t-octyldith ⁇ o)- 1 ,3.4- thiadiazole commercially available as Amoco 150. 2.5-bis(t- nonyldithio)- 1 ,3,4-thiadiazole, commercially available as Amoco 158.
  • Tolyitriazole is a preferred triazole derivative.
  • Suitable seal swellants include mineral oils of the type that provoke swelling, including aliphatic alcohols of 8 to 13 carbon atoms such as tridecyi alcohol.
  • a preferred seal swellant is an oil-soluble, saturated, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon ester of from 10 to 60 carbon atoms and 2 to 4 linkages , e.g., dihexyl phthalate. as are described in U.S. Patent No. 3.974,081.
  • Useful antioxidants are the ashiess antioxidants such as arylam es and phenols, and the metal-containing antioxidants such as zmc diaikyldithiophosphates.
  • the ashiess antioxidants useful with this invention are either aryl amines or phenols.
  • the amine type antioxidants include phenyl-alpha- naphthyiamme. diphenylamine, phenothiazine. p-phenylene diamine, alkylated diphenyiamines (e.g., p,p'-bis(alkylphenyl) amines wherein the alkyl groups contain from 8 to 12 carbons atoms each; such a material is Naugalube® 438L).
  • Phenolic antioxidants include sterically hindered phenols (e.g., 2,6-di-t-butyl phenol, 4-methyl-2,6-d ⁇ -t-butyl-phenol) and bis-phenols (4,4'-methylenebis(2,6-di-t-butylphenol), such a material is Ethyl® 702).
  • Another class of phenolic antioxidants are the 4-subst ⁇ tuted 2.6-d ⁇ -t-butyl phenols, these would include materials such as 3.5-d ⁇ -t-butyl-4- hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid, C7-C9 ester. (Such a material is Irganox® L- 135).
  • the metal-containing zinc dithiodiphosphates antioxidants are produced by reaction of alcohols with P2S5 to produce dialkylthiophospho ⁇ c acids, which are then neutralized with zmc oxide.
  • the preparation of zinc dithiodiphosphate is well known and discussed in much published literature. See for example the books. "Lubricant Additives,” by CV. Smaiheer and R. K. Smith, published by Lezius-Hiles Co., Cleveland, Ohio (1967) and "Lubricant Additives,” by M. W. Ranney, published by Noyes Data Corp., Park Ridge, N. J. (1973).
  • Examples of such mate ⁇ als are zinc (di- isooctyldithiophosph ⁇ c acid) and zinc (di-2-ethylhexyldithiophospho ⁇ c acid).
  • suitable antioxidants include P2S5 treated terpenes and their derivatives.
  • suitable terpenes include isomeric terpene hydrocarbons having the formula C ⁇ o H 6 suc ⁇ as contained in turpentine, pine oil and dipentenes, and the various synthetic and naturally occur ⁇ ng oxygen-containing derivatives
  • a particularly preferred terpene compound is ⁇ -pmene.
  • Suitable antifoam agents for use in the compositions of this invention include silicones and organic polymers such as acrylate polymers.
  • Various ant i foam agents are described in Foam Control Agents by H . T . Kerner (Noyes Data Corporation. 1976. pages 125-176).
  • Mixtures of siiicone-type antifoam agents such as the liquid dialkyl silicone oolymers w i th var i ous other substances are also effective. Typical of such mixtures are silicones mixed with an acrylate polymer, silicones mixed with one or more amines , and silicones mixed with one or more amine carboxylates.
  • a dimethyl silicone oii with (i) a partial fatty acid ester of a polyhydric alcohol (U.S. Pat. No. 3.235, 498); (ii) an alkoxylated partial fatty acid ester of a polyhydric alcohol (U.S. Pat. No. 3,235 , 499); (iii) a polyalkoxylated aliphatic amine (U.S. Pat. No. 3.235.501 ); and (iv) an alkoxylated aliphatic acid (U.S. Pat. No. 3.235,502) .
  • Su i table dispersants include hydrocarbyl succinimides. hydrocarbyl succmam i des. m i xed ester / amides of hydrocarbyl-subst.tuted succinic acid. hydroxyesters of hydrocarbyi-substituted succinic acid , and Mannich condensation products of hydrocarbyi-substituted phenols , formaldehyde and polyamines. Mixtures of such dispersants can also be used.
  • the preferred dispersants are the alkenyl succinimides. These include acyctic hydrocarbyl substituted succinimides formed with various amines or amine der i vatives such as are widely disclosed in the patent literature. Use of alkenyl succinimides which have been treated with an inorganic acid of phosphorus (or an anhydride thereof) and a boronating agent are also su i table for use in the compositions of this invention as they are much more comDat i bie with elastomeric seals made from such substances as fluoro- elastomers and silicon-containing elastomers.
  • Polyisobutenyl succinimides formed from polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride and an alkylene polyam i ne such as triethylene tetramine or tetraethyiene pe ⁇ tamme where i n the polyisobutenyl substituent is derived from polyisobutene having a number average molecular weight in the range of 500 to 5000 (preferably 800 to
  • Dispersants are particularly suitable. Dispersants may be post-treated with many reagents known to those skilled in the art. (see. e.g. , U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • Suitable metal-containing detergents are exemplified by oil-soluble neutral or overbased salts of alkali or alkaline earth metals with one or more of the follow i ng acidic substances (or mixtures thereof): (1 ) sulfon i c acids. (2) carboxyiic acids. (3) salicylic acids. (4) alkyl pnenois, (5) sulfurized alkyl phenols. (6) organic phosphorus acids cnaracte ⁇ zed by at least one direct carbon-to-phosphorus linkage.
  • Such organic phosDhorus acids include those prepared by the treatment of an olefin polymer (e.g., polyisobutylene having a molecular weight of 1 ,000) with a phosDho ⁇ zing agent such as phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus heptasulfide, phosphorus pentasulfide. phosphorus trichloride and sulfur, white phosphorus and a sulfur halide, or phosphorothioic chloride.
  • a phosDho ⁇ zing agent such as phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus heptasulfide, phosphorus pentasulfide.
  • phosphorus trichloride and sulfur white phosphorus and a sulfur halide, or phosphorothioic chloride.
  • the preferred salts of such acids from the cost- effectiveness, toxicological, and environmental standpoints are the salts of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium and magnesium.
  • Oil-soluble neutral metal-containing detergents are those detergents that contain stoichiometrically equivalent amounts of metal in relation to the amount of acidic moieties present in the detergent. Thus, in general the neutral detergents will have a low basicity when compared to their overbased counte ⁇ arts.
  • the acidic materials utilized in forming such detergents include carboxylic acids, salicylic acids, alkylphenols, sulfonic acids, sulfurized alkylphenols and the like.
  • overbased in connection with metallic detergents is used to designate metal salts wherein the metal is present in stoichiometrically larger amounts than the organic radical.
  • the commonly employed methods for preparing the over-based salts involve heating a mineral oil solution of an acid with a stoichiometric excess of a metal neutralizing agent such as the metal oxide, hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate, of sulfide at a temperature of about 50 ⁇ C, and filtering the resultant product.
  • suitable metal-containing detergents include, but are not limited to, neutral and overbased salts of such substances as lithium phenates, sodium phenates, potassium phenates, calcium phenates, magnesium phenates. sulfurized lithium phenates, sulfurized sodium phenates. sulfurized potassium phenates. sulfurized calcium phenates, and sulfurized magnesium phenates wherem each aromatic group has one or more aliphatic groups to impart hydrocarbon solubility; lithium sulfonates, sodium sulfonates, potassium sulfonates. calcium sulfonates.
  • each sulfonic aci ⁇ moiety is attacne ⁇ to an aromat i c nucleus which in turn usually contains one or more aiiDhatic subst i tuents to impart hy ⁇ rocarbon solubility; lithium saiicyclates. sodium sal i cyiates, potassium salicyiates. caiciu saiicylates and magnesium salicyiates wherein the aromatic moiety is usually substituted by one or more aliphat i c substituents to impart hydrocarbon soiubiiity; the lithium, sodium.
  • Mixtures of neutral or over-based satts of two or more different alkali and/or alkaline earth metals can be used.
  • neutral and/or overbased satts of mixtures of two or more different acids e.g. one or more overbased caicium phenates with one or more overbased calcium sulfonates
  • neutral and/or overbased satts of mixtures of two or more different acids e.g. one or more overbased caicium phenates with one or more overbased calcium sulfonates
  • overbased metal detergents are generally regarded as containing overbasmg quantities or inorganic bases, probably in the form of micro dispersions or colloidal suspensions.
  • oil soluble as applied to metallic detergents is intended to include metal detergents wherein i norganic bases are present that are not necessarily completely or truly oil- soluble in the strict sense of the term, inasmucn as such detergents when mixed into base oils behave much the same way as if they were fully and totally dissolved in the oil.
  • the metallic detergents utilized in this invention can, if desired, be oil- soluble boronated neutral and/or overbased alkali of alkaline earth metal- containing detergents.
  • Methods for preparing boronated metallic detergents are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,480,548. 3,679,584; 3,829,381 ; 3,909,691 ; 4,965,003; 4,965,004.
  • Preferred metallic detergents for use with this invention are neutral and overbased calcium or magnesium sulphurized phenates and neutral and overbased calcium or magnesium sulphonates.
  • the additive combinations of this invention may be combined with other desired lubricating oil additives to form a concentrate.
  • the active ingredient (a.i.) level of the concentrate will range from 30 to 99, preferably 40 to 95, most preferably 50 to 90 weight percent of the concentrate.
  • the balance of the concentrate is a diluent typically comprised of a lubricating oil or solvent.
  • While the benefits of this invention are applicable to a wide variety of lubricants, they are particulariy suitable to power transmission fluids such as automatic transmission fluids, gear oiis, hydraulic fluids, heavy duty hydraulic fluids, industrial oil, power steering fluids, pump oils, tractor fluids, universal tractor fluids and the like. These power transmitting fluids can be formulated with a variety of performance additives and in a variety of base oils.
  • Phosphorus pentasulfide (450 grams) is added to 4-methyl-2-pentanol (870 grams) at 80°C over a period of about VA hours. The reaction mixture is then allowed to stir at temperature until substantially ail of the phosphorus pentasulfide reacts. The reaction product is stripped under reduced pressure to remove excess 4-methyl-2-pentanol then propylene oxide (247 grams) is added at 50°C over a period of about 4 hours. The reaction mixture is again allowed to stir at reaction temperature until substantially all of the propylene oxide has reacted at which point it is again stripped under vaccum to remove volatile material. The residue which is obtained constitutes 0 , 0-di(4-methyl-2- pentyl)phosphorodithioate.
  • the phosphorus pentoxide reaction product prepared above is partially neutralized with a commercially available cocoamine (501 grams) added at 60°C over a period of about 45 minutes. After the addition of the cocoamine, a hydrocarbon diluent oil (230 grams) is added to reduce the viscosity and the product is then stripped under vacuum to remove volatiles . The final product was found to contain 8.4% phosphorus, 10.6% sulfur and 1.5% nitrogen.
  • Phosphorus pentasulfide (450.5 grams) is added to 4-methyl-2- pentanol (870 grams) at 80°C over a period of about VA hours. The reaction mixture is then allowed to stir at temperature until substantially all of the phosphorus pentasulfide reacts. The reaction product is stripped under reduced pressure to remove excess 4-methyl-2-pentanol then propylene oxide (247 grams) is added at 50°C over a period of about 4 hours. The reaction mixture is again allowed to stir at reaction temperature until substantially all of the propylene oxide has reacted at which point it is again stripped under vaccum to remove volatile material. The residue which is obtained constitutes 0 , O-di(4-methyl-2-pentyl)phosphorodithioate.
  • the phosphorus pentoxide reaction product prepared above is partially neutralized with a commercially available amine (473 grams), which consists of a mixture of C11-C14 tertiary alkyl p ⁇ mary amines, added at 60°C over a period of about 45 minutes. After the addition of the C11-C14 tertiary alkyl primary amines, a hydrocarbon diluent oil (228 grams) is added to reduce the viscosity and the product is then stripped under vacuum to remove volatiles. The final product was found to contain 8.3% phosphorus, 10.5% sulfur and 1.5% nitrogen.
  • the L-33 test is described in ASTM Special Technical Publication 512A, Publication Code Number (PCN): 04-512001-12 available from the ASTM, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. It is described as a test procedure for evaluating the rust and corrosion inhibiting properties of a gear lubricant while subjected to water contamination in a bench-mounted hypoid differential housing assembly. The test is usually run for a seven day period. The test procedure utilizes a Dana Co ⁇ oration Model 30 hypoid differential housing (carrier) assembly, Part No. 27770-1X, 4.10 ratio, standard differential with uncoated drive gear and drive pinon.
  • the test consists of a motoring phase and a storage phase.
  • the motoring phase utilizes 2.5 pints of the test lubricant and 1 ounce of distilled water and is run at 180 +/- 1°F for four hours as described in the procedure.
  • the storage phase is typically 162 hours at 125 +/- 1°F while the unit is static as described in the procedure.
  • the differential is disassembled and rated as described in the procedure.
  • Each oil contained 0.654 wt. % of a conventional lube oil flow improver and a silicone antifoamant, while oils 2-9 also contained 4.31 wt. % of conventional amounts of ashiess dispersant, sulfurized isobutylene. corrosion inhibitor, and acrylate antifoamant.
  • the am i ne phosphate use ⁇ in Oils 2-3 was preoared accor ⁇ ing to the procedure i n Example 2.
  • the pnosphate used i n Oils 4-9 were prepared accord i ng to the procedure of Example 1.
  • the 2 ethylhexylam i ne was obtained from Hoechst-Cetanese. All of the aforement i oned additives were blended into a SAE 80W-90 lubricating oil mixture
  • Oils 3-9 show that the rust rating is significantiy improved when an amme phosphate and an alkyl primary amine are present.

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