EP1587901A2 - Composition exempte de soufre, composition lubrifiante et procedes associes - Google Patents

Composition exempte de soufre, composition lubrifiante et procedes associes

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EP1587901A2
EP1587901A2 EP04704025A EP04704025A EP1587901A2 EP 1587901 A2 EP1587901 A2 EP 1587901A2 EP 04704025 A EP04704025 A EP 04704025A EP 04704025 A EP04704025 A EP 04704025A EP 1587901 A2 EP1587901 A2 EP 1587901A2
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David Cressey
David Price
Christopher L. Friend
Virginia A. Carrick
David J. Moreton
John D. Durham
Rodney J. Mcatee
Michael Sutton
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  • This invention involves a sulphur free composition, a composition containing the sulphur free composition and an oil of lubricating viscosity, and methods to prepare and use the sulphur free composition.
  • the sulphur free composition is especially useful in lubricants for an internal combustion engine by providing multifunctional performance without introducing sulphur and introducing at most only minor amounts of metal into the lubricant.
  • Detergents are lubricant additive compositions that typically provide de- tergency performance to a lubricant composition that can include neutralizing acids, preventing corrosion, and providing cleanliness by suspending deposit forming substances and removing deposits.
  • Detergents generally consist of an anionic organic surfactant portion that usually contains sulphur such as an alkylarylsulphonate, a cationic metal counterion, and a basic metal salt in a colloidal suspension that provides a base reserve for neutralizing acids.
  • Various lubricant compositions such as certain two-stroke engine oils and stationary natural gas engine oils require detergency performance, but also require that the engine oil contain little or no metals for satisfactory performance. Dispersants provide cleanliness to all types of lubricant compositions by suspending deposit forming substances.
  • lubricating oils It is also well known for lubricating oils to contain a number of additives used to protect the engine from wear, the accumulation of deposits, and filter plugging.
  • Common additives for engine lubricating oils include zinc dialkyldi- thiophosphates (ZDDP) as antiwear additives and alkali and alkaline earth metal overbased sulphonate and phenate detergents. It is believed that ZDDP antiwear additives protect the engine by forming a protective film on metal surfaces.
  • Typical treatment quantities of ZDDP range from 1 to 2 weight percent based on the total weight of the lubricant.
  • Detergents such as overbased calcium sulpho- nates help keep the engine parts clean of deposits and offer an alkalinity reserve.
  • Typical treatment quantities of detergents range from 0.05 to 10 weight percent based on the total weight of the lubricant.
  • WO 03/18728 discloses a linear compound containing phenolic and salicylic units and a metal salt or boron-containing metal salt thereof and use of the compound and the salts in a lubricating oil composition.
  • WO 01/56968 discloses a cy-grass compound for use in a fuel and a lubricating oil composition where the cyclic compound comprises carboxyl-substituted and/or hydroxyl-substituted aromatic units joined together to form a ring and the carboxyl substituent can be present as an acid or as a carboxylic salt with a metal or ammonium cation.
  • U. S. Patent No. 5,688,751 discloses a mixture of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a hydrocarbyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acid or an ester, amide, ammonium or amine salt, or monovalent metal salt thereof for lubrication of two-stroke cycle engines.
  • U. S. Patent No. 6,310,009 discloses a saligenin derivative and a lubricating oil composition comprising the saligenin derivative.
  • U. S. Patent No. 5,202,038 discloses salts which can be used as antiwear additives for lubricants and which are formed by a fatty amine with a mixture of a monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid where the acids contain a perfluoroalkyl radical.
  • composition of the present invention provides detergency, antiwear and dispersancy performance to a composition such as an engine oil and is free of sulphur and metals or contains only a minor amount of metals.
  • composition comprising:
  • step (a) heating reactants (a)(i) and (a)(ii) as described above and hereinbelow; (b) optionally holding the product of step (a) under vacuum; and
  • step (c) adding the product of step (a) or (b) to an oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • the invention also provides a use of the inventive composition for imparting to an internal combustion engine an improvement in one or more perfor- mance properties selected from the group selected consisting of cleanliness, wear and exhaust emissions.
  • the invention additionally provides a method of lubricating and of improving the performance of an internal combustion engine comprising supplying to the engine a lubricant composition comprising the sulphur free reaction product of components (a)(i) and (a)(ii) as described throughout this application.
  • a lubricant composition comprising the sulphur free reaction product of components (a)(i) and (a)(ii) as described throughout this application.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a composition comprising:
  • hydrocarbyl represents a univalent group of one or more carbon atoms that is predominately hydrocarbon in nature, but can contain heteroatoms such as oxygen in the carbon chain and can have nonhydro- carbon and heteroatom-containing groups such as hydroxy, halo, nitro and alkoxy attached to the carbon chain.
  • Component (a) of the composition of this invention in addition to being free of sulphur can be free of a metal by having no sulphated ash, as determined by American Society for Testing and Materials specification ASTM D-874, or can contain a minor amount of metal by having a sulphated ash on a weight basis below 0.5%, below 0.25% or below 0.1%.
  • composition has a total base number (TBN).
  • TBN of the composition is 3 or higher, in one aspect 5 or higher, and in yet another aspect 9 or higher.
  • Component (a) of the composition is often present on a weight basis at 0.01 to 40%, in another aspect at 0.5 to 40%, in yet another aspect at 0.75 to 20% and yet another aspect at 1 to 15% of the composition.
  • (a)(i) is at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) an oligomeric reaction product of an hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol, an aldehyde, and a carboxyl-substituted phenol; (2) an oligomeric reaction product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol, an aldehyde, and a carboxyl-substituted phenylamine; (3) a hydrocarbyl-substituted, carboxyl-substituted phenol; (4) a hydrocarbyl-substituted, carboxyl-substituted phenylamine; and (5) an oli- gomeric reaction product of an hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol and an aldehyde.
  • (a)(i) is an oligomeric species, and in other embodiments (a)(i) is (a)(i)(l), (a)(i)(2), or a mixture thereof.
  • the carboxylic or carboxyl group substituted on a phenol or phenylamine of this invention is an acid group -CO 2 H, and in other embodiments is an ester group -CO 2 R where R is a hydrocarbyl group or is a mixture of acid and ester groups.
  • the invention further provides a composition comprising: (a) a sulphur free reaction product of:
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent of the hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol of the reactant (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) may have 1 to 60 carbon atoms, in another aspect 4 to 50 carbon atoms, and in a further aspects 6 to 40 or 7 to 30 carbon atoms.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent is often alkyl and in another aspect is derived from an olefin.
  • the alkyl substituent is often derived from a polyolefin which may be a homopolymer from one olefin monomer or a copolymer from a mixture of two or more olefin monomers.
  • the olefin monomer may be an alpha-olefin, an internal olefin, or a polyene and includes ethylene, propylene, butene isomers, pentene isomers, decene isomers, and dienes.
  • Useful polyolefins are polypropylenes and polyisobutylenes. Methods to prepare the polyolefins and the alkylphenols via alkylation of phenol with olefins or polyolefins are well known.
  • the aldehyde of the reactant of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) may have 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • the aldehyde may be formaldehyde in one of its reactive forms such as formalin or paraformaldehyde.
  • the carboxyl-substituted phenol of the reactant of (a)(i)(l) may be a 2- or 3- or 4-hydroxybenzoic acid or a dihydroxy- benzoic acid such as 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid.
  • the carboxyl substituted phenol may have alkyl substituents.
  • a useful carboxyl-substituted phenol is salicylic acid.
  • the carboxyl substituted phenylamine of the reactant (a)(i)(2) is normally anthranilic acid and can contain additional alkyl, hydroxyl or amino substituents.
  • the oligomeric reaction product of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) contains at least one hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol unit and at least one carboxyl-substituted phenol or carboxyl-substituted phenylamine unit.
  • the oligomeric reaction product of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) may contain 2 to 20 phenol or phenylamine units, 2 to 10 phenol or phenylamine units, or 2 to 8 phenol or phenylamine units.
  • the oligomeric reaction product of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) may include linear molecules, cyclic molecules, or mixtures thereof.
  • the oligomeric reaction product of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) is a mixture of linear and cyclic molecules, and in another embodiment the mixture contains a majority of linear molecules.
  • the oligomeric reaction products of (a)(i)(l) and (a)(i)(2) may be prepared as described in U. S. Patent No. 6,200,936 and/or in Preparative Examples A-E hereinbelow using a basic catalyst and a solvent.
  • Basic catalysts include alkali and alkaline earth metal bases and amines such as lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and ammonium hydroxide.
  • a solvent may be employed in the preparation of the oligomeric reaction product of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) up to 90% by weight of the reaction mixture.
  • the mole ratio of the hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol to the carboxyl-substituted phenol or phenylamine is often in the range from 1:0.05 to 1:19, and in a further embodiment of the invention is about 2 hydrocarbyl-substituted phenols to 1 carboxyl- substituted phenol or phenylamine.
  • the mole ratio of combined hydrocarbyl- substituted phenol and carboxyl-substituted phenol or phenylamine to aldehyde may be 1:0.5-3.
  • the oligomeric reaction products of (a)(i)(l) and (a)(i)(2) can be a substantially linear compound comprising at least one unit of the formulae (I) or (II), provided U is -OH for (a)(i)(l) and U is selected from the group consisting of -NH 2 -NHR 1 , -N(R ) 2 and mixtures thereof for (a)(i)(2):
  • the U group in formulae (I) and (III) may be located in one or more positions ortho, meta, or para to the -COOR 3 group. In one aspect the U group is located ortho to the -COOR 3 group.
  • formulae (I) and (III) are derived from 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (often called salicylic acid), 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid or mixtures thereof.
  • U is a -NH 2 group
  • formulae (I) and (III) are derived from 2-aminobenzoic acid (often called anthranilic acid), 3-aminobenzoic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid or mixtures thereof.
  • the divalent bridging group which may be the same or different in each occurrence, includes a methylene bridge such as -CH 2 - or -CH(R)- and an ether bridge such as -CH 2 OCH 2 - or -CH(R)OCH(R)- where R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and where the methylene and ether bridges are derived from formaldehyde or an aldehyde having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • the terminal group of formulae (III) or (IV) contains 1 or 2 hy- droxymethyl groups ortho to a hydroxy group.
  • the hydroxymethyl groups are present from 0 to 30 wt % of (a)(i)(l) and/or (a)(i)(2), in one aspect 0.1 to 20 wt % of (a)(i)(l) and/or (a)(i)(2), in another aspect 0.2 to 10 wt % of (a)(i)(l) and/or (a)(i)(2) and in yet another aspect 0.3 to 5 wt % of (a)(i)(l) and/or (a)(i)(2).
  • hydroxymethyl groups are present.
  • the sulphur free reaction product of component (a) as described throughout this application can be a reaction product of components (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) a metal-containing base.
  • the metal- containing base can be any reactive inorganic metal compound or mixture of compounds to include alkali and alkaline earth metal compounds such as oxides, hydroxides and carbonates like calcium hydroxide.
  • the ratio of equivalents of (a)(i) to moles of (a)(ii) to equivalents of (a)(iii) can be respectively 1:0.25- 2:0.25-2, and in other instances can be 1:0.25-1.5:0.5-2 or 1:0.4-1:1-1.7.
  • the reaction product of (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) is combined with an oil of lubricating viscosity or with an oil of lubricat- ing viscosity and at least one other performance additive as described hereinbe- low.
  • the reaction product of (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) can be prepared as described in Example 14 below.
  • each R 5 may be the same or different and is hydrogen or an alkyl group provided at least one R 5 is alkyl.
  • R 5 is derived from a poly- isobutylene having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 5000, and in other instances of 300 to 1000 and 400 to 700.
  • Significant amounts of di-or trinuclear species may also be present containing one or two salicylic end groups of formula (III).
  • the neutralized oligomeric reaction product of component (a)(i)(l) may be used alone or with other detergents.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent of the hydrocarbyl-substituted, carboxyl- substituted phenol of the component (a)(i)(3) is often alkyl and in one aspect derived from an olefin or a polyolefin.
  • the polyolefin may be prepared from ethylene, propylene, or a butylene such as isobutylene.
  • the olefin or polyolefin often contains 4 to 50 carbon atoms, in another aspect 6 to 40 carbon atoms and in yet another aspect 7 to 30 carbon atoms.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted, carboxyl-substituted phenol may be an alkyl-substituted salicylic acid which is generally available commercially as a metal salt or may be prepared by well known methods such as via the Kolbe-Schmidt reaction of carbon dioxide with an alkali metal phenolate salt.
  • hydrocarbyl substituent of the hydrocarbyl-substituted carboxyl- substituted phenylamine of component (a)(i)(4) is generally an alkyl group as described above for component (a)(i)(3).
  • An example of component (a)(i)(4) is an alkyl-substituted anthranilic acid.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent of the hydrocarbyl-substituted phenol of the oligomeric reaction product of (a)(i)(5) is generally an alkyl group as described above for component (a)(i)(3) and includes alkyl groups derived from polypro- pylenes such as an isopropylene tetramer.
  • the oligomeric reaction product of component (a)(i)(5) can be prepared by reacting an alkylphenol such as a dode- cylphenol and an aldehyde such as formaldehyde in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst or in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of a metal containing base as described in U. S. Patent No.
  • oligomeric reaction product of component (a)(i)(5) may be weakly acidic, it is advantageous to use a strong organic nitrogen-containing base such as a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide to neutralize component (a)(i)(5).
  • the organic nitrogen-containing base of the present invention may be (a)(ii)(l) an amino-containing imine, a reactive equivalent thereof, or mixtures thereof.
  • the amino-containing imine may be at least one selected from gua- nidine, aminoguanidine, 1,3-diaminoguanidine, formamidine, benzamidine, 3- or 4-aminobenzamidine, acetamidine, and reactive equivalents thereof.
  • Reactive equivalents of this imine may be salts of the imine with acids to include hydrogen chloride, carbonic acid, and carboxylic acids such as formic acid and acetic acid. Examples of reactive equivalents of the imines are guanidine carbonate, aminoguanidine bicarbonate, or acetamidine hydrogen chloride.
  • the organic nitrogen-containing base may be (a)(ii)(2) ammonia or a reactive equivalent thereof which may be a salt of ammonia with acids to include water, hydrogen chloride, carbonic acid, and carboxylic acids such as formic and acetic acid.
  • the monoamine of (a)(ii)(3) often includes a hydrocarbyl-substituted primary, secondary or tertiary monoamine or mixture thereof. Often the hydrocarbyl group is an alkyl group. Each hydrocarbyl group often contains 1 to 40 carbon atoms, in another aspect 4 to 30 carbon atoms and in yet another aspect 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • the hydrocarbyl group may be substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched and in one aspect the hydrocarbyl group is unsubstituted.
  • a suitable monoamine include methylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, butylamine, dibutylamine, triethylamine, hexyl- amine, dihexylamine, trihexylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, di(2-ethylhexyl)amine, tri(2-ethylhexyl)amine, nonylamine, dinonylamine, trinonylamine, dode- cylamine, didodecylamine, pentadecylamine, dipentadecylamine, tripentade- cylamine, octadecylamine, dioctadecylamine, trioctadecyl amine, and Prime
  • the polyamine of (a)(ii)(4) can contain two or more amino groups where each amino group can be a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group.
  • the polyamine of (a)(ii)(4) can be an alkylenediamine, a polyalkyleneporyamine such as a polyethylenepolyamine, or a mixture thereof.
  • Useful examples of poly- amines are ethylenedi amine, propylenediamine, 1,3-diaminopropane, N- methylethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tris(2-amino- ethyl) amine, and polyethylenepolyamine bottoms.
  • the nitrogen containing heterocycle of (a)(ii)(5) can include a heterocycle having an aromatic and/or nonaromatic ring system that includes one or more nitrogen atoms.
  • the ring system contains at least 5 or 6 atoms, although the ring systems may contain up to 15, in one aspect up to 12 and in yet another aspect up to 10 atoms.
  • the number of nitrogen atoms in the ring system is often from 1 to 5, in one aspect 1 to 4 and in yet another aspect 1 to 3.
  • the ring system may be substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched. In one aspect the ring system is unsubstituted.
  • the nitrogen containing heterocycle can include for example a pyrrole, a pyrrolidine, an imidazole, an imidazoline, a piperazine, a pyrazole, an oxazole, a pyridine, a piperidine, a pyrimidine, a purine, a benzotriazole, a 1,2,4-triazole, a quinoline, an isoquinoline, a carbazole or mixtures thereof.
  • the nitrogen containing heterocycle is selected from the group consisting of a pyrrole, an imidazole, an imidazoline, a pyrazole and mixtures thereof.
  • the aminoalcohol of (a)(ii)(6) can contain one or more hydroxyl groups and one or more amino groups.
  • the aminoalcohol in embodiments of this inven- tion can contain 1 to 6 or 1 to 3 hydroxyl groups, 1 to 8 or 1 to 2 amino groups, and 2 to 50 or 2 to 40 or 2 to 25 or 2 to 15 carbon atoms.
  • the aminoalcohol can be a monoalkanolamine, a dialkanolamine, a trialkanolamine or mixtures thereof.
  • the aminoalcohol can include for example ethanolamine, isopropanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, N,N-diethylethanolamine, N,N-dimethyletha- nolamine, N,N-dibutylethanolamine, 3-amino-l,2-propanediol, serinol, 2-amino- 2-methyl-l,3-propanediol, tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane, diisopropanol- amine, N-methyldiethanolamine, and 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol.
  • the organic nitrogen-containing base may be (a)(ii)(7) a tetraalkyl ammonium salt.
  • the tetraalkyl ammonium salt can have 4 or more carbon atoms.
  • the tetralkylammonium salt generally has a hydroxide anion or a reactive equivalent thereof to include a chloride, a carbonate, a bicarbonate, or a carboxylic acid anion such as formate or acetate.
  • the tetraalkyl ammonium salt can be for example tetramethylammonium hydroxide or hexadecyltrimethylammonium hydroxide.
  • the non-heterocyclic aromatic amine of (a)(ii)(8) can contain one or more amino groups attached to a hydrocarbon aromatic ring system where the amino groups and ring system can be substituted or not substituted.
  • the non- heterocyclic aromatic amine can include aminophenols, alkyl substituted amino- phenols, phenylenediamines, and N-substituted phenylenedi amines.
  • the amine of (a)(ii)(8) can include for example aniline, 1,4-phenylenediamine, N-phenyl- 1,4-phenylenediamine, N,N-dimethyl- 1,4-phenylenediamine, and 2-amino-p- cresol.
  • the sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) is a reaction product of (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) or (a)(i)(3) or (a)(i)(4) or (a)(i)(5) or mixtures thereof and (a)(ii)(l).
  • the sulphur free reaction product is formed from (a)(i)(l) or (a)(i)(2) and (a)(ii)(l).
  • the sulphur free reaction product is formed from (a)(i)(l) and (a)(ii)(l).
  • the sulphur free reaction product formed by reacting one or more members of component (a)(i) and an amino-containing imine of component (a)(ii)(l) is useful in the oil containing composition and methods of this invention.
  • An oil of lubricating viscosity can be added to the sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of the present invention to form a composition which can be a lubricant composition such as an engine oil for an internal combustion engine.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity can be a natural oil, a synthetic oil, or a mixture thereof.
  • Natural oils can include animal oils, plant oils, mineral oils from petroleum or coal or shale sources, and mixtures thereof.
  • Mineral oils can include unrefined, refined and re-refined oils and mixtures thereof. Refined and re-refined mineral oils can include the American Petroleum Institute (API) Group I, II and III base oils.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity can include for example API Group III base oils such as NexbaseTM 3050, NexbaseTM 3043, YubaseTM 4, YubaseTM 6, YurongTM 150N, YurongTM 500N and ShellTM XHVI 5.2.
  • Synthetic oils can include olefin polymers such as poly(alpha-olefin)s and hydrogenated poly(alpha-olefin)s, alkylated aromatics such as dodecylbenzene, carboxylic acid esters, and hydrocarbons from a gas-to-liquid process such as the Fischer-Tropsch process.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity can be present in the composition of the present invention on a weight basis at up to 99.99%, and in other embodiments at up to 99%, 95%, 90% or 80%.
  • Other Performance Additives can be present in the composition of the present invention on a weight basis at up to 99.99%, and in other embodiments at up to 99%, 95%, 90% or
  • the composition of the present invention which contains the reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) can include other performance additives.
  • the other performance additives can include metal deactivators such as benzotriazole derivatives, detergents such as sulphonates and phenates and carboxylates neutralized or overbased with metal bases, dispersants such as Mannich bases and succinimides generally prepared from polyisobutylenes having a number average molecular weight of 300 to 3000, antioxidants such as alkylated di- phenylamines and hindered phenols and hindered phenol derivatives and mix- tures thereof, antiwear agents to include zinc dialkyl dithiophosphates, corrosion inhibitors, antiscuffing agents, extreme pressure agents, foam inhibitors including silicone oils, demulsifiers, friction modifiers including amide and ester derivatives of fatty carboxylic acids, viscosity modifiers to include various polymeric viscosity index improvers and pour point depressants, seal swell agents,
  • composition of the present invention which comprises a sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) or the sulphur free reaction product and an oil of lubricating viscosity, can further comprise at least one other performance additive as described above, and in another embodiment of the invention can comprise at least one other performance additive selected from the group consisting of dispersants antioxidants, foam inhibitors, demulsifiers, friction modifiers, and viscosity modifiers.
  • the other performance additive or additives can be present on a weight basis in a composition of the present invention at 0 to 30%, and in other embodiments can be present at 0.0001 to 30%, at 0.001 to 20%, or at 0.001 to 15%.
  • the invention further provides a process for the preparation of a composition comprising:
  • step (b) optionally holding the product of step (a) under vacuum; and (c) adding the product of step (a) or (b) to an oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • the reaction may be run using an oil of lubricating viscosity, water, alcohols, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene or xylene, or a mixture thereof to serve as a diluent and/or solvent.
  • Solvents can be added anytime during the reaction process of steps (a) and (b).
  • Diluents such as an oil can be added anytime before, during or after the reaction process.
  • step (a) reactants (a)(i) and (a)(ii) can be combined and then the combination heated and stirred to form a product or a reactant can be heated and stirred and a second reactant added to the first reactant followed by heating and stirring to form a product.
  • reaction time is 30 seconds to 48 hours, in one aspect 2 minutes to 24 hours, in another aspect 5 minutes to 16 hours and in yet another aspect 10 minutes to 8 hours often at pressures of 86 kPa to 266 kPa (645 mm Hg to 2000 mm Hg), in one aspect 91 kPa to 200 kPa (690 mm Hg to 1500 mm Hg), and in another aspect 95 kPa to 133 kPa (715 mm Hg to 1000 mm Hg).
  • the vacuum is often at pressures of 1 kPa to 85 kPa (7 mm Hg to 638 mm Hg), in one aspect 4 kPa to 70 kPa (30 mm Hg to 526 mm Hg) and in another aspect 6 kPa to 60 kPa (45 mm Hg to 450 mm Hg) for a period of time sufficient to substantially remove solvent and reaction by-products such as water.
  • the process optionally includes mixing other performance additives as described above at the end of step (a) and/or the end of step (b) or at any point during or after step (c).
  • An embodiment of the invention is a product prepared by the above described process of preparation comprising step (a) and optional steps (b) and
  • the composition of the present invention comprises the sulphur free reaction product and an oil of lubricating viscosity it can be termed an additive composition.
  • this additive composition is combined with other performance additives the combination can be termed a concentrate composition although a concentrate composition can contain a single additive.
  • the additive composition or concentrate composition can be further diluted with an oil to form a lubricant composition, such as an engine oil for an internal combustion engine, containing an additive or additives at a level sufficient to provide satisfactory performance.
  • the oil level in an additive or concentrate composition for fluidity and handleability purposes will generally be on a weight basis 10 to 90%, and in other instances be 20 to 80%, or 30 to 70%.
  • composition of the present invention is useful in an internal combustion engine including a spark-ignited engine or a compression-ignited engine.
  • Suitable examples of an engine include a diesel fuelled engine, a gasoline fuelled engine, a natural gas fuelled engine or a mixed gasoline/alcohol fuelled engine.
  • the engine may contain an exhaust treatment device.
  • composition of the present invention comprising a sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) may or may not include metal containing detergents and can be present in sufficient amount to provide detergent perform- ance to an internal combustion engine where the detergent performance can include neutralizing acids, preventing corrosion , removing deposits, suspending deposits and deposit precursors, preventing wear, preventing oxidation, improving exhaust emissions (since the sulphur free reaction product contributes no sulphur or phosphorus and at most only minor amounts of sulphated ash to the composition), or combinations thereof.
  • a method for lubricating an internal combustion engine comprises supplying to the engine a composition comprising the sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii), and in another embodiment the supplied composition has a reduced level of sulphur, phosphorus and sulphated ash as described below.
  • a method to provide detergent performance to an internal combustion engine comprises supplying to the engine a composition comprising the sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii), in another embodiment where the composition supplied to the engine has a reduced level of sulphur and phosphorus and sulphated ash as described below, and in a still another embodiment where the reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) contributes no sulphur, no phosphorus, and a minor amount of to no sulphated ash to the composition supplied to the engine.
  • An embodiment of the invention is a use of the composition of the invention comprising the sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) for imparting to an internal combustion engine one or more properties selected from the group consisting of improved engine cleanliness, decreased oxidation, decreased wear, decreased emissions and decreased poisoning of exhaust emission catalysts, and in another embodiment of the use the composition has reduced levels of sulphur, phosphorus and sulphated ash as described below.
  • a further embodiment of this invention is a use of the composition comprising the sulphur free reaction product of (a)(i) and (a)(ii) for imparting to an internal combustion engine an improvement in one or more performance properties selected from the group consisting of cleanliness, wear and exhaust emissions, and in another embodiment of the use the composition has reduced levels of sulphur, phosphorus and sulphated ash as described below.
  • the composition has a total sulphur content below 0.5 wt %, in one aspect below 0.3 wt %, in another aspect below 0.1 wt % and in yet another aspect near 0 wt %.
  • the major source of sulphur in the composition of the invention is derived from diluent oil.
  • the diluent oil is used in the manufacturing processes used for preparing many known additives such as detergents or dispersants.
  • the composition of the invention often have a sulphur content of 700 ppm or less, in one aspect 600 ppm or less, in another aspect 300 ppm or less, in yet another aspect 100 ppm or less and in yet another aspect 50 ppm or less such as less than 30 ppm, 25 ppm or less, 20 ppm or less and 15 ppm or less.
  • the sulphur content of the composition is often increased by up to 800 ppm, in one aspect up to 600 ppm and in another aspect up to 400 ppm, for instance about 200 ppm or about 300 ppm.
  • the sulphur is present from 1 ppm or 10 ppm to 50 ppm or 200 ppm.
  • the composition is free of sulphur excluding sulphur derived from diluent oil.
  • the composition has a total phosphorus content below 0.1 wt %, in one aspect below 0.085 wt %, in another aspect below 0.07 wt %, in yet another aspect below 0.055 wt % and in yet another aspect below 0.05 wt % of the composition, such as 200 ppm or less, in one aspect 100 ppm or less, in another aspect 50 ppm or less and in yet another aspect 10 ppm or less.
  • the phosphorus is present from 1 ppm or 10 ppm to 50 ppm or 200 ppm. In one embodiment of the invention the composition is free of phosphorus. Often the composition has a total sulphated ash content below 1.5 wt %, in one aspect below 1.1 wt %, in another aspect below 1.0 wt %, in yet another aspect below 0.08 wt % and in yet another aspect below 0.05 wt % of the composition, such as 0.04 wt % or less, 0.03 wt % or less or 0.02 wt % or less. In one embodiment of the invention the composition contains ash present from 0.01 wt % to 0.03 wt %.
  • a pressure equalising dropping funnel Via a pressure equalising dropping funnel, 3.4 g of 50% aqueous KOH (0.030 mole, 0.04 eq) is added all at once. The materials are heated to 75°C followed by addition over 0.5 hour via a pressure equalising dropping funnel, 81.6 g 37% aqueous formaldehyde (formalin) (1.01 moles, 1.367 eq) followed by heating at 75°C for 2 hours until free formaldehyde measures less than 2% (by titration). To the reaction is charged 51.6 g salicylic acid (0.374 mole, 0.51 eq) and the reaction is heated to 140°C as quickly as possible (0.3 hour) while controlling reflux, draining water of reaction via a Dean Stark trap.
  • formalin formaldehyde
  • Preparative Example B Preparation of PIB Phenol-Formal dehyde-3, 5- Dihydroxybenzoic acid
  • the process is the same as Preparative Example A except, 415.5g of polyisobutenyl phenol derived from high vinylidene polyisobutylene with a number average molecular weight of 550 (GLISSOPALO550 commercially available from BASF) is used, 290 g mineral oil (SN150) and 50.5g of 3,5- dihydroxybenzoic acid is used instead of salicylic acid.
  • Preparative Example C Preparation of PIB Phenol-Formaldehyde-4- Hydroxybenzoic Acid
  • the process is the same as Preparative Example A except, 200g polyisobutenyl phenol derived from high vinylidene polyisobutylene with a number average molecular weight of 550 (GLISSOPAL®550 commercially available from BASF) is used, 306 g mineral oil (SN150) and 14.1 g of anthranilic acid instead of salicylic acid. Furthermore after the addition of anthranilic acid is carried out at 70°C (instead of 75°C used in preparative example A) followed by the addition of 85g of xylene.
  • GLISSOPAL®550 commercially available from BASF
  • Preparative Example E Preparation of Dodecyl Phenol-Formaldehyde Salicylic acid The process is the same as Preparative Example A except, 346 g dodecylphenol (propylene tetramer derived, 1.32 moles, 1 equivalent (eq)); 95.6 g salicylic acid (0.69 mole, 0.52 eq); 226.9 g of 36.7% by weight formaldehyde in water (formalin) (1.70 moles, 1.356 eq); 45 g 25% aqueous ammonia (0.65 mole, 0.5 eq), and 500 g toluene (solvent) are used. A more detailed description of the reaction process is given in Example 1 of International Publication WO03/018728, page 22.
  • Example 1 Phenol-Formal dehyde-Salicylic Acid and Aminoguanidine Bicarbonate
  • Example 4 Phenol-Formaldehyde-Salicylic Acid and Ethanolamine 300g of the product from Preparative Example A is heated to 85°C in a 1 litre flask fitted with a stirrer, a thermocouple and a nitrogen feed. The flask is then charged dropwise over 10 minutes with 20. lg of ethanolamine. The flask is then heated to 145°C for 5 hours. The product is vacuumed stripped at 140°C/100 mm Hg (equivalent to 13kPa) until excess amine is removed. The product has a TBN of 26.8 mg KOH/g sample.
  • Example 5 Phenol-Formaldehyde-Salicylic Acid and Diethanolamine
  • Example 4 The process is the same as Example 4 except 500 g of the product of Preparative Example A and 92.1 g diethanolamine is used instead of ethanolamine. The product has a TBN of 78.5 mg KOH/g sample.
  • Example 6 Phenol-Formaldehyde-Salicylic Acid and Triethanolamine The process is the same as Example 4 except 49.3 g triethanolamine is used instead of ethanolamine. The product has a TBN of 51.3 mg KOH g sample.
  • Example 7 Alkylsalicylate and Triethanolamine
  • Viscosity @ 100°C 61 mm /s (or cSt).
  • Example 8 The process is the same as Example 8, except 25.2 g of the product of Prepara- tive Example C is used instead of the product of preparative example 2.
  • Example 8 The process is the same as Example 8, except 13.2g of the product of Prepara- tive Example D is used instead of the product of Preparative Example B.
  • the product has a TBN of 19.2 mg KOH/g sample and Kinematic Viscosity @
  • Example 11 Product of Preparative Example C and Guanidine Bicarbonate
  • 117 g of the product of Preparative Example C is heated to 80°C in a 500 ml flask fitted with a stirrer, a thermocouple and a nitrogen line. The flask is then charged with 6 g of water and 3.8 g of guanidine bicarbonate is added dropwise over a period of 20 minutes. 27 g of diluent oil is added before increasing the temperature to 90°C for 10 minutes followed by heating to 90°C for 10 minutes.
  • the flask is then heated to 100°C for 10 minutes followed by heating to 120°C for 20 minutes and finally heated to 130°C for 90 minutes.
  • the flask is then vacuum stripped for up to 2 hours at 130°C/100 mm Hg (equivalent to 13kPa).
  • the product has a TBN of 8.3 mg KOH/g sample and Kinematic Viscosity @
  • Example 12 Product of Preparative Example E and Guanidine Bicarbonate The process is the same as Example 12, except 11 g of guanidine bicarbonate,
  • Example 14 Phenol-Formal dehyde-Salicylic Acid and Polyamine 500 g of the product from Preparative Example A, 11.9 g of calcium hydroxide are heated to 80°C in a 1 litre flask fitted with a stirrer, a thermocouple and a nitrogen feed. The flask is then charged with 20.3 g of triethylenetetraamine. The flask is then charged with an excess of 260 g of carbon dioxide added via a sparge tube. The flask is then heated to 160°C in 5°C increments. The product is vacuumed stripped at 160°C/338 mm Hg (equivalent to 45kPa) for 30 min- utes. The product has a TBN of 81 mg KOH/g and a nitrogen content of 1.2 wt %.
  • Example 15 Phenol-Formaldehyde-Salicylic Acid and Guanidine Carbonate
  • the process is the same as example 1 except 404 g of the product of Preparative Example A is mixed with 103 g of toluene and 127 g of guanidine carbonate.
  • the product has a TBN of 29 mg KOH/g and a nitrogen content of 2.3 wt %.
  • Reference Example 1 Oil of Lubricating Viscosity
  • An oil of lubricating viscosity is prepared with (a) 42.5 g of NexbaseTM 3050 oil, (b) 34.4 g of NexbaseTM 3043 oil, (c) on an oil free basis 0.4 g of an amine dispersant viscosity modifier, (d) on an oil free basis 2.8 g of polyisobutylene succinimide dispersants, (e) 5 g of antioxidants including a diphenylamine and a hindered phenol, (f) 0.7 g of an olefin copolymer viscosity modifier and (g) a glycerol monooleate friction modifier.
  • the composition contains 0 wt % of calcium, 0 wt % of phosphorus, 0 wt % of sulphur and 0 wt % of zinc.
  • Invention Lubricating Oil Compositions A number of lubricating oil compositions are prepared using 5 g of the product of Examples 1-13 mixed into the oil of lubricating viscosity derived from Reference Example 1. The lubricating oil composition formed containing Example 1 is titled “Lubricating Oil Composition Example 1", Example 2 is titled “Lubricating Oil Composition Example 2", etc. to Example 13, titled “Lubricating Oil Composition Example 13".
  • the composition has a KV100 of 13.11 mm 2 /s (or cSt) and a sulphated ash content of 0 wt %.
  • Lubricating Oil Composition Example 14 is prepared by adding on an oil free basis 1.96 wt % of the product of Example 14 to a lubricating oil composition containing (a) on an oil free basis 6.45 wt % of dispersant, (b) on an oil free basis 1.83 wt % of detergent, (c) 3.15 wt % of antioxidants including a di- phenylamine and a hindered phenol, (d) 0.76 wt % of zinc dialkyl dithiophos- phate and (e) 85.85 wt % of a API Group II JurongTM oil (69 wt % of the oil is JurongTM 150N base oil and 31 wt% JurongTM 500N base oil) of lubricating viscosity.
  • Reference Example 2 Top Tier European Passenger Car Oil Formulation Reference Example 2 is a successful European top tier passenger car oil formulation containing zinc dithiophosphate.
  • the elemental analysis of the oil formulation indicates a calcium content of 3307 ppm, a phosphorus content of 889 ppm, a sulphur content of 2645 ppm and a zinc content of 959 ppm.
  • the oil formulation has a KV100 of 11.3 mm 2 /s (or cSt) and sulphated ash content of 1.26 wt %.
  • Reference Example 3 is the same lubricating oil composition as Lubricating Oil
  • Test 1 HFRR of Lubricating Oil Composition Examples 1-13 and Reference Examples 1-2
  • Examples 1-13 and Reference Examples 1-2 are evaluated for wear performance in a programmed temperature high frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) available from PCS Instruments.
  • HFRR conditions for the evaluations are 200 g load, 75 minute duration, 1000 micrometer stroke, 20 hertz frequency, and temperature profile of 15 minutes at 40°C followed by an increase in temperature to 160°C at a rate of 2°C per minute. Wear scar in micrometers and film formation as percent film thickness were then measured with lower wear scar values and higher film formation values indicating improved wear performance.
  • the percent film thickness is based on the measurement of electrical potential between an upper and a lower metal test plate in the HFRR. When the film thickness is 100%, there is a high electrical potential for the full length of the 1000 micrometre stroke, suggesting no metal to metal contact.
  • Example 14 and Reference Example 3 are treated with 1 wt % cumene hydroperoxide.
  • the examples are then evaluated using the HFRR conditions a 500 g load, 75 minute duration, 1000 micrometer stroke, 20 hertz frequency, and isothermal temperature profile at 105°C.
  • the wear scar and film formation results obtained are presented in Table 2.
  • Table 2 Wear Scar and Film Formation Data
  • Example 14 has on average a better antiwear result compared with Reference Example 3.
  • Test 3 Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • PDSC Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • CEC Coordinating European Council
  • the Komatsu Hot Tube Test uses glass tubes placed through aluminum heater block and heated to 280°C with an air flow of 10 cc/min and an oil flow of 0.31 cc/hr. The sample is pumped via a syringe pump through the glass tube for 16 hours. At end of test, the tubes are rinsed and weighed. The tube is also rated visually, using a 0-10 scale with 0 being a black tube and 10 a clean tube. The results obtained are:
  • composition of the invention improves engine cleanliness, decreases oxidation, decreases wear, decreases emissions and decreases poisoning of exhaust emission catalysts.
  • documents referred to above are incorporated herein by reference. Except in the Examples, or where otherwise explicitly indicated, all numerical quantities in this description specifying amounts of materials, reaction conditions, molecular weights, number of carbon atoms, and the like, are to be understood as modified by the word "about.” Unless otherwise indicated, each chemical or composition referred to herein should be interpreted as being a commercial grade material which may contain the isomers, by-products, derivatives, and other such materials which are normally understood to be present in the commercial grade.
  • each chemical component is presented exclusive of any solvent or diluent oil, which may be customarily present in the commercial material, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the upper and lower amount, range, and ratio limits set forth herein may be independently combined. Similarly, the ranges and amounts for each element of the invention may be used together with ranges or amounts for any of the other elements. As used herein, the expression “consisting essentially of” permits the inclusion of substances that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the composition under consideration.

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L'invention a trait à une composition qui comprend un produit de réaction exempt de soufre de : (a)(i) un composé aromatique substitué par hydrocarbyle, qui contient un groupe acide sélectionné parmi un groupe carboxylique, un groupe hydroxyle et des mélanges de ces derniers ; et (a)(ii) une base contenant de l'azote organique, que l'on a fait réagir avec le groupe acide. La composition selon l'invention est obtenue par l'intermédiaire d'un processus préparatoire, et est avantageusement utilisée dans un procédé de lubrification d'un moteur à combustion interne, le lubrifiant présentant des niveaux réduits de soufre, de phosphore et de cendres sulfatées.
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