EP3149123A2 - Gekoppelte quarternäre ammoniaksalze - Google Patents

Gekoppelte quarternäre ammoniaksalze

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EP3149123A2
EP3149123A2 EP15744719.4A EP15744719A EP3149123A2 EP 3149123 A2 EP3149123 A2 EP 3149123A2 EP 15744719 A EP15744719 A EP 15744719A EP 3149123 A2 EP3149123 A2 EP 3149123A2
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Paul R. Stevenson
James H. Bush
David J. Moreton
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  • the present technology is related to coupled quaternary ammonium salts, and the use of such coupled quaternary ammonium salts in fuel and lubricant compositions to improve the water shedding performance of the compositions.
  • the invention further relates to a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine with the lubricant composition for at least one of antiwear, friction, detergency, dispersancy, and/or corrosion control performance.
  • demulsifiers can be added to fuel or crude oil formulations, whether in the pipeline, at the pump or as an aftermarket additive. While demulsifiers can assist in the water shedding process, it would be desirable to provide a new detergent molecule that provides improved water shedding or demulsification performance.
  • Coupled quaternary ammonium salts when blended into diesel fuel, provide improved demulsification and/or engine performance compared to quaternary ammonium salts that are not so coupled.
  • the present technology provides a composition comprising a coupled quaternary ammonium salt ("coupled quat").
  • the quaternary ammonium salt itself can be the reaction product of (a) a quaternizable compound and (b) a quaternizing agent capable of coupling more than one quaternizable compound of (a).
  • the quaternizable compound can be the reaction product of (i) a hydrocarbyl- substituted acylating agent, and (ii) a nitrogen containing compound having an oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of reacting with said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, and further having at least one quaternizable amino group.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituent of the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent can have a number average molecular weight of greater than 100, such as, for example, from about 100 to about 5000 (M n ).
  • M n number average molecular weight
  • the number average molecular weight (M n ) may be measured using gel permeation chromatography (GPC) based on polystyrene standards.
  • the ratio of the quaternizable compound of (a) to the quaternizing agent of (b) can be from about 2: 1 to about 1 : 1.
  • the quaternizing agent can be chosen from polyepoxides, polyhalides, epoxy-halides, aromatic polyesters, and mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizable amino group can be a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent can be polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride or polyisobutenyl succinic acid.
  • the reaction to prepare the quaternizable compound of (a) can be carried out at a temperature of greater than 80, or 90, or 100 °C.
  • the water of reaction, or water produced during the condensation reaction can be removed.
  • the reaction to prepare the quaternizable compound of (a) can be carried out at a temperature of less than 80 °C.
  • the coupled quat may be an imide containing quaternary ammonium salt. In an embodiment, the coupled quat may be an amide or ester containing quaternary ammonium salt.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a dialkyl sulfate, an alkyl halide, a hydrocarbyl substituted carbonate, a hydrocarbyl epoxide, a carboxylate, alkyl esters, or mixtures thereof. In some cases the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide and in some cases a C 4 to C 14 epoxide or an alcohol functionalized epoxide. In some cases the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide in combination with an acid. In some cases the quaternizing agent can be an oxalate or terephthalate.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of a protic solvent.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of a protic solvent, such as 2-ethylhexanol, water, or mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of an acid.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of an acid separate from the acid group present on the acylating agent.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of the acid group present in the structure of the acylating agent.
  • the compositions comprising the coupled quats described above can further include at least one other additive.
  • the at least one other additive can be a detergent, a demulsifier, or a mixture thereof.
  • the at least one other additive can be at least one non-quaternized hydrocarbyl- substituted succinic acid.
  • the at least one other additive can be at least one hydrocarbyl-substituted quaternary ammonium salt.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituent can be a polyisobutylene having a molecular weight of 100 to 5000.
  • the at least one other additive can be at least one Mannich compound.
  • a further aspect of the present technology includes a composition having a coupled quat as described herein, and further having a fuel that is liquid at room temperature.
  • the fuel can be a diesel fuel.
  • a further aspect of the present technology includes a composition having coupled quat as described herein, and further having an oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • a still further aspect of the present technology provides a method of operating an internal combustion engine.
  • the method can include the steps of (a) supplying to the engine a fuel composition and (b) operating said engine.
  • the fuel composition employed in the foregoing method can include (i) a fuel which is liquid at room temperature, and (ii) a composition comprising a coupled quat as described herein.
  • the method of operating an internal combustion engine can include the steps of (a) supplying a lubricating oil composition to the crankcase of the engine and (b) operating said engine.
  • the lubricating oil composition can include (i) oil of lubricating viscosity, and (ii) a composition comprising coupled quat as described herein.
  • Embodiments of the present technology may provide the use of a coupled quat for at least one of antiwear performance, friction modification (particularly for enhancing fuel economy), detergent performance (particularly deposit control or varnish control), dispersancy (particularly soot control or sludge control), or corrosion control.
  • a further embodiment of the present technology provides a method of improving water shedding performance of a fuel composition.
  • the method includes employing in a fuel which is liquid at room temperature a composition containing a coupled quat as described herein.
  • composition containing a coupled quat as described herein to provide improved water shedding performance in a fuel that is liquid at room temperature.
  • a composition comprising a coupled amine containing quaternary ammonium salt ("coupled quat"), wherein the coupled quat comprises the reaction product of a quaternizable compound and a quaternizing agent is disclosed.
  • the quaternizable compound maybe the reaction product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent having a hydrocarbyl-substituent with a number average molecular weight ranging from 100 to 5000, and a nitrogen containing compound having an oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of reacting with the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent.
  • the nitrogen containing compound has at least one quaternizable amino group.
  • the quaternizing agent may be capable of coupling more than one quaternizable compound.
  • the composition comprising a coupled amine containing quaternary ammonium salt may be the reaction product of a quaternizable compound and a quaternizing agent.
  • the quaternizable compound may be the reaction product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, wherein the hydrocarbyl-substituent of the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent has a number average molecular weight ranging from 100 to 5000 and a nitrogen containing compound having an oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of reacting with at least two equivalents of said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agents and further having at least one quaternizable amino group.
  • composition comprising a coupled amine containing quaternary ammonium salt ("coupled amine quat”), wherein the coupled amine quat comprises the reaction product of either reaction disclosed above.
  • coupled amine quat comprises the reaction product of either reaction disclosed above.
  • ratio of the quaternizable compound to the quaternizing agent may range from 2: 1 to 1 : 1.
  • the at least one quaternizable amino group may be a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group.
  • the nitrogen containing compound containing the at least one quaternizable amine group may be a polyamine or polyol.
  • the nitrogen containing compound may be 3,3'-diamino-N- methyldipropylamine .
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent comprises at least one polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride or polyisobutenyl succinic acid.
  • the quaternizing agent may comprise at least one polyepoxide, polyhalides, epoxy halides, aromatic polyesters, or mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent may be a di-epoxide or alkyl di-halide.
  • the quaternizing agent may be 1 ,4-butanediol diglycidylether, or bisphenol- A-diglycidylether.
  • reaction of the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and the nitrogen containing compound may be carried out at a temperature of greater than 80 °C. In yet another embodiment, the reaction may be carried out at a temperature of less than 80 °C.
  • the quaternizing agent may be employed in the presence of a protic solvent.
  • the protic solvent may comprise 2- ethylhexanol, water, and mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent may be employed in the presence of an acid.
  • the acid may be present in the structure of the acylating agent.
  • composition comprising a coupled quat as described above may also comprise at least one other additive.
  • the at least one other additive may comprise a detergent, a dispersant, a demulsifier, a lubricity agent, a cold flow improver, an antioxidant, or a mixture thereof.
  • the additive may comprise at least one hydrocarbyl- substituted succinic acid.
  • the additive may comprise at least one hydrocarbyl-substituted quaternary ammonium salt.
  • the at least one other additive may comprise at least one detergent/dispersant that is an amphiphilic substance which possess at least one hydrophobic hydrocarbon radical with a number average molecular weight of 100 to 10000 and at least one polar moiety selected from (i) Mono- or polyamino groups having up to 6 nitrogen atoms, at least one nitrogen atom having basic properties; (ii) Hydroxyl groups in combination with mono or polyamino groups, at least one nitrogen atoms having basic properties; (v) Polyoxy-C 2 to C 4 alkylene moieties terminated by hydroxyl groups, mono- or polyamino groups, at least one nitrogen atom having basic properties, or by carbamate groups; (vii) Moieties derived from succinic anhydride and having hydroxyl and/or
  • the composition comprising a coupled quat as described above may also comprise a gasoline or diesel fuel that is liquid at room temperature.
  • the fuel may have at least one of a low number average molecular weight soap, a low number average molecular weight polyisobutylene succinimide (PIBSI), or a mixture thereof.
  • PIBSI low number average molecular weight polyisobutylene succinimide
  • the fuel may comprise a low number average molecular weight soap with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 340.
  • the fuel composition may comprise from 0.01 to 25 ppm of a metal and from 1 to 12 ppm of a corrosion inhibitor.
  • the corrosion inhibitor may be an alkenyl succinic acid comprising at least one of dodecenyl succinic acid (DDSA), hexadecenyl succinic acid (HDSA), or mixtures thereof.
  • the fuel may comprise a PIBSI with a low number average molecular weight M n of less than 400.
  • composition comprising a coupled quat as described above further comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • a method of operating an internal combustion engine comprising is also disclosed.
  • the method may comprise supplying a fuel to the engine and operating the engine.
  • the fuel may be a liquid at room temperature and have a composition comprising a coupled quat as described above therein.
  • a method of operating an internal combustion engine comprising supplying an oil of lubricating viscosity to a crankcase of the engine and operating the engine.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity may have a composition comprising a coupled quat as described above therein.
  • the oil of lubricating viscosity may have a total sulfated ash content of less than 1 wt% and/or a phosphorus content of less than 0.11 wt%.
  • a method of reducing and/or preventing injector deposits may comprise supplying a gasoline or diesel fuel to a fuel injection of an engine and operating the engine.
  • the fuel may be a liquid at room temperature and have a composition comprising a coupled quat as described above therein.
  • the fuel may comprise a low number average molecular weight soap, a low number average molecular weight polyisobutylene succinimide (PIBSI), or mixtures thereof.
  • the fuel may comprise a low number average molecular weight soap with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 340.
  • the fuel may comprise from 0.01 to 25 ppm of a metal and from 1 to 12 ppm of a corrosion inhibitor.
  • the corrosion inhibitor may be an alkenyl succinic acid comprising at least one of dodecenyl succinic acid (DDSA), hexadecenyl succinic acid (HDSA), or mixtures thereof.
  • the fuel may comprise a PIBSI with a low number average molecular weight M n of less than 400.
  • the engine may comprise a high pressure common rail injector system.
  • the use of a composition comprising a coupled quat as described above to reduce and/or prevent internal deposits in an engine operated with a gas or diesel fuel is disclosed.
  • the engine may comprise a high pressure common rail injector system.
  • the deposits may be internal diesel injector deposits (IDID) deposits.
  • FIG. 1 shows the demulsification test results of an embodiment of the disclosed technology.
  • FIG. 2 shows the CEC F-23-01 XUD-9 test results of an embodiment of the disclosed technology.
  • Coupled Amine Containing Quaternary Ammonium Salt (“Coupled Quat")
  • the production of a quaternary ammonium salt generally results in a mixture of compounds including a quaternary ammonium salt or salts, and this mixture may be difficult to define apart from the process steps employed to produce the quaternary ammonium salt. Further, the process by which a quaternary ammonium salt is produced can be influential in imparting distinctive structural characteristics to the final quaternary ammonium salt product that can affect the properties of the quaternary ammonium salt product.
  • the coupled quats of the present technology may be described as a reaction product of (a) a quaternizable compound, and (b) a quaternizing agent capable of coupling more than one quaternizable compound of (a).
  • Reference to quaternary ammonium salts or coupled amine quats herein includes reference to the mixture of compounds including the quaternary ammonium salt or salts as described herein, as well as referring to the quaternary ammonium salt itself.
  • the quaternizable compound of (a) employed to prepare the coupled quat itself may be the reaction product of (i) a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, and (ii) a nitrogen containing compound.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent of (a)(i) can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of an acylating agent functionalized with a hydrocarbyl-substituent having a number average molecular weight of from 100 to 5000.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent of (a)(i) can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of an acylating agent functionalized with a hydrocarbyl-substituent having a number average molecular weight of from 300 to
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent of (a)(i) can comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of an acylating agent functionalized with a hydrocarbyl-substituent having a number average molecular weight of from 1300 to 3000.
  • the number average molecular weight of the materials described herein is measured using gas permeation chromatography (GPC) using a Waters GPC 2000 equipped with a refractive index detector and Waters EmpowerTM data acquisition and analysis software.
  • the columns are polystyrene (PLgel, 5 micron, available from Agilent/Polymer Laboratories, Inc.).
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  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent employed to prepare the quaternizable compound can be the reaction product of the precursor to the hydrocarbyl- substituent, which is a long chain hydrocarbon, generally a polyolefm, with a monounsaturated carboxylic acid reactant such as (i) ⁇ , ⁇ -monounsaturated C 4 to Cio dicarboxylic acid such as fumaric acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid.; (ii) derivatives of (i) such as anhydrides or Ci to C 5 alcohol derived mono- or di-esters of (i); (iii) ⁇ , ⁇ - monounsaturated C3 to Ciomonocarboxylic acid such as acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.; or (iv) derivatives of (iii) such as Ci to C5 alcohol derived esters of (iii).
  • a monounsaturated carboxylic acid reactant such as (i) ⁇ , ⁇ -monounsaturated C 4 to
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituent is a long chain hydrocarbyl group.
  • the hydrocarbyl group can have a number average molecular weight (M n ) of from 100 or 300 to 5000, or from 500 to 2500.
  • the M n of the hydrocarbyl group can also be from 1300 to 3000.
  • the M n of the hydrocarbyl-substituent can also be from 1500 to 2800 or 2900, or from 1700 to 2700, or from 1900 to 2600, or 2000 to 2500.
  • the M n can be from 300 to 750.
  • the M n of the hydrocarbyl-substituent can also be from 350 to 700, and in some cases from 400 to 600 or 650.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituent may have a number average molecular weight of 550, or 1000, or 2300.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituent can be any compound containing an olefmic bond represented by the general formula:
  • R 1 )(R 2 )C C(R 6 )(CH(R 7 )(R 8 )) (I) wherein each of R 1 and R 2 is, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbon based group.
  • R 6 , R 7 and R 8 is, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbon based group; preferably at least one is a hydrocarbon based group containing at least 20 carbon atoms.
  • Olefin polymers for reaction with the monounsaturated carboxylic acids can include polymers comprising a major molar amount of C2 to C20, e.g. C2 to C5 monoolefin.
  • Such olefins include ethylene, propylene, butylene, isobutylene, pentene, octene-1, or styrene.
  • the polymers can be homopolymers 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.
  • copolymers include those in which a minor molar amount of the copolymer monomers e.g., 1 to 10 mole % is a C 4 to Ci8 diolefm, e.g., a copolymer of isobutylene and butadiene; or a copolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1,4-hexadiene.
  • a minor molar amount of the copolymer monomers e.g., 1 to 10 mole % is a C 4 to Ci8 diolefm, e.g., a copolymer of isobutylene and butadiene; or a copolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1,4-hexadiene.
  • At least one R of formula (I) is derived from polybutene, that is, polymers of C4 olefins, including 1-butene, 2-butene and isobutylene.
  • C4 polymers can include polyisobutylene.
  • at least one R of formula (I) is derived from ethylene-alpha olefin polymers, including ethylene -propylene-diene polymers.
  • Ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers and ethylene-lower olefm-diene terpolymers are described in numerous patent documents, including European patent publication EP 0 279 863 and the following United States patents: 3,598,738; 4,026,809; 4,032,700; 4,137,185; 4,156,061; 4,320,019; 4,357,250; 4,658,078; 4,668,834; 4,937,299; 5,324,800 each of which are incorporated herein by reference for relevant disclosures of these ethylene based polymers.
  • the olefmic bonds of formula (I) are predominantly vinylidene groups, represented by the following formulas:
  • R is a hydro carbyl group
  • R is a hydrocarbyl group.
  • the vinylidene content of formula (I) can comprise at least 30 mole % vinylidene groups, at least 50 mole % vinylidene groups, or at least 70 mole % vinylidene groups.
  • Such material and methods for preparing them are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,071,919; 5,137,978; 5,137,980; 5,286,823, 5,408,018, 6,562,913, 6,683,138, 7,037,999 and U.S. Publication Nos.
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent may be a "conventional" vinylidene polyisobutylene (PIB) wherein less than 20% of the head groups are vinylidene head groups as measured by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
  • the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent may be a mid- vinylidene PIB or a high- vinylidene PIB. In mid- vinylidene PIBs, the percentage of head groups that are vinylidene groups can range from greater than 20% to 70%. In high-vinylidene PIBs, the percentage of head groups that are vinylidene head groups is greater than 70%>.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent can be made from the reaction of at least one carboxylic reactant represented by the following formulas:
  • each of R 3 , R 5 and R 9 is independently H or a hydrocarbyl group
  • R 4 is a divalent hydro carbylene group
  • n is 0 or 1 with any compound containing an olefin bond as represented by formula (I).
  • Compounds and the processes for making these compounds are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,739,356; 5,777,142; 5,786,490; 5,856,524; 6,020,500; and 6,114,547.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent can be made from the reaction of any compound represented by formula (I) with (IV) or (V), and can be carried out in the presence of at least one aldehyde or ketone.
  • Suitable aldehydes include formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, pentanal, hexanal. heptaldehyde, octanal, benzaldehyde, and higher aldehydes.
  • Other aldehydes, including monoaldehydes, and dialdehydes, such as glyoxal, may also be used.
  • aldehyde is formaldehyde, which can be supplied as the aqueous solution often referred to as formalin, but is more often used in the polymeric form as paraformaldehyde, which is a reactive equivalent of, or a source of, formaldehyde.
  • Other reactive equivalents include hydrates or cyclic trimers.
  • Suitable ketones include acetone, butanone, methyl ethyl ketone, and other ketones.
  • one of the two hydrocarbyl groups is methyl.
  • Mixtures of two or more aldehydes and/or ketones are also useful. Compounds and the processes for making these compounds are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,840,920; 6,147,036; and 6,207,839.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent can include, methylene bis-phenol alkanoic acid compounds, the condensation product of (i) aromatic compound of the formula:
  • R is independently a hydrocarbyl group
  • Ar is an aromatic group containing from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and from 0 to 3 optional substituents such as amino, hydroxy- or alkyl- polyoxyalkyl, nitro, aminoalkyl, carboxy or combinations of two or more of said optional substituents
  • Z is independently OH, lower alkoxy, (OR 10 )bOR n , or O-
  • each R 10 is independently a divalent hydrocarbyl group
  • R 11 is H or hydrocarbyl and b is a number ranging from 1 to 30, c is a number ranging from 1 to 3 and m is 0 or an integer from 1 up to 6 with the proviso that m does not exceed the number of valences of the corresponding Ar available for substitution and (ii) at least on carboxylic reactant such as the compounds of formula (IV) and (V) described above.
  • At least one hydrocarbyl group on the aromatic moiety is derived from polybutene.
  • the source of hydrocarbyl groups are above described polybutenes obtained by polymerization of isobutylene in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst such as aluminum trichloride or boron trifluoride. Compounds and the processes for making these compounds are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,954,808; 5,336,278; 5,458,793; 5,620,949;
  • reaction of (i) with (ii), optionally in the presence of an acidic catalyst such as organic sulfonic acids, heteropolyacids, and mineral acids can be carried out in the presence of at least one aldehyde or ketone.
  • an acidic catalyst such as organic sulfonic acids, heteropolyacids, and mineral acids.
  • the aldehyde or ketone reactant employed in this embodiment is the same as those described above.
  • the ratio of the hydroxyaromatic compund: carboxylic reactant: aldehyde or ketone can be
  • the ratio is 2:(0.1 to 1.5): (1.9 to 0.5).
  • the ratio is 2:(0.8 to 1.1): (1.2 to 0.9).
  • the amounts of the materials fed to the reaction mixture will normally approximate these ratios, although corrections may need to be made to compensate for greater or lesser reactivity of one component or another, in order to arrive at a reaction product with the desired ratio of monomers. Such corrections will be apparent to the person skilled in the art.
  • the three reactants can be condensed simultaneously to form the product, it is also possible to conduct the reaction sequentially, whereby the hydroxyaromatic is reacted first with either the carboxylic reactant and thereafter with the aldehyde or ketone, or vice versa. Compounds and the processes for making these compounds are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,620,949.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent may also be a copolymer formed by copolymerizing at least one monomer that is an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 to 100 carbon atoms.
  • the monomer may be linear, branched, or cyclic.
  • the monomer may have oxygen or nitrogen substituents, but will not react with amines or alcohols.
  • the monomer may be reacted with a second monomer that is a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • the second monomer may have one or two carboxylic acid functional groups and is reactive with amines or alcohols.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent copolymer has a number average molecular weight M n of 500 to 20,000.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent may be a terpolymer that is the reaction product of ethylene and at least one monomer that is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one tertiary nitrogen atom, with (i) an alkenyl ester of one or more aliphatic monocarboxylic acids having 1 to 24 carbon atoms or (ii) an alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent can include a mono-, dimer or trimer carboxylic acid with 20 to 54 carbon atoms and is reactive with primary or secondary amines.
  • Suitable acids include, but are not limited to, the mono- , dimer, or trimer acids of formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic, arachidic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid, myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid, sapienic acid, oleic acid, elaidic acid, vaccenic acid, linoleic acid, linoelaidic acid, a-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, erucic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid.
  • the composition of the present invention contains a nitrogen containing compound having an oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of reacting with the acylating agent and further having a quaternizable amino group.
  • a quaternizable amino group is any primary, secondary or tertiary amino group on the nitrogen containing compound that is available to react with a quaternizing agent to become a quaternary amino group.
  • the nitrogen containing compound can be represented by the following formulas:
  • X is an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms
  • R 2 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group
  • R 3 and R 4 are hydrocarbyl groups, or
  • X is a alkylene group containing about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms; R 3 and R 4 are hydrocarbyl groups.
  • Examples of the nitrogen containing compound capable of reacting with the acylating agent can include but is not limited to: dimethylaminopropyl amine, N,N- dimethyl-aminopropylamine, ⁇ , ⁇ -diethyl-aminopropylamine, N,N-dimethyl- aminoethylamine ethyl enediamine, 1 ,2-propylenediamine, 1,3 -propylene diamine, isomeric amines, including butylenediamines, pentanediamines, hexanediamines, and heptanediamines, diethylenetriamine, dipropylenetriamine, dibutylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, hexamethylenetetramine, and bis(hexamethylene) triamine, the diaminobenzenes, the diaminopyridines, N-methyl-3-amino-l-propy
  • the nitrogen containing compounds capable of reacting with the acylating agent and further having a quaternizable amino group can further include aminoalkyl substituted heterocyclic compounds such as l-(3-aminopropyl)imidazole and 4-(3-aminopropyl)morpholine, l-(2- aminoethyl)piperidine, 3 ,3 -diamino-N-methyldipropylamine, 3 ,3 '-iminobis(N,N- dimethylpropylamine).
  • aminoalkyl substituted heterocyclic compounds such as l-(3-aminopropyl)imidazole and 4-(3-aminopropyl)morpholine, l-(2- aminoethyl)piperidine, 3 ,3 -diamino-N-methyldipropylamine, 3 ,3 '-iminobis(N,N- dimethylpropylamine).
  • Additional nitrogen containing compounds capable of reacting with the acylating agent and having a quaternizable amino group include alkanolamines including but not limited to triethanolamine, trimethanolamine, N,N- dimethylaminopropanol, N,N-diethylaminopropanol, ⁇ , ⁇ -diethylaminobutanol, ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ - tris(hydroxyethyl)amine, N,N,N-tris(hydroxymethyl)amine, N-N-dimethylethanolamine, N-N-diethylethanolamine, 2-(diisopropylamino)ethanol, 2-(dibutylamino)ethanol, 3- dimethylamino-l-propanol, 3-diethylamino-l-propanol, l-dimethylamino-2-propanol, 1- diethylamino-2-propanol, 2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-l-lpropanol, 5-dimethyla
  • the nitrogen containing compound can be an imidazole, for example, as represented by the following formula:
  • R is an amine or alkanol capable of condensing with said hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms
  • the nitrogen containing compound can be represented by at least one of formulas X or XI: wherein each X can be, individually, a Ci to C 6 hydrocarbylene group, and each R can be, individually, a hydrogen or a Ci to C 6 hydrocarbyl group.
  • X can be, for example, a Ci, C 2 or C3 alkylene group.
  • each R can be, for example, H or a Ci, C 2 or C3 alkyl group.
  • X can be, for example, a Ci, C 2 or C3 alkylene group.
  • Ri can be, for example, a Ci, C 2 or C3 alkyl group.
  • each R can be, for example, H or a Ci, C 2 or C3 alkyl group.
  • hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents and nitrogen containing compounds described above are reacted together to form a quaternizable compound.
  • Methods and processes for reacting the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents and nitrogen containing compounds are well known in the art.
  • the reaction between the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents and nitrogen containing compounds can be carried out at temperatures of greater than 80 °C, or 90 °C, or in some cases 100 °C, such as between 100 and 150 or 200 °C, or 125 and 175 °C.
  • water may be produced during the condensation, which is referred to herein as the water of reaction.
  • the water of reaction can be removed during the reaction, such that the water of reaction does not return to the reaction and further react.
  • the reaction between the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents and nitrogen containing compounds can be carried out at temperatures of less than 80 °C, such as between 30 and 70 or 75 °C, or 40 and 60 °C.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents and nitrogen containing compounds may be reacted at a ratio of 1 : 1 , but the reaction may also containing the respective reactants (i.e., hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent :nitrogen containing compound) from 3: 1 to 1 : 1.2, or from 2.5: 1 to 1 : 1.1, and in some embodiments from 2: 1 to 1 : 1.05.
  • the quaternary ammonium salt can be formed when the quaternizable compound, that is, the reaction products of the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent and nitrogen containing compounds described above, are reacted with a quaternizing agent.
  • Suitable quaternizing agents can include, for example, dialkyl sulfates, alkyl halides, hydrocarbyl substituted carbonates; hydrocarbyl epoxides, carboxylates, alkyl esters, and mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can include alkyl halides, such as chlorides, iodides or bromides; alkyl sulfonates; dialkyl sulfates, such as, dimethyl sulfate and diethyl sulfate; sultones; alkyl phosphates; such as, Cl-12 trialkylphosphates; di Cl- 12 alkylphosphates; borates; Cl-12 alkyl borates; alkyl nitrites; alkyl nitrates; dialkyl carbonates, such as dimethyl oxalate; alkyl alkanoates, such as methylsalicylate; 0,0-di- Cl-12 alkyldithiophosphates; or mixtures thereof.
  • alkyl halides such as chlorides, iodides or bromides
  • alkyl sulfonates such as, dimethyl sulfate and diethyl sulfate
  • the quaternizing agent may be derived from dialkyl sulfates such as dimethyl sulfate or diethyl sulfate, N-oxides, sultones such as propane and butane sultone; alkyl, acyl or aryl halides such as methyl and ethyl chloride, bromide or iodide or benzyl chloride, and a hydrocarbyl (or alkyl) substituted carbonates. If the alkyl halide is benzyl chloride, the aromatic ring is optionally further substituted with alkyl or alkenyl groups.
  • dialkyl sulfates such as dimethyl sulfate or diethyl sulfate, N-oxides, sultones such as propane and butane sultone
  • alkyl, acyl or aryl halides such as methyl and ethyl chloride, bromide or iodide or benz
  • the hydrocarbyl (or alkyl) groups of the hydrocarbyl substituted carbonates may contain 1 to 50, 1 to 20, 1 to 10 or 1 to 5 carbon atoms per group.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted carbonates contain two hydrocarbyl groups that may be the same or different. Examples of suitable hydrocarbyl substituted carbonates include dimethyl or diethyl carbonate.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide, for example, as represented by the following formula:
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 can be independently H or a hydrocarbyl group contain from 1 to 50 carbon atoms.
  • hydrocarbyl epoxides include: ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, styrene oxide and combinations thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent does not contain any styrene oxide.
  • the hydrocarbyl epoxide can be an alcohol functionalized epoxide, C4 to C14 epoxides, and mixtures thereof. In yet another embodiment, the hydrocarbyl epoxide can be a C4 to a C20 epoxide.
  • Exemplary C4 to C14 epoxides are those of formula XII where R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 can be independently H or a C2 to C12 hydrocarbyl group.
  • the epoxides can be C4 to C14 epoxides.
  • Epoxides suitable as quaternizing agents in the present technology can include, for example, C4 to C14 epoxides having linear hydrocarbyl substituents, such as, for example, 2-ethyloxirane, 2-propyloxirane, and the like, and C4 to C14 epoxides having branched and cyclic or aromatic substituents, such as, for example, styrene oxide.
  • C4 to C14 epoxides can also include epoxidized tri- glycerides, fats or oils; epoxidized alkyl esters of fatty acids; and mixtures thereof.
  • Exemplary alcohol functionalized epoxides can include those of formula XII where R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 can be independently H or a hydroxyl containing hydrocarbyl group.
  • hydroxyl containing hydrocarbyl group can contain from 2 to 32, or from 3 to 28, or even from 3 to 24 carbon atoms.
  • Exemplary alcohol functionalized epoxide derivatives can include for example, glycidol and the like.
  • the hydrocarbyl epoxide can be employed in combination with an acid.
  • the acid used with the hydrocarbyl epoxide may be a separate component, such as acetic acid.
  • a small amount of an acid component may be present, but at ⁇ 0.2 or even ⁇ 0.1 moles of acid per mole of hydrocarbyl acylating agent.
  • These acids may also be used with the other quaternizing agents described above, including the hydrocarbyl substituted carbonates and related materials described below.
  • the quaternizing agent does not contain any substituent group that contains more than 20 carbon atoms.
  • the quaternizing agent can be an ester of a carboxylic acid capable of reacting with a tertiary amine to form a quaternary ammonium salt, or an ester of a polycarboxylic acid.
  • ester of a carboxylic acid capable of reacting with a tertiary amine to form a quaternary ammonium salt
  • polycarboxylic acid an ester of a polycarboxylic acid.
  • such materials may be described as compounds having the structure:
  • R 19 -C( 0)-0-R 20 (XIII) where R 19 is an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or alkylaryl group and R 20 is a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 22 carbon atoms.
  • Suitable compounds include esters of carboxylic acids having a pKa of 3.5 or less.
  • the compound is an ester of a carboxylic acid selected from a substituted aromatic carboxylic acid, an a-hydroxycarboxylic acid and a polycarboxylic acid.
  • the compound is an ester of a substituted aromatic carboxylic acid and thus R 19 is a substituted aryl group.
  • R 19 may be a substituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a naphthyl group.
  • R 19 may be suitably substituted with one or more groups selected from carboalkoxy, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, SR " or NR ' R " where each of R” and R" may independently be hydrogen, or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or carboalkoxy groups.
  • R " and R " are each independently hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl group containing from 1 to 22,
  • R 19 in the formula above is an aryl group substituted with one or more groups selected from hydroxyl, carboalkoxy, nitro, cyano and NH 2 .
  • R 19 may be a poly-substituted aryl group, for example trihydroxyphenyl, but may also be a mono- substituted aryl group, for example an ortho substituted aryl group.
  • R 19 may be substituted with a group selected from OH, NH 2 , N0 2 , or COOMe.
  • R 19 is a hydroxy substituted aryl group.
  • R 19 is a 2-hydroxyphenyl group.
  • R 20 may be an alkyl or alkylaryl group, for example an alkyl or alkylaryl group containing from 1 to 16 carbon atoms, or from 1 to 10, or 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
  • R 20 may be methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, benzyl or an isomer thereof.
  • R 20 is benzyl or methyl.
  • the quaternizing agent is methyl salicylate. In some embodiments the quaternizing agent excludes methyl salicylate.
  • the quaternizing agent is an ester of an alpha- hydroxycarboxylic acid.
  • suitable compounds which contain the residue of an alpha- hydroxycarboxylic acid include (i) methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, butyl-, pentyl-, hexyl-, benzyl- , phenyl-, and allyl esters of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid; (ii) methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, butyl-, pentyl-, hexyl-, benzyl-, phenyl-, and allyl esters of 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid; (iii) methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, butyl-, pentyl-, hexyl-, benzyl-, phenyl-, phenyl-, phenyl-, phenyl-
  • the quaternizing agent comprises an ester of a polycarboxylic acid.
  • the esters are alkyl esters with alkyl groups that contain from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Suitable example include diesters of oxalic acid, diesters of phthalic acid, diesters of maleic acid, diesters of malonic acid or diesters or triesters of citric acid.
  • the quaternizing agent is an ester of a carboxylic acid having a pKa of less than 3.5.
  • the quaternizing agent may be selected from an ester of a carboxylic acid selected from one or more of oxalic acid, phthalic acid, salicylic acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, citric acid, nitrobenzoic acid, aminobenzoic acid and 2, 4, 6-trihydroxybenzoic acid.
  • the quaternizing agent includes dimethyl oxalate, a terephthalate, such as dimethyl terephthalate, and methyl 2-nitrobenzoate.
  • Quaternizing agents capable of coupling more than one quaternizable compound also may be employed.
  • “coupling" more than one quaternizable compounds it is meant that at least two quaternizable compounds react with the same quaternizing agent to form a compound of the at least two quaternizable compounds linked by the quaternizing agent.
  • Such quaternizing agents may, in some instances, also be referred to as coupling quaternizing agents herein and can include, for example, polyepoxides, such as, for example, di-, tri-, or higher epoxides; polyhalides; epoxy- halides, aromatic polyesters, and mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a polyepoxide.
  • Polyepoxides can include, for example, poly-glycidyls which can include, for example, di- epoxyoctane; ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether; neopentyl glycol digycidyl ether; 1,4- butanediol diglycidyl ether; 3(bis(glycidyl oxymethyl)-methoxy)-l,2-propanediol; 1,4- cyclohexane dimethanol digylicidyl ether; diepoxycyclo-octane, bisphenol A diglycidyl ether 4-vinyl-l-cyclohexene diepoxide; N,N-Diglycidyl-4-4glycidyloxyaniline; 1,6- hexane diglycidyl ether; trimethylolpropanetriglycidyl ether; polypropy
  • the quaternizing agent may be derived from polyhalides, such as, for example, chlorides, iodides or bromides.
  • polyhalides such as, for example, chlorides, iodides or bromides.
  • polyhalides can include, but not be limited to, 1,5-dibromopentane; 1 ,4-diiodobutane; 1,5-dichloropentane; 1,12- dichlorododecane; 1,12-dibromododecane; 1 ,2-diiodoethane; 1 ,2-dibromoethane; and mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can be an epoxy-halide, such as, for example, epichlorohydrin and the like.
  • the quaternizing agent may also be a poly aromatic ester.
  • poly aromatic esters can include, but not be limited to, 4,4'-oxybis(methylbenzoate); dimethylterephthalate; and mixtures thereof.
  • the molar ratio of the quaternizable compound to quaternizing agent is 1 :0.1 to 2, or 1 : 1 to 1.5, or 1 : 1 to 1.3. In some embodiments, particularly when employing a coupling quaternizing agent, the ratio of the quaternizable compound to the quaternizing agent can be from 2: 1 to 1 : 1.
  • Any of the quaternizing agents described above, including the hydrocarbyl epoxides, may be used in combination with an acid.
  • Suitable acids include carboxylic acids, such as acetic acid, propionic acid, 2-ethylhexanoic acid, and the like.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of a protic solvent, such as, for example, 2-ethylhexanol, water, and combinations thereof.
  • a protic solvent such as, for example, 2-ethylhexanol, water, and combinations thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of an acid.
  • the quaternizing agent can be employed in the presence of an acid and a protic solvent.
  • the acid can be an acid component in addition to the acid group present in the structure of the acylating agent.
  • the reaction can be free of, or essentially free of, any additional acid component other than the acid group present in the structure of the acylating agent. By “free of it is meant completely free, and by “essentially free” it is meant an amount that not materially affect the essential or basic and novel characteristics of the composition, such as, for example, less than 1% by weight. Structure
  • the quaternary ammonium salt can comprise, consist essentially of, or consist of a coupled quaternary ammonium compound represented by the following formula:
  • Q and Q' are the same or different and represent quaternizable compounds, m and n are, individually, integers of between 1 and 4, and Xc represents a group derived from a coupling quaternizing agent, such as, for example, polyepoxides; polyhalides; epoxy-halides; aromatic polyesters; and mixtures thereof, including, but not limited to, 1 ,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, 1,12-dibromododecane, and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether.
  • a coupling quaternizing agent such as, for example, polyepoxides; polyhalides; epoxy-halides; aromatic polyesters; and mixtures thereof, including, but not limited to, 1 ,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether, 1,12-dibromododecane, and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether.
  • exemplary coupled quaternary ammonium compounds can include, for example, any of the formulas
  • Another example coupled quaternary ammonium compound can be, for example, as provided in formula XXI below:
  • Coupled quaternary ammonium compounds can be, for example, as provided in formulas XXII and XXIII below:
  • c and d are, individually, 0 or 1 ;
  • c and d are, individually, 0 or 1 ;
  • Coupled quaternary ammonium compounds can be, for example, as provided in formulas XXIV below:
  • R , R , R , and R can be, individually, a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
  • R 23 and R 27 can be, individually, a hydrocarbylene group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms;
  • R 24 can be a hydrocarbyl group containing from 5 to 400 carbon atoms, or from 15 or 25 to 300 or 350 carbon atoms, or from 50 or 120 to 250 carbon atoms, or from 135 to 200 carbon atoms;
  • Xc can be a group derived from the quaternizing agent; and XI and X2, individually, can be H or a group derived from the quaternizing agent.
  • R 24 can be a hydrocarbyl group containing from 92 to 215 carbon atoms, or from 107 to 200 or 210 carbon atoms, or from 120 to 195 carbon atoms, or from 135 to 190 or from 140 to 180 or 185 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbyl group containing from 20 to 55 carbon atoms, or from 25 to 50, or from 28 to 43 or 47 carbon atoms.
  • the present technology provides a composition comprising a coupled amine containing quaternary ammonium salt, and the use of the composition in a fuel composition to improve the water shedding performance of the fuel composition.
  • the present technology provides a composition comprising a coupled amine containing quaternary ammonium salt, and the use of the composition in a lubricating composition with an oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • compositions of the present invention can comprise a fuel which is liquid at room temperature and is useful in fueling an engine.
  • the fuel is normally a liquid at ambient conditions e.g., room temperature (20 to 30 °C).
  • the fuel can be a hydrocarbon fuel, a nonhydro carbon fuel, or a mixture thereof.
  • the hydrocarbon fuel can be a petroleum distillate to include a gasoline as defined by EN228 or ASTM specification
  • the fuel is a gasoline, and in other embodiments the fuel is a leaded gasoline, or a nonleaded gasoline. In another embodiment of this invention the fuel is a diesel fuel.
  • the hydrocarbon fuel can be a hydrocarbon prepared by a gas to liquid process to include for example hydrocarbons prepared by a process such as the Fischer-
  • the nonhydro carbon fuel can be an oxygen containing composition, often referred to as an oxygenate, to include an alcohol, an ether, a ketone, an ester of a carboxylic acid, a nitroalkane, or a mixture thereof.
  • the nonhydrocarbon fuel can include for example methanol, ethanol, methyl t-butyl ether, methyl ethyl ketone, transesterified oils and/or fats from plants and animals such as rapeseed methyl ester and soybean methyl ester, and nitromethane.
  • hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon fuels can include for example gasoline and methanol and/or ethanol, diesel fuel and ethanol, and diesel fuel and a transesterified plant oil such as rapeseed methyl ester.
  • the liquid fuel is an emulsion of water in a hydrocarbon fuel, a nonhydrocarbon fuel, or a mixture thereof.
  • the fuel can have a sulfur content on a weight basis that is 5000 ppm or less, 1000 ppm or less, 300 ppm or less, 200 ppm or less, 30 ppm or less, or 10 ppm or less.
  • the fuel can have a sulfur content on a weight basis of 1 to 100 ppm.
  • the fuel contains 0 ppm to 1000 ppm, or 0 to 500 ppm, or 0 to 100 ppm, or 0 to 50 ppm, or 0 to 25 ppm, or 0 to 10 ppm, or 0 to 5 ppm of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals or mixtures thereof.
  • the fuel contains 1 to 10 ppm by weight of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals or mixtures thereof. It is well known in the art that a fuel containing alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals or mixtures thereof have a greater tendency to form deposits and therefore foul or plug common rail injectors.
  • the fuel of the invention is present in a fuel composition in a major amount that is generally greater than 50 percent by weight, and in other embodiments is present at greater than 90 percent by weight, greater than 95 percent by weight, greater than 99.5 percent by weight, or greater than 99.8 percent by weight.
  • Treat rates of the composition comprising containing coupled amine quaternary ammonium salts salt ("coupled quat") to fuel range from 5 to 1000 ppm by a total weight of the fuel, or 5 to 500 ppm, or 10 to 250 ppm, or 10 to 150 ppm, or 15 to 100 ppm. In other embodiments the treat rate range may be from 250 to 1000 ppm, or 250 to 750 ppm, or 500 to 750 ppm or 250 ppm to 500 ppm.
  • the compositions of the present invention can comprise an oil of lubricating viscosity.
  • oils include natural and synthetic oils, oil derived from hydrocracking, hydro genation, and hydrofinishing, unrefined, refined, re -refined oils or mixtures thereof.
  • a more detailed description of unrefined, refined and re-refined oils is provided in International Publication WO2008/147704, paragraphs [0054] to [0056].
  • a more detailed description of natural and synthetic lubricating oils is provided in paragraphs [0058] to [0059] respectively of
  • Synthetic oils may also be produced by Fischer-Tropsch reactions and typically may be hydroisomerized Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons or waxes. In one embodiment oils may be prepared by a Fischer-Tropsch gas-to liquid synthetic procedure as well as other gas-to-liquid oils.
  • Oils of lubricating viscosity may also be selected from any of the base oils in
  • Groups I-V as specified in the American Petroleum Institute (API) Base Oil Interchangeability Guidelines. The five base oil groups are as follow; Group I: > 0.03% sulfur or ⁇ 90% saturates and viscosity index 80-120; Group II: ⁇ 0.03%> sulfur and > 90%> saturates and viscosity index 80-120; Group III: ⁇ 0.03%> sulfur and > 90%> saturates and viscosity index > 120; Group IV: all polyalphaolefms; Group V: all others. Groups I, II and III are typically referred to as mineral oil base stocks.
  • Typical treat rates of the composition comprising a coupled amine containing quaternary ammonium salt ("coupled quat") to lubricating oils is 0.1 to 10 wt % based on a total weight of the lubricating oil, or 0.5 to 5 wt % or 0.5 to 2.5 wt % or 0.5 to 1 wt % or 0.1 to 0.5 wt % or 1 to 2 wt %.
  • the amount of the oil of lubricating viscosity present is typically the balance remaining after subtracting from 100wt% the sum of the amount of the compound of the invention and the other performance additives.
  • the lubricating composition may be in the form of a concentrate and/or fully formulated lubricant. If the lubricating composition of the invention (comprising the additives disclosed herein) is in the form of a concentrate which may be combined with additional oil to from, in whole or in part, a finished lubricant), the ratio of the of these additive to the oil of lubricating viscosity and/or diluent oil include the ranged of 1 :99 to 99: 1 by weight, or 80:20 to 10:90 by weight.
  • the fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the present invention include the coupled quats described above and may also include one or more additional additives. Such additional performance additives can be added to any of the compositions described depending on the results desired and the application in which the composition will be used.
  • any of the additional performance additives described herein can be used in any of the fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the invention, the following additional additives are particularly useful for fuel and/or lubricant compositions: antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, detergent and/or dispersant additives other than those described above, cold flow improvers, foam inhibitors, demulsifiers, lubricity agents, metal deactivators, valve seat recession additives, biocides, antistatic agents, deicers, fluidizers, combustion improvers, seal swelling agents, wax control polymers, scale inhibitors, gas-hydrate inhibitors, or any combination thereof.
  • Demulsifiers suitable for use with the coupled quats of the present technology can include, but not be limited to, arylsulfonates and polyalkoxylated alcohol, such as, for example, polyethylene and polypropylene oxide copolymers and the like.
  • the demulsifiers can also comprise nitrogen containing compounds such as oxazoline and imidazoline compounds and fatty amines, as well as Mannich compounds.
  • Mannich compounds are the reaction products of alkylphenols and aldehydes (especially formaldehyde) and amines (especially amine condensates and polyalkylenepolyamines).
  • the materials described in the following U.S. Patents are illustrative: U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • demulsifiers are, for example, the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of alkyl- substituted phenol- and naphthalenesulfonates and the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of fatty acids, and also neutral compounds such as alcohol alkoxylates, e.g. alcohol ethoxylates, phenol alkoxylates, e.g.
  • tert-butylphenol ethoxylate or tert-pentylphenol ethoxylate fatty acids, alkylphenols, condensation products of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO), for example including in the form of EO/PO block copolymers, polyethyleneimines or else polysiloxanes.
  • EO ethylene oxide
  • PO propylene oxide
  • Any of the commercially available demulsifiers may be employed, suitably in an amount sufficient to provide a treat level of from 5 to 50 ppm in the fuel. In an embodiment there is no demulsifier present in the fuel and/or lubricant composition.
  • the demulsifiers may be used alone or in combination. Some demulsifiers are commercially available, for example from Nalco or Baker Hughes.
  • Suitable antioxidants include for example hindered phenols or derivatives thereof and/or diarylamines or derivatives thereof.
  • Suitable detergent/dispersant additives include for example polyetheramines or nitrogen containing detergents, including but not limited to PIB amine detergents/dispersants, succinimide detergents/dispersants, and other quaternary salt detergents/dispersants including polyisobutylsuccinimide-derived quaternized PIB/amine and/or amide dispersants/detergents.
  • Suitable cold flow improvers include for example esterified copolymers of maleic anhydride and styrene and/or copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate.
  • Suitable lubricity improvers or friction modifiers are based typically on fatty acids or fatty acid esters. Typical examples are tall oil fatty acid, as described, for example, in WO 98/004656, and glyceryl monooleate.
  • the reaction products, described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,743,266 B2, of natural or synthetic oils, for example triglycerides, and alkanolamines are also suitable as such lubricity improvers.
  • Additional examples include commercial tall oil fatty acids containing polycyclic hydrocarbons and/or rosin acids.
  • Suitable metal deactivators include for example aromatic triazoles or derivatives thereof, including but not limited to benzotriazole.
  • Suitable metal deactivators are, for example, salicylic acid derivatives such as N,N'-disalicylidene- 1,2-propanediamine.
  • Suitable valve seat recession additives include for example alkali metal sulfosuccinate salts.
  • Suitable foam inhibitors and/or antifoams include for example organic silicones such as polydimethyl siloxane, polyethylsiloxane, polydiethylsiloxane, polyacrylates and polymethacrylates, trimethyl-triflouro-propylmethyl siloxane and the like.
  • Suitable fluidizers include for example mineral oils and/or poly(alpha-olefms) and/or polyethers.
  • Combustion improvers include for example octane and cetane improvers.
  • Suitable cetane number improvers are, for example, aliphatic nitrates such as 2-ethylhexyl nitrate and cyclohexyl nitrate and peroxides such as di-tert-butyl peroxide.
  • the additional performance additives which may be present in the fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the invention, also include di-ester, di-amide, ester-amide, and ester-imide friction modifiers prepared by reacting an a-hydroxy acid with an amine and/or alcohol optionally in the presence of a known esterification catalyst.
  • a- hydroxy acids include glycolic acid, lactic acid, a-hydroxy dicarboxylic acid (such as tartaric acid) and/or an ⁇ -hydroxy tricarboxylic acid (such as citric acid), with an amine and/or alcohol, optionally in the presence of a known esterification catalyst.
  • friction modifiers often derived from tartaric acid, citric acid, or derivatives thereof, may be derived from amines and/or alcohols that are branched, resulting in friction modifiers that themselves have significant amounts of branched hydrocarbyl groups present within it structure.
  • suitable branched alcohols used to prepare such friction modifiers include 2-ethylhexanol, isotridecanol, Guerbet alcohols, and mixtures thereof.
  • Friction modifiers may be present at 0 to 6 wt % or 0.001 to 4 wt %, or 0.01 to 2 wt % or 0.05 to 3 wt % or 0.1 to 2 wt% or 0.1 to 1 wt % or 0.001 to 0.01 wt %.
  • the additional performance additives may comprise a detergent/dispersant comprising a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent.
  • the acylating agent may be, for example, a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid, or the condensation product of a hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acid with an amine or an alcohol; that is, a hydrocarbyl substituted succinimide or hydrocarbyl substituted succinate.
  • the detergent/dispersant may be a polyisobutenyl substituted succinic acid, amide or ester, wherein the polyisobutenyl substituent has a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5000.
  • the detergent may be a C6 to C18 substituted succinic acid, amide or ester.
  • hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent detergents can be found from paragraph [0017] to [0036] of U.S. Publication 2011/0219674, published September 15, 2011.
  • the additional detergent/dispersant may be quaternary ammoniums salts other than that of the present technology.
  • the additional quaternary ammoniums salts can be quaternary ammoniums salts prepared from hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents, such as, for example, polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of greater than 1200 M n , polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of 300 to 750, or polyisobutyl succinic acids anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of 1000 M n .
  • hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents such as, for example, polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of greater than 1200 M
  • the additional quaternary ammonium salts prepared from the reaction of nitrogen containing compound and a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of from about 300 to 750 or 1300 to about 3000 is an amide or ester.
  • the quaternary ammonium salts prepared from the reaction of nitrogen containing compound and a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of greater than 1200 M n or having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of 300 to 750 is an imide.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent may also be a copolymer formed by copolymerizing at least one monomer that is an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 to 100 carbon atoms.
  • the monomer may be linear, branched, or cyclic.
  • the monomer may have oxygen or nitrogen substituents, but will not react with amines or alcohols.
  • the monomer may be reacted with a second monomer that is a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • the second monomer may have one or two carboxylic acid functional groups and is reactive with amines or alcohols.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent copolymer has a number average molecular weight M n of 500 to 20,000.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent may be a terpolymer that is the reaction product of ethylene and at least one monomer that is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one tertiary nitrogen atom, with (i) an alkenyl ester of one or more aliphatic monocarboxylic acids having 1 to 24 carbon atoms or (ii) an alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent can include a mono-, dimer or trimer carboxylic acid with 8 to 54 carbon atoms and is reactive with primary or secondary amines.
  • Suitable acids include, but are not limited to, the mono-
  • caprylic acid capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic, arachidic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid, myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid, sapienic acid, oleic acid, elaidic acid, vaccenic acid, linoleic acid, linoelaidic acid, a-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, erucic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid.
  • the nitrogen containing compound of the additional quaternary ammonium salts is an imidazole or nitrogen containing compound of either of formulas.
  • R may be a CI to C6 alkylene group; each of Rl and R2, individually, may be a
  • each of R3, R4, R5, and R6, individually, may be a hydrogen or a CI to C6 hydrocarbyl group.
  • Rl or R2 can be, for example, a CI, C2 or C3 alkylene group.
  • each R3, R4, R5, R6 can be, for example, H or a CI, C2 or C3 alkyl group.
  • the quaternizing agent used to prepare the additional quaternary ammonium salts can be a dialkyl sulfate, an alkyl halide, a hydrocarbyl substituted carbonate, a hydrocarbyl epoxide, a carboxylate, alkyl esters, or mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide in combination with an acid.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a salicylate, oxalate or terephthalate.
  • the hydrocarbyl epoxide may be an alcohol functionalized epoxide or C 4 to C 14 epoxide. In yet another embodiment, the hydrocarbyl epoxide may be an alcohol functionalized epoxide or C 4 to C20 epoxide.
  • the quaternizing agent is multi-functional resulting in the additional quaternary ammonium salts being a coupled quaternary ammoniums salts.
  • Additional quaternary ammonium salts include, but are not limited to quaternary ammonium salts having a hydrophobic moiety in the anion.
  • Exemplary compounds include quaternary ammonium compounds having the formula below:
  • R°, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is each individually an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group and R includes an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl moiety having at least 5 carbon atoms.
  • Additional quaternary ammonium salts may also include polyetheramines that are the reaction products of a polyether-substituted amine comprising at least one tertiary quaternizable amino group and a quaternizing agent that converts the tertiary amino group to a quaternary ammonium group.
  • Dispersants can also be post-treated by reaction with any of a variety of agents. Among these are urea, thiourea, dimercaptothiadiazoles, carbon disulfide, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbon-substituted succinic anhydrides, nitriles, epoxides, boron compounds, and phosphorus compounds. References detailing such treatment are listed in U.S. Patent 4,654,403.
  • the fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the invention may include a detergent additive different from the coupled quat technology.
  • Most conventional detergents used in the field of engine lubrication obtain most or all of their basicity or TBN from the presence of basic metal-containing compounds (metal hydroxides, oxides, or carbonates, typically based on such metals as calcium, magnesium, or sodium).
  • Such metallic overbased detergents also referred to as overbased or superbased salts, are generally single phase, homogeneous Newtonian systems characterized by a metal content in excess of that which would be present for neutralization according to the stoichiometry of the metal and the particular acidic organic compound reacted with the metal.
  • the overbased materials are typically prepared by reacting an acidic material (typically an inorganic acid or lower carboxylic acid such as carbon dioxide) with a mixture of an acidic organic compound (also referred to as a substrate), a stoichiometric excess of a metal base, typically in a reaction medium of an one inert, organic solvent (e.g., mineral oil, naphtha, toluene, xylene) for the acidic organic substrate. Typically also a small amount of promoter such as a phenol or alcohol is present, and in some cases a small amount of water.
  • the acidic organic substrate will normally have a sufficient number of carbon atoms to provide a degree of solubility in oil.
  • Patents describing techniques for making basic metallic salts of sulfonic acids, carboxylic acids, phenols, phosphonic acids, and mixtures of any two or more of these include U.S. Patents 2,501,731; 2,616,905; 2,616,911; 2,616,925; 2,777,874; 3,256,186; 3,384,585; 3,365,396; 3,320,162; 3,318,809; 3,488,284; and 3,629,109.
  • Salixarate detergents are described in U.S. patent 6,200,936.
  • the detergent may contain a metal-containing salicylate detergent, such as an overbased calcium hydrocarbyl-substituted salicylate detergent and are described in U.S. Patents 5,688,751 and 4,627,928.
  • Viscosity improvers may be included in the fuel and/or lubricant compositions of this invention.
  • Viscosity improvers are usually polymers, including polyisobutenes, polymethacrylates (PMA) and polymethacrylic acid esters, hydrogenated diene polymers, polyalkylstyrenes, esterified styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers, hydrogenated alkenylarene-conjugated diene copolymers and polyolefms.
  • PMA's are prepared from mixtures of methacrylate monomers having different alkyl groups. The alkyl groups may be either straight chain or branched chain groups containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms. Most PMA's are viscosity modifiers as well as pour point depressants.
  • Multifunctional viscosity improvers which also have dispersant and/or antioxidancy properties are known and may optionally be used in the fuel and/or lubricant compositions.
  • Dispersant viscosity modifiers are one example of such multifunctional additives.
  • DVM are typically prepared by copolymerizing a small amount of a nitrogen-containing monomer with alkyl methacrylates, resulting in an additive with some combination of dispersancy, viscosity modification, pour point depressancy and dispersancy.
  • Vinyl pyridine, N-vinyl pyrrolidone and N,N'-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate are examples of nitrogen-containing monomers.
  • Polyacrylates obtained from the polymerization or copolymerization of one or more alkyl acrylates also are useful as viscosity modifiers.
  • Anti-wear agents may be used in the fuel and/or lubricant compositions provide herein.
  • Anti-wear agents can in some embodiments include phosphorus-containing antiwear/extreme pressure agents such as metal thiophosphates, phosphoric acid esters and salts thereof, phosphorus-containing carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, and amides; and phosphites.
  • a phosphorus antiwear agent may be present in an amount to deliver 0.01 to 0.2 or 0.015 to 0.15 or 0.02 to 0.1 or 0.025 to 0.08 percent by weight phosphorus.
  • the antiwear agent is a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDP).
  • Non-phosphorus-containing anti- wear agents include borate esters (including borated epoxides), dithiocarbamate compounds, molybdenum-containing compounds, and sulfurized olefins.
  • the fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the invention are free of phosphorus-containing antiwear/extreme pressure agents.
  • Foam inhibitors that may be useful in fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the invention include polysiloxanes, copolymers of ethyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexylacrylate and optionally vinyl acetate; demulsifiers including fluorinated polysiloxanes, trialkyl phosphates, polyethylene glycols, polyethylene oxides, polypropylene oxides and (ethylene oxide-propylene oxide) polymers.
  • the disclosed technology may also be used with a silicone-containing antifoam agent in combination with a C 5 - C 17 alcohol.
  • Pour point depressants that may be useful in fuel and/or lubricant compositions of the invention include polyalphaolefins, esters of maleic anhydride-styrene copolymers, poly(meth)acrylates, polyacrylates or polyacryl amides.
  • Metal deactivators may be chosen from a derivative of benzotriazole (typically tolyltriazole), 1,2,4-triazole, benzimidazole, 2-alkyldithiobenzimidazole or 2- alkyldithiobenzothiazole, l-amino-2-propanol, a derivative of dimercaptothiadiazole, octylamine octanoate, condensation products of dodecenyl succinic acid or anhydride and/or a fatty acid such as oleic acid with a polyamine.
  • the metal deactivators may also be described as corrosion inhibitors.
  • Seal swell agents include sulpholene derivatives Exxon Necton-37TM (FN 1380) and Exxon Mineral Seal OilTM (FN 3200). Fuel Compositions
  • the technology provides fuel compositions.
  • the fuel compositions comprise a majority (>50 wt%) of gasoline or a middle distillate fuel.
  • a fuel composition comprising a majority of a diesel fuel.
  • the fuel composition comprises the coupled quat of the disclosed technology as described above and at least one demulsifier.
  • Demulsifiers suitable for use with the quaternary ammonium salts of the present technology can include, but not be limited to arylsulfonates and polyalkoxylated alcohol, such as, for example, polyethylene and polypropylene oxide copolymers and the like.
  • the demulsifiers can also comprise nitrogen containing compounds such as oxazoline and imidazoline compounds and fatty amines, as well as Mannich compounds.
  • Mannich compounds are the reaction products of alkylphenols and aldehydes (especially formaldehyde) and amines (especially amine condensates and polyalkylenepolyamines).
  • alkylphenols and aldehydes especially formaldehyde
  • amines especially amine condensates and polyalkylenepolyamines.
  • the materials described in the following U.S. Patents are illustrative: U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,036,003; 3,236,770; 3,414,347; 3,448,047; 3,461,172; 3,539,633; 3,586,629; 3,591,598; 3,634,515; 3,725,480; 3,726,882; and
  • demulsifiers are, for example, the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of alkyl-substituted phenol- and naphthalenesulfonates and the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of fatty acids, and also neutral compounds such as alcohol alkoxylates, e.g. alcohol ethoxylates, phenol alkoxylates, e.g.
  • tert-butylphenol ethoxylate or tert-pentylphenol ethoxylate fatty acids, alkylphenols, condensation products of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO), for example including in the form of EO/PO block copolymers, polyethyleneimines or else polysiloxanes.
  • EO ethylene oxide
  • PO propylene oxide
  • Any of the commercially available demulsifiers may be employed, suitably in an amount sufficient to provide a treat level of from 5 to 50 ppm in the fuel.
  • the fuel composition of the invention does not comprise a demulsifier.
  • the demulsifiers may be used alone or in combination. Some demulsifiers are commercially available, for example fromNalco or Baker Hughes.
  • Typical treat rates of the demulsifiers to a fuel may range from 0 to 50 ppm by total weight of the fuel, or 5 to 50 ppm, or 5 to 25 ppm, or 5 to 20 ppm.
  • the disclosed technology may also be used with demulsifiers comprising a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid in the form of the free acid, or in the form of the anhydride which may be an intramolecular anhydride, such as succinic, glutaric, or phthalic anhydride, or an intermolecular anhydride linking two dicarboxylic acid molecules together.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent may have from 12 to 2000 carbon atoms and may include polyisobutenyl substituents having a number average molecular weight of 300 to 2800.
  • hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acids include, but are not limited to, hydrocarbyl-substituted acids derived from malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, pimelic, suberic, azelaic, sebacic, undecanedioic, dodecanedioic, phthalic, isophthalic, terphthalic, o-, m-, or p-phenylene diacetic, maleic, fumaric, or glutaconic acids.
  • a fuel composition comprises the coupled quat of the disclosed technology and an additional detergent/dispersant.
  • Customary detergent/dispersant additives are preferably amphiphilic substances which possess at least one hydrophobic hydrocarbon radical with a number average molecular weight of 100 to 10000 and at least one polar moiety selected from (i) Mono- or polyamino groups having up to 6 nitrogen atoms, at least one nitrogen atom having basic properties; (ii) Hydroxyl groups in combination with mono or polyamino groups, at least one nitrogen atoms having basic properties; (iii) Carboxyl groups or their alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts; (iv) Sulfonic acid groups or their alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts; (v) Polyoxy-C 2 to C 4 alkylene moieties terminated by hydroxyl groups, mono- or polyamino groups, at least one nitrogen atom having basic properties, or by carbamate groups; (vi) Carboxylic ester groups; (i) Mono- or
  • the hydrophobic hydrocarbon radical in the above detergent/dispersant additives which ensures the adequate solubility in the fuel, has a number average molecular weight (M n ) of 85 to 20,000, of 1113 to 10,000, or of 300 to 5000.
  • the detergent/dispersant additives have a M n of 300 to 3000, of 500 to 2500, of 700 to 2500, or 800 to 1500.
  • Typical hydrophobic hydrocarbon radicals may be polypropenyl, polybutenyl and polyisobutenyl radicals, with a number average molecular weight Mn, of 300 to 5000, of 300 to 3000, of 500 to 2500, or 700 to 2500.
  • the detergent/dispersant additives have a M n of 800 to 1500.
  • the additional performance additives may comprise a high TBN nitrogen containing detergent/dispersant, such as a succinimide, that is the condensation product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic anhydride with a poly(alkyleneamine).
  • a high TBN nitrogen containing detergent/dispersant such as a succinimide
  • succinimide that is the condensation product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic anhydride with a poly(alkyleneamine.
  • Succinimide detergents/dispersants are more fully described in U.S. patents 4,234,435 and 3,172,892.
  • Another class of ashless dispersant is high molecular weight esters, prepared by reaction of a hydrocarbyl acylating agent and a polyhydric aliphatic alcohol such as glycerol, pentaerythritol, or sorbitol. Such materials are described in more detail in
  • Nitrogen-containing detergents may be the reaction products of a carboxylic acid-derived acylating agent and an amine.
  • the acylating agent can vary from formic acid and its acylating derivatives to acylating agents having high molecular weight aliphatic substituents of up to 5,000, 10,000 or 20,000 carbon atoms.
  • the amino compounds can vary from ammonia itself to amines typically having aliphatic substituents of up to 30 carbon atoms, and up to 11 nitrogen atoms.
  • Acylated amino compounds suitable for use in the present invention may be those formed by the reaction of an acylating agent having a hydrocarbyl substituent of at least 8 carbon atoms and a compound comprising at least one primary or secondary amine group.
  • the acylating agent may be a mono- or polycarboxylic acid (or reactive equivalent thereof) for example a substituted succinic, phthalic or propionic acid and the amino compound may be a polyamine or a mixture of polyamines, for example a mixture of ethylene polyamines. Alternatively the amine may be a hydroxyalkyl-substituted polyamine.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent in such acylating agents may comprise at least 10 carbon atoms. In one embodiment, the hydrocarbyl substituent may comprise at least 12, for example 30 or 50 carbon atoms. In yet another embodiment, it may comprise up to 200 carbon atoms.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent of the acylating agent may have a number average molecular weight (M n ) of 170 to 2800, for example from 250 to 1500.
  • the substituent's M n may range from 500 to 1500, or alternatively from 500 to 1 100.
  • the substituent's M n may range from 700 to 1300.
  • the hydrocarbyl substituent may have a number average molecular weight of 700 to 1000, or 700 to 850 or, for example, 750.
  • Mannich bases Another class of ashless dispersant is Mannich bases. These are materials which are formed by the condensation of a higher molecular weight, alkyl substituted phenol, an alkylene polyamine, and an aldehyde such as formaldehyde and are described in more detail in U.S. Patent 3,634,515.
  • a useful nitrogen containing dispersant includes the product of a Mannich reaction between (a) an aldehyde, (b) a polyamine, and (c) an optionally substituted phenol.
  • the phenol may be substituted such that the Mannich product has a molecular weight of less than 7500.
  • the molecular weight may be less than 2000, less than 1500, less than 1300, or for example, less than 1200, less than 1100, less than 1000.
  • the Mannich product has a molecular weight of less than 900, less than 850, or less than 800, less than 500, or less than 400.
  • the substituted phenol may be substituted with up to 4 groups on the aromatic ring. For example it may be a tri or di- substituted phenol.
  • the phenol may be a mono-substituted phenol.
  • the substitution may be at the ortho, and/or meta, and/or para position(s).
  • the molar ratio of the aldehyde to amine is from 4: 1 to 1 : 1 or, from 2: 1 to 1 : 1.
  • the molar ratio of the aldehyde to phenol may be at least 0.75 : 1 ; such as from 0.75 to 1 to 4: 1 , or 1 : 1 to 4: 1 or from 1 : 1 to 2: 1.
  • the molar ratio of the phenol to amine may be at least 1.5: 1 , at least 1.6: 1, at least 1.7: 1 , for example, at least 1.8: 1 , or at least
  • the molar ratio of phenol to amine may be up to 5: 1 ; for example it may be up to 4: 1, or up to 3.5 : 1. Suitably it is up to 3.25 : 1, up to 3 : 1 , up to 2.5 : 1 , up to 2.3 : 1 or up to 2.1 : 1.
  • Other dispersants include polymeric dispersant additives, which are generally hydrocarbon-based polymers which contain polar functionality to impart dispersancy characteristics to the polymer.
  • An amine is typically employed in preparing the high TBN nitrogen-containing dispersant.
  • One or more poly(alkyleneamine)s may be used, and these may comprise one or more poly(ethyleneamine)s having 3 to 5 ethylene units and 4 to 6 nitrogen units.
  • Such materials include triethylenetetramine (TETA), tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA), and pentaethylenehexamine (PEHA).
  • TETA triethylenetetramine
  • TEPA tetraethylenepentamine
  • PEHA pentaethylenehexamine
  • Such materials are typically commercially available as mixtures of various isomers containing a range number of ethylene units and nitrogen atoms, as well as a variety of isomeric structures, including various cyclic structures.
  • the poly(alkyleneamine) may likewise comprise relatively higher molecular weight amines known in
  • the fuel composition can additionally comprise quaternary ammonium salts other than the coupled quat described herein.
  • the other quaternary ammonium salts can comprise (a) a compound comprising (i) at least one tertiary amino group as described above, and (ii) a hydrocarbyl-substituent having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5000, or 250 to 4000, or 100 to 4000 or 100 to 2500 or 3000; and (b) a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the tertiary amino group of (a)(i) to a quaternary nitrogen, as described above.
  • the other quaternary ammonium salts are more thoroughly described in U.S. Patent Nos.
  • the additional quaternary ammoniums salts other than the invention can be quaternary ammoniums salts prepared from hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents, such as, for example, polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of greater than 1200 M n , polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of 300 to 750, or polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of 1000 M n .
  • hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agents such as, for example, polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of greater than 1200 M n , polyisobutyl succinic acids or anhydrides, having a hydrocarby
  • the fuel composition comprising the quaternary ammonium salts of this invention can further comprise additional quaternary ammonium salts.
  • the additional salts may be prepared from the reaction of a nitrogen containing compound and a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of from about 300 to 750 or 1300 to about 3000 is an amide or ester.
  • the quaternary ammonium salts prepared from the reaction of nitrogen containing compound and a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of greater than 1200 M n or, having a hydrocarbyl substituent with a number average molecular weight of 300 to 750 is an imide.
  • the nitrogen containing compound of the additional quaternary ammonium salts is an imidazole or nitrogen containing compound of either of formulas.
  • R may be a Ci to C 6 alkylene group
  • each of Ri and R 2 individually, may be a Ci to C 6 hydro carbylene group
  • each of R3, R 4 , R5, and R 6 individually, may be a hydrogen or a Ci to C 6 hydrocarbyl group.
  • the quaternizing agent used to prepare the additional quaternary ammonium salts can be a dialkyl sulfate, an alkyl halide, a hydrocarbyl substituted carbonate, a hydrocarbyl epoxide, a carboxylate, alkyl esters, or mixtures thereof.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a hydrocarbyl epoxide in combination with an acid.
  • the quaternizing agent can be a salicylate, oxalate or terephthalate.
  • the hydrocarbyl epoxide is an alcohol functionalized epoxides or C 4 to Ci 4 epoxides.
  • the quaternizing agent is multi-functional resulting in the additional quaternary ammonium salts being a coupled quaternary ammoniums salts.
  • Typical treat rates of additional detergents/dispersants to a fuel of the invention is 0 to 500 ppm, or 0 to 250 ppm, or 0 to 100 ppm, or 5 to 250 ppm, or 5 to 100 ppm, or 10 to 100 ppm.
  • a fuel composition comprises the coupled quat of the present technology and a cold flow improver.
  • the cold flow improver is typically selected from (1) copolymers of a C 2 - to C40-olefm with at least one further ethylenically unsaturated monomer; (2) comb polymers; (3) polyoxyalkylenes; (4) polar nitrogen compounds; (5) sulfocarboxylic acids or sulfonic acids or derivatives thereof; and (6) poly(meth)acrylic esters.
  • Suitable C 2 - to C40-olefm monomers for the copolymers of class (1) are, for example, those having 2 to 20 and especially 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and 1 to 3 and preferably 1 or 2 carbon-carbon double bonds, especially having one carbon-carbon double bond. In the latter case, the carbon-carbon double bond may be arranged either terminally
  • a-olefms or internally.
  • the at least one further ethylenically unsaturated monomer of class (1) is preferably selected from alkenyl carboxylates; for example, C 2 - to Ci4-alkenyl esters, for example the vinyl and propenyl esters, of carboxylic acids having 2 to 21 carbon atoms, whose hydrocarbon radical may be linear or branched among these, preference is given to the vinyl esters, examples of suitable alkenyl carboxylates are vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, vinyl neopentanoate, vinyl hexanoate, vinyl neononanoate, vinyl neodecanoate and the corresponding propenyl esters, (meth)acrylic esters; for example, esters of (meth)acrylic acid with Ci- to C2o-alkanols, especially Ci- to Cio-alkanols, in particular with methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropan
  • Suitable copolymers of class (1) are also those which comprise two or more different alkenyl carboxylates in copolymerized form, which differ in the alkenyl function and/or in the carboxylic acid group. Likewise suitable are copolymers which, as well as the alkenyl carboxylate(s), comprise at least one olefin and/or at least one (meth)acrylic ester in copolymerized form.
  • Terpolymers of a C 2 - to C 4 o-a-olefm, a Ci- to C 2 o-alkyl ester of an ethyl enically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid having 3 to 15 carbon atoms and a C 2 - to Ci4-alkenyl ester of a saturated monocarboxylic acid having 2 to 21 carbon atoms are also suitable as copolymers of class (Kl).
  • Terpolymers of this kind are described in WO 2005/054314.
  • a typical terpolymer of this kind is formed from ethylene, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and vinyl acetate.
  • the at least one or the further ethyl enically unsaturated monomer(s) are copolymerized in the copolymers of class (1) in an amount of preferably 1 to 50% by weight, especially 10 to 45% by weight and in particular 20 to 40% by weight, based on the overall copolymer.
  • the main proportion in terms of weight of the monomer units in the copolymers of class (1) therefore originates generally from the C 2 to C 4 o base olefins.
  • the copolymers of class (1) may have a number average molecular weight M n of 1000 to 20,000, or 1000 to 10,000 or 1000 to 8000.
  • Typical comb polymers of component (2) are, for example, obtainable by the copolymerization of maleic anhydride or fumaric acid with another ethylenically unsaturated monomer, for example with an a-olefm or an unsaturated ester, such as vinyl acetate, and subsequent esterification of the anhydride or acid function with an alcohol having at least 10 carbon atoms.
  • Further suitable comb polymers are copolymers of a- olefins and esterified comonomers, for example esterified copolymers of styrene and maleic anhydride or esterified copolymers of styrene and fumaric acid.
  • Suitable comb polymers may also be polyfumarates or polymaleates. Homo- and copolymers of vinyl ethers are also suitable comb polymers.
  • Comb polymers suitable as components of class (2) are, for example, also those described in WO 2004/035715 and in "Comb-Like Polymers. Structure and Properties", N. A. Plate and V. P. Shibaev, J. Poly. Sci. Macromolecular Revs. 8, pages 1 17 to 253 (1974). Mixtures of comb polymers are also suitable.
  • Polyoxyalkylenes suitable as components of class (3) are, for example, polyoxyalkylene esters, polyoxyalkylene ethers, mixed polyoxyalkylene ester/ethers and mixtures thereof. These polyoxyalkylene compounds preferably comprise at least one linear alkyl group, preferably at least two linear alkyl groups, each having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and a polyoxyalkylene group having a number average molecular weight of up to
  • polyoxyalkylene compounds are described, for example, in EP-A 061 895 and also in U.S. Pat. No. 4,491,455.
  • Particular polyoxyalkylene compounds are based on polyethylene glycols and polypropylene glycols having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5000.
  • Polar nitrogen compounds suitable as components of class (4) may be either ionic or nonionic and may have at least one substituent, or at least two substituents, in the form of a tertiary nitrogen atom of the general formula >NR 7 in which R 7 is a C 8 - to C 4 o- hydrocarbon radical.
  • the nitrogen substituents may also be quaternized i.e. be in cationic form.
  • An example of such nitrogen compounds is that of ammonium salts and/or amides which are obtainable by the reaction of at least one amine substituted by at least one hydrocarbon radical with a carboxylic acid having 1 to 4 carboxyl groups or with a suitable derivative thereof.
  • the amines may comprise at least one linear C 8 - to C 4 o-alkyl radical.
  • Primary amines suitable for preparing the polar nitrogen compounds mentioned are, for example, octylamine, nonylamine, decylamine, undecylamine, dodecylamine, tetradecylamine and the higher linear homologs.
  • Secondary amines suitable for this purpose are, for example, dioctadecylamine and methylbehenylamine.
  • amine mixtures in particular amine mixtures obtainable on the industrial scale, such as fatty amines or hydrogenated tallamines, as described, for example, in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 6th Edition, "Amines, aliphatic” chapter.
  • Acids suitable for the reaction are, for example, eye lohexane-l,2-di carboxylic acid, cyclohexene-l,2-di carboxylic acid, cyclopentane-l,2-dicarboxylic acid, naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, and succinic acids substituted by long-chain hydrocarbon radicals.
  • Sulfocarboxylic acids, sulfonic acids or derivatives thereof which are suitable as cold flow improvers of class (5) are, for example, the oil-soluble carboxamides and carboxylic esters of ortho-sulfobenzoic acid, in which the sulfonic acid function is present as a sulfonate with alkyl-substituted ammonium cations, as described in EP-A 261 957.
  • Poly(meth)acrylic esters suitable as cold flow improvers of class (6) are either homo- or copolymers of acrylic and methacrylic esters. Preference is given to copolymers of at least two different (meth)acrylic esters which differ with regard to the esterified alcohol.
  • the copolymer optionally comprises another different olefmically unsaturated monomer in copolymerized form.
  • the weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is preferably 50,000 to 500,000.
  • the polymer may be a copolymer of methacrylic acid and methacrylic esters of saturated C 14 and C 15 alcohols, the acid groups having been neutralized with hydrogenated tallamine. Suitable poly(meth)acrylic esters are described, for example, in WO 00/44857.
  • the cold flow improver or the mixture of different cold flow improvers is added to the middle distillate fuel or diesel fuel in a total amount of preferably 0 to 5000 ppm by weight, or 10 to 5000 ppm by weight, or 20 to 2000 ppm by weight, or 50 to 1000 ppm by weight, or 100 to 700 ppm by weight, for example of 200 to 500 ppm by weight.
  • the technology provides engine oil lubricating compositions that can be employed in internal combustion engines.
  • the internal combustion engine may be spark ignition or compression ignition.
  • the internal combustion engine may be a 2-stroke or 4-stroke engine.
  • the internal combustion engine may be a passenger car engine, a light duty diesel engine, a heavy duty diesel engine, a motorcycle engine, or a 2-stroke or 4-stroke marine diesel engine.
  • the internal combustion engine may be a passenger car engine, or a heavy duty diesel internal combustion engine.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition of the invention comprises in addition to the quaternary ammonium salts of the present technology an overbased metal-containing detergent, or mixtures thereof.
  • Overbased detergents are known in the art. Overbased materials, otherwise referred to as overbased or superbased salts, are generally single phase, homogeneous systems characterized by a metal content in excess of that which would be present for neutralization according to the stoichiometry of the metal and the particular acidic organic compound reacted with the metal.
  • the overbased materials are prepared by reacting an acidic material (typically an inorganic acid or lower carboxylic acid, typically carbon dioxide) with a mixture comprising an acidic organic compound, a reaction medium comprising at least one inert, organic solvent (mineral oil, naphtha, toluene, xylene, etc.) for said acidic organic material, a stoichiometric excess of a metal base, and a promoter such as a calcium chloride, acetic acid, phenol or alcohol.
  • the acidic organic material will normally have a sufficient number of carbon atoms to provide a degree of solubility in oil.
  • the amount of "excess" metal is commonly expressed in terms of metal ratio.
  • metal ratio is the ratio of the total equivalents of the metal to the equivalents of the acidic organic compound.
  • a neutral metal salt has a metal ratio of one.
  • a salt having 4.5 times as much metal as present in a normal salt will have metal excess of 3.5 equivalents, or a ratio of 4.5.
  • metal ratio is also explained in standard textbook entitled “Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants", Third Edition, Edited by R. M. Mortier and S. T. Orszulik, Copyright 2010, page 219, sub-heading 7.25.
  • the overbased metal-containing detergent may be chosen from non-sulfur- containing phenates, sulfur-containing phenates, sulfonates, salixarates, salicylates, carboxylates, and mixtures thereof, or borated equivalents thereof.
  • the overbased detergent may be borated with a borating agent such as boric acid.
  • the overbased detergent may be non-sulfur containing phenates, sulfur containing phenates, sulfonates, or mixtures thereof.
  • An engine oil lubricant may further comprise an overbased sulfonate detergent present at 0.01 wt% to 0.9 wt%, or 0.05 wt% to 0.8 wt%, or 0.1 wt% to 0.7 wt%, or 0.2 wt% to 0.6 wt%.
  • the overbased sulfonate detergent may have a metal ratio of 12 to less than 20, or 12 to 18, or 20 to 30, or 22 to 25.
  • An engine oil lubricant composition may also include one or more detergents in addition to the overbased sulfonate.
  • Overbased sulfonates typically have a total base number of 250 to 600, or 300 to 500 (on an oil free basis).
  • Overbased detergents are known in the art.
  • the sulfonate detergent may be a predominantly linear alkylbenzene sulfonate detergent having a metal ratio of at least 8 as is described in paragraphs [0026] to [0037] of US Patent Application 2005065045 (and granted as US 7,407,919).
  • Linear alkyl benzenes may have the benzene ring attached anywhere on the linear chain, usually at the 2, 3, or 4 position, or mixtures thereof.
  • the predominantly linear alkylbenzene sulfonate detergent may be particularly useful for assisting in improving fuel economy.
  • the sulfonate detergent may be a metal salt of one or more oil-soluble alkyl toluene sulfonate compounds as disclosed in paragraphs [0046] to [0053] of US Patent Application 2008/0119378.
  • the overbased sulfonate detergent comprises an overbased calcium sulfonate.
  • the calcium sulfonate detergent may have a metal ratio of 18 to 40 and a TBN of 300 to 500, or 325 to 425.
  • the other detergents may have a metal of the metal-containing detergent may also include "hybrid" detergents formed with mixed surfactant systems including phenate and/or sulfonate components, e.g., phenate/salicylates, sulfonate/phenates, sulfonate/salicylates, sulfonates/phenates/salicylates, as described; for example, in US Patents 6,429,178; 6,429,179; 6,153,565; and 6,281,179.
  • phenate/salicylates e.g., phenate/salicylates, sulfonate/phenates, sulfonate/salicylates, sulfonates/phenates/salicylates, as described; for example, in US Patents 6,429,178; 6,429,179; 6,153,565; and 6,281,179.
  • hybrid detergent would be considered equivalent to amounts of distinct phenate and sulfonate detergents introducing like amounts of phenate and sulfonate soaps, respectively.
  • the other detergent may have an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or zinc counter ion.
  • the metal may be sodium, calcium, barium, or magnesium.
  • other detergent may be sodium, calcium, or magnesium containing detergent (typically, calcium, or magnesium containing detergent).
  • the other detergent may typically be an overbased detergent of sodium, calcium or magnesium salt of the phenates, sulfur-containing phenates, salixarates and salicylates.
  • Overbased phenates and salicylates typically have a total base number of 180 to 450 TBN (on an oil free basis).
  • Phenate detergents are typically derived from p-hydrocarbyl phenols.
  • Alkylphenols of this type may be coupled with sulfur and overbased, coupled with aldehyde and overbased, or carboxylated to form salicylate detergents.
  • Suitable alkylphenols include those alkylated with oligomers of propylene, i.e. tetrapropenylphenol (i.e. p-dodecylphenol or PDDP) and pentapropenylphenol.
  • Other suitable alkylphenols include those alkylated with alpha-olefms, isomerized alpha-olefms, and polyolefins like polyisobutylene.
  • the lubricating composition comprises less than 0.2 wt%, or less than 0.1 wt%, or even less than 0.05 wt % of a phenate detergent derived from PDDP. In one embodiment, the lubricant composition comprises a phenate detergent that is not derived from PDDP.
  • the overbased detergent may be present at 0 wt% to 10 wt%, or 0.1 wt% to 10 wt%, or 0.2 wt% to 8 wt%, or 0.2 wt% to 3 wt%.
  • the detergent may be present at 2 wt% to 3 wt% of the lubricant composition.
  • the detergent may be present at 0.2 wt% to 1 wt% of the lubricant composition.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprises at least one overbased detergent with a metal ratio of at least 3, or at least 8, or at least 15.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology may further include a dispersant, or mixtures thereof.
  • the dispersant may be chosen from a succinimide dispersant, a Mannich dispersant, a succinamide dispersant, a polyolefm succinic acid ester, amide, or ester-amide, or mixtures thereof.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition includes a dispersant or mixtures thereof.
  • the dispersant may be present as a single dispersant.
  • the dispersant may be present as a mixture of two or more (typically two or three) different dispersants, wherein at least one may be a succinimide dispersant.
  • the succinimide dispersant may be derived from an aliphatic polyamine, or mixtures thereof.
  • the aliphatic polyamine may be aliphatic polyamine such as an ethylenepolyamine, a propylenepolyamine, a butylenepolyamine, or mixtures thereof.
  • the aliphatic polyamine may be ethylenepolyamine.
  • the aliphatic polyamine may be chosen from ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, polyamine still bottoms, and mixtures thereof.
  • the dispersant may be a polyolefm succinic acid ester, amide, or ester-amide.
  • a polyolefm succinic acid ester may be a polyisobutylene succinic acid ester of pentaerythritol, or mixtures thereof.
  • a polyolefm succinic acid ester-amide may be a polyisobutylene succinic acid reacted with an alcohol (such as pentaerythritol) and an amine (such as a diamine, typically diethyleneamine).
  • the dispersant may be an N-substituted long chain alkenyl succinimide.
  • An example of an N-substituted long chain alkenyl succinimide is polyisobutylene succinimide.
  • the polyisobutylene from which polyisobutylene succinic anhydride may be derived has a number average molecular weight of 350 to 5000, or 550 to 3000 or 750 to 2500.
  • the dispersants may also be post-treated by conventional methods by a reaction with any of a variety of agents. Among these are boron compounds (such as boric acid), urea, thiourea, dimercaptothiadiazoles, carbon disulfide, aldehydes, and ketones, carboxylic acids such as terephthalic acid, hydrocarbon-substituted succinic anhydrides, maleic anhydride, nitriles, epoxides, and phosphorus compounds.
  • the post-treated dispersant is borated.
  • the post-treated dispersant may be reacted with dimercaptothiadiazoles.
  • the post-treated dispersant may be reacted with phosphoric or phosphorous acid.
  • the post-treated dispersant may be reacted with terephthalic acid and boric acid (as described in US Patent
  • the dispersant may be borated or non-borated.
  • a borated dispersant may be a succinimide dispersant.
  • the ashless dispersant may be boron-containing, i.e., has incorporated boron and delivers said boron to the lubricant composition.
  • the boron-containing dispersant may be present in an amount to deliver at least 25 ppm boron, at least 50 ppm boron, or at least 100 ppm boron to the lubricant composition.
  • the lubricant composition may be free of a boron-containing dispersant, i.e. delivers no more than 10 ppm boron to the final formulation.
  • the dispersant may be prepared/obtained/obtainable from reaction of succinic anhydride by an "ene” or “thermal” reaction, by what may be referred to as a "direct alkylation process.”
  • the "ene” reaction mechanism and general reaction conditions are summarized in "Maleic Anhydride", pages, 147-149, Edited by B.C. Trivedi and B.C. Culbertson and Published by Plenum Press in 1982.
  • the dispersant prepared by a process that includes an "ene” reaction may be a polyisobutylene succinimide having a carbocyclic ring present on less than 50 mole %, or 0 to less than 30 mole %, or 0 to less than 20 mole %, or 0 mole % of the dispersant molecules.
  • the "ene” reaction may have a reaction temperature of 180 ° C to less than 300 ° C, or 200 ° C to 250 ° C, or 200 ° C to 220 ° C.
  • the dispersant may also be obtained/obtainable from a chlorine-assisted process, often involving Diels-Alder chemistry, leading to formation of carbocyclic linkages.
  • the process is known to a person skilled in the art.
  • the chlorine-assisted process may produce a dispersant that is a polyisobutylene succinimide having a carbocyclic ring present on 50 mole % or more, or 60 to 100 mole % of the dispersant molecules. Both the thermal and chlorine-assisted processes are described in greater detail in U.S. Patent 7,615,521, columns 4-5 and preparative examples A and B.
  • the dispersant may have a carbonyl to nitrogen ratio (CO:N ratio) of 5: 1 to
  • the dispersant may have a CO:N ratio of 2: 1 to 1 : 10, or 2: 1 to 1 :5, or 2: 1 to 1 :2, or 1 : 1.4 to 1 :0.6.
  • the dispersant may be a succinimide dispersant may comprise a polyisobutylene succinimide, wherein the polyisobutylene from which polyisobutylene succinimide is derived has a number average molecular weight of 350 to
  • the dispersant may be present at 0 wt % to 20 wt %, 0.1 wt % to 15 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 9 wt %, or 1 wt % to 8.5 wt % or 1.5 to 5 wt % of the lubricant composition.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology may be a lubricant composition further comprising a molybdenum compound.
  • the molybdenum compound may be an antiwear agent or an antioxidant.
  • the molybdenum compound may be chosen from molybdenum dialkyldithiophosphates, molybdenum dithiocarbamates, amine salts of molybdenum compounds, and mixtures thereof.
  • the molybdenum compound may provide the lubricant composition with 0 to 1000 ppm, or 5 to 1000 ppm, or 10 to 750 ppm 5 ppm to 300 ppm, or 20 ppm to 250 ppm of molybdenum.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology may further comprise an antioxidant.
  • Antioxidants include sulfurized olefins, diarylamines, alkylated diarylamines, hindered phenols, molybdenum compounds (such as molybdenum dithiocarbamates), hydroxyl thioethers, or mixtures thereof.
  • the lubricant composition includes an antioxidant, or mixtures thereof.
  • the antioxidant may be present at 0 wt % to 15 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 5 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 3 wt %, or 0.3 wt % to 1.5 wt % of the lubricant composition.
  • an engine oil coupled quats of the present technology further comprises a phenolic or an aminic antioxidant or mixtures thereof, and wherein the antioxidant is present at 0.1 wt % to 3 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 2.75 wt %, or 1 wt % to 2.5 wt
  • the diarylamine or alkylated diarylamine may be a phenyl-a-naphthylamine (PANA), an alkylated diphenylamine, or an alkylated phenylnapthylamine, or mixtures thereof.
  • the alkylated diphenylamine may include di-nonylated diphenylamine, nonyl diphenylamine, octyl diphenylamine, di-octylated diphenylamine, di-decylated diphenylamine, decyl diphenylamine and mixtures thereof.
  • the diphenylamine may include nonyl diphenylamine, dinonyl diphenylamine, octyl diphenylamine, dioctyl diphenylamine, or mixtures thereof.
  • the alkylated diphenylamine may include nonyl diphenylamine, or dinonyl diphenylamine.
  • the alkylated diarylamine may include octyl, di-octyl, nonyl, di -nonyl, decyl or di-decyl phenylnapthylamines.
  • the hindered phenol antioxidant often contains a secondary butyl and/or a tertiary butyl group as a sterically hindering group.
  • the phenol group may be further substituted with a hydrocarbyl group (typically linear or branched alkyl) and/or a bridging group linking to a second aromatic group.
  • hindered phenol antioxidants examples include 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-ethyl- 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-propyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol or 4-butyl-2,6-di-tert- butylphenol, or 4-dodecyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol.
  • the hindered phenol antioxidant may be an ester and may include, e.g., IrganoxTM L-135 from Ciba. A more detailed description of suitable ester-containing hindered phenol antioxidant chemistry is found in US Patent 6,559,105.
  • molybdenum dithiocarbamates which may be used as an antioxidant, include commercial materials sold under the trade names such as Molyvan 822 ® , Molyvan ® A and Molyvan ® 855 from R. T. Vanderbilt Co., Ltd., and Adeka Sakura- LubeTM S-100, S-165, S-600 and 525, or mixtures thereof.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology further includes a viscosity modifier.
  • the viscosity modifier is known in the art and may include hydrogenated styrene-butadiene rubbers, ethylene -propylene copolymers, ethylene copolymers with propylene and higher olefins, polymethacrylates, polyacrylates, hydrogenated styrene-isoprene polymers, hydrogenated diene polymers, polyalkyl styrenes, polyolefins, esters of maleic anhydride- olefin copolymers (such as those described in International Application WO
  • the viscosity modifier may include a block copolymer comprising (i) a vinyl aromatic monomer block and (ii), a conjugated diene olefin monomer block (such as a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene copolymer or a hydrogenated styrene-isoprene copolymer), a polymethacrylate, an ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer, a hydrogenated star polymer comprising conjugated diene monomers such as butadiene or isoprene, or a star polymer of polymethacrylate, or mixtures thereof.
  • a block copolymer comprising (i) a vinyl aromatic monomer block and (ii), a conjugated diene olefin monomer block (such as a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene copolymer or a hydrogenated styrene-isoprene copolymer), a polymethacrylate
  • the viscosity modifier may be a dispersant viscosity modifier.
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may include functionalized polyolefins, for example, ethylene -propylene copolymers that have been functionalized with an acylating agent such as maleic anhydride and an amine.
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier comprises an olefin copolymer further functionalized with a dispersant amine group.
  • the olefin copolymer is an ethylene-propylene copolymer.
  • the olefin copolymer has a number average molecular weight of 5000 to 20,000, or 6000 to 18,000, or 7000 to 15,000.
  • the olefin copolymer may have a shear stability index of 0 to 20, or 0 to 10, or 0 to 5 as measured by the Orbahn shear test (ASTM D6278) as described above.
  • ASTM D6278 Orbahn shear test
  • the formation of a dispersant viscosity modifier is well known in the art.
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may include for instance those described in U.S. Patent US 7,790,661 column 2, line 48 to column 10, line 38.
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may be prepared by grafting of an olefmic carboxylic acid acylating agent onto a polymer of 15 to 80 mole percent of ethylene, from 20 to 85 mole percent of C3 10 a- monoolefin, and from 0 to 15 mole percent of non-conjugated diene or triene, said polymer having an average molecular weight ranging from 5000 to 20,000, and further reacting said grafted polymer with an amine (typically an aromatic amine).
  • an amine typically an aromatic amine
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may include functionalized polyolefins, for example, ethylene -propylene copolymers that have been functionalized with an acylating agent such as maleic anhydride and an amine; polymethacrylates functionalized with an amine, or styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers reacted with an amine.
  • Suitable amines may be aliphatic or aromatic amines and polyamines. Examples of suitable aromatic amines include nitroaniline, aminodiphenylamine (ADPA), hydrocarbylene coupled polyaromatic amines, and mixtures thereof. More detailed description of dispersant viscosity modifiers are disclosed in International Publication WO2006/015130 or U.S.
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may include those described in U.S. Patent 4,863,623 (see column 2, line 15 to column 3, line 52) or in International Publication WO2006/015130 (see page 2, paragraph [0008] and preparative examples are described paragraphs [0065] to [0073]).
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may include those described in U.S. Patent US 7,790,661 column 2, line 48 to column 10, line 38.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats disclosed herein further comprises a dispersant viscosity modifier.
  • the dispersant viscosity modifier may be present at 0 wt % to 5 wt %, or 0 wt % to 4 wt %, or
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology further includes a friction modifier.
  • the friction modifier may be chosen from long chain fatty acid derivatives of amines, long chain fatty esters, or derivatives of long chain fatty epoxides; fatty imidazolines; amine salts of alkylphosphoric acids; fatty alkyl tartrates; fatty alkyl tartrimides; fatty alkyl tartramides; fatty malic esters and imides, fatty (poly)glycolates; and fatty glycolamides.
  • the friction modifier may be present at 0 wt % to 6 wt %, or 0.01 wt % to 4 wt %, or 0.05 wt % to 2 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of the lubricant composition.
  • fatty alkyl or "fatty" in relation to friction modifiers means a carbon chain having 10 to 22 carbon atoms, typically a straight carbon chain.
  • Suitable friction modifiers include long chain fatty acid derivatives of amines, fatty esters, or fatty epoxides; fatty imidazolines such as condensation products of carboxylic acids and polyalkylene -polyamines; amine salts of alkylphosphoric acids; fatty alkyl tartrates; fatty alkyl tartrimides; fatty alkyl tartramides; fatty phosphonates; fatty phosphites; borated phospholipids, borated fatty epoxides; glycerol esters such as glycerol mono-oleate; borated glycerol esters; fatty amines; alkoxylated fatty amines; borated alkoxylated fatty amines; hydroxyl and polyhydroxy fatty amines including tertiary hydroxy fatty amines; hydroxy alkyl amides; metal salts of fatty acids; metal salts of alkyl salicylates; fatty oxazolines;
  • Friction modifiers may also encompass materials such as sulfurized fatty compounds and olefins, molybdenum dialkyldithiophosphates, molybdenum dithiocarbamates, sunflower oil or soybean oil monoester of a polyol and an aliphatic carboxylic acid.
  • the friction modifier may be a long chain fatty acid ester.
  • the long chain fatty acid ester may be a mono-ester and in another embodiment the long chain fatty acid ester may be a triglyceride.
  • An engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology optionally further includes at least one antiwear agent.
  • suitable antiwear agents include titanium compounds, tartaric acid derivatives such as tartrate esters, amides or tartrimides, malic acid derivatives, citric acid derivatives, glycolic acid derivatives, oil soluble amine salts of phosphorus compounds different from that of the invention, sulfurized olefins, metal dihydrocarbyldithiophosphates (such as zinc dialkyldithiophosphates), phosphites (such as dibutyl phosphite), phosphonates, thiocarbamate-containing compounds, such as thiocarbamate esters, thiocarbamate amides, thiocarbamic ethers, alkylene-coupled thiocarbamates, and bis(S- alkyldithiocarbamyl) disulfides.
  • the antiwear agent may in one embodiment include a tartrate or tartrimide as disclosed in International Publication WO 2006/044411 or Canadian Patent CA 1 183 125.
  • the tartrate or tartrimide may contain alkyl-ester groups, where the sum of carbon atoms on the alkyl groups is at least 8.
  • the antiwear agent may in one embodiment include a citrate as is disclosed in US Patent Application 20050198894.
  • Another class of additives includes oil-soluble titanium compounds as disclosed in US 7,727,943 and US2006/0014651.
  • the oil-soluble titanium compounds may function as antiwear agents, friction modifiers, antioxidants, deposit control additives, or more than one of these functions.
  • the oil soluble titanium compound is a titanium (IV) alkoxide.
  • the titanium alkoxide is formed from a monohydric alcohol, a polyol or mixtures thereof.
  • the monohydric alkoxides may have 2 to 16, or 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
  • the titanium alkoxide is titanium (IV) isopropoxide.
  • the titanium alkoxide is titanium (IV) 2-ethylhexoxide.
  • the titanium compound comprises the alkoxide of a vicinal 1 ,2-diol or polyol.
  • the 1,2-vicinal diol comprises a fatty acid mono-ester of glycerol, often the fatty acid is oleic acid.
  • the oil soluble titanium compound is a titanium carboxylate.
  • the titanium (IV) carboxylate is titanium neodecanoate.
  • An engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology may further include a phosphorus-containing antiwear agent different from that of the invention.
  • the phosphorus-containing antiwear agent may be a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, phosphite, phosphate, phosphonate, and ammonium phosphate salts, or mixtures thereof.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition may further comprise a phosphorus-containing antiwear agent, typically zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.
  • Zinc dialkyldithiophosphates are known in the art. Examples of zinc dithiophosphates include zinc isopropyl methylamyl dithiophosphate, zinc isopropyl isooctyl dithiophosphate, zinc di(cyclohexyl) dithiophosphate, zinc isobutyl 2-ethylhexyl dithiophosphate, zinc isopropyl 2-ethylhexyl dithiophosphate, zinc isobutyl isoamyl dithiophosphate, zinc isopropyl n- butyl dithiophosphate, and combinations thereof.
  • Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate may be present in amount to provide 0.01 wt % to 0.1 wt % phosphorus to the lubricating composition, or to provide 0.015 wt % to 0.075 wt % phosphorus, or 0.02 wt % to 0.05 wt % phosphorus to the lubricating composition.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition further comprises one or more zinc dialkyldithiophosphate such that the amine (thio)phosphate additive of the invention provides at least 50% of the total phosphorus present in the lubricating composition, or at least 70% of the total phosphorus, or at least 90%> of the total phosphorus in the lubricating composition.
  • the lubricant composition is free or substantially free of a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.
  • the antiwear agent may be present at 0 wt % to 3 wt %, or 0.1 wt % to 1.5 wt %, or 0.5 wt % to 0.9 wt % of the lubricant composition.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology further comprises 0.01 to 5 wt % or 0.1 to 2 wt % of an ashless antiwear agent represented by Formula:
  • X is independently -Z-O-Z'-, >CH 2 , >CHR 4 , >CR 4 R 5 , >C(OH)(C0 2 R 2 ), >C(C0 2 R 2 ) 2 , or
  • Z and Z' are independently >CH 2 , >CHR 4 , >CR 4 R 5 , >C(OH)(C0 2 R 2 ), or >CHOR 6 ;
  • n 0 or 1 ;
  • R 1 is independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, typically containing 1 to 150 carbon atoms, with the proviso that when R 1 is hydrogen, m is 0, and n is more than or equal to 1 ;
  • R 2 is a hydrocarbyl group, typically containing 1 to 150 carbon atoms
  • R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently hydrocarbyl groups
  • R 6 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, typically containing 1 to 150 carbon atoms.
  • an engine oil lubricant composition comprising the coupled quats of the present technology further comprises 0.01 to 5 wt % or 0.1 to 2 wt
  • an ashless antiwear agent that may be a compound obtained/obtainable by a process comprising reacting a glycolic acid, a 2-halo-acetic acid, or a lactic acid, or an alkali or alkaline metal salt thereof, (typically glycolic acid or a 2-halo-acetic acid) with at least one member selected from the group consisting of an amine, an alcohol, and an amino alcohol.
  • the compound may be represented by formulae:
  • Y is independently oxygen or >NH or >NR ! ;
  • R 1 is independently a hydrocarbyl group, typically containing 4 to 30, or 6 to 20, or 8 to
  • Z is hydrogen or methyl
  • Q is the residue of a diol, triol or higher polyol, a diamine, triamine, or higher polyamine, or an aminoalcohol (typically Q is a diol, diamine or aminoalcohol)
  • g is 2 to 6, or 2 to 3, or 2;
  • q is 1 to 4, or 1 to 3 or 1 to 2;
  • n is 0 to 10, 0 to 6, 0 to 5, 1 to 4, or 1 to 3;
  • Ak 1 is an alkylene group containing 1 to 5, or 2 to 4 or 2 to 3 (typically ethylene) carbon atoms; and b is 1 to 10, or 2 to 8, or 4 to 6, or 4.
  • the invention is useful in a liquid fuel or an oil of lubricating viscosity in an internal combustion engine.
  • the internal combustion engine may be a gasoline or diesel engine.
  • Exemplary internal combustion engines include, but are not limited to, spark ignition and compression ignition engines; 2-stroke or 4-stroke cycles; liquid fuel supplied via direct injection, indirect injection, port injection and carburetor; common rail and unit injector systems; light (e.g. passenger car) and heavy duty (e.g. commercial truck) engines; and engines fuelled with hydrocarbon and non- hydrocarbon fuels and mixtures thereof.
  • the engines may be part of integrated emissions systems incorporating such elements as; EGR systems; aftertreatment including three-way catalyst, oxidation catalyst, NO x absorbers and catalysts, catalyzed and non-catalyzed particulate traps optionally employing fuel-borne catalyst; variable valve timing; and injection timing and rate shaping.
  • the technology may be used with diesel engines having direct fuel injection systems wherein the fuel is injected directly into the engine's combustion chamber.
  • the ignition pressures may be greater than 1000 bar and, in one embodiment, the ignition pressure may be greater than 1350 bar.
  • the direct fuel injection system maybe a high-pressure direct fuel injection system having ignition pressures greater than 1350 bar.
  • Exemplary types of high-pressure direct fuel injection systems include, but are not limited to, unit direct injection (or "pump and nozzle") systems, and common rail systems.
  • unit direct injection systems the high- pressure fuel pump, fuel metering system and fuel injector are combined into one apparatus.
  • Common rail systems have a series of injectors connected to the same pressure accumulator, or rail. The rail in turn, is connected to a high-pressure fuel pump.
  • the unit direct injection or common rail systems may further comprise an optional turbocharged or supercharged direct injection system.
  • the amide/ester quat technology is useful for providing at least equivalent, if not improved detergency (deposit reduction and/or prevention) performance in both the traditional and modern diesel engine compared to a 1000 Mn quaternary ammonium compound.
  • the technology can provide improved water shedding (or demulsifying) performance compared to 1000 M n quaternary ammonium compounds in both the traditional and modern diesel engine.
  • the disclosed technology may be used to improve the cold temperature operability or performance of a diesel fuel (as measured by the ARAL test).
  • a lubricating composition comprising a coupled quat is useful for lubricating an internal combustion engine (for crankcase lubrication).
  • Embodiments of the present technology may provide at least one of antiwear performance, friction modification (particularly for enhancing fuel economy), detergent performance (particularly deposit control or varnish control), dispersancy (particularly soot control or sludge control), or corrosion control.
  • solid carbonaceous by-products may be produced.
  • the solid by-products may stick to the interior walls of the engine and are often referred to as deposits. If left unchecked, engines fouled by deposits may experience a loss in engine power, fuel efficiency, or drivability.
  • IDIDs internal diesel injector deposits
  • IDIDs may be more problematic than in traditional diesel engines.
  • IDIDs can form on injector moving parts, such as the needle and command piston or control valve. IDIDs can hinder the movement of the injector parts, impairing the injection timing and the quantity of fuel injected. Since modern diesel engines operate on precise multiple injection strategies in order to maximize efficiency and performance of combustion, ID IDs can have a serious adverse effect on engine operation and vehicle drivability.
  • High pressure common rail fuel injector systems are both more susceptible and more prone to IDID formation. These advanced systems have tighter tolerances due to their extremely high operating pressures. Likewise, in some cases the clearance between moving parts in the injectors is only a few microns or less. As such, advanced diesel fuel systems are more susceptible to ID IDs. Deposits may be likely to form in these systems because of their higher operating temperatures which can oxidize and decompose the chemically unstable components of the diesel fuel. Another factor that may also contribute to IDID issues in high pressure common rail systems is that these injectors often have lower activation forces making them even more prone to sticking than in high pressure systems. The lower activation forces may also cause some of the fuel to "leak back" into the injectors, which may also contribute to IDID.
  • ID IDs are formed from when the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of sparingly soluble contaminants moves to a level where the hydrophilic head group dominates over the lipophilic tail. As the length of the lipophilic tail decreases, the hydrophilic head group begins to dominate. The structure of the tail (branched versus linear) and/or may also affect the solubility of the contaminants. In addition, as the polarity of the head group sparingly soluble contaminants increase, its solubility decreases.
  • HLB hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
  • IDID While there may be multiple causes and sources of IDID, two types of ID IDs have been identified; 1) metal (sodium) carboxylate-type IDIDs, often referred to as “metal soaps” or “sodium soaps”, and 2) amide -type IDIDs, often referred to as “amide lacquers”.
  • IDIDs Advanced chemical analysis techniques have been used to obtain more detailed structural information on IDIDs to help identify the sources of the problem.
  • Detailed analysis of metal soap-type IDIDs has helped identify corrosion inhibitors, such as alkenyl succinic acids, as culprits in IDID formation.
  • the corrosion inhibitors for example, dodecenyl succinic acid (DDSA) and hexadecenyl succinic acid (HDSA) (two commonly used pipeline corrosion inhibitors in the petroleum industry), pick up trace levels of sodium and other metals in the fuel left over from the refinery process. Tests have been conducted using engines compliant with US Tier 3 emission standards to explore the underlying structure activity relationships of sodium soap formation.
  • metal soap ID IDs is dependent upon the size (number of carbons) of the hydrocarbon tail of the "soap" and the number of carboxylic acids groups (C0 2 H) in the head group of the corrosion inhibitor. It was observed that the tendency to form deposits increases when the inhibitor had a short tail and multiple carboxylic acids in the head group.
  • dicarboxylic acid corrosion inhibitors with a lower number average molecular weight (M n ) ranging between 280 and 340 have a greater tendency to form sodium soap deposits than corrosion inhibitors with a higher number average molecular weight.
  • M n number average molecular weight
  • Persons of ordinary skill in the art will understand that there may be some low molecular weight polymers present in corrosion inhibitors with a number average molecular weight above 340.
  • These metal soaps can be referred to as low molecular weight soaps, and can be represented, for example, by structures of:
  • R * is a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group having 10 to 36 carbon atoms, or 12 to 18 , or 12 to 16 carbon atoms
  • M + is a metal contaminant, such as sodium, calcium, or potassium
  • x is an integer from 1 to 4, 2 to 3, or 2.
  • One class of low molecular weight soaps are those represented by formula:
  • Particular soaps include DDSA or HDSA soaps. These low molecular weight soaps may have a number average molecular weight (M n ) ranging between 280 and 340.
  • M n number average molecular weight
  • Amide lacquer formation is less certain but it has been suggested that it is derived from polyisobutylene succinimides (PIBSIs) with low number average molecular weight (Mn) which are added to diesel fuel to control nozzle fouling.
  • PIBSIs polyisobutylene succinimides
  • Mn number average molecular weight
  • Low molecular weight PIBSIs may have an average M n of 400 or less using gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and a polystyrene calibration curve.
  • GPC gel permeation chromatography
  • low M n PIBSIs may have an average M n of 200 to 300.
  • low molecular weight PIBSIs may be byproducts formed from low molecular weight PIBS present in the production process. While generally higher molecular weight polyisobutylene (PIB) with an average M n of 1000 is used to generate the PIBSIs, low molecular weight PIBs may be present as contaminants. Low molecular weight PIBSIs may also form when increasing the reaction temperature to remove excess reactants or catalysts. Again, while completely eliminating low Mn PIBSIs from anti-foulants might result in reducing IDID formation, complete elimination might not be practical. Accordingly, low M n PIBSIs may be present in an amount of 5 wt% or less of a total weight of the PIBIs used.
  • PIB polyisobutylene
  • amide lacquer IDIDs have been shown to be linked to low molecular weight species by demonstrating that amide lacquer IDIDs can be produced in US Tier 3-compliant engines using a low molecular weight PIBSI fraction.
  • laboratory tests have shown that as little as 5 ppm of the low molecular weight PIBSI can cause deposit issues and it is possible that real world concentrations may be lower with deposits occurring over longer periods of time, such as from 0.01 to 5 ppm low molecular weight PIBSI.
  • Such low molecular weight PIBSI fractions can be represented, for example, by structure:
  • R is as defined above, and R is a hydrocarbyl polyamine such as an ethylene polyamine.
  • R is as defined above, and R is a hydrocarbyl polyamine such as an ethylene polyamine.
  • Sulfur-free diesel fuel is produced by hydrotreating wherein polyaromatics are reduced, thereby lowering the boiling point of the final fuel. As the final fuel is less aromatic, it is also less polar and therefore less able to solubilize sparingly soluble contaminants such as metal soaps or amide lacquers.
  • ID IDs can be reduced in a fuel containing low molecular weight soaps or low molecular weight PIBSI fractions by adding to the fuel the coupled quats described herein.
  • an embodiment of the present technology includes fuel compositions comprising at least one low molecular weight soap and coupled quat as described above.
  • a method of reducing and/or preventing internal diesel injector deposits may comprise employing a fuel composition comprising the coupled quat as described above.
  • the fuel may have a low molecular weight soap present therein.
  • the low molecular weight soap can be derived from the presence of from 0.01 to 5 ppm of a metal and 1 to 12, or 1 to 8, or 8 to 12 ppm of a corrosion inhibitor.
  • Exemplary metals include, but are not limited to, sodium, calcium, and potassium.
  • the corrosion inhibitors may comprise an alkenyl succinic acid such as dodecenyl succinic acid (DDSA) or hexadecenyl succinic acid (HDSA).
  • the fuel composition may have a low molecular weight polyisobutylene succinimides (PIBSI) present therein.
  • PIBSI polyisobutylene succinimides
  • the low molecular weight PIBSI may be present in the fuel at greater than 0.01 ppm, such as, for example, 5 to 25 ppm, or from 0.01 to 5 ppm of a low molecular weight PIBSI.
  • the technology may include a method of cleaning-up deposits in a diesel engine, such as, a diesel engine having a high pressure (i.e., above 35 MP a) common rail injector system, by operating the engine with a fuel containing a coupled quat therein.
  • the clean-up method includes reducing and/or preventing IDID causing deposits derived from the presence of a low molecular weight soap.
  • the clean-up method includes reducing and/or preventing IDID causing deposits derived from the presence of a low molecular weight PIBSI.
  • hydrocarbyl substituent or “hydrocarbyl group” is used in its ordinary sense, which is well-known to those skilled in the art. Specifically, it refers to a group having a carbon atom directly attached to the remainder of the molecule and having predominantly hydrocarbon character.
  • hydrocarbyl groups include: hydrocarbon substituents, that is, aliphatic (e.g., alkyl or alkenyl), alicyclic (e.g., cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl) substituents, and aromatic-, aliphatic-, and alicyclic-substituted aromatic substituents, as well as cyclic substituents wherein the ring is completed through another portion of the molecule (e.g., two substituents together form a ring); substituted hydrocarbon substituents, that is, substituents containing non-hydrocarbon groups which, in the context of this invention, do not alter the predominantly hydrocarbon nature of the substituent (e.g., halo (especially chloro and fluoro), hydroxy, alkoxy, mercapto, alkylmercapto, nitro, nitroso, and sulfoxy); hetero substituents, that is, substituents which, while having a predominantly hydrocarbon character, in the context of this invention
  • Heteroatoms include sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and encompass substituents as pyridyl, furyl, thienyl and imidazolyl.
  • substituents as pyridyl, furyl, thienyl and imidazolyl.
  • no more than two, preferably no more than one, non-hydrocarbon substituent will be present for every ten carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl group; typically, there will be no non-hydrocarbon substituents in the hydrocarbyl group.
  • polyisobutylene succinic anhydride (100% actives, 100 parts by weight (pbw)), which itself was prepared by reacting 1 mole 1000 number average molecular weight high vinylidene polyisobutylene and 1.2 moles maleic anhydride in a thermal "ene" reaction, was heated to 80°C and was charged to a jacketed reaction vessel fitted with stirrer, condenser, feed pump attached to sub-line addition pipe, nitrogen line and mantle / thermocouple / temperature controller system. The reaction vessel was heated to 100°C, where dimethylaminopropylamine (10.93 pbw) was charged to the reaction, maintaining the batch temperature below 120°C. The reaction mixture was then heated to 150°C and held for 3 hours. The resulting product, a non-quaternized succinimide detergent, was cooled and collected.
  • Sample A (845g; 0.84mol) was charged to a 2 liter flange flask vessel with water condenser, thermocouple, nitrogen inlet and overhead stirrer, along with 2- ethylhexanol (40.55 pbw), propylene oxide (8.54 pbw), water (1 pbw), and acetic acid
  • Sample A (842g; 0.84mol) was charged to a 2 liter flange flask vessel with water condenser, thermocouple, nitrogen inlet and overhead stirrer, along with 2- ethylhexanol (338g) bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (143g; 0.42mol) acetic acid (49.7g ; 0.85mol) and water (8.0g ; 0.5mol).
  • the batch was agitated at 200rpm and heated to 75°C and maintained at this temperature for 4 hours.
  • the resulting product was a quaternized succinimide detergent.
  • Sample A (805.2g ; 0.81mol) was charged to a 2 liter flange flask vessel with water condenser, thermocouple, nitrogen inlet and overhead stirrer, along with 2- ethylhexanol (317g) 1 ,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether (116g;0.57mol) acetic acid (47.5g;0.81mol) and water (9.3g;0.58mol).
  • the batch was agitated at 200rpm and heated to 75°C and maintained at this temperature for 4 hours.
  • the resulting product a quaternized succinimide detergent is cooled and collected.
  • Example E (prophetic) - Formation of 1000 M n Polyisobutylene Succinic Anhydride (PIBSA)
  • a 1000 number average molecular weight (M n ) polyisobutylene (PIB) (2000 g., 2.0 moles, high-vinylidene PIB) having greater than 70 % vinylidene groups is charged to a 5 -liter flange flask equipped with overhead stirrer, air condenser, nitrogen inlet, thermocouple and EurothermTM temperature controller (reaction kit).
  • the reaction kit is then reconfigured for vacuum stripping.
  • the batch is stripped at 203 °C and 0.05 bar to remove unreacted maleic anhydride.
  • the batch comprising the formed PIBSA is then cooled back to 50 °C and decanted into a storage vessel.
  • a 1000 Mn quaternizable compound (702.58 g, 492 g active material, product of Example I) and a diluent oil (314.5 g) are charged to a 2-liter flask equipped with a water condenser, a thermocouple, a dropping funnel, an overhead stirrer and a nitrogen inlet.
  • the flask is heated to 60 °C under agitation (250 rpm) and nitrogen atmosphere and held for 10 minutes.
  • Dimethyl sulfate (37.8 g) is then added drop wise and subsurface over 30 minutes to the flask via the dropping funnel.
  • Example I pre -blended with 154 g SN100 diluent oil, is charged to the flask and the reaction is heated to 100 °C over 1 hours. The presence of DMS is tested by a bromocresol green test. No DMS remained in the flask.
  • a 1000 M n imide/propylene oxide quat is prepared with 1000 Mn polyisobutylene having greater than 70 % vinylidene groups is used as the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent.
  • Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) is used as the nitrogen containing compound and propylene oxide is used as the quaternizing agent.
  • the ranges of the components used may vary based on reaction conditions or equipment set-up, including batch size, temperatures, pressures, and time. For example, if propylene oxide is used as the quaternizing agent, large batches may require less propylene oxide than small batches because larger amounts of propylene oxide will not evaporate as quickly as smaller amounts. Further, some of the components, such as the protic solvent, water and/or acid are optional. Thus, it is possible to make the branched amine quats using parameters outside those disclosed in the examples.
  • the total amount of quat produced may be measured using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).
  • EIMS electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
  • NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
  • the total amount of quat produced is the percentage of the quaternizable compound converted to the quaternized ammonium salt and may include both coupled amine quats and imide quats.
  • the amount of quaternizable compound converted or amount of quaternized salt produced may range from 60 to 100%, or from 80 to 90%.
  • the quaternized ammonium salt produced may comprise either all coupled amine containing quaternized ammonium salts or a combination of coupled amine and imide quats. For example, in one embodiment, 90% of the quaternized salt may be converted to a quat.
  • All of the quat produced may be a coupled amine quat.
  • the amount of quatemizable compound converted to coupled amine quats may range from 25 to 100%.
  • the amount of quatemizable compound converted to coupled amine quats may range from 30 to 70%, or 35 to 60%, with the balance including imide quats and/or unconverted quatemizable compound.
  • the amount of quatemizable compound converted may comprise 25 to 75% imide quats, with the balance comprising coupled amine quats and and/or unconverted quatemizable compound.
  • the Samples were evaluated in the ASTM D 1094-07 ("Standard Test Method for Water Reaction of Aviation Fuels").
  • the quaternary ammonium salt is added to room temperature fuel at 60 ppm actives by weight based on a total weight of the fuel.
  • Commercially available demulsifiers (Tolad 9327 and ToladTM 9348, both available from Baker Hughes) was also added to the fuel.
  • Tolad 9327 the candidates were evaluated at 60 ppm active concentration in diesel fuel, alongside 18 ppm of Tolad 9327.
  • Tolad 9348 the candidates were evaluated at 15 ppm active concentration in diesel fuel, alongside
  • the fuel (80 mL) is then added to a clean, 100 mL-graduated cylinder.
  • a phosphate buffer solution with a pH of 7.0 (20 mL) is then added to the graduated cylinder and the cylinder is stoppered.
  • the cylinder is shaken for 2 minutes at 2 to 3 strokes per second and placed on a flat surface.
  • the volume of the aqueous layer, or water recovery, is then measured at 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, and 30-minute intervals.
  • Deposit tests are performed using Peugeot S.A.'s XUD 9 engine in accordance with the procedure in CEC F-23-01.
  • air flow is measured though clean injector nozzles of the XUD 9 engine using an air-flow rig.
  • the engine is then run on a reference fuel (RF79) and cycled through various loads and speeds for a period of 10 hours to simulate driving and allow any formed deposits to accumulate.
  • the air-flow through the nozzles are measured again using the air-flow rig.
  • the percentage of air flow loss (or flow remaining) is then calculated.
  • a second deposit test is performed using the same steps above, except 35 ppm of a coupled amine quat is individually added to discrete samples of the reference fuel in addition to the zinc salt.
  • the transitional term "comprising,” which is synonymous with “including,” “containing,” or “characterized by,” is inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, un-recited elements or method steps.
  • the term also encompass, as alternative embodiments, the phrases “consisting essentially of and “consisting of,” where “consisting of excludes any element or step not specified and “consisting essentially of permits the inclusion of additional un-recited elements or steps that do not materially affect the essential or basic and novel characteristics of the composition or method under consideration.
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