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Definitions

• the present invention generally relates to compositions for use in lubricating oils.
• Boroxines are a 6-membered, heterocyclic compound composed of alternating oxygen and singly-hydrogenated boron atoms.
• the oxygen atoms may be bonded to various alkyl groups.
• Boroxines may be used, for example, within lubricating oils to improve various performance characteristics, such as reducing the ability of certain amine compounds from attacking fluoropolymer seals within engines. However, such compounds are often
• the present invention generally relates to compositions for use in lubricating oils.
• the subject matter of the present invention involves, in some cases, interrelated products, alternative solutions to a particular problem, and/or a plurality of different uses of one or more systems and/or articles.
• the present invention is generally directed to a composition.
• the composition comprises a structure: o o o
• R 1 , R2 , and R 3 may be independently an alkyl group. In some cases, R 1 comprises at least 8 carbon atoms.
• the present invention in another aspect, is generally directed to a lubricating oil composition.
• the composition comprises a base oil, and a composition comprising a structure:
• each of R 1 , R2 , and R 3 is independently an alkyl group. In one embodiment,
• R comprises at least 8 carbon atoms.
• the present invention is generally directed to a method.
• the method comprises reacting orthoboric acid with a trialkyl borate to produce an alkoxyboroxine.
• at least one alkyl within the trialkyl borate comprises at least 8 carbon atoms.
• the present invention encompasses methods of making one or more of the embodiments described herein, for example, alkoxyboroxines having at least one alkyl having at least 8 carbon atoms. In still another aspect, the present invention encompasses methods of using one or more of the embodiments described herein, for example,
• alkoxyboroxines having at least one alkyl having at least 8 carbon atoms.
• the present invention generally relates to compositions for use in lubricating oils.
• the present invention is generally directed to boroxine compounds having alkyl groups where one or more of the alkyl groups contains at least 8 carbon atoms. Such compounds may present improved hydrolytic stability, compared to other boroxine compounds. Such boroxine compounds may be used, for example, to improve seal compatibility in an engine.
• Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for making such boroxine compounds, engine oils containing such boroxine compounds, methods of using such boroxine compounds, or the like.
• One aspect of the present invention is generally directed to alkoxyboroxine compounds having the following structure:
• each of R 1 , R2 , and R 3 is independently an alkyl group.
• the alkyl group may be substituted or unsubstituted, and may be straight or branched. In some cases, the alkyl group may contain 8 or more carbon atoms. For instance, the alkyl group may contain 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or more carbon atoms. These may be arranged in a straight chain (e.g., an n- alkyl), or there may be one or more side chains in the alkyl group.
• Each of R 1 , R2 , and R 3 may independently have the same or different structures, and in some embodiments, R 1 , R2 , and R 3 may each independently have 8 or more carbon atoms.
• the composition is free of a sterically hindered amine compound.
• a sterically hindered amine compound may have improved hydrolytic stability, e.g., due to the presence of the alkyl groups, which may impart more hydrophobicity to the compound, thereby generally repelling water and reducing hydrolytic reactions.
• Alkyl groups with shorter chains e.g., 7 or fewer carbon atoms may exhibit lower stability or hydrophobicity.
• the boroxine compounds may be prepared using a variety of different techniques.
• orthoboric acid H 3 BO 3
• a trialkyl borate to produce the alkoxyboroxine compounds.
• the trialkyl borate may have three substantially identical alkyl groups, e.g., if alkoxyboroxine compounds having a single R group (e.g., n- dodecyl) is desired. In some cases, however, more than one trialkyl borate may be used, for instance, if a variety of alkoxyboroxine compounds having various R groups is desired.
• the trialkyl borates may be synthesized or obtained commercially.
• trialkyl borates may be prepared by borating long chain alcohols (e.g., alkanols) such that the alkyl groups from the alkanols form the alkyl portions of the trialkyl borate compounds at a suitable mole ratio.
• alkanols long chain alcohols
• other methods can be used to produce the alkoxyboroxine compounds, e.g., by using a boronated dispersant.
• such boroxine compounds may be useful, for example, to improve the performance of dispersants in a static seals test against FKM elastomers.
• FKM elastomers are generally polymers containing at least about 80% fluoroelastomers, as defined in ASTM D1418.
• FKM elastomers may be copolymers, terpolymers, tetrapolymers, etc.
• oils such as engine oils
• elastomers may degrade.
• boroxine compounds such as those discussed herein may improve the resistance of elastomers to degradation when exposed to such dispersants.
• Such boroxine compounds may be used, for example, as an additive to an oil, e.g., a base oil or an oil of lubricating viscosity, for applications such as engine oil or the like. In some cases, such boroxine compounds may be useful, for example, to improve seal compatibility. Accordingly, another aspect of the present invention is generally directed to a lubricating oil composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity, and a boroxine compound such as those described herein.
• Such lubricating oil compositions can be used, for example, in engines such as gasoline engines, heavy-duty diesel engines, natural gas engines, etc., or for other applications such as pistons (e.g., aviation pistons), automatic transmission fluids, for gear lubrication, or the like.
• engines such as gasoline engines, heavy-duty diesel engines, natural gas engines, etc.
• pistons e.g., aviation pistons
• automatic transmission fluids for gear lubrication, or the like.
• compositions can be prepared, for instance, by mixing a boroxine compound with the oil of lubricating viscosity using any suitable technique, e.g., to produce a lubricant composition.
• the boroxine compound may be included in the lubricant composition in an amount sufficient to provide a desired concentration of boron in the lubricant composition.
• the amount of boroxine compound may be present at no more than about 50 wt%, no more than about 45 wt%, no more than about 40 wt%, no more than about 35 wt%, no more than about 30 wt%, no more than about 25 wt%, no more than about 20 wt%, no more than about 10 wt%, no more than about 5 wt%, no more than about 2 wt%, or no more than about 1%, etc. Combinations of any of any of these are also possible in certain embodiments.
• the boroxine compound may be present in an amount of between about 0.01 wt% and about 40 wt%, or between about 0.1 wt% and about 20 wt%.
• the boroxine compound can be included in an amount sufficient to provide from 1 to 5000 ppm boron in the lubricant composition based on the total weight of the lubricant composition.
• the boroxine compound may be included in an amount in the lubricant composition sufficient to provide from 100 to 5000, 300 to 3000, 500 to 1500, or 700 to 1200, ppm boron, in the lubricant composition based the total weight of the lubricant composition.
• the boroxine compound may be provided in an amount sufficient to provide from 1 to 100, 1 to 40, 1 to 20, or to 20, ppm boron, in the lubricant composition based on the total weight of the lubricant composition.
• the boroxine compound may be present in the lubricant composition in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 10, 0.1 to 5, 0.1 to 1, 0.3 to 0.7, 0.5 to 3, or 0.5 to 1.5, wt. %, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition. In other embodiments, the boroxine compound is included in an amount greater than 1 wt%, but less than 5 wt%, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition. Mixtures of different boroxine compounds may also be used in combination in the lubricant composition.
• the oil of lubricating viscosity for use in the lubricating oil compositions is typically present in a major amount, e.g., an amount of greater than about 50 wt%, greater than about 55 wt%, greater than about 60 wt%, greater than about 65 wt%, greater than about 70 wt%, greater than about 75 wt%, greater than about 80 wt%, greater than about 85 wt%, greater than about 90 wt%, greater than about 95 wt%, greater than about 97 wt%, greater than about 98 wt%, greater than about 99 wt%, greater than about 99.5 wt%, etc., based on the total weight of the composition.
• a major amount e.g., an amount of greater than about 50 wt%, greater than about 55 wt%, greater than about 60 wt%, greater than about 65 wt%, greater than about 70 wt%, greater than about 75 wt%, greater than about
• a base oil can include a base stock or blend of base stocks which is a lubricant component that is produced by a single manufacturer (or more than one manufacturer) to the same specifications (independent of feed source or manufacturer's location); that meets the same manufacturer's specification; and that is identified by a unique formula, product identification number, or both.
• base oils include, but are not limited to, engine oils, marine cylinder oils, functional fluids such as hydraulic oils, gear oils, transmission fluids, etc.
• lubricating oil compositions having an SAE Viscosity Grade of OW, OW-20, OW-30, OW-40, OW-50, OW-60, 5W, 5W-20, 5W-30, 5W-40, 5W-50, 5W-60, 10W, 10W-20, 10W-30, 10W-40, 10W-50, 15W, 15W-20, 15W-30, or 15W-40.
• Base stocks may be manufactured using a variety of different processes including, but not limited to, distillation, solvent refining, hydrogen processing, oligomerization, esterification, and rerefining.
• the base oil of the lubricating oil compositions may include any natural or synthetic lubricating base oil.
• Suitable base oil includes base stocks obtained by isomerization of synthetic wax and slack wax, as well as hydrocracked base stocks produced by hydrocracking (rather than solvent extracting) the aromatic and polar components of the crude.
• Natural oils include animal oils and vegetable oils (e.g., rapeseed oils, castor oil, lard oil); liquid petroleum oils and hydro-refined, solvent-treated or acid-treated mineral oils or the paraffinic naphthenic and mixed paraffinic-naphthenic types. Oils of lubricating viscosity derived from coal or shale also may be used as base oils. Other examples of natural oils include mineral lubricating oils such as, for example, liquid petroleum oils, solvent-treated or acid- treated mineral lubricating oils of the paraffinic, naphthenic or mixed paraffinic-naphthenic types, oils derived from coal or shale, etc.
• mineral lubricating oils such as, for example, liquid petroleum oils, solvent-treated or acid- treated mineral lubricating oils of the paraffinic, naphthenic or mixed paraffinic-naphthenic types, oils derived from coal or shale, etc.
• Synthetic lubricating oils include hydrocarbon oils and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins, alkylbenzenes; polyphenyls; and alkylated diphenyl ethers and alkylated diphenyl sulfides and derivative, analogs and homologs thereof.
• synthetic lubricating oils include, but are not limited to, hydrocarbon oils and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins, e.g., polybutylenes, polypropylenes, propylene-isobutylene copolymers, chlorinated polybutylenes, poly(l-hexenes), poly(l-octenes), poly(l-decenes), and the like and mixtures thereof;
• hydrocarbon oils and halo-substituted hydrocarbon oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins, e.g., polybutylenes, polypropylenes, propylene-isobutylene copolymers, chlorinated polybutylenes, poly(l-hexenes), poly(l-octenes), poly(l-decenes), and the like and mixtures thereof;
• alkylbenzenes such as dodecylbenzenes, tetradecylbenzenes, dinonylbenzenes, di(2-ethylhexyl)- benzenes, and the like; polyphenyls such as biphenyls, terphenyls, alkylated polyphenyls, and the like; alkylated diphenyl ethers and alkylated diphenyl sulfides and the derivative, analogs and homologs thereof and the like.
• Alkylene oxide polymers, and interpolymers and derivatives thereof where the terminal hydroxyl groups have been modified by esterification, etherification, etc., are additional examples of synthetic lubricating oil.
• synthetic lubricating oils are the esters of dicarboxylic acids with a variety of alcohols (e.g., butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoether, propylene glycol).
• alcohols e.g., butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol monoether, propylene glycol.
• the oil may comprise a Group I, Group II, Group II, Group IV or Group V oil or blends of the aforementioned oils.
• the diluent oil may also comprise a blend of one or more Group I oils and one or more of Group II, Group III, Group IV or Group V oil.
• the diluent oil is a mixture of a Group I oil and one or more a Group II, Group III, Group IV or Group V oil, or a mixture of a Group I oil and one or more Group II or Group III oil.
• API American Petroleum Institute
• the lubricating oil may be derived from unrefined, refined, and rerefined oils, either natural, synthetic, or mixtures of two or more of any of these of the types disclosed herein.
• Unrefined oils are those obtained directly from a natural or synthetic source (e.g., coal, shale, or tar sands bitumen) without further purification or treatment.
• a natural or synthetic source e.g., coal, shale, or tar sands bitumen
• examples of unrefined oils include, but are not limited to, a shale oil obtained directly from retorting operations, a petroleum oil obtained directly from distillation or an ester oil obtained directly from an esterification process, each of which is then used without further treatment.
• Refined oils are similar to the unrefined oils except they have been further treated in one or more purification steps to improve one or more properties.
• the base oil may contain one or more other additives, such as an antioxidant, an anti-wear agent, a detergent, a rust inhibitor, a demulsifying agent, a metal deactivating agent, a friction modifier, a pour point depressant, an anti-foaming agent, a solvent, a corrosion inhibiter, and/or an ashless dispersant.
• additives such as an antioxidant, an anti-wear agent, a detergent, a rust inhibitor, a demulsifying agent, a metal deactivating agent, a friction modifier, a pour point depressant, an anti-foaming agent, a solvent, a corrosion inhibiter, and/or an ashless dispersant.
• Other additives can also be used in various embodiments.
• a variety of potential additives are readily available commercially. These additives, or their analogous compounds, can be employed for the preparation of lubricating oil compositions, for instance by the usual blending procedures.
• antioxidants include, but are not limited to, aminic types, e.g., diphenylamine, phenyl-alpha-napthyl-amine, N,N-di(alkylphenyl) amines; and alkylated phenylene-diamines; phenolics such as, for example, BHT, sterically hindered alkyl phenols such as 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(2-octyl-3-propanoic) phenol; and mixtures thereof.
• aminic types e.g., diphenylamine, phenyl-alpha-napthyl-amine, N,N-di(alkylphenyl) amines
• alkylated phenylene-diamines alkylated phenylene-diamines
• antiwear agents include, but are not limited to, zinc dialkyldithiophosphates and zinc diaryldithiophosphates, aryl phosphates and phosphites, sulfur-containing esters, phosphosulfur compounds, metal or ash-free dithiocarbamates, xanthates, alkyl sulfides and the like and mixtures thereof.
• Detergents that may be used include oil-soluble neutral and overbased sulfonates, phenates, sulfurized phenates, thiophosphonates, salicylates, and naphthenates and other oil- soluble carboxylates of a metal, particularly the alkali or alkaline earth metals, e.g., barium, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, and magnesium.
• a metal particularly the alkali or alkaline earth metals, e.g., barium, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, and magnesium.
• the most commonly used metals are calcium and magnesium, which may both be present in detergents used in a lubricant, and mixtures of calcium and/or magnesium with sodium. Combinations of detergents, whether overbased or neutral or both, may be used.
• Sulfonates may be prepared from sulfonic acids which are typically obtained by the sulfonation of alkyl substituted aromatic hydrocarbons such as those obtained from the fractionation of petroleum or by the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Examples included those obtained by alkylating benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, diphenyl or their halogen derivatives.
• the oil soluble sulfonates or alkaryl sulfonic acids may be neutralized with oxides, hydroxides, alkoxides, carbonates, carboxylate, sulfides, hydrosulfides, nitrates, borates and ethers of the metal.
• Metal salts of phenols and sulfurized phenols are prepared by reaction with an appropriate metal compound such as an oxide or hydroxide and neutral or overbased products may be obtained by methods well known in the art.
• rust inhibitors include, but are not limited to, nonionic polyoxyalkylene agents, e.g., polyoxyethylene lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene higher alcohol ether,
• polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether, polyoxyethylene octyl stearyl ether, polyoxyethylene oleyl ether, polyoxyethylene sorbitol monostearate,
• polyoxyethylene sorbitol monooleate, and polyethylene glycol monooleate polyoxyethylene sorbitol monooleate, and polyethylene glycol monooleate; stearic acid and other fatty acids; dicarboxylic acids; metal soaps; fatty acid amine salts; metal salts of heavy sulfonic acid; partial carboxylic acid ester of polyhydric alcohol; phosphoric esters; (short-chain) alkenyl succinic acids; partial esters thereof and nitrogen-containing derivatives thereof; synthetic alkarylsulfonates, e.g., metal dinonylnaphthalene sulfonates; and the like and mixtures thereof.
• demulsifying agent examples include, but are not limited to, anionic surfactants (e.g., alkyl-naphthalene sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates and the like), nonionic alkoxylated alkylphenol resins, polymers of alkylene oxides (e.g., polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, block copolymers of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and the like), esters of oil soluble acids, polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester and the like and combinations thereof.
• friction modifiers include, but are not limited to, alkoxylated fatty amines; borated fatty epoxides; fatty phosphites, fatty epoxides, fatty amines, borated alkoxylated fatty amines, metal salts of fatty acids, fatty acid amides, glycerol esters, borated glycerol esters; and fatty imidazolines.
• a pour point depressant examples include, but are not limited to, polymethacrylates, alkyl acrylate polymers, alkyl methacrylate polymers, di(tetra-paraffin phenol)phthalate, condensates of tetra-paraffin phenol, condensates of a chlorinated paraffin with naphthalene and combinations thereof.
• a pour point depressant comprises an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a condensate of chlorinated paraffin and phenol, polyalkyl styrene and the like and combinations thereof.
• antifoaming agents include, but are not limited to, polymers of alkyl methacrylate; polymers of dimethylsilicone and the like and mixtures thereof.
• Examples of a corrosion inhibitor include, but are not limited to, half esters or amides of dodecylsuccinic acid, phosphate esters, thiophosphates, alkyl imidazolines, sarcosines and the like and combinations thereof.
• Ashless dispersant compounds are generally used to maintain in suspension insoluble materials resulting from oxidation during use, thus preventing sludge flocculation and precipitation or deposition on metal parts. Dispersants may also function to reduce changes in lubricating oil viscosity by preventing the growth of large contaminant particles in the lubricant.
• An ashless dispersant generally comprises an oil soluble polymeric hydrocarbon backbone having functional groups that are capable of associating with particles to be dispersed.
• an ashless dispersant is one or more basic nitrogen-containing ashless dispersants.
• Basic nitrogen-containing ashless dispersants include hydrocarbyl succinimides; hydrocarbyl succinamides; mixed ester/amides of hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acids formed by reacting a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acylating agent stepwise or with a mixture of alcohols and amines, and/or with amino alcohols; Mannich condensation products of hydrocarbyl-substituted phenols, formaldehyde and polyamines; and amine dispersants formed by reacting high molecular weight aliphatic or alicyclic halides with amines, such as
• ashless dispersants include, but are not limited to, amines, alcohols, amides, or ester polar moieties attached to the polymer backbones via bridging groups.
• An ashless dispersant may be, for example, selected from oil soluble salts, esters, amino-esters, amides, imides, and oxazolines of long chain hydrocarbon substituted mono and dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides; thiocarboxylate derivatives of long chain hydrocarbons, long chain aliphatic hydrocarbons having a polyamine attached directly thereto; and Mannich condensation products formed by condensing a long chain substituted phenol with formaldehyde and polyalkylene polyamine.
• each of the foregoing additives when used, is used at a functionally effective amount to impart the desired properties.
• a functionally effective amount of this friction modifier would be an amount sufficient to impart the desired friction modifying characteristics to the lubricant.
• the concentration of each of these additives, when used ranges from about 0.001% to about 20% by weight, and in one embodiment about 0.01% to about 10% by weight based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition.
• This example illustrates long chain alkoxyboroxines which have shown ability to improve the performance of dispersants in a static seals test against FKM elastomers. See ASTM D1418.
• a lauryl alcohol (approximately C12) version of boroxine was synthesized as follows: To a 500 niL round bottom flask equipped with a dean stark apparatus, and under nitrogen, was charged 200 mL toluene. To this was added 1 mole of boric acid. At 70 °C, 1 mole of lauryl alcohol was added in one portion and the reaction mixture was then heated to reflux. The reaction mixture was kept refluxing for at least 4 hours and 2 moles of water were collected.
• the dean stark trap was replaced with a short path distillation head, and toluene was removed by distillation. Once the solvent was removed, the reaction mixture continued to dry by pulling 28 mmHg vacuum for 2 hours while increasing temperature to 140 °C. Once the 2-hour hold was achieved, the product (Product 1) was removed from heat and transferred to an air-tight container. The yield was 93-98%.
• Another example was prepared by the same method as above, except that the boric acid: lauryl alcohol ratio was 3:2. In that product, two boron atoms were alkylated.
• Static Seal Testing All oil solution samples used Motiva Star 4 as the base oil in these experiments. Static seal tests were performed using Type 2 FKM (VDF/HFP/TFE copolymer, Bisphenol AF cured) fluoroelastomer samples (SAE J2643 Standard Reference Material FKM- 1) for all samples, and AK6 fluoroelastomer for HDEO and PCMO, 75 FKM 585 for Industrial Gear Oil, and ISO 13662 SRE FKM-2 for Automotive Axle. The fluoroelastomer sheets were cut into dogbones, and subsequently soaked in oil solutions for a specified length of time at 130 °C, 150 °C, or 163 °C, depending on the SBU relevant specifications (ASTM methods for EO and auto axle).
• the boroxine showed superior ability to improve seals performance.
• the boroxine can be used in an additive for seal control, and can be added to any formulation.
• the boroxine can be generated in situ in a boronated dispersant. For instance, if boroxine is generated in situ by adding an alcohol during boronation in the proper mole ratio, boroxine may be prepared within the oil, which could be used to improve seal compatibility, i.e., as compared to a formulation without the boroxine.
• a reference to "A and/or B", when used in conjunction with open-ended language such as “comprising” can refer, in one embodiment, to A only (optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to B only (optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to both A and B (optionally including other elements); etc.
• At least one of A and B can refer, in one embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, with no B present (and optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, B, with no A present (and optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, and at least one, optionally including more than one, B (and optionally including other elements); etc.

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