Lubricating oil containing alkanoic amide or ester-bridged hydrocarbyl substituted phenols

A lubricating composition comprising a major amount of a lubricating oil selected from synthetic ester oils, mineral oils and mixtures thereof and containing a minor dispersant amount of an additive having the formula:

• ##STR15## wherein each R.sup.1 is the same or different and is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, provided that at least one R.sup.1 is an alkyl group containing at least 30 up to about 200 atoms;
• R.sup.2 is hydrogen or is a group of the formula:
• ##STR16## in which m is zero or an integer;
• each R.sup.4 is the same or different and is hydrogen or a group of the formula --Z--R.sup.6 in which Z is a sulfur atom, a chain of at least two sulfur atoms or is absent and R.sup.6 is an alkyl group, a hydroxy-substituted aralkyl group when Z is absent, a hydroxy-substituted aryl group or a hydroxy-substituted alkaryl group when Z is present;
• each R.sup.5 is the same or different and is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or the group:
• ##STR17## and each ##STR18## is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of an amide group or is an ester group wherein said amide group has at least one hydroxyalkyl or aminoalkyl substituent attached to the nitrogen atom and said ester group is derived from an hydroxyethyl substituted amine.