High-viscosity, neutral polyol esters

Abstract

Synthetic polyol esters with lubricating oil properties based on substantially neutral esterification products of a polyhydric alcohol with selected monocarboxylic acids and, optionally, polybasic carboxylic acids, wherein the polyfunctional alcohol component is dipentaerythritol which is esterified with I--branched C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 fatty acids (class A acids) or with II--mixtures of linear C.sub.8 -C.sub.14 fatty acids (class B acids) with branched fatty acids of class A and, optionally, limited quantities of polybasic carboxylic acids of the following classes C, D and/or E incorporated in the polyester molecular by condensation: class C acids: di- and/or tricarboxylic acids in the range from C.sub.6 to C.sub.54 class D acids: difunctional fatty acids which have been obtained by addition of acrylic acid onto the double bonds of oleic acid, linoleic acid and/or linolenic acid class E acids: aromatic and/or paraffinic, cyclic polycarboxylic acids containing from 2 to 6 acid functions.

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