Hydroxy aromatic compound Mannich base derivatives of amino-substituted polymers for oleaginous compositions
AssigneeExxon Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsAbhimanyu O. Patil, Robert D. Lundberg, Sudhin Datta
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Abstract
The novel polymers of the present invention are prepared by reacting a hydroxy aromatic compound containing at least one --OH group in the ring, an aldehyde and amino-substituted polymer (e.g., an ethylene alpha-olefin interpolymer substituted by primary amino or secondary amino groups) to form an oil soluble Mannich base derivative useful as antioxidant dispersant viscosity modifier additive in oleaginous compositions such as lubricating oils and fuels. Preferred aromatic compounds are phenols such as 2,6-di-t-butylphenol or 2,6-dimethylphenol. Preferred amino-substituted interpolymers comprise amino-substituted ethylene propylene norbornene terpolymers.
Claims8
An oil soluble nitrogen-containing antioxidant dispersant viscosity modifier additive which comprises a Mannich Base adduct of at least one oil soluble amino-substituted polymer, at least one aldehyde reactant and at least one hydroxy aromatic reactant containing at least one --OH group in the aromatic ring, wherein said amino-substituted polymer comprises an amino-substituted interpolymer and is formed by a process which comprises:
- (a) reacting at a temperature of less than 60.degree. C. (i) at least one monomer having a general formula of:
- R.sup.1 (X).sub.n
- wherein R.sup.1 comprises an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbyl radical, n is an integer of at least 1, and X is selected from the group consisting of imino, primary amino, secondary amino, and cyano groups, with (ii) a masking agent comprising at least one metallic compound to form the corresponding masked nitrogen-containing monomers;
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- (b) polymerizing polymer chain monomers with said masked, nitrogen-containing monomer to produce a polymerization product comprising a polymer chain including masked, nitrogen-containing monomer wherein said polymer chain monomers comprise members selected from the group consisting of ethylene and C.sub.3 to C.sub.25 alpha-olefins;
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- (c) deashing said polymerization product and recovering said amino-substituted interpolymer.
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