Composition containing heterocyclic compounds and a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine

A method for lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising supplying to the internal combustion engine a lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and 0.2 to 5 wt % of a heterocycle having a hydrocarbyl group containing 6 to 40 carbon atoms, wherein the heterocycle compound has a functional group selected from the group consisting of at least one of an ester, an amide, a salt and an acid, and is represented by the formulae:

• wherein the heterocycle is an aromatic compound represented by the formula:
• wherein, independently, each variable
• Y is —O—R4;
• and
• R4 is a hydrocarbyl group containing 6 to 40 carbon atoms, wherein the internal combustion engine contains lubricated ferric components.