Huls Aktiengesellschaft

Dirk Hoppe

Jaroslaw Monkiewicz

Horst Pennewiss

Roland Streck

Hans Guenther Wey

Frank Kraushaar

Michael Stehr

The invention relates to the use of polymethylalkanes having terminal methyl groups and methylene and ethylidene groups of the formula I ##STR1## in which the total number of C atoms n+2 m+2 is 20 to 100 and the ratio of the methyl and methylene groups to the ethylidene groups is 3 to 20:1 and the ethylidene groups are always separated by at least one methylene group, as biodegradable base oils for lubricants and functional fluids. Suitable polymethylalkanes are obtained by oligomerization of .alpha.,.omega.-diolefins, for example in particular according to P 41 19 332.6, or by pyrolysis of ethene/propane copolymers and subsequent hydrogenation in each case. The polymethylalkanes can be combined with conventional additives and other degradable or non-degradable base oils.

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