Texaco Inc.

Texaco Chemical Company

Shell Oil Comapny

Arco Chemical Technology, L.p.

Huntsman Corporation

Jiang-Jen Lin

George P Speranza

John F Knifton

Sarah L Weaver

Michael Cuscurida

Pen-Chung Wang

John R Sanderson

Harold G Waddill

Thomas C Forschner

Howard L Fong

James H Templeton

Edward T Marquis

Ernest L Yeakey

Thomas F Brownscombe

Charles Lee Edwards

Roger G Duranleau

Garo Garbis Vaporciyan

Carter G Naylor

David C Alexander

Walter H Brader, Jr

Randall T DePue

Lynn Henry Slaugh

Joseph Broun Powell

Wei-Yang Su

Paul Richard Weider

David R McCoy

Juan Pedro Arhancet

Michael E Brennan

Edward C Nieh

Robert A Grigsby, Jr

Steven H Vanderpool

Thomas Carl Semple

Kevin Dale Allen

Neal J Grice

Keith Michael Kreitman

Earl Jon Haury

David Cleve Eubanks

Terry Blane Thomason

Stephen Blake Mullin

James Robert Macias

Randall T De Pue

James R Macias

David William Johnson

Monoamide-containing polyether alcohol compounds of the formula:

Fuel compositions

Multiple amide polyether alcohol compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms and substituted hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms, substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms and polyoxyalkylene alcohol of 2 to 200 carbon atoms; R.sub.5 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and alkylene of 2 to 20 carbon atoms having at least one methylene group replaced by at least one oxygen atom or at least one acylated nitrogen atom; x and y are each from 1 to 50 and the weight average molecular weight of the additive compound is greater than about 600 when used as gasoline additives are found to decrease intake valve deposits.

The present invention is directed to the use of cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds as additives in fuel compositions having a major amount of a mixture of hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling range and a minor amount of one or more cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein x is from 2 to 20 and y is from 1 to 50. R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen or hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms. R.sub.3 is hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms and R.sub.4 is independently hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms. R.sub.5 is hydrogen, hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms or acyl of 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to the use of these cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits, controlling octane requirement increases and reducing octane requirement. The invention is further directed to novel cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds.

1,3-propanediol is prepared in a process which involves hydroformylating ethylene oxide:

Cobalt-catalyzed process for preparing 1,3-propanidiol

The present invention is directed to the use of hydantoin-containing polyether alcohols as additives in a gasoline composition. The invention is also directed to the use of these compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits, controlling octane requirement increases and reducing octane requirement. The invention is further directed to hydantoin-containing compounds.

Fuel compositions comprising hydantoin-containing polyether alcohol

The present invention is directed to the use of multiple cyclic nitrogen-containing alkoxylate compounds as additives in fuel compositions. The invention is also directed to the use of these multiple cyclic nitrogen-containing alkoxylate compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits, controlling octane requirement increases and reducing octane requirement. The invention is further directed to a class of multiple cyclic nitrogen-containing alkoxylate compounds.

The present invention is directed to the use of phenyl substituted, five member aromatic amine alkoxylate compounds as additives in fuel compositions. The invention is also directed to the use of these compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits.

The present invention is directed to the use of diphenylamine alkoxylate compounds as additives in fuel compositions. The invention is also directed to the use of these compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits.

The present invention is directed to the use of cyclic amide compounds containing multiple polyether alcohol backbones as additives in fuel compositions having a major amount of a mixture of hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling range and a minor amount of one or more cyclic amide compounds containing multiple polyether backbones. The invention is also directed to the use of these cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits, controlling octane requirement increases and reducing octane requirement. The invention is further directed to cyclic amide compounds containing multiple polyether backbones.

The present invention is directed to the use of aromatic amide-containing phenol alkoxylate compounds having a weight average molecular weight is greater than about 600 as additives in fuel compositions. The invention is also directed to the use of these compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits, controlling octane requirement and reducing octane requirement. The invention is still further directed to the aromatic amide-containing phenol alkoxylate compounds.

Diamidopolyamines are prepared by reacting glutamic acid with two moles, per mole of glutamic acid, of a defined class of diamines, including oxyethyelene diamines, oxypropylenediamines, oxyethylene/propylene diamines, oxypropylene triamines, 1,2-diaminocyclohexane and isophorone diamine, whereby each of the carboxyl groups of the glutamic acid will react with an amine group of the amine reactant to thereby provide primary amine terminated amidopolyamines containing, internally, the unreacted primary amine group of the glutamic acid.

Amidopolyamines derived from amino-carboxylic acid

The present invention is directed to the use of cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds as additives in fuel compositions having a major amount of a mixture of hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling range and a minor amount of one or more cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein x is from 2 to 20 and y is from 1 to 50. R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms or substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms. R.sub.3 is hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms or substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms and R.sub.4 is independently hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms or substituted hydrocarbyl of 2 to 100 carbon atoms. R.sub.5 is hydrogen, hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms, or substituted hydrocarbyl of 1 to 100 carbon atoms or acyl of 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to the use of these cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds for decreasing intake valve deposits, controlling octane requirement increases and reducing octane requirement. The invention is further directed to novel cyclic amide alkoxylate compounds.

This present invention relates to a disproportionation catalyst and to a process for preparing a disproportionation catalyst comprising forming a calcined composite comprising at least one of molybdenum and rhenium supported on an inorganic oxide support and contacting the calcined composite with an organoborane compound. The invention further relates to a process for the disproportionation of olefinic hydrocarbons comprising contacting at least one olefinic hydrocarbon with a catalyst comprising at least one of molybdenum and rhenium supported on an inorganic oxide support promoted with an organoborane compound. More specifically, the invention relates to the uses of an organoborane compound promoted molybdenum and rhenium supported on an inorganic oxide support for the production of linear alpha olefins from a mixture of internal olefins and ethylene. The invention also relates to the application of the described promoted catalyst for the production of 1,6-heptadiene and 1,6-octadiene from the reaction of cyclopentene with ethylene and propylene, respectively, and the fact that the presence of organoborane in the catalyst allows the reaction to be carried out at very mild temperature while obtaining high product selectivity.

Olefin disproportionation catalyst and process

High molecular weight active polyoxyalkylene reaction product formed in two steps and containing urea or urethane and urea linkages are disclosed which contain as the principle reaction component, a diamine having the formula: ##STR1## or a diol having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R' independently represents hydrogen or methyl and x is a number having an average value of at least 1 to about 70 and a diisocyanate of the formula: ##STR3## an active amine selected from the group consisting of amine terminated triethylene glycol, amine terminated tetraethylene glycol, isophorone diamine, dipropylene triamine, or diethylene triamine.

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Jiang-Jen Lin