Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Wenning W Han

Kyle G Lewis

Bernie John Pafford

Craig Janzen Emett

Beth A Fitch

Abhimanyu Onkar Patil

Margaret M Wu

Mark Paul Hagemeister

Bruce Alan Harrington

Phillip Thomas Matsunaga

Kevin Bruce Stavens

Charles James Ruff

Angela Stefana Galiano-Roth

Pramod Jayant Nandapurkar

James Zielinski

Najeeb M Kuzhiyil

Martin N Webster

Babak LotfizadehDehkordi

Michael L Blumenfeld

Heinrich R Braun

Omkar A Namjoshi

Marco A Calzada

Alkylated naphthalene compositions are usually formed by reacting naphthalene with an electrophilic agent under acid-catalyzed conditions to afford a mixture of monoalkylated naphthalenes, dialkylated naphthalenes, and sometimes polyalkylated naphthalenes. Reaction conditions are usually chosen to change the product distribution for purposes of modifying lubricant properties such as viscosity or volatility. Rarely does the product distribution exceed 90 wt. % monoalkylated naphthalenes. Viscosity and volatility may alternately be modified by obtaining a first fraction enriched in monoalkylated naphthalenes and a second fraction enriched in dialkylated naphthalenes and combining the first fraction and the second fraction in a specified ratio to produce a modified alkylated naphthalene composition having a targeted value of one of the viscosity or the volatility. The first fraction and the second fraction may be obtained by fractional distillation of a first alkylated naphthalene composition to afford an overhead fraction and a bottoms fraction.

Alkylated naphthalene compositions obtained through blending or processing of monoalkylated and dialkylated naphthalene fractions

This disclosure relates to base stocks comprising a C28-C32 hydrocarbon fraction and optionally a C42-C48 hydrocarbon fraction produced by dimerization and trimerization of a linear C14 mono-olefin, a linear C16 mono-olefin, or a mixture thereof, in the presence of a Lewis acid, oil compositions comprising such base stock(s), and processes for making such base stocks.

Base stocks and oil compositions containing the same

Disclosed are functional fluids such as automotive engine transmission fluids, clutch fluids, gearbox fluids, electric motor fluids, and/or battery packing cooling fluids comprising a low-viscosity, low-volatility Polyalpha-olefin base stock, and processes for lubricating and/or cooling an engine transmission, an electric motor, and/or a battery packing using such functional fluids.

Functional fluids comprising low-viscosity, low-volatility polyalpha-olefin base stock

Compounds having the formula (F-I) below are provided herein: wherein Rand Rat each occurrence are independently a C-Calkyl group; Rat each occurrence is independently hydrogen or a C-Calkyl group; Ris a C-Calkyl group or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group; Rat each occurrence is independently hydrogen or a C-Calkyl group; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and m+n is 5. Processes for preparing compounds of formula (F-I) as well as base stock and lubricant compositions containing compounds of formula (F-I) are also provided.

Alkylated anisole-containing lubricating oil base stocks and processes for preparing the same

Disclosed is a lubricant base stock blend comprising a PAO base stock and an alkylated aromatics (AA) base stock, wherein at least the longer portion of the pendant groups attached to the carbon backbones of the PAO molecules have comparable length to at least the longer portion of the side chain groups attached to the aromatic ring structure of the AA molecules. The comparable lengths of at least the longer portion of the pendant groups and the side chain groups lead to enhanced improvement in oxidation stability of the blend.

Lubricant base stock blends

A method for improving filterability, while maintaining or improving antifoaming performance, of a lubricating oil in an engine or other mechanical component lubricated with the lubricating oil by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil. A method for improving antifoaming performance, while maintaining or improving filterability, of a lubricating oil in an engine or other mechanical component lubricated with the lubricating oil by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil. The formulated oil has a composition including a lubricating oil base stock as a major component, and at least one antifoam agent, as a minor component. A lubricating oil having a composition including a lubricating oil base stock as a major component, and at least one antifoam agent, as a minor component. The antifoam agent is a silicone composition having a highly branched functionalized silicone backbone. The lubricating oils are useful as automotive gear lubricating compositions.

Method for improving lubricant antifoaming performance and filterability

A lubricant composition comprising a high-viscosity PAO lubricant base stock having a KV100 of at least 200 cSt and comprising multiple PAO molecules comprising at least 200 carbon atoms per molecule, wherein (i) each of the PAO molecules comprises multiple pendant groups; (i) the average pendant group length of all the pendant groups excluding one methyl on each of the PAO molecules among at least 90 mol % of all of the PAO molecules, if one or more methyl is present, is at least 6.0, and (iii) the concentration of the high-viscosity PAO base stock is no more than 75 wt % of the total weight of the lubricant composition. The lubricant composition exhibits provides a high degree of protection of gear surfaces as measured by ASTM D5182.

Lubricant containing high-viscosity metallocene polyalpha-olefins

An oil composition comprising a first component having pendant groups, a second component having two or more terminal carbon chains, and optionally a third component, where a single molecule of the second component can form shearable stable structure with two molecules of the first component via van der Waals force between pendant groups and the terminal carbon chains. Shear stability of the oil can be improved if the total concentration of the heavy fraction of the shearable stable structure is controlled at a low concentration.

Shear-stable oil compositions and processes for making the same

An oil composition comprising a first component having pendant groups and a second component but free of a third component and process for making such oil composition, where a single molecule of the third component can form large shearable stable complex structure with two molecules of the first component via van der Waals force between pendant groups and the terminal carbon chains, and a single molecule of the second component is capable of adjoining no more than one molecule of the first type. The oil composition has high shear stability making it suitable for use in lubricants subject to repeated high shear stress events.

A PAO lubricant base stock having a KV100 of at least 200 cSt and comprising multiple PAO molecules comprising at least 200 carbon atoms per molecule, wherein each of the PAO molecules comprises multiple pendant groups; and the average pendant group length of all the pendant groups excluding one methyl on each of the PAO molecules among at least 90 mol % of all of the PAO molecules, if one or more methyl is present, is at least 6.0. The PAO base stock exhibits high EHL thicknesses at 40&#xb0; C., 80&#xb0; C., and 120&#xb0; C., rendering it particularly useful in lubricant compositions experiencing high-stress events such as gear oils, automotive transmission oils, and the like.

High-viscosity metallocene polyalpha-olefins with high electrohydrodynamic performance

This invention is directed to a poly alpha olefin (PAO) composition formed in a first oligomerization, wherein at least portions of the PAO have properties that make them highly desirable for a subsequent oligomerization. A preferred process for producing this PAO uses a single site catalyst at high temperatures without adding hydrogen to produce a low viscosity PAO with excellent Noack volatility at high conversion rates. This PAO comprises a dimer product with at least 25 wt % tri-substituted vinylene olefins wherein said dimer product is highly desirable as a feedstock for a subsequent oligomerization. This PAO also comprises trimer and optionally higher oligomer products with outstanding properties that make these products useful as lubricant basestocks following hydrogenation.

Poly alpha olefin compositions

A cosmetic composition comprising: (a) an aqueous and/or oil phase comprising: (i) water, and (ii) at least one cosmetically active ingredient; (b) a coupling agent; and (c) an oil phase comprising: (i) an isoparaffin solvent, and (ii) a silicone-containing solvent having the formula: 

Method for enhancing dispersion of inorganic compounds using silicone-containing esters and compositions formed therefrom

A highly branched functionalized silicone backbone lubricating fluid which provides exceptionally low traction, a method of lowering traction coefficients in lubricating compositions, and to uses of such compositions.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Wenning W Han