Texaco Inc.

William M Sweeney

Rodney L Sung

Wheeler C Crawford

Benjamin J Kaufman

Sheldon Herbstman

Benjamin H Zoleski

Robert H Jenkins, Jr

Francis S Bove

Donald R Lachowicz

Edward C Nelson

Kenneth L Dille

Rodney Lu-Dai Sung

George J Sidote

Harold G Sprague

The friction modifying property of gasoline crankcase oil is improved by the incorporation therein of a friction modifier of a dialkoxylated alkyl polyoxyalkyl amine ##STR1## wherein R is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20) hydrocarbyl radical, R' and R' are divalent (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10) alkylene groups, a is an integer of about 1 to about 10 and x+y is a value of about 1 to about 20.

Gasoline crankcase lubricant

A novel compound having the following formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may independently represent a hydrogen radical, a hydrocarbon radical having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy substituted hydrocarbon radical of from 8 to 20 carbon atoms having at least one alkoxy substituent; R.sup.3 is a hydrocarbon radical having from 8 to 21 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbylamine radical having a molecular weight ranging from 135 to 300;

Detergent and corrosion inhibiting additive and motor fuel composition

A middle distillate fuel composition containing thermally-stabilized middle distillate containing a hydrocarbon boiling in the middle distillate boiling range, an extending vegetable oil and a thermal-stabilizing amount of a nitrogen-containing polymer prepared by sequentially reacting an ethylene/propylene copolymer with maleic anhydride, an alcohol and dimethylaminopropylamine, thereby forming a nitrogen-containing copolymer.

Thermal stabilized vegetable oil extended diesel fuels

A marine diesel crankcase lubricant characterized by decreased haze and increased corrosion inhibition contains an additive typified by ##STR1##

Crankcase lubricant

Conductivity of a low flash point diesel fuel containing diluent naphtha is increased by addition thereto of an amyl alcohol, typically a fusel oil.

Low flash point diesel fuel of increased conductivity containing amyl

A water-containing fuel boiling in the gasoline boiling range, such as gasoline or gasohol, is contacted with a substantially saturated aqueous solution of potassium fluoride (or carbonate) plus solid potassium fluoride (or carbonate) and dry fuel is recovered.

Process for treating gasoline or gasohol by contact with KF or K.sub.2

A novel fuel composition contains ethanol or gasohol plus, as a wear-inhibiting additive, a quaternary ammonium reaction product of dilauryl phosphate and a t-alkyl monoamide of iminodiacetic acid.

Di-hydrocarbyl phosphate quaternary amine salts with an amide of an

A wear-resistant aircraft engine oil contains a reaction product of didodecyl phosphate and ##STR1## wherein x+y+z is 5.3.

Wear-resistant aircraft engine lubricating oil

Middle distillate hydrocarbons extended with a shale oil-derived diesel oil fraction, containing (alkyl polyoxyalkyl) amino alkanoic acid are characterized by improved thermal stability.

Middle distillate hydrocarbon compositions containing thermal stability

A fuel composition comprising a mixture of hydrocarbons boiling in the middle distillate boiling range and, an effective stabilizing amount of a hydrocarbyl polyoxypropylene di(polyoxyethylene)amine represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 50 carbon atoms, x and y have values from 1 to 16, the sum of x plus y is from 2 to about 17, and z is from 1 to about 20.

Stabilized middle distillate fuel composition

A fuel composition comprising a mixture of hydrocarbons boiling in the middle distillate boiling range and an effective stabilizing amount of a alpha, omega diamino poly(oxypropylene) poly(oxyethylene) poly(oxypropylene) represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein x and z each has an approximate value ranging from 1 to 3 such that the sum of x plus z has an average value ranging from 3 to 4, and y has an approximate value ranging from 10 to 16.

A novel fuel composition contains ethanol or gasohol plus, as a wear-inhibiting additive, a quaternary ammonium reaction product of an amine ##STR1## typically bis(2-hydroxyethyl)cocoamine and a phosphate, or phosphonic acid, typically dilauryl phosphate.

Alcohol fuels containing wear-inhibiting amounts of reaction products of

The invention relates to a novel compound comprising the reaction product of a benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride or a benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid, in particular, 3,3'4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride, and a polyol, and the use of this novel compound as a stabilizer for middle distillate fuels extended with non-petroleum distillates.

Diesel fuel additive

A novel fuel composition contains ethanol or gasohol plus, as a wear-inhibiting additive, a quaternary ammonium reaction product of an ether amine (R-O-R').sub.a -NH.sub.3-a, typically C.sub.13 H.sub.27 -O-(CH.sub.2).sub.3 -NH.sub.2 and a phosphate or phosphonate, typically tetradecyl phosphonate.

Methanol, ethanol, or gasohol fuel containing as a wear-inhibiting

A novel fuel composition contains ethanol or gasohol plus, as a wear-inhibiting additive, a reaction product of one mole of itaconic acid and two moles of N-mono-oleyl-1,3-diaminopropane.

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Wappingers Falls, NY, United States of America

William M Sweeney