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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1977
James O Waldbillig, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Isaac D Rubin, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
Fatty alkyl succinate ester and succinimide modified copolymers of ethylene and an alpha-olefin, such as an ethylene-propylene copolymer, are useful as shear stable viscosity index (VI) improvers, dispersants and pour point depressants in lubricating oils. Especially useful is the succinate ester of mixtures of primary n-alkanols containing about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms and the N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) succinimide derivative of the copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin, such as an ethylene-propylene copolymer. This succinate ester-succinimide derivative is prepared by reacting the copolymer in an aromatic solvent with maleic anhydride in the presence of a free radical initiator, then esterifying the anhydride with a fatty alcohol or mixtures thereof in the presence of an acidic catalyst and finally converting any unreacted anhydride and half esters to the succinimide by reaction with a polyamine containing a primary amine. Additive concentrates containing 5 to 30 wt. % of the copolymer derivative in a solvent facilitate the introduction of the additive into a lubricating oil blend.