Gasoline detergent additive composition and motor fuel composition

• US 5,286,264 A
• Filed: 12/21/1992
• Issued: 02/15/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Texaco Incorporated (Chevron Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Texaco Incorporated (Chevron Corp.)
• Inventors: Furman, Jefrey B., Russo, Joseph M., Herbstman, Sheldon
• Primary Examiner(s): McAvoy, Ellen M.
• Application Number:
  US07/993,796
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 44/418, 44/419, 44/347, 564/193, 564/194, 564/196
• US Class Current: 44/347
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/143 mixtures of organic macromolecular compounds with organic non-macromolecular compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/146 Macromolecular compounds according to different macromolecular groups, mixtures thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1608 Well defined compounds, e.g. hexane, benzene
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1641 from compounds containing aliphatic monomers
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/224 Amides; Imides carboxylic acid amides, imides C10L1/221, C10L1/2227 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/238 obtained otherwise than by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds C10L1/221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/2383 Polyamines or polyimines, or derivatives thereof (poly)amines and imines; derivatives thereof (substituted by a macromolecular group containing 30C) C10L1/221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/2387 Polyoxyalkyleneamines (poly)oxyalkylene amines and derivatives thereof (substituted by a macromolecular group containing 30C) C10L1/221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/306 organo Pb compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/04 for minimising corrosion or incrustation
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/06 for facilitating soot removal

Abstract

A gasoline detergent additive composition comprising a) the reaction product of a 4-alkyl-2-morpholinone and an alkylphenoxypolyoxyalkylene amine; b) the reaction product of a polyalkenyl succinic acid anhydride and a polyethylene polyamine; and c) a polyalphaolefin. A motor fuel composition is also provided.

Claims

1. A detergent additive composition comprising

a) a first component comprising the reaction product of:

i. a 4-alkyl-2-morpholinone represented by the formula;

##STR13## in which R represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and

ii. an alkylphenoxypolyoxyalkylene amine represented by the formula;

##STR14## in which R'"'"' represents a hydrocarbyl radical having from 4 to 30 carbon atoms, x has a value from 5 to 50, and R" represents a methyl radical or a mixture of hydrogen and methyl radicals;

b) a second component comprising the reaction product of

i. a polyalkenyl succinic acid anhydride represented by the formula ##STR15## where R'"'"'" is a polyalkenyl radical with an weight average molecular weight of about 300 to about 4000; and

ii. a polyethylene polyamine represented by the formula ##STR16## where n is a number between 0 and about 6; and

c) a third component comprising a polyalphaolefin.

2. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 in which R represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms.

3. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 in which R'"'"' represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 6 to 24 carbon atoms.

4. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 in which x has a value from about 6 to 20.

5. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 in which R" represents a mixture of methyl radicals and hydrogen such that the internal alkylene oxide radical of the alkylphenoxypolyoxyalkylene amine, represented by ##STR17## comprises a mixture of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide in a molar ratio of about 2:

3 to about 999;

1 propylene oxide;

ethylene oxide.

6. The detergent additive composition of claim 5 in which the molar ratio of propylene oxide to ethylene oxide is about 7:

3 to about 999;

1.

7. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 wherein R'"'"'" has a weight average molecular weight of about 1000 to about 2500.

8. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 wherein n is a number between about 2 to about 4.

9. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 wherein the polyalphaolefin has a weight average molecular weight of up to about 10,000.

10. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 wherein the polyalphaolefin is a polydecene.

11. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 wherein the polyalphaolefin is a hydrogenated dimer of decene.

12. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 comprising about 25 to about 200 parts by weight of the first component, about 15 to about 130 parts by weight of the second component, and about 50 to about 400 parts by weight of the third component.

13. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 comprising about 50 to about 150 parts by weight of the first component, about 30 to about 100 parts by weight of the second component, and about 100 to about 300 parts by weight of the third component.

14. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 comprising about 75 to about 125 parts by weight of the first component, about 45 to about 80 parts by weight of the second component, and about 150 to about 250 parts by weight of the third component.

15. The detergent additive composition of claim 1 in which R represents a methyl radical, R'"'"' represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, R" represents a methyl radical, x has a value of from about 10 to about 20, R'"'"'" has a weight average molecular weight of about 1200 to about 1500 and n is about 3.

16. A motor fuel composition comprising

a major portion of a hydrocarbon fuel boiling in the range between 90°

F. and 450°

F.; and

a minor portion, sufficient to reduce the formation of deposits on intake valves, of an additive composition which comprises

a) a first component comprising the reaction product of;

i. a 4-alkyl-2-morpholinone represented by the formula;

##STR18## in which R represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and

ii. an alkylphenoxypolyoxyalkylene amine represented by the formula;

##STR19## in which R'"'"' represents a hydrocarbyl radical having from 4 to 30 carbon atoms, x has a value from 5 to 50, and R" represents a methyl radical or a mixture of hydrogen and methyl radicals;

b) a second component comprising the reaction product of

i. a polyalkenyl succinic acid anhydride represented by the formula ##STR20## where R'"'"'" is a polyalkenyl radical with a weight average molecular weight of about 300 to about 4000; and

ii. a polyethylene polyamine represented by the formula ##STR21## where n is a number between 0 and about 6; and

c) a third component comprising a polyalphaolefin.

17. The fuel composition of claim 16 in which R represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms.

18. The fuel composition of claim 16 in which R'"'"' represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 6 to 24 carbon atoms.

19. The fuel composition of claim 16 in which x has a value from about 6 to 20.

20. The fuel composition of claim 16 in which R" represents a mixture of methyl radicals and hydrogen such that the internal alkylene oxide radical of the alkylphenoxypolyoxyalkylene amine, represented by ##STR22## comprises a mixture of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide in a molar ratio of about 2:

3 to about 999;

1 propylene oxide;

ethylene oxide.

21. The fuel composition of claim 20 in which the molar ratio of propylene oxide to ethylene oxide is about 7:

3 to about 999;

1.

22. The fuel composition of claim 16 wherein R'"'"'" has a weight average molecular weight of about 1000 to about 2500.

23. The fuel composition of claim 16 wherein n is a number between about 2 and about 4.

24. The fuel composition of claim 16 wherein the polyalphaolefin has a weight average molecular weight of up to about 10,000.

25. The fuel composition of claim 16 wherein the polyalphaolefin is a polydecene.

26. The fuel composition of claim 16 wherein the polyalphaolefin is a hydrogenated dimer of decene.

27. The fuel composition of claim 16 in which R represents a methyl radical, R'"'"' represents a monovalent aliphatic radical having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, R" represents a methyl radical, x has a value of from about 10 to about 20, R'"'"'" has a weight average molecular weight of about 1200 to about 1500 and n is about 3.

28. The fuel composition of claim 16 comprising about 25 to about 200 PTB of the first component, about 15 to about 130 PTB of the second component, and about 50 to about 400 PTB of the third component.

29. The fuel composition of claim 16 comprising about 50 to about 150 PTB of the first component, about 30 to about 100 PTB of the second component, and about 100 to about 300 PTB of the third component.

30. The fuel composition of claim 16 comprising about 75 to about 125 PTB of the first component, about 45 to about 80 PTB of the second component, and about 150 to about 250 PTB of the third component.