Claims
- 1. An oleaginous composition comprising an oleaginous fuel material and a hydroxyl terminated polymeric C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone adduct material, said hydroxyl terminated adduct material being prepared by reacting a polyamine with a long chain hydrocarbon material or a halogenated derivative thereof to form a polyalkylene amine reaction product having at least one reactive amino group, and then reacting said polyalkylene amine reaction product with a C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone monomer at a temperature of from about 30.degree. to about 200.degree. C. for a period sufficient to effect ring opening polymerization of said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone, said polyamine being selected from the group consisting of amines of about 2 to about 60 total carbon atoms and about 1 to 12 nitrogen atoms in the amine molecule, said long chain hydrocarbon material or said halogenated derivative thereof comprising a major molar amount of C.sub.2 to C.sub.10 monoolefin and having a number average molecular weight of from about 300 to about 10,000, said hydroxyl terminated adduct material containing the unit ##STR6## where m, which represents the degree of polymerization of said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone, has an average value of from about 0.2 to about 100, and z is 4 to 8.
- 2. An oleaginous composition according to claim 1, wherein said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone monomer is E-caprolactone.
- 3. A fuel oil composition comprising a major amount of fuel oil and from about 0.001 to about 0.5 wt. %. of a hydroxyl terminated polymeric material which is an adduct of a C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone and a polyalkylene amine material, said adduct being formed by reacting a C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone with a polyalkylene amine at a temperature of from about 30.degree. to about 200.degree. C. for a period sufficient to effect ring opening polymerization of said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone, said polyalkylene amine, in turn, being formed by reacting an olefin polymer material comprising a major molar amount of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 monoolefin and having a number average molecular weight of about 300 to about 10,000 or a halogenated derivative thereof with an amine compound that is reactive therewith to add amino groups onto said olefin polymer material, said amine compound being selected from the group consisting of amines of about 2 to about 60 total carbon atoms and about 1 to 12 nitrogen atoms in the amine molecule, and said adduct containing the unit ##STR7## where z is a number of from 4 to 8 and m, which represents the degree of polymerization of said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone, has an average value of from about 0.2 to about 100.
- 4. A fuel oil composition according to claim 3, comprising a major amount of fuel oil and from about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt. % of said hydroxyl terminated polymeric adduct material, wherein said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone is a E-caprolactone.
- 5. A fuel oil composition according to claim 3, wherein said olefin polymer that is used in the preparation of said hydroxyl terminated polymeric adduct is selected from polyisobutylene and halogenated polyisobutylene.
- 6. A fuel oil composition according to claim 5, wherein said amine compound is an aliphatic saturated amine having the formula ##STR8## wherein R and R' independently are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.25 straight or branched chain alkyl radicals, C.sub.1 to C.sub.12 alkoxy C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 aldylene radicals, and C.sub.1 to C.sub.12 alkylamino C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alkylene radicals; each s is the same or a different number of from 2 to 6; and t is a number of from 0 to 10, provided, however, that when t=0, at least one of R and R' must be hydrogen.
- 7. A fuel oil composition according to claim 6, wherein said amine compound is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-diaminoethane; 1,3-diaminopropane; 1,4-diaminobutane; 1,6-diaminohexane; diethylene amine; triethylene tetramine; tetraethylenepentamine; 1,2-propylene diamine; di-(1,2-propylene)triamine; di-(1,3-propylene) triamine; N,N-dimethyl-1,3-diaminopropane; N,N-di-(2-aminoethyl)ethylene diamine; and N-dodecyl-1,3-propane diamine.
- 8. A fuel oil composition according to claim 5, wherein said amine compound is selected from the group consisting of alicyclic diamines, imidaozolines, morpholines, and N-aminoalkyl piperazines of the general formula: ##STR9## wherein G is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and omega-(nontertiary) aminoalkylene radicals of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and p is a number from 1 to 4.
- 9. A fuel oil composition according to claim 3, wherein said amine compound is a mixture of poly(ethyleneamines) averaging about 5 to 7 nitrogen atoms per molecule.
- 10. A fuel oil composition according to claim 3, wherein said amine compound is a polyoxyalkylene polyamine having the formulae:
- NH.sub.2 --alkylene--(O-alkylene).sub.m --NH.sub.2
- where m has a value of about 3 to 70; or
- R(alkylene--(O-alkylene).sub.n --NH.sub.2).sub.a
- where n has a value of about 1 to 40 with the provision that the sum of all the n's is from about 3 to about 70, R is a substituted saturated hydrocarbon radical of up to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the number of substituents on the R group is represented by the value of "a", which is a number of from 3 to 6.
- 11. A fuel oil composition according to claim 3, wherein the average value of m is from about 1 to 20, and wherein said olefin polymer has a number average molecular weight in the range of from about 700 to about 5,000.
- 12. An oleaginous compound comprising an oleaginous fuel material and an oil soluble dispersant comprising the oil soluble product of a reaction mixture comprising as reactants:
- (a) at least one amino group containing material formed by reacting an olefin polymer of about C.sub.2 to C.sub.10 monoolefin having a molecular weight of about 300 to 10,000 or a halogenated derivative thereof with an amine having from about 2 to about 60 total carbon atoms and from 1 to about 12 nitrogen atoms in the amine molecules, and
- (b) at least one C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone, wherein said C.sub.5 to C.sub.9 lactone has undergone ring opening polymerization, wherein there are, on the average, 0.2 to 100 molar proportions of reactant (b) per molar proportion of reactant (a) in said oil soluble reaction product, and wherein said reactant (a) is capable of initiating ring opening polymerization of said reactant (b) when said reaction mixture is raised to a temperature of from about 30.degree. to about 200.degree. C.
- 13. An oleaginous composition according to claim 12, wherein said reactant (b) is E-caprolactone, and wherein said molar proportion of E-caprolactone per molar proportion of said reactant (a) is from about 1 to about 20.
- 14. A composition according to claim 13, wherein said amine is an aliphatic saturated amine having the general formula: ##STR10## wherein R and R' independently are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.25 straight or branched chain alkyl radicals, C.sub.1 to C.sub.12 alkoxy C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alkylene radicals and C.sub.1 to C.sub.12 alkylamino C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alkylene radicals; each s is the same or a different number of from 2 to 6; and t is a number from 0 to 10, provided, however, that when t=0, at least one of R and R' is hydrogen.
- 15. A composition according to claim 13, wherein said amine is a mixture of poly(ethyleneamines) averaging about 5 to about 7 nitrogen atoms per molecule).
- 16. A fuel oil composition comprising fuel oil and an oil soluble reaction product useful as a fuel oil additive, said oil soluble reaction product having been prepared by reacting:
- (a) polymer of C.sub.2 to C.sub.10 monoolefin of 700 to 5,000 molecular weight or a halogenated derivative thereof, and
- (b) amine containing 2 to 60 carbon atoms and 1 to 12 amino groups, further reacted at a temperature of from about 30.degree. to about 200.degree. C. with
- (c) C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone for a period of time sufficient to effect ring opening polymerization of said lactone such that there are, on the average, from about 0.2 to about 100 molar proportions of lactone per molar proportion of the product obtained by the reaction of (a) with (b) in said oil soluble reaction product.
- 17. A fuel oil composition according to claim 16, wherein (c) is caprolactone, and wherein there are 1 to 20 molar proportions of caprolactone per molar proportion of product obtained by the reaction of (a) with (b) in said oil soluble reaction product.
- 18. A fuel oil composition according to claim 17, wherein said amine is an aliphatic saturated amine having the general formula: ##STR11## wherein R and R'independently are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.25 straight or branched chain alkyl radicals, C.sub.1 to C.sub.12 alkoxy C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alkylene radicals, and C.sub.1 to C.sub.12 alkylamino C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alkylene radicals; each s is the same or a different number of from 2 to 6; and t is a number from 0 to 10, provided, however, that when t=0, at least one of R and R' is hydrogen.
- 19. A fuel oil composition according to claim 17, wherein said amine is a mixture of poly(ethyleneamines) averaging about 5 to about 7 nitrogen atoms per molecule.
- 20. A fuel oil composition according to claim 18, wherein (a) is polyisobutylene or halogenated polyisobutylene of about 700 to 5,000 molecular weight.
- 21. A fuel oil composition according to claim 17, wherein (a) is polyisobutylene or halogenated polyisobutylene of about 700 to 5,000 molecular weight.
- 22. An additive concentrate comprising:
- (a) about 80 to 20 wt. % fuel oil; and
- (b) about 20 to 80 wt. % of a polymeric C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone dispersant;
- (c) said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone dispersant being formed by reacting a C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone with an amine group-containing long chain hydrocarbon at a temperature of from about 30.degree. to about 200.degree. C. for a period sufficient to effect ring opening polymerization of said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone, wherein said amine group-containing long chain hydrocarbon has been prepared by reacting an amine with a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 monoolefin polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 300 to about 10000 or halogenated derivative thereof, wherein there are, on the average, from about 0.2 to 100 molar proportions of said C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone per molar proportion of said polymeric C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 lactone dispersant (b), and wherein said amine is selected from the group consisting of amines having about 2 to about 60 total carbon atoms and about 1 to about 12 nitrogen atoms in the amine molecule.
- 23. A concentrate according to claim 22, wherein said dispersant is formed by reacting a polyisobutylene or halogenated polyisobutylene with a polyamine having 2 to 12 nitrogen atoms, and then reacting the resulting product with caprolactone.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 916,303, filed 10/7/86, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,866,142.
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