Abstract:
Unsaturated cyclic keto acids bearing pendant alkyl groups may be prepared by rearranging substituted dicarboxylic acid anhydrides in the presence of a strong Bronsted acid catalyst. The products may be useful as corrosion inhibitors in alcohol fuels and as intermediates in chemical and additive manufacture.
Abstract:
Oil-soluble metal salts are produced by the reaction of a polyvalent metal, such as nickel, with an organic monocarboxylic acid in the presence of an ammonium salt catalyst, water, oxygen, and an inert, water-immiscible organic solvent.
Abstract:
The invention is gasoline containing an added manganese compound to improve the octane rating of the gasoline and including a small amount of an additive selected from a group consisting of a monocarboxylic acid or its ester, a dicarboxylic acid or its monoester or diester, an alkylamine, phenol, a substituted phenol or mixture thereof.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the preparation of oil-soluble aluminum compositions of high aluminum content, such as from about 15 to 25% aluminum; to the resulting products; and to the use of such products, for example, as fuel additives such as additives employed in turbine fuel as corrosion inhibitors and other uses.
Abstract:
Electrically conductive hydrocarbon fuel compositions containing from 0.01 to 40 ppm of an antistatic polysulfone copolymer additive consisting essentially of units derived from sulfur dioxide, C.sub.6.sub.-24 1-alkene and, optionally, an olefin of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a group having the formula, --(C.sub.x H.sub.2x)--COOH, where x is from 0 to 17, and B is hydrogen or carboxyl; and a process for preparing same.
Abstract:
An anti-pollution heating oil composition includes an organic or inorganic lithium compound in said heating oil to reduce particulate emission upon combustion of said heating oil. A variety of lithium compositions and processes for their use in removal of accumulated carbonaceous deposits are also disclosed.
Abstract:
THIS SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES CYCLO-SUBSTITUTED GAMMABUTYROLACTONES HAVING THE FORMULA:
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IN THIS FORMULA, R MAY BE (CH2)N WHEREIN IS A WHOLE NUMBER AND IS AT LEAST 6 BUT NOT GREATER THAN 15, AN ALKYLENE GROUP CONTAINING AT LEAST 3 BUT NOT MORE THAN 10 CARBON ATOMS, OR A BUTYROLACTONE CONNECTED THROUGH ITS BETA AND GAMMA CARBON ATOMS WITH 1 TO 8-CH2-GROUPS INTERPOSED BETWEEN EITHER OR BOTH ITS BETA OR GAMMA CARBON ATOMS. R1 AND R2 MAY BE HYDROGEN, CHLORINE, OR A HYDROCARBYL, CARBOXYL, AMIDO, CYANO, ISOCYANO, OR NITRO GROUP OR MAY BE AN ALKYL GROUP SUBSTITUTED BY ANY OF THE LATTER FIVE GROUPS. R1 MAY BE THE SAME AS OR DIFFERENT FROM R2. THESE LACTONES HAVE VARIOUS USES SUCH AS ANTIWEAR ADDITIVES FOR HYDROCARBON FUELS, AS INHIBITORS OF OXYGEN CORROSIONOF IRON, AND AS A PRECURSOR FOR THE PREPARATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS FOR HYDROCARBON FUELS AND LUBRICANTS.
Abstract:
A LIQUID FUEL COMPOSITION HAVING REDUCED SOOT AND SMOKING CHARACTERISTICS IS FORMED BY ADMIXING A MAJOR PROPORTION OF A LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL AND A MINOR PROPORTION, RESPECTIVELY, OF AN ETHER AND A GROUP II-A METAL SULFONATE WHEREIN THE CONCENTRATION OF GROUP II-A METAL IS FROM ABOUT 0.007 TO 0.1% BE WIGHT. A PREFERRED FUEL COMPOSITION COMPRISES A DIESEL FUEL ADMIXED WTIH A BARIUM ALKARYL SULFONATE AND AN ALKYL ETHER OF AN ALKYLENE GLYCOL, SAID GLYCOL ETHER HAVING FROM 3 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS, WHEREIN THE CONCENTRATION OF BARIUM METAL IS FROM ABOUT 0.04 TO 0.08% BY WEIGHT.