Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for reacting polymers (A) comprising hydroxyl groups and which have repetitive structural units of general formula (I), wherein D represents a direct bond between the polymer backbone and a hydroxyl group, a C1- to C6-alkene group, a C5- to C12-arylene group, an oxyalkylene group of formula —O—R2—, an ester group of formula —C(O)—O—R2— or an amide group of formula —C(O)—N(R8)R2—, R2 represents a C2- to C10-alkene group, R8 represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted C2- to C10-alkyl group and n represents a number between 3 and 5000, with carboxylic acids B1) of formula (II) or carboxylic acid esters B2) of formula (III) R1—COOH (II) R1—COOR7 (III), wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 50 C atoms, and R7 represents a C1C4-alkyl group, in which the polymers (A); comprising the hydroxyl groups are exposed to microwaves in the presence of carboxylic acids of formula (II) or carboxylic acid esters of formula (III) and in the presence of water. The reaction mixture is heated to temperatures over 100° C. by microwave rays.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to cooling additives for middle distillates, containing A) at least one comb polymer carrying hydroxyl groups, which can be produced by polycondensation of a polyol that contains two primary OH groups and at least one secondary OH group with a dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride or ester thereof, which carries a C16-C40 alkyl radical or a C16-C40 alkenyl radical, characterized in that the OH number of the comb polymer is at least 40 mg KOH/g, B) at least one copolymer of ethylene and of at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester, and C) at least one organic solvent.
Abstract:
The invention relates to dispersions comprising I) at least one polymer that is effective for mineral oils as a cold extrusion improver and is soluble in oil, II) at least one organic solvent that cannot be mixed with water, III) water, IV) at least one alkanolamine salt of a polycyclic carboxylic acid as a dispersing agent, and V) possibly at least one organic solvent that can be mixed with water.
Abstract:
Mineral oil distillates having an aromatics content of less than 21% by weight, a water content of less than 150 ppm and a conductivity of at least 50 pS/m, and comprising from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin (constituent I) which includes a structural element of the formula in which R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or C2-C200-alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or C2-C200-alkenyl and n is from 2 to 100, and from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one polar oil-soluble nitrogen compound (constituent II), excluding those mineral oil distillates in which between 0.001 and 10 ppm of an oil-soluble, organic sulfonic acid-ammonium salt are present.
Abstract:
The invention provides for the use of at least one oil-soluble polyoxyalkylene compound,this polyoxyalkylene compound being an oil-soluble ester, ether or ether/ester of alkoxylated polyols having at least three repeat alkoxy units derived from alkylene oxides having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms per OH group of the polyol which bears at least two aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals having from 12 to 30 carbon atoms for improving the response behavior of mineral oil cold flow improvers in middle distillates which comprise at least one ashless, nitrogen-containing detergent additive which is an oil-soluble amphiphilic compound which comprises at least one alkyl or alkenyl radical which is bonded to a polar group, the alkyl or alkenyl radical comprising from 10 to 500 carbon atoms and the polar group comprising 2 or more nitrogen atoms.
Abstract:
The invention thus provides crude oils and products which have been produced therefrom and comprise distillation residues, comprising at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin having a repeat structural unit of the formula where R1 is a branched alkyl or alkenyl radical which has from 10 to 40 carbon atoms and bears at least one carboxyl, carboxylate and/or ester group, R2 is hydrogen or R1 R3 is hydrogen or an alkoxy group of the formula -(A-O)m—H, A is a C2- to C4-alkylene group, m is from 1 to 100, R4 is hydrogen, a C1- to C11-alkyl radical or a carboxyl group, R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, n is from 1 to 100 and k is 1 or 2, the use of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resin for splitting emulsions of water and crude oils or products derived therefrom, the use of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resin for improving the cold flowability of crude oils and products derived therefrom, and the use of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resin as an asphaltene dispersant in crude oils and products derived therefrom.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing bisbenzoxazoles that are interconnected by means of a system of conjugated double bonds, according to which o-aminophenols are reacted with dicarboxylic acids, the carboxyl groups of which are interconnected via a double bond or a system of conjugated double bonds, to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being converted in the presence of dehydrogenating catalysts and solvents with a low dielectric loss into benzoxazol by means of microwave radiation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing alkaline fatty acid amides by reacting at least one amine that contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one tertiary amino group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the alkaline amide by means of microwave radiation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to fuel oils comprising a larger proportion of middle distillates having a sulfur content of at most 350 ppm and an aromatics content of at most 22% by weight, and also a smaller proportion of at least one copolymer of ethylene and vinyl esters, said copolymer containing a) bivalent structural units derived from ethylene of the formula 1 —CH2—CH2— (1) b) from 5 to 12 mol % of bivalent structural units of the formula 2 where R1 is saturated, branched C5-C18-alkyl, and c) from 4 to 13 mol % of bivalent structural units of the formula 3 and the sum of the molar proportions of structural units of the formulae 2 and 3 being between 12 and 16 mol %, to the corresponding polymers, and also to their use for improving the cold flow behavior of middle distillates having a sulfur content of at most 350 ppm and an aromatics content of at most 22% by weight.
Abstract:
The invention relates to low-temperature-stabilized additives for fuel oils having a sulfur content of up 0.05% by weight, comprising fatty acid mixtures of A1) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one saturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms, A2) from 1 to 99% by weight of at least one unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms, and B) at least one polar nitrogen-containing compound which is effective as paraffin dispersant in middle distillates, in an amount of from 0.01 to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of A1), A2) and B); and to the use of said mixtures for improving the lubrication properties of low-sulfur middle distillates.