Aliphatic tetrahedral borate compounds for lubricating compositions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11459520-B2
Application number	US-201716318153-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2017
Priority date	Jul 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

An additive for a lubricating composition includes an ionic tetrahedral borate compound which includes a cation and a tetrahedral borate anion having a boron atom, the boron atom has at least one aliphatic bidentate di-oxo ligand. The cation may be selected to provide detergent and/or dispersant and/or antioxidant properties to a lubricating composition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An additive for a lubricating composition comprising:
an ionic tetrahedral borate compound comprising a cation selected from the group consisting of metal cations, ammonium ions, phosphonium ions, and mixtures thereof, and a tetrahedral borate anion which comprises a boron atom, the borate anion having at least one bidentate di-oxo ligand formed from reaction of a trivalent boron compound and an aliphatic vicinal diol, and
wherein the borate anion is substantially free of a bidentate aromatic di-oxo ligand.

2. The additive of claim 1 , wherein the trivalent boron compound is selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borate esters, and combinations thereof.

3. The additive of claim 1 , wherein the vicinal diol is a 1,2 vicinal diol.

4. The additive of claim 1 , wherein the 1,2 vicinal diol is selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl glycols, monoalkyl glycerols, monoacyl glycerols, and blends thereof.

5. The additive of claim 4 , wherein the 1,2 vicinal diol is glycerol monooleate.

6. The additive of claim 1 , wherein the ionic tetrahedral borate compound is represented by the formula:

where R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from hydrocarbyl groups of 1 to 48 carbon atoms or taken together, form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring;
R 3 and R 4 are independently aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups of 1 to 48 carbon atoms or taken together, form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered aliphatic ring, which may be a heterocyclic ring (that may be substituted with one or more hydrocarbyl groups of 1 to 32 carbon atoms;
m is 0 or 1;
X is selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, —OR 5 , —NHR 5 , ═O, and mixtures thereof, where R 5 is a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 24 carbon atoms;
M represents the cation; and
n is at least 1.

7. The additive of claim 6 , wherein the substituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring is substituted with at least one substituent selected from aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups, aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups comprising at least one heteroatom, and combinations thereof.

8. The additive of claim 6 , wherein m is 0.

9. The additive of claim 6 , wherein R 1 and R 2 together form a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring, the substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered ring including from 0-2 heteroatoms.

10. The additive of claim 9 , wherein the substituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring formed by R 1 and R 2 is substituted with at least one substituent selected from aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups, aliphatic hydrocarbyl groups comprising at least one heteroatom, and combinations thereof.

11. The additive of claim 10 , wherein the tetrahedral borate compound is selected from an ammonium salt, a quaternary ammonium salt, and mixtures thereof.

12. The additive of claim 6 , wherein M is a metal cation selected from alkali metal cations, alkaline earth metal cations, transition metal cations, and combinations thereof.

13. The additive of claim 1 , wherein the cation M provides the composition with a total base number (TBN) of at least 5 (or at least 10, or at least 15, or at least 25).

14. The additive of claim 6 , wherein the cation M is derived from an alkali or alkaline earth metal detergent.

15. The additive of claim 14 , wherein the cation M is derived from an overbased alkali or alkaline earth metal detergent.

16. The additive of claim 1 , further comprising a trivalent borate compound.

17. The additive of claim 16 , wherein a ratio by weight of boron in the trivalent borate compound to boron in the tetrahedral borate compound is at least 80:20.

18. The additive of claim 1 , further comprising an oil in an amount to form an additive concentrate.

19. A method of forming an additive for a lubricating composition comprising,
reacting in a liquid solvent medium an aliphatic vicinal diol with a trivalent borate compound and, optionally, a basic component to form an ionic tetrahedral borate compound comprising a cation selected from the group consisting of metal cations, ammonium ions, phosphonium ions, and mixtures thereof, and a tetrahedral borate anion which comprises a boron atom, the borate anion having at least one bidentate di-oxo ligand formed from reaction of the trivalent boron compound and the aliphatic vicinal diol,
wherein the solvent medium is selected from the group consisting of alcohol solvents, ether solvents, ester solvents, ketone solvents and blends thereof,
wherein water resulting from the reaction of the aliphatic vicinal diol and trivalent borate compound is azeotropically distilled with a portion of the liquid solvent medium.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the liquid solvent medium comprises an alcohol solvent.

21. An additive concentrate comprising the additive of claim 1 and a sufficient amount of lubricating oil for form the concentrate.

Assignees

• Lubrizol Corp

Inventors

• Burrington James D
• Delbridge Ewan E
• Guo Binbin
• Hanthorn Jason J

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