Hydrocarbon soluble metal composition and a method of making it thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017144142-A1
Application number	US-201615229013-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 5, 2016
Priority date	Nov 19, 2015
Publication date	May 25, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

This present invention relates to oil-soluble metal compositions of metals and a method for its preparation. The composition finds application in catalysis as catalysts precursors or additives for in situ generation of nano dispersed metal/metal sulfide clusters for heavy oil hydroconversion and in the area of lubrication as friction modifiers.

First claim

1 . An oil-soluble metal composition comprising of reaction products of beta hydroxy acids, quaternary compounds and a metal source, wherein the metal source comprises metal salts selected from the groups comprising of Group IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIII, rare earth compounds and combinations thereof.

2 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the beta hydroxy acid is represented by the general formula CxH(x-y)O3 where x is 7, 11 or 15 and, correspondingly, y is 1, 3 or 5.

3 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein beta hydroxy acids include mono and/or polycylic beta hydroxy acid analogs preferably mono and/or poly aromatic beta hydroxy acid analogs having formula 1 and 2:

wherein R 1 to R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched chain, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy groups with carbon atoms preferably in the range of C 1 -C 10 ; H; hydroxyl; fluoro; chloro; bromo; iodo; thiol; amino; cyano; thiocyano; nitro; carboxyl; carbonyl and amide.

4 .- 6 . (canceled)

7 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein beta hydroxy acid analogs are selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-anthroic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-anthroic acid, 4-hydroxyisophthalic acid, 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 5-nitrosalicylic acid, 5-iodosalicylic acid, 5-bromosalicylic acid, 5-iodosalicylic acid, 5-fluorosalicylic acid, 3-chlorosalicylic acid, 4-chlorosalicylic acid, 5-chlorosalicylic acid, and combinations thereof.

8 . (canceled)

9 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the quaternary salt is having formula 3,

wherein:
R 1 is a higher aliphatic alkyl group, which is saturated or unsaturated, and having a carbon chain length of from 8 through 20 carbons;
R 2 and R 3 are saturated or unsaturated alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbons in chain length; and
R 4 is a radical selected from the group consisting of unsaturated and saturated aliphatic alkyl groups of from 1 to 4 carbons in chain length, aromatic, cyclic and heterocyclic groups having carbon atoms from 3 to 6, phenyl, thionyl, furfuryl and pyridyl groups; and
X is an ion selected from the group of ions consisting of chloride, bromide, iodide, nitrate, sulfate and salicylate ion; and
M is either nitrogen or phosphorous.

10 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the quaternary nitrogen compounds include cyclic quaternary nitrogen derivatives, selected from the alkyl pyridinium and the alkyl piperidinium derivatives.

11 . (canceled)

12 . (canceled)

13 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 12 , wherein quaternary nitrogen salts are selected from the group consisting of benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, benzododecinium bromide, bis(hydrogenated tallow alkyl)dimethyl chlorides, benzylcocoalkyldimethyl chlorides, benzoxonium chloride, cetalkonium chloride, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride, cetyltrimethyl ammonium iodide, cetyltrimethyl ammonium nitrate, cetyltrimethyl ammonium sulfate, cetyltrimethyl ammonium salicylate, cetyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride, cetyldimethylbenzylammonium bromide, cetyldimethylbenzyl ammonium iodide, cetyldimethylbenzylammonium sulfate, cetyldimethylbenzyl ammonium nitrate, cetyldimethylbenzylammonium salicylate, cetylpyridinium chloride, cetylpyridinium bromide, cetylpyridinium iodide, cetylpyridinium nitrate, cetylpyridinium sulfate, cetylpyridinium salicylate, methyltrioctylammonium chloride, didecyldimethylammonium chloride, dodecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride, dimethyldioctadecylammonium chloride, domiphen bromide, hexamethylenetetramine chloroallyl chloride, polyquaternium, stearalkonium chloride, tetraoctylammonium bromide, thonzonium bromide, hexadecyltributylphosphonium bromide, tetraphenylphosphonium chloride, methyltriphenoxyphosphonium iodide, monoalkyltrimethylammonium salts, dialkyltrimethyl ammonium salts, tri alkyltrimethylammonium salts, methyldiethanolamine esterquats, triethanolamine esterquats, methyl bis(2-hydroxyethyl) alkyl ammonium chloride, where the carbon chain (C8-18) is derived from coconut, cottonseed, soya and tallow acids and methyl poly(oxyethylene) alkyl ammonium chloride, where the poly(oxyethylene) content is 3-15 moles and the alkyl group (C8-18) is derived from coconut, cottonseed, soya and tallow acid, Quaternary compounds derived from the reaction products of fatty acids, trietanolamine and dimetylsulfate or mixture thereof

14 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal salts are water soluble salts of the metal ions capable of reacting with other reactants, the beta hydroxy acid and/or the quaternary compounds, or their reaction product.

15 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 14 , wherein metal salts include salts of metals selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, La, Ce, and combinations thereof.

16 . The oil-soluble metal composition as claimed in claim 15 , wherein source of V, Cr, Nb, Mo and W are the metal halides, alkali, alkali-earth and ammonium salt of each metal, wherein:
(a) the metal halides is selected from a group comprising of MoCl 5 , CrCl 3 , WCl 6 , NbCl 4 , NbCl 5 , VCl 3 , VCl 5 ; and (b)alkali, alkali-earth and ammonium salt are selected from a group comprising of ammonium vanadate, sodium vanadate, ammonium chromate, sodium chromate, ammonium niobate (V) oxalate hydrate, ammonium molybdate, sodium molybdate, potassium molybdate, calcium molybdate, ammonium tungstate, sodium tungstate and mixtures thereof.

17 .- 19 . (canceled)

20 . The process as claimed in claim 38 , wherein the beta hydroxy acid, the quaternary salt(s), and the metal source, the hydrocarbon and the water are reacted in any order/sequence.

21 .- 27 . (canceled)

28 . The process as claimed in claim 20 , wherein n-butanol is used instead of water to minimize the amount of metal incorporated.

29 . The process as claimed in claim 38 , wherein the molar stoichiometry of the raw materials used to prepare the oil soluble metal compounds are:

Beta hydroxyl acid
1.0

Quaternary salt
0.5 to 1.2 (based on the acid)

Metal Source
0.5 to 1.5 (based on the acid)

Water
1 to 100.0 (based on the acid)

Hydrocarbon
1 to 100.0 (based on the acid)

Assignees

• Indian Oil Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Balasundaram Murugan
• Xavier Kochappilly Ouseph
• Pulikottil Alex Cheru
• Kuvettu Mohan Prabhu
• Kumar Brijesh
• Das Biswapriya

Classifications

• B01J2531/845

  Cobalt · CPC title

• B01J31/22 Primary

  Organic complexes · CPC title

• B01J2531/842

  Iron · CPC title

• B01J2531/64

  Molybdenum · CPC title

• C10M159/18

  Complexes with metals · CPC title