Lubricating Composition Containing a Carboxylic Functionalised Polymer and Dispersant

Abstract

The invention provides an oil of lubricating viscosity, a dispersant and an amine-functionalised additive, wherein the amine-functionalised additive is derived from an amine having at least 3 or 4 aromatic groups. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in an internal combustion engine.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, a succinimide dispersant, a dispersant viscosity modifier and an amine-functionalised additive, wherein the amine-functionalised additive is derived from an amine having at least 3 aromatic groups,
 wherein the amine-functionalised additive is a product obtained by reacting the amine having at least 3 aromatic groups with a carboxylic functionalised polymer,   wherein the dispersant viscosity modifier is either:
 prepared by grafting of an olefinic carboxylic acid acylating agent onto a polymer of 15 to 80 mole percent of ethylene, from 20 to 85 mole percent of C 3-10  alpha monoolefin, and from 0 to 15 mole percent of non-conjugated diene or triene, said polymer having an average molecular weight ranging from 5000 to 500,000, and further reacting said grafted polymer with an amine, 
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 a reaction product of: (a) a polymer comprising carboxylic acid functionality or a reactive equivalent thereof, said polymer having a number average molecular weight of greater than 5,000; and (b) an amine component comprising at least one aromatic amine containing at least one amino group capable of condensing with said carboxylic acid functionality to provide a pendant group and at least one additional group comprising at least one nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur atom, wherein said aromatic amine is selected from the group consisting of (i) a nitro-substituted aniline, (ii) an amine comprising two aromatic moieties linked by a —C(O)NR— group, a —C(O)O— group, an —O— group, an —N═N— group, or an —SO 2 — group where R is hydrogen or hydrocarbyl, one of said aromatic moieties bearing said condensable amino group, (iii) an aminoquinoline, (iv) an aminobenzimidazole, (v) an N,N-dialkylphenylenediamine, and (vi) a ring-substituted benzylamine. 
   
     
     
         2 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the amine-functionalised additive is derived from an amine having at least 4 aromatic groups, at least one —NH 2  functional group, and at least 2 secondary or tertiary amino groups. 
     
     
         3 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the amine having at least 3 aromatic groups is represented by the formula: 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein independently each variable 
         R 1  is hydrogen or a C 1-5  alkyl group; 
         R 2  is hydrogen or a C 1-5  alkyl group; 
         U is an aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic group, with the proviso that when U is aliphatic, the aliphatic group may be a linear or branched alkylene group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and 
         w is 1 to 10. 
       
     
     
         4 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the amine having at least 3 aromatic groups is bis[p-(p-aminoanilino)phenyl]-methane, 2-(7-amino-acridin-3-ylmethyl)-N-4-{4-[4-(4-amino-phenylamino)-benzyl]-phenyl}-benzene-1,4-diamine, or mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the amine-functionalised additive is derived from an amine having at least 3 aromatic groups obtained/obtainable by a process comprising reacting: (1) isatoic anhydride or alkyl substituted isatoic anhydride and (2) an aromatic amine with at least two aromatic groups and a primary or a reactive secondary amino group. 
     
     
         6 . The lubricating composition of, wherein the carboxylic functionalised polymer is a polyisobutylene succinic anhydride. 
     
     
         7 . The lubricating composition of  claim 6 , wherein the polyisobutylene succinic anhydride is derived from a polyisobutylene with number average molecular weight of 350 to 5000. 
     
     
         8 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic functionalised polymer is a hydrogenated copolymer of styrene-butadiene. 
     
     
         9 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic functionalised polymer is an ethylene-propylene copolymer with maleic anhydride. 
     
     
         10 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic functionalised polymer is a hydrogenated styrene-isoprene polymer. 
     
     
         11 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the succinimide dispersant is derived from an aliphatic polyamine, or mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The lubricating composition of  claim 11 , wherein the aliphatic polyamine is an ethylenepolyamine, a propylenepolyamine, a butylenepolyamine, or mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The lubricating composition of  claim 11 , wherein the aliphatic polyamine is selected from the group consisting of ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, polyamine still bottoms, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the lubricating composition is characterised as having (i) a sulphur content of 0.5 wt % or less, (ii) a phosphorus content of 0.1 wt % or less, and (iii) a sulphated ash content of 1.5 wt % or less. 
     
     
         15 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1  further comprising at least one of an antiwear agent, a dispersant viscosity modifier, a friction modifier, a viscosity modifier, an antioxidant, an overbased detergent, or mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The lubricating composition of  claim 1 , wherein the amine-functionalised additive is derived from an amine having at least 4 aromatic groups. 
     
     
         17 . A method of lubricating an internal combustion engine comprising supplying to the internal combustion engine the lubricating composition of  claim 1 .