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Title: Situ process for making multifunctional fuel additives

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6767532

Disclosed is an in situ or ''one pot'' process for making a fuel additive comprising reacting an excess of at least one N-primary alkylalkylene diamine with maleic anhydride in the presence of from 20 to 36 weight percent of a mineral oil reaction diluent at a temperature ranging from ambient to about 225/sup 0/ F. and recovering a product containing a primary aliphatic hydrocarbon amino alkylene substituted asparagine, an N-primary alkylalkylene diamine in the reaction oil with the product having a by-product succinimide content not in excess of 1.0 weight percent, based on the weight of asparagine present.

Assignee:
Texaco Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 4433977
OSTI ID:
6767532
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Sep 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-303735
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English