Abstract: The present invention provides a wax isomerized oil, wherein a content of a hydrocarbon compound having an even number of carbon atoms, as determined from a chromatogram obtained by mass spectrometry, is more than 50% by mass based on a total amount of the wax isomerized oil.

Abstract: A method for producing a wax isomerized oil, comprising a step of providing an ethylene polymer wax, a step of hydrocracking the ethylene polymer wax by a hydrocracking catalyst to obtain a cracked product, and a step of isomerization dewaxing the cracked product by a hydroisomerization catalyst to obtain a wax isomerized oil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wax isomerized oil, wherein a content of a hydrocarbon compound having an even number of carbon atoms, as determined from a chromatogram obtained by mass spectrometry, is more than 50% by mass based on a total amount of the wax isomerized oil.

Abstract: A method for producing an oligomer, the method comprising a step of oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer comprising an olefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising an iron complex represented by the following Formula (1) and trialkylaluminum: [In Formula (1), R represents a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a plurality of R in the same molecule may be the same or different, R? represents a free radical having an oxygen atom and/or a nitrogen atom, a plurality of R? in the same molecule may be the same or different, and Y represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom].

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an oligomer and a catalyst comprising a step of oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer containing an olefin in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises (A) a complex of a diimine compound and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 elements, Group 9 elements and Group 10 elements, (B) a mixture of a pyridine diimine compound and an iron salt and/or an iron complex, (C) methylaluminoxane and/or a boron compound, and (D) an organoaluminum compound other than methylaluminoxane and/or an organozinc compound. The components (A), (B), (C) and (D) described above are respectively as defined in the present Description.

Abstract: An olefin polymerization catalyst containing a complex of a ligand being a diimine compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 elements, Group 9 elements and Group 10 elements: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are respectively a group represented by the formula (2): wherein R1 and R5 are respectively a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, the total number of carbon atoms of R1 and R5 is 1 or more and 5 or less, and R2, R3 and R4 are respectively a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group.

Abstract: A method for producing an oligomer, the method comprising a step of oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer comprising an olefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising an iron complex represented by the following Formula (1) and trialkylaluminum: [In Formula (1), R represents a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a plurality of R in the same molecule may be the same or different, R? represents a free radical having an oxygen atom and/or a nitrogen atom, a plurality of R? in the same molecule may be the same or different, and Y represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom].

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an oligomer and a catalyst comprising a step of oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer containing an olefin in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises (A) a complex of a diimine compound and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 elements, Group 9 elements and Group 10 elements, (B) a mixture of a pyridine diimine compound and an iron salt and/or an iron complex, (C) methylaluminoxane and/or a boron compound, and (D) an organoaluminum compound other than methylaluminoxane and/or an organozinc compound. The components (A), (B), (C) and (D) described above are respectively as defined in the present Description.

Abstract: An oligomer production method and a catalyst, the method comprising a step of co-oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer including ethylene and an ?-olefin in the presence of a catalyst containing (A) a compound represented by a formula (1), (B) a compound represented by a formula (2), (C) methylaluminoxane and/or a boron compound and (D) an organozine compound and/or an organoaluminun compound other than methylaluminoxane, and an oligomer production method and a catalyst comprising a step of oligomerizing a polymerizable monomer including an olefin in the presence of a catalyst containing a complex of a ligand being a diimine compound represented by a formula (3) and a metal of Group 8 elements, etc.

Abstract: An olefin polymerization catalyst containing a complex of a ligand being a diimine compound represented by the formula (1) and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 elements, Group 9 elements and Group 10 elements: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are respectively a group represented by the formula (2): wherein R1 and R5 are respectively a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, the total number of carbon atoms of R1 and R3 is 1 or more and 5 or less, and R2, R3 and R4 are respectively a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver comprising a core portion and three or more arm portions, wherein each of the arm portions consists of a polymer chain comprising a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), and one end of the polymer chain is bonded to the core portion, and wherein a weight-average molecular weight Mw is 100000 or more, and a ratio of the weight-average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.6 or less. [R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a C1 to C36 alkyl group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition comprising: a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3.5 to 4.5 mm2/s, a viscosity index of 145 or greater, and an urea adduct value of 2 to 7% by mass; and a poly(meth)acrylate pour-point depressant containing structural units represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom and the like, R2 represents an alkyl group; based on the total amount of the units contained in the depressant, a ratio of the units wherein the R2 is a methyl group is 0 to 10 mol %, a ratio of the units wherein the R2 is an alkyl group having 12C or greater is 90 to 100 mol %; the alkyl group having 12C or greater has an average number of 13-16C; the depressant has a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 200,000.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a lubricating base oil. The method comprises subjecting a synthetic wax obtained by a gas-to-liquid process, or a lubricating-oil fraction separated from the synthetic wax, to hydrocracking, thereby obtaining a hydrocracked oil having a normal paraffin content of 30% or greater and 50% or less; and subjecting the hydrocracked oil to hydroisomerization dewaxing in the presence of a hydroisomerization catalyst, wherein the lubricating base oil has a volume resistivity at 80° C. of 1 T?·m or greater, and a volume resistivity at 25° C. relative to the volume resistivity at 80° C. that satisfies conditions represented by the following formula (1): B(25° C.)/A(80° C.)?1.5 wherein in formula (1), A (80° C.) indicates the volume resistivity at 80° C. of the lubricating base oil, and B (25° C.) indicates the volume resistivity at 25° C. of the lubricating base oil.

Abstract: Provided is a compound which can increase all of the shudder prevention lifetime, transmission characteristic and transmission torque capacity to satisfactory levels when contained in a lubricating oil. Provided are a succinimide compound represented by the following general formula (1), and a friction modifier and a lubricating oil composition containing the succinimide compound. (In the formula (1), R represents a hydrocarbyl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 7.

Abstract: The present invention provides a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver comprising a core portion, and three or more arm portions, wherein each of the arm portions consists of a polymer chain comprising a structural unit represented by formula (1) and a structural unit represented by formula (2) and one end of the polymer chain is bonded to the core portion, and wherein a weight-average molecular weight Mw is 100000 or more, and a ratio of the weight-average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.6 or less. [R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a group represented by formula (3), and R3 represents a C1 to C18 alkyl group that is straight-chain or has a branch having 5 or less carbon atoms: m and n are integers which satisfy m?5, n?4, and m+n?31.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1 to 10 mm2/s, and a poly(meth)acrylate viscosity index improver containing a structural unit represented by the formula (1) in a proportion of 30 to 90 mol % and having a hydrocarbon main chain ratio of 0.18 or less: wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver comprising a polymer chain comprising a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein a weight-average molecular weight Mw is 100000 or more, and a ratio of the weight-average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.6 or less. [In the formula (1), R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a C1 to C36 alkyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver comprising a core portion and three or more arm portions, wherein each of the arm portions consists of a polymer chain comprising a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), and one end of the polymer chain is bonded to the core portion, and wherein a weight-average molecular weight Mw is 100000 or more, and a ratio of the weight-average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, is 1.6 or less. [R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a C1 to C36 alkyl group.

Abstract: An engine oil composition comprising: a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1 to 5 mm2/s; a poly(meth)acrylate viscosity index improver containing a structural unit represented by the formula (1) in a proportion of 30 to 90 mol % and having a PSSI in an ultrasonic shear test of 15 or less; and a friction modifier, the engine oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4 to 8 mm2/s, and an HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of less than 2.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1 to 10 mm2/s, and a branched poly(meth)acrylate viscosity index improver containing a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in the proportion of 30 to 90 mol % and having a branching degree of 0.1 to 8.0: wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 or less.