Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dithiocarbamate compounds and to an assembly for use in an electronic device, said assembly comprising a self-assembled monolayer of at least one dithiocarbamate compound. The present invention also relates to an electronic device including such assembly.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising a zinc dithiocarbamate fraction, for use in a gasoline or diesel engine equipped with fluoroelastomer seals, wherein said zinc dithiocarbamate fraction consists essentially of zinc dithiocarbamate molecules per Formula I: having alkyl groups R1, R2, R3, and R4, wherein the weighted total average for carbon chain lengths for all molecules together is 9 or more:

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dithiocarbamate compounds and to an assembly for use in an electronic device, said assembly comprising a self-assembled monolayer of at least one dithiocarbamate compound. The present invention also relates to an electronic device including such assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a functionalized nano size transition metal oxide or sulfide particle comprising the steps of (a) providing a ternary solvent system comprising a polar solvent, a non-polar solvent and an intermediate solvent allowing miscibility of all three components; (b) providing a mixture of a transition metal salt and a ternary solvent; (c) providing a mixture of a suitable source of oxide or sulfide and the ternary solvent; (d) providing a mixture of a non-polar end capping agent and the non-polar solvent; (e) mixing the mixtures; and (f) recovering the resultant functionalized nano size transition metal oxide or sulfide particle. The invention further relates to non-polar end capped nano sized transition metal oxide or sulfide particle so produced and the use of such particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel asymmetrical, secondary dialkylamine-based molybdenum dithiocarbamate with improved friction reducing performance, viscosity and solubility, and lubricating compositions containing the same. The compounds are produced from asymmetrical dialkylamine of the formula R1-NH—R2 where R1 and R2 are different, and are independently selected from alkyl groups C3 to C19. In a preferred embodiment, R3 and R4 are different and are independently selected from alkyl groups C3 to C19.

Abstract: Organic zinc salts and mixtures thereof, organic zinc salt coated particles, methods of preparing organic zinc salts and organic zinc salt coated particles, and various applications of such coated particles, including applications in rubber, other polymeric materials, and pesticides and/or fungicides are disclosed.

Abstract: Fuels, especially hydrocarbon fuels, and lubricants, especially lubricating oils, contain dithiocarbamyl ?-hydroxy fatty acid esters, a class of anti-corrosion, anti-wear, anti-fatigue, and extreme pressure additives that are derived from epoxidized fatty acid esters. The additives exhibit synergistic anti-wear activity in combination with phosphorus containing additives.

Abstract: A process for making an additive comprising one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible molybdenum-sulfur compounds, said process comprising the steps of: (I) reacting in a polar medium a reactant molybdenum compound (A) and a source of a ligand (B), which ligand (B) is capable of rendering the or each molybdenum-sulfur compound oil-soluble or oil-dispersible; and (II) reacting a compound (C), which is capable of reacting with labile sulfur, either with (a) the reaction mixture of step (I) after the reaction of (A) and (B) has begun or (b) the product of step (I). The additive has improved color characteristics and a lubricating oil composition comprising said additive is more benign to corrosion of metals.

Abstract: Lubricants are taught that can quickly and easily form a lubricating layer on a metal surface of a metal before plastic processing. Such lubricants preferably include a primary lubricating agent or component having a bridge complex that satisfies the following conditions: (1) the complex contains at least two central metal atoms; (2) at least one first multidentate ligand forms a bridge between two central metal atoms; and (3) at least one second multidentate ligand is bound to at least one central metal atom and has at least one coordinating atom that can coordinate with metal atoms, but which is not coordinated with any of the central metal atoms or is only partially coordinated with at least one of those central metal atoms. A third multidentate ligand is preferably also bound to one of the central metal atoms and may preferably include at least two sulfur atoms that are coordinated to the central metal atom.

Abstract: A process for making an additive comprising one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible molybdenum-sulfur compounds, said process comprising the steps of:

Abstract: The invention relates to complex compounds of general formula (I), wherein M is an element of the groups 6 to 10 of the periodic system of the elements, preferably Ni. The invention also relates to a method for producing said complex compounds and to their use for polymerising and copolymerising olefins, for example in suspension polymerisation methods, gas phase polymerisation methods, mass polymerisation methods or emulsion polymerisation methods.

Abstract: Oil-soluble or oil-dispersible trinuclear molybdenum-sulfur compounds are made by reacting, in a polar medium, a reactant molybdenum compound containing an anion that possesses a trinuclear molybdenum core, and a dithiocarbamate that is produced in situ.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition is provided comprising a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a minor amount of at least one trinuclear molybdenum compound. Preferably, the trinuclear molybdenum compound is selected from those compounds having the formula Mo3SkL4Qz and mixtures thereof in which L is a ligand having organo groups with a sufficient number of carbon atoms to render the compound soluble in the oil, k varies from 4 through 7, Q is selected from the group of compounds having lone pair electrons including water, amines, alcohols, phosphines, and ethers, and z ranges from 0 to 5. In general, the organo groups of the mono-anionic ligands will be the same although they may be different, and they preferably are selected from alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, and ether groups. For example, when L is a dialkyldithiocarbamate or a dialkyldithiophosphate, the alkyl groups will have from about 1 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Oil-soluble or oil-dispersible trinuclear molybdenum-sulfur compounds are made by reacting less than three, such as 1.5 to 2.5, preferably two to 2.1, molar equivalents of a disulfide with one molar equivalent of a compound containing the [Mo.sub.3 S.sub.13 ].sup.2- ion. The trinuclear compounds include S-containing ligands that are derived from the disulfide reactant via cleavage of the disulfide bond; the ligands are bound to the core via the S atoms.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a zinc-molybdenum-based dithiocarbamate derivative which is a complex salt having the metallic components of zinc and molybdenum in the same molecule. When used as a lubricant additive, it imparts a notable friction-reducing effect to the lubricant composition in which it is incorporated, reducing its friction coefficient and improving its stability of friction coefficient at both low and high temperature, particularly at high temperature. In particular, it improves friction-related characteristics much more notably than a combination of a molybdenum and zinc compound.

Abstract: A method of making an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible trinuclear molybdenum-sulfur compound, comprising: reacting two to less than three equivalents of a tetrahydrocarbyl thiuram disulfide and one equivalent of a compound containing the ?Mo.sub.3 S.sub.13 !.sup.2- ion to produce a trinuclear molybdenum compound of the formula Mo.sub.3 S.sub.x (L).sub.4 wherein x is from 4 to 10 and L is dihydrocarbyl-dithiocarbamate.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel basic metallic salts of dithiocarbamic acid, in which the content of the basic ingredient (=a.times.3.times.100) is 30-100 mol %, represented by general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, are each a lipophilic group having 1-30 carbon atoms, M is a metal atom selected from the group consisting of zinc, copper, nickel, iron, cadmium, silver, lead, antimony, tin, and bismuth, and "a" is a coefficient of 1/3 to 1/10,said basic metallic salts of dithiocarbamic acid containing no phosphorus atoms and imparting low-wear properties when used as an additive for lubricating oils. The present invention also provides lubricating oil compositions containing in a lubricating base oil said basic metal salt of dithiocarbamic acid, which compositions are excellent in wear-resistant properties and frictional characteristics and suitable as a lubricating oil for automotive internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an olefin polymer by polymerization or copolymerization of an olefin of the formula R.sup.a --CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.b, in which R.sup.a and R.sup.b are identical or different and are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, or R.sup.a and R.sup.b, together with the atoms connecting them, can form a ring, at a temperature of from -60.degree. to 200.degree. C., at a pressure of from 0.5 to 100 bar, in solution, in suspension or in the gas phase, in the presence of a catalyst formed from a metallocene in the meso-form or a meso:rac mixture, with meso:rac>1:99, as transition-metal compound and a cocatalyst, wherein the metallocene is a compound of the formula I, ##STR1## in which M.sup.1 is Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are methyl or chlorine, R.sup.3 and R.sup.6 are identical or different and are methyl, isopropyl, phenyl, ethyl or trifluoromethyl, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are hydrogen or as defined for R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A process for producing molybdenum oxysulfide dithiocarbamate (MoDTC) by reacting [A] an aqueous solution or suspension prepared by reacting (a) a compound having hexavalent molybdenum, with (b) an alkali hydrogensulfide or an alkali sulfide, [B] a carbon disulfide, [C] a secondary amine and [D] a mineral acid, wherein [E] a reducing agent is added and reacted at any stage, and a lubricating oil composition containing the compound obtained according to said process. MoDTC can be efficiently produced in high yields by using a hexavalent molybdenum compound as a starting material, and the produced MoDTC has low corrosive action, excellent wear characteristics and excellent lubricating properties.

Abstract: A powdery molybdenum oxysulfide dithiocarbamate composition which comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independent hydrocarbyl groups and may be the same or different groups, and the total number of carbon atoms contained in R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 is 4 to 36; and wherein X is sulfur or oxygen and the composition of the total of all Xs is given as S.sub.m O.sub.n in which n and m satisfy the ranges of 1.7.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.3.5 and 0.5.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.2.3, respectively, and in which the constituent particles have diameters of not larger than 50 .mu.m. The present invention also relates to a process for production of the composition and a grease composition containing the same.

Abstract: Novel tungsten hexa(dialkyldithiocarbamates) of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R and R.sup.1 can be identical or different, branched or straight-chain, saturated or unsaturated alkyl radicals having 1-18 carbon atoms are prepared by a process in which 6 mols of an alkali metal dialkyldithiocarbamate of the general formula II ##STR2## in which R and R.sup.1 are as signified above and Me can be sodium, potassium or ammonium, are reacted with 1 mol of tungsten hexachloride in a solvent which is inert with respect to the reaction. The alkali metal chloride or ammonium chloride formed is separated off and the tungsten hexa(dialkyldithiocarbamate) is isolated. The tungsten hexa(dialkyldithiocarbamates) of the invention can be used as additives for prolonging the life of hydraulic oils or permanent gear lubrication oils.

Abstract: A method is provided for stabilizing alkylenebisdithiocarbamates, such as 1,2-ethylenebisdithiocarbamates, (EBDC) by mixing the EBDC with formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasing agents (donor) and a co-polymerization agent which forces the polymerization reaction of formaldehyde and ethylenethioureas toward completion to reduce and stabilize the content of and inhibit the formation of ethylenethiourea (ETU) in the EBDC. Paraformaldehyde as donor is preferably added in an amount of about 0.1 to 2 weight percent based upon the EBDC, together with a co-polymerization agent such as melamine or hydroquinone. The stabilized EBDC product contains aldehyde, co-polymerization agent, mono- and /or dimethylolethylenethioureas and polymerization products thereof, and less than about 0.015 weight percent ETU per se.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl, R* represents fluorophenyl or trifluoromethylphenyl when R.sup.1 is alkyl; R* represents dichlorophenyl, neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, dimethylphenylsilylmethyl or a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 represents halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when R.sup.1 is cycloalkyl; or R* represents 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl, neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, dimethylphenylsilylmethyl or a group of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently represent halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when R.sup.1 is aralkyl, m represents 1 or 2, and X represents halogen, imidazolyl, triazolyl, phenylthio or a radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR4## wherein R.sup.6 represents alkyl, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently represent lower alkyl and R.sup.9 and R.sup.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl, R* represents fluorophenyl or trifluoromethylphenyl when R.sup.1 is alkyl; R* represents dichlorophenyl, neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, dimethylphenylsilylmethyl or a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 represents halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when R.sup.1 is cycloalkyl; or R* represents 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl, neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, imethylphenylsilylmethyl or a group of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently represent hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when R.sup.1 is aralkyl, m represents 1 or 2, and X represents halogen, imidazolyl, triazolyl, phenylthio or a radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR4## wherein R.sup.6 represents alkyl, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently represent lower alkyl and R.sup.9 and R.sup.

Abstract: An improved process for preparing dihydrocarbyl substituted dithiocarbamates of molybdenum (VI) wherein an alkali metal ammonium or substituted ammonium salt of a dihydrocarbyl substituted dithiocarbamate is reacted with an alkali metal molybdate in the presence of an organic acid. The process is carried out in an inert atmosphere and within a relatively narrow range of temperatures. The dihydrocarbyl substituted dithiocarbamate of molybdenum (VI) may be recrystallized after preparation to increase its purity. The dihydrocarbyl substituted dithiocarbamate of molybdenum (VI) is produced at a temperature within the range from about -10.degree. C. to about +25.degree. C. at a pH during neutralization within the range from about 5.0 to about 8.0.

Abstract: This invention relates to neutral complexes of dithioacid vanadium sulfide dimer and to a method of producing the complexes. The 1,1-dithioacid may be a dithiocarbamate, xanthate, dithiophosphate, dithiophosphinate or other similar ligand. The structure is generally of the form ##STR1## where L is a 1,1-dithioacid. The preferred dithioacid is dithiocarbamate. The compositions are suitable for producing hydrotreating catalysts or as a lubricant additive.

Abstract: An improved process for preparing dihydrocarbyl substituted dithiocarbamates of molybdenum wherein an alkali metal hydroxide is reacted with a mixture of a dihydrocarbyl substituted amine and carbon disulfide in an aqueous solution to produce an alkali metal salt of dithiocarbamate and the alkali metal salt then reacted with an alkali metal molybdate in the presence of acid to produce the dihydrocarbyl substituted dithiocarbamate of molybdenum. The process is completed in an inert atmosphere and within a relatively narrow range of temperatures so as to avoid the production of by-products which have heretofore reduced both the yield and purity of the final product. The preparation of the alkali metal salt of dithiocarbamate is completed at a temperature generally within the range from about -5 to about 30.degree. C. The acidification of the alkali metal salt of dithiocarbamate is completed, generally, at a temperature within the range from about -5 to about 5.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to (disulfido)tris(N,N-substituted dithiocarbamato)Mo(V) complexes. More particularly, this invention relates to compounds of the formula MoS.sub.2 (S.sub.2 CNR.sub.2).sub.3 which are mononuclear, eight-coordinate, neutral Mo(V) complexes containing only eight sulfur atoms in the Mo coordination sphere. R is hydrogen, an alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl group or mixture thereof. Preferably all of the R's are the same and are alkyl groups. These compounds are useful as lubricant additives.

Abstract: This invention relates to sulfido(disulfido)bis(N,N-substituted dithiocarbamato)W(VI) complexes, their preparation and use. More particularly, this invention relates to compounds of the formula WS(S.sub.2) (S.sub.2 CNR.sub.2).sub.2 which are mononuclear, seven-coordinate, neutral W(VI) complexes containing only seven sulfur atoms in the Mo coordination sphere. R is hydrogen, an alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl group or mixture thereof. Preferably all of the R's are the same and are alkyl groups. These compounds are useful as catalysts or catalyst precursors for removing sulfur from sulfur containing hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Certain metal salts of certain substituted pyrazole dithiocarbamates are employed as the active nitrification inhibitor in the presence of reduced nitrogen fertilizers. Compositions containing these salts can be applied to the surface of the soil and can remain on said soil surface for up to 3 days or more without mechanical incorporation into the soil and retain at least about 70 percent of the pyrazole as the salt in the composition.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an olefin polymer by polymerization or copolymerization of an olefin of the formula Ra—CH?CH—Rb, in which Ra and Rb are identical or different and are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 14 carbon atoms or Ra and Rb, together with the atoms connecting them, can form a ring, at a temperature of from ?60° to 200° C., at a pressure of from 0.