Abstract: Novel compounds, useful as intermediates in the preparation of lubricant additives, are described by specified general formulae and as condensation products of (i) an alkyl-substituted monohydric phenol, phenol sulphide or alkylene bis-phenol in which the alkyl substituent contains at least 8 carbon atoms and (ii) a carbonyl-substituted compound selected from the group consisting of glyoxylic acid, pyruvic acid, levulinic acid, 3-oxoglutaric acid, 2-oxoglutaric acid and esters of such acids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 1, 1973
Date of Patent:
May 4, 1976
Assignee:
Edwin Cooper & Company Limited
Inventors:
John Scotchford Elliott, Bryan Terence Davis, Richard Martin Howlett