Abstract: Polyalkene alcohol polyalkoxylates R—(CH2)n—(O—A)m—OH, where R is a polyalkene radical derived from C2- to C30-alkenes and having a number average molecular weight from 300 to 5000, A is an alkylene group of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, m is a number up to 200, with the proviso that the oxygen in the oxyalkylate radical accounts for at least 16.5% by weight of the number average molecular weight of the total molecule I, and n is 0 or 1, are suitable as carrier oils in fuel and lubricant compositions.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising (A) from 20 to 99% by weight of at least one graft copolymer, (B) from 1 to 80% by weight of a copolymer obtained from at least one alpha-olefin and from at least one polar comonomer, with the proviso that the monomers used are not vinyl acetate or any vinylaromatic monomer, and (C) from 0 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture, of (c1) from 50 to 100% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic monomer and/or of a C1-C8-alkyl (meth)acrylate, and (c2) 0 to 50% by weight of at least one monofunctional comonomer, and (D) from 0.5 to 30% by weight of a (co)polymer made from (d1) from 50 to 100% by weight of isobutene and (d2) from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more other monomers, process of preparing same and their uses.

Abstract: Polyisobutenes are prepared by the continuous preparation process, by polymerizing isobutene in the presence of a catalyst comprising boron trifluoride and at least one cocatalyst in an inert organic solvent, a) a part of the reaction mixture obtained thereby being discharged continuously from the polymerization reactor, b) the catalyst being separated from the discharge and/or being deactivated in the discharge, and c) the solvent and any unconverted isobutene being separated from the discharge and recycled to the polymerization reactor, wherein the recycled solvent and, if present, the isobutene are subjected to a wash with water before recycling to the polymerization reactor and are then dried.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions are made from A) from 20 to 98% by weight of a particulate graft polymer and a non-elastomeric graft shell B) from 0.5 to 78.5% by weight of a thermoplastic styrene polymer or copolymer C) from 1 to 79% by weight of a second styrene copolymer and D) from 0.5 to 30% by weight of an isobutene polymer.

Abstract: Copolymers I carrying functional groups and comprising a) 20-60 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, b) 10-70 mol % of at least one oligomer of propene or of a branched 1-olefin of 4 to 10 carbon atoms, having an average molecular weight Mw of from 300 to 5000, and c) 1-50 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated compound which is copolymerizable with the monomers a) and b), a process for their preparation, oil-soluble reaction products obtainable therefrom by reaction with an amine and the use of said reaction products as additives for lubricants and fuels.

Abstract: A process for preparing low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutylene having an average molecular weight Mn of from 500 to 5000 Dalton and a terminal double bond content of more than 80 mol % by polymerization in the liquid phase of isobutene or hydrocarbon streams comprising isobutane [sic] with the aid of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst at from −40 to 20° C. and at from 1 to 20 bar comprises a) polymerizing until the residual isobutene content of the reaction mixture is less than 2% by weight, based on isobutene introduced, or removing residual isobutene towards the end of the polymerization until the residual isobutene content is less than 2% by weight, b) enriching the boron trifluoride complex catalyst which is obtained in the form of droplets in the disperse and/or coherent phase, c) recycling the complex-enriched phases to the polymerization and d) compensating for catalyst losses by adding boron trifluoride and, if necessary, complexing agents.

Abstract: Thermal reaction products of maleic anhydride and oligoalkenes are obtainable by oligomerization of linear C8- to C12-1-alkenes, preferably in the presence of a titanium, zirconium or hafnium metallocene catalyst and of an activator based on organoaluminum, organoboron or carbocationic compounds and have a vinylidene double bond content of more than 30% and have a number average molecular weight from 1000 to 20,000. Derivatives thereof with amines or alcohols are used as fuel additives and lubricant additives.

Abstract: Copolymers I carrying functional groups and comprising

Abstract: Copolymers I carrying functional groups and comprising a) 20-60 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C6-dicarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, b) 10-70 mol % of at least one oligomer of propene or of a branched 1-olefin of 4 to 10 carbon atoms, having an average molecular weight Mw of from 300 to 5000, and c) 1-50 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated compound which is copolymerizable with the monomers a) and b), a process for their preparation, oil-soluble reaction products obtainable therefrom by reaction with an amine and the use of said reaction products as additives for lubricants and fuels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to at least simply unsaturated polyolefins with a number mean molecular weight in the range of 400 to 1,500 dalton and a dispersibility of M.sub.W /M.sub.N <1.2, obtained through catalytic dimerization from at least simply unsaturated olefin-oligomers, as well as to the method for their production. The present invention further relates to derivatives of these polyolefins which can be obtained by functionalizing at least a double link of the polyolefin. The invention also relates to the use of polyolefins and/or functionalization products as additives for fuels or lubricants.

Abstract: Reaction products of polyisobutenes having an average degree of polymerization P of from 10 to 100 and a content E of from 60 to 90% of double bonds which can react with maleic anhydride, E=100% corresponding to the theoretical value for the case where each molecule of the polyisobutene has such a reactive double bond, with oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen, are suitable as additives for fuels, in particular for gasoline engines, and for lubricants.

Abstract: Reaction products of polymers of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -olefins having an average degree of polymerization P of from 5 to 100 and oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen are used as additives for fuels, in particular for fuels for gasoline engines.

Abstract: Reaction products of polyolefins having predominantly a terminal double bond and a number average molecular weight of from 250 to 10,000, which possess an aliphatic hydrocarbon skeleton which is straight-chain or carries C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl side chains, with from 1 to 10 mol, per equivalent of double bond, of one or more vinyl esters I ##STR1## are obtainable by reacting the stated polyolefins with the vinyl esters I in the presence of a free radical initiator at from 80 to 200.degree. C., it being possible for these reaction products subsequently to have been hydrolyzed to the corresponding alcohols or converted into the corresponding amines by reductive amination with amines II ##STR2## .

Abstract: Reaction products of polyisobutenes having an average degree of polymerization P of from 10 to 100 and a content E of from 60 to 90% of double bonds which can react with maleic anhydride, E=100% corresponding to the theoretical value for the case where each molecule of the polyisobutene has such a reactive double bond, with oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen, are suitable as additives for fuels, in particular for gasoline engines, and for lubricants.

Abstract: Low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutene having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 500 to 20000 Dalton and containing over 80 mol % of terminal double bonds is prepared by the polymerization of isobutene or an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon stream in the liquid phase and with the aid of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst at from -40 to 0.degree. C. and at from 1 to 20 bar, by a process in which the polymerization reaction is carried out in at least two polymerization stages, the added isobutene being polymerized to a partial conversion of up to 95% in the first polymerization stage and the polymerization of the remaining isobutene being continued in one or more subsequent polymerization stages, without or after prior isolation of the polyisobutene formed in the first polymerization stage.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of halogen-free, reactive polyisobutene having a content of terminal double bonds of more than 50 mol % and an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 500 to 5000 dalton by the cationic polymerization of isobutene or isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures in the liquid phase, wherein the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of from -30.degree. to +40.degree. C. over a heterogeneous polymerization catalyst containing at least one element acting as promoter and selected from Group IB, Group IIB, Group IIIB, Group IVB, Group VB, Group VIIB, or Group VIIIB of the Periodic Table or from Group IIA, Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA, or Group VIA of the Periodic Table or a number of said elements in each case in the form of an oxygen-containing compound and zirconium in the form of an oxygen-containing compound, said polymerization catalyst containing no industrially effective amounts of halogens.

Abstract: Polyisobutene having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from above 5000 to 80,000 dalton and containing more than 50 mol % of terminal double bonds is prepared by a novel process, by cationic polymerization of an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixture in. the liquid phase in the presence of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst, and has a dispersity of M.sub.w /M.sub.n of from 2 to 4 and is contained in lubricants.

Abstract: Polyalkenylsuccinic acid derivatives are prepared by reacting oligo- or polyolefins having a number average molecular weight (M.sub.N) of from 500 to 10,000 with maleic acid derivatives I ##STR1## where R and R', independently of one another, are each hydroxyl, lower alkyl or halogen or together are oxygen, at elevated temperatures by a process in which effective amounts of free radical acceptors, such as oxygen, are present in the gas phase and in the liquid phase of the reacting system during the reaction. These polyalkenylsuccinic acid derivatives are suitable, after additional imidation, amidation or esterification, as fuel and lubricant additives.

Abstract: Reaction products of polyisobutenes having an average degree of polymerization P of from 10 to 100 and a content E of from 60 to 90% of double bonds which can react with maleic anhydride, E=100% corresponding to the theoretical value for the case where each molecule of the polyisobutene has such a reactive double bond, with oxides of nitrogen or mixtures of oxides of nitrogen and oxygen, are suitable as additives for fuels, in particular for gasoline engines, and for lubricants.