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2,956,952 United States Patent Office Patented Oct. 18, 1960 2 reaction conditions, phosphonate polymers having mo 2,956,952 lecular weights in the range of about 1,000 to 3,500 or LUBRICATING OL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING higher, preferably about 1,200 to 3,000 may be pre POLYMERS OF BIS-(BETA CHLOROETHYL) WIN pared. If desired, the polymerization reaction may be YL PHOSPHONATE carried out in the presence of an inert diluent or solvent William P. FitzGerald, Florham Park, Anthony H. such as, for example, highly refined mineral oils (e.g. Gleason, Westfield, Arnold J. Morway, Clark, and Al white oils), Xylene, cyclohexane, etc. fred H. Matuszak, Westfield, N.J., assignors to Esso Copolymers of bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phos Research and Engineering Company, a corporation of phonate may be prepared employing generally the same reaction conditions as those set forth above for the phos Delaware 0. phonate polymers. The phosphonate monomer may be No Drawing. Filed Aug. 8, 1955, Ser. No. 527,174 copolymerized with the following monomers: ethylene, propylene, isobutylene, styrene, a-methylacrylamide, 7 Claims. (Cl. 252-49.9) acrylamide, a-methylacrylonitrile, acrylonitrile, isobutyl This invention relates to polymeric materials and a-methacrylate, isobutylacrylate, n-butyl a-methylacry more particularly relates to polymers and copolymers 5 late, n-butylacrylate, isopropyl a-methylacrylate, iso of bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate, especially propylacrylate, n-propyl a-methylacrylate, n-propyl ac copolymers of ethylene and bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl rylate, ethyl a-methylacrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl phosphonate. The invention also relates to methods of a-methylacrylate, methyl acrylate, a-methylacrylic acid, preparing such polymeric materials and to the uses of 20 acrylic acid, vinylidene chloride, vinyl chloride, vinyl such compounds, particularly as lubricant additives. propionate, vinyl acetate, etc. The preferred monomers The polymeric materials of the present invention com which are copolymerized with the phosphonate mono prise as a monomer bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phos mers are alkenes containing about 2 to 8 carbon atoms, phonate which has the following structural formula: such as, for example, ethylene, propylene, butylene, iso 25 butylene, amylene, isoamylenes, hexene, isohexenes, CICH-CH-) heptene, isoheptenes, octene and isooctenes. The pre O=P-CH-CH ferred alkene is ethylene. However, the higher mo CICH-CH-) lecular weight alkenes have the advantage that the co It has been found that this phosphonate may be poly polymerization may be carried out at relatively lower merized by heating the monomer at elevated pressures 30 pressures, frequently at the vapor pressure of the alkene employing a peroxide catalyst. It has also been found at the particular reaction temperature being employed. that this monomer may be copolymerized with other un Generally the preferred copolymers have constituent saturated organic compounds to prepare copolymers by monomers consisting of an alkene (containing about 2 carrying out the polymerization at elevated tempera to 8 carbon atoms, preferably ethylene) and bis-(beta tures and pressures employing peroxide catalysts. It 35 chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate in the mole ratio of has further been found that either the phosphonate about 10:1 to 100:1, preferably about 20:1 to 60:1. polymer, phosphonate copolymer or mixtures thereof It will be understood, of course, that copolymers hav are very effective extreme pressure or load-carrying agents ing a mole ratio (alkene to phosphonate) of less than for lubricants, particularly mineral and synthetic lubri about 10:1 may be prepared, that is, copolymers hav cating oil compositions. 40 ing properties approaching those of the phosphonate The phosphonate polymers are prepared by heating homopolymers. By employing the aforementioned re bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate at a tempera action conditions, copolymers having molecular weights ture in the range of about 90° C. to 185 C., prefer generally of about 500 to 5,000, and preferably about ably about 110° C. to 160° C., employing pressures of 600 to 3,000, may be prepared. about 100 to 10,000 p.s. i., preferably about 250 to 2500 45 It will be understood that mixtures of monomers such p.s. i. The polymerization is catalyzed by any of the as ethylene and propylene may be copolymerized with well-known peroxide polymerization catalysts. Specific the phosphonate monomer. If desired, the copolymer examples of such peroxide catalysts include benzoyl per ization reaction may be carried out using an inert diluent oxide, cumene hydroperoxide, tertiary butyl hydroper or solvent such as those previously described for pre oxide, ditertiary butyl peroxide, 2,2-bis-(tertiary butyl) 50 paring the homopolymers. The tendency of the phos peroxybutane, acetyl peroxide, acetyl benzoyl peroxide, phonate to form homopolymers in the copolymerization lauroyl peroxide, oleyl peroxide, etc., the persulfates such reaction is reduced by employing relatively high pres as the alkali persulfates (e.g. sodium, potassium, etc.), Sures and relatively high concentrations of the other ammonium persulfate, hydrogen peroxide. The pre monomer, e.g., ethylene. The reaction conditions (par ferred catalysts are organic peroxides or hydroperoxides 55 ticularly the pressures and proportions of monomers) in having the formula carrying out the copolymerization reaction may be con ROOR." trolled so as to produce a mixture of an essentially pure phosphonate polymer and a copolymer of the phos where R is an alkyl or acyl radical and R' is a hydrogen phonate and the other monomer, e.g., ethylene. Gen atom, an alkyl radical or an acyl radical. The alkyl 60 erally these mixtures may be promoted by the use of and acyl radicals preferably contain about 4 to 10 carbon relatively low pressures, e.g., 100 to 2,000 p.s. i. Under atoms. Generally from about 0.01 to 2.0% by weight, controlled reaction conditions, a solid phosphonate poly based on the monomers, will be employed. Lesser or mer as well as a liquid or semi-liquid copolymer of greater proportions may be employed if desired. the phosphonate and ethylene may be prepared in a Generally it is desired that the polymerization reac 65 tion temperature be equal to or in excess of the thermal simultaneous reaction. In this case, the phosphonate decomposition temperature of the specific peroxide cata polymer and the phosphonate-ethylene copolymer may lyst being used. This polymerization reaction may be be separately recovered and employed individually as carried out either on a batch or a continuous basis as useful lubricating oil additives. However, if desired, the desired. Generally the reaction will be carried out for 70 polymer-copolymer mixture may also be employed as a a period of time in the range of about 1 to 16 hours, lubricating oil additive. preferably about 2 to 4 hours. By employing the above The bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate which is 2,956,952 3. 4. employed as a monomer in the present invention may be traction with solvents of the type of phenol, sulfur di prepared by initially reacting chloroethanol and POs in oxide, furfural, dichloroethyl ether, nitrobenzene, croton accordance with the following equation: aldehyde, etc. Hydrogenated oils or white oils may be employed as well as synthetic oils prepared, for exam o–CH-CH.Cl ple, by the polymerization of olefins or by the reaction 6CCH-CHOH -- POs - 2Peo-CH-CH.Cl -- 3H2O of oxides of carbon with hydrogen or by the hydrogena O-CH-CHC tion of coal or its products. In certain instances crack This reaction may be conveniently carried out at a tem ing coal tar fractions and coal tar or shale oil distill perature of about 100 to 500 F. The resultant tri lates may also be used. Also for special applications (chloroethyl) phosphite may then be reacted with a vinyl O various organic esters or animal, vegetable or fish oils halide in accordance with the following chemical equa or their hydrogenated, polymerized or voltolized prod tion: ucts may be employed, either alone or in admixture with mineral oils. / Synthetic lubricating oils having a viscosity of at least P-O-CH-CH2C - CH=CHBr - I5 30 SSU at 100 F. may also be used, such as esters Yo-CH-CH.Cl of monobasic acids (e.g. ester of C. Oxo alcohol with Ca Oxo acid, ester of C13 Oxo alcohol with octanoic o-CH-CH.Cl -- BrCH-CH2Cl acid, etc.), esters of dibasic acids (e.g. di-2-ethyl hexyl o–PCH=CH,O-CECHC sebacate, di-nonyl adipate, etc.), esters of glycols (e.g. 20 C. Oxo acid diester of tetraethylene glycol, etc.), com This reaction may be conveniently carried out at a tem pleX esters (e.g. the complex ester formed by reacting perature in the range of about 100 to 300 F. The one mol of sebacic acid with two moles of tetraethylene bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate may also be glycol and two moles of 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid, complex prepared by reacting a vinyl halide with an alkali metal ester formed by reacting one mole of tetraethylene salt of a di-(chloroethyl) acid phosphite. Preferred 25 glycol with two moles of sebacic acid and two moles halides are those of bromine and chlorine and preferred of 2-ethyl hexanol, complex ester formed by reacting alkali metals are sodium and potassium. together one mole of azelaic acid, one mole of tetra The polymeric materials of this invention comprising ethylene glycol, one mole of Ca Oxo alcohol, and one bis-(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate as a mono mole of Ca Oxo acid), esters of phosphoric acid (e.g. the mer are very effective as extreme pressure or load-carry 30 ester formed by contacting three moles of the mono methyl ing agents in lubricants such as greases and lubricating ether of ethylene glycol with one mole of phosphorus oil compositions containing mineral oil and synthetic oxychloride, etc.), halocarbon oils (e.g.