Synthesis of sulfur-containing lubricant additives on the basis of fatty acid ethyl esters

Authors

  • Iurii S. Bodachivskyi Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Murmanska St., Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine
  • Grigoriy S. Pop Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Murmanska St., Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine
  • Olexandr V. Golovсhenko Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Murmanska St., Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15421/081609

Keywords:

synthesis, lubricant additives, fatty acid ethyl esters, organic polysulfanes

Abstract

The study reveals an energy-, resource- and eco-friendly method for preparation of sulfur-containing lubricant additives via interaction of fatty acid ethyl esters of rapeseed oil with elemental sulfur. The structure of synthesized compounds under various reactants ratio (5–50 wt.% of sulfur), duration (30–240 min) and temperature of the process (160–215°С) was investigated using various analytical techniques. According to the established data, aside from addition to double bonds, the side reaction of hydrogen substitution at α-methylene groups near these bonds occurs and induces the formation of conjugated systems and chromophoric sulfur-rich derivatives. Also, we found that increase of process duration evokes growth of polysulfane chains, in contrast to the raise of temperature, which leads to the formation of sulfur-containing heterocycles and hydrogen sulfide, as a result of elimination. Influence of accelerators on sulfurization of fatty acid ethyl esters was also examined. The most effective among them are mixtures of zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate with zinc oxide or stearic acid, which soften synthesis conditions and doubly decrease duration of the high-temperature stage. In addition, sulfur-containing compositions of ethyl esters and α-olefins, vulcanized esters by benzoyl peroxide, nonylphenols and zinc dinonylphenyldithiophosphate were designed. The study identified that lithium lubricant with sulfurized vulcanized esters provides improved tribological properties, in comparison with base lubricant or lubricant with the non-modified product.

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Published

2016-12-31