Fuel compositions containing deposit control additives

Claim 2

A fuel composition comprising a major portion of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and from 30 to 2000 ppm of a poly(oxyalkylene) carbamate having at least one C 1 -C 30 hydrocarbyloxy-terminated poly(oxyalkylene) chain of 2 to 5 carbon oxyalkylene units bonded through an oxycarbonyl group to a nitrogen atom of a polyamine; said polyamine having from 2 to 10 amine nitrogens and from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, said carbamate having a molecular weight of from about 500 to 10,000.

Claim 3

The composition of claim 1 wherein the oxyalkylene units contain 4 carbon atoms.

Claim 4

The composition of claim 2 wherein the molecular weight is from about 800 to 5,000.

Claim 5

The composition of claim 2 wherein the group terminating the poly(oxyalkylene) chain is an alkoxy group containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.

Claim 6

The composition of claim 4 wherein the alkoxy group is butoxy.

Claim 7

The composition of claim 4 wherein the alkoxy group contains 18 carbon atoms.

Claim 8

The composition of claim 4 wherein the alkoxy group contains 16 to 20 carbon atoms.

Claim 9

The composition of claim 7 wherein the alkoxy group comprises a mixture of C 16 , C 18 and C 20 carbon groups.

Claim 10

The composition of claim 2 wherein the amine is ethylenediamine.

Claim 11

The composition of claim 2 wherein the amine is diethylenetriamine.

Claim 12

A fuel composition comprising a major portion of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and from 30 to 2000 ppm of a compound of the formula ##STR6## wherein R is the same or different constituent selected from (I) hydrogen, (II) hydrocarbyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (III) hydrocarbonyl of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and (IV) a group of the formula ##STR7## in which g, g' and g" are integers 1 to 2; h, h' and h" are 0 or 1; i, i' and i" are integers 1 to 3; the sum of g and h is 2; M is methyl or ethyl; j, j' and j" are integers and the sum of j, j' and j" is such that the molecular weight of (IV) is 500 to 5,000; Z is hydrocarbyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms; R 1 is the same or different alkylene or hydroxy-substituted alkylene radical of 2 to 6 carbon atoms; R 2 is carbonyl, alkyl carbonyl or alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms with vicinal linkages, at least one and preferably not more than two of the R groups are (IV) and sufficient of the oxyalkylene units in IV are other than ethyleneoxy to render the compounds soluble in hydrocarbon fuel boiling in the gasoline range; a' is 0 or 1, b' is an integer 0 to 4, c' is 0 or 1, d' is 0 or 1, e' is 0 or 1 and f' is 0 or 1 and equal to 1 when c' is 0.

Claim 13

A fuel composition comprising a major portion of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and from 30 to 2000 ppm of a compound of the formula ##STR6## wherein R is the same or different constituent selected from (I) hydrogen, (II) hydrocarbyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (III) hydrocarbonyl of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and (IV) a group of the formula ##STR7## in which g, g' and g" are integers 1 to 2; h, h' and h" are 0 or 1; i, i' and i" are integers 1 to 3; the sum of g and h is 2; M is methyl or ethyl; j, j' and j" are integers and the sum of j, j' and j" is such that the molecular weight of (IV) is 500 to 5,000; Z is hydrocarbyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms; R 1 is the same or different alkylene or hydroxy-substituted alkylene radical of 2 to 6 carbon atoms; R 2 is carbonyl, alkyl carbonyl or alkylene of 2 to 4 carbon atoms with vicinal linkages, at least one and preferably not more than two of the R groups are (IV) and sufficient of the oxyalkylene units in IV are other than ethyleneoxy to render the compounds soluble in hydrocarbon fuel boiling in the gasoline range; a' is 0 or 1, b' is an integer 0 to 4, c' is 0 or 1, d' is 0 or 1, e' is 0 or 1 and f' is 0 or 1 and equal to 1 when c' is 0.

Claim 14

Composition of claim 11 wherein M is methyl; and g, g', g", h, h', h", i, i' and i" are each equal to 1.

Claim 15

Composition of claim 12 in which f', a', b', and e' are each equal to 1 and c' and d' are each 0.

Claim 16

Composition of claim 13 in which R 1 is propylene.

Claim 17

Composition of claim 13 in which R 1 is ethylene.

Claim 18

Composition of claim 12 in which f', a' and b' are each equal to 1 and c', d' and e' are each 0.

Claim 19

Composition of claim 16 in which R 1 is propylene.

Claim 20

Composition of claim 16 in which R 1 is ethylene.

Claim 21

The fuel composition of claim 1 which contains in addition from 100 to 5,000 ppm of fuel-soluble poly(oxyalkylene).

Claim 22

The fuel composition of claim 19 in which the poly(oxyalkylene) is poly(oxypropylene).

Claim 23

A concentrate comprising an inert stable oleophyllic organic solvent boiling in the range of about 150° to 400° F. and from 10 to 20 weight percent of the compound of claim 2.

Claim 24

A concentrate according to claim 21 wherein there is present in addition poly(oxypropylene) in the amount of from 7.5 to 80 weight percent.