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Liquid compositions for refrigeration systems containing boron compositions
Assignee: Mycogen Plant Science Inc
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Filing: 1990-03-30
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Granted: 1992-03-10
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Expires: 2010-03-30
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a composition comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of at least one soluble boron-containing composition prepared by reacting a boron source with a monohydroxy alcohol, an alkylene glycol, a polyoxyalkylene glycol, hydrocarbyloxyalkylene glycol, a hydrocarbylcarbonyl polyoxyalkylene glycol, a hydroxy amine, or mixtures of two or more thereof, provided that the boron-containing composition is substantially free of hydroxyl groups. The present invention provides compositions which are useful in refrigerators or air conditioners including auto, home and industrial air conditioners. The invention provides boron-containing compositions which are compatible with fluorine-containing hydrocarbons used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
Inventors
- 👤 Scott T. Jolley
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-05 22:59
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M105/00; C09; C09K; C09K5/00; C09K5/02; C09K5/04; C09K5/041; C09K5/044; C09K5/045; C10M105/08; C10M105/32; C10M105/34; C10M105/38; C10M105/40; C10M105/42; C10M105/50; C10M105/54; C10M105/56; C10M105/58; C10M105/78; C10M107/00; C10M107/20; C10M107/30; C10M107/32; C10M107/34; C10M111/00; C10M111/04; C10M139/00; C10M171/00; C10M171/008; C09K2205/00; C09K2205/24; C10M2203/00; C10M2203/003; C10M2207/00; C10M2207/28; C10M2207/281; C10M2207/2815; C10M2207/282; C10M2207/283; C10M2207/2835; C10M2207/284; C10M2207/2845; C10M2207/286; C10M2207/287; C10M2207/2875; C10M2207/288; C10M2207/2885; C10M2207/289; C10M2207/2895; C10M2207/30; C10M2207/301; C10M2207/302; C10M2207/304; C10M2209/00; C10M2209/10; C10M2209/103; C10M2209/1033; C10M2209/104; C10M2209/1045; C10M2209/105; C10M2209/1055; C10M2209/106; C10M2209/1065; C10M2209/107; C10M2209/1075; C10M2209/108; C10M2209/1085; C10M2209/109; C10M2209/1095; C10M2211/00; C10M2211/02; C10M2211/022; C10M2211/04; C10M2211/0406; C10M2211/042; C10M2211/0425; C10M2211/044; C10M2211/0445; C10M2211/06; C10M2215/00; C10M2215/02; C10M2215/023; C10M2215/16; C10M2215/20; C10M2215/206; C10M2215/24; C10M2215/26; C10M2215/265; C10M2219/00; C10M2219/08; C10M2219/082; C10M2219/084; C10M2227/00; C10M2227/06; C10M2227/061; C10M2227/0615; C10M2227/062; C10M2227/0625; C10N; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/30; C10N2040/32; C10N2040/34; C10N2040/36; C10N2040/38; C10N2040/40; C10N2040/42; C10N2040/44; C10N2040/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A composition, comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorohydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of at least one soluble boron-containing composition prepared by reacting a boron source with a monohydroxy alcohol, an alkylene glycol, a polyoxyalkylene glycol, hydrocarbyloxyalkylene glycol, a hydrocarbylcarbonyl polyoxyalkylene glycol, a hydroxy amine, or mixtures of two or more thereof, provided that the boron-containing composition is substantially free of hydroxyl groups.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A composition, comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorohydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of at least one soluble boron-containing composition prepared by reacting a boron source with a monohydroxy alcohol, an alkylene glycol, a polyoxyalkylene glycol, hydrocarbyloxyalkylene glycol, a hydrocarbylcarbonyl polyoxyalkylene glycol, a hydroxy amine, or mixtures of two or more thereof, provided that the boron-containing composition is substantially free of hydroxyl groups.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the boron source is boric acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1 wherein the monohydroxy alcohol has from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkylene glycol is ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol and tripropylene glycol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1 wherein the polyoxyalkylene glycol is a polyoxyethylene glycol, polyoxypropylene glycol, or a glycol containing oxyethylene and oxypropylene groups.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbyl terminated polyoxyalkylene glycol is a alkyl terminated polyoxyethylene, polyoxypropylene glycol or mixtures thereof wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1, wherein the hydroxyamine is represented by the formula ##STR10## wherein b is zero or one, each R 2 is independently a hydrocarbylene group; R 5 is a hydrocarbyl group; and a is a number from zero to 50 provided that at least one a is a number greater than zero.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The composition of 1 wherein the boron-containing composition is prepared from a mixture of an N-alkyl alkanolamine and an alkyl terminated polyoxyethylene glycol or polyoxypropylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The composition of 1 wherein the boron-containing composition is prepared from a mixture of an N-alkyl alkanolamine and an alkyl terminated polyoxyethylene glycol or polyoxypropylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The composition of 1 wherein the boron-containing composition is formed by reacting the boron source with an amount of the mixture of an alkyl terminated polyoxyalkylene glycol and an N-alkyl alkanolamine which provides three hydroxyl groups for every one boron atom.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The composition of 1 wherein the boron-containing composition is formed by reacting the boron source with an amount of the mixture of an alkyl terminated polyoxyalkylene glycol and an N-alkyl alkanolamine which provides three hydroxyl groups for every one boron atom.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1 wherein (A) is present from about 70 to about 99% by weight and (B) is present from about 1 to about 30% by weight of the composition.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1, further comprising: (C) at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol or at least one carboxylic ester.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 11 wherein (A) is present in an amount from 70 to 98.9% by weight, (B) is present in an amount from 0.1 to 29% by weight, and (C) is present in an amount from 1 to 29.9% by weight.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A composition, comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorohydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of at least one soluble boron-containing composition represented by one of the formulae: ##STR11## wherein m is a number from zero to 50; wherein n is zero or one; wherein each R 1 is independently a hydrocarbyloxy group, a hydrocarbyl oxyalkylene group, a hydrocarbylcarbonyl polyoxyalkylene, or two R 1 groups taken together form ##STR12## wherein each R 2 is independently a hydrocarbylene group; wherein R 3 is a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrocarbylcarbonyl group; and wherein p is a number from 1 to about 50.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A composition, comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorohydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of at least one soluble boron-containing composition represented by one of the formulae: ##STR11## wherein m is a number from zero to 50; wherein n is zero or one; wherein each R 1 is independently a hydrocarbyloxy group, a hydrocarbyl oxyalkylene group, a hydrocarbylcarbonyl polyoxyalkylene, or two R 1 groups taken together form ##STR12## wherein each R 2 is independently a hydrocarbylene group; wherein R 3 is a hydrocarbyl group or a hydrocarbylcarbonyl group; and wherein p is a number from 1 to about 50.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein the fluorohydrocarbon (A) is 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein each R 1 is independently a hydrocarbyloxy group having from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; a hydrocarbyl terminated polyoxyethylene having from 2 to about 20 oxyalkylene groups and from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl group; a hydrocarbyl carbonyl polyoxyalkylene having from 2 to about 20 oxyalkylene groups and from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms in the hydrocarbyl group, or two R 1 groups taken together form ##STR13## wherein each R 2 is independently a hydrocarbylene group having 1 to about 10 carbon atoms; R 3 is a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; and p is 1 to about 30.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein each R 1 is independently a straight-chain alkyloxy group having from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, a branched-chain alkyloxy group having from 3 to about 16 carbon atoms, an alkyl terminated oxyethylene group, oxypropylene group, or mixtures thereof wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms; or wherein two R 1 groups taken together form ##STR14## wherein R 3 is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms or an alkyl carbonyl group having 1 to about 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and wherein each p is independently a number from 1 to about 30.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein each R 2 is independently an ethylene or propylene group.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein n equals zero.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein n equals one.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein the boron-containing composition is represented by Formula I.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 20 wherein one R 1 is an alkyl terminated polyoxyethylene, polyoxypropylene or mixtures thereof, wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms; and the other R 1 groups taken together form a ##STR15## group wherein each R 2 is independently an ethylene or propylene group R 3 is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and p is a number from 1 to about 30.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein the boron-containing composition is represented by Formula II.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein the boron-containing composition is represented by Formula III.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13 wherein (A) is present from about 70 to about 99% by weight and (B) is present from about 1 to about 30% by weight of the composition.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 13, further comprising: (C) at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol or at least one carboxylic ester.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 25 wherein (A) is present in an amount from 70 to 98.9% by weight, (B) is present in an amount from 0.1 to 29% by weight, and (C) is present in an amount from 1 to 29.9% by weight.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A composition, comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorohydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of a boron-containing composition of the formula ##STR16## wherein R is a straight-chain alkyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms or a branched-chain alkyl group having from 3 to about 16 carbon atoms, n is 1 to about 50, each R 2 is independently an alkylene group having from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, and R 3 is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A composition, comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorohydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of a boron-containing composition of the formula ##STR16## wherein R is a straight-chain alkyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms or a branched-chain alkyl group having from 3 to about 16 carbon atoms, n is 1 to about 50, each R 2 is independently an alkylene group having from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms, and R 3 is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 27 wherein the fluorohydrocarbon (A) is 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 27 wherein R is an methyl, ethyl, butyl, iso-octyl, iso-deoyl or iso-dodecyl group, n is about 2 to about 20, each R 2 is independently an ethylene or propylene group, and R 3 is a methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl group.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 27 wherein (A) is present from about 70 to about 99% by weight and (B) is present from about 1 to about 30% by weight of the composition.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 27, further comprising: (C) at least one polyoxyalkylene glycol or at least one carboxylic ester.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 31 wherein (A) is present in an amount from 70 to 98.9% by weight, (B) is present in an amount from 0.1 to 29% by weight, and (C) is present in an amount from 1 to 29.9% by weight.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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A method of lubricating metal parts comprising contacting the metal parts with the composition of claim 1.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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A method of lubricating metal parts comprising contacting the metal parts with the composition of claim 13.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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A method of lubricating metal parts comprising contacting the metal parts with the composition of claim 27.
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