Derivatives of pyrimidine-2,4,6-triones as components of additives to increase the lubricating properties of motor fuels

Abstract

One of the important tasks of modern petrochemistry is the development of new additives that can improve the performance of motor fuels. With the expansion of the number of automotive and agricultural machinery and increasing its technical level, the demand for a wider range of petroleum products is increasing and, as well, the requirements for their quality are increasing. As the environmental and operational requirements for motor fuels are constantly increasing, it is necessary to find new, more efficient additives. The paper describes the synthesis of spirocyclic pyrimidine-2,4,6-trionеs by ring-closing metathesis reactions (RCM). This type of transformation is actively used in petrochemical and organic syntheses and allows to obtain compounds that are difficult to synthesize by conventional methods of organic chemistry. RCM conversion was performed using a Grubbs-Hoveyda catalyst in an amount of 5 mol. %. The compounds formed during the reaction were investigated as additives to motor fuels. Studies of the effect of synthesized spiropyrimidine-2,4,6-trione derivatives as additives on the tribological characteristics of ethanol and diesel fuel were evaluated on a four-ball tribometer in terms of critical load. At least three experiments were performed at each load. The error of the experiment was less than 5%. It was found that substances 2c and 2b increase the lubricating properties of ethanol - the critical load to the fuel burr when adding the synthesized compounds increased by 25%. Spiropyrimidine-2,4,6-trione 2b also had a positive effect on the lubricity of diesel fuel and had the effect of increasing the load to burr by 12% at a concentration of 0.032%. Thus, derivatives of spiropyrimidine-2,4,6-triones have proven to be promising compounds for the manufacture of motor fuels.