Patent ID: 11866671
Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 19:
20. A method of lubricating comprising:
applying a base oil or lubricant additive, or a lubricant composition comprising the same, to an apparatus to lubricate the apparatus, wherein the base oil or lubricant additive has the structure:, wherein
R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently chosen from —H, —(C1-C5)hydrocarbyl and —Rb,
the base oil or lubricant additive comprises at least one Rb,
at each occurrence, Rb is independently chosen from —C(O)—O—Rc, —O—Rc, —S—Rc, and —NH—Rc, and
at each occurrence, Rc is independently (C6-C30)hydrocarbyl that is unsubstituted or substituted with —O—(C6-20)aryl, wherein the (C6-C30)hydrocarbyl is interrupted by 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 groups independently chosen from —O— and —S—.