Patent ID: 6096692
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: C07D,C10M,C10N

Abstract:
A synthetic lubricating oil comprising one or more cyclic ketals or cyclic acetals represented by the general formula (IIIa), (IIIb), (IVa), or (IVb): ##STR33## wherein R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are not both methyl, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together may represent an alkylene group having 2-13 carbon atoms, a total carbon atoms of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 being 1-13.