Patent ID: 8465560

Claim:
A liquid automotive fuel comprising from about 70 to about 95 volume percent of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range, from about 5 to about 30 volume percent of at least one alcohol, and an imine or tertiary amine product of the reaction between (a) at least one aldehyde having the formula R 16 CHO or R 16 CH 2 CHO, wherein R 16 is a straight or branched chain hydrocarbyl or aryl group that contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and (b) a primary or secondary amine functionality of the formula: wherein: R 4 is nitro or —(CH 2 ) n —NR 9 R 10 , wherein R 9 and R 10 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is 0 or 1; R 5 is hydrogen, hydroxy, nitro or —NR 11 R 12 , wherein R 11 and R 12 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R 6 and R 7 , are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R 8 is a polyalkyl group having an average molecular weight in the range of about 450 to 5,000.