Patent ID: 6962896

Claim:
A process for preparing a low color intensity, oil-soluble molybdenum containing composition comprising: (a) reacting an acidic molybdenum compound or salt thereof and a basic nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of succinimides, carboxylic acid amides, hydrocarbyl monoamines, hydrocarbon polyamines, Mannich bases, phosphonoamides, thiophosphonamides, phosphoramides, dispersant viscosity index improvers, and mixtures thereof, to form a molybdenum complex wherein the temperature of the reaction is maintained at or below about 120° C.; and (b) sulfurizing the resulting product of step (a) at a temperature at or below 120° C. and wherein the sulfur to molybdenum atomic ratio is less than 0.1:1 for a period of time sufficient to provide an oil-soluble molybdenum containing composition having an absorbance intensity of less than 0.7 at a wavelength of 350 nanometers as measured in a one centimeter path-length quartz cell in a UV-Visible spectrophotometer by diluting the molybdenum containing composition with isooctane to a constant molybdenum concentration of 0.00025 grams of molybdenum per gram of the diluted molybdenum containing composition.