Abstract:
NEW COMPOSITIONS OF MATTER ARE PROVIDED WHICH ARE USEFUL AS ADDITIVES IN LUBRICANTS AND WHICH ARE OXIDATIVELY AUTOINHIBITIVE AND/OR RUST-INHIBITIVE, THE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUBSTITUTED PHENYLALKANES OR HYDROXYARYLSTEARIC ACIDS OR SALTS THEREOF WHEREIN THE ARYL GROUPS ARE ATTACHED TO THE ALKYL CHAIN AT A TERTIARY CARBON ATOM.