Provided is a lubricant base stock, a lubricating oil including the lubricant base stock and a method for improving viscosity temperature performance or viscosity index of an engine or other mechanical component lubricated with the lubricating oil. The lubricant base stock includes one or more liquid crystals represented by the formula:

R1-(A).sub.m-Y(B).sub.nR2

wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are a substituted or unsubstituted, alkyl or alkoxy group having from 0 to 24 carbon atoms; A and B are the same or different and are a cycloaliphatic group or aromatic group, provided at least one of A and B is an aromatic group; Y is a covalent bond, CH2-CH2-, CHCH, CC, OCOO, COO, CO, CSO, CSS, CS, O, S, SO, SO2-, CH2O, OCH2O, NO, ONO2, COOH, OH, or CN; and m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3. The lubricant base stock has a kinematic viscosity of 2 cSt to 28 cSt at 40 C., and 1 cSt to 12 cSt at 100 C.

A lithium-based thickener is contained in an amount of 6 to 14 wt % based on a total weight of a grease composition. The amount of the lithium-based thickener contained in the grease composition can be reduced by about half compared to a conventional thickener, thus effectively increasing viscosity of base oil and reducing fluidity.

Provided is a vacuum pump oil which contains a mineral oil (A) having a temperature gradient |*| of complex viscosity between two points of t ( C.) and t10( C.) (where 15t10), as measured using a rotary rheometer at an angular velocity of 6.3 rad/s, of 10 Pa.Math.s/ C. or less, and one or more compounds selected from a phenol-based compound (B) and an amine-based compound (C), and which has a viscosity index of less than 160. The vacuum pump oil has a good ultimate vacuum degree and is excellent in water separability, oxidation stability and shear stability, and is therefore applicable to various applications.

The present invention relates to a lubricating composition comprising a detergent additive derived from raw cashew nut shell liquid. The invention also provides a process for preparing the additive and the use of the lubricating composition in a mechanical device.

A method for improving oxidative stability of a lubricating oil in a diesel engine by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil. The formulated oil has a composition including a lubricating oil base stock as a major component, and at least one aminic antioxidant, at least one phenolic antioxidant, and at least one Group V base stock as minor components. The at least one aminic antioxidant is present in an amount from 0.1 to 2.5 wt. %, the at least one phenolic antioxidant is present in an amount from 0.5 to 5 wt. %, and the at least one Group V base stock is present in amount from 1 to 20 wt. %. Oxidative stability is improved in a diesel engine lubricated with the lubricating oil, as compared to oxidative stability achieved in a diesel engine lubricated with a lubricating oil containing a minor component other than specified antioxidants and Group V base stock.

Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition capable of inhibiting vibrations or noises generated between a pulley and a chain or between a pulley and a belt in a CVT or the like, while increasing an intermetallic friction coefficient, the composition containing a base oil, an alkaline earth metal-based detergent (A), a phosphite ester (B1), a phosphate ester amine salt (B2), an acidic phosphate ester (B3), an aliphatic monoamine (C1), and an aromatic monoamine (C2).

The present invention relates to a composition a composition comprising compound of the general formula (I)

##STR00001## in which R.sup.1 a straight or branched C1-C24 alkyl group; R.sup.2 is a C1-C8 alkyl group; R.sup.3 is a C1-C8 alkyl group.

The invention also relates to industrial products such as additive blends, engine oils and polymer compositions comprising this compound of the general formula (I) and to the use the compound of the general formula (I) as an additive such in industrial products such as additive blends, engine oils and polymer compositions.

A lubricating composition includes at least one base oil, at least one borated dispersant, at least two antioxidants selected from amine antioxidants, phenolic antioxidants substituted with one or more linear or branched alkyl groups having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, and at least one phosphite polymer having the formula (I) wherein: each of the R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 can be independently selected from the C1-C20 alkyl, C3-C22 alkenyl, C6-C40 cycloalkyl, C7-C40 cycloalkenyl, C1-20 methoxy alkyl glycol ethers and YOH groups; Y is selected from C2-C40 alkylene, C2-C40 alkyl lactone, R.sup.7N(R.sup.8)R.sup.9 groups, in which R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C20 alkyl, C3-C22 alkenyi, C6-C40 cycloalkyl, C7-C40 cycloalkenyl, C1-20 methoxy alkyl glycol ethers; m is an integer from 2 to 100; n is an integer from 1 to 1000.

A lubricating oil base stock including one or more monoesters represented by the formula (I), (II), (III) and (IV) as defined herein. The lubricating oil base stock has a high temperature high shear (HTHS) viscosity of less than about 1.7 cP as determined by ASTM D4683, and a Noack volatility from about 15 to about 90 percent as determined by ASTM D5800. A lubricating oil containing the lubricating oil base stock including one or more monoesters represented by the formula (I), (II), (III) and (IV) as defined herein. A method for improving one or more of thermal and oxidative stability, solubility and dispersancy of polar additives, deposit control and traction control in a lubricating oil by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil containing the lubricating oil base stock including one or more monoesters represented by the formula (I), (II), (III) and (IV) as defined herein.

Provided is a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine containing: (A) a lubricant base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100? C. of 2.0 mm.sup.2/s to 5.0 mm.sup.2/s; (B) 50 mass ppm to 2000 mass ppm of a molybdenum-based friction modifier based on the total amount of the composition as an amount of molybdenum; (C) a nitrogen-containing ashless friction modifier; (D) a succinimide or a derivative thereof as a dispersant; (E) an amine ashless antioxidant as an antioxidant; and (F) 1000 mass ppm to 2200 mass ppm of a metallic detergent based on the total amount of the composition as an amount of metal, wherein the amount of sulfated ash in the composition is 0.9 mass % or less, and a nitrogen management index is 0.60 or less. Provided is a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine having improved fuel efficiency and oxidative stability, while maintaining low amount of sulfated ash.