IP Library Granted Patent US 12698256
Granted Patent B2
US 12698256 · App. 17/817,878 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Hydrocarbon functionalized polyamines for corrosion inhibition

Inventors: Oussama Zenasni (Houston, TX); John Nathan Scholz (Sugar Land, TX); Philip Andrew Thornthwaite (Wigan, GB); Maria DeJesus Marquez (Houston, TX); Ana Ferrer Carrera (Missouri City, TX); Ashish Dhawan (Aurora, IL)
Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
C07C237/10C07C211/14C09K15/18C09K15/22C23F11/141C23F11/145
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Patent No.
US 12698256
App. No.
17/817,878
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compositions and methods are provided for reducing, inhibiting, or preventing corrosion of a surface, the polyamine compounds corresponding to the structure of Formula 1 or 2, or a salt thereof: wherein X 1 is —C(O)R 9 or —[C(R 10 R 11 )] p —C(R 12 )(X 2 )—R 13 ; X 2 is —OH or —NH 2 ; R 1 and R 4 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or —[C(R 10 R 11 )] p —C(R 12 )(X 2 )—R 13 ; R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , and R 12 are independently hydrogen or alkyl; R 9 and R 13 are independently C 7 to C 30 alkyl or alkenyl; m and o are integers from 1 to 10; n is an integer from 1 to 6; and p is an integer from 1 to 10; wherein X 2 is —OH or —NH 2 ; R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen or alkyl; R 27 is C 10 to C 30 alkyl or alkenyl; m and o are integers from 1 to 10; n is an integer from 1 to 6; and q is an integer from 0 to 10.

Claims (33)

1 . A method of inhibiting corrosion at a surface, the method comprising contacting the surface with a corrosion-inhibiting effective amount of a polyamine compound of formula 1, the polyamine compound of formula 1 having the structure:

wherein

X 1 is —[C(R 10 R 11 )] p —C(R 12 )(X 2 )—R 13 ;

X 2 is —OH or —NH 2 ;

R 1 and R 4 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or —[C(R 10 R 11 )] p —C(R 12 )(X 2 )—R 13 ;

R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , and R 12 are independently hydrogen or alkyl;

R 13 is C 7 to C 20 alkyl or C 7 to C 20 alkenyl;

m and o are integers from 1 to 10;

n is an integer from 1 to 6; and

p is an integer from 1 to 10.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1 and R 4 are independently hydrogen or —[C(R 10 R 11 )] p —C(R 12 )(X 2 )—R 13 .

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , and R 12 are independently hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein X 2 is —OH.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein m is an integer from 2 to 6.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein n is an integer from 2 to 6.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein o is an integer from 2 to 6.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein p is an integer from 1 to 4.

9 . A method of inhibiting corrosion at a surface, the method comprising contacting the surface with a corrosion-inhibiting effective amount of a polyamine compound having a structure of Formula 2

wherein

X 2 is —OH or —NH 2 ;

R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen or alkyl;

R 27 is C 10 to C 30 alkyl or C 10 to C 30 alkenyl;

m and o are integers from 1 to 10;

n is an integer from 1 to 6; and

q is an integer from 0 to 10.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein X 2 is —OH.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein m is an integer from 2 to 6.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein n is an integer from 2 to 6.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein o is an integer from 2 to 6 and q is an integer from 0 to 6.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the surface is a metal surface and the surface is part of a piece of equipment in an oil and gas refinery or petroleum plant and the piece of equipment is in a unit susceptible to aqueous corrosion and the piece of equipment is in an amine unit, a crude distillation unit, or a fluid catalytic cracking unit.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the polyamine compound of Formula 1 is contacted with the surface at a concentration from 1 ppm to 1000 ppm of the active ingredient based on the weight of refinery stream being treated.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein X 2 is —OH and R 10 , R 11 , and R 12 are hydrogen.