N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and fluids containing an N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine
N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R 1 and R 2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R 3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R 4 and R 5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
1. An N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine comprising Formula (I):
where:
R 1 and R 2 are independently a —C or —CH group;
R 3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl;
both R 4 and R 5 are unsaturated C 2 -C 20 acyclic hydrocarbyls; and
R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
2. The N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine of claim 1 , where R 3 is a saturated or unsaturated C 2 -C 20 acyclic hydrocarbyl.
3. The N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine of claim 1 , where R 3 is a saturated C 5 -C 10 acyclic hydrocarbyl, and R 4 and R 5 independently are C 5 -C 15 acyclic hydrocarbyls.
4. The N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine of claim 1 , where Formula (I) comprises at least one of Formulas (XIX) to (XXIII):
where R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 R 10 and R 11 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
5. A method of making an N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine comprising:
reacting a polyamine comprising at least one of Formulas (XXV) to (XXIX):
with a cyclic oxide to produce the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine.
6. The method of claim 5 , where R 3 is a saturated or unsaturated C 2 -C 20 acyclic hydrocarbyl group.
7. The method of claim 5 , in which the produced N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine comprises Formula (I):
where:
R 1 and R 2 are independently a —C or —CH group;
R 3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl;
R 4 and R 5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 are covalently connected to form an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbyl; and
R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
8. The method of claim 7 , where Formula (I) comprises unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbyls formed from R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 , the cyclic hydrocarbyls being selected from cyclohexene, benzene, naphthalene, or decahydronapthalene.
9. The method of claim 8 , where the cyclic hydrocarbyls are substituted with one or more of alkyl, aminoalkyl, aminoalkoxy, hydroxyl, alkoxyl, alkylthio, amino, halo, haloalkyl, silyl, phosphoryl, sulfonyl, or combinations thereof.
10. The method of claim 5 , where the cyclic oxide is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide, propylene oxide, and combinations thereof.
11. The method of claim 5 , where the reacting step is a ring-opening epoxide reaction.