abstract |
Process for the preparation of sulphurized overbased metal aliphatic hydrocarbon-substituted salicylates, wherein an aliphatic hydrocarbon-substituted salicylic acid is transformed into an over based metal salicylate having a basicity index of at least 1.5 by means of a basic metal compound and carbon dioxide and then the overbased metal salicylate is sulphurized by heating with elemental sulphur. |