Lubricants that are based on renewable raw materials have drawn increased attention in various applications, especially those related to the food industry. Due to the high requirements of environmental protection, there is a need to develop biodegradable base oils that are environmentally friendly and do not contain harmful components. The objective of the research was to obtain a base oil with a certain viscosity and certain desired lubricating properties. Base oils were obtained from Crambe abyssinica oil by means of blending with synthetic oil and oxidation. The oxidation processes were carried out in the presence of N-hydroxyphthalimide with or without CO2 as a solvent. As a final result of this study, oil bases meeting the viscosity requirements and showing suitable lubricating properties were obtained. The Raman spectra of the obtained oils were evaluated.

Raw vegetable oil from Crambe abyssinica was subjected to oxidative treatment to enhance its viscosity. The oxidation processes were carried out in the presence of N-hydroxyphthalimide with or without supercritical CO2 as a solvent. Four spectroscopic techniques (Raman, UV-VIS, FT-IR, NMR) were applied to assess the chemical changes taking place during the oxidation. Raman and NMR spectroscopy proved best in the assessment of the chemical transformations leading to increased viscosity of the modified vegetable oil.

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Catalytic effect of selected superbasic ionic liquids on the yield and selectivity of aza‐Michael addition of ethylenediamine and ammonia to acrylonitrile was investigated. The reactions were performed in calorimetric reactor equipped with RT‐IR probe (real‐time IR), where all energy changes associated with chemical reactions and physical transformations were monitored. Catalytic activity of selected superbasic ionic liquids in aza‐Michael addition ethylenediamine and ammonia to acrylonitrile were determined and obtained polynitriles were then hydrogenatated to final three‐ and four‐directional dendritic polyamines. The products were characterized by instrumental analytical methods, including 1H‐NMR, GC/MS, FTIR and DSC. Application of superbasic ionic liquids positively influenced both the yield of aza‐Michael addition and selectivity to fully branched products.

The research results were presented concerning the development of vegetable oil modification in order to obtain a base oil with desired physicochemical properties allowing the use of such oils as the base oil in pro-ecological lubricating agents. The possibilities to modify vegetable oil to obtain base oils with a higher viscosity class were presented. The process consisted of the oxidation of oils with oxygen in the presence of NHPI as a catalyst and with the use of supercritical carbon dioxide. The influence of temperature, catalyst amount, oxygen pressure, and amount of carbon dioxide in the rape-seed oil modification process were studied. As a result of vegetable oil modification, base oils with viscosity values higher than oil without modification were obtained. The significant influence of the conditions of the process carried out in a pure oxygen atmosphere and in supercritical carbon dioxide conditions was found. It was observed that it is possible to control lubricating properties of oil intended as base oil for a lubricating agent, if the process is carried out in an oxygen atmosphere and in the presence of carbon dioxide. A product with purposely changed properties in comparison with the properties of initial oil is the effect of modification.