Motor fuel containing an anti-knock additive.

摘要

A motor fuel comprising a blend of a mixture of hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range and an anti-knock additive, characterised in that the anti-knock additive is an aryl ether having the structure:
R1 - (R2)n - O - R3
in which
R1 represents phenyl, phenyl substituted with one or two methyl groups or phenyl substituted with one ethyl group;
R2 represents methane substituted with one or two methyl groups, ethan, or ethane substituted with one or two methyl groups;
R3 represents methyl or ethyl and n = 0 or 1.
<??>Preferred anti-knock additives include cumylmethylether and anisole.