Abstract: 1-phenyl-lower alkyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which Ph represents phenyl substituted by up to and including 3 substituents selected from lower alkyl, halogen and trifluoromethyl, alk represents lower alkylidene, and wherein eitherR.sub.1 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, amino, N-lower alkylamino, N,N-di-lower alkylamino, N-lower alkanoylamino, carbamoyl, N-lower alkanoylcarbamoyl, N-lower alkylcarbamoyl or N,N-di-lower alkylcarbamoyl andR.sub.2 represents carbamoyl, N-lower alkanoylcarbamoyl, N-lower alkylcarbamoyl or N,N-di-lower alkylcarbamoyl orR.sub.1 represents carbamoyl, N-lower alkanoylcarbamoyl, N-lower alkylcarbamoyl or N,N-di-lower alkylcarbamoyl andR.sub.2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl,have anti-convulsive properties and can be used as medicaments.

Abstract: Novel halogenoalkyl-, alkenyl- and alkinyl-azoles of the formula ##STR1## in which X represents a nitrogen atom or a CH grouping,R represents optionally substituted tert.-alkyl or optionally substituted cycloalkyl, andA represents one of the groupings --C.tbd.C--, ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 represents halogen, alkoxy or trialkylsilyloxy,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or halogen, andR.sup.3 represents halogen,and acid and metal salt addition products thereof synergize insecticides and herbicides which function by photosynthesis inhibition.

Abstract: Novel naphthyridine-, quinoline- and benzoxazine-carboxylic acids as antibacterial agents are described as well as methods for their manufacture, formulation, and use in treating bacterial infections including the description of certain novel intermediates used in the manufacture of the antibacterial agents.

Abstract: Triazolyl-alkanones or triazolyl-alkanols of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or substituted aryl, andR.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or substituted aryl, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are joined to form an aliphatic ring, andA is a keto group or a CH(OH) group,or a salt thereof which possess fungicidal, microbicidal and plant-growth regulating properties.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 5-(naphthyl)-2,4-dialkyl-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiones and to their use as antidepressants.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 5-aryl-2,4-dialkyl-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiones, to the intermediates and processes for their preparation, and to their use as antidepressants.

Abstract: A fungicidally active substituted phenethyl-triazolyl derivative of the formula ##STR1## in which X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently is halogen or halogenoalkyl, and one of them may also be hydrogen,Y is >C.dbd.N--O--R or >CH--O--R,R is phenoxyethyl which is optionally substituted in the phenyl part,or an addition product thereof with an acid or salt.

Abstract: A triazole of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is phenyl substituted by difluoro, fluoro, dichloro or chloro and R' is phenyl substituted by chloro or fluoro are useful antifungal agents.

Abstract: A derivative of phencyclidine (1) bearing an isothiocyanate moiety on the meta position of the aromatic ring (3; Metaphit as methanesulfonate and HCl salt) has been synthesized and identified as a rapid and specific site-directed acylating agent of the [.sup.3 H]-phencyclidine binding site in rat brain homogenates. Additional related compounds to Metaphit are Thiophit (oxalate salt), Ethylphit (HCl salt), and Isopropylphit (HCl salt).

Abstract: This invention relates to herbicidally active propylene oxide derivatives, agriculturally suitable compositions thereof, and a method of using them as herbicides or plant growth regulants.

Abstract: There are disclosed certain 1,2,3-triazole compounds with a substituted benzyl group at the 1-position, an amido group at the 4-position and a aminomethylene amino group at the 5-position. The compounds are prepared from the corresponding compound wherein the 5-position substituent is amino by treatment with a formimido acetal. The compounds are active anticoccidial agents.

Abstract: Substituted azoyl-ketones and -alcohols of the formula ##STR1## in which A is a nitrogen atom or the CH group,B is CO or CH(OH),R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl or optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl,R.sup.2 is optionally substituted cycloalkyl or the grouping --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 R.sup.3, andR.sup.3 is alkyl having more than 2 carbon atoms, alkenyl, alkinyl or the --CH.dbd.O group or a derivative thereof,or addition products thereof with acids or metal salts, exhibit plant growth regulating and fungicidal properties, several intermediates therefor are new.

Abstract: Novel triazole of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents alkyl, cycloalkyl or the groupings ##STR2## wherein X.sup.1 represents hydrogen or halogen,X.sup.2 represents halogen,Y represents alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkylthio, alkenyl, alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy, optionally substituted phenylthio, optionally substituted phenylalkoxy or optionally substituted phenylalkylthio andn represents the number 0, 1 or 2,Z represents halogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkylthio or phenyl andm represents the number 0, 1, 2, or 3,or addition products thereof with acids and metal salts, which exhibit fungicidal and plant growth-regulating activity.

Abstract: Herbicidal aryl triazolinones include the compounds of the formula ##STR1## where X is preferably halogen such as fluorine, Y is preferably halogen such as chlorine, R.sup.1 is preferably methyl, R.sup.2 is preferably CHF.sub.2, R.sup.3 is preferably CH(CH.sub.3), and ##STR2## is --NH.sub.2 or the residue of a primary or secondary amine or of a sulfonamide.

Abstract: A pyran derivative represented by a general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl, R.sub.2 is alkyl having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, halogen, ##STR2## R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 being each lower alkyl or cycloalkyl, A being --CH.sub.2 --, oxygen or nitrogen atom, ##STR3## forms five or six-member ring (the ring may have no substituent or have at least one substituent selected from lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and halogen atom), or an acid salt thereof, are useful as agricultural miticides.

Abstract: 2-Aryl-2-azolylmethyl-1,3-dioxepines of the formula ##STR1## in which Az is imidazol-1-yl or 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl,X is the ethylene or vinylene grouping, andAr is optionally substituted aryl, or addition products thereof with acids or metal salts, which possess fungicidal activity.

Abstract: This invention relates to 1-dimethylcarbamoyl-3-t-butyl-5-(carboalkoxy)-alkylthio-1H-1,2,4-triazoles as defined herein, compositions containing those compounds and methods of use.

Abstract: 3-(1,2,4-Triazol-1-yl)-prop-1-enes of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 independently of one another represent hydrogen or methyl,R.sup.1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl or in each case optionally substituted phenyl or benzyl andR.sup.2 represents alkyl, alkenyl, in each case optionally substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, halogenoalkyl, in each case optionally substituted phenyl or phenylalkyl, phenoxyalkyl or phenylthioalkyl, in each case optionally substituted in the phenyl part,but whereinR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may not simultaneously represent optionally substituted phenyl if X.sup.1 and/or X.sup.2 represent hydrogen,and acid addition salts and metal salt complexes thereof which are tolerated by plants, exhibit fungicidal activity.

Abstract: A method of providing a diagnostic indicia which is predictive of the risk of a non-osteoporotic human being contracting osteoporosis as a consequence of being in a long-term hormonally agonadal state, which comprises the steps of determining the average ratio of calcium to creatinine in the urine or in the blood of that person, during a period when the person is ingesting only foodstuff sources of calcium and vitamin D, while in a hormonally gonadal state, and also while in a hormonally agonadal state; determining the magnitude of the difference in the ratio obtained in the latter state compared to the former state, a large difference being predictive of a high risk of that person contracting osteoporosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to new crown ether derivatives of the general Formula I ##STR1## and a process for the preparation thereof wherein Z.sup.1 is a group of the general Formula ##STR2## R.sub.a and R.sub.b may be the same or different and R.sub.a represents an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms and R.sub.b is an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms.The new crown ethers are useful in the preparation of ion-selective electrodes having a long lifetime.