Abstract: Compounds useful as a stabilizer for a variety of organic materials of an intermediate thereof, or as an intermediate of medicines or agricultural chemicals are disclosed, which are cyclohexylamine derivatives represented by the general formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 both represent a hydrogen atom, or one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a group --CH.sub.2 --R.sup.5, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a group .dbd.CH--R.sup.5, in which R.sup.5 represents an unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted phenyl group, a 2-furyl group, a cyclohexyl group or a 2-tetrahydrofuryl group; X represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and n denotes 1 or 2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piperidine derivatives of a formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.0 indicates a hydrogen atom or a group R--CO).sub.n where R is an alkyl, alkylene or arylene group capable of having 1 to 4 carboxylic group;R.sup.1 indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms;R.sup.2 and R.sup.2' respectively indicate a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 in combination indicate a group .dbd.CH--R.sup.5, or R.sup.3 indicates a hydrogen atom and R.sup.4 indicates either --CH.sub.2 --R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is a substituted or non-substituted phenyl group or a substituted or non-substituted cyclohexyl group the substituent being an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a 2-furyl group or a tetrahydrofuryl group; andn indicates an integer of 1 to 4.The piperidine derivatives are improved photostabilizer to various organic materials including poly-.alpha.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piperidine derivatives of a formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.o indicates a hydrogen atom or a group R--CO).sub.n where R is an alkyl, alkylene or arylene group capable of having 1 to 4 carboxylic group;R.sup.1 indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms;R.sup.2 and R.sup.2' respectively indicate a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 in combination indicate a group .dbd.CH--R.sup.5, or R.sup.3 indicates a hydrogen atom and R.sup.4 indicates either --CH.sub.2 --R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.5 is a substituted or non-substituted phenyl group or a substituted or non-substituted cyclohexyl group the substituent being an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a 2-furyl group or a tetrahydrofuryl group; andn indicates an integer of 1 to 4.The piperidine derivatives are improved photostabilizer to various organic materials including poly-.alpha.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode for secondary battery, which comprises lithium or an alkali metal composed mainly of lithium doped as the active substance in a carrier composed of a mixture of a carbonaceous material satisfying the following conditions (A) and an organic polymer having ion conductivity of lithium.(A) a carbonaceous material with a hydrogen/carbon (H/C) atomic ratio of less than 0.15, a spacing (d.sub.002) of the (002) plane according to the X-ray wide angle diffraction method of 3.37 to 3.75 .ANG. and a crystallite size in the c-axis direction (Lc) of 5 .ANG. or more.

Abstract: A dibenzylidenesorbitol derivative having at least one nuclear substituent selected from an ester group represented by --COOR.sup.1 and an amido group represented by --CONR.sup.2 R.sup.3, wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group.

Abstract: Alkaline earth metal salts of aziridine-2-carboxylic acid, typically Ca salt, are produced by a reaction of a 2,3-dihalopropionic acid derivative or an .alpha.-haloacrylic acid derivative with an aqueous ammonia in the presence of an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, typically Ca(OH).sub.2.Salts of aziridine-2-carboxylic acid are recovered from such a reaction product as referred to above by a liquid chromatographic technique in which a weak or weakened cation exchanger is utilized.

Abstract: A process for preparing a pentaerythritol-tetrakis(3-alkylthio-propionate) represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms, is disclosed, comprising reacting an alkylmercaptan having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms with an acrylic ester or an acrylic amide to form a 3-alkylthio-propionic acid ester or a 3-alkylthio-propionic acid amide, hydrolyzing the ester or amide to form a 3-alkylthio-propionic acid, and then reacting this product with pentaerythritol. The desired product can easily be obtained at high purity and high yield by this process.

Abstract: Crude 2-methyleneglutaronitrile containing as impurities a metal halide, a trialkylamine, and the trimer or a higher polymer of acrylonitrile can be effectively purified by treating the crude 2-methyleneglutaronitrile with hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or nitric acid of a concentration of 1 to 30% by weight and then subjecting the treated methyleneglutaronitrile to vacuum distillation.