Abstract: Process for the preparation of fluorine-containing compounds by reduction in a container provided with a stirrer, the stirrer being constructed entirely or partly of a carbon material.

Abstract: Polysulphidic silyl ethers are prepared by the reaction of metal polysulphides with halogenoalkylsilanes, in that, starting from hydrated metal sulphides and/or metal polysulphides, these are first dehydrated in the presence of a non water mixable organic solvent and in the presence of an emulsifier at temperatures of 90.degree. to 220.degree. C., optionally in vacuum or under pressure, if metal sulphides are used these are subsequently reacted with sulphur to form metal polysulphides, and thereafter the dehydrated metal polysulphides obtained are converted into the corresponding polysulphidic silyl ethers with halogenoalkylsilanes, optionally in the presence of polyhalogen compounds, at temperatures of 20.degree. to 150.degree. C.

Abstract: Water-soluble azo compounds, processes for their preparation and their use as dyestuffs.Water-soluble azo compounds are described which have fiber-reactive properties and are suitable as dyestuffs for dyeing material, in particular fiber material, containing hydroxy and/or carboxamide groups, such as, for example, cellulosic fiber materials, such as those of cotton, wool or nylon, and which have, as the radical of a diazo component, a radical of the formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen or sulfo, R.sup.o is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen, carboxy, aminocarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, sulfo or phenyl and R.sup.10 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halogen, and which contain a fiber-reactive radical bonded to the coupling component via an amino group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing the concentration of organometallic and/or inorganic by-products in product mixtures formed in the synthesis of metallocenes, which comprises treating a mixture comprising one or more metallocenes and one or more organometallic and/or inorganic by-products with a polar extractant.

Abstract: UV-active regenerated cellulose fiber Luminescent regenerated cellulose fiber comprising one or more inorganic luminophors selected from the group consisting of the phosphates, tungstates, oxides, silicates and aluminates of the alkaline earth metals, of the subgroup elements or of the rare earths and the halides of the alkali and alkaline earth metals doped with one or more activators selected from the group consisting of Mn.sup.2+, Mn.sup.4+, Sb.sup.3+, Sn.sup.2+, Pb.sup.2+, Cu.sup.+, Ag.sup.+ and the rare earths.

Abstract: Metallocenes containing aryl-substituted indenyl derivatives as ligands, process for their preparation, and their use as catalysts.A very effective catalyst system for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane or a supported aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## in which, in the preferred form, M.sup.1 is Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are halogen or alkyl, R.sup.3 is alkyl, R.sup.4 to R.sup.12 are alkyl or hydrogen and R.sup.13 is a (substituted) alkylene or heteroatom bridge.The metallocenes, in particular the zirconocenes, produce polymers of very high molecular weight, in the case of prochiral monomers polymers of very high molecular weight, very high stereotacticity and very high melting point, at high catalyst activities in the industrially particularly interesting temperature range between 50.degree. and 80.degree. C. In addition, reactor deposits are avoided by means of supported catalyst systems.

Abstract: A process for the production of a biaxially oriented propylene polymer film contains, in its single ply (or, if it is a multi-ply film, in its base ply) a low molecular weight resin, and the film has improved stretchability and other desirable physical properties, even though the propylene polymer of the sole or base ply is preferably a homopolymer. The n-heptane-insoluble fraction of the film has a chain isotacticity index, measured by means of .sup.13 C-NMR spectroscopy, of at least 85 to 94%. The sole or base ply contains less than 10% by weight of resin. The film is stretched in such a way that the product of tensile strength in the longitudinal and transverse direction is greater than 50,000 (N/mm.sup.2).sup.2. The film is made by, among other steps, carrying out the orientation in the longitudinal and transverse directions such that the product of the longitudinal stretching ratio and the transverse stretching ratio is.gtoreq.60.

Abstract: Use of carbohydrate compounds as auxiliaries for dyeing and printing fiber materialsUse of carbohydrate compounds of the formula (1)Z--G--T--R.sup.1.sub.n (1)in whichZ is the radical of a carbohydrate from the series consisting of mono-, di- or oligosaccharides or of a sugar alcohol, the free valency being on a carbon atom;G is a bridge member from the series consisting of --O--, --NR.sup.5 --, --O--CO--, --NR.sup.5 --CO-- and --NR.sup.5 --SO.sub.2 --, in which R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 ---C.sub.4 -alkyl, which can be substituted by 1 to 4 radicals from the series consisting of hydroxyl, sulfo, sulfato or carboxyl;T is a C.sub.4 -C.sub.30 -aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or oiefinic hydrocarbon radical, or is C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl or is C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylene;R.sup.1 is hydroxyl, carboxyl, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, sulfo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkylsulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkylaminosulfonyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -arylaminosulfonyl, C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a two-step melt process for the production of thermoplastic, solvent-free, low-branching polycarbonates with low --OH terminal group content using a self-cleaning high-viscosity reactor.

Abstract: Mixtures ofA) neutral polythiophenes of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 separately from one another represent hydrogen or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group or together form an optionally substituted C.sub.1-4 alkylene radical, preferably a methylene radical optionally substituted by alkyl groups, an ethylene-1,2 radical optionally substituted by C.sub.1-12 alkyl or phenyl groups, or a cyclohexylene-1,2 radical, andB) organic compounds containing dihydroxy or polyhydroxy and/or carboxyl groups or amide groups or lactam groups,as well as transparent, electrically conducting coatings made therefrom and electroluminescent systems containing a conductive layer produced from the abovementioned mixtures as the electrode.

Abstract: 2,7'-Dimethyl-1,1'-binaphthyl and a process for preparing 2,2'-dimethyl-1,1'-binaphthyl and 2,7'-dimethyl-1,1'-binaphthyl by electrochemically oxidatively dimerizing 2-methylnaphthalene in the presence of acetonitrile/water/electrolyte salt mixtures which additionally contain at least one further component which, is immiscible or only partially miscible with water, and rectifying the reaction mixture obtained under reduced pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinylmethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyls by reacting a reaction mixture prepared in a solvent by reaction of 2,2'-dimethyl-1,1'-binaphthyl with a brominating agent to produce a mixture comprising 2,2'-bis(bromomethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl and further brominated binaphthyls and optionally further comprising unreacted brominating agent, reacted brominating agent and solvent, with an alkyl diphenylphosphinite of the formula RO--P(Ph--(R').sub.n).sub.2, where R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Ph is phenyl, R' is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, CF.sub.3, fluorine, chlorine or bromine and n is 0, 1 or 2, at from 70.degree. to 180.degree. C. optionally in the presence of a further solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallocene compound of the formula I which is suitable for olefin polymerization ##STR1## where M is a metal of group IVb, Vb or VIb of the Periodic Table.X are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.40 -radical OR.sup.4 or NR.sup.4.sub.2, where R.sup.4 are a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 hydrocarbon radicalm and p are 1, 2 or 3,n is 1 or 2,L each a .pi. ligand which coordinates to the central atom M,M.sup.2 are each a silicon atom, a germanium atom or a tin atom,R.sup.1 are a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -radical,R.sup.2 are a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -radical or a .pi. ligand which coordinates to the central atom M,A are each a bidentate C.sub.1 -C.sub.40 -hydrocarbon group,Z are each a boron atom, a silicon atom, a germanium atom or a tin atom,R.sup.3 are each a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -radical,o is zero, 1 or 2,Hal are each a halogen atom, andwhere n is 1 if R.sup.2 is a .pi. ligand which coordinates to the central atom M and n is 2 if R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: The disclosed method for making hollow shells (e.g. housing for in-ear hearing aids) employs a radiation-curable polymer comprising (a) a major amount of urethane methacrylate monomer (molecular weight 360-950) having a viscosity less than about 15,000 cps at 25.degree. C., (b) a viscosity-adjusting minor amount of unreacted hydroxyalkyl-methacrylate monomer, (c) a photoinitiating amount of a photoinitiator of the formula Ar.sup.1 --CO--C(OR).sub.2 --R', where Ar.sup.1 is aryl (e.g. phenyl), R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl (e.g. methyl), and R' is hydrogen or alkyl or, preferably, aryl, and, optionally, (d) a coloring agent, e.g. a pigment concentrate. Viscosity control is of major importance; so the curable composition is generally solvent-free and free of viscosity-modifying solids (other than coloring agents). Acrylates (as distinct from methacrylates) are also omitted. The fully-formulated, curable composition is easily pourable and has a viscosity of less than about 2,000 cps.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation and fractionation of a mixture of dimethyl ether and chloromethane by extractive distillation with methanol as extractant. The mixture is prepared by reacting methanol with hydrogen chloride. The mixture is then distilled to remove water and is subsequently subjected to an extractive distillation with methanol as extractant, with chloromethane resulting as top product. In another distillation step, the remaining dimethyl ether is separated from the methanol.

Abstract: The invention relates to urethane acrylates and urethane methacrylates containing cyclic carbonate groups, and use thereof in dental materials and lithographic plates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing dimethyl vinylphosphonate by thermal dissociation of dimethyl 2-acetoxyethanephosphonate in the gas phase, which comprises vaporizing dimethyl 2-acetoxyethanephosphonate and dissociating it without catalysis at a temperature of from 400.degree. to 700.degree. C. into dimethyl vinylphosphonate and acetic acid.

Abstract: A highly effective catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## where M.sup.1 =Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 =(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alkyl or chlorine, R.sup.3, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R.sup.3 is not hydrogen, =hydrogen, F, Cl, --OR.sup.7, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --P(O)R.sup.7 R.sup.8, --P(OR.sup.7).sub.2 or SR.sup.7, R.sup.

Abstract: A speed-sensing projectile such as for example a baseball includes a generally spherical body. An inertial switch is positioned within the body and is actuable between open and closed conditions in response to accelerations of the body greater than a threshold value. A processor also within the body is responsive to the inertial switch and calculates the average speed at which the baseball is thrown over a fixed distance. A visible display on the body is in communication with the processor and displays the calculated speed.