Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of ether-containing chlorides by reacting an ether-alcohol, ether-glycol or ether-polyglycol with a chlorinating agent such as thionyl chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of a quaternary ammonium salt, the reaction being conducted at a temperature of about 25.degree. C. to about 90.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein X is the residue of a benzoxazole radical;Y is carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkanoyl, cyano, carbamoyl, N-alkylcarbamoyl or N,N-dialkylcarbamoyl; andA is phenyl, naphthyl or phenyl or napthyl substituted with one or more substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, aryloxy or Y. Also disclosed are polymeric materials stabilized against degradation by ultraviolet light by the incorporation therein of one or more of the above-defined compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of mono- and di-saccharide acetoacetates by the reaction of a mono- or di-saccharide with 2,2,6-trimethyl-4H-1,3-dioxin-4-one.

Abstract: Disclosed are stabilized polyester compositions having significantly improved weatherability. These polyesters consist of copolyesterethers derived from a dicarboxylic acid component comprising about 80-100 mole % 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid having a trans isomer content of at least 70% and about 0-20 mole % of a second dicarboxylic acid and a glycol component comprising about 70-95 mole % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and about 5-30 mole % of a polyalkylene ether glycol having a molecular weight of about 600 to about 3000. The copolyesterether compositions further comprise a stabilizing effective amount of the combination of (1) at least one hindered phenolic antioxidant, (2) at least one ultraviolet light stabilizing compound compatible with said copolyesterether and (3) at least one hindered amine light stabilizing compound having the formulae ##STR1## the groups shown as R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently selected from various substituents.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement in processes for the selective production of .alpha.-olefins from synthesis gas. The improvement embodied in the process of the present invention comprises the use of a catalyst system which comprises palladium, iron, and zinc. The zinc component of the catalyst system is preferably provided in the form of a zinc oxide support onto which the remaining catalyst components are deposited. The reaction is conducted under conventional conditions of temperature and pressure, preferably at about 220.degree. to 350.degree. C. and about 50 to 500 psig.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of monitoring planar sections of material having generally parallel crimps, the material having a longitudinal dimension extending generally perpendicular to the crimps and a transverse dimension generally parallel to the crimps. The material, such as a bundle of crimped fibers or tow, generally defines a plane, and the method comprises(a) illuminating the material along a line generally longitudinally of the material and over a plurality of the crimps by causing a plane of light, or the plane defined by sweeping a ray of light, to intersect with the surface of the material at an angle of between about 30.degree. and about 60.degree.

Abstract: A new process for the preparation of poly-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate polyesters having high (>80%) trans isomer content comprises heating in the presence of a suitable catalyst an ester of trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and a diacyl derivative of an aromatic diol.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of thiophenes having the formula ##STR1## by contacting a compound having the formula ##STR2## with certain amine bases. Other amine bases can be employed when a two-phase reaction system is used.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methine colorant materials having the structure ##STR1## Also disclosed is the use of such materials in electrophoretic migration imaging layers and processes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of hydrogen iodide, lithium iodide and methyl iodide by the reaction under anhydrous conditions of hydrogen and iodine in a non-alcoholic solvent using a homogeneous rhodium catalyst. Lithium iodide and/or methyl iodide are obtained by including lithium acetate and/or methyl acetate in the reaction medium.

Abstract: This invention concerns fibers of amorphous polyesters of terephthalic acid or an ester forming derivative thereof and from about 60 mole percent to 100 mole percent 1,2-propylene glycol and from 0 to about 40 mole percent ethylene glycol. These fibers are useful for the production of bonded coherent cigarette filters, nonwoven fabrics and the like.

Abstract: An essentially non-kneeing spinneret construction for spinning inelastic materials in which each spinning orifice of non-round cross-section is so dimensioned that the coordinates of the centroid of the square of the velocity profile of the extruding material in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the orifice, as determined by ##EQU1## and the coordinates of the centroid of the velocity profile of the extruding material in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the orifice, as determined by ##EQU2## are essentially coincident at each orifice exit so that the flow of the extruding material from the orifice has axisymmetric emergence behavior, where(V.sup.2).sub.centroid is the centroid of the square of the velocity profile;(V).sub.centroid is the centroid of the velocity profile;.intg..sub.A is the integral over the orifice cross-sectional area;V.sup.

Abstract: Method by which slubs are formed from random individual filaments in a continuous filament yarn bundle. A yarn bundle is fed under drafting tension to and through a first fluid jet device in which cocurrent and countercurrent fluid flows therethrough and which along with the drafting tension serves to break some of the individual filaments of the yarn bundle at random intervals along the length of the yarn bundle. The drafting tension also serves to prevent the broken filaments from completely entangling with the yarn bundle. The yarn bundle then passes through a second fluid jet device having cocurrent and countercurrent fluid flows therethrough, the flows adjusted to cause the broken filaments to slide along the yarn bundle and to become entangled with the other filaments and to form slubs.

Abstract: Disclosed is an unsaturated polyester containing formal linkages. The polyester is comprised of the following repeating unit ##STR1## wherein X is a positive integer from 2 to 10, R is the divalent radical remaining after removal of the terminal carboxyl group from an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, and R' is the divalent radical remaining after removal of the terminal hydroxyl groups from an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic glycol. The polyesters of this invention exhibit a combination of a desirable hardness and a desirable impact strength upon curing.

Abstract: The invention relates to multichromophoric compounds which have been found to be effective ultraviolet stabilizers. The invention also relates to ultraviolet degradable organic compositions containing a stabilizing amount of the multichromophoric composition to prevent such degradation. These stabilizers are effective in the presence of other additives commonly employed in polymeric compositions including, for example, pigments, colorants, fillers, reinforcing agents and the like. These ultraviolet stabilizers may also be incorporated into the organic compositions in the polymer melt or dissolved in the polymer dope, coated on the exterior of the molded article, film or extruded fiber.

Abstract: Process and product obtained by the process by which an undrawn or partially drawn continuous filament yarn serving as an effect yarn component and a continuous filament yarn having a greater orientation than the effect yarn component and serving as a core yarn component are heated above glass transition temperature by co-current and counter-current heated gaseous flows to form in the filaments of the effect yarn component at random intervals along the lengths of the individual filaments coils, loops or whorls, with more drafting occurring in those portions of the filaments having the coils, loops or whorls than the other portions, and with more drafting occurring in some loops than others; intermingling the effect yarn component with the core yarn component, and at the same time heat setting the yarn components within the heated gaseous flows.

Abstract: Process and product obtained by the process by which an undrawn or partially drawn continuous filament yarn is heated above glass transition temperature and is differentially drafted by co-current and countercurrent heated gaseous flows to form in the filaments at random intervals along the lengths of the individual filaments coils, loops or whorls, with more drafting occurring in those portions of the filaments having the coils, loops or whorls than the other portions, and with more drafting occurring in some loops than others, and at the same time heat setting the yarn within the heated gaseous flows.

Abstract: Water and glycol bonding dispersion comprising water, high boiling glycols selected from 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,2-butanediol and 1,3-butanediol; and water and glycol dispersible polyester polymers. The polymer is present in the amount of about 5 to 40% by weight of the dispersion and preferably about 15 to 35% by weight, and is selected from polyesters of combinations of isophthalic acid and the sodium, potassium, or lithium salt of sulfoisophthalic acid reacted with diethylene glycol or triethylene glycol; and from terephthalic acid and the sodium, potassium or lithium salt of sulfoisophthalic acid reacted with diethylene glycol or triethylene glycol. The water and selected glycol(s) serve as a carrier or dispersion medium for the selected water and glycol dispersible polymer. The dispersions contain from about 0.1-20% water by weight.

Abstract: Apparatus for assisting an operator in doffing a yarn package from a textile winder, the yarn being wound on a hollow tube; the hollow tube in turn being mounted on and rotatively locked on a winding mandrel of the winder and having an end portion of the tube extending axially outwardly of the end of the winding mandrel. The apparatus comprises an abutting member for insertion within the extending tube end portion for abutment against the winding mandrel end and a series of gripping members concentric with the abutting member and actuatable for expanding radially outwardly into gripping engagement with the inside surface of the tube end portion.

Abstract: A composition comprised of poly(tetramethylene terephthalate), a polyetherester and a radial teleblock copolymer. This composition exhibits the combination of a desirable overall balance of general mechanical properties and an unobviously high impact strength.