Abstract: Novel cyanoalkylpiperazines are prepared by reacting piperazine with a haloalkylnitrile in the presence of an acid acceptor. The novel cyanoalkylpiperazines are advantageously employed to prepare 1-(cyanoalkyl)-4-(2-pyrimidyl)piperazines by reacting them with halopyrimidines in the presence of an acid acceptor.

Abstract: An antistatic composition useful to reduce the propensity of multilayer elements to accumulate static electrical charge comprises an aqueous dispersion of (a) a film-forming binder; (b) a hardener for the binder; (c) a substantially transparent matting agent having particles with a diameter in the range of from about 1 to about 50 microns and a specific gravity substantially the same as that of water; (d) a highly electrically conductive, noncrystallizable conductivity agent; and (e) a charge control agent. This antistatic composition is especially useful as an image-receiving layer on substantially transparent image-receiving elements. Such image-receiving elements can be formed into projection-viewable transparencies by an electrographic copy process, which transparencies are considerably less likely to stick to one another or jam in electrographic copier/duplicator equipment than currently available transparencies.

Abstract: Colorimetric analysis for the presence or concentration of hexacyanoferrates in an aqueous liquid is carried out by forming a colored indicator compound which is soluble therein. The analysis is based on the use of a cobaltic complex of tris-1,10-phenanthroline or tris-2,2'-bipyridyl as an analytical reagent.

Abstract: A polyester prepolymer having increased reactivity when subjected to molecular weight buildup, such as in solid phase polymerization is prepared by an improved method which includes the steps of: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and a glycol in the presence of a transesterification catalyst to form a reaction mixture containing condensation oligomers; purifying the reaction mixture to remove substantially all of the reaction by-products and residual dicarboxylic acid, glycol and catalyst and to crystallize the condensation oligomers; and polycondensing the oligomers to form a molten prepolymer.

Abstract: A method for preparing a 1-aryl-3-arylamino-2-pyrazolin-5-one comprises reacting an N-aryl-3-arylamino-3-oximinopropionamide with an acylating agent in an inert solvent, then heating in contact with a strong acid catalyst and a dehydrating agent in an inert solvent, and then heating in contact with an acid in water and a lower alkanol.