Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thien-4-ylureas useful as herbicidal agents and animal growth regulants and processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: There are provided solid herbicidal compositions comprising a molecular dispersion of a liquid non-ionic surfactant in herbicidal 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium salts, and wherein said compositions may optionally contain inert water-soluble bulking/absorbing agents. There is also provided a method for preparing said compositions by: (a) admixing same at room temperature and then melting said mixture at elevated temperatures; or (b) melting together all components of said compositions at elevated temperatures; and then following either of the above procedures, rapidly cooling said melt to obtain the aforementioned compositions.

Abstract: There are provided substituted dinitrotoluenes and methods of preparation thereof, said dinitrotoluenes being useful as intermediates for the preparation of certain herbicidal 2,6-dinitroanilines.

Abstract: There are provided oxygen stable rosin-primary polyhydric alcohol esters and a process for esterifying a rosin with a primary polyhydric alcohol in the presence of catalytic amounts of an arylsulfonic acid added either simultaneously or subsequent to the initial rosin-polyhydric alcohol reaction to complete esterification and to obtain a rosin ester having markedly improved oxidation stability and good color.

Abstract: This disclosure describes herbicidal methods for the pre- and postemergence control of undesired mono- and dicotyledonous plants using substituted imidazo[1,5-d]-as-triazin-4(3H)-ones and substituted imidazo[1,5-d]-as-triazine-4(3H)-thiones.

Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thien-4-ylureas useful as herbicidal agents and animal growth regulants and processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thien-7-ylureas useful as herbicidal agents and animal growth regulants and processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: There are provided levamisole effervescent tablets which comprise a composition characterized by excellent solubility yielding crystal clear solutions in water, good storage stablity, and ease of use. There are also provided methods for the oral administration of levamisole to swine in predetermined dosages via the drinking water offered to said animals utilizing the aforesaid levamisole effervescent tablets.

Abstract: This disclosure describes novel 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-cyclohepta[b]thien-4-ylureas useful as animal growth regulants and processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a method for enhancing wool growth and favorably altering the ratio of secondary to primary wool follicles in fur-bearing animals, such as llamas, sheep, goats, rabbits and chinchillas, by administering at from birth to 15 weeks of age to each of said animals orally or as a subcutaneous implant a 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-benzo[b]thien-4-ylurea compound in an amount effective to achieve marked wool growth enhancement.

Abstract: There are provided certain acylated pentadienone hydrazones, and methods of use of said compounds for the control of insects, especially Lepidopterous insects, and for the control of ants, Family Formicidae, especially fire ants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel dithiocarbamate esters, methods for their synthesis and their use as bactericidal and fungicidal agents.

Abstract: The invention is novel acaricidal resin compositions containing spiro?cyclopropane-1,1'-indene!2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-, .alpha.-cyano-m-phenoxybenzyl ester. More particularly, this invention relates to flexible collars for controlling ticks on companion animals prepared from novel dry blended polyvinyl chloride resin compositions containing spiro?cyclopropane-1,1'-indene!-2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-, .alpha.-cyano-m-phenoxybenzyl ester and 15% to 25%, by weight, of a selected plasticizing agent.

Abstract: There is provided a method for enhancing wool growth and favorably altering the ratio of secondary to primary wool follicles in fur-bearing animals, such as llamas, sheep, goats, rabbits and chinchillas, by administering to each of said animals orally or as a subcutaneous implant a 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-7-oxobenzo[b]thien-4-ylurea compound in an amount effective to achieve wool growth enhancement.

Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling the larvae of heel flies which parasitize ruminants and other warm-blooded animals by administering to said animals an effective amount of an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene bis[imino(thio)carbonyl]diphosphor(thio)amidic acid ester.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel derivatives of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-7-oxo(oxy)benzo[b]thiophen-4-amine which are useful as animal growth regulants, and a process for the preparation thereof. The above-identified compounds of this invention are also useful as intermediates for the preparation of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-7-oxo(oxy)benzo[b]thien-4-ylurea compounds.

Abstract: There is provided a process for cationically polymerizing piperylene batchwise or continuously by the addition of piperylene either alone or in admixture with a minor amount of at least another hydrocarbon monomer, incrementally, to a catalyst system consisting essentially of a major amount of an aluminum halide and a minor amount of an inorganic phosphorus acid in an inert solvent while controlling the temperature of reaction in the range of 0.degree. C. to 50.degree. C., drowning the polymerization mixture in water, separating the organic phase therefrom, then removing the solvent and recovering a solid polymer in good color and yield, free from an intractable gel, rendering the same useful as a tackifying resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a water soluble acrylamide polymer, 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium methyl sulfate, a surfactant and water. More particularly, this invention relates to the use of a water soluble hydrolyzed acrylamide polymer for the inhibition of partial recrystallization of 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium methyl sulfate from aqueous solutions thereof.

Abstract: There are provided substituted imidazo[1,5-d]-as-triazin-4-ols, useful as herbicides for the pre- and postemergence control of undesired mono- and dicotyledonous plants.

Abstract: There are provided substituted 1,3-dithiolane compounds and a method for preparing the same. Said 1,3-dithiolane compounds are useful intermediates in the preparation of tetrahydro-7-oxobenzo[b]thien-4-ylureas and tetrahydro-4-oxo-1-naphthylureas which are known animal growth-promotong agents, which thiolanes are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a member selected from the group consisting of 2-thienyl and phenyl; R.sub.2 is a member selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## wherein X is chlorine or bromine; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl; and when R.sub.1 and R.sub.