Abstract: Novel solid complexes of 2-oxazoline and 2-oxazine polymers and halogens, interhalogens or pseudo-halogens are prepared by contacting a poly-2-oxazoline or poly-2-oxazine whose backbone comprises a plurality of ring-opened units of an oxazoline or oxazine monomer of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1 -R.sub.4 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, phenyl or inertly-substituted phenyl and n is zero or one with a halogen, interhalogen or pseudo-halogen. The complexes are soluble in a variety of conventional solvents (e.g., water, methylene chloride, acetonitrile, methanol, tetrahydrofuran and isopropanol).

Abstract: Metal salt complexes of aziridine and 2-alkylaziridines in solution isomerize at temperatures between 20.degree.-70.degree. C. to form aziridine dimer chelates. The chelates are biologically active compounds and are chemical intermediates in the preparation of free aziridine dimers.

Abstract: Phenolics are complexed with acylated polyamines to form materials which are essentially water-insoluble. This phenomenon makes acylated polyamines particularly useful in removing phenolics from aqueous waste streams.

Abstract: Picolylamines are prepared by reacting (a) cyanopyridine with (b) hydrogen in the presence of a catalytic amount of (c) a palladium on .gamma.-alumina catalyst. The reaction is normally conducted under autogenous or superatmospheric pressure at a temperature of from 20.degree. C. to about 75.degree. C. in a lower alkanol (e.g., isopropanol) as the reaction medium.

Abstract: Novel polyamines are disclosed which consist essentially of linear chains of the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN R is H or the acyl group of a fatty acid or an alkylsulfonic acid and n is a number about 6-22. Of the n units in the chain, in about 0 to 50% R is an acyl group of about 20-150 carbon atoms, in about 5-75% R is an acyl group of about 1-18 carbon atoms and in about 10-90% R is H.The compounds are made by appropriate partial acylation of the corresponding polyethylenepolyamine or by (a) polymerizing a 2-alkyl-2-oxazoline and then partially hydrolyzing and reacylating the polymer thus obtained. They are useful as surfactants, especially as detergents in lubricating oils.

Abstract: Oil soluble polymers corresponding to the formula ##STR1## are ashless oil dispersants in lubricating oils and fuels. In formulas I and II, R is a saturated or substantially saturated polyolefin having a molecular weight of at least about 250; R.sub.1 is hydrogen or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms with at least about 60 percent of the R.sub.1 groups being ##STR3## X is ##STR4## Y is a terminal group; and n is from 2 to about 15.

Abstract: Modified, regenerated cellulosics having good receptivity to acid dyes are prepared by introducing a poly-2-alkyl-2-oxazoline, such as poly-2-ethyl-2-oxazoline, having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 10,000 into an aged, cellulose-xanthate solution and forming modified, regenerated cellulosics therefrom. These cellulosics exhibit rapid and quantitative acid-dye absorption and good dye fastness.