Abstract: There was found a metallocenyl-phthalocyanine or its metal complex of a divalent metal, oxometal, halogenometal or hydroxymetal, in which at least one of the four phenyl rings of the phthalocyanine contains, bound via a bridge unit E, at least one metallocene radical as substituent, E being composed of a chain of at least two atoms or atom groups selected from the group consisting of —CH2—, —C(═O)—, —CH(C1-C4alkyl)—, —C(C1-C4alkyl)2—, —NH—, —S—, —O— and —CH═CH—, as well as mixtures of the novel compounds which comprise, inter alia, isomers, a process for the production, the use and recording media comprising the novel compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of fluorescent whitening agents comprising 20 to 70% by weight of a compound of formula (1), 30 to 80% of a compound of formula (2) and 0.1 to 10% of a compound of formula (3), compositions containing the mixture and the user of the compositions for whitening synthetic fibers, in particular, polyester.

Abstract: Compositions are described with organopolysiloxanes which contain crosslinked units and are further crosslinkable. The compositions further contain a polyurethane containing blocked isocyanate groups. They are useful for treating fiber materials, especially textile sheet materials, and can be applied thereto in the form of aqueous solutions or dispersions. Textiles which are 50 to 100% by weight wool and have been finished with the compositions exhibit low shrinkage and low felting tendency during washing operations and also a pleasant, soft hand.

Abstract: A printing paste containing: (a) 5 to 25% by weight of a polyurethane, (b) 1.5 to 20% by weight of a silicone, (c) 0 to 50% by weight of a further component and (d) water as the remainder, the sum of the amounts of components (a)+(b)+(c)+(d) being 100%, is suitable for printing textile materials.

Abstract: The invention describes the use of oxime alkyl sulfonate compounds of formula 1 R0 is either an R1—X group or R2; X is a direct bond, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or a phenyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of chloro, bromo, C1-C4alkyl and C1-C4-alkyloxy; R2 is hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl; and R3 is straight-chain or branched C1-C12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more than one halogen atom; as photosensitive add generator in a chemically amplified photoresist which is developable in alkaline medium and which is sensitive to radiation at a wavelength of 340 to 390 nanometers and correspondingly composed positive and negative photoresists for the above-mentioned wavelength range.

Abstract: Dyes of formula (1) or (2) wherein R1, R1′, R2 and R2′ are each independently of the others hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, halogen or nitro, R3, R3′, R4 and R4′ are each independently of the others C1-C4alkyl unsubstituted or substituted by OH, C1-C4alkoxy, halogen, CN or phenyl, R5 is hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, R6 is unsubstituted or amino-substituted C5-C12alkyl; or unsubstituted or amino-substituted C5-C8cycloalkyl; or phenyl-substituted C1-C4alkyl; or wherein R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen atom linking them from a piperazine ring, which is substituted, at the nitrogen atom that is not bonded to the phenyl group, by C1-C4-alkyl or phenyl, the alkyl and phenyl radicals mentioned as substituents of the nitrogen atom of the piperazine ring being unsubstituted or substituted by amino, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently of the others hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy or halogen, Y1 is a bridging member of formula (I) or —NH—(CH2)6—NH—, and X− is an anion, as

Abstract: Polyoxymethylene, blends of polycarbonate with acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, and coatings based on a functional acrylate resin and a crosslinking agent, which are stabilized by addition of a compound of the formula I wherein s is from the range 1 to 8; R1, R2, R3 and R4, independently of each other, are C1-C4alkyl, or R1 and R2 or R3 and R4, together with the carbon atom to which they are bound, form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring; R5 is hydrogen; C1-C18alkyl; oxyl; OH; CH2CN; C1-C18alkoxy; C5-C12cycloalkoxy; C3-C8alkenyl; C3-C8alkynyl; C7-C12phenylalkyl; C7-C15phenylalkyl, which is substituted on the phenyl ring by 1, 2 or 3 radicals selected from C1-C4alkyl and C1-C4alkoxy; C7-C15phenylalkoxy; C7-C15phenylalkoxy, which is substituted on the phenyl ring by 1, 2 or 3 radicals selected from C1-C4alkyl and C1-C4alkoxy; or R5 is C1-C8alkanoyl; C3-C5alkenoyl; C1-C18alkanoyloxy; glycidyl; or a group —CH2CH(OH)-G, in which G is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl; and A is as descri

Abstract: The invention relates to novel soluble pigment precursors possessing not only higher thermal stability but also improved solubility characteristics and to a process for mass colouration of high temperature polymers that utilizes these novel soluble pigment precursors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 4-hydroxyisothiazole compounds as antimicrobially active substances, certain new 4-hydroxyisothiazole compounds and a process for their preparation.

Abstract: There is described the preparation of phenylphenol compounds of formula (1) by reaction of a keto compound of formula (3) with dioxolane of formula (4) and with an ammonium compound of formula (5) to from &bgr;-aminoketone compound of formula (6) (reaction step (I)), reaction of the compound of formula (6) with a compound of formula (7) to form a compound of formula (2) (reaction step (II)), and subsequent alkylation to form a compound of formula (1) (reaction step (III)) in accordance with scheme (A); wherein R1, R2, R3, R6 and R7 are each independently of the others hydrogen or C1-C8alkyl; R4, R5 and R8 are each independently of the others hydrogen or C1-C5alkyl; ant Hal is a halogen atom. The compounds prepared in accordance with the invention are suitable as antimicrobial active substances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improved lubricant compositions highly resistant to oxidative degradation comprising selected 5-tert.-butyl-4hydroxy-3-methylphenyl substituted fatty acid esters, diphenylamines and zinc dithiophosphates. The compositions as defined above are characterized by superior antioxidative properties. This can be demonstrated in various standard tests such as Deposit and Oxidation Panel Test (DOPT) and Pressurized Differential Scanning Calorimetry (PDSC).

Abstract: The use of mixtures of micronised organic UV filters in protecting human and animal skin and hair against the damaging effect of UV readiation and the use thereof in cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations are described. The micronised mixtures used according to the invention cover a broad UV spectrum and therefore exhibit excellent sunscreen properties.

Abstract: There are described 4-aminobut-2-ynecarboxylic acid derivatives of formula wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; unsubstituted or C1-C5alkyl-, C3-C12cycloalkyl-, C1-C5alkoxy-, C3-C12cycloalkoxy-, halo-, oxo-, carboxy-, carboxy-C1-C7alkyl ester-, carboxy-C3-C12cycloalkyl ester-, cyano-, trifluoromethyl-, pentafluoroethyl-, amino-, N,N-mono- or di-C1-C20alkylamino- or nitro-substituted phenyl, phenyl-C1-C5alkyl, naphthyl and naphthyl-C1-C5alkyl; and R3 is C1-C20alkyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl. The compounds exhibit a pronounced activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and also against yeasts and moulds.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of compounds of formula (1), wherein R1 is C1-C6alkyl and X is hydrogen, a hydrocarbon radical or a cation, wherein a compound of formula (2), wherein R1 is as defined above and R2 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical, is reduced, the resulting compound of formula (3) is reacted with a compound that introduces the radical of formula —CH2—COOR3, wherein R3 has the meanings given above for R2, and the resulting compound of formula (4) is reduced and optionally hydrolysed.

Abstract: A description is given of an extrusion process for the preparation of a low-dust stabiliser, using a subcooled melt as granulation liquid, as well as of novel amorphous modifications of different stabilisers, including 2,2′-methylenebis(4-[1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl]-6-benzotriazol-2-yl-phenol), and of the &bgr;-crystalline modification of 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole and of the preparation thereof. The novel process affords products which are easy to handle and which are flowable, and the novel modifications have advantages as regards their preparation, processing and their use as stabiliser.

Abstract: A process for preventing the redeposition of migrant dyes in a washing liquor by adding to each liter of the washing liquor, which comprises a peroxide-containing detergent, from 0.5 to 150 mg of one or more asymmetric manganese complexes of the salen type.

Abstract: The present application relates to a process for the manufacture of pigmented vitreous materials, as well as to pigmented vitreous materials, characterized by the use of soluble pigment precursors and preferably the absence of significant amounts of dispersants. These pigmented vitreous materials can be used as coloured materials for any known purposes. Soluble pigment precursors comprising a partial structure: are also claimed, wherein X1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, B is hydrogen or a group of the formula: but at least one group B is not hydrogen, and L is a solubilizing group.

Abstract: A coating color composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of (a) a pigment, (b) a binder, (c) a fluorescent whitener and (d) a water-soluble polymer formed from a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer or monomer blend, characterised in that the water-soluble polymer consists essentially of, (i) 90 to 100 mole % hydrophilic essentially nonionic repeating units and, (ii) 0 to 10 mole % anionic repeating units and has an average molecular weight of between 50,000 and 500,000.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate, in which process in a first step: a) the inorganic or organic substrate is subjected to the action of a low-temperature plasma discharge, a corona discharge, high-energy UV radiation or electron radiation, the radiation or discharge is then discontinued, in a further step: b) at least one electron- or H-donor, each containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, is applied to the inorganic or organic substrate in vacuo or at normal pressure and reacted with the free radicals formed there, and c1) the substrate so precoated with coinitiator is coated with a composition comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer or oligomer and a photoinitiator, and the coating is cured by means of electromagnetic and/or ionizing radiation; or c2) the substrate so precoated with coinitiator is coated with a composition comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer or oligo

Abstract: There are described diquaternary ammonium compounds of the general formula: wherein R1 and R4 are each independently of the other C4-C16alkyl, phenyl or phenyl-C1-C10 alkyl, R2, R3, R5 and R6 are each independently of the others C1-C4alkyl, and A is a monovalent anion. The compounds exhibit a pronounced action against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and also against yeast, molds and algae. They are accordingly suitable for the antimicrobial treatment of surfaces and for the preservation and disinfection of materials and cosmetic products, and especially also for the preparation of solid or liquid formulations and for the preservation of foodstuffs and drinks. The compounds are furthermore suitable for imparting antimicrobial properties to technical plant and for antimicrobial water treatment.