Abstract: A monophase solid solution comprising a plurality of color formers selected from the group consisting essentially of the fluoran type, phthalide type, phenoxazine type, phenothiazine type, rhodamine lactam type, leuco-auramine type, triphenylmethane type, spiropyran type, benzoxazine type, quinazoline type of color formers and mixtures thereof, preferably wherein the color forming materials are selected from the fluoran and phthalide type of color former and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Novel fluorine-containing paper sizes which impart oil and grease resistance to paper and soil-release properties to textile products are described which are the copolymerization products of (a) a perfluoroalkyl-substituted (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide, (b) a secondary- or tertiary-amino or quaternary ammonium group-containing (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide, (c) vinylidene chloride and, optionally, d) other copolymerizable nonfluorinated vinyl monomers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture for stabilizing polyolefins against damage caused by light, which mixtures contain: (A) a hindered amine light stabilizer; (B) an oxide, hydroxide or organic salt of zinc or magnesium; and (C) a pigment and/or a UV absorber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for inhibiting the re-absorption of migrating dyes in the wash liquor, comprising introducing into a wash liquor containing a peroxide-containing detergent, from 0.5 to 150 mg per liter of wash liquor, of one or more manganese containing compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the trichromatic dyeing or printing of natural or synthetic polyamide fiber material, which method comprises using at least one blue-dyeing dye of formula wherein X, W, A, B, Q1, Q2 and z are as defined in claim 1 for formula (1), together with at least one red-dyeing dye of formula wherein R, R′, R5, R6, R7, R8 and X1 are as defined in claim 1 for formula (2), and together with at least one yellow- or orange-dyeing dye of formula or of formula wherein R, R′, X2, X3, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and R16 are as defined in claim 1 for formulae (3) and (4), and to new acid dyes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dyes of formula wherein R is methyl or butyl, R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro, R2 is halogen or cyano, R3 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4alkoxy, R4 is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, halogen, CF3 or —NHCOR7 wherein R7 is C1-C4alkyl, R5 is C1-C6alkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, cyano, acyloxy,  or by phenoxy, x being a number from 0 to 4 and it being possible for the alkyl chain, from C2 upwards, optionally to be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, or is a radical of formula —CH2CH2—O—COR8, of formula  or of formula  and R6 is a radical of formula —CH2CH2—O—COR8 or of formula  R8 and R9 each independently of the other being C1-C4alkyl and R10 being hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, or, when R is methyl, R5 and R6 are each independently of the other C1-C4alkyl, with the proviso that when R is n-butyl and

Abstract: Dye mixtures which comprise at least one 1:2 cobalt complex dye of the formazan compound of the formula in which X is substituted or unsubstituted C1-C8alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, furyl or thienyl, R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C8alkyl, phenyl or naphthyl, m is a number from 1 to 4 and the rings I, II, III and IV may be further substituted, together with at least one anthraquinone dye of the formula (2) as defined in claim 1, or together with at least one 1:2 chromium or 1:2 cobalt complex dye of two identical or different azo compounds from the group comprising the compounds of the formulae (3), (4), (5) and (6) as defined in claim 1; and novel 1:2 cobalt complex formazan dyes. The dye mixtures are particularly suitable for dyeing or printing natural and synthetic polyamide fiber materials, dyeings or prints having good fastnesses being obtained.

Abstract: Reactive dyes of formula wherein R1 is halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C2-C4alkanoylamino, &agr;,&bgr;-dihalopropionylamino or &agr;-haloacryloylamino, X is halogen, n is the number 0, 1 or 2, and V is a radical of formula wherein (R2)l denotes l identical or different substituents selected from the group halogen, hydroxy, nitro, sulfo, C1-C4alkyl and C1-C4alkoxy, Y is &agr;,&bgr;-dihalopropionylamino, &agr;-haloacryloylamino or a radical —CONH—(CH2)2-3—SO2—Z and Z is vinyl or a radical —CH2CH2—U and U is a group removable under alkaline conditions, m is the number 0 or 1, and l is the number 0, 1, 2 or 3, with the proviso that R1 is not &agr;,&bgr;-dihalopropionylamino or &agr;-haloacryloylamino when V is a radical of formula (2) wherein Y is &agr;,&bgr;-dihalopropionylamino or &agr;-haloacryloylamino, are suitable for the dyeing or printing of cellulosic fiber materials or natural or synthetic polyamide fiber materials, wit

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye mixture comprising as component (A) at least one dye of formula as component (B) at least one dye of formula wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1, and to the use of that mixture in the dyeing or printing of semi-synthetic or synthetic hydrophobic fiber materials.

Abstract: Polyolefin mouldings which have excellent stability on permanent contact with extracting media comprise, as stabilizers, a selected mixture comprising an organic phosphite or phosphonite and a specially selected group of sterically hindered phenols or a certain group of sterically hindered amines. In addition, a selected three-component mixture comprising a phosphite or phosphonite, a phenolic antioxidant and a certain group of sterically hindered amines is particularly suitable as stabilizer for polyolefin moldings which are in permanent contact with extracting media.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dyes of formula wherein R1 is hydrogen, bromine, chlorine, cyano, R2 is hydrogen, methyl, acetylamino, R3 is ethyl unsubstituted or substituted by cyano or by acyloxy, R4 is ethyl unsubstituted or substituted by cyano or by acyloxy, to a process for their preparation and to their use in the dyeing or printing of hydrophobic fiber materials.

Abstract: Dyes of formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, and D1 and D2 are each independently of the other a radical of formula (2)  wherein (R3)0-3 denotes from 0 to 3 identical or different substituents selected from the group halogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, carboxy, nitro and sulfo, and X1 is a radical of formula (3a), (3b), (3c), (3d), (3e) or (3f) —SO2—Z  (3a), —NH—CO—(CH2)m—SO2—Z  (3b), —CONH—(CH2)n—SO2—Z  (3c), —NH—CO—CH(Hal)-CH2-Hal  (3d), —NH—CO—C(Hal)=CH2  (3e) or  wherein Y is halogen, T independently thereof has a meaning given for Y or is a non-fiber-reactive substituent or is a fiber-reactive radical of formula (4a), (4b), (4c), (4d) or (4e) —NH—(CH2)2-3—SO2—Z  (4a), —NH—(CH2)

Abstract: The invention relates to improved compositions comprising thiophosphoric acid esters and dithiophosphoric acid esters or phosphoric acid thioesters and oil additives from the group of the polyol partial esters, amines and epoxides, and also to the use of those lubricant compositions in improving the performance properties of lubricants, such as greases, metal-working fluids, gear fluids or hydraulic fluids. Thiophosphoric acid esters and dithiophosphoric acid esters or phosphoric acid thioesters are present in the compositions preferably in a concentration of less than 400 ppm.

Abstract: A process for biocidally finishing plastic materials selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, polystyrene, a halogen-containing polymer, polyacrylate or polymethacrylate, a polymer derived from unsaturated alcohols and amines or from their acyl derivatives or acetals, a homo- or copolymer of cyclic ethers, polyacetal, polyphenylene oxide or polyphenylene sulfide, polyurethane, polyamide or copolyamide, saturated or unsaturated polyester, polycarbonate, a phenol-formaldehyde resin, an epoxy resin or an aminoplastic resin, which process comprises adding a) either during the processing of the plastic materials or, b) in the case of plastic materials prepared via a radical polymerisation, already during the polymerisation or during the processing or, c) in the case of duroplasts prepared from a phenol-formaldehyde resin, epoxy resin or an aminoplastic resin, during the crosslinking reaction, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 2-methylthio-4-cyclopropylamino-6-(&agr;,&bgr;-dime

Abstract: A fabric bleaching composition comprising a peroxy compound and a specified manganese compound is disclosed, as well as a process for bleaching and/or cleaning a fabric by contacting it with said fabric bleaching composition.

Abstract: Inks comprising a dye of formula (1) wherein X is hydroxy, unsubstituted or hydroxy-substituted C1-C4alkyl, vinyl or a radical —CH2—CH2—Z, wherein Z is a group removable under alkaline conditions or is C1-C24alkoxy unsubstituted or substituted in the alkyl moiety, which may further be interrupted in the alkyl moiety by oxygen; phenoxy unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl ring; C1-C4alkylthio unsubstituted or substituted in the alkyl moiety; phenylthio unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl ring; amino; N-mono- or N,N-di-C1-C24alkylamino unsubstituted or substituted in the alkyl moiety, which may further be interrupted in the alkyl moiety by oxygen or by a radical —NR1— in which R1 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or further substituted C1-C4alkyl; C10-C20terpeneamino; C5-C7cycloalkylamino unsubstituted or substituted in the cycloalkyl ring; phenyl- or naphthyl-amino or N—C1-C4alkyl-N-phenyl- or N—C1-C4alkyl-N-naphthyl-amino unsubstituted or su

Abstract: Disclosed is sun screen formulation, comprising (a) a micronised organic UV absorber, and (b) a cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein the micronised organic UV absorber is present in the oil phase of the formulation. The sunscreen composition of the invention provides excellent protection of the human skin against the damaging effects of sunlight, while permitting safe tanning of the skin.

Abstract: Organic materials which possess outstanding stability to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation comprise as stabilizers at least one compound of the benzofuran-2-one type and at least one compound of the sterically hindered amine type.

Abstract: Reactive dyes of formula wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C1-C4alkyl, A is C2-C8alkylene interrupted by oxygen, X is halogen, and Y is a fiber-reactive radical of formula (2) —SO2—Z  (2) wherein Z is vinyl or a radical —CH2—CH2—U and U is a group removable under alkaline conditions, are suitable especially for dyeing cotton and yield dyeings having good allround properties.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) wherein K1 and K2 are each independently of the other the radical of a coupling component from the series benzene, naphthalene, 4-alkyl-6-hydroxypyridone-(2), 2,5-diamino-4-alkylpyridine, 1-arylpyrazolone-(5) and 1-aryl-5-aminopyrazole, at least one of which contains a fiber-reactive group, with the proviso that (i) the fiber-reactive group is not 2-(&bgr;-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylamino when K1 and K2 are phenyl substituted by a fiber-reactive group, and (ii) the fiber-reactive group is not &bgr;-sulfatoethylsulfonyl when K1 and K2 are N-(&bgr;-sulfatoethyl)aniline substituted on the phenyl ring by a fiber-reactive group, are suitable for dyeing a wide variety of fiber materials, especially cellulosic fiber materials, and yield dyeings having good allround properties.