Abstract: A mixture of the compounds identified in the title, their pure isomers and alkane-bridged derivatives are particularly effective in stabilizing polymer compositions, particularly polyolefin compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for stabilizing an organic phosphite or phosphonite or a mixture of organic phosphites or phosphonites against hydrolysis, which comprises adding, as the stabilizer, a compound from the class of sterically hindered amines, so that the stabilized phosphite or phosphonite contains 0.1 to 25% by weight of the amine compound (relative to the phosphite or phosphonite).Compositions comprising organic phosphite or phosphonite and sterically hindered amines are notable for excellent hydrolytic stability and have a long shelf life even at high atmospheric humidity.The products of the process according to the invention are very useful as stabilizers for organic material, in particular organic polymers, for example synthetic polymers, against the damaging influence of heat, oxygen and/or light.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 4-hydroxy-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidine (HPMP) from 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (TAA) is described, in which TAA is first reduced to 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (HTMP) by means of catalytic hydrogenation in water, the resulting crude solution, if desired after concentration by distillation, is reacted with formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde in at least 20% molar excess, and with formic acid, and the crude product melt separated from the reaction mixture is worked up by distillation.

Abstract: Oligomeric or polymeric siloxanes of the formula I ##STR1## if X is a monovalent radical, or which are correspondingly crosslinked, if X is a polyvalent radical, whose repeating units are arranged randomly or in blocks, which contain hydroxy-phenyl-diaryl-s-triazine moieties, are useful as stabilizers for organic material against damage thereto by light, oxygen and heat; and especially as stabilizers for coating materials.

Abstract: Compounds of the formulaRG--A--INwherein IN is a photoinitiator basic structure A is a spacer group and RG is a functional reactive group can be employed as coreactive photoinitiators for photo-polymerization of systems containing ethylenically unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: Process for the photocatalytic polymerization of a cyclic olefin or at least two different cyclic olefins in the presence of a metal compound as catalyst, which comprises carrying out a photochemical ring-opening metathesis polymerization in the presence of a catalytic amount of at least one heat-stable niobium(V) or tantalum(V) compound which contains at least two methyl groups or two monosubstituted methyl groups bound to the metal, the substituent containing no hydrogen atom in the .alpha.-position.The process can also be carried out by first performing the irradiation and completing the polymerization by heating. The process is suitable, for example, for the preparation of thermoplastic molding materials, coatings and relief images.

Abstract: A mixture containing two different compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 2 to 22 and R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, --O.multidot., --OH, --NO, --CH.sub.2 CN, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkoxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 acyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.9 phenylalkyl unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl by 1, 2 or 3 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; the weight ratio of the two compounds being 1:20 to 20:1, is useful as stabilizer for organic materials against degradation induced by light, heat or oxidation.

Abstract: The synthesis of new sterically hindered ferrocene bis(phosphonites) of formula I ##STR1## the synthesis of the corresponding transition-metal complexes and the use of these complexes in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions are described.

Abstract: The invention described novel compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, as stabilizers for protecting organic materials, in particular polymers and lubricants, against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a PVC composition comprising a stabilizer combination of (b) polyDHP of the formula I ##STR1## where the radicals T, L, R, R', R" are as defined in claim 1, (c) a substance from the group consisting ofcrystalline hydrotalcites,crystalline or amorphous zeolites,crystalline or amorphous dawsonites, magadiites or kenyaites, disaccharide alcohols andsterically hindered amines containing the structural unit ##STR2## in which R.degree. is hydrogen or methyl, and (d) at least one zinc, aluminium or lanthanoid compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a thermoplastic, structurally crosslinked elastomeric or thermosetting polymer, which comprises(a) a polar, adsorptive inorganic or organic material in the form of fibers or particles which are in mutual contact, onto which is adsorptively bound(b) a polar antistatic agent comprising a mixture ofb1) at least one polar organic compound having at least 5 carbon atoms and at least 3 heteroatoms, andb2) the salt of an inorganic protic acid, which is solvated or complexed in the polar organic compound. The invention also relates to a second composition comprising b1) a polar inorganic or organic material, b) a polar organic compound having at least 5 carbon atoms and at least 3 heteroatoms and b2) an inorganic salt, to the use of this second composition for the antistatic treatment of polymers, and to a process for preparing antistatically treated polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for increasing the molecular weight of polycondensates, which comprises heating a polycondensate in the temperature range below the melting point and above the glass transition temperature in the solid phase of the polymer with additionof at least one sterically hindered hydroxyphenylalkylphosphonic ester or monoester.

Abstract: An increase in the molecular weight of virgin polycondensates and polycondensate recyclates can be achieved by heating to above the melting point or glass transition temperature and by the addition of diphosphonite.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, as stabilizers for protecting organic materials against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which n and o are a number from 0 to 50, m is a number from 1 to 50, u and v are 0 or 1, and at least one of the indices u and v is 1, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.2a, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently of one another are, for example, aromatic hydrocarbons, R.sub.5, if n and o are 0, is for example C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl and, if n and/or o are greater than 0, or if n and o are 0 and at the same time only one index u or v is 1, R.sub.5 may additionally, for example, be an aromatic hydrocarbon, at least one of the radicals R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.2a, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 being an aromatic hydrocarbon radical which is sterically hindered ortho to the boron atom, X is, for example, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkylene, phenylene, biphenylene, etc., and Z is a radical which is able to form positive ions, are suitable as photoinitiators, both the compounds per se and their combination with dyes or other electron acceptors.

Abstract: Recycled plastics, predominandy thermoplastics, from domestic, commercial and industrial waste can be stabilized against thermooxidative degradation by adding a combination of a sterically hindered phenol with an organic phosphite or phosphonite and a metal salt of a fatty acid.

Abstract: A stabilizer combination, principally for PVC, is described, comprising A at least one zinc carboxylate B at least one compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: A novel process for the preparation of compounds of formula I ##STR1## by aminolysis of a p-halophenyl alkyl ketone of formula II ##STR2## with a cyclic amine of formula III ##STR3## in water at a temperature of at least 130.degree. C., in which formulae X is a halogen atom and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are as claimed in claim 1, as well as the novel compounds of formula I and their use for the preparation of photoinitiators for the photopolymerisation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized recycled plastics, which can be obtained from domestic, commercial and industrial waste or valuable material collections, comprising a macrocyclic compounds containing a radical of formula (I) or (II), in the macrocycle or in a side group of the macrocycle, where the macrocycle comprises at least 8 atoms and in which the substituents R, independently of one another, are methyl, ethyl or propyl, or two radicals R on the same carbon atom are, together, a pentamethylene radical, and a is the number 0, 1 or 2. The invention also relates to a process for the stabilization of recycled plastics and to the use of the above macrocyclic compounds as stabilizer.

Abstract: A description is given of novel O-phenol-substituted aminophenol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which the symbols are as defined in claim 1, which can be used in particular as stabilizers for magenta couplers in color-photographic recording materials.