Abstract: The use of polymers which are preparable by reaction of(a) polymers that contain vinylamine units, with(b) compounds that contain aldehyde or keto groups, and optionally(c) NH- and/or OH-containing compoundsand which contain aminal, hemiaminal and/or aminal-acetal structures with or without unconverted vinylamine units, as detergent additive for inhibiting dye transfer during the wash, and polymers containing aminal, hemiaminal and/or aminal-acetal structures, obtainable by reaction of(a) polymers that contain vinylamine units, with(b) compounds that contain aldehyde or keto groups, and(c) NH- and/or OH-containing compounds,and detergents which contain the abovementioned polymers in amounts from 0.05 to 10% by weight.

Abstract: Mesomorphic complexes which comprise anionic polyelectrolytes, cationic polyelectrolytes and/or polyampholytes and cationic, anionic, nonionic and/or amphoteric surfactants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid polyoxyalkylene compounds having improved flowability characteristics useful in a variety of industrial and personal care applications.

Abstract: There is a provided a stable low viscosity graft polymer dispersion comprising from 25 to 60 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer dispersion of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerized in the presence of a reaction moderator and a free radical initiator in a polyol mixture initially containing less than 0.1 moles of induced unsaturation per mole of said polyol mixture. One of the monomers in the mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is a hydroxylfunctional or aminofunctional C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl methacrylate.

Abstract: Liquid, oil-miscible carotenoid preparations which, as double dispersion systems, comprise an aqueous-disperse phase which has a particle diameter of less than 100 .mu.m and in which particles, stabilized by protective colloid, of one or more carotenoids are present in disperse form, in an oil as a dispersion medium.

Abstract: Biodegradable polyetheresteramides Q1 with a molecular weight (M.sub.n) in the range from 6000 to 80,000 g/mol, a viscosity number in the range from 30 to 450 g/ml (measured in o-dichlorobenzene/phenol (50/50 ratio by weight) at a concentration of 0.5% by weight polyetheresteramide Q1 at 25.degree. C.), and a melting point in the range from 50.degree. to 200.degree. C., obtained by reacting a1) from 95 to 99.9% by weight polyetheresteramide P1, obtained by reacting a mixture ofb1) 20-95 mol % adipic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof, and5-80 mol % terephthalic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof, andb2) a mixture of a dihydroxy compound selected from C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkanediols and C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkanediols,b22) a dihydroxy compound which contains ether functionalities and has the formula IHO--((CH.sub.2).sub.n --O)).sub.m --H Iwhere n is 2, 3 or 4 and m is an integer from 2 to 250, andb23) from 0.5 to 80 mol % of an amino-C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkanol or an amino-C.sub.5 -C.sub.

Abstract: Saccharincarboxylic acids and -carboxylic acid esters of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: L and M are hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, chlorine, cyano, alkylsulfonyl, nitro or trifluoromethyl;Z is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl, aryl or aralkyl;R is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl,are prepared by reacting corresponding bromo- or iodo-substituted saccharin derivatives of the formula II ##STR2## where L, M and Z have the abovementioned meanings, or if Z.noteq.H, compounds of the formula III ##STR3## in the presence of a palladium, nickel, cobalt or rhodium transition metal catalyst and of a base with carbon monoxide and water or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alcohol under elevated pressure.

Abstract: The compound Me.sub.2 Val--Val--MeVal--Pro--Pro--NHBzl.multidot.HCl is described. It is prepared from Z--Val--Val--MeVal--Pro--OR.sup.1 where Z and R.sup.1 have the meanings stated in the description. The compound shows antineoplastic activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a straight-shade color coating composition comprising a colored metallic flake pigment. The coating composition produces a coating having no apparent gonioapparent effects. The present invention may be used to prepare coatings with increased hiding power at the same color pigment-to-binder ratio or with the same hiding power but lower color pigment-to-binder ratio as compared to previous coating of equivalent hue. The present invention also provides coatings with higher chroma non-pastel colors and cleaner pastel colors as compared to previous coating compositions of equivalent hue.

Abstract: A process for preparing 1-acetyl-4-piperidones of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and/or R.sup.4 are each a C.sub.1 - to C.sub.6 -alkyl group or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together or/and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are an alicyclic hydrocarbon chain having from 2 to 5 carbons, comprises reacting a component comprising the corresponding nonacetylated 4-piperidone with ketene in the presence of a component comprising an acid catalyst at from 20.degree. C. to 120.degree. C.

Abstract: Provided herein is a plant growth regulator formulation comprising a plant growth regulator dispersed in polyvinyl alcohol ("PVA") particles having a mean diameter greater than 1 micron. The present invention also includes an emulsion containing an aqueous dispersion of PVA encapsulated plant growth regulator particles wherein said particles have a mean diameter greater than 1 micron. The above formulations are useful in methods of improving a plant growth factor in a plant.

Abstract: Transgenic mice carrying two transgenes, the first coding for a transactivator fusion protein comprising a tet repressor and a polypeptide which directly or indirectly activates transcription of a tet operator-linked gene in eucaryotic cells, and the second comprising a gene operably linked to a minimal promotor operably linked to at least one tet operator sequence, are disclosed. Isolated DNA molecules (e.g., targeting vectors) for integrating a polynucleotide sequence encoding a transactivator of the invention at a predetermined location within a second target DNA molecule by homologous recombination are also disclosed. Transgenic mice having the DNA molecules of the invention integrated at a predetermined location in a chromosome by homologous recombination are also encompassed by the invention. Methods to regulate the expression of a tet operator linked-gene of interest by administering tetracycline or a tetracycline analogue to a mouse of the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: A description is given, as an alternative to known processes, of a process for preparing 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (TAD) of the formula (I) ##STR1## which comprises the steps of reacting without catalysis, in a first step, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-4-one(TAA) of the formula II ##STR2## with TAD to form 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl4?(2,2,6,6tetramethyl-4-piperidylidene)- amino!piperidine (imine III) of the formula III below ##STR3## and of reacting, in a further step, the imine (III) with ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to give 2 mol equivalents of TAD.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a radiation-curable acrylate composition, wherein to compounds A containing at least 2 acrylic groups there are added benzophenone derivatives which are not copolymerizable by free-radical copolymerization and which contain at least one primary or secondary amino group or a hydroxyl group or a mercapto group.

Abstract: In an oxidation catalyst based on a titanium or vanadium silicalite having a zeolite structure and containing from 0.01 to 20% by weight of one or more platinum metals selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum, the platinum metals are each present in at least two different bond energy states and preferably have no metal-metal bonds.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials containA) from 10 to 99.5% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of the polyoxymethylenes, polyolefins, polyesters, polycarbonates, polystyrene, ABS, ASA, SAN, polyamides or poly(meth)acrylates or mixtures thereof,B) from 0.5 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane having a melting point of <200.degree. C.,C) from 0 to 50% by weight of a fibrous or particulate filler or a mixture thereof andD) from 0 to 30% by weight of conventional additives and processing assistants,the percentages by weight of the components A) to D) summing to 100%.

Abstract: In a process for producing granular material in which at least one hard material phase is mixed with a metal powder and a binder and granulated, no premixing of the hard material phase and the metal powder takes place before mixing with the binder and the binder has a viscosity of from 20 to 200 cm.sup.3 /10 min, preferably from 30 to 100 cm.sup.3 /10 min, in accordance with DIN 53735 at 195.degree. C. and a load of 2.16 kg.

Abstract: A dentifrice composition comprising a liquid polyalkylene glycol carrier, and a liquid polyoxyalkylene compound miscible in said liquid polyalkylene glycol carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a multicoat finish, in which a pigmented basecoat is applied, dried and coated over with a powder clearcoat, and subsequently basecoat and powder clearcoat are stoved together. The invention is characterized in that the powder clearcoat employed has a particle size distribution in whicha) no more than 15% by weight of the powder clearcoat particles have a particle size smaller than 10 .mu.m;b) for at least 40% by weight of the powder clearcoat particles the common logarithm of the quotient of the largest and the smallest particle size is less than or equal to 0.25; andc) at least 98% by weight of the powder clearcoat particles have a particle size smaller than 100 .mu.m.

Abstract: A substantially dust-free solid that is treated with a blend of water or other solvent and certain distillation bottoms. The distillation bottoms are at about 60.degree. C. or less and are obtained from production of an alcohol having the formula:R2--R1--OH,wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted branched, straight chain or cyclic C.sub.4 to C.sub.12 and R2 is OH or H.