Abstract: Cyclic amides of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is a group of the formula ##STR2## where in each case the left-hand free bond is linked to the amide nitrogen and the right-hand free bond, depending on the group, is a single or double bond, and where R.sup.7 to R.sup.12 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or phenyl, and R.sup.13 is one of the radicals R.sup.7 to R.sup.12 or hydroxyl,R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 are C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and/or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may in each case be linked to form a 5- or 6-membered ring,R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, andR.sup.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl which may additionally be substituted by cyano, hydroxyl, amino or phenyl, or is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -acyl.are described and are used as stabilizers for organic materials.

Abstract: One or more azo dyes are transferred from a transfer to a sheet of plastic-coated paper by diffusion with the aid of an energy source, said azo dyes having the formula ##STR1## where X is nitrogen or the radical C--CN,Z is oxygen or the radical --CH(R.sup.7)--, where R.sup.7 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or phenyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkoxy or acylamino,R.sup.5 is hydrogen, chlorine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, andR.sup.6 is cyano or the radical --CO--OR.sup.1, --CO--NHR.sup.1 or --CO--N(R.sup.1).sub.2, in each of which R.sup.1 is as defined above.

Abstract: Shaped articles are produced from a finely particulate material as aggregate and an aqueous binder preparation containing an acrylate polymer by moistening the aggregate with the binder preparation, making it into the desired shape and then drying it, using a binder preparation whose binder is an acrylate polymer whose glass transition range is relatively high and which is formed from (A) a predominant amount of methyl methacrylate, (B) a minor amount of (meth) acrylic acid, (C) a minor amount of an optional alkyl acrylate and (D) a small optional amount of another specific polymerizable compound.

Abstract: Filler-containing thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,A) from 10 to 84.8% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide,B) from 10 to 84.8% by weight of a modified polyphenylene ether,C) from 5 to 50% by weight of glass fibers or carbon fibers or a mixture thereof, having a median fiber length 1.sub.50 of from 150 to 400 .mu.m, andD) from 0.2 to 4% by weight of a pigmentand in additionE) from 0 to 4% by weight of a rubber impact modifier,F) from 0 to 20% by weight of a particulate filler which differs from D) andG) from 0 to 20% by weight of a flameproofing agent.

Abstract: Paper, board and cardboard are produced by draining a paper stock, containing undesirable substances, in the presence of hydrolyzed homo- and/or copolymers of N-vinylformamide having a degree of hydrolysis of not less than 60% and a cationic retention aid. According to the invention, faster drainage and improved retention are obtained compared with the use of known fixing agents.

Abstract: Thermoplastic materials for the production of ceramic moldings containA) 40-65% by volume of a sinterable inorganic non-metallic powder,B) 35-60% by volume of a mixture ofB1) 70-90% by weight of a polyoxymethylene homo- or copolymer having up to 10 mol % of comonomer units andB2) 10-30% by weight of a polyoxymethylene copolymer with a comonomer content of 20-99 mol %, poly-1,3-dioxolane, poly-1,3-dioxane or poly-1,3-dioxepan, or of a polymer which is homogeneously dissolved or is dispersed with a mean particle size of less than 1 .mu.m in B1) or a mixture thereof,as a binder, andC) 0-5% by volume of a dispersant.

Abstract: Thiopheneazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where X is cyano or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl,Y is halogen, hydroxyl, mercapto, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylthio, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkylthio, substituted or unsubstituted phenylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylsulfonyl or substituted or unsubstituted phenylsulfonyl,Z is nitro, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanoyl, benzoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl or a radical of the formula --CH.dbd.CB.sup.1 B.sup.2 or --CH.dbd.N--B.sup.3, in which B.sup.1 and B.sup.2 independently of the other are cyano, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxycarbonyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyloxycarbonyl or one of B.sup.1 and B.sup.2 is cyano and the other is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylsulfonyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, benzoyl, phenylsulfonyl or carbamoyl and B.sup.3 is hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## where X (m=1 to 5) denotes identical or different substituents selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy, substituted or unsubstituted benzyl or a substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic ring, with the exception of several known compounds, and fungicides containing these novel compounds.

Abstract: Marked mineral oils containing basic dyes which have at least two, optionally substituted, amino groups and which, on addition of a protogenic acid and, optionally, a metal halide, experience a bathochromic shift of their absorption maximum and an increase in absorbance, and a method of marking mineral oils with basic dyes.

Abstract: Cyclopropanecarboxyamides of the general formula I ##STR1## Where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -haloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -haloalkoxy, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine, with the proviso that R.sup.1 is not fluorine if R.sup.2 is H, and pesticides containing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active alcohol derivatives, which are useful as fungicides, herbicides or plant growth regulators, represented by the formula, ##STR1## by carrying out the asymmetric reduction of a ketone compound represented by the formula, ##STR2## with a boron hydride-reducing agent modified with an optically active amino alcohol represented by the formula, ##STR3## and also relates to the boron hydride type compound obtained by reacting the above optically active amino alcohol with a boron hydride compound and its production method.

Abstract: The invention relates to energy absorbing, water blown, rigid polyurethane foams. The foams of the present invention are low density, predominantly open celled foams which exhibit a relatively constant consistency of compressive strength over deflection. Such foams are suitable as light weight alternatives in traditional energy absorbing applications.

Abstract: A substantially purified proteolytic enzyme isolated from a culture of Bacillus spec. DSM 4828 which has a molecular weight of 27,000 daltons, an optimum pH of 12, an optimal temperature of 60.degree. C. and which can be used in a detergent composition.

Abstract: A method of regenerating noble metal catalysyts used for the catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide with hydrogen, wherein the noble metal catalyst is treated with an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH of more than 9.

Abstract: J-Acid urea of the formula ##STR1## is prepared by reacting 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid (J-acid) with urea at from 100.degree. to 140.degree. C. under a pressure ranging from atmospheric pressure to 10 bar in an inert solvent to a partial extent, precipitating unconverted J-acid in an acidic medium and separating it off, and, if desired, isolating J-acid urea from the resulting neutralized solution by salting out.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a base oil and middle distillate which is stable to oxidation and low temperature from a mineral oil fraction having a boiling range above 350.degree. C., by, in a first step, converting the mineral oil fraction on a hydrocracking catalyst under hydrocracking conditions to an extent of from 20 to 80% by weight into fractions which boil below 360.degree. C., separating the reactor effluent, if necessary, into liquid and gas phases in a high-pressure separator, treating the entire reactor effluent or only the liquid phase, directly or after removal of the fractions boiling below 360.degree. C. by distillation, in a second step with hydrogen at from 200.degree. to 450.degree. C.

Abstract: Heat-curable bismaleimide resins contain a bismaleimide, an aromatic dialkenyl compound as comonomer and also from 1 to 40% by weight of a monoalkenyl compound, preferably 2-hydroxy-3-allylbiphenyl, as reactive diluent.

Abstract: A transition-metal catalyst component for a Ziegler catalyst system, obtainable by1) mixing, in a solvent, an inorganic, oxidic carrier with1.1) a vanadium trihalide/alcohol complex of the formula VY.sub.3 nZ-OH, whereY is chlorine or bromine,N is from 1 to 6, andZ is a monovalent, saturated, aliphatic or araliphatic hydrocarbon radical having not more than 10 carbon atoms, and1.2) a titanium trihalide or a titanium trihalide/aluminum trihalide complex, where the halogen can be chlorine and/or bromine, or a titanium trihalide complex of the formula TiY.sub.3. nZ-OH or a mixture thereof, whereY is chlorine or bromine,n is from 1 to 6, andZ is a monovalent, saturated, aliphatic or araliphatic hydrocarbon radical having not more than 10 carbon atoms or a mixture thereof, and1.3) a zirconium tetrahalide, where the halogen can be chlorine and/or bromine,2) removing the solvent by evaporation,3) mixing the solid-phase intermediate from step (2) with3.1) an organoaluminum catalyst component of the formula AlR.sub.

Abstract: A process for the catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propene or isobutene to acrolein or methacrolein in a tubular fixed bed reactor or catalytically active oxides with a .gtoreq.90% conversion of the initial olefin on a single passage, wherein the temperature of the gases containing the reactants in the direction of flow along the tubes from their entrance until the conversion of the initial olefin is from 30 to 70% is from 360.degree. to 420.degree. C. and is then adjusted to from 360.degree. to 300.degree. C. until the conversion of the initial olefin is from 80 to 90% and is thereafter maintained at from 330.degree. to 390.degree. C. until the gases emerge from the tubes, is described.

Abstract: A process for the continuous synthesis of dialkyl carbonates of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, by reaction of C.sub.1 -C.sub.