Abstract: Flexible polyurethane foams having low compressive strength and relatively good tensile strength are prepared by reactinga) a block polyoxypropylenepolyoxyethylenepolyol mixture which has a hydroxyl number of from 14 to 65, contains from 2 to 9% by weight, based on the weight of the polyoxypropylene units, of ethylene oxide units bonded in the terminal position and is prepared by anionic polymerization of the alkylene oxides with an initiator mixture having an average functionality of from 2.3 to 2.8 and consisting of water and glycerol and/or trimethylolpropane, or a mixture of these block polyoxypropylenepolyoxyethylenepolyol mixtures with bi- and/or trifunctional polyoxypropylenepolyoxyethylenepolyols having a hydroxyl number of from 20 to 70, andb) if required, low molecular weight chain extenders withc) organic and/or modified organic polyisocyanates in the presence ofd) catalysts,e) blowing agents, preferably water, and if required,f) assistants and/or additives.

Abstract: Dispersions of organic pigments are produced by adding a surfactant to an aqueous slurry of an organic pigment followed by subjecting the slurry to ultrasonic radiation. The surfactant utilized is one or more of the surfactants selected from the group consisting of: various specific acidic or quaternary salts of alkyl substituted propanediamines, and derivatives thereof, as well as a poly(ethyleneoxide) ether of an 18 carbon alcohol having 9 units of ethylene oxide thereon.

Abstract: Ortho-substituted 1-napthyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## where X is CH or N, Y is saturated or unsaturated alkylene and R is aryl, aryloxy, arylthio or arylalkoxy, the aromatic ring being substituted or unsubstituted, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Azolylmethyloxiranes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, dioxanyl or phenyl,m and n are each an integer from 1 to 5 or 0, with the proviso that m+n is 1 or more, D is oxygen or a single bond,X is CH or N, and their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integral skin rigid polyurethane foam having improved compressive strength and flexural strength. This foam is prepared by reacting a polyol resin component with an aromatic isocyanate using water as an auxiliary blowing agent.

Abstract: Antitumor compositions and methods in which a cancerostatic agent and an effective amount of (+)-verapamil, (+)-gallopamil, (+)-devapamil and/or (+)-emopamil which reinforce the antitumor action of the cancerostatic agent are administered to a patient either together or in sequence.

Abstract: Salicyclic acid derivatives and their sulfur analogs of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.5, X, Y and Z have the meanings given in the disclosure and claims, agents containing the salicyclic acid derivatives, and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: Emulsifier-free aqueous polyurethane dispersions are prepared by reacting (a) dihydroxy compounds, (b) diisocyanates and (c) chain extenders to give a prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups, then reacting the prepolymer with (d) salts of aliphatic aminocarboxylic or -sulfonic acids or amino-containing or hydroxyl-containing tertiary ammonium salts, dispersing the resulting polyurethane in water and, if required, removing the organic solvent by distillation. In the process, an organic condensation resin which is dissolved in a solvent is admixed before the polyurethane obtained is dispersed in water.

Abstract: P-hydroxy phenone derivatives of the formula 1 ##STR1## where X is ##STR2## where R.sup.1 =F, Cl, Br or trifluoromethyl or a heteroaryl of the structure ##STR3## with R.sup.2 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 - alkyl,Y is a bridging member of the formula --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --,n is one of the numbers 2, 3 or 4 andZ is an amino group of the formula --NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 or N--pyrrolidyl or N-piperidyl, where R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are, independently of one another, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, as well as the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, are used for preparing antiarrhythmic drugs.

Abstract: Impact modified thermoplastic blends of components A, B and optionally C, consisting of:A) from 99 to 60 percent by weight of a polymeric rigid matrix consisting ofa1) 60-99.5 percent by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound present as copolymerized units,a2) 0.5-20 percent by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride present as copolymerized units anda3) 014 35 percent by weight of an alkenylnitrile present as copolymerized units,B) from 1 to 40 percent by weight of a polymeric flexibilizing component consisting ofb1) 100-60 percent by weight of a monomer from the group of the 1,4-dienes which is present as copolymerized units andb2) 0-40 percent by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound present as copolymerized units. and optionallyC) customary additives in customary amounts, the polymers of flexibilizing component B having amino end groups, are used for producing moldings.

Abstract: A novel light-sensitive recording element for preparing relief plates or relief printing plates comprises a dimensionally stable base and at least one photopolymerizable recording layer (A) consisting essentially of at least one polymer as binder, at least one photopolymerization initiator, at least one photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated compound (monomer) which is compatible with the polymeric binder, and/or photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated radicals which are linked internally and/or terminally to the polymeric binder, and at least one additive, the said additive or at least one of the said additives being selected from the group consisting of the lecithins of the general formulae I and II ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be identical to or different from each other, are each C.sub.11 -C.sub.18 -alkyl or C.sub.11 -C.sub.18 -alkenyl, with the proviso that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is C.sub.11 -C.sub.

Abstract: 5,9-Dimethylpentadecane (I) and 5,9-dimethylhexadecane (II) and their use in agents for the control of the white coffee-leaf miner, Perileucoptera coffeella, particularly by the confusion technique.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,A) from 5 to 94% by weight of a polyamide,B) from 5 to 94% by weight of a polyphenylene ether,C) from 1 to 20% by weight of a partially hydrogenated PQP' block copolymer, where.alpha.) the blocks P and P' consist of vinylaromatic monomers and the total amount of these blocks in the block copolymer is from 25 to 40% by weight,.beta.) the number average molecular weight of block P is not more than 8,000 and is smaller than the number average molecular weight of block P',.gamma.) block Q consists of conjugated diene monomers and accounts in total for from 60 to 75% by weight of the block copolymer and.delta.) from 5 to 30% by weight of the double bonds in block Q are not hydrogenated, andD) from 0 to 50% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer.

Abstract: Formylcyclopropane (I) ##STR1## is prepared by cyclization of 4-chlorobutanal by means of an aqueous mineral base by a method in which the reaction is carried out at 50.degree.-150.degree. C. in a liquid two-phase system consisting of an aqueous phase and a water-immiscible organic phase, and the formylcyclopropane is removed continuously from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: 3-Aminophenylpentane-1,5-diones of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, cyano-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, hydroxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, chloro-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl which can be substituted by chlorine, or phenyl which can be substituted by clorine or methyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form, together with the nitrogen to which they are bonded, a heterocyclic radical which can contain further hetero atoms,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkoxy or, if R.sup.3 is ortho to --NR.sup. R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.2 together form C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene, which can be substituted, or 1,2-phenylene andA is naphthyl or a radical of the formula II ##STR2## where X is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkoxy, phenoxy, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A modified polyisobutene has the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is an olefinically unsaturated divalent radical, R.sup.2 is one of the radicals --CH.sub.2 --C(.dbd.CH.sub.2)--CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --C(CH.sub.3).dbd.CH-- or m and n are each a degree of polymerization in particular from 1 to 1000.

Abstract: Polyamide granules are dried and heated by feeding a suspension of granules in water into a sieve (1), where the bulk of the water is removed, and then into a tower dryer (10), where they are deposited in bed form and then freed of the remaining water while moving in plug flow under the force of gravity with a counter-current inert gas stream at from 70.degree. to 200.degree. C. The tower dryer possesses an inlet at the top (11) and outlet at the bottom (34) for the granules and also feed lines (20, 22, 31) for the inert gas. To achieve a uniform degree of drying of the granules, the inert gas is divided on entry into the tower dryer at a point between the drying zone and the heating zone into a stream which flows radially inward into the bed of granules on the one hand and a stream which flows radially inward and outward on the other. In this way the inert gas is distributed particularly uniformly and the granules are dryable in a very short drying zone down to a water content of 0.

Abstract: Ester group-containing dihydroxy compounds of reduced reactivity for use in polyurethane chemistry have the formula I ##STR1## where R is linear or branched alkylene of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene of from 5 to 10 carbon atoms or polyoxyalkylene of from 2 to 50 oxyalkylene groups in a random or blockwise arrangement and having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical, and are prepared by transesterification of alkyl hydroxypivalates with alkanediols, cycloalkanediols or polyoxyalkylene glycols.

Abstract: A method of isolating trans-1,1,4,4-tetraalkyl-2-butene-1,4-diols of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and denote C.sub.1 - to C.sub.5 -alkyl, from mixtures thereof with their cis-isomers, wherein the trans-isomer is separated from the cis-isomer by liquid-liquid extraction.