Abstract: Benzophenones are prepared by condensing benzoic acids and aromatics of the benzene series by means of boron trifluoride in nitrobenzene as reaction medium.

Abstract: A synthetic resin which carries basic nitrogen groups and is water-dilutable by protonation with an acid, containing(A) a chain-extended, amine-modified epoxy resin obtainable by reacting(a.sub.1) an epoxy resin having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 300 to 6,000 and on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxy groups per molecule with(a.sub.2) a diketimine of a diprimary diamine, which diprimary diamine contains no further groups reactive with epoxy groups under mild conditions and(B) an amino-modified epoxy resin obtainable by reactingb.sub.1) an epoxy resin having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 800 to 6,000 and on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxy groups per molecule with(b.sub.2) a secondary amine or a secondary-tertiary diamine, a ketimine of a primary monoamine or a ketimine of a primary/tertiary diamine or a mixture of these (b.sub.2) components, with the proviso that (A) and (B) are different.

Abstract: Snails and slugs are controlled by a method in which the plants to be protected from molluscs, or the environment of the said plants, are or is treated with 2-tert-butyl-4-chloro-5-(4-tert-butylbenzylthio)-3(2H)-pyridazinone I ##STR1## Snail and slug baits or seed dressings contain the active ingredient I.

Abstract: Disazo compounds based on 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl compounds contain not less than 50% by weight of a disazo compound of the general formulaA--N.dbd.N--Z--N.dbd.N--B (I)where Z is a radical of an unsubstituted or symmetrically substituted diphenylene, A is a radical of a coupling component of a 1-phenylpyrazolone or of an acetoacetarylide, where the phenyl and the aryl radical is subtsituted by sulfo or carboxyl groups, and B is a radical of a coupling component based on 1-phenylpyrazolone or acetoacetarylide, which are free of sulfo and/or carboxyl groups.The disazo compounds can be obtained by coupling the tetrazotized diamine H.sub.2 N--Z--NH.sub.2 to the coupling component AH containing an acidic group in a medium containing a mineral acid, and then coupling the product to BH in a buffered medium (pH about 4).The novel disazo compounds are suitable as additives to pigments, in particular azo and disazo pigments, for improving the transparency and heat stability of the pigment particles, and the flow behavior.

Abstract: Benzimidazolecarboxanilides of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, Cl, alkyl, alkoxy, unsubstitued or alkyl- or alkoxy-substituted phenyl or phenylalkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each H, uninterrupted or --O-- interrupted alkyl or alkoxy, unsubstituted or alkyl- or alkoxy-substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, phenoxy, phenylalkoxy hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkoxy, alkylcarbonylamino, alkanoyloxy, benzoylamino or benzoyloxy, X is alkylene, n is 1 or 2 and where--if n is 1--R.sup.5 is Cl, --OR.sup.6 or --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8 or--if n is 2--R.sup.5 is --O--R.sup.12 --O-- or --N(R.sup.9)--R.sup.13 --N(R.sup.9)-- where R.sup.6 is H, unsubstituted, OH-- or alkanoyloxy-substituted alkyl whose carbon chain may be interrupted by --O-- or --N(R.sup.9)--, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, phenylalkyl, phenoxyethyl, hydroxy alkyl, phenylhydroxyalkyl or glycidyl, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, alkenyl, phenylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl or --NR.sup.7 R.sup.

Abstract: An acrylic multifilamentary material possessing an internal structure which is well suited for thermal conversion to high strength carbon fibers is formed via a specifically defined combination of processing conditions. The acrylic polymer while in substantially homogeneous admixture with appropriate concentrations (as defined) of C.sub.1 to C.sub.2 nitroalkane and water is melt extruded and is drawn at a relatively low draw ratio which is substantially less than the maximum draw ratio achievable. During the melt extrusion a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 monohydroxy alkanol preferably also is present in the substantially homogenous admixture. The fibrous material which is capable of readily undergoing drawing next is passed through a heat treatment zone wherein the evolution of residual nitroalkane, monohydroxy alkanol and water takes place.

Abstract: An acrylic multifilamentary material possessing an internal structure which is particularly suited for thermal conversion to high strength carbon fibers is formed via a specifically defined combination of processing conditions. The acrylic polymer while in substantially homogeneous admixture with appropriate concentrations (as defined) of acetonitrile, C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 monohydroxy alkanol, and water is melt extruded and is drawn at a relatively low draw ratio which is substantially less than the maximum draw ratio achievable. This fibrous material which is capable of readily undergoing drawing is passed through a heat treatment zone wherein the evolution of residual acetonitrile, the monohydroxy alkanol and water takes place. The resulting fibrous material following such heat treatment is subjected to additional drawing to accomplish further orientation and internal structure modification and to produce a fibrous material of the appropriate denier for carbon fiber production.

Abstract: Tetrahydropyridones which in one of their tautomeric forms conform to the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently of the other C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, which may be oxygen-interrupted, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -phenylalkyl where the phenyl is unsubstituted or monosubstituted, disubstituted or trisubstitued by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, fluorine, chlorine or bromine, or ##STR2## is a from 5- to 12-membered cycloaliphatic ring which may be monosubstituted, disubstituted, trisubstituted or tetrasubstituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, andR.sup.3 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or phenyl alkyl or alkanoyl, are effective stabilizers for plastics and coatings.

Abstract: Cyclohexanol is removed from aqueous solutions containing it and aromatic sulfonic acids, obtained by hydrating cyclohexene in aqueous solutions of aromatic sulfonic acids at elevated temperatures and subsequent removal of excess cyclohexene, by(a) feeding the aqueous solution which contains the cyclohexanol and the aromatic sulfonic acid into the upper third of a first column and from 1 to 50 parts by weight of steam per part by weight of cyclohexanol into the bottom third of the column, withdrawing at the top of the column a vapor which consists essentially of cyclohexanol, cyclohexene and water, and obtaining as a bottom product an aqueous solution of the aromatic sulfonic acid,(b) condensing the vapor which consists essentially of cyclohexanol, cyclohexene and water and(b1) obtaining a cyclohexanol-rich phase and(b2) an aqueous phase,(c) utilizing the aqueous phase (b2) for generating the steam required in stage (a) and any remainder for the hydration of cyclohexene, and(d) distilling off from the cyclohe

Abstract: Novel microorganisms can be used to convert n-eugenol to coniferylaldehyde.

Abstract: Bridged, water-soluble copolymers are obtainable by(A) copolymerization of a monomer mixture of(a) from 50 to 99 mol % of acrylamide and/or methacrylamide,(b) from 50 to 1 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer containing actual groups and(c) from 0 to 20 mol % of monomers which differ from (a) and (b),in the presence of a polymerization initiator under conditions such that the acetal groups of the monomers (b) undergo virtually no hydrolysis,(B) hydrolysis of the acetal groups of the monomers (b), present as copolymerized units in the copolymers (A),(C) condensation of the copolymers (B) containing aldehyde groups at a pH above 5, at most to a degree such that the resulting condensates are still water-soluble and(D) stopping of the condensation reaction by adding acid until the pH reaches 3 or less,and are used as paper stock additives in papermaking for increasing the wet strength of paper.

Abstract: A molded flexible polyurethane composition having improved polycarbonate compatibility comprising an organic polyisocyanate, a polyol and reactive tertiary amine catalyst. This catalyst contains at least one active hydrogen and/or hydroxyl group in its structure. Another embodiment of this invention relates to a molded flexible polyurethane composition having improved polycarbonate compatibility comprising an organic polyisocyanate, a polyol, a non-reactive tertiary amine catalyst and, an amine scavenger composition which may or may not also contain reactive tertiary amine catalysts. Also disclosed are processes for making said molded flexible polyurethane compositions having improved polycarbonate compatibility.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binders for cationic electrocoating finishes, the said binders containing latent primary amino groups. In order to prepare the binders, an epoxy resin is reacted with a polyamine, which in addition to a sterically hindered primary amino group also contains at least one primary amino group blocked by reaction with a ketone or aldehyde, and, if appropriate, further primary or secondary amines.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel water-based surface and lamination printing ink compositions and to their use as surface printing inks for printing onto substrates and in particular for printing onto plastic substrates. The surface printing inks of the present invention are superior in printing aptitude and color strength.

Abstract: Alkoxybenzophenones of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are each hydrogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or halogen, are prepared by reacting a benzophenone of the formula (II) ##STR2## with a dialkyl sulfate of the formula (III)(R.sup.1 O).sub.2 SO.sub.2 (III)where, in the formulae, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the above-mentioned meanings, by a process in which the reaction is carried out in water as the reaction medium in the presence of a base, and the dialkyl sulfate (III) is added a little at a time.The process gives (I) in high yield and virtually free of 2,4-dialkoxybenzophenones.

Abstract: Aldehydes and ketones are prepared from epoxides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkoxy or aralkyl and R.sup.3 has the same meanings or is hydrogen, by a catalytic rearrangement reaction in the presence of various catalysts, in particular zeolites of the pentasil type.

Abstract: Polymers contain, as mesogenic groups, groups which produce a discotic phase, and furthermore can control pleochroic dyes.The novel polymers possess novel properties, and combination of properties, which the conventional polymers which form liquid-crystalline phases do not possess.The polymers can be used in electro-optical displays, in storage elements, as electrically or photo-electrically conductive polymers and as strain sensors.

Abstract: Solids are dispersed, comminuted or deagglomerated and classified in a single piece of equipment, a classifier jet mill representing a combination of a jet mill and a spiral flow classifier.

Abstract: Trialkylamine salts of 3-chloro-1,1-dicyano-2-hydroxy-1-propene, where the trialkylamine has from 10 to 24 carbon atoms, a process for their preparation from malononitrile, chloroacetyl chloride, and a trialkylamine, and a process for the preparation of 2-amino-4-chloro-3-cyano-5-formylthiophene in which a trialkylamine salt of 3-chloro-1,1-dicyano-2-hydroxy-1-propene is cyclized with hydrogen sulfide or another sulfide and treated with a mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide and phosphoryl chloride, and the product is hydrolyzed by acid without being isolated previously.

Abstract: Compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each alkyl or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are together tetra- or pentamethylene and R.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkanoyl, alkyl, cyanoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl or phenylalkyl, in which the phenyl nucleus may be substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or halogen, and the acid addition salts and hydrates of these compounds are useful stabilizers for organic materials, in particular plastics.