Abstract: N-aryltetrahydrophthalimide compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or halogen, R.sup.2 is halogen, A is substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenylene, B is oxygen, sulfur or a group NR.sup.3, where R.sup.3 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl, and methods of controlling unwanted plant growth and of influencing plant growth.

Abstract: Bispidine derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and are each H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, when Y is ##STR2## R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen, --CN, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, --NHSO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, --CF.sub.3, NH-acetyl or --NR.sup.4 R.sup.5 where R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, when Y is ##STR3## R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen, --CN.sub.1 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, --NHSO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, --CF.sub.3, NH-acetyl or --NR.sup.9 R.sup.10 where R.sup.9 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R.sup.10 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, and when X is not CH.sub.2 R.sub.2 may also be NO.sub.2 or NH.sub.2, X is --CH.sub.2 --, --C(O)-- or --C(R.sup.6)OR.sup.7 -- (where R.sup.6 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R.sup.7 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or ##STR4## where R.sup.8 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy), Y is --C(O) or --CONH-- and Z is C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A magneto-optical recording element comprising a film (C) consisting essentially of multiple separate carbide, nitride and/or oxide layers is produced on a surface to be covered by a process comprising the following steps:(I) application of a 30-500 nm thick film (C.sub.1) via the gas phase to the relevant surface to be covered, the said film (C.sub.1) having the following specifications:(C.sub.11) the film (C.sub.1) consists of two or more components;(C.sub.12) the said components are present in three or more separate elements and element carbide, nitride and oxide layers, each consisting of one or more of the said components;(C.sub.

Abstract: A fuel for gasoline engines contains a small amount of a copolymer of an olefin of from 2 to 40 carbon atoms and/or a cycloolefin of from 3 to 10 carbon atoms with maleic anhydride and/or a copolymer of an alkyl vinyl ether of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and/or a cycloalkyl vinyl ether of from 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl group with maleic anhydride and/or a copolymer of an alkyl vinyl ether of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and/or a cycloalkyl vinyl ether of from 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and an olefin of from 2 to 40 carbon atoms and/or a cycloolefin of from 3 to 10 carbon atoms with maleic anhydride having a total molecular weight of from 500 to 20,000 g per mole, the carboxyl groups on the copolymer having been wholly or partly converted with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal to form an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt and the remaining carboxyl groups having been converted with an alcohol and/or an amine of up to 50 carbon atom into the cor

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 8-bromomethyl-3-methylquinoline compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where one or both substituents X are chlorine and, where relevant, the other substituent X is hydrogen, by bromination of the corresponding 8-methylquinoline compound in the presence of a 2-phase mixture of a solvent stable to bromination and of, preferably, buffered water.

Abstract: In hot embossing plates which are crosslinkable by photopolymerization and comprise(a) a heat-stable, dimensionally stable base and(b) a relief-forming layer which is crosslinkable by photopolymerization and soluble or dispersible in water and contains(b.sub.1) one or more partially or virtually completely hydrolyzed polyvinyl alkanecarboxylates as binders,(b.sub.2) one or more alkenecarbonylamino-N-methylene ethers of polyhydric alcohols as photopolymerizable monomers and(b.sub.3) photopolymerization initiators,the relief-forming layer (b) contains, as further binders (b.sub.1),(b.sub.11) alkenecarboxylates and/or alkenecarbonylamino-N-methylene ethers of partially or virtually completely hydrolyzed polyvinyl alkanecarboxylates and/or(b.sub.12) alkenecarboxylates and/or alkenecarbonylamino-N-methylene ethers of partially or virtually completely hydrolyzed graft copolymers of vinyl alkanecarboxylates and alkylene oxides,and is more than 0.8 mm thick.

Abstract: Polycyclic compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, pyridyl or phenylalkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a trimethylene or tetramethylene group, W, X, Y and Z independently of one another are each C--R.sup.6 or nitrogen, one or more of the radicals W, X, Y or Z being C--R.sup.6, R.sup.6 is hydrogen, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.7, --CONR.sup.7 R.sup.8, cyano or hydroxymethyl and R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are each hydrogen, alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl, a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic structure or phenylalkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a group of the formula ##STR2## A is a chemical bond, alkylene, ##STR3## or cycloalkylene, m and o are each from 1 to 20, R.sup.

Abstract: A thin X-ray amorphous aluminum nitride or aluminum silicon nitride film is produced on a surface by vaporization of aluminum or of aluminum and silicon by reactive sputtering or reactive magnetron sputtering under reduced pressure in a process gas atmosphere, so that a sputter gas results, and deposition of the aluminum nitride or of the aluminum silicon nitride from the sputter gas onto the said surface, resulting in the said thin X-ray amorphous aluminum nitride or aluminum silicon nitride film, by a process in which the said process gas atmosphere consists essentially of nitrogen and argon and one or more further noble gases selected from the group consisting of neon, krypton and xenon, the volume ratio of argon to the further noble gases being from 2:1 to 100:1 and the volume ratio of the further noble gases to nitrogen being from 2:1 to 10:1.

Abstract: Substituted N-hydroxypyrazoles of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, halogen, aryl or arylalkyl, the aromatic ring being unsubstituted or substituted,or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 form, with the pyrazole ring, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or aliphatic ring,X is CH or N, and their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes,and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Fiber composite useful in automotive construction and the aerospace industry are composed of a plastics matrix and reinforcing fibers, this plastics matrix comprising a mixture of from 90 to 40% by weight of polyether sulfone and 10 to 60% by weight of polyether ketone.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials contain, as essential components,(A) 5-95% by weight of a polyamide;(B) 5-95% by weight of a modified polyphenylene ether, prepared from(b.sub.1) 4.95-99.9% by weight of a polyphenylene ether,(b.sub.2) 0-90% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer,(b.sub.3) 0.05-10% by weight of one or more compounds from the group consisting of(b.sub.31) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarbonyl compound,(b.sub.32) a monomer containing amide groups and a polymerizable double bond and(b.sub.33) a monomer containing lactam groups and a polymerizable double bond,(b.sub.4) 0-80% by weight of further graft-active monomers and(b.sub.5) 0.01-0.09% by weight of a free radical initiator,(C) 0-90% by weight of an unmodified polyphenylene ether,(D) 0-45% by weight of a vinylaromatic polymer and(E) 0-40% by weight of a rubber impact modifier.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical mixtures are prepared by continuous metering of the components and shaping by a conventional method.

Abstract: Benzopyran derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where X is the radical ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and also the ring A have defined meanings are used in pressure- or heat-sensitive layers.

Abstract: Dihydroquinacridones, quinacridones and quinacridonequinones are prepared by cyclizing 2,5-dianilino-3,6-dihydroterephthalic acid derivatives or 2,5-dianilinoterephthalic acid derivatives in the liquid or solid state or in solution, in each case in finely divided form, or in the gas phase, in the presence or absence of an oxidizing agent.

Abstract: Cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 have the meanings given in the disclosure, and the use thereof for combating unwanted plants, especially Gramineae.

Abstract: Ionically crosslinked ethylene coolymers prepared by neutralizing the corresponding ethylene copolymers with the addition of an ionomer to a feed zone of an extruder of an ethylene high pressure polymerization system are used for film production, for cable sheathing and as adhesion promoters.

Abstract: Radomes having increased transparency and reduced reflectivity and refractivity to radar waves may be prepared or repaired utilizing heat-curable resin-containing structural materials in which the heat-curable resin contains greater than about 70 weight percent of cyanate functional monomers. The structural materials take the form of matrix resin impregnated prepegs and composites, film adhesives, paste adhesives, syntactic foams, and expandable foams, and may be used to prepare numerous useful structural features including honeycomb materials and leading edge radomes containing syntactic foams.

Abstract: 3-tert-butyl-4-methoxycyclohexylmethanol, its preparation and its use as a scent.

Abstract: A process for removing from electrocoating baths impurities which cause surface defects.The invention relates to a process for removing from electrocoating baths impurities which cause surface defects, wherein the electrocoating paint, in addition to the purification operations which are already conventional, is filtered without pressure through an adsorbent which adsorbs hydrophobic substances having a surface tension.ltoreq.35 mN/m--preferably homopolymers or copolymers of ethylene, propylene, but-1-ene or but-2-ene, which, if appropriate, contain further nonpolar comonomers.

Abstract: Oxyalkylated, carboxyl-containing polymers are prepared by reacting(A) a polymer which contains one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acids as copolymerized units with(B) an alkylene oxidein an aqueous medium at not more than 120.degree. C. by a process in which the reaction is started at a pH of from 5.0 to 5.9 and is ended after a pH of from 5.5 to 8.5 has been reached. As a result of monitoring of the pH, the selectivity of the addition reaction of alkylene oxides with the polymers (A) is substantially improved compared with known processes.