Abstract: Thermoplastic molding composition based on thermoplastic polyesters (a.sub.1), graft polymers incorporating acrylate rubbers as grafting base (a.sub.2), copolymers of aromatic vinyl monomers and acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile (a.sub.3) and glass fibers (B) have particularly good mechanical properties if the (meth)acrylonitrile content in component (a.sub.3), based on the total weight of (a.sub.3), is less than the (meth)acrylonitrile content of component (a.sub.22).

Abstract: Heat curable epoxy resin systems are disclosed which may be cured to form monophasic matrix resins and adhesives which, when utilized as matrix resins in carbon fiber reinforced composites, are capable of forming quasiisotropic panels having CAI values greater than 275 MPa after an impact of 6.68 kJ/m, and which maintain their tack after extended storage at room temperature.

Abstract: Fiber reinforced thermoplastic integral skin foams of density 50-500 kg/m.sup.3 have an outer skin 0.05 to 1.5 mm in thickness and contain from 2 to 60% by weight of reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: Synthetically prepared periplanone A of the formula I ##STR1## its preparation and its use for controlling cockroaches.

Abstract: Long-chain alkylglucosides are purified by extraction with water from reaction mixtures obtainable by reacting monosaccharides and alcohols of 8 or more carbon atoms or by transacetalating short-chain alkylglucosides with alcohols of 8 or more carbon atoms, adjusted to a pH above 6 in either case.

Abstract: Naphtholactam dyes of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, n, p, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 and the rings A, B, C and D each have the meanings stated in the description, and an optical recording medium which contains one or more naphtholactam dyes and may contain a base.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions based on thermoplastic polyesters (a.sub.1), graft polymers incorporating acrylate rubbers as grafting bases (a.sub.2), copolymers of aromatic vinyl monomers and acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile (a.sub.3) which contain a polymeric component (B) having carboxyl, carboxyl derivative, hydroxyl or epoxy groups or, alternatively, where graft polymers (a.sub.2) or copolymers (a.sub.3) carry such groups have a balanced range of properties.

Abstract: A heat-curable coating material for cathodic electrocoating is water-dilutable on protonation with an acid and contains(A) from 50 to 95% by weight of a polymer, polycondensate or polyadduct containing primary and/or secondary amino groups, as a binder, and(B) from 5 to 50% by weight of a crosslinking agent obtainable by reacting(a) a polyurethane with(b) formaldehyde or a formaldehyde-donating compound and(c) one or more secondary aliphatic amines.

Abstract: Substituted pyridine-N-oxides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl and R.sup.2 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, salts thereof which are physiologically tolerated by plants, and fungicides containing them.

Abstract: The surface of plates, foils or ribbons consisting of aluminum or aluminum alloys are anodically oxidized in an aqueous electrolyte as the anodizing bath by a process in which the electrolyte used may contain organic and inorganic acids together with further additives. The aqueous electrolyte must contain one or more silanes I of the formula IX--(CH.sub.2).sub.y --Si(R.sup.1).sub.n (OR.sup.2).sub.3-n Iwhere y is an integer from 1 to 4, n, independently of y, is 0, 1 or 2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.9 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 -aryl, X is selected from X.sup.1 to X.sup.11 ##STR1## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.9 -alkyl, an alkanecarboxylic acid group of 1 to 9 carbon atoms or a carboxylic anhydride ring obtained by reacting one of the said alkanecarboxylic acid groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms with the methylenecarboxylic acid group ##STR2## bonded to R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.9 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 -aryl, R.sup.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Azo dyes are transferred from a substrate to a plastic-coated paper by diffusion with the aid of a thermal printing head, these azo dyes having the formula ##STR1## where D is the radical of a diazo component andR.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently of the others hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexyl andR.sup.4 is alkyl.

Abstract: 3,3-Dimethylhex-5-en-2-one derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## where A is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl,B is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl,X is hydrogen, or halogen andR is hydrogen, arylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonyl or haloalkylsulfonyl,are used for preparing pyrethroids.

Abstract: Partially carbonized polymeric fibrous materials heretofore available have been observed to exhibit unstable electrical resistivity values upon exposure to ambient conditions with such values substantially increasing upon the passage of time. In accordance with the concept of the present invention the previously prepared partially carbonized polymeric fibrous materials (as described) are subjected to heating at a temperature of approximately 180.degree. to 450.degree. C. (preferably approximately 240.degree. to 360.degree. C.) in an atmosphere containing molecular oxygen for an extended period of time (as described) wherein the quantity of bound oxygen present therein is substantially increased, the electrical resistivity is increased, and the stability of the resulting electrical resistivity is substantially enhanced.

Abstract: Polyvinyl acetate/allyl alcohol copolymers uniformly dispersible in or miscible with polyether and polyester polyols and useful in preparing urethane foams.

Abstract: Novel 4-[(meth)acrylamidomethyl]-pyrazoles and -isoxazoles of the general formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be identical or different and are each alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or unsubstituted or substituted aryl of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and X is oxygen or an NR.sup.4 group where R.sup.4 is hydrogen or a radical having the meanings of R.sup.2 or R.sup.3, a process for their preparation, and the use of these compounds in particular for polymerization and the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers, are described.

Abstract: 4-Oxaaldehydes of the formula ##STR1## are prepared by catalytic isomerization of 1,3-dioxanes by a process in which a 1,3-dioxane of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different and are each hydrogen, a straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl radical of not more than 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl radical of 5 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl, alkylaryl, aralkyl or alkenylaryl radical of 5 to 16 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic radical, and furthermore R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and/or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded may form a cycloalkane, a cycloalkene or a heterocyclic structure, and the stated radicals may furthermore carry substituents which are inert under the reaction conditions, and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or straight-chain or branched alkyl, is isomerized using a phosphate as a catalyst.

Abstract: Pigment of the general formula:f.Het (I)where F is the cation of a cationic dye which has an absorption maximum at >700 nm and may or may not contain anionic groups and Het is an anion of a heteropolyacid based on tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium or a mixture of these with phosphorus, silicon, cobalt, aluminum, manganese, chromium, nickel or a mixture of these or a copper (I)-hexacyanoferrate(II) anion, are superior to the known IR dyes in terms of thermal stability and photostability, and give optical recording media having superior properties, such as a high signal/noise ratio.

Abstract: Thiophene compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents and the index have the following meanings: n is 0 or 1;R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -haloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkoxy;R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are cyano, nitro or the groups given for R.sup.1 ;A is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl, a radical OR.sup.6, whereR.sup.6 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 -alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -alkynyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.9 -cycloalkyl, or a radical NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, where R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Alkyl .gamma.-halotiglates of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is Cl or Br and R.sup.2 is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, having a high E isomer content, are prepared by a process in which(a) the corresponding 2-methyl-but-3-enoate of the general formula II ##STR2## is reacted with chlorine or bromine in the absence of a solvent and (b) the resulting 2-methyl-3,4-dihalobutyrate of the general formula III ##STR3## is dehydrohalogenated by reaction with a solution of an alkali metal hydroxide in an alcohol R.sup.2 OH, where R.sup.2 has the stated meaning, or in a mixture of water and an alcohol R.sup.2 OH, and the products are further processed to give O,O-dialkyl-.gamma.-phosphonotiglates of the general formula IV ##STR4## where R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, preferably ethyl, by reaction with a trialkyl phosphite and thermal isomerization. The process gives C.sub.

Abstract: Low temperature stable polymethylene polyphenylene polyisocyanates are composed of crude polymethylene polyphenylene polyisocyanate containing from about 50 to about 80 percent by weight 2-ring diphenylmethane diisocyanate wherein from about 65 to about 93 weight percent of the 2-ring diisocyanate is 4,4'- and from about 7 to about 35 weight percent is 2,4'- and furthermore the composition contains from about 1 to about 5 weight percent carbodiimide-uretonimine structure. The polyisocyanates are useful in preparing polyurethane foams.