Abstract: Phenyl-substituted epoxides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, halogen, nitro, alkoxy, haloalkyl, phenoxy or phenylsulfonyl, are prepared by reducing a haloacetophenone to a halohydrin and reacting the halohydrin with an alkali metal hydroxide by a process in which the reduction with the alkali metal borohydride and the reaction are carried out in aqueous organic solution, or the cyclization of a halohydrin with an alkali metal hydroxide is carried out in an organic liquid.

Abstract: Mixtures which can be cross-linked by photopolymerization and are based on soluble elastomeric block copolymers, photopolymerizable monomers which are compatible with these, photoinitiators and plasticizers contain, as the plasticizer, a chloroalkane of 8 to 40 carbon atoms which has a chlorine content of from 30 to 73% by weight.

Abstract: The use of TNF in the treatment of disorders which are accompanied by reduced leucocyte and/or marrow cell counts or functions is described.

Abstract: Ferromagnetic metal particles of substantially iron are prepared by starting from an acicular .alpha.-FeOOH, applying a shape-stabilizing finish to the particle surface, heating at 500.degree.-850.degree. C. and subsequently reducing with gaseous reducing agents at 200.degree.-500.degree. C. to the metal, and starting .alpha.-FeOOH being prepared in the presence of zinc and phosphate ions.

Abstract: The molecular weight distribution of polytetrahydrofuran and of copolymers of tetrahydrofuran and alkylene oxides are narrowed by a process in which low molecular weight fractions are distilled off from the polymers under pressures of less than 0.3 mbar and at from 200.degree. to 260.degree. C., the distillation residue is mixed with a solvent mixture consisting of (a) an alkanol, (b) a hydrocarbon and (c) water, the content of the individual components a, b and c in the mixture being from 4 to 60% by weight, the phases formed are then separated from one another and the polymer having a narrower molecular weight distribution is isolated from the phase.

Abstract: In an improved process for preparing 4-pentenates by isomerization, where isomeric pentenates are treated at elevated temperatures with zeolites and 4-pentenates are distilled out of the reaction mixture, the improvement comprises using pentenates in mixture with alkanols.

Abstract: 1-tert-Butoxy-.omega.-alkenes of the general formula ICH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--CH.sub.2).sub.n O--C(CH.sub.3).sub.3 (I)wherein n is an integer from 4 to 10, their preparation and their use for imparting fragrance properties to perfumes or to products to be perfumed, or for improving or modifying the fragrance properties of the said perfumes or products, and scent compositions containing these compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to semifinished material consisting of a thermoplastic polymer and a needled textile fabric made up of at least two layers of oriented continuous filament yarn, each having an areal mass of not more than 300 g/m.sup.2, and at least one layer of unoriented fibers.

Abstract: Cyanopyridines of the formula ##STR1## are prepared by reacting acrolein and an alkanal ##STR2## or its acetal or ketone of the formula ##STR3## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be identical or different and are each hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl and R.sup.4 is alkyl and n is 0-11, with ammonia in the presence of a zeolite as a catalyst. The reaction is preferably carried out in the gas phase.

Abstract: The storability of molten cyclohexanone oxime containing 0.5-15% by weight of cyclohexanone and 1-8% by weight of aqueous ammonium bisulfate solution is improved by washing the molten cyclohexanone oxime with a 10-42% strength by weight aqueous ammonium sulfate solution and maintaining a pH of 4.5-5.8.

Abstract: The edible baked composition delivers cholestyramine in a palatable, pleasant tasting form. Embodiments include a nutrition bar and a cookie. The composition is useful for the control of endogenous cholesterol levels in humans.

Abstract: A cementing composition useful in cementing oil, gas and water wells, comprising water, hydraulic cement and an effective amount of water soluble fluid loss additive comprised of a copolymer of acrylamide/vinyl imidazole and derivatives thereof in a weight percent ratio of from about 95:5 to 5:95, said copolymer having a molecular weight range of from about 100,000 to 3,000,000. The composition can also optionally include a dispersant such as sodium or potassium salts or a sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensate.

Abstract: Reactive dyeings on textile materials containing cellulose fibers are aftertreated with aqueous solutions of benzylated resins which are obtainable(a) by condensation of methylamine and epichlorohydrin or(b) by heating triethanolamine and/or triisopropanolamine in the presence of acidic catalystsand have been reacted with from 0.25 to 1 mole of benzyl chloride per mole of amine in the condensate.The dyed textile materials aftertreated in this manner possess good wet fastness.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions which have a long shelf life are obtainable by dispersing a mixture of from 15 to 70% by weight of a copolymer (A) of(I) from 1.5 to 15% by weight of copolymerizable compounds of 3 to 10 carbon atoms which contain a carboxyl or carboxylic anhydride group,(II) from 65 to 98.5% by weight of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl acrylates or methacrylates,(III) from 0 to 20% by weight of vinylaromatics,(IV) from 0 to 20% by weight of copolymerizable carbonyl compounds and(V) from 0 to 10% by weight of further copolymerizable organic compounds not stated under (I) to (IV), and from 30to 85% by weight of a copolymer (B) of from 60 to 100% by weight of the monomers (II) and from 0 to 40% by weight of the monomers (III) to (V), with the proviso that the copolymers (A) and (B) together contain, as components, more than 65% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylates (II) whose homopolymers have glass transition temperatures of less than 0.degree. C.

Abstract: Adipic acid is prepared by a process which comprises the following steps:(a) Hydroformylation of a pentenoic ester by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl or rhodium carbonyl complex with formation of a mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters,(b) isolation of the 5-formylvaleric ester from the resulting mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters, a mixture essentially consisting of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters remaining,(c) dehydrocarbonylation of the mixture consisting essentially of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters in the presence of one or more elements of subgroup 8 of the Periodic Table at from 50.degree. to 400.degree. C.

Abstract: Leather, pelts and leather substitute materials are hydrophobized with a carboxyl-containing polysiloxane whose carboxyl groups are present in neutralized form in an aqueous phase in the absence of emulsifiers and without aftertreatment with mineral tanning agents.

Abstract: A compound of the chemical formula (I) ##STR1## in a specific crystalline form, processes for its preparation, and its use for pest control.

Abstract: A stable mixture of an oxidation-sensitive compound contains triglycerides, complexing agents and coating substances as well as the oxidation-sensitive compound.

Abstract: Amines are prepared from an olefin and ammonia or a primary and/or secondary amine in the presence of a zeolite catalyst of the pentasil type. Iron silicate zeolites of the pentasil type having an SiO.sub.2 /Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 ratio greater than or equal to 10 are preferably used.

Abstract: N-heterocycles of the general formulae (I) and (II) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 to R.sup.9 are each hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylaryl or cycloalkyl and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each an alkyl, alkylaryl, substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl group, are prepared by a process in which an olefin of the formula (III) or (IV) ##STR2## where R.sup.2 to R.sup.9 have the above meanings, is reacted with NH.sub.3 or with a primary amine of the formula H.sub.2 NR.sup.1, where R.sup.1 has the above meanings, in the presence of a zeolite as a catalyst.