Abstract: Unsaturated nitriles are prepared from lactones and NH.sub.3 by a process in which the reaction of the lactone with NH.sub.3 is carried out in the presence of a zeolite as a catalyst.A particularly suitable starting material is caprolactone and particularly suitable catalysts are zeolites of the pentasil type, for example aluminosilicate zeolites.

Abstract: Tetrahydrofurans are prepared in the gas phase from butane-1,4-diols which may be substituted by alkyl, alkenyl and/or aryl radicals in the carbon skeleton. The reaction is carried out in the presence of a borosilicate and/or iron silicate zeolite, preferably of the pentasil type, as catalyst.Other catalysts which may be used are zeolites doped with alkali metals and/or alkaline earth metals and/or transition metals and/or rare earth metals and/or noble metals.

Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## where n is an integer from 1 to 70,R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently of the others hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or C.sub.5 - or C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and also R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each pairwise trimethylene or tetramethylene,A is a direct bond, C.sub.1 - C.sub.22 -alkylene, cycloalkylene, ##STR2## where m and o are each from 1 to 20 andR.sup.6 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.18 -phenylalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.22 -cyanoalkyl,M is a group of the formula ##STR3## which may be bonded to A not only via the nitrogen but also via the carbon, and whereR.sup.7, R.sup.8, and R.sup.10 are each independently of the others C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl orR.sup.7 and R.sup.8 and/or R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are each pairwise tetramethylene or pentamethylene andR.sup.11 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,B is a direct bond, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Dye mixtures contain an oil-soluble dye and a dye of the formula ##STR1## where D is phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl or methoxy, R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R.sup.2 is C.sub.3 - or C.sub.4 -alkyl.The mixtures according to the invention are preferably used for coloring and marking mineral oil products.

Abstract: Printed products obtained by the planographic printing process whereby printing inks are transferrred by means of a lithographic printing plate to a printing stock, and a corresponding planographic printing process for forming the products. Printing inks which predominantly contain water as a solvent and/or dispersing agent and having a dynamic viscosity of 10 to 250 Pa.s, and printing plates whose information-bearing, i.e., printing, areas are hydrophilic and whose non-printing areas are hydrophobic, are used.

Abstract: An optical recording medium composed of a base material and a laser light sensitive layer which contains an azulenium dye as storage material with or without a binder is obtainable by spin-coating a solution containing an azulenium dye of the formula ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl which may be substituted or unsubstituted, and n is 1, 2 or 3, with or without a binder and one or more solvents which have evaporation numbers of not less than 4 and in which an azulenium dye of the abovementioned formula has a solubility of not less than 5 g/l onto a transparent base material based on a plastics material or glass.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions are prepared by free radical polymerization of(a) from 50 to 100%, based on the total weight of the monomers, of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl (meth)acrylates,(b) from 0 to 20%, based on the total weight of the monomers, of polyolefinically unsaturated monomers and(c) from 0 to 30%, based on the total weight of the monomers, of further monoolefinically unsaturated monomersin aqueous emulsion in the presence of a preformed solution copolymer (A) dispersed in water and obtained from(I) 1.5-15%, based on its weight, of monomers of 3 to 10 carbon atoms which contain a carboxyl or carboxylic anhydride group,(II) 30-98.5%, based on its weight, of C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Copolycondensate molding materials are obtainable by polycondensation offrom 2 to 98 mol % of 2,2-di-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-propane (A),from 2 to 98 mol % of 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone (B) andfrom 0 to 96 mol % of (C) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, X is a chemical bond, --S--, --O--, --CO--, CR.sup.3 R.sup.4 (where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are different when n and p are each 0), or SO.sub.2 -- (only when n or p is not 0), R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, aryl or halogen-substituted alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m is 0 or 1, and n and p are each 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, withfrom 1 to 100 mol % of (D) ##STR2## where R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the same meanings as R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, and v and w are each 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and from 0 to 99 mol % of (E) ##STR3## where R.sup.7 -R.sup.10 are each Cl or F or have the same meanings as R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, q is 0 or 1, r, s, t and n are each 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, Z.sub.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous gel comprising a specified capped polyether polymer and a surfactant. Preferred capped polyether polymers can be obtained by modifying a conventional polyether polyol with an alpha-olefin epoxide having an average of about 20 to 45 carbon atoms or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A thiophene-containing azo dye of the formula ##STR1## where R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl, X is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, phenoxy, mercapto, alkylthio, phenylthio, alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl or phenyl and Y is cyano, nitro, alkanoyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzoyl, alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, Co-Z, where Z is unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy, amino, mono- or dialkyl-amino, pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino or N-alkyl-piperazino, and K is the radical of a coupling component is used as dyes for dyeing fiber material.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to N-[3-phosphoranylidenyl-1-azacyclopenta-2,4-dione] radical-containing-compounds which are effective, storage stable latent catalysts for a variety of high performance resin systems.

Abstract: Chain extended tougheners derived from the reaction of a propenylphenol, a di- or polyphenol, and an epoxy resin may be used to increase the toughness of bismaleimide resin systems.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the preparation of capped polyoxyalkylene block polyethers with exceptionally low hydroxyl numbers and correspondingly high capping efficiency. This improvement is accomplished through the use of cesium hydroxide catalysis during oxyethylation.

Abstract: Aqueous glyoxylic acid solutions, essentially free of other acids, are recovered from aqueous solutions which still contain other acids, by a method in which the aqueous solution is mixed with an organic nitrogen compound at as high as 50.degree. C., the phases are separated, and the glyoxylic acid is extracted from the organic phase with water, at a higher temperature.

Abstract: Carbonyl halides of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is an organic radical of more than 7 carbon atoms and X is chlorine or bromine, are prepared by reacting carboxylic acids of the general formula II ##STR2## where R has the abovementioned meaning, with phosphorus chlorides or bromides by treating these reaction mixtures with carboxamide/hydrochloride or hydrobromide mixtures which are not homogeneously miscible with the carbonyl halides I and then separating off the carboxamide hydrochloride or hydrobromide phase.

Abstract: Pyruvic acid is prepared by microbiological oxidation of D-(-)-lactic acid.

Abstract: In polymer ammonium salts which are formed from a copolymer (A) which can be modified by a polymer-analogous reaction and from one or more amines (B), the copolymer (A) is obtainable by copolymerization of a monomer mixture of(a.sub.1) ethylene,(a.sub.2) acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, and(a.sub.3) one or more further monomers from the group consisting of the vinyl esters, vinyl ethers, acrylates, methacrylates, acrylamides and methacrylamides, and the amines (B) are selected from the group consisting of the(b.sub.1) cyclic amines of the general formula I ##STR1## and/or from the group consisting of the (b.sub.2) open-chain amines of the general formula II ##STR2## and/or from the group consisting of (b.sub.3) 1,4-thiazine, N,N',N"-trisvinylmelamine and N,N',N"-triallylmelamine, Z, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 having the meanings stated in the description.

Abstract: Finely divided ethane polymers are prepared using a Ziegler catalyst system consisting of (1) a titanium-containing catalyst component which has been obtained by (1.1) precipitation in an organic liquid comprising (1.1.1) a solution of titanium tetrachloride in a hydrocarbon, (1.1.2) a solution of a certain organoaluminum compound in a hydrocarbon and (1.1.3) an alpha-monoalkene, and (2) an aluminum-containing catalyst component. In this process, the component (1) used is a component where (1.

Abstract: 4-Nitro-5-imidazolyl ethers and thioethers of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkylaryl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkylaryl, R.sup.3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylaryl or a heterocyclic or heteroaromatic radical or a counter-ion of the corresponding alcoholate or thiolate or, where X is sulfur, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, and X is oxygen or sulfur, and the stated organic radicals may furthermore carry substituents which are inert under the reaction conditions, are prepared by reacting a dinitroimidazole of the formula II ##STR2## with an alcohol or thiol of the formula IIIR.sup.3 --XH (III)in a solvent or diluent at a pH of the from 4 to 16.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media essentially consisting of a disk-shaped aluminum substrate, a nonmagnetic (Ni-P) lower film, a chromium-containing intermediate film and a ferromagnetic metal film are produced by a process in which the surface of the (Ni-P) lower film is cleaned by RF sputter etching and then oxidized.