Abstract: Oxime esters of substituted quinoline-8-carboxylic acids of the formula ##STR1## where X is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or halogen, Z is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxymethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxyethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthiomethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthioethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, each of which is unsubstituted or bears up to 3 methyl substituents, hydrogen, cyano, acetyl, benzoyl, unsubstituted benzyl or phenyl, or benzyl or phenyl bearing up to 3 substitutents selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyloxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, hydroxy, dimethylamino or acetamino, R.sup.2 is hydrogen if R.sup.1 is not hydrogen, R.sup.2 further denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxymethyl, chloromethyl, azolylmethyl, 1,1-dimethoxymethyl, cyano, C.sub.

Abstract: Copolymers useful in particular for producing two-layer resists and fabricating semiconductor devices contain from 5 to 50 mol % of monomers having o-nitrocarbinol ester groups, from 95 to 50 mol % of an olefinically unsaturated silicon-containing organic compound, from 0 to 20 mol % of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid and from 0 to 25 mol % of other copolymerizable monomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous binder dispersions for the preparation of, inter alia, paints and finishes, substantially containing(A) from 0.5 to 50% by weight of a phenolic resin precondensate,(B) from 20 to 70% by weight of a copolymer of predominant proportions of alkyl acrylates and/or methacrylates, minor proportions of comonomers with groups capable of crosslinking and other comonomers, the copolymer being in the form of a dispersion and being crosslinkable by a condensation reaction, and(C) from 10 to 70% by weight of a graft elastomer comprising a diene polymer as the base polymer and a copolymer of, substantially, styrene, acrylonitrile and C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl acrylates and/or methacrylates, as the graft polymer, the graft elastomer being in the form of a dispersion, the percentages being based on the solids content of the total amount of (A), (B) and (C).

Abstract: Novel N-arylsulfonyl-N'-pyrimidyl-ureas of the formula ##STR1## where A is a radical of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, haloalkyl, alkyl, alkoxy, CO-R.sup.4, S(O).sub.m -alkyl or SO.sub.2 R.sup.5,R.sup.2 is hydrogen, halogen, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro or methoxy,R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylthio, phenoxy, benzyloxy or alkoxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen atoms or alkoxy,R.sup.5 is alkoxy, phenoxy or benzyloxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms,m is one of the integers 0, 1 and 2,R.sup.6 is oxygen or sulfur,R.sup.7 is hydrogen or alkyl,X is alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio or halogen,Y is the methyne group -CH= andZ is azolyl linked via nitrogen, salts of these compounds, and their use for combating the growth of unwanted plants.

Abstract: .beta.-Dicarbonyl and .beta.-cyanocarbonyl compounds ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1-20 carbons, X is --COR.sup.2, Y is --COOR.sup.3, --COR.sup.3 or --CN, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, are prepared from R.sup.1 --CHO (II) and X--CH.sub.2 --Y (III) by reaction in the presence of a condensation catalyst, hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst, using an oxide or phosphate of Mg, Al, Ti, Zn or a rare earth metal as the condensation catalyst.

Abstract: Stabilizer mixtures for stabilizing plastics comprising one part by weight of a chroman derivative (I) of the general formula ##STR1## where R= ##STR2## where Z=C.sub.7 -C.sub.30 -alkyl, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --S--[C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl] or ##STR3## and from 5 to 14 parts by weight of an organic phosphite of the general formula (II) ##STR4## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical of different alkyl and/or aryl or of an organic phosphonite of the formula (III) ##STR5## where +is C(CH.sub.3).sub.3, a mixing ratio (a):(b) of from 1:6 to 1:10 being preferred.

Abstract: Riboflavin of the formula I ##STR1## is prepared by an improved process by condensing a 4,5-dimethyl-N-(D)-ribityl-2-phenylazoaniline of the formula II ##STR2## where R is H, --CL, --NO.sub.2, --CH.sub.3 or --OCH.sub.3 in the o- or p-position, with barbituric acid of the formula III ##STR3## in the presence of an acid as a condensing agent, by a process in which the acidic condensing agent used is an aliphatic secondary carboxylic acid of the general formula IV ##STR4## where R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl and R.sup.2 is alkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A photosensitive recording element which is suitable for the production of printing plates or resist images possesses a photopolymerizable recording layer which is applied to a dimensionally stable base, can be developed in an aqueous alkaline medium and contains, as a polymeric binder, one or more film-forming copolymers which are insoluble in water but soluble or dispersible in aqueous alkaline solutions and consist of from 10 to 50% by weight of one or more N-vinylamides, from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and from 30 to 80% by weight of one or more hydrophobic comonomers which, as such, form homopolymers which are insoluble in water and aqueous alkaline solutions, some of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer being esterified by reaction with glycidyl (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: A photosensitive recording element which is suitable for the production of printing plates or resist images, possesses a photopolymerizable recording layer which is applied to a dimensionally stable base, can be developed in an aqueous alkaline medium and contains, as a polymeric binder, one or more film-forming copolymers which are insoluble in water but soluble or dispersible in aqueous alkaline solutions and consist of from 10 to 50% by weight of one or more hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and from 30 to 80% by weight of one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates, some of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer being esterified by reaction with glycidyl (meth)acrylate.

Abstract: Tetraphenyldithiolene complexes of the formula ##STR1## and novel asymmetrically substituted benzoins of the formula ##STR2## where X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and X have the meanings stated in the description and Me is nickel, palladium or platinum. The complexes have very high absorption in the range from 800 to 950 nm and are readily soluble in the plastics used for the production of optical recording materials.The recording materials produced using these complexes have a very high signal/noise ratio.

Abstract: Reaction mixtures obtained by Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime with sulfuric acid or oleum are neutralized by a process which comprises the following steps:(a) mixing the reaction mixture with recycled ammonium sulfate mother liquor whose concentration is chosen so that no solid ammonium sulfate is precipitated during the neutralization,(b) neutralization by feeding gaseous ammonia which contains water or an aqueous ammonium sulfate solution in finely divided liquid form through a plurality of nozzle orifices into the solution of the reaction mixture in the ammonium sulfate mother liquor at elevated temperatures,(c) separation of crude lactam from the aqueous ammonium sulfate solution,(d) evaporation of the ammonium sulfate solution under reduced pressure and with separation of the crystalline ammonium sulfate from the ammonium sulfate mother liquor and(e) recycling of the ammonium sulfate mother liquor to stage a).

Abstract: N-(D)-ribitylxylidine (I) is prepared by reacting (D)-ribose (II) with 3,4-dimethylaniline (III) or 3,4-dimethyl-1-nitrobenzene (IV) in aqueous or aqueous/organic solution or in solution in a water-soluble organic solvent under an elevated hydrogen pressure and in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and of a boric acid compound,(a) using the boric acid compound in a catalytic amount of from about 6 to 35 mmol, preferably from 6 to 20 mmol, per mol of ribose,(b) carrying out the reaction under a hydrogen pressure of from 1 to 20, preferably from 2 to 9, bar and(c) carrying out the hydrogenation at from 40.degree. to 80.degree. C. over Raney nickel as hydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: Relief plates crosslinked by photopolymerization are produced by exposing layers which are crosslinkable by photopolymerization imagewise to actinic light and washing out the noncrosslinked parts of the layers with a developer, by a process in which the developer used contains, as an essential component, a branched or straight-chain, monoolefinically, diolefinically or triolefinically unsaturated acryclic or saturated or monoolefinically, diolefinically or triolefinically unsaturated cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon, alcohol or ketone of 8 to 15 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Novel diarylacetylenes of the formula I ##STR1## where A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the meanings stated in the description, are useful for the treatment of dermatological disorders.

Abstract: 1,4-Diacyloxybut-2-enes and 3,4-diacyloxybut-1-enes are converted into one another in the gas phase or liquid phase at from 100.degree. to 350.degree. C. under atmospheric or superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a zeolite as a catalyst.

Abstract: 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and C-substituted 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octanes of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or alkyl or alkenyl, each of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, are prepared from a heterocyclic amine of the formula (II) ##STR2## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the above meanings, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, hydroxyethyl or aminoethyl and X is hydroxyl or amino, in the presence of borosilicate and/or iron silicate zeolites as catalysts. Particularly suitable catalysts are the borosilicate and iron silicate zeolites of the pentasil type.

Abstract: A chromium complex dye of the formula ##STR1## and salts thereof are used for dyeing polyamides or leather.

Abstract: 1-(trihalomethylsulfenyl)-4-aryl-1,2,4-triazolidin-5-ones of the formula ##STR1## where R is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or is alkenyl or cycloalkyl, X is hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy, alkenyl, cyano, nitro, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenoxy, n is an integer from 1 to 5, and Y is fluorine or chlorine, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Alpha,beta-substituted acroleins of the general formula I ##STR1## where A and B are identical or different and are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, naphthyl, biphenyl or phenyl which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by halogen, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, phenoxy or phenylsulfonyl, are prepared by a process in which a compound of the general formula III ##STR2## where A has the above meanings and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or together possess the carbon atoms required to complete a ring, is reacted with a phosphorus compound of the general formula IV or V ##STR3## where B the meanings stated above, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are as defined above and X.sup..crclbar. is a halide ion, in the presence of a base. The alpha,beta-substituted acroleins can be further processed to give hydroxymethyloxiranes.

Abstract: Fluoroalkyl-substituted quinoline derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is chlorine, fluorine, hydroxyl, O.sup..crclbar. Met.sup..sym., C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or a radical of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -fluoroalkyl, R.sup.4 is fluorine, chlorine or bromine, with the proviso that one or both of the radicals R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -fluoroalkyl, herbicides containing these compounds as active ingredients, and their use for controlling unwanted plant growth.