Abstract: Substituted hexatriene derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 has the meaning given in the description, and their preparation, are described. The compounds may be used to treat acne and psoriasis.

Abstract: 4-Monoacetals of (E)-2-methylbut-2-ene-1,4-dial of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 7 carbon atoms or benzyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form an ethylene or propylene radical which may furthermore be substituted by lower alkyl, are prepared by a process in which a compound of the general formula II ##STR2## where either R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are both one of the groups ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the above meanings, or R.sup.3 is one of the groups ##STR4## and R.sup.4 is formyl ##STR5## is reacted, at from 20.degree. to 200.degree. C., in the presence of an acidic compound, with the compound of the formula IIIR.sup.5 --OH (III)where R.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms or hydroxyalkyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each ##STR6## R.sup.5 is alkyl, and where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each ##STR7## R.sup.5 is hydrogen, and where R.sup.

Abstract: Caprolactam is prepared in a process comprising(a) a Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime with oleum at from 70.degree. to 130.degree. C. in one or more rearrangement stages, and(b) aftertreatment of the reaction mixture obtained from the rearrangement stage in a delay zone at from 70.degree. to 110.degree. C. for from 10 to 600 minutes.

Abstract: Water-immiscible solvents are removed from offgases containing same by washing with water-containing caprolactam.

Abstract: Aqueous dye mixtures for black shades containing as dyes essentially those dyes which have the C.I. number 19,140, 40,000 or 47,035, in the form of the alkanolammonium salt, and also the dyes of the formula I, II and/or III ##STR1## where the cations R.sup.+ are each independently of the others an alkanolammonium cation, a substituted or unsubstituted ammonium cation or an alkali metal cation, and the quantities of the individual dyes are such as to produce a black, are suitable in particular for dyeing paper and leather.

Abstract: The pressure in a continuous high pressure polymerization system, in which ethylene, with or without comonomers, is polymerized under high pressures and temperatures and the unconverted amounts of gas are recycled through the high pressure recycle gas system into the polymerization system, is rapidly reduced to below the particular reaction pressure when predetermined limiting pressure and/or temperature values are exceeded or when other faults occur by opening one or more pressure-relief apparatuses mounted on the high pressure polymerization system and transferring the hot let-down reaction mixture from the polymerization system via one or more let-down lines through one or more separator systems into the atmosphere, by a process in which the high pressure polymerization system is divided into a plurality of isolated sections at the same time as the let-down process is triggered and only the section in which the let-down process is triggered is let down to the atmosphere.

Abstract: 4(5)-nitroimidazole-5(4)-carboxylic acids are prepared by reacting an imidazole-4(5)-carboxylic acid with a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid at not less than 80.degree. C., the water content of the reaction mixture at the beginning of the reaction being no higher than 5% by weight, based on the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Colored single-component toners essentially consist of a magnetic pigment, a binder based on an organic polymer and/or a wax, a dye or colored pigment homogeneously distributed in the binder, and other assistants, the magnetic pigment being iron powder which has a spherical or elliptical shape.

Abstract: The properties of an adhesive are a function of its adhesive or tacky properties and its cohesive or internal strength properties. Generally, varying the polymer properties to increase the cohesive strength of the adhesive will lower the tack of the adhesive. An improvement in both the cohesive and adhesive properties of an adhesive comprising a polymer and a tackifier by using a polymer which comprises a plastic grafted onto an elastomer; and a tackifier which is more compatible in the elastomer.

Abstract: Molded flexible polyurethane foam is prepared by reacting a polyol with a urea-biuret modified polyisocyanate mixture which is composed of toluene diisocyanate and polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate.

Abstract: In a solid-state capacitor comprising a positive and a negative electrode, a dielectric medium and a solid electrolyte, the solid electrolyte contains an electroconductive polymer as essential constituent.

Abstract: Polytetramethylene ether glycol diesters having a low color number are prepared by catalytic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of a carboxylic anhydride, a bleaching earth and from 2 to 0.2% by weight, based on the tetrahydrofuran, of an alkylene oxide.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 4-methyl-imidazole by the reaction of hydroxypropanone and formamide, in which the reaction is carried out in the presence of at least twice the molar amount of ammonia, based on hydroxypropanone, in the liquid phase at temperatures of from 100.degree. to 200.degree. C. and pressures of from 10 to 250 bar.

Abstract: Aqueous solutions of organic compounds which contain salts are concentrated by electrodialysis with simultaneous reduction of the salt content of these solutions, the concentrate used being an aqueous salt solution which is not less than 1 molar.

Abstract: Fully aromatic thermotropic polyesters based on(A) from 30 to 60 mol % of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid,(B) from 20 to 35 mol % of a mixture of(B.sub.1) terephthalic acid,(B.sub.2) isophthalic acid and(B.sub.3) from 0.5 to 5 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --, n is 0 or 1 and the two imide nitrogen atoms are meta or para to X, or their C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, aryl, chlorine or bromine derivatives which are substituted in the nucleus,the molar ratio of B.sub.1 to B.sub.2 being from 1.04:1 to 19:1, and(C) from 20 to 35 mol % of a mixture of(C.sub.1) hydroquinone and(C.sub.2) 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl,the molar ratio of C.sub.1 to C.sub.2 being from 0.1:1 to 2.67:1 and the molar ratio of B to C being from 0.9:1 to 1.1:1.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is a fiber-reactive radical of the triazine, pyrimidine or vinylsulfone series, D is a radical of a sulfo-containing diazo component of the aniline or aminonaphthalene series, K is the radical of a coupling component of the aminohydroxynaphthalene series, X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, phenoxy, hydroxysulfonyl, carboxyl, acetyl, propionyl, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, phenoxysulfonyl or unsubstituted or substituted carbamyl or sulfamyl, and Y is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, phenoxy, phenoxysulfonyl, acetyl, propionyl, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, p-acetylaminophenylsulfonyl, hydroxysulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of solid pharmaceutical forms by mixing one or more pharmaceutical active compounds with one or more fusible, pharmacologically tolerated binders and, if required, other conventional pharmaceutical auxiliaries, at from 50.degree. to 180.degree. C., and subjecting the mixture to injection molding or extrusion and shaping, wherein the fusible binder used is a NVP polymer which contains not less than 20% by weight of NVP as copolymerized units, and, where they are present, all of whose comonomers contain nitrogen and/or oxygen.

Abstract: Nonionic substances which form disk-shaped micelles in aqueous solution and are of the formula ##STR1## where R is H or ##STR2## R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, R.sup.2 is H or CH.sub.3, x is from 3 to 12 and y is from 3 to 15, and polymers of compounds of the formula I where R is ##STR3## processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I and of the polymers, and the use of the compounds described as additives to detergents and cleaning agents, for other surfactant applications and as liquid crystals for optical, electronic and optoelectronic applications.

Abstract: In microelectronic components and thick-film hybrid circuits, the multilayer substrates of the said components and the substrates of the said circuits are produced using liquid crystalline polymers which can be processed by a thermoplastic method.

Abstract: 1-substituted tetralins of the formula I ##STR1## where n, 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, and their preparation are described. The compounds are useful for the treatment of disorders.