Abstract: 1-Alkyl- or 1-cycloalkylpiperazines are prepared by reacting piperazine with an alkanol or cycloalkanol in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst by a process in which the reaction is carried out at from 130.degree. to 190.degree. C. under from 5 to 100 bar in the presence of from 5 to 40% by weight, based on the reaction mixture, of water, and the molar ratio of piperazine to alkanol or cycloalkanol is kept at from 1:1.5 to 1:8.

Abstract: Solutions of molecular oxygen in liquid hydrocarbons are prepared by bringing a liquid hydrocarbon into contact with molecular oxygen under superatmospheric pressure in a vertical absorption zone, by a process in which(a) a layer of water is maintained at the lower end of the absorption zone,(b) molecular oxygen is passed into the layer of water,(c) a liquid hydrocarbon is fed in above the layer of water,(d) the finely divided molecular oxygen rising from the layer of water is passed upward together with the liquid hydrocarbon at from 0.degree. to 50.degree. C., with thorough mixing in the absorption zone, with the proviso that no cohesive gas phase is formed, and(e) the solution of molecular oxygen in the liquid hydrocarbon is discharged in the upper part of the absorption zone.

Abstract: A novel bisulfite adduct of menadione, the menadione choline bisulfite adduct, a process for its preparation, and its use as an antihemorrhagic agent.

Abstract: 1,2-Benzisothiazolones and their alkali metal salts are prepared by reacting 2,2'-dithiodibenzamides in the presence of oxygen or oxygen donors in an aqueous alkaline medium to which a water-soluble organic solvent may be added and, if desired, freeing the benzisothiazolones from the alkali metal salts with acid.

Abstract: The jacket blanks punched out from a film web are folded to give jackets and then closed by spot welding with the aid of a wavy resistance belt, the welding temperature being produced for a short time by means of a current pulse in the resistance belt.

Abstract: A combination of acetylsalicylic acid and pyridazinone derivatives can be used for the treatment of thromboembolic disorders.

Abstract: Aqueous acidic scrubbing liquors obtained when oxidation mixtures from the oxidation of cyclohexane are scrubbed with water are stabilized by a process in which the scrubbing liquors are heated at from 50.degree. to 130.degree. C. in the presence of a water-soluble vanadium compound.

Abstract: .alpha.,.beta.-Diaminoacrylonitriles of the general formula IR.sup.3 R.sup.2 NC(R.sup.1).dbd.C(NR.sup.2 R.sup.3)CN Iwhere R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and independently of one another are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic radical, and the organic radicals R.sup.2 may furthermore be bonded to one another to form a 6-membered or 7-membered ring, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be bonded to one another to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring, are prepared by reacting an .alpha.-dicarbonyl compound R.sup.1 COCHO, or a reactive derivative of this with (a) a salt of sulfurous acid or sulfur dioxide, (b) an amine HNR.sup.2 R.sup.3 or an aliphatic diamine R.sup.3 HN-(CH.sub.2).sub.n NHR.sub.3 where n is 2 or 3 and (c) hydrocyanic acid or a hydrocyanic acid donor in any sequence.

Abstract: Cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 have the meanings stated in the description, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: Aliphatic chlorine compounds of the formulaX--R.sup.1 --Cl Iwhere R.sup.1 is alkylene which may be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and which may be substituted by halogen, alkyl or aryl, and X is hydrogen, chlorine or OR.sup.2, where R.sup.2 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, are prepared by decarboxylating chloroformic acid esters or diesters at elevated temperatures by decarboxylating in the presence of a quaternary ammonium or phosphonium salt as catalyst.

Abstract: An injection molding machine for use with at least two melting and injector units includes a fixed die platen, a movable die platen, and fixed spars on which said movable die platen moved. The die platens mount half-mold parts of injection molds while the other half-mold parts are positioned on a prismatic support base which can be rotated around its axis between these half-mold parts and which is movable in the direction of the fixed spars. The movable die platen mounts movable spars along which the prismatic support base is guided in the area between the two die platens. On the rear face of the movable die platen which faces away from the support base is positioned at least one drive for the two movable spars, and the movable die platen includes at least one runner for plasticized material injected therein from a melting and injector unit.

Abstract: Pore-free, compact moldings of silicon nitride are produced by a method in which amorphous silicon nitride powder is compressed in a first stage at from 1200.degree. to 1350.degree. C. and from 50 to 600 kp/cm.sup.2 to give a glassy molding, and the silicon nitride is converted in a second stage to crystalline silicon nitride at from 1400.degree. to 1800.degree. C. without the use of pressure.

Abstract: Mixtures which are curable by heating or irradiation with actinic light contain one or more cationically curable compounds, such as an epoxy, an olefinically unsaturated monomer, amino resin or phenolic resin, and as a cationically active curing catalyst one or more N-sulfonylamino-sulfonium salts of the formula ##STR1## such as N-p-toluenesulfonyl-N-methylaminodiphenylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate with or without quinones or peroxides are suitable, inter alia, for producing moldings, coatings, relief images and resist patterns.

Abstract: Novel heat bondable bicomponent fibers useful in the production of nonwoven fabrics, as well as methods for the production of such fibers, are disclosed. The fibers comprise a latently adhesive component for forming interfilamentary bonds upon the application of heat and subsequent cooling, and another component, and are characterized by the fact that upon the application of heat sufficient to melt the latently adhesive component and subsequent cooling, a substantial shrinkage force appears in said other component only after resolidification of said latently adhesive component.

Abstract: This invention relates to polyester polyols which are liquid at 25.degree. C. and contain units having the structure --OCH.sub.2 --CH(CH.sub.3)--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O-- which are bound together and have an average functionality of from about 2 to 3, a hydroxyl number of from about 25 to 300, an acid number of less than about 2, and a viscosity of from about 200 to 10.sup.5 mPas at 25.degree. C. The polyols are prepared through polycondensation in the molten state, in the presence of or absence of esterification catalysts, of an aliphatic di- and/or polycarboxylic acid and/or di- and/or polycarboxylic acid ahydride and 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol or mixtures comprised of 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol and at least one linear or branched, aliphatic di- through tetravalent alcohol, which optionally contains ether bridges and has a 2-methyl-1,4-butanediol content of at least 20 weight percent based on the weight of the alcohol mixture.

Abstract: Caprolactam is prepared by a process in which(a) the 5-formylvalerate is reacted with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of an alkanol as the solvent and in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst under superatmospheric pressure in the liquid phase at from 40.degree. to 130.degree. C.,(b) excess ammonia and hydrogen are separated off from the reaction mixture,(c) the resulting reaction mixture is reacted with water at elevated temperatures with simultaneous removal of alkanols, and(d) the reaction mixture thus obtained is heated to 150.degree.-370.degree. C. and .epsilon.-caprolactam is obtained.

Abstract: Polyurethane adhesive mixtures or polyurethane adhesive solutions contain(a) a polyurethane elastomer which advantageously has a mean molecular weight of not less than 30,000 and which is prepared by reacting(i) one or more essentially linear polyesterpolyols and(ii) one or more chain extenders with(iii) a mixture of 4,4'- and 2,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate isomers in a weight ratio of from 60:40 to 40:60 and(b) if appropriate, additives and/or organic solvents.

Abstract: Phenol resins which are modified with compounds possessing amide and/or imide groups and are based on phenol resol ethers bonded via o,o'-methylene ether groups, and a process for their preparation.The novel modified phenol resol ethers are useful for the preparation of coating systems, in particular as crosslinking agents for cathodic electrocoating binders, and for the preparation of adhesives and rubber assistants.

Abstract: Floor covering adhesives substantially comprisingA. a dispersion of a copolymer of20-60% by weight of vinylidene chloride34-80% by weight of a mixture of 40-80 parts by weight of esters of acrylic acid with C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkanols and 20-60 parts by weight of vinyl esters and0.5 to 6% by weight of .alpha.,62 -monoolefinically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -mono- and/or dicarboxylic acids and/or amides thereof and/or vinyl sulfonate,B. 30-150 parts by weight (solid), based on 100 parts of a copolymer of A, of tackifying resins from the group of the rosins and derivatives thereof,C. 0-50 parts by weight, based on 100 parts of resin B, of plasticizers and/or liquid resins and also, if desired,D. fillers,are shampoo-resistant and have a high peel strength.

Abstract: A solvent-free curable composition has a long shelf life and consists ofA 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin andB from 10 to 100 parts by weight of .[.,.]. .Iadd.4,4-bis-(para-aminobenzoyl)-piperazine .Iaddend.as a curing agent for the epoxy resin, .[.an aromatic diamine containing ##STR1## groups,.]. with or without C from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of an accelerator, the curing agent for the epoxy resin being finely dispersed in the latter and preferably having a particle size of less than 10 .mu.m. .[.The preferred epoxy resin curing agent is 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl ketone..]. The curable composition is used in particular for the preparation of fiber-reinforced materials.