Abstract: Completely aromatic polyesters which form a liquid-crystalline filament-forming melt at below 300.degree. C. and essentially consist of(a) from 3 to 15 mol % of units derived from hydroquinone,(b) from 5 to 35 mol % of units derived from 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene,(c) molar amounts, equivalent to the sum of (a) and (b), of units derived from terephthalic acid, and(d) from 10 to 70 mol % of units derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid,and their preparation.

Abstract: A synthetic resin which contains quaternary ammonium groups, and its preparation.The water-dilutable synthetic resin which contains quaternary ammonium groups and furthermore contains one or more basic secondary and/or tertiary amino groups per quaternary ammonium group is an adduct of(A) a quaternary ammonium salt which is obtained by reacting(a) an organic compound containing two or more basic amino groups per molecule, one of which is a primary group and is protected as a ketimine by prior reaction with a ketone, and the remaining groups are tertiary groups, with(b) an organic or inorganic acid and(c) a monoepoxide compound, and, if necessary, then eliminating the ketone hydrolytically,(B) a resin which contains on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxide groups per molecule, and, if required,(C) one or more monofunctional organic compounds whose functional group is capable of undergoing an addition reaction with an epoxide.

Abstract: Acicular metal particles consisting essentially of iron are prepared by reducing .alpha.-iron(III) oxide obtained--by dehydration--from acicular iron(III) oxide hydroxide prepared in the presence of phosphate ions and having a shape-stabilizing surface coating.

Abstract: In a particularly time-saving and economical process for deliming hides, a cyclic ester of sulfurous acid with an aliphatic 1,2-diol is used as the deliming agent.

Abstract: Caprolactam is prepared by a process in which(a) a 5-formylvalerate is reacted with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of an alkanol as a 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 and(c) the reaction mixture thus obtained is heated to 150.degree.-250.degree. C. and .epsilon.-caprolactam is obtained.

Abstract: .epsilon.-caprolactam is prepared by a process in which(a) a 5-formylvalerate is reacted with water in the presence of an acidic agent at from 30.degree. to 200.degree. C.,(b) the 5-formylvaleric acid thus obtained is reacted with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and of a solvent which is inert under the reaction conditions, at from 50.degree. to 150.degree. C. under superatmospheric pressure, and(c) after the ammonia has been separated off, the resulting solution of 6-aminocaproic acid is heated to 150.degree.-370.degree. C. and the caprolactam formed is isolated.

Abstract: A horizontal solid-bed polymerization reactor which is divided into a plurality of zones, for example a reaction zone, an after-reaction zone, a heating zone and a product discharge zone and possesses inlet and outlet openings for feeding substances into the zones and/or removing substances from the zones, the zones being separated from one another over a part of the reactor cross-section by means of weirs, wherein two drive shafts which are independent of one another and possess mixing elements are introduced into the solid-bed polymerization reactor in the middle.

Abstract: Pyridine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the meanings stated in the description, and their preparation.The substances are useful for treating disorders.

Abstract: Novel disubstituted bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl or-alkenyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together are .dbd.O, .dbd.CH--CN, .dbd.CH--CO--OCH.sub.3 or .dbd.CH--CO--OC.sub.2 H.sup.5, or R.sup.3 is hydrogen, --CH.sub.3, --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 or --C.tbd.CH when R.sup.4 is --OH or --O--CO--CH.sub.3, or R.sup.3 is H when R.sup.4 is --CH.sub.2 --CO--OCH.sub.3, --CH.sub.2 --CO--OC.sub.2 H.sub.5 or --CH.sub.2 --C.tbd.N and one or both of the dashed lines may be a further bond, are obtained by subjecting cyclopentadiene to a Diels-Alder reaction with an unsaturated ketone, this reaction being catalyzed by a Lewis acid, and then subjecting the compound of the formula Ia ##STR2## initially formed to a reduction, a Grignard reaction or a reaction with diethylphosphonoacetonitrile or ethyl phosphonoacetate and NaH.They can be used as scents and/or aromas or as intermediates for scents.

Abstract: Cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is alkyl, unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkenyl, or alkynyl, each of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical of up to 4 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 hydrocarbon radicals of a total of up to 8 carbon atoms, by aryl of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or by benzyl, R.sup.4 is, when R.sup.3 is unsaturated or olefinically or aromatically substituted, alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is further unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkenyl of from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, alkynyl of from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, naphthyl, arylalkyl or arylalkenyl, where aryl is of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or alkoxy, each of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or by halogen, and where alkyl or alkenyl is of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms, at least 2 of which being between aryl and sulfur, Z is H, CN, CH.sub.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic polyesters which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 300.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 10 to 25 mol % of repeat units of the formula I ##STR1## (b) from 5 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula II ##STR2## (c) from 5 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula III ##STR3## (d) not less than 10 mol % of repeat units of the formula IV ##STR4## and (e) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of (a), (b) and (c) of repeat units of the formula V ##STR5## the molar proportions of components a, b, c, d and e adding up to 100 mol % in each case, the preparation thereof and fibers, films, moldings and surface coatings prepared therefrom.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester imides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mol % of repeat units of the formulae I and/or II ##STR1## where x can be identical or different and each is --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or .dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2, and n is 1 or 2,(b) from 0 to 30 mol % of repeat units of the formulae III and/or IV ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components (a) and (b) of repeat units(c1) from 3 to 35 mol % of units of the formula V ##STR3## and one or more of the repeat units.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester imides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mole % of repeat units of the formulae I and/or II ##STR1## where the Xs and n's can be identical or different, each X being --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or .dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 and n being 0 or 1,(b) from 0 to 30 mole % of repeat units of the formulae III and/or IV ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components a and b of one or more of the repeat units of the formulae V, VI, VII or VIII ##STR3## (d) not less than 10 mole % of repeat units of the formula IX ##STR4## (e) if desired from 5 to 25 mole % of repeat units of the formula X ##STR5## the molar proportions of components a, b, c, d, and e adding up to 100 mole % in each case,and the preparation thereof.

Abstract: Laminates of metals and electrically conductive polymers are prepared by a process in which first a layer of an electrically conductive polymer is applied onto the surface of the metal by treating the monomers with an oxidizing agent, the metal coated in this manner is immersed in a solution which contains an anodically polymerizable monomer and a conductive salt, and the monomer is anodically polymerized so that it is deposited onto the coated metal.

Abstract: Ethene polymers are prepared by Phillips catalysis using (1) a supported catalyst which is loaded with chromium and titanium and (2) a co-catalyst, (1) having been obtained by preparing (1.1) a chromium- and titanium-loaded catalyst intermediate from (1.1.a) a silicate carrier material, (1.1.b) a selected chromium compound and (1.1.c) a selected titanium compound and then (1.2) heating said catalyst intermediate in an oxygen-containing gas stream, the (1) used having been obtained by, in general terms, (1.1) preparing in the first stage (1.1.1) a suspension from (1.1.1.1) a finely divided silicate carrier material and (1.1.1.2) a liquid alkane, (1.1.2) then (1.1.2.1) combining the suspension resulting from (1.1.1.) with (1.1.2.2.) a finely divided chromium trioxide, (1.1.3) thereupon (1.1.3.1) combining the suspension obtained from (1.1.2) with (1.1.3.2) an alkanol, (1.1.4) thereafter (1.1.4.1) combining the suspension formed in (1.1.3) with (1.1.4.2) a titanium compound of the formula Ti(OR).sub.

Abstract: Wastewaters which contain carbon black and ash and originate from high temperature processes and in which the carbon black is present in a very finely divided state and partially in a colloidal state are treated and disposed of by a process in which the wastewater is treated with calcium carbonate or calcium hydroxide and an organic flocculant and subjected to a two-stage filtration and the resulting filter cake containing carbon black and ash is subjected to an aftertreatment with an aqueous iron salt solution.

Abstract: A process for the batchwise preparation of polyoxybutylene polyoxyalkylene glycols by copolymerizing tetrahydrofuran with a 1,2-alkylene oxide in the presence of compounds containing reactive hydrogen, the polymerization being carried out over a bleaching earth catalyst or zeolite catalyst, and the 1,2-alkylene oxide being fed to the reaction mixture in such manner that the concentration of the 1,2-alkylene oxide in the reaction mixture is kept at below 2% by weight during the polymerization.

Abstract: An aqueous glyoxal solution is decolorized by a process in which the said solution is passed over granulated active carbon which is arranged in a fixed bed and whose differential pore radius distribution has a maximum of from 10 to 100 A, the Peclet number being from 500 to 5000, the decolorized glyoxal solution is discharged, the active carbon bed is then regenerated by treating it with an aqueous solution of an alkaline agent and then with an aqueous acid, and further glyoxal solution to be decolorized is passed over the active carbon regenerated in this manner.

Abstract: Finely divided, pulverulent carotenoid preparations in which the carotenoid essentially has a particle size of less than 0.5 micron are prepared by a process in which a carotenoid is dissolved in a volatile, water-miscible, organic solvent at from 50.degree. to 240.degree. C., under atmospheric or superatmospheric pressure, in less than 10 seconds, the carotenoid is precipitated in colloidal disperse form from the resulting molecular disperse solution by rapid mixing with milk at from 0.degree. to 50.degree. C., and the resulting dispersion is freed from the solvent and the dispersing medium in a conventional manner.

Abstract: Tertiary phosphine oxides, phosphine sulfides and/or phosphine dihalides are reduced to tertiary phosphines by reaction with a hydrocarbon in the presence of carbon at elevated temperatures.