Abstract: Fungicides containing an aqueous solution of a salt of 2-(methoxy-carbonylamino)-benzimidazole and a weak acid, and methods of controlling fungi and preserving wood using these solutions.

Abstract: Gravure printing plates comprising a plastic printing layer applied on a printing plate base are produced by a method wherein a solid photosensitive layer (L) firmly bonded on the printing plate base is exposed imagewise to actinic light, and the exposed layer is washed out with a developer and then subjected to thermal hardening to form the plastic printing layer. In this process, the photosensitive layer (L) employed contains, as the photosensitive component, a compound possessing two or more aromatic and/or heteroaromatic o-nitrocarbinol ester groups, and a compound which effects crosslinking and possesses two or more reactive groups which are capable of reacting with --COOH groups under the action of heat to form a covalent chemical bond.

Abstract: Salts of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-.beta.-carbolines of the formula I ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or trifluoromethyl, x is halogen and n is an integer from 2 to 5, and their preparation are described. The compounds are intermediates for the preparation of pharmacologically active substances.

Abstract: Novel dichloroacetamides of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, m, n, p and q have the meanings given in the description.The compounds are antagonists which increase the toleration, by crops, of herbicidal acetanilides. Herbicides containing the dichloroacetamides of the formula I in combination with acetanilides may be used for controlling undesired plant growth in Indian corn and cereals.

Abstract: A coating composition, in particular for producing the transparent topcoat of a multilayer coating. The coating composition contains as binders two acrylic polymers, A and B, as well as aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanates. Acrylic polymer A has a molecular weight of 800 to 4,000, a hydroxyl number of 80 to 180 and a glass transition temperature of below -10.degree. C. Acrylic polymer B has a molecular weight of 3,000 to 10,000, a hydroxyl number of 40 to 120 and a glass transition temperature of -10.degree. C. to +10.degree. C. Whereas in acrylic polymer A the proportion of acrylic acid esters predominates, polymer B contains methacrylic acid esters as predominant monomer components.

Abstract: Ionones are prepared by cyclization of pseudoionone with concentrated sulfuric acid in the presence of an organic solvent or diluent, while cooling, and by dilution of the reaction mixture with water, by a continuous process in which the pseudoionone is combined with an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon which boils at 25.degree.-65.degree. C. under the reaction conditions, or an aliphatic chlorohydrocarbon, and the sulfuric acid, with thorough mixing and evaporative cooling by partial or complete vaporization of the solvent present in the reaction mixture, combination being effected so that the temperature of the reaction mixture is from 25.degree. to 65.degree. C. and the residence time of this mixture before it is diluted with water is from 0.5 to 20, preferably from 0.1 to 5, seconds.The novel process can be used to prepare .alpha.- and .beta.-ionone in a technically simple and advantageous manner and in very good yields.

Abstract: 1-Oxo-2-phenyl-2-(2-alkylaminoethyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalenes of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or benzyl, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together may furthermore be a C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkylene chain, and their salts with physiologically tolerated acids, and their preparation, are described.The novel compounds are useful active compounds for treating disorders.

Abstract: Polyoxybutylene polyoxyalkylene glycols are prepared by copolymerization of tetrahydrofuran with a 1,2-alkylene oxide in the presence of a compound containing reactive hydrogen, by a continuous process in which the polymerization is carried out in a reactor over a fixed-bed clay catalyst and with recycling of the reaction mixture, and less than 30% by weight, based on the reaction mixture to be recycled, of a mixture of tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-alkylene oxide and a compound containing reactive hydrogen is added to the reaction mixture, which is recycled to the reactor after flowing through the latter.

Abstract: Heterocyclically substituted nitriles of the formula I ##STR1## where X is SO.sub.2, CO, S, SO or CH.sub.2, A is an alkylene or alkenylene radical of not more than 6 carbon atoms, B is --CH.dbd.CH-- or S, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy, nitro or trifluoromethyl, and their preparation and use.The novel substances are useful for treating disorders.

Abstract: Compounds containing sulfonic acid groups and of the general formula I ##STR1## where D.sup.1 is a radical of a diazo component, X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydroxyl or unsubstituted or substituted amino, Y is hydrogen, chlorine, methyl, hydroxysulfonyl or a radical of the formulaD.sup.3 --N.dbd.N--and D.sup.2 is a radical of the formula ##STR2## D.sup.3 is a radical of a diazo component from the aniline or aminonaphthalene series, K is a radical of a coupling component from the benzene or naphthalene series, and the rings in the coupling component D.sup.2 may furthermore be substituted by chlorine, methyl, methoxy, hydroxysulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, hydroxyl or acylamino, and metal complexes of such compounds, give very fast, brown dyeings, particularly on leather.

Abstract: Compounds which, in one of the possible tautomeric forms, correspond to the general formula I ##STR1## where n is 1 or 2 and, if n is 1, R is unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl or, if n is 2, R is a bridge member, and the rings A and B can be further substituted, are outstanding colorants for surface coatings, printing inks or plastics.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polycyclic nitrogen-containing compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or an organic radical, wherein a compound of the formula ##STR2## where Alk is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R has the above meanings, is reacted with a solution of an alkali metal hydroxide or of calcium hydroxide and the product is then oxidized.

Abstract: 2,3,5,6-Tetrasubstituted p-benzoquinones of the formula I ##STR1## where R is bromine, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -acylthio or benzoylthio, their preparation and their use for the preparation of 4,8-dihydrobenzo[1,2-c:4,5-c']dithiophene-4,8-dione are described.

Abstract: Maleic anhydride is separated off from gaseous reaction mixtures by a continuous process in which the gaseous reaction mixture containing the maleic anhydride is brought into contact with butanol, the gaseous substances obtained in this procedure are brought into contact with butyl maleate by a countercurrent method, and the liquid product is removed from the bottom.

Abstract: Improved process for the preparation of salcomine useful as an oxidation catalyst for the oxidation of alkylated phenols to the corresponding alkylated p-benzoquinones by reacting salicylaldehyde with ethylenediamine in a mole ratio of about 2:1 and a cobalt salt in a liquid reaction medium wherein the reaction medium is a linear or cyclic carboxamide which is disubstituted on the nitrogen, in particular dimethylformamide, and the cobalt salt is cobalt carbonate or with the cobalt hyroxide carbonate, 2 CoCO.sub.3.3 Co(OH).sub.2.H.sub.2 O. Preparation of the salcomine in accordance with the invention offers significant advantages, both in the preparation of the salcomine itself and in the subsequent oxidation of the trimethylphenol to trimethyl-p-benzoquinone utilizing the salcomine.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to adducts of vicinal toluenediamine prepared by:(a) reacting from one to three moles of ethylene oxide with vicinal toluenediamine at a temperature of 125.degree. C., and(b) reacting the product of (a) with four to eight moles of propylene oxide at a temperature of at least 140.degree. C. in the present of at least 1.0 part of an alkali metal hydroxide catalyst.The adducts generally have a hydroxyl number of 300 to 500 and are particularly useful for the preparation of rigid polyurethane foams.

Abstract: 5-Fluorobenzoxazinones (I) ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, or trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, chlorodifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, tetrafluoroethoxy, trifluoromethylmercapto or chlorodifluoromethylmercapto in the m- or p-position, are prepared by reacting the corresponding benzoxazinone (II) ##STR2## in particular one which is 5-chloro-substituted or 5-bromo-substituted, with a fluoride, in particular potassium fluoride, in the presence or absence of a solvent, by a process in which the reaction is carried out in the absence of water or using previously dried starting materials, and in the presence or absence of a decomposition inhibitor, drying preferably being carried out by treatment with an acid halide, e.g. thionyl chloride, and the inhibitor used being a metal iodide, e.g. sodium iodide, or iodine.

Abstract: New 1,3,4-oxadiazolylmethylthiol phosphates and their use for combating pests. The 1,3,4-oxadiazolylmethylthiol phosphates have the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each denotes alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 denotes alkylthio of up to 6 carbon atoms, amino, or alkylamino or dialkylamino where alkyl is of up to 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Methyl 4-pentenoate is isolated from mixtures containing this and methyl 3-pentenoate by a process in which from 0.25 to 0.4 part by weight of water is added per part by weight of methyl 4-pentenoate, and the azeotrope of methyl 4-pentenoate and water is distilled off.

Abstract: Pyrroles are prepared by a process in which ammonia or an amine is reacted with a but-2-ene-1,4-diol in the presence of a supported catalyst containing copper, silver, zinc, palladium, nickel, cobalt and/or platinum and/or compounds of these metals as catalytic materials, and in the presence or absence of compounds of chromium and/or manganese as additional catalysts, in the gas phase.The pyrroles obtainable by the process of the invention are useful starting materials for the preparation of dyes, corrosion inhibitors, drugs and pesticides.