Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material contains a styrene polymer, a polyphenylene ether and, as a component for improving the impact strength, a block copolymer obtained by reacting an ethylene copolymer with an active polymeric anion.

Abstract: 40The efficiency of high molecular weight crosslinked polycarboxylic acids which are used as thickeners for neutral and alkaline aqueous systems and are obtained by precipitation polymerization or suspension polymerization of a mixture of(a) from 70 to 99.9% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids,(b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of ethylenically diunsaturated or polyunsaturated monomers and(c) from 0 to 20% by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomersat as high as 75.degree. C. is increased by a process in which the copolymer is heated for from 2 minutes to 5 hours at from 80.degree. to 130.degree. C. after the polymerization.

Abstract: Reaction products of certain tertiary phosphines, alkylene oxides, and carboxylic acids have been found to be effective catalysts for the preparation of rigid and flexible foams characterized by isocyanurate and/or urethane linkages.

Abstract: In heat-setting mixtures which have a long shelf life at room temperature and comprise a polyisocyanate and one or more compounds which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, the polyisocyanate is present, in the form of discrete particles, in a saturated or unsaturated amino-, hydrazide-, mercaptan- and/or carboxyl-containing polymer, polycondensate or polyadduct which has a functionality of more than 1 and some of which can be replaced by a polyol, and the polyisocyanate particles are deactivated at their surface so that from 0.01 to 20 equivalent percent of the total amount of isocyanate groups present is deactivated. These mixtures are useful as coating compositions, adhesives and sealant materials, particularly as undersealants for motor vehicles.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a process for preparing ferriferrocyanide pigments. The process comprises(a) forming an aqueous reaction mixture comprising(i) a ferrous salt,(ii) a compound selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, an inorganic potassium salt, and mixtures thereof, and(iii) an alkali metal ferrocyanide such that the molar ratio of (i) to (ii) to (iii) is about 1:1 to 0.9:1.5 to 1:1;(b) oxidizing the acidic solution by aeration;(c) heating the aerated solution to from 10.degree. C. to 90.degree. C.; and(d) recovering the pigment.

Abstract: Particulate polystyrene containing blowing agent and having improved expandability is based on polystyrene having a weight-average mean molecular weight of not more than from 130,000 to 180,000 and a molecular weight distribution curve in which the high molecular weight flank drops steeply. The expandable polystyrene particles are produced by polymerizing styrene in aqueous suspension in the presence of blowing agents and of chain transfer agents or styrene oligomers.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers of .alpha.-monoolefins by polymerization of the monomer or monomers using a Ziegler catalyst system comprising (1) a transition metal catalyst component and (2) an organoaluminum catalyst component, in which the transition metal catalyst component (1) employed is a solid-phase product (VI) obtained by (1.1) first bringing (1.1.1) a finely divided, porous, inorganic oxidic substance (I) as the carrier, and (1.1.2) a solution (II), as obtained on combining (IIa) an alcohol and (IIb) a transition metal composition, into contact with one another to form a suspension (III), evaporating this suspension to dryness (formation of a solid-phase intermediate (IV) and (1.2) then (1.2.1) bringing the solid-phase intermediate (IV) obtained from stage (1.1), and (1.2.

Abstract: Isoindoline dyes of the formula ##STR1## where X is a radical of the formula ##STR2## and R is hydrogen, alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, napth-1-yl or a 5-membered or 6-membered unsaturated heterocyclic radical which may or may not be fused to a benzene ring, and the rings A, the phenyl ring, the naphthyl ring and the heterocyclic radical in R are unsubstituted or substituted by non-solubilizing groups, color finishes, printing inks and plastics in deep red or brown hues which are very lightfast and fast to migration.

Abstract: Substituted 4,5-dimethoxypyridazones of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are each hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylmercapto, haloalkylmercapto, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl and n is 0, 1 or 2, are used for controlling undesirable plant growth.

Abstract: Novel 4H-3,1-benzoxazine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and Y have the meanings given in the disclosure, a process for their preparation, and their use for combating unwanted plant growth.

Abstract: Readily dispersible formulations comprising (a) finely divided copper phthalocyanine and (b) an iron hexacyanoferrate-III pigment are obtained by thoroughly milling a mixture of (a) and (b).The performance characteristics and tinctorial properties of the formulations comprising (a) and (b) can be improved by incorporating (c) a Mannich condensate obtained from 2-hydroxynaphthalene which may or may not possess 1 or 2 further .beta.-OH groups, formaldehyde and a primary or secondary amine, (d) a compound of the formula K(-NH-CONH-R).sub.2, where K is 1,5-naphthylene or 4,4'-diphenylenemethane and R is C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 -alkenyl, C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkoxypropyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 -alkoxyethyleneoxypropyl, (e) a C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -alkylbenzenesulfonic acid and (f) a mixture of (e) with a basic copper phthalocyanine and/or a salt obtained by reacting (e) with the basic copper phthalocyanine.

Abstract: Novel N-alkoxycarbonyl- and N-alkoxythiocarbonyl-amidines and a process for the preparation of alkoxycarbonyl- and alkoxythiocarbonyl- amidines by reacting an amidine with an ester of chlorocarbonic acid or chlorothiocarbonic acid in the presence of an inorganic acid acceptor and a 2-phase aqueous/organic solvent mixture at from 0.degree. to 60.degree.0 C.The novel end products which can be prepared by this process are useful starting materials for crop protection agents, and can be used in particular for the preparation of novel, selective herbicides.

Abstract: A low viscosity, stable graft polymer dispersion is prepared by polymerizing in the presence of a free radical initiator, from about 25 to about 70 weight percent based on the total weight of the dispersion, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixture of monomers, in a polyol mixture comprising (1) from about 25 to about 99 weight percent of a polyol containing from 2 to 8 hydroxyl groups and having an equivalent weight from 30 to about 200, (2) from about 1 to about 75 weight percent of a macromer containing induced unsaturation, said macromer comprising the reaction product of a polyether polyol having an equivalent weight from 100 to 10,000 with a compound having both ethylenic unsaturation and a group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl, carboxyl, anhydride, isocyanate and epoxy or mixtures thereof. These graft polymer dispersions are useful for preparing polyurethane products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic resin based on an acrylate copolymer containing epoxide groups and having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000. The acrylate copolymer comprises (a) 20 to 90% by weight of an alkyl acrylate having 1 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and/or a methacrylate having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, (b) 5 to 40% by weight of a hydroxyalkyl acrylate and/or methacrylate and (c) 5 to 40% by weight of glycidyl acrylate and/or methacrylate and/or one other olefinically unsaturated, polymerizable compound carrying an epoxide group, the total amount of components a, b and c being 100%. The hydroxyl groups of the acrylate copolymer have been reacted before or after the copolymerization was carried out at least partially with a partially blocked diisocyanate and/or polyisocyanate.

Abstract: 3,7-dichloroquinoline derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R has the meanings given in the disclosure, a process for the preparation thereof, and their use for combating unwanted plant growth.

Abstract: Carboxylates which contain aldehydes, acetals and/or unsaturated compounds and are obtained by reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound with carbon monoxide and an alkanol are purified by a process wherein the said carboxylates are treated with hydrogen at elevated temperatures in the presence of an acidic ion exchanger or zeolite doped with one or more metals of group VIII of the periodic table, and the resulting low and/or high boilers are separated off by distillation.

Abstract: Diphenyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## where Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are each hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy, Z.sub.3 is halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylmercapto, haloalkylmercapto, alkylsulfinyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl or haloalkylsulfonyl, Y is halogen, cyano or nitro, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or alkoxyalkyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, acyl or an alkali metal atom and R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl or an alkali metal atom, and herbicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Finely divided, pulverulent carotinoid or retinoid compositions, in which the carotinoid or retinoid essentially has a particle size of less than 0.5 micron, are prepared by a process wherein a carotinoid or retinoid is dissolved in a volatile, water-miscible, organic solvent at from 50.degree. C. to 200.degree. C., if necessary under superatmospheric pressure, within the space of less than 10 seconds. The carotinoid is immediately precipitated, in a colloidally disperse form, from the molecularly disperse solution by rapidly mixing the latter with an aqueous solution of a swellable colloid at from 0.degree. C. to 50.degree. C., and the resulting dispersion is freed from the solvent and the dispersing medium in a conventional manner.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of water-in-water secondary dispersions of homo- or copolymers of (meth)acryl compounds through the dispersion of fine particle polymers of the type cited in an aqueous solution which contains in dissolved form from 2 to 50 weight percent of a polymer of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide having a molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000. The secondary dispersions can be easily diluted with water and are used as flocculants.

Abstract: Acylphosphine sulfides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl or heterocyclic radical; R.sup.2 has the meaning of R.sup.1 and can be identical to or different from R.sup.1, or is alkoxy, unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy or phenoxyalkyl, or R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 are linked together to form a ring, which may contain further alkyl substituents and fused-on benzene rings; R.sup.3 is alkyl, a cycloaliphatic radical, substituted phenyl, an unsubstituted or substituted naphthyl or heterocyclic radical or the group ##STR2## where X is unsubstituted or substituted phenylene or an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic divalent radical; and where one or more of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be olefinically unsaturated.These acylphosphine sulfides can be prepared from acylphosphines and sulfur and can be used as photoinitiators in photopolymerizable compositions.