Abstract: 6H-1,2,4,6-Thiatriazine-1,1-dioxides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are an aliphatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical or a substituted aliphatic radical, R.sup.1 may also be unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted benzyl, or tetrahydrofurylmethyl and R.sup.2 may also be lower alkoxycarbo-lower alkoxy, lower alkylmercapto-carbo-lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy-carbo-lower alkylmercapto, lower alkylmercapto-carbo-lower alkylmercapto, unsubstituted or substituted aryl or unsubstituted or substituted benzyl,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, an aliphatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical or substituted aliphatic radical,R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are lower alkyl and R.sup.5 may also be hydrogen,X and Y are oxygen, sulfur, sulfinyl or sulfonyl andX.sup.1 is oxygen or sulfur, and herbicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Hydraulic fluids or metalworking lubricants are prepared utilizing mixture of water and, as lubricants and corrosion inhibitors, an alkyl dialkanolamide, a polyoxyethylene ester, and an ethoxylated alkylaryl phosphate ester. The compositions have improved extreme pressure lubricating and wear preventing characteristics and are non-flammable. The compositions can be thickened if desired using a polyglycol-type thickener and can contain conventional corrosion inhibiting and extreme pressure lubricating additives known in the prior art. Stable concentrates comprising a phosphate ester, a polyoxyethylene ether, and an alkyl alkanolamide can be prepared.

Abstract: Adhesive products comprising an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane, polyvinyl chloride powder, silicic acid and an organic solvent are employed to attach cover layers to cellular and non-cellular polyurethanes.

Abstract: A method for transferring an organic pigment from an aqueous pulp of the pigment to a water-immiscible organic vehicle. This method comprising mixing the aqueous pulp and vehicle with a petroleum sulfonate flushing aid and at least one flushing aid selected from the class consisting of sulfonated sperm oil, sulfated sperm oil, and mixtures thereof until a major portion of the water present in said pulp separates.

Abstract: Herbicidal agents containing an N-azolylmethylhaloacetanilide of the formula ##STR1## where R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, A and X have the meanings given in the disclosure, and a substituted cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivative of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, X and n have the meanings given in the disclosure, or a metal salt or ammonium salt of this cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivative.The ratio of N-azolylmethylhaloacetanilide of the formula I to cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivative of the formula II is from 1:0.125 to 1:10 parts by weight. The agents are suitable for combating unwanted grassy plants.

Abstract: 2-Imidazolines are prepared by reacting N,N'-diformyl-1,2-diamines in the gas phase at 200.degree.-350.degree. C., in the presence of certain amounts of an inert gas, over zinc oxide of a particular structure or over a mixture of this zinc oxide and aluminum oxide, as the catalyst.The 2-imidazolines obtainable by the process according to the invention are valuable starting materials for the preparation of dyes, crop protection agents and drugs.

Abstract: Isoindoline colorants of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is the radical of a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic unsaturated ring, which may or may not be fused to a benzo ring, X is ##STR2## R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, benzyl, phenyl or 1-naphthyl, and R.sup.1, the phenyl and naphthyl radicals, and the ring A may or may not be substituted by groups which do not confer solubility.In surface coatings, printing inks and plastics the novel colorants give yellow to red or brown very deep colorations which have good lightfastness, and fastness to weathering and to overspraying.

Abstract: Novel valuable N-chloromethyl-carboxylic acid anilides, a process for their preparation, and their use for the preparation of novel valuable N-carboxylic acid anilides.

Abstract: Biodegradable and low-foaming cleaning agents and dishwashing agents containing non-ionic surfactants which have been obtained by reacting one or more adducts of a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -alkanol and from 4 to 14 moles of ethylene oxide with 1,2-butylene oxide in a molar ratio of from 1:1.6 to 1:2.4.

Abstract: A stringently sodium-restricted dietetic salt consisting of a mixture of from 60 to 85% by weight of potassium chloride, from 10 to 30% by weight of potassium adipate, from 2 to 5% by weight of potassium tartrate, from 0.5 to 2% by weight of potassium glutamate, from 0.5 to 2% by weight of adipic acid and a total of from 0.004 to 0.06% by weight of potassium inosate and/or potassium guanylate, and the preparation of the salt in a fluidized bed apparatus.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive polyaromatics having conductivities greater than 10.sup.-2 S/cm., wherein from 0.5 to 5% by weight, based on the polyaromatics, of sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium or their amides, preferably in tetrahydrofuran, dimethoxyglycol, anthracene, naphthalene or 2-methylstyrene, are incorporated into polyaromatics, in the absence of moisture and of oxygen. The conductive polyaromatics obtained may be used in the electrical industry for the manufacture of solar cells, for the conversion of radiation and for the manufacture of electrical and magnetic switches, and may also be used to render plastics antistatic.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of curable polyadducts, possessing basic nitrogen groups, wherein (A) monophenols and/or polyphenols, which contain groups of the general formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each is hydrogen or methyl are reacted with (B) amines having one or more primary and/or secondary amino groups, and the adduct formed is reacted with (C) epoxide compounds having from 1 to 4 epoxide groups per molecule and having a molecular weight of at most 2,500, the ratio of the phenolic hydroxyl groups of (A) to epoxide groups of (C) being from 1:0.5 to 1:2 and the amine (B) being employed in such amount that the resulting polyadduct of (A), (B) and (C) contains from 0.1 to 5% by weight of basic nitrogen, and the use of the products, after protonation with an acid, as binders for the production of coatings, especially for the cathodic electrocoating of metal articles.

Abstract: An annular flangeless winding hub for strip materials which is stackable due in particular to its plate form that is produced by an appropriately shaped circular projection and depression. As additional locking means protrusions and recesses may be provided in the depression and in the projection respectively. Apart from asymmetrical embodiments, a symmetrical design with respect to the median plane of the winding hub can be achieved by the use of upwardly and downwardly protruding ridge members which fit into one another when a plurality of hubs are stacked one upon the other. Such a winding hub can be used for any kind of material having a ribbon-like configuration, such as magnetic tape, strips of film and punched paper tape.

Abstract: Aminopropanol derivatives of 6-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1-H-1-benzazepin-2-one of the formula ##STR1## where R is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or by alkoxy of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or is alkenyl or alkynyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms or is cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms in the ring, and their physiologically acceptable addition salts with acids, their preparation and pharmaceutical formulations, containing the said compounds, which because of their .beta.-sympatholytic action can be used as cardiac and circulatory drugs.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of ferromagnetic chromium dioxide modified with foreign elements, by reacting oxides of trivalent and hexavalent chromium under superatmospheric pressure at an elevated temperature in the presence of water and of antimony(III) oxide as modifier, with or without other modifiers in an amount not exceeding 15% by weight, wherein the antimony(III) oxide employed as modifier is, to the extent of more than one-third, present as the senarmontite cubic modification, has a specific surface area, measured by the BET method, of from 1.5 to 15 m.sup.2 /g, and is added in a total amount of up to 0.5% by weight, based on the resulting chromium dioxide.

Abstract: Hydroxylammonium salts are manufactured by a process comprising the catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with hydrogen in a dilute aqueous mineral acid in the presence of a suspended platinum catalyst at an elevated temperature, wherein the reaction is carried out in vessels of which the walls consist of conventional copper-free molybdenum-containing austenitic chromium-nickel steels which contain from 16 to 28% by weight of chromium, from 20 to 50% by weight of nickel, from 1 to 4% by weight of molybdenum and at most 0.1% by weight of carbon and which in addition contain an amount of titanium which is at least 5 times the amount of carbon but is not more than 1.0% by weight, or an amount of niobium or tantalum which is at least 8 times the amount of carbon but is not more than 1.5% by weight.

Abstract: A polyadduct/polycondensate, which is water-dilutable when protonated with an acid, and which contains basic nitrogen groups, is obtained by polyaddition reaction of(A) Mannich bases obtained from monophenols and/or polyphenols, one or more secondary amines which contain one or more hydroxyalkyl groups, or a mixture of such a secondary amine with another secondary amine, and formaldehyde or a formaldehyde donor, with(B) an epoxy resin, the polyadduct/polycondensate of (A) and (B) containing groups, bonded to aromatic rings, of the formula (I) ##STR1## with or without groups of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.1 is a polydienyl radical, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen or methyl and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl or are linked to one another to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring.The polyadduct/polycondensate can be used, for example, as a surface-coating binder for the cathodic electrocoating of metal articles.

Abstract: Imidazoles are prepared by reacting 2-imidazolines at from 250.degree. to 500.degree. C. in the presence of molybdenum oxide and nickel oxide and/or cobalt oxide and aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide and/or silicates as catalysts.The imidazoles obtainable by the process according to the invention are valuable starting materials for the preparation of dyes, crop protection agents, textile auxiliaries, catalysts for polyurethanes and epoxy resins, surfactants and drugs, for example the corresponding nitroimidazoles.

Abstract: Dyes of the thiazole series, having the general formula I ##STR1## where D is the radical of an aromatic diazo component,R is a heterocyclic radical andR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon radicals, which may also together form a ring, which may or may not be heterocyclic.The dyes according to the invention are particularly suitable for dyeing synthetic polyesters.

Abstract: New imidazole-copper complex compounds having a good fungicidal action, fungicides containing these compounds as active ingredients, processes for their manufacture, and their use for combating fungi.