Abstract: Triazole derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R denotes benzyl substituted on the phenyl ring by linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 2-phenylvinyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen on the phenyl ring, 3-phenyl-2-propenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen on the phenyl ring, 2-phenyl-2-propenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen on the phenyl ring, 1-phenylethyl, 3-phenylpropyl or 2-phenyl-2-chloroethyl, and salts thereof.Insecticidal agents containing an insecticidal active ingredient selected from the group consisting of carbamates, phosphoric (phosphonic) (di) (thio) acid esters, pyrethrins, pyrethroids, .alpha.-alkylphenyl acetates, .alpha.-cyclopropylphenyl acetates and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and a triazole derivative of the formula I or a salt thereof, have a much stronger insecticidal action than insecticidal agents containing the individual components.

Abstract: A linked compound is a useful lubricant for fibers such as nylon and polyester, providing low volatility at a temperature below about 230.degree. C. and by oxidizing, leaving a low level of residue, at temperatures above about 230.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermal dimensionally stable RIM polyurethane elastomer prepared by reacting an organic polyisocyanate, a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol, and ethylene glycol wherein the reactants have a free-water content of less than 0.10 percent based on 100 parts of polyol plus glycol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, as a hydraulic fluid or metalworking lubricant, of compositions having water as a base and yet possessing superior lubricating and wear preventing characteristics. The fluids of the invention comprise (1) a sulfurized molybdenum or antimony compound and (2) a phosphate ester or salt thereof. The compositions can be thickened, if desired, using for instance polyglycol, polyacrylic and polyvinyl alcohol-type thickeners. The use of corrosion inhibitors, metal deactivators and other adjuvants conventional in this art is also contemplated.

Abstract: Water-based hydraulic fluids and metalworking lubricants are disclosed which are thickened with a polyether polyol having a molecular weight of about 1000 to about 75,000 modified with an alpha-olefin epoxide having about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms. Unexpectedly, synergistic thickening results from a combination of said polyether polyol with the components of a water-based hydraulic fluid or metalworking lubricant. The particularly effective components of the hydraulic fluid or metalworking lubricant are the phosphate ester and water-soluble amine corrosion inhibitor components. The hydraulic fluid and metalworking fluids of the invention also contain a water-soluble polyoxyethylated ester of an aliphatic acid and a monohydric or polyhydric aliphatic alcohol, either one or both said acid and said alcohol being polyoxyethylated, a sulfurized molybdenum or antimony compound and a metal deactivator as well as other adjuvants conventional in this art.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethane coatings prepared from the reaction products of a polyester or polyether, a hydroxyl compound containing acetylenic or ethylenic unsaturation and an organic polyisocyanate.

Abstract: Polyether-based thickeners for aqueous systems having molecular weights of about 1000 to about 75,000 which are modified with alpha-olefin epoxides having about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms exhibit increased thickening efficiency in the presence of certain organic additives. These are ethoxylated phosphate esters or mixtures of said esters with water-soluble amines. The polyethers contain about 1 to about 20 percent by weight based upon the weight of the polyether of an alpha-olefin oxide. Polyether-based thickeners containing at least one of an ethoxylated phosphate ester, or said ester in admixture with a water-soluble amine, processes for the preparation of thickened aqueous systems, and thickened aqueous compositions are disclosed. The polyether-based thickeners of the invention are particularly useful for thickening water or water-glycol mixtures which are useful as hydraulic fluids.

Abstract: A flame-retardant, antistatic synthetic polymeric fiber which is the product of the process of dispersing in said fiber about 1 percent to about 12 percent by weight of a polymer composition which is the reaction product of a polyester of a polyoxyalkylene compound having as a nucleus a nitrogen-containing reactive hydrogen containing compound with a reactant selected from the group consisting of at least one of an aliphatic or aromatic diacid, anhydride or acid halide thereof and a diol wherein at least one of said reactant is halogenated.

Abstract: The subject matter of this invention relates to the preparation of polyurethanes. It is particularly concerned with the use of certain organo-zirconium and organo-mercury compounds as co-catalysts in the preparation of polyurethanes.

Abstract: Flame-retardant thermoplastic materials are prepared from polymers and copolymers of styrene, organic halogen compounds and compounds synergistic with the halogen compounds. These synergistic compounds contain heterocyclic amide or imide groups linked by a labile --C--C-- linkage.

Abstract: Plastics, finishes and printing inks which contain, as the colorant, one or more compounds of the formula ##STR1## where A is hydrogen or phenyl andB is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl or carbo-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, the phenyl radicals and the ring C being unsubstituted or substituted by groups which do not confer solubility, andthe four groups A and B may be identical or different from one another.The colorants have a high tinctorial strength and the colorations have good fastness characteristics and high infrared reflectance.

Abstract: Alkyl anthranilates are prepared by reacting an isatin with an alkanol and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an alkali metal alkanolate.The alkyl anthranilates obtainable by the process of the invention are valuable starting materials for the preparation of pesticides, dyes and drugs.

Abstract: New and valuable polycyclic compounds which contain nitrogen-containing rings and have a strong action on plants, agents for influencing plant growth containing these compounds, and a method of influencing plant growth with these compounds.

Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of higher unsaturated ketones, such as geranylacetone and farnesylacetone, by reacting a .beta.,.gamma.-unsaturated alcohol and an alkyl acetoacetate at an elevated temperature in the presence of an organic aluminum compound, with elimination, and removal, of the alcohol derived from the alkyl acetoacetate in a reactor system carrying a fractionating column. The improvement in the purity, yield, and especially space-time yield of the product is achieved by starting from an alcohol having a higher boiling point than that of the alkyl acetoacetate used, carrying out the reaction in the presence of a small amount of an inert liquid which has a boiling point between that of the alkyl acetoacetate and the alcohol to be eliminated therefrom, and ensuring that the temperature at the bottom of the fractionating column is only slightly higher than the boiling point of the added liquid, under the prevailing pressure.

Abstract: Polyadducts, free from epoxide groups, are obtained from ammonia and epoxide compounds by reacting 1 mole of ammonia with from 1.2 to 2.0 equivalents of epoxide, so that if diepoxide compounds are used products of the general formula (I) ##STR1## are obtained, while if triepoxides and/or tetraepoxide compounds are used, by themselves, or together with diepoxide compounds, products of the general formula II ##STR2## are produced; in these formulae, the E.sup.1 's are identical or different hydroxyl-containing divalent radicals and the E.sup.2 's are identical or different hydroxyl-containing trivalent or tetravalent radicals, resulting from the opening of the oxirane rings of epoxide compounds containing two, three or four epoxide groups in the molecule, n.sup.1, n.sup.3 and n.sup.5 are from 0 to 3, n.sup.2 and n.sup.4 are from 1 to 3 and X is 0 or 1, and one or more of the divalent radicals E.sup.1 in the general formula (II) may or may not be replaced by polyvalent radicals E.sup.2.

Abstract: A process for making a polyurethane which comprises reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a higher molecular weight organic polyhydroxyl compound in the presence of a catalyst having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is sulfur or NH and n is a whole number from 2 to 6. Also used is a catalyst which is a combination of the above-mentioned catalyst and an organic tin compound.

Abstract: The process for the manufacture of but-2-en-1-ol compounds by isomerizing but-3-en-1-ol compounds in the presence of a palladium catalyst and of hydrogen is improved by modifying the palladium catalyst with selenium or tellurium.The but-2-en-1-ols manufactured according to the invention are either solvents or valuable starting materials for the manufacture of solvents, dyes, surface coatings, paints and pesticides.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a jacket, comprising two cover sheets joined to one another, for a flexible disk for data recording, the cover sheets and the nonwoven lining being punched out in the form of blanks including the functional apertures, and the cover sheet blank and the nonwoven blank being joined to one another and then folded to form the jacket, wherein the sheet material for the cover sheets is transferred from a magazine, with the aid of mechanical, air-operated grippers provided with positioning means, to an assembly surface and is there provided, the sheet of nonwoven material from a second magazine is tacked onto the cover sheet material by spot-welding and is then joined thereto over the entire surface by thermal welding, thereafter the cover sheet material thus provided with the nonwoven covering is transferred to a holder frame and then conveyed, with this frame, to a punching device where it is punched out to form a blank provided with the functional apertures, subsequently the blank

Abstract: Surface-coating binders based on a copolymer which contains tertiary amino groups and blocked isocyanate groups and is water-soluble or water-dispersible as a result of being at least partially salified with an acid. The copolymer contains, as copolymerized units, an olefinically unsaturated compound which possesses a tertiary amino group, an N-(1-alkenyl)-isocyanate which is blocked with a CH-, OH- or NH-acidic blocking agent, and another olefinically unsaturated compound, with or without one or more copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated compounds which possess hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, and has a mean molecular weight of from 1,000 to 20,000. The novel surface-coating binders are used for the cathodic electrocoating of metallic articles.

Abstract: Polyether-based thickeners for aqueous systems, said polyethers having molecular weights of about 1000 to about 25,000 which are modified by reaction with alpha-olefin oxides having about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms, exhibit increased thickening efficiency in the presence of certain organic additives. These are ethoxylated phosphate esters or mixtures of said esters with water-soluble amines. The polyethers contain about 1 to about 20 percent by weight, based upon the weight of the liquid polyether, of an alpha-olefin oxide. Polyether-based thickeners containing an ethoxylated phosphate ester, or said ester in admixture with a water-soluble amine, and thickened aqueous compositions are disclosed together with processes for the preparation of thickened aqueous systems. The polyether-based thickeners of the invention are particularly useful for thickening water or water-glycol mixtures which are useful as hydraulic fluids.