Abstract: A liquid-crystalline polymer phase having an induced cholesteric structure comprises a component having a chiral structure and a component having a nematic structure and contains a polymer with nematogenic units of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl, n is an integer from 1 to 6 and R.sub.3 represents specific structural elements containing at least two phenylene groups. Preferred is a copolymer comprising a component of the above formula and an additional chiral component of similar structure, prepared by copolymerization of the nematogenic monomer with the chiral monomer.The liquid-crystalline polymer phase permits variation of the wavelength of the reflected light .lambda..sub.R, and its cholesteric structure can be converted to the glassy polymer state and remains preserved in the solid state. Such liquid-crystalline polymer phases can be used in integrated optics, opto-electronics and information storage, e.g. for the manufacture of polarization filters or selective reflectors.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a very hard catalyst carrier from a mixture of aluminum oxides which in addition to .alpha.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 contains other modifications, preferably .gamma.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3. The .alpha.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 is first pretreated with an acid, base and/or metal salt solution and is then mixed with the other aluminum oxides or their intermediates.

Abstract: 2,2-Bis(4-allyloxy-3,5-dibromophenyl)-propane is used as a flame-retardant synergist for polystyrene.

Abstract: Stable melamine-polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol dispersions are prepared by the in situ reduction of melamine particles wherein 90 percent of the melamine particles have a particle size of less than 10 microns. Stabilizers for the melamine-polyol dispersion are selected from the group consisting of(a) silicic acids and silicates,(b) salts of perfluorinated alkyl carboxylic acids having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, salts of alkyl sulfonic acids and perfluorinated alkylsulfonic acids having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and polyperfluoroether polyols having molecular weights of 300 to 6000, and(c) salts of fatty alcohol sulfates having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.These dispersions are useful for the preparation of polyurethane foams.

Abstract: Tertiary, cyclic, bridgehead amines are disclosed as useful corrosion inhibitors for metals in contact with aqueous alkaline liquids. The disclosed amines have been found to be strongly resistant to thermal decomposition, to chemical attack, and to nitrosation. The use of these corrosion inhibitors is particularly desirable in aqueous alcohol compositions useful as a heat exchange liquid in the cooling systems of an internal combustion engine wherein said aqueous solutions are ethylene glycol-based compositions. The disclosed amines are useful under alkaline conditions alone or in combination with conventional corrosion inhibitors such as water-soluble metal salts of tolyltriazole and phosphoric acid, alkali metal nitrites and nitrates, and alkali metal phosphates.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable recording composition which comprises a mixture, containing a photoinitiator, of (a) a photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated monomer and (b) an organic polymeric binder, wherein the photoinitiator is an acylphosphine oxide compound of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 PO-CO-R.sup.3, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are certain organic radicals and R.sup.3 is tert.-alkyl or a cyclic radical with two substituents in the ortho-position to the carbonyl group. The recording compositions have a high reactivity when irradiated with UV light and are used in particular for the preparation of printing plates, relief plates and photoresists.

Abstract: A yellow pigment capable of withstanding elevated temperatures such as 200.degree. C. is provided by the formation of a spinel of iron and other metal, such as Mg, Zn, and Sn. The pigment is made by a method which does not involve a step of calcining at high temperature, such as 600.degree. to 1100.degree. C., but rather involves precipitation from aqueous solution and subsequent exposure to elemental oxygen, as by aeration, to form submicron-sized particles of desired spinel.

Abstract: A process for isolating butadiene, with the aid of a selective solvent, from a C.sub.4 -hydrocarbon mixture which contains butadiene and small amounts of styrene and may contain oxygen, hydrocarbons more soluble than butadiene in the selective solvent and hydrocarbons less soluble than butadiene in the selective solvent, in which process the C.sub.4 -hydrocarbon mixture is separated by extractive distillation into a distillate which contains the less soluble hydrocarbons, a stream of butadiene and a stream containing the more soluble hydrocarbons, and in which a mixture of styrene and C.sub.4 -hydrocarbons is removed from the C.sub.4 -hydrocarbon mixture in a distillation zone upstream of the extractive distillation, the top product of the said distillation zone being fed to the extractive distillation.

Abstract: 2-(1-methyl-eth-1-en-1-yl)-,2-(1-methyl-prop-1-en-1-yl)-, 2-(eth-1-en-1-yl)- and 2-(prop-1-en-1-yl)-4-methyl-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrans substituted in the 2-position of the side chain by hydroxymethyl, acyloxymethyl, alkoxycarbonylmethyl, halomethyl or formyl. The novel 4-methyl-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrans are obtained by reaction of 3-methyl-but-3-en-1-ol with an appropriately substituted unsaturated aldehyde in the presence of an acid catalyst. The products possess very interesting organoleptic properties.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a process for the preparation of an aromatic di- and/or polyisocyanate comprising the steps ofA. preparing an aromatic di- and/or polyurethane by1. reacting a primary aromatic di- and/or polyamine with an O-alkyl carbamate at temperatures greater than 100.degree. C.;2. separating the ammonia and other by-products from the aromatic di- and/or polyurethane;B. heating and the aromatic di- and/or polyurethane at temperatures of from 175.degree. C. to 600.degree. C.; andC. isolating the di- and/or polyisocyanate resulting from step B.

Abstract: Molding materials containing styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers, in which an additional essential ingredient is from 0.1 to 2.0% by weight, based on the copolymer, of a three-block polymer X-Y-X, where X is a terminal ethylene oxide block and Y is a central propylene oxide block. The proportion of terminal ethylene oxide blocks X, based on block copolymer, is from 5 to 20% by weight, while the central propylene oxide block Y has a number-average mean molecular weight of from 700 to 3,000 and its proportion is from 80 to 95% by weight, based on block copolymer. The number-average molecular weight of the sum of the two terminal blocks X is from 140 to 1,000.

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 the preparation of the sought-after scent 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrofuran-3-one, and novel intermediates for the preparation of this compound.2,5-Dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrofuran-3-one is prepared by first epoxidizing hex-3-ene-2,5-diol in the liquid phase with hydrogen peroxide to give the novel compound 3,4-epoxy-hexane-2,5-diol, which at 40.degree.-280.degree. C. is converted, by means of a catalytic amount of an acid, to the novel compound 2,5-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan. The latter is dehydrogenated by means of oxygen over a silver catalyst or copper catalyst to give the nove compound 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran-3-one, which is oxidized by means of bismuth oxide, in concentrated acetic acid solution, to give the desired compound 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrofuran-3-one.

Abstract: Binders, impregnating agents and coating agents based on an aqueous dispersion of an amide-containing copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains recurring units of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is H and/or CH.sub.3, eliminate virtually no formaldehyde in use and may advantageously be used as binders for bonding nonwovens.

Abstract: A pigment capable of withstanding elevated temperatures such as 175.degree. C. is provided by the formation of a spinel of iron and other metal, such as Cu, Ca, Cd, Co, Ba, Sr, Mg, Mn, and Li. The pigment is made by a method which does not involve a step of calcining at high temperature, such as 600.degree. C. to 1100.degree. C., but rather involves precipitation from aqueous solution and subsequent exposure to elemental oxygen, as by aeration, to form submicron-sized particles of desired spinel. Colors other than yellow may be obtained, and the spinels of Fe-Ba and Fe-Sr have magnetic properties.

Abstract: A process for producing stable copper phthalocyanine blue pigment in the alpha form. Copper phthalocyanine blue crystals are ground to produce a powder. The powder is contacted with chlorine and mixed with sulfuric acid. The pigment-sulfuric acid mixture is then mixed with water.

Abstract: A process for separating toluene diisocyanate and/or higher boiling solvents from distillation residues obtained from the phosgenation of toluene diamine in the presence of solvents wherein the separation takes place in a fluidized bed at temperatures of 140.degree. C. to 280.degree. C.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula 1 ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a saturated, unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an unsaturated alkyl radical of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl radical of 3 to 7 carbon atoms in the ring or an alkyl radical of 1 to 4 carbon atoms which is substituted by phenyl or by a 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring containing an N, O or S atom, the phenyl ring or the heterocyclic ring itself being unsubstituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted, andR.sup.2 is hydrogen orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen are a 4-membered to 6-membered cycloaliphatic saturated heterocyclic ring,R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms,R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: Unwanted settling in a composition comprising a suspension of fine particles of coal in fuel oil is eliminated or substantially reduced by adding an effective amount of a fatty acid ester of a polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene copolymer. The fatty acid has about 12 to 22 carbon atoms in the acyl group. The polyoxyethylene groups and polyoxypropylene groups have a total molecular weight of about 500 to 2000 and contain 0 to about 60 percent by weight polyoxyethylene groups.

Abstract: Citral (I) ##STR1## is prepared by heating an acetal (IIa) or (IIb) ##STR2## in the presence of an acid catalyst while continuously distilling from the reaction mixture the 3-methylbut-2-en-1-ol (III, prenol) eliminated during the reaction.