Abstract: A vitamin E dry powder, which contains a protein colloid and a disaccharide as carriers, is prepared by dispersing a vitamin E ester in a residual liquor, low in alkaline earth metal ions and rich in lactose, from the production of lactose, in the presence of from 2 to 30% by weight, based on the solids content of the residual liquor, of a caseinate, and spray-drying the dispersion.The vitamin E dry powder thus prepared is stable, easy to dose and physiologically safe, so that it can be used for any desired purpose.

Abstract: New 4-nitro-2-trichloromethylphenylsulfenamides having a fungicidal and bactericidal action, processes for their manufacture, fungicides containing these compounds as active ingredients, and a process for combating fungi with these compounds.

Abstract: Polyoxyalkylene polyamines are prepared by first reacting a polyoxyalkylene polyol or a polyoxyalkylene glycol monoether with a halogen-containing compound. The resulting halogenated ether is then aminated by the reaction therewith of a mono- or polyamine. The resulting products are substantially monoamine or polyamine derivatives depending upon the amine reactants. The resulting amines hereof are useful as intermediates for preparing cationic surfactants, cationic polymers and as fuel detergent additives.

Abstract: A process for the production of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid by hydrolysis of methyl formate which is carried out in a column having an upper fractionating section, a middle hydrolysis section and a lower extraction section and in which(a) the hydrolysis is carried out in the middle section of the columm, with water and methyl formate in countercurrent,(b) the resulting formic acid is extracted, in the lower section of the column, by means of a carboxylic acid amide which is fed into the lower end of the middle section of the column,(c) the extract phase, consisting in the main of formic acid and the carboxylic acid amide, is distillatively dehydrated, or substantially dehydrated, in the lower section of the column,(d) the methanol and uncovered methyl formate are removed by fractional distillation in the upper section of the column and(e) the pure formic acid or concentrated aqueous formic acid is distilled from the anhydrous or substantially anhydrous extract phase in a second column, le

Abstract: The compound 2-(methylthiomethylthio)-phenyl-N-methylcarbamate of the formula ##STR1## and a process for controlling pests with this compound. The compound is particularly effective on plant-damaging Homoptera.

Abstract: Aldehydes are prepared by hydroformylating the corresponding olefinically unsaturated compounds with the aid of rhodium-carbonyl complexes which contain tertiary phosphines as ligands, by carrying out the reaction in the presence of compounds of copper, silver or zinc which are soluble in the reaction mixture and do not contain any component which deactivates the rhodium-carbonyl complexes.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of butenediol diacetate by reacting butadiene with oxygen and acetic acid or with a compound which liberates acetic acid under the reaction conditions, over a solid catalyst which contains a platinum metal and one or more elements of main group 5 or 6, in the presence of butanediol diacetate, butanediol monoacetate, butanediol or a mixture of these, and the use of the butenediol diacetate, thus obtained, to prepare butane-1,4-diol by hydrogenating and then hydrolyzing the diacetate.

Abstract: Surface-coating binders based on a reaction product of Mannich bases, obtained from polyhydric phenols, secondary amines and formaldehyde, with epoxy resins. The Mannich bases and/or the epoxy resins carry hydroxyl groups, bonded to aliphatic structures, which have been converted to urethane groups by reaction with partially blocked polyisocyanates. When protonized and diluted with water, the surface-coating binders may be used as cationic electrocoatings.

Abstract: New pyridazinonyl-(di)(thio)-phosphoric (phosphonic) acid esters of the formula ##STR1## where X and Y each denote oxygen or sulfur, R.sup.1 denotes linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, mono- or dialkylamino of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in each alkyl, phenyl, or benzyl, R.sup.2 denotes linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl, R.sup.3 denotes linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl, R.sup.4 denotes linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, together with the oxygen and the carbon atom whose substituents they are, form a 5- or 6 membered saturated ring which may be substituted by alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which are effective against pests, especially insects and Arachnida, pesticides containing these pyridazinonyl-(di)(thio)-phosphoric (phosphonic) acid esters as active ingredients, and a process for combating pests with these active ingredients.

Abstract: O,N-Disubstituted hydroxylamines are prepared by reacting O-substituted ketoximes with hydrogen in the presence of a platinum catalyst at from 35 to 50 bar, in a medium containing a mineral acid.The O,N-disubstituted hydroxylamines I obtained by the process of the invention are valuable starting materials for the preparation of dyes, crop protection agents and drugs.

Abstract: Storage-stable, liquid carbodiimide-modified polyisocyanates are prepared by condensation of polyisocyanates in the presence of catalytic amounts of phospholine, phospholidine, phospholine oxides and/or phospholidine oxides, said condensation terminated and the products stabilized by means of perchloric acid or trifluoromethanesulfonic acid.

Abstract: A process for hardening microcapsules having walls of synthetic polymers containing groups reactive toward aldehyde groups, wherein hardening is effected by means of a methylolmelamine or an ether thereof at a slightly acidic to slightly alkaline pH.Very impermeable microcapsules are obtained, which are suitable for the manufacture of colorless no-carbon papers.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of an ethylene copolymer by compressing a mixture of ethylene and comonomer in a pre-compressor and a post-compressor, copolymerizing the mixture in a polymerization zone at a high temperature and high pressure, transferring the reaction mixture into a high pressure product isolation zone, from there into a low pressure product isolation zone and thereafter into a discharge extruder, and recycling the greater part of the unconverted monomer into the polymerization process and passing a small part of the unconverted gas into a low temperature isolation zone, in which process a small part of the gas recycled from the high pressure product isolation zone is passed into the low temperature isolation zone, which is preferably under a pressure of from 10 to 30 bar and at from -10.degree. to -50.degree. C., and all the gas taken off the low pressure product isolation zone is fed to the pre-compressor.

Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of polymaleic acids having molecular weights of from 200 to 1,500, by polymerizing maleic anhydride in acetic anhydride in the presence of from 0.2 to 0.5 mole of hydrogen peroxide per mole of maleic anhydride, at from 80.degree. to 140.degree. C., and builders and encrustation inhibitors comprising the polymaleic acids prepared by the said process, for use in detergents.

Abstract: Amidosulfonic acids are prepared by reacting ureas with oleum of a particular composition, first at a low temperature and then at a higher temperature, in the presence of an organic solvent. The products are starting materials for the preparation of dyes and pesticides.

Abstract: New and valuable pyrazole derivatives having a good herbicidal action, herbicides containing these compounds as active ingredients, and processes for controlling the growth of unwanted plants with these compounds.

Abstract: Carbonyl compounds R.sup.1 --CHR.sup.2 --CHR.sup.3 --CR.sup.4 O (I, R.sup.1 =H or an organic radical; R.sup.2 -R.sup.4 =H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl) are prepared by selective hydrogenation of the .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carbonyl compounds R.sup.1 --CR.sup.2 =CR.sup.3 --CR.sup.4 O (II) in the liquid phase by means of hydrogen in the presence of a palladium catalyst and of from 15 to 50% by weight, based on (II), of a tertiary amine.

Abstract: Aqueous polyisocyanate emulsions are prepared by employing water-soluble polyamides as emulsification agents.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of homopolymers and copolymers of .alpha.-monoolefins by means of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system comprising (1) a titanium halide of the formulaTiCl.sub.3.m AlCl.sub.3where m is a number from 0 to 0.5, (2) an oxygen compound of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and n is an integer from 0 to 3, and (3) an appropriate conventional aluminum-alkyl, the titanium halide (1) and the oxygen compound (2) having been milled together before use, wherein the catalyst system employed contains, as a further component (4), a phenolic compound of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a saturated hydrocarbon radical of not more than 30 carbon atoms which may also contain not more than a total of 6 ether groups and/or ester groups, R.sup.6 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.24 -alkyl and o is an integer from 1 to 6.

Abstract: Sulfamyl halides are prepared by reacting sulfamic acids with halogen in the presence of phosphorus or of a phosphorus trihalide; the sulfamic acid can first be prepared from an isocyanate or urea and then be reacted as above in a one-vessel method.The compounds obtainable by the process of the invention are valuable starting materials for the preparation of crop protection agents, dyes and drugs.