Abstract: 2-Acylamino-4-amino-5-benzylpyrimidines substituted in the phenyl ring of the benzyl radical, their production and their use as sulfonamide potentiators, as well as agents containing the same, are disclosed. The compounds 4-amino-2-formamido-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)-pyrimidine and 4-amino-2-acetamido-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)-pyrimidine are examples of the subject pyrimidines.

Abstract: Production of polymers in bead form by forming a water-in-oil suspension of an aqueous solution containing at least one water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an inert hydrophobic liquid organic dispersion medium and polymerizing the suspended monomer in the presence of a polymerization initiator and a protective colloid obtained by reacting an oily or resinous polymer of an olefin and/or diolefin, said polymer containing hydrogen atoms in the allyl position, with 2 to 30% by weight, based on the oil and/or resin, of maleic anhydride.

Abstract: Surface-coating binders and their use. The binders are reaction products of (A) Mannich bases obtained from one or more condensed phenols, free from ether groups, which contain two or more phenolic hydroxyl groups per molecule, one or more butadiene or isoprene homopolymers or copolymers which contain one or more ##STR1## groups per molecule and have a mean molecular weight of from 500 to 6,000, one or more secondary amines which contain one or more hydroxyalkyl groups per molecule, or a mixture of such secondary amines with another secondary amine, and formaldehyde or a formaldehyde donor, with (B) one or more epoxy resins. These surface-coating binders are used especially for the cathodic electrocoating of metal articles.

Abstract: Oxyalkylated bisphenols are obtained from 2,2-(p,p'-bishydroxydiphenyl)-propane and styrene in the presence of an acid catalyst and are then oxyalkylated, after which they may or may not be sulfated.

Abstract: Novel .alpha.-haloethylcarbamyl halides and a process for their manufacture by reacting vinyl isocyanate with a hydrogen halide.The .alpha.-haloethylcarbamyl halides, especially .alpha.-chloroethylcarbamyl chloride, prepared by the process of the invention, are valuable starting materials for the manufacture of surface-coating raw materials, textile coatings, dyes, drugs and crop protection agents.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polybutylene glycol carboxylic acid diesters of the formulaR-CO-O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -O).sub.n CO-R.sup.1by polymerizing pretreated tetrahydrofuran in the presence of one or more carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic acid anhydrides and of a polymerization catalyst, especially antimony pentachloride or a bleaching earth containing less than 3% by weight of water, wherein the tetrahydrofuran is treated with a strong mineral acid, an organic sulfonic acid, silica gel and/or a bleaching earth prior to the polymerization.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a red pigment from perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid N,N'-bis-methylimide which has been obtained by methylating the corresponding diimide or by fusing naphthalic acid N-methylimide with an alkali metal hydroxide which comprises vatting a suspension of N,N'-bis-methylimide dye with 0.5-1.5 times by weight of an alkali metal dithionite in the presence of up to 4 times by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide relative to the quantity of the dithionite, at a temperature of from room temperature to 100.degree. C., to obtain the corresponding leuco compound, cooling the resulting solution to 20.degree.-40.degree. C., isolating and washing the leuco compound with fresh vatting solution until the solution is virtually colorless and clean and then oxidizing the leuco compound.

Abstract: Diacetates of 1,2-glycols are manufactured by reacting acetic acid with an olefin and oxygen, using oxygen dissolved in the liquid phase of the reaction mixture and avoiding the presence of gaseous oxygen in the reaction space.

Abstract: Photopolymerizable compositions for the production of printing plates and relief plates, consisting essentially of a photoinitiator-containing mixture of olefinically unsaturated photopolymerizable compounds with polymeric binders, contain up to 1% by weight of a compound having the structural element of anthrone, e.g. bianthrone and 9,9'-bianthryl, which results in an improved relief image in the production of relief plates.

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: A process for the manufacture of an acicular magnetic iron oxide containing from 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of cobalt and up to 24 percent by weight of divalent iron, each based on the amount of iron(III) oxide, wherein an aqueous suspension of gamma-iron(III) oxide, containing cobalt(II) and iron(II) ions, the suspension having a hydroxyl ion concentration of more than 3.6.times.10.sup.-6 moles/liter, is heated at from 50.degree. to 100.degree. C. for at least 15 minutes, and the resulting precipitate is filtered off, washed until neutral, dried at below 100.degree. C. and thereafter heated at from 100.degree. to 200.degree. C.The products thus obtained give, even when their cobalt content is low, a very high coercive force, while the effect of temperature on the coercive force and residual induction is very slight.

Abstract: The invention relates to surface-coating binders and to their use.The surface-coating binders, which are substantially free from epoxide groups, are based on a reaction product of (A) a Mannich base obtained from one or more polyhydric phenols which are free from ether groups and contain two or more aromatic rings, and/or one or more monohydric or polyhydric phenols which contain one or more ether groups and contain two or more aromatic rings, one or more secondary amines which contain one or two hydroxyalkyl groups and which may or may not be mixed with secondary dialkylamines or dialkoxyalkylamines, and formaldehyde or a formaldehyde donor, and (B) an epoxy resin, the reaction product of (A) and (B) additionally containing, built into its chemical structure, an olefinically unsaturated alkylphenol of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R is a radical of 11 to 19 carbon atoms which contains from one to three carbon-carbon double bonds.

Abstract: A spiral stirrer unsupported at one end, for mixing and stirring free-flowing solids, especially in continuous gas phase polymerization. The stirrer comprises a plurality of turns formed from hollow profiles. The botton end of the spiral, facing the bottom of the stirred vessel, is attached to a hub seated on a drive shaft. In the vicinity of the transition from the hub to the first turn of the spiral, a distributor spiral is provided to avoid flowless zones in the hub region. Uniform distribution of the gas entering at the bottom of the vessel is also achieved.

Abstract: 4-(m,m'-ditert.-butyl-p-hydroxyphenyl)-butan-2-ones are produced by reaction of a 4-hydroxybutanone-(2) with 2,6-ditert.-butylphenol in the presence of a strong acid at elevated temperature. The compounds obtainable by the process, particularly 4-(m,m'-ditert.-butyl-p-hydroxyphenyl)-butane-2-one, are starting materials for the production of dyes, pest control agents and plastics auxiliaries and particularly of stabilizers for polyolefins and polyamides.

Abstract: Fibrids are prepared by introducing a solution of a polymer into a liquid precipitation medium while exposing it to shearing forces. A poly(amide-imide) resin solution is admixed with a solvent which is miscible with the resin solvent but which is a non-solvent for the resin itself.

Abstract: An oxyalkylated product useful for making polyurethane foams is prepared by reacting an alkylene oxide with a heated mixture of a phenol and a non-phenolic active hydrogen compound, at least one of which can be halogenated, in the presence of a catalyst complex of a phenol and an iron or aluminum substance. The mixture can also include a neutral phosphorus compound and/or acid anhydrides to enhance flame retardant properties. Optionally, also, the oxyalkylation reaction can be terminated by adding a tri (lower alkyl) amine and alkylene oxide to react with residual phenolic hydrogen in the mixture.

Abstract: Pyrazoline compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which each of B.sup.1 to B.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl;R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl or hydroxy;R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 independently of one another are hydrogen, chloro, bromo, fluoro, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy;R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl, benzyl, phenylethyl or also phenyl optionally bearing chloro, bromo, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, cyano, dialkylamino or SO.sub.3 H as a substituent;X is --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.8 --, --NR.sup.8 CO--, --NR.sup.8 --SO.sub.2 --, --OSO.sub.3 -- or --SO.sub.3 --;R.sup.8 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkyl bearing hydroxy or C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxy as a substituent;A is hydrogen, sodium, potassium, unsubstituted or substituted ammonium, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl; and--NR.sup.8 -- and A together may be an optionally quaternized saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: 2,4-Dioxo-oxazolidines are manufactured by reacting aromatic amines with .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the above meanings, Hal is halogen, preferably chlorine, and R.sup.4 is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the presence of a base, preferably at 20-120.degree. C.

Abstract: Mono- and poly-ethylene glycol dialkyl ethers IR.sup.1 --O--(--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--).sub.n --R.sup.2where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -alkyl and n is from 1 to 100, are prepared by reacting monoalkyl ethers IIR.sup.1 --O--(--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--).sub.n --Hwith a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -olefin III in the presence of an acid ion exchanger at from 1 to 200 bar and from 40.degree. to 150.degree. C., the reaction being started at from 100.degree. to 150.degree. C. and the temperature then being lowered, in at least two approximately equal steps, to from 40.degree. to 80.degree. C., the temperature being dropped in each case to the next-lower level when the conversion per unit time no longer changes significantly.

Abstract: An erase head for erasing single tracks on multi-track magnetic recording tapes by means of a constant magnetic field applied in a direction perpendicular to the direction of tape travel, to avoid any asymmetrical residual magnetization with respect to the direction of a magnetizing field used for recording. A configuration of two pole pieces and two corresponding shields, spaced out from the pole pieces and generally coplanar with the end faces thereof, ensures that the magnetic field strength is relatively uniform in a region between the shields, and falls to a relatively low value outside this region.