Abstract: 2-Oxotetrahydropyrimidines of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 denote hydrogen or alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may be the same or different. The compounds are suitable for use as tackifiers for rubber. They produce excellent and long-lasting surface tack in rubber mixtures.

Abstract: A process for converting copper phthalocyanine into a pigmentary form, wherein finely divided crude copper phthalocyanine, which has crystallized irregularly and is heavily agglomerated, is finished in the presence of basic copper phthalocyanines of the formula ##STR1## WHERE CuPc is an n-valent copper phthalocyanine radical, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, A is alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkoxyalkyl or cycloalkyl and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl, or the group ##STR2## is a saturated 5-membered, 6-membered or 7-membered heterocyclic ring and n is from 1 to 6, in from 50 to 75% strength by weight sulfuric acid at from room temperature to 100.degree. C.The pigments obtained are of significantly greater tinctorial strength than the pigmentary forms obtained in the absence of basic copper phthalocyanines.

Abstract: 4-Methyloxazole is manufactured by reaction of formimido-esters with hydroxyacetone. 4-Methyloxazole, manufactured by the process of the invention, is a starting material for the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and vitamins.

Abstract: An improved process for the continuous manufacture of linear high molecular weight polyesters by direct esterification of terephthalic acid with excess glycols in a medium comprising terephthalic acid glycol esters or their oligomers, under superatmospheric pressure at temperatures above 200.degree. C, followed by polycondensation in the presence of catalysts at from 260.degree. to 290.degree. C. The improvement is that the mixture fed to the esterification contains terephthalic acid and glycols in the molar ratio of 1:1.15 to 1:1.5 and that during the esterification from 20 to 30% by weight of the excess of glycols over the molar ratio terephthalic acid: glycols = 1:1 are continuously distilled from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of polyethers, particularly sulfonyl group-containing aromatic polyethers. Alkali metal bisphenolates are reacted with arylsulfonyl halides and polycondensed. The polyethers are plastics which are resistant to high temperatures and may be used for making electrical appliances and circuits, household articles and sheeting.

Abstract: Polymers which have formamide groups in the side branches and which may in addition contain other reactive groups. They can be used to produce moldings, coatings or adhesives.

Abstract: The production of 2-hydroxynaphthalene-3-carboxylic acid by heating sodium .beta.-naphtholate in the presence of an araliphatic compound containing two aromatic radicals and/or in the presence of an aromatic ether having at least one aromatic radical etherified with an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic radical at a temperature of at least 200.degree. C, reaction with carbon dioxide and reaction of the salt formed with acid. The resultant 2-hydroxy-naphthalene-3-carboxylic acid is a starting material for the production of dyes, a coupling component of surface coating colors and chrome dyes and also a developer for diazotizable dyes.

Abstract: Brine from a conventional treatment process is pre-filtered prior to the electrolysis of same by a method which includes the steps of: (a) heating the brine, (b) adding sodium carbonate thereto, (c) stirring the solution, (d) allowing the solution to settle, and (e) passing the solution through an absolute membrane filter. The filter "polishes" the brine feed by removing the high hardness ions.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of butenediol diacetates, especially of but-2-ene-1,4-diol diacetate, by reaction of butadiene with oxygen and acetic acid, in the gas phase, over a solid catalyst which contains palladium and at least one element of main group 5 or 6.

Abstract: Alkylene oxide derivatives based on tetrahydrofuran copolymers and having the formula R-X, wherein X consists essentially of a copolymer of tetrahydrofuran and a C.sub.2 to C.sub.3 alkylene oxide, R being the radical of a C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 alcohol or carboxylic acid or their oxyalkylation products with from 1 to 20 moles of said C.sub.2 to C.sub.3 alkylene oxide, the total amount of the alkylene oxide and tetrahydrofuran units in R-X being from 60 to 95% by weight and the molar ratio of the alkylene oxide units to tetrahydrofuran units being from 1:0.5 to 1:3. The new products R-X are useful as surfactants, textile auxiliaries and, in particular, emulsifiers in the one-bath finishing and pigment dyeing of textiles.

Abstract: The production of N-(1-alkenyl)-carbamyl chlorides by reaction of a Schiff base with phosgene, and the new N-(1-alkenyl)-carbamyl chlorides themselves. The new compounds which can be prepared by the process of the invention are valuable starting materials for the production of coating intermediates, plastics, paints and plant protection agents.One preferred group of compounds available from said process are the N-vinyl compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is cyclohexyl, cyclooctyl, norbornyl, tetrahydrodicyclopentadienyl, n-hexyl, n-octyl, 2-ethylhexyl or phenyl. Another preferred group of compounds are the N-vinyl-N-t-alkylcarbamyl chlorides of 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the tertiary alkyl group, especially N-vinyl-N-t-butylcarbamyl chloride.

Abstract: Cyclopentene derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where Hal is chlorine, bromine or iodine.

Abstract: This invention concerns methods and devices for switching a tape-recorder or cassette tape-recorder and especially recorders on which tapes with different magnetic coatings can be used. According to the invention, at least one section along the magnetic tape which has a much higher electric resistance than the magnetic coating is used in conjunction with arrangements of simple layout and in advantageous manner to monitor the resistance of the tape either continuously or sporadically, and at least one predetermined switching state of the recorder is allocated to each different resistance value. This ensures reliable switching of any such states as "machine on", "machine off" or "iron oxide (chromium dioxide) tape" bias, without any other special changes at the magnetic tape or at the cassette.

Abstract: Anthraquinone is produced by oxidation of diphenylmethane compounds in the gaseous phase in the presence of oxygen-containing compounds of vanadium and titanium and at least one other metal in a specific ratio by weight. Anthraquinone prepared by the process of the invention is a starting material for the production of dyes and pesticides.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of expandable styrene polymers by suspension polymerization of the monomers in the presence of blowing agents and suspension stabilizers, the latter having been manufactured by polymerization of vinyl monomers in the presence of vinylpyrrolidone polymers. The expandable styrene polymers can be further processed to give foams.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of olefin polymers by polymerization of .alpha.-monoolefins by means of a silicic acid xerogel/chromium trioxide catalyst, which is obtained by a method wherein (1) a finely divided silicic acid xerogel is first manufactured by (1.1) employing a silicic acid hydrogel of relatively high solids content, (1.2) extracting at least 60% of the water contained in the hydrogel from the latter by means of a particular organic liquid, (1.3) drying the gel thus obtained until there is no further loss in weight (xerogel formation) and (1.4) reducing the xerogel thus obtained to particles of diameter from 20 to 2,000 .mu.m,2. this xerogel is then charged with the desired amount of chromium from a solution of chromium trioxide or a solution of a chromium compound which under the conditions of stage (3) is converted to chromium trioxide, with evaporation of the solvent, and3. finally the product thus obtained is heated in an anhydrous stream of gas containing oxygen.

Abstract: Manufacture of 3-methylbutylamine by reacting 2-methylbuten-1-ol-4 with hydrogen and a molar excess of ammonia simultaneously at about 140.degree. to 240.degree. C. at superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst metal or metals, i.e., the transition metals of Group VIII or copper.

Abstract: A process for dyeing cellulose fibers and mixtures of the same with synthetic fibers in an aqueous liquor by the exhaustion method in the presence of a water-soluble polymer of acrylic acid or an alkali metal salt or ammonium salt thereof, an alkali metal or ammonium salt of a copolymer of maleic acid and styrene, maleic acid and a vinyl ester or maleic acid and a vinyl ether as a dyeing assistant in an amount of from 0.05 to 2% by weight based on the material being dyed. Level dyeings are obtained and mixtures of fibers can be dyed in a single liquor.

Abstract: A supported catalyst containing vanadium and titanium, comprising a ring-shaped carrier having an external diameter of from 7.3 to 8.6 mm, a length of from 5.3 to 7 mm and a wall thickness of from 0.1 to 2 mm, and an active composition, applied thereto, of from 1 to 30 per cent by weight of vanadium pentoxide and from 70 to 99 per cent by weight of titanium dioxide and/or zirconium dioxide.

Abstract: Self-extinguishing urethane group containing polyisocyanurate foams are prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate with a polyesterol obtained by condensing an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid with a mixture of an aliphatic diol and N,N'-bis-(ethanol-2)-diaminooctachlorodiphenyl.