Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of methylolaminotriazines etherified with alkanols and having per mol of the aminotriazine, an analytically determined average of 0.6 n to 2 n preferably 0.7 to 2 n methylol groups, which are etherified to the extent of 30 to 60%, n being the number of amino groups in the aminotriazine, wherein an aminotriazine is warmed to 80.degree. to 130.degree. C. with 0.7 n to 3 n mols of formaldehyde, 2 n to 10 n mols alkanol or a mixture of alkanols having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the carbon chain of which, if having more than 2 carbon atoms, can also be interrupted by an oxygen atom, and 0 to 5 n mols of water, per mol of the aminotriazine, for 0.2 to 20 minutes, under elevated pressure, wherein the improvement comprises said aminotriazine being first heated to a temperature of 60.degree.-90.degree. C.

Abstract: In the process for production of resist effects on textile materials of mixed fibers of polyester and cellulose comprising impregnating the materials with a dye liquor containing disperse dyestuffs and reactive dyestuffs which react with the resisting agents, drying or partially drying the padded materials and subsequently printing a resist paste on the material, and heat-treating the materials the improvement comprises the dischargeable disperse dyestuffs being of a class of dyestuffs of which an exemplary species is ##STR1## one of the tautomeric forms of a class of dyestuffs of which an exemplary species is ##STR2## or disperse dyestuffs which are free from groups conferring solubility in water and which contain at least two carboxylic acid ester moieties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new, pharmacologically-valuable antidepressants, which are 2,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1H-pyrazino-[3,2,1-jk]-carbazoles substituted in the 8-position and having the formula I ##STR1## wherein R stands for an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, and a method for making them by reacting with ammonia a 6,9-disubstituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazol-1-one of the formula II ##STR2## wherein X denotes a bromine, chlorine or iodine atom or a radical of the formula --O--SO.sub.2 --R', and R' is an alkyl radical having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, phenyl or tolyl.

Abstract: A water-soluble monoazo dyestuff useful for dyeing or printing natural or synthetic material containing hydroxyls and nitrogen has the formula ##STR1## or a tautomeric form thereof, wherein R.sup.1 is methyl, ethyl or 6-methyl-7-sulphobenzthiazol-2-yl, R.sup.2 is methyl, methoxy or ethoxy, R.sup.3 is methyl or ethyl, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be the same or different and are hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, M is hydrogen, alkali metal or ammonium and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: White patterns on synthetic fiber textiles or patterns of a different color on a colored background are produced by dyeing the material with a dyestuff dischargeable to white, drying the material, printing the material with a discharge resist paste and heating the treated material to 100.degree.-230.degree. C. wherein the discharge agent is a base which produces a pH of at least 8 in a 5% strength aqueous solution.

Abstract: Dyeing and printing with sulfur dyestuffs involves dissolving the dyestuff by reduction. The dissolved reduced dyestuff is applied to the material to be dyed or printed and the dyestuff is reconverted into in soluble dyestuff by oxidation. The present invention improves the prior art by using as the dyestuff reducing agent a compound of the formula ##STR1## or an alkali metal salt thereof, wherein R is --H or --OH and R' is --H, --CH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.2 OH.

Abstract: A melamine-formaldehyde resin useful for making coated wood-based materials and laminates and having a prolonged pot life comprises (a) melamine-formaldehyde precondensation product wherein the molar ratio of melamine:formaldehyde is 1:1.4 to 1:2.6 and (b) 0.1 to 1.0% by weight based on total solids, of an amine of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each identical or different alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 is 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-ethyl, 3-hydroxy-1-propyl, 3-hydroxy-2-propyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl or--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --NR.sup.1 R.sup.2,wherein said amine may be present entirely or partially in the form of its reaction product with the melamine-formaldehyde pre-condensation product.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polycondensate of (a) water soluble or dispersible polyester having a molecular weight of 600-5000 prepared by reacting a carboxylic acid and a diol or polyol wherein 5-40 moles percent of the acid or hydroxy compounds contain sulfo substituents and (b) a compound of the formulaR--O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OHwherein m is a number from 5 to 50 and R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl of 6-22 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 6-22 carbon atoms, alkanoyl of 6-22 carbon atoms, aryl of 6-22 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 6-22 carbon atoms, castor oil radical and ##STR1## wherein R' is alkyl or alkenyl each having 6-22 carbon atoms. The polycondensate is useful as a modifier for aminoplast resins and as a leveller in dyeing.

Abstract: Water-insoluble monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## produced by reacting a diazotized amine of the benzene, naphthalene, diphenyl, diphenylmethane or heterocyclic series which is free from water solubilizing groups with the appropriate 6-hydroxy-2-pyridone and the utility thereof for the dyeing and printing of synthetic fabric materials to yellow to red shades having excellent fastness to light and sublimation.

Abstract: A crosslinked copolymer useful in textile printing is prepared by(a) polymerizing in the presence of a radical initiator in a water-miscible alkanol k mole percent acrylamide with 0 to 45 mole percent of a compound of the formula ##STR1## and 0.1 to 20 mole percent of a crosslinked agent wherein k is 99.9 to 50, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen or methyl with the proviso that only one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.

Abstract: The process for the manufacture of a compound of the formula ##STR1## comprising reacting in the presence of a basic nitrogen compound at elevated temperature phosphorus oxychloride with a compound of the formula ##STR2## in the molar ratio of phosphorus oxychloride to hydroxypyridine of 1:1 to 1.3:1 whereinR.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, phenyl, carbalkoxy having 2 to 5 total carbon atoms, carbalkoxymethyl having 3 to 6 total carbon atoms or substituted phenyl having a substituent selected from the group consisting of chloro, bromo, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, cyano and nitro and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, cyano, nitro or acetyl.

Abstract: Water-soluble disazo dyestuffs having the general formula B.sub.1 --N.dbd.N--Z--N.dbd.N--B.sub.2 wherein Z is ##STR1## wherein Y and M are the same or different and are methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, and halogen, a and b are 0, 1 or 2, X is ##STR2## --0-- or --S--, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl having one to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl, B.sub.1 is a CH-acid coupling component of the acetoacetic acid arylamide series of the formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2 is phenyl, substituted phenyl, naphthyl-1, benzimidazolon-5-yl, substituted benzimidazolon-5-yl, or substituted napthyl-1, naphthyl-2, or substituted naphthyl-2, and B.sub.2 denotes a second coupling component radical wherein B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 are identical or different with the proviso that said disazo compound contains at least one sulpho group or carboxyl group in the dyestuff molecule.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of methanol-etherified methylolmelamines which are largely monomeric containing more than 5 mols of formaldehyde and more than 4 mols of methyl-etherified methylol groups, per mol of melamine, and having a viscosity of less than 20 pascal-seconds at 25.degree. C. and a solids content of at least 95%, comprising (a) methylolating melamine with formaldehyde at a molar melamine:formaldehyde ratio of 1:6.5 to 1:8 for 11/2 to 5 hours at 50.degree. C. to 85.degree. C., with the formaldehyde source being an aqueous solution of formalin containing 30 to 50% by weight of formaldehyde and having a pH of 6.7 to 7.3, and (b) etherifying the resulting suspension of methylolmelamine with 15 to 30 mols of methanol per mol of melamine at temperatures of 30.degree. C. to 60.degree. C. in the presence of a strong acid.

Abstract: A .beta.,.beta.,.beta.-trihalo-.alpha.-hydroxyethyl (e.g. --CHOH--CCl.sub.3) group is introduced into a 2,6-dihydroxy pyridine. The 3-formyl-4-methyl-2,6-dihydroxy pyridine produced by splitting off haloform from the trihalohydroxyethyl product, is a desirable intermediate for the making of dyes and other products, and the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of the formyl compound are more stable forms of this intermediate.

Abstract: Green sulfur dyestuff is produced by reacting phenothiazine in sulfuric acid with an oxidizing agent, condensing the oxidized phenothiazine with p-nitrosophenol and thionating with sulfur and sodium sulfide the condensate in a bake or reflux process.

Abstract: Process for preparing fiber-reactive water-soluble phthalocyanine azo dyes, using the following conversion stages ##STR1## followed by the diazonium coupling of the fiber-reactive group to the pyrazole ring. The novel intermediates are desirable products.

Abstract: A process for the production of ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1-4 carbon atoms, chlorine or bromine, and n is 1 or 2 comprising reacting ##STR2## at -10.degree. C. to 100.degree. C. at a pH of from 1-10 to form an anilide of the formula ##STR3## and cyclizing and reducing the anilide in an aqueous alkaline medium with a sulfide reducing agent.

Abstract: Process for preparing fiber-reactive water-soluble phthalocyanine azo dyes, using the following conversion stages ##STR1## followed by the diazonium coupling of the fiber-reactive group to the pyrazole ring. The novel intermediates are desirable products.

Abstract: A .beta.,.beta.,.beta.-trihalo-.alpha.-hydroxyethyl (e.g. --CHOH--CCl.sub.3) group is introduced into a 2,6-dihydroxy pyridine. The 3-formyl-4-methyl-2,6-dihydroxy pyridine produced by splitting off haloform from the trihalohydroxyethyl product, is a desirable intermediate for the making of dyes and other products, and the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of the formyl compound are more stable forms of this intermediate.

Abstract: Condensation products of .epsilon.-caprolactam, formaldehyde and formamide, especially N-(formylaminomethyl)-.epsilon.-caprolactam and N-(N'-formyl-N'-hydroxymethyl-aminomethyl)-.epsilon.-caprolactam, are prepared by reacting formamide and formaldehyde in the presence of a base and in the presence or absence of .epsilon.-caprolactam at temperatures of 70.degree. to 90.degree. C. for 4 to 15 hours, then acidifying the reaction batch and, if no .epsilon.-caprolactam is present, adding .epsilon.-caprolactam, and distilling off water at 100.degree. to 135.degree. C.The condensation products are valuable modifiers for use in the manufacture of aminoplast resins employed for impregnating paper and fabrics which are used for the manufacture of coated wood-based materials and laminates.