Abstract: A process for the production of an ethylsilane, which comprises contacting vinyl chloride with hydrogen silane in the presence of a platinum or palladium catalyst at a pressure of not less than 5 bars.

Abstract: An aqueous solution of a mixture of silicon-organic compounds comprising:A. A silane of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein a is 1 or 2, b is 0, 1 or 2, and a +b is equal to or less than 3, p is 0 or 1, and R represents an alkylene moiety of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or arylene moiety, R' represents an alkyl moiety, X represents a hydrolizable moiety and Y represents a functional group or the CH.sub.3 or the CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH moiety, andB. A copolymer having the recurrent unit of the general formula: ##STR2## wherein R" represents OH and/or [O].sup.- [NH.sub.4 ].sup.+ and/or [O].sup.- [Me].sup.+ where Me is an alkali or alkaline earth metal and Z can represent a moiety of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R"' represents an alkyl moiety. Also disclosed are new copolymers having the recurrent unit ##STR4## wherein at least one of the Z moieties is a moiety having the formula ##STR5## wherein R"' represents an alkyl moiety.

Abstract: An improvement in a process for preparing an antimony oxide stabilized polymethylene terephthalate polymeric composition wherein polymethylene terepthalate is produced by polycondensing a polymethylene terephthalate precondensate, the improvement residing in compounding said precondensate with said antimony oxide and thereafter subjecting the resultant composition to solid phase polycondensation. In particular is described a process for the stabilization of high molecular weight (high viscosity) polymethylene terephthalate wherein together with the antimony oxide there is added a stabilizer or other additive to the precondensate and the resultant composition is subjected to solid phase polycondensation. Also described are the resultant products of such processes.

Abstract: A process for producing caseless propellant charges containing impact-sensitive material comprising the steps of impregnating a pre-formed propellent charge with a solution of impact-sensitive material and vaporizing the solvent from the propellent.

Abstract: A process for splitting the L-(-)-.alpha.-phenylethylamine salt of D-(-)-.alpha.-azidophenylacetic acid which comprises the steps of mixing the salt with a liquid diluent and an acidic cation exchange material, effecting agitation of the resulting admixture and therefore isolating a highly purified D-(-)-.alpha.-azidophenylacetic acid. This acid product is characterized by an amine content of less than 0.2% by weight.

Abstract: A compressed-gas-actuated switching device including a housing, at least one primer for generating compressed gas and an actuating element for actuating a device to be actuated in response to generated compressed gas. The switching device further includes a mechanical triggering arrangement in combination with at least one of an electrical and a thermal triggering arrangement for initiating the at least one primer element.

Abstract: A process for the production of shaped structural members made of extrudable thermoplastic synthetic resin suitable for use in the construction industry especially for window frames including sashes and blinds and sliding doors and the like, having a surface coating with improved lightfastness and weatherproofness, wherein a thin cover layer of a polymeric material such as a polymethyl methacrylate is provided at least on the side of the shaped member to be exposed to outside ambient conditions.

Abstract: Immobilizates of acylases (N-acyl-L-amino acid amidohydrolases) are prepared by binding the acylase to a carrier by reacting the acylase with a chemically bound reactive group of a cellulose derivative. The cellulose derivative is prepared by reaction of a hydroxyl group of cellulose with a reagent containing at least two reactive functional groups to provide the reactive group. The reaction of a hydroxyl group of cellulose and reagent is performed by contacting the reagent with cellulose dissolved in dimethylsulfoxide containing polyhydroxymethylene for reaction of the cellulose and reagent to form said derivative.

Abstract: A process for the extrusion of patterned sheets of thermoplastic synthetic resins wherein a transparent basic synthetic resin material is combined with at least one differently colored secondary synthetic resin material, and wherein the combined stream of material made up of the basic material and the secondary material flows, during the extrusion, at least in partial zones at right angles to the extrusion flow direction, based on the flow cross section, is disclosed.

Abstract: A linear polyester comprising residues of an acid component comprising 45 to 55 mole percent of a residue of terephthalic acid or its esterifieable derivatives; 35 to 45 mole percent of a residue of another aromatic dicarboxylic acid or esterifiable derivatives; 0 to 20 mole percent of a cycloaliphatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid; and residues of an alcohol component comprising 20 to 30 mole percent of a residue of hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol ester; 20 to 30 mole percent of a residue of an aliphatic diol with a branched carbon atom; 40 to 60 mole percent of a residue of ethylene glycol of which up to 10 mole percent can be replaced by ether diols or by diprimary aliphatic diols of more than two carbon atoms in the chain; a coating composition containing moieties of terephthalic acid which is soluble without turbidity and soluble at room temperature further containing moieties of an aminoplastic resin, a coating composition comprising 10 to 25 weight percent aminoplastic resin and 75 to 90 weig

Abstract: A process for preparing an orthosilicic acid tetraalkyl ester having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the ester group which comprises contacting metallic silicon with an alcohol corresponding to the ester group in the presence of the corresponding alkali alcoholate:A. in the presence of a surface active substance;B. in the presence of a compound containing a methoxy group; orC. under pressure at a temperature above the boiling point of the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Polymer blend of:(a) 4-15 wt.% of a graft polymer composed of 5-70 wt.% of vinyl chloride grafted in the gel phase, onto 95-30 wt.% of a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate or ethylene and alkyl acrylate, said copolymer being 2.5-15 wt.% of vinyl acetate or alkyl acrylate and 97.5-85 wt.% of ethylene,(b) 96-85 wt.% of polyvinyl chloride polymer which is at least one of polyvinyl chloride homopolymer and vinyl chloride copolymer.The blend has high impact strength.

Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising a homopolymer or copolymer of polyvinylidene fluoride having a melt flow index of 10 to 300 grams per ten minutes, determined in accordance with ASTM D 1238, Condition J and 5 to 50 weight percent of a glass having a grain size of 1 to 300 .mu.m; an improvement in a method of coating a metal or inorganic oxidic surface wherein a powder coating composition containing polyvinylidene fluoride is applied to such surface and fused thereon, the improvement residing in employing as the powder coating composition one containing 5 to 50 weight percent glass, based upon the weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride polymer; a coated object having a metallic or inorganic oxidic surface which is coated with a polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer which coating contains 5 to 50 weight percent, based upon the weight of the polyvinylidene fluoride, of glass particles, especially glass particles of a grain size of 1 to 300 .mu.m.

Abstract: An improvement in the process for preparing an orthoacetic acid alkyl ester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a saturated, branched or un-branched, alkyl moiety of 1 to 8 carbon atoms by:(a) contacting acetonitrile with an anhydrous alkanol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and dry hydrogen chloride in the presence of an organic solvent to prepare the corresponding imidoester hydrochloride;(b) thereafter contacting said imidoester hydrochloride in the acid-free state with an alkanol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and(c) removing by-product ammonium chloride from the resultant reaction mixture and distilling the reaction mixture to recover orthoacetic acid alkyl ester, the improvement residing in(d) employing as the organic solvent an inert solvent having a dielectric constant measured at 25.degree. C. of 2.6 or less; and(e) contacting said imidoester hydrochloride in step (b) with an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal alcoholate before contacting the same with said alkanol.

Abstract: A process has been invented for the racemization of optically active N-acylamino acids in aqueous solution which comprises treating said optically active N-acylamino acids with ketene.

Abstract: A method of preparing certain dihalogen vinyl cyclopropane carboxylic acid esters of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl moiety and X is chlorine or bromine by exposing a dihalogen vinyl dihydrofuran of the formula to light, e.g., ultraviolet light. Also disclosed is a method for preparing such 2,4,4-trimethyl-3-carbalkoxy-5-(.beta.,.beta.-dihalogen-vinyl)-4,5-dihydro furans by reaction of a .beta.-alkoxycrotonic acid ester or 3,3-bisalkoxybutyric acid ester with a 1,1,1-trihalogen-4-methyl-3- or -4-pentene-2-ol in the presence of an acid catalyst. Also disclosed is a method of converting such 2,4,4-trimethyl-3-carbalkoxy-5-(.beta.,.beta.-dihalogenvinyl)-4,5-dihydrof uran by thermal rearrangement into 2,5,5-trimethyl-3-carbalkoxy-4-(.beta.,.beta.-dihalogen-vinyl)-4,5-dihydro furans. Such 2,4,4- and 2,5,5-trimethyl-3-carbalkoxy-5-(.beta.,.beta.-dihalogenvinyl)-4,5-dihydrof urans are new.

Abstract: A modified polyester composition comprising the condensation product of terephthalic acid or a polyester-forming derivative thereof and a diol, said polyester having an arithmetical mean molecular weight M.sub.n or more than 17,000, a carboxyl equivalent of at least 10 mVal/kg, a nitrogen content of less than 0.4 weight percent and urethane groups linked linearly to said polyester; a process for preparing such modified polyester and a molding composition comprising such modified polyester and an additive, suitably a filler and in particular glass fibers.

Abstract: An improvement in a process for preparing phthalide by reacting chlorophthalide with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature between 50.degree. and 350.degree. C., the improvement residing in carrying out the process in the absence of a hydrogen chloride acceptor, flowing the chlorophthalide continuously in fluid form through a solid catalyst bed in a reactor, passing the hydrogen through in such an excess so as to sweep off the hydrogen chloride formed and withdrawing phthalide in fluid form.

Abstract: An improvement in a method of preparing 1,1-difluoroethylene from 1,1-difluoroethane by photochlorinating 1,1-difluoroethane to 1,1-difluoro-1-chloroethane and immediately thereafter reacting the reaction products of the photochlorination at a temperature between 550 and 750.degree. C. without isolation of the 1,1-difluoro-1-chloroethane, the improvement residing in employing as the difluoroethane charge an unrefined product of the hydrofluorination of acetylene which unrefined reaction product contains up to 3 volume percent acetylene and a maximum of 8 volume percent vinyl fluoride, especially a unrefined reaction product in which the difluoroethane has not been isolated.

Abstract: A formed epoxy resin composition comprising a condensed epoxy resin and pentabromodiphenylether; the use of pentabromodiphenylether alone or with other brominated diphenyl ethers as a flame-retardant agent for compositions containing epoxide resins especially fibrous substrates of glass and/or cellulose fibers containing epoxide resins therein.