Abstract: Hair preparations containing a copolymer of about 99.5 to 45.1 mole percent vinyl pyrrolidone and about 0.5 to 4.9 mole percent diloweralkylaminoalkyl acrylate or methacrylate, and method of setting and conditioning hair therewith.

Abstract: A continuous process for cleaving aralkyl hydroperoxides in acid media to yield phenols and carbonyl compounds in a reactor arranged and operated to limit the total residence time to less than the time required to form discoloration products.

Abstract: In a process for producing an ethyl ester of an aliphatic carboxylic acid which comprises reacting ethylene with the aliphatic carboxylic acid in the liquid phase in the presence of an acid catalyst, the improvement wherein a heteropolyacid of tungsten or an acidic metal salt thereof is used as the acid catalyst, and the reaction is carried out in the presence of water in an amount of up to 7.5% by weight based on the weight of the aliphatic carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an unsaturated monoester having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R' is hydrogen or a methyl group which comprises reacting carbon monoxide and oxygen with a diolefin having the formula ##STR2## wherein R' is as hereinabove described, in the presence of a catalytic amount of a platinum group metal compound, a copper or iron oxidant salt compound and a stoichiometric amount of a dehydrating agent.Alternatively, a ligand or coordination complex compound of the metal salt compound, and catalytic quantities of an alcohol may be employed.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for the oxidation of olefins to unsaturated aldehydes and acids using a catalyst containing iron, bismuth, molybdenum plus at least one of nickel, cobalt, magnesium, zinc, cadmium or calcium and according to the invention, an element selected from germanium, cerium, thorium, manganese, niobium, chromium, praseodymium, yttrium, zirconium, ruthenium, gallium, tin, indium, copper, lanthanum, tantalum or tungsten. These catalysts may also contain certain elements that further enhance the desirability of the oxidation process.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of dimethyl adipate by the hydrogenation of dimethyl hex-3-endioate, having the formula CH.sub.3 O.sub.2 CCH.sub.2 CH.dbd.CHCH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, derived from the oxidative carbonylation of 1,3-butadiene with a mixture of carbon monoxide and oxygen at a temperature of from 60.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. and pressures of from 15 psig to 5000 psig in the presence of a catalytic mixture of a platinum group metal compound and a copper or iron oxidant salt compound with at least a stoichiometric amount of a dehydrating agent, which comprises subjecting the dimethyl hex-3-endioate to a liquid phase hydrogenation at temperatures of from about ambient to about 150.degree. C. under hydrogen pressures of from about 10 psig to 1000 psig in the presence of an effective amount of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce dimethyl adipate, and recovering the dimethyl adipate.

Abstract: Lysine 4-allyloxy-3-chlorophenylacetate is a salt of Alclofenac which is soluble in biological fluids and particularly adapted for intravenous or intramuscular administration. Its method of preparation consists in reacting Alclofenac with lysine carbonate in hydroalcoholic solution and separating the corresponding salt by adding precipitants or by concentrating the hydroalcoholic solution.

Abstract: Compounds of the following general formula and salts thereof are irreversible inhibitors of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid transaminase: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched, alkoxycarbonyl wherein the alkoxy moiety has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is straight or branched, the radical ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 is hydrogen, a straight or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl or p-hydroxybenzyl; R.sub.2 is hydroxy, a straight or branched alkoxy group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the group-NR.sub.5 R.sub.6wherein each of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is hydrogen or a straight or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or ##STR3## wherein R.sub.7 is hydrogen, a straight or branched lower alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, benzyl or p-hydroxybenzyl; and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or bromine.

Abstract: A composition suitable for dyeing keratin fibres, especially human hair, is provided comprising a direct dyestuff and, as a levelling agent, a 2,5-dihydroxyphenylcarboxylic acid or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Polypeptides with sterically unhindered positive charges can be incorporated into a cosmetic formulation for human hair, skin and nails. The polypeptides, which can be prepared by trypsin catalyzed hydrolysis of proteins, have the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer sufficient to provide a molecular weight of the polypeptide of from about 200 to about 2,000 each R.sub.1 is independently a side group attached to the alpha carbon of a naturally occurring amino acid; and R.sub.

Abstract: A composition for bleaching hair comprising a peroxide oxidation agent, an ammonia-free alkalinization agent and a guanidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## as bleaching accelerator, wherein R is hydrogen, ##STR2## Y is hydrogen, NH.sub.2, or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is 2 or 3, or an acid addition salt thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y, which may be identical to or different from each other, are each hydrogen or halogen,R.sub.1 is hydrogen or straight or branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, straight or branched alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, carboxy-lower alkyl or acyl, preferably lower aliphatic carboxylic acyl,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or acyl, preferably lower aliphatic carboxylic acyl, andn is 1 or 2;non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof; sulfonium salts thereof; and, when R.sub.1 is hydrogen, salts thereof formed with inorganic or organic bases or basic aminoacids. The compounds as well as their various salts are useful as mucolytics.

Abstract: A composition for dyeing human hair, in which a dispersion dye, preferably of the azo or anthraquinone type, is dispersed in an emulsified aqueous mixture comprising a paraffin component and a thickening agent component and adjusted to a pH not higher than 8 by addition of acid. The thickening agent component comprises fatty alcohols such as lauryl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetyl-stearyl alcohol or mixtures thereof, fatty acid esters such as isopropyl alcohol and a mixture of fatty acid mono- and diglycerides. The desired viscosity is imparted to the composition by adjusting the proportion of the paraffin component relative to the thickening agent component. An emulsifying agent, such as high-ethoxylated polyglycol ethers and diethanolamine phosphates may be added to create an emulsion of desired viscosity and permanence.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising a content of an 1-hydroxy-2-pyridone of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 stands for hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 17 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 17 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms, bicycloalkyl of 7 to 9 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl-alkyl of 1 to 4 alkyl carbon atoms, the cycloalkyl groups being optionally substituted by alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, aryl, aralkyl of 1 to 4 alkyl carbon atoms, aryl-alkenyl of 2 to 4 alkenyl carbon atoms, aryloxy-alkyl or arylthio-alkyl of 1 to 4 alkyl carbon atoms, benzhydryl, phenylsulfonyl-alkyl of 1 to 4 alkyl carbon atoms, furyl or furyl-alkenyl of 2 to 4 alkenyl carbon atoms, the aryl groups being optionally substituted by alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, by alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, by nitro, cyano or halogen atoms, R.sub.2 stands for hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl or alkinyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen atoms or benzyl, R.sub.

Abstract: Hair care compositions containing one or more quaternary nitrogen derivatives of trialkylamino hydroxy organosilicon compounds have superior conditioning capability for hair.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl radical and n is zero or an integer from 1 to 4, and their salts with therapeutically acceptable organic or inorganic bases.Said compounds possess, in particular, choleretic, antiatherosclerotic, hypocholesterolemic and antiphlogistic activities.

Abstract: The use of fluorinated cationic and amphoteric surfactants in shampoos in order to promote more rapid drying of washed hair is disclosed.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents hydrogen or an alkyl radical, R.sub.1 represents a hydroxy, amino or alkoxy radical or an alkylamino or dialkylamino group, the various alkyl radicals and the alkoxy radical being optionally substituted by a dialkylamino group, the alkyl radicals of the said dialkylamino groups optionally being linked together to form a heterocyclyl radical with 5 or 6 atoms in the ring, and A represents the thieno[2,3-b]thien-2-yl or thieno[3,2-b]thien-2-yl radical, the A--CO-- grouping being attached to the 3- or 4-position of the phenyl ring, have been found to possess useful pharmacological properties and are particularly active as analgesics, antipyretics, agents for inhibiting platelet aggregation and as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: Production of aldehydes and alcohols by hydroformylation of olefinically unsaturated compounds with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of carbonyl complexes of metals of group 8 of the Periodic System which have been modified with trisubstituted phosphines in which two substituents are lower alkyl radicals and the third substituent is a higher aliphatic radical. Aldehydes and alcohols are known to be solvents; they are used on a large scale for the production of plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride.

Abstract: A hair conditioner composition in the form of an oil-in-water type emulsion comprising a high molecular synthetic oil with molecular weight of 1,500, selected from the group consisting of poly-alkyl glycol mono-alkyl ethers, phosphonates and high fatty acid esters thereof and alkylene oxide polyol adducts; a cationic surface active agent, a nonionic surface active agent and water. This composition may also include a liquid ester oil as optional component.