Abstract: A plant male sterilant which comprises as an active ingredient an effective amount of a threonine derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.2 alkyl group; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group or a group having the formula: COR.sup.4 in which R.sup.4 is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkoxy gruop, a phenyl group, an amino group or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkylamino group; R.sup.3 is a hydroxy group, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxy group or a group having the formula: NHR.sup.5 in which R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group, an amino group or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.

Abstract: Diphenylamines or N,N'-diphenyl-phenylenediamines can be obtained by heat-reacting an aniline or a phenylenediamine with preferably an excess of a phenol in an amount of 4 to 20 moles per mole of the aniline or phenylenediamine in th presence of a hydrogen transfer catalyst and a cyclohexanone corresponding to said phenol.The excess phenol used in the reaction undergoes reduction in the reaction system to form a cyclohexanone, which in turn reacts with the aniline or phenylenediamine to form a Schiff base and is thus consumed. The Schiff base forms the intended product by means of a dehydrogenation reaction, and the hydrogen evolved at this time reduces the phenol to form a cyclohexanone.The phenol present in excess thus becomes in the system a solvent, a starting material for the cyclohexanone, and an acceptor of the hydrogen that forms as a by-product at the time of formation of the intended product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-substituted 2-hydroxybenzamide and N-substituted 2-hydroxy-.alpha.-oxo-benezene acetamide compounds pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use for therefore for the treatment of diseases in which products having lipoxygenase enzyme activity contribute to the pathological condition. Selected novel intermediates are also the present invention.

Abstract: Tetrafluoroethoxybenzenes, and their acid addition salts, of the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 may represent hydrogen or an alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent one or more of the same or different substituents selected from hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or mono- or dihydroxylalkyls having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that the amino groups are situated relative to one another in an ortho- or meta- position and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 do not simultaneously represent hydrogen when the amino groups are arranged in a 2,4- position. The compounds of the invention, along with 2,4-diaminotetrafluoroethoxybenzene, are useful as coupler components in oxidative hair coloring agents. A process for making the compounds, as well as a separate process for making the mono-N-.beta.-hydroxylethyl compounds, is provided.