Abstract: Phenylguanidine derivatives are provided having the structure ##STR1## wherein R is lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, phenyl or benzyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and are lower alkyl or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be taken together to form an alkylene linking group of 2 or 3 carbons or an o-phenylene group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and are lower alkyl, benzyl or phenyl; and n is 0 or 1. These compounds are useful as anthelmintic agents.

Abstract: A method is described for making organic polycarboxylic acids or anhydrides, such as aromatic ether bis(phthalic acid)s, based on a cyclic imide-cyclic anhydride exchange reaction at elevated temperatures in the presence of water.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a compound of the formula ##STR1## and the biologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof wherein R is hydrogen, tosyl, carbobenzoxy or benzoyl. These compounds are chromogenic substrates for proteolytic enzymes useful in antithrombin III determination.

Abstract: Interferon is produced by incubating cells, which are susceptible to producing interferon, prior to induction by an inducer, in a medium containing an effective non-toxic amount of a straight chain, saturated carboxylic acid or a salt thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel derivatives of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-7-oxo(oxy)benzo[b]thiophen-4-amine which are useful as animal growth regulants, and a process for the preparation thereof. The above-identified compounds of this invention are also useful as intermediates for the preparation of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-7-oxo(oxy)benzo[b]thien-4-ylurea compounds.

Abstract: A compound useful for treating disorders of the heart is disclosed having the formula ##STR1## or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein x is an integer from 1 to about 10, and R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl of from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Bis-phthalimides of the formula: ##STR1## wherein one of R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 is hydrogen and the other is--NR.sup.11 R.sup.12 ; R.sup.11 is hydrogen or straight chain alkyl containing 1-4 carbon atoms and R.sup.12 is ##STR2## wherein n=2-8. The compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of chemiluminescent phthalhydrazide-labeled conjugates which are useful as reagents in specific binding assays for determining ligands or their specific binding partners in liquid media.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid esters of the formula (I), ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxyl group or a halogen atom linked to the meta or para position and R.sub.1 is a group of the formula (II) or (III), ##STR2## wherein R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and when R.sub.2 is a methyl group R.sub.3 is also a methyl group, and when R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom R.sub.3 is a group of the formula, ##STR3## (wherein R.sub.5 is a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, vinyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxymethyl group, R.sub.6 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or a methyl group, or, taken together, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may form a tetramethylene group by connecting together at ends thereof), R.sub.4 is a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxyl or 3,4-methylenedioxy group, n is 1 or 2 and Y is a isopropyl or cyclopropyl group. These carboxylic acid esters are useful as insecticides and acaricides.

Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of optionally substituted 2,3-indolinediones which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of compounds having pharmacological activity which comprises reacting a 3,1-benzoxazine with an alkali or alkaline earth metal cyanide or a tetra-(C.sub.1-4) alkylammonium cyanide to obtain a 2-imino-3-indolinone, which is then subjected to hydrolysis.

Abstract: New imidyl-benzenedicarboxylic acid derivatives, in particular 5-maleimidyl-isophthalic acid derivatives and 5-(nadic acid-imidyl)-isophthalic acid derivatives, and a process for their manufacture are described. These imidyl-benzenedicarboxylic acid derivatives are suitable for the manufacture of crosslinkable polymers, above all polycondensation and polymerization products, which are distinguished by good processability and good solubility in the customary organic solvents.

Abstract: The compounds according to the invention are Si-modified imidyl-phthalic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## and the corresponding cyclized imide derivatives; in the formula, A is a radical which completes to a substituted or unsubstituted imidyl group, R is a divalent organic radical, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen or a monovalent organic radical and Q, Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 are each a monovalent organic radical. A typical example is 3-dimethylmaleimidyl-phthalic acid N-(di-n-propoxymethylsilyl)propylimide, which is obtained by reacting 3-dimethylmaleimidyl-phthalic acid N-allylimide and di-n-propoxymethylsilane in solution, followed by cyclization. The products are used as adhesion promoters, for example between inorganic solids and organic resins.

Abstract: A process for the production of an aryl thiol, which comprises hydrogenating an aryl sulfochloride in a protic or aprotic solvent in the presence of platinum as catalyst, at a temperature between 100.degree. and 180.degree. C., with hydrogen under a pressure of 2 to 140 bar, in a single reaction step.

Abstract: Novel 3-(butylamino) or (1-pyrrolidinyl)-4-phenoxy-5-sulfamylbenzoic acid derivatives where the butyl group contains either a double bond or a hydroxy, ketone, acid or ester functional group or groups, said compounds being useful as diuretics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,5-dihalophenyl-.beta.-substituted sulfone compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Q is selected from ##STR2## and wherein: X designates chlorine or bromine,Y designates hydrogen, chlorine, or bromine,Z designates chlorine, bromine, phenyl, halophenyl or --COOR whereinR is a lower alkyl group of up to and including 4 carbon atoms,Z' designates chlorine, bromine or --COOR, wherein R is a lower alkyl of up to and including 4 carbon atoms, provided that whenY is hydrogen, Z' designates --COOR, as herein defined,and to pesticides and especially fungicides containing a compound as defined above as active ingredient. The above compounds are also effective antifungal agents when incorporated in polymeric compositions.

Abstract: Novel benzaldehydes of the formula: ##STR1## Where n.sup.1 is the integer 1-8 and each OR.sup.1 group is hydroxy or a protective group which can be converted or removed to provide the dihydroxyphenyl moiety.The benzaldehydes are particularly useful as intermediates in the preparation of yellow azomethine dye developers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved method for preparing O,O-dialkyl phthalimidophosphonothioate (hereinafter alternatively referred to as "phosphonothioate"), corresponding to the formula ##STR1## wherein each R is independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, comprising reacting O,O-dialkyl phosphoramidothioate with phthalic anhydride in the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst.

Abstract: Isopropylphenyl esters are converted to di- or trihydric phenols via a novel autoxidation of the esters at high conversion rates to the corresponding hydroperoxyisopropylphenyl esters in the presence of a catalyst combination comprising at least two members selected from the group consisting of (i) a metal phthalocyanine; (ii) a di-tertiary alkyl peroxide; and (iii) a tertiary alkyl hydroperoxide.Rearrangement of the hydroperoxyisopropylphenyl esters to the corresponding hydroxyphenyl esters and the hydrolysis of the latter compounds provides the phenols in overall yields (from the starting esters) heretofore not obtainable. Novel bis(hydroperoxyisopropylphenyl)carbonates are described which are attractive intermediates for the intermediate bisphenol carbonate or the final hydroquinone hydrolysis product.

Abstract: An improved catalytic aromatic carbonate process which comprises contacting under substantially anhydrous reaction conditions a phenol, carbon monoxide, an oxidant, a base, and the Group VIIIB element selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium or platinum. The resulting aromatic mono- and poly-carbonates are useful in the preparation of polycarbonates or as polycarbonates per se, respectively, which can be molded or formed into films, sheets, fibers, laminates or reinforced plastics by conventional techniques.

Abstract: Aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polycarbonate-triols having a molecular weight of not more than 3,000, which contain hydrophobic segments and are liquid at room temperature are obtained by transesterifying an aryl carbonate with a primary aliphatic triol and a mixture of two diols, HOAOH and HOBOH, at least one of the radicals A or B being a hydrophobic radical, the proportion of the primary aliphatic triol is such that there is statistically one molecule of the said triol per polymer chain in the product, and the ratio of the diols being such that the polycarbonate-triol obtained is equivalent to a mixture of a% by weight of a polycarbonate derived from the triol and the diol HOAOH alone, and of b% by weight of a polycarbonate derived from the triol and the diol HOBOH alone, the percentages a and b corresponding to the following two conditions:30%.ltoreq.a%.ltoreq.70%a%+b%=100%.Modified aminoplast resins can be obtained by reacting such polycarbonate-triols with etherified melamine-formaldehyde condensates.

Abstract: A novel method for producing hydroquinone and quinone derivatives by a regio- and stereo-specific coupling reaction of hydroquinone derivative having a terminal activated (poly)prenyl side chain with a prenyl derivative. This method can provide in good yield various hydroquinone and quinone derivatives having any prenyl length of the side chain.