Abstract: A herbicide exhibiting high herbicidal activity against a variety of weeds and being highly safe for useful crops can be obtained through the use of a heterocyclic compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a group represented by the following formula: ##STR2## X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R.sup.1 represents a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.3 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a cyano group or --COOR.sup.4 (R.sup.4 is a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxyalkyl group or a tetrahydrofurfuryl group); m is 0, 1 or 2 and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: A process for preparing clotrimazole by reacting 2-chlorotriphenylmethylchloride with imidazole in a hydrocarbon solution in the presence of a neutralizing agent, followed by nitration of the product obtained. The nitrate is reconverted into the free base with caustic alkali.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 3-trichloromethylpyridine of the formula ##STR1## which comprises reacting 3-methyl-pyridine hydrogen sulphate of the formula ##STR2## with elemental chlorine which exposure to at least one of visible and ultraviolet light at a temperature between about 70.degree. C. and 150.degree. C.

Abstract: A quinolin-2-yl-methoxy)phenylacyl-sulphonamide or -cyanamide of the formula ##STR1## in which A, B, D, E, F and G are identical or different andrepresent hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, carboxyl, nitro, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or a group of the formula --NH.sup.3 R.sup.4, in whichR.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and denote hydrogen, straight-chain or branched alkyl having up to 8 carbon atoms or aryl having 6 to 10 carbon atoms,represent straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkoxy or alkoxycarbonyl in each case having up to 12 carbon atoms,represent aryl having 6 to 10 carbon atoms,R.sup.1 represents cycloalkyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen orstraight-chain or branched alkyl having up to 10 carbon atoms,represents an alkali metal,represents cycloalkyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms,X represents a group of the formula --SO.sub.2 --R.sup.5, in whichR.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel (-)-2-pyrazoline compound and therapeutic agents containing the same as an effective ingredient; furthermore, it relates to a method for optically resolving 1-(3-pyridylcarbonyl)-5-methyl-2-pyrazoline.

Abstract: Certain dithiocarbamates are used as reverse demulsifiers, corrosion and scale inhibitors, flocculants, biocides, flotation aids, water clarifiers, interface control agents and antifoaming agents.

Abstract: Non-peptidyl compounds characterized generally as .beta.-aminoacyl aminodiol carbamates are useful as renin inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of trifluoromethylvinyl compounds in all their possible steroisomeric forms and mixtures thereof comprising reacting a salt of trifluoroacetic acid with a halovinyl compound in the presence of a cuprous salt to obtain the same stero-specific compound and all possible stero-isomeric forms and mixtures thereof of 1R, trans compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alcohol residue used in pyrethrinoid series, or an alcohol residue capable of blocking the acid function, and Z is aryl or haloaryl and the double bond has Z geometry having pesticide activity.

Abstract: Crude adenine, that is contaminated by 9-phenyladenine and/or colored additives, is converted with hexamethyldisilazane in the presence of a catalyst into N,N'-bis(trimethylsilyl) adenine, which is distilled and then reconverted into pure adenine by hydrolysis.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted tetrahydro-1H-thieno-[3,4-d]-imidazol-2(3H)-on-4-ylidene pentanoic acid esters which are intermediate products for the production of the pharmaceutic active substance (+)-biotin.

Abstract: A process for producing dihalobenzene disulfone compounds, comprising reacting, in the presence of aluminum trichloridea halobenzene sulfonyl halide of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y are halogen which may be the same or different, with a compound of the formulaH - Q - Hwherein Q is a divalent radical containing benzenoid unsaturation and the hydrogens are replaceable under electrophilic Friedel-Crafts reaction conditions,in a solvent consisting essentially of about 1 to about 25 volume %, based on the solvent volume, of nitromethane and, correspondingly, about 99 to about 75 volume %, of a polar aliphatic halohydrocarbon, the total solvent volume employed being sufficient to provide between about 0.5 and about 1.

Abstract: Omega-((hetero)alkyl)benz(cd)indol-2-amines useful in inhibition of thromboxane synthetase and in treatment of hypertension in warm-blooded animals are disclosed.

Abstract: A novel peroxy ester represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## is useful as a polymerization initiator for vinyl chloride monomer.

Abstract: A method is provided for stabilizing alkylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDC) by mixing the EBDC with chloralhydrate to reduce the content of alkylenethiourea (ETU) in the EBDC. The chloralhydrate is preferably added in an amount of about 0.1 to 5 weight percent based upon the EBDC. The preferably liquid (e.g., aqueous or alcoholic) reaction mixture is then preferably dried under vacuum. The stabilized EBDC product contains chloralhydrate, mono- and/or bis-trichloroethylol-alkylenethioureas, and less than about 0.015 weight percent ETU.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) from aqueous solutions which are obtained in industry, inter alia, in the production of heat-resistance polymers such as polyamides and polyimides.According to the invention, the extractants used are phenols which are sparingly soluble in water, are aliphatically monosubstituted and/or polysubstituted in the nucleus and have 4 to 16 carbon atoms in the straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical and have a boiling point which is preferably at least 20.degree.-25.degree. C. above the boiling point of NMP. If necessary, an inert, viscosity-reducing diluent is added.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the polyfluoroalkyl acetate, thioacetate or acetamide type, which can be denoted by the general formula: ##STR1## in which Rf denotes a perfluoroalkyl radical, m is an integer ranging from 1 to 4, Q denotes an oxygen or sulphur atom or an NH group, X.sup.- denotes an anion, R.sub.1 denotes an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 denotes the allyl radical or an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and R.sub.3 denotes an alkyl radical containing from 7 to 18 carbon atoms or one of the following radicals: ##STR2## wherein n is an integer from 2 to 4, R is hydrogen or methyl, and Y denotes C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkylene bridge optionally interrupted by an oxygen atom.These compounds can be used as surface-active agents or an monomers for developing artificial vesicles.

Abstract: A process for preparing pyrido-benzothiazine derivatives having the following general formula: ##STR1## in which R is H or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 fluoroalkyl, and R.sub.1 is N-alkyl-3-pyrrolidinalkylamine with C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyls or ##STR2## where R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or an arylalkyl group, possibly substituted by halogen, hydroxy or keto-groups, both in the racemic form and in the optically active form. The process for the preparation of derivatives of formula (I) starts with a first reaction cycle starting from 2,4-difluoro-3-chloronitrobenzene. Said derivatives possess a high antibacterial activity as well as a high bioavailability to tissues. The invention also refers to pharmaceutical compositions containing them as active components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-disubstituted-piperidinyl compounds that have utility as analgesics and as muscle relaxants.

Abstract: Novel mercapto-acylamino acids useful in the treatment of hypertension and combinations of mercapto-acylamino acids and atrial natriuretic factors or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors useful for treating hypertension are disclosed.

Abstract: A butenoic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## which is useful as a herbicide.