Abstract: Copolymers comprisea) from 1 to 65 mol % of at least one diketene of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, independently of one another, are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl,b) from 30 to 70 mol % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or one dicarboxylic acid derivative,c) from 0.5 to 60 mol % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon andd) up to 20 mol % of at least one further ethylenically unsaturated monomer,modified copolymers are obtainable by reacting these copolymers with NH-, SH- and/or OH-functional compounds, and the unmodified or modified copolymers are used as additives for mineral oil middle distillates.

Abstract: An ethylene-based copolymer which is suitable as a flow improver for mineral oil middle distillates and is composed ofa) from 50 to 94% by weight of ethylene;b) from 3 to 30% by weight of one or more vinyl esters of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -monocarboxylic acids;c) from 3 to 20% by weight of one or more aminoalkyl acrylates of the formula I ##STR1## which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl and A.sup.1 is straight-chain or branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkylene; andd) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more monomers which are copolymerizable with the monomers a) to c), wherein copolymers containing vinyl acetate as monomer b) and having a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 50,000 are excluded from the scope of the copolymer.

Abstract: Reaction products of amino-alkylenecarboxylic acids with polyoxyalkylene compounds are used as paraffin dispersants for mineral oil middle distillates.

Abstract: Oxime ether derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or alkyl, Het is pyridyl, quinolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, thienyl, quinoxalinyl, isoxazolyl, benzoxazolyl or benzothiazolyl bedeutet, the heterocyclic ring system being unsubstituted or substituted, and X is oxygen or sulfur, their plant-tolerated acid addition salts, metal complexes and N-oxides, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Oxime ether derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or alkyl, Het is quinolyl, unsubstituted or substituted, and X is oxygen or sulfur, their plant-tolerated acid addition salts, metal complexes and N-oxides, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Mineral oil middle distillate compositions based on hydrocarbon mixtures whose boiling range begins at above 160.degree. C. and ends at below 420.degree. C. contain, as paraffin dispersants, reaction products of aminoalkylenecarboxylic acids with primary or secondary long-chain amines.

Abstract: Oxime ether derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or alkyl, Het is pyridyl, quinolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, thienyl, quinoxalinyl, isoxazolyl, benzoxazolyl or benzothiazolyl, the heterocyclic ring system being unsubstituted or substituted, and X is oxygen or sulfur, their plant-tolerated acid addition salts, metal complexes and N-oxides, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Arylpolyenecarboxylic acids and their derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where Ar is phenyl, biphenylyl or naphthyl, each of which can be substituted by one to three C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, hydroxyl or phenoxy groups, or amino groups which can be mono- or di-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl groups, or one methylenedioxy group, it being possible for the substituents to be identical or different,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, an alkali metal or ammonium cation, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkenyl,R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl,R.sup.3 to R.sup.7 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, andn is 0 or 1are used as sunscreen agents in cosmetic preparations.

Abstract: Substituted oxime ethers of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cyanoalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, arylalkenyl or aryloxyalkyl, the aromatic or heteroaromatic ring being substituted or unsubstituted,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halogen, cyano or nitro,R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, the aromatic ring being substituted or unsubstituted, andX is CH or N, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Thiocarboxylic esters of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: X is oxygen, sulfur, oxymethylene, methyleneoxy, thiomethylene, methylenethio, ethylene, ethenylene or ethynylene,Y,Z are each sulfur or oxygen, but Y and Z are not simultaneously oxygen,R is alkyl, mononuclear, dinuclear or trinuclear aryl or hetaryl, where aryl and hetaryl may be substituted,and fungicidal agents containing these compounds.

Abstract: Crude oil middle distillates with improved cold flow properties, containing small amounts ofA. conventional flow improver on an ethylene base, andB. copolymers which consist of 10 to 95 mol-% of one or more acrylacrylates or alkylmethacrylates with C.sub.1 - to C.sub.26 -alkyl chains, and of 5 to 90 mol-% of one or more ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides, where the copolymer is reacted to a large extent with one or several primary or secondary amines into the monoamide or amide/ammonia salt of dicarboxylic acid, and the quantitative proportion of A to B is from 40 to 60 up to 95 to 5.

Abstract: Substituted oxime ethers of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cyanoalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, arylalkenyl or aryloxyalkyl, the aromatic or heteroaromatic ring being substituted or unsubstituted, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halogen, cyano or nitro, R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, the aromatic ring being substituted or unsubstituted, and X is CH or N, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## where X (m=1 to 5) denotes identical or different substituents selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy, substituted or unsubstituted benzyl or a substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic ring, with the exception of several known compounds, and fungicides containing these novel compounds.

Abstract: Acrylic esters of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl, X is S, SO or SO.sub.2, R.sup.3 is phenyl, naphthyl or phenanthrenyl, these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, with the exception of compounds in which R.sup.3 is phenyl, 3-chlorophenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 2,4-dichlorophenyl or methylphenyl, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Aniline derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, phenoxy, benzyl or benzyloxy,m is an integer from 1 to 5 or the group ##STR2## .alpha.-naphthyl or .beta.-naphthyl and X is hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl,their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes, and their use for combating fungi.

Abstract: 3-Methoximinopropionic esters of the formula ##STR1## where the radicals R (m=1 to 5) are each hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted or substituted benzyl or unsubstituted or substituted benzyloxy, or the group ##STR2## is naphthyl, and X is methyleneoxy, oxymethylene, ethylene, ethenylene, thiomethylene or oxygen, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Thiocarboxylic esters of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: X is oxygen, sulfur, oxymethylene, methyleneoxy, thiomethylene, methylenethio, ethylene, ethenylene or ethynylene,Y, Z are each sulfur or oxygen, but Y and Z are not simultaneously oxygen,R is alkyl, mononuclear, dinuclear or trinuclear aryl or hetaryl, where aryl and hetaryl may be substituted,and fungicidal agents containing these compounds.

Abstract: Oxime ether derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or alkyl, X is S, SO or SO.sub.2, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, quinolinyl or phenanthrenyl, these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, Y is alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene, and m is 0 or 1.

Abstract: Ortho-substituted 1-napthyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## where X is CH or N, Y is saturated or unsaturated alkylene and R is aryl, aryloxy, arylthio or arylalkoxy, the aromatic ring being substituted or unsubstituted, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl, X(m=1 to 5) is halogen, cyano, trifluoromethyl, nitro, allyl, alkoxy, unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenoxy, unsubstituted or substituted benzyloxy or hydrogen, and Y is methyleneoxy, oxymethylene, ethylene, ethynylene or oxygen, and fungicides containing these compounds.