Abstract: A process for preparing oxime ethers of the formula I, 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of trion-bis(oxime ether) derivatives of formula (I), wherein the substituents have the following meaning: R1, R3 represent unsubstituted, partially or totally halogenated C1-C6-alkyl or C3-C6-cycloalkyl; R2, R4 represent C1-C4-alkyl or a methyl substituted by C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkinyl or phenyl and X represents oxygen or N—OH. The invention also relates to the intermediate products obtained with said method.

Abstract: Apparatus for detecting indicia on a document, such as a lottery ticket, which is a flat template having two side edges that are parallel to each other, one of the edges also serving as a guide for the document that has indicia thereon to be detected and processed, the guide member disposed along one of the side edges serves to position and guide the document on the template, a substantially L-shaped cutout in the template and having a first leg and a second leg for placement of the cutout over a plurality of indicia disposed in a line on the document, a plurality indicator elements disposed substantially equidistantly from each other each and extending into the cutout, a plurality of number fields each associated with an indicator element, each indicator element or number field being associated with specific indicia on the document.

Abstract: Halomethylbenzoyl cyanides IPH--CO--CN (I)where Ph is phenyl which is substituted by chloromethyl or bromomethyl and may cary 1-4 other rradicals, are prepared from halomethylbenzoyl chlorides IIPH--CO--Cl (II),by reacting II with a cyanide-donating compound in the presence of a Lewis acid, if required in an inert organic solvent or diluent, and then isolating the product.The halomethylbenzoyl cyanides I are important intermediates for synthesizing crop protection agents.

Abstract: A process for preparing halomethylbenzoyl cyanides IPh-CO-CN I(Ph=phenyl radical substituted by chloromethyl or bromomethyl which, if desired, can additionally carry 1-4 further radicals) by reacting halomethylbenzoyl chlorides IIPh-CO-Cl IIwith an alkali metal cyanide or transition metal cyanide, if appropriate in an organic diluent, and novel halomethylbenzoyl cyanides I' ##STR1## (X=halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, CF.sub.3, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl)hydroxyimino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkenyl)hydroxyimino; m=0 to 4 and Y=chloromethyl or bromomethyl) are described.The halomethylbenzoyl cyanides I are important intermediates for the synthesis of plant protection agents.

Abstract: In a cathode system for coating a substrate (46), having a cathode which is connected to a direct-current and/or alternating-current source (high-frequency source) and is disposed in an evacuable coating chamber (2), and is electrically connected to a target (29) which is sputtered and whose sputtered particles deposit themselves on the substrate, a process gas is brought into the coating chamber. The cathode is formed from a substantially pot-like housing (3) whose solid bottom (39) is fixedly joined to the target (29) and whose open end facing away from the target (29) is sealingly held in an opening (49) in the outer wall (30) of the coating chamber such that the interior (49) of the housing (3) is exposed to atmospheric pressure, while the target (29) and the outer surface of the shell-like part of the housing (3) joined thereto are affected by the pressure prevailing in the coating chamber.

Abstract: A process for preparing halomethylbenzoyl cyanides IPh-CO-CN I(Ph=phenyl radical substituted by chloromethyl or bromomethyl which, if desired, can additionally carry 1-4 further radicals) by reacting halomethylbenzoyl chlorides IIPh-CO-Cl IIwith an alkali metal cyanide or transition metal cyanide, if appropriate in an organic diluent, and novel halomethylbenzoyl cyanides I' ##STR1## (X=halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, CF.sub.3, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl)hydroxyimino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkenyl)hydroxyimino; m=0 to 4 and Y=chloromethyl or bromomethyl) are described.The halomethylbenzoyl cyanides I are important intermediates for the synthesis of plant protection agents.

Abstract: E-Oxime ethers of phenylglyoxylic esters of the formula I ##STR1## X, Y=halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, CF.sub.3, C(.dbd.NOR)R (R=alkyl or alkenyl) are prepared by reacting oximes of the formula II ##STR2## with a methylating agent in an organic diluent, and E-oximes of phenylglyoxylic esters of the formula II are prepared by isomerizing the E/Z-oximes.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran I ##STR1## or a derivative thereof, where R.sup.a and R.sup.b are C-organic radicals, involves reacting a 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol II ##STR2## in the presence of an acidic ion exchanger resin and in the presence of an inert dehydrating substance. Novel 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans Ia, 2-acylphenols IVa and 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohols IIa, a process for their preparation, and their use as intermediates are also described.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran I ##STR1## or a derivative thereof, where R.sup.a and R.sup.b are C-organic radicals, involves reacting a 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol II ##STR2## in the presence of an acidic ion exchanger resin and in the presence of an inert dehydrating substance. Novel 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans Ia, 2-acylphenols IVa and 2-hydrox-ybenzyl alcohols IIa, a process for their preparation, and their use as intermediates are also described.

Abstract: Phenylacetaldehydes of the structure (I) ##STR1## where the substituents X are 2,4-dichloro, difluoro, trifluoro, tetrafluoro, p-trifluoromethyl, 2-methyl-4-fluoro, haloalkoxy or haloalkylthio radicals or are adjacent Cl, F, CF.sub.3, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy and/or haloalkylthio radicals.

Abstract: E-oxime ethers of phenylglyoxylic esters of the formula I ##STR1## where X and Y are each halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or trifluoromethyl;m is an integer from 0 to 4;n is an integer from 0 to 3;are prepared.

Abstract: Novel benzonitriles, benzaldehydes and benzyl alcohols of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl, R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl, bicycloalkenyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl or bicycloalkenyl, X is hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine and Z is --CN, CHO or ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen, cyano, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--B when B is hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl and at the same time R.sup.1 is methyl and Z is ##STR3## and with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl or ethyl when R.sup.1 is methyl and at the same time Z is ##STR4## and furthermore with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl when R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl and at the same time Z is --CN or --CHO.

Abstract: Novel benzonitriles, benzaldehydes and benzyl alcohols of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl, R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl, bicycloalkenyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl or bicycloalkenyl, X is hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine and Z is --CN, CHO or ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen, cyano, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--B when B is hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl and at the same time R.sup.1 is methyl and Z is ##STR3## and with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl or ethyl when R.sup.1 is methyl and at the same time Z is ##STR4## and furthermore with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl when R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl and at the same time Z is --CN or --CHO.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran I ##STR1## or a derivative thereof, where R.sup.a and R.sup.b are C-organic radicals, involves reacting a 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol II ##STR2## in the presence of an acidic ion exchanger resin and in the presence of an inert dehydrating substance. Novel 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans Ia, 2-acylphenols IVa and 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohols IIa, a process for their preparation, and their use as intermediates are also described.

Abstract: A crop protection agent containing an active ingredient and based on a polymeric carrier, the active ingredient being adsorbed onto, dissolved in or otherwise bound to the said carrier, contains, as the polymeric carrier, a macroporous crosslinked, preferably styrene-containing, polymer having a particle size such that the said agent can be distributed by means of a conventional apparatus for applying crop protection agents, the active ingredient being taken up in the carrier by absorption.

Abstract: Benzene derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where Hal is halogen, R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and X is hydrogen or halogen, are prepared by a process in which a toluene derivative of the general formula ##STR2## is electrochemically oxidized in the presence of an acid of the formula R.sup.2 --COOH (III). Novel benzene derivatives of the general formula ##STR3## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen or an R.sup.2 --CO-- radical but R.sup.1 cannot be methyl if X is hydrogen, and of the general formula ##STR4## where R.sup.4 is a branched or cyclic alkyl radical of 3 to 12 carbon atoms, but R.sup.4 cannot be isopropyl if X is hydrogen. The compounds of formulas IV and VI are intermediates for crop protecting agents, e.g. pyrethroids.

Abstract: 3-Isoxazolylbenzyl esters of the general formulae Ia and Ib ##STR1## where R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, C.sub.2 --C.sub.4 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -haloalkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -haloalkynyl, unsubstituted or substituted phenylethenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, aryl, hetaryl, CO.sub.2 R.sup.3 or CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5,R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl,n is 0, 1 or 2, and the radicals R may be different when n is 2,R.sup.1 is halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyl or cyano andA is the carbonyl radical of an acid component usually found in pyrethroids, are contained in pesticides.

Abstract: Benzyl esters of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is methyl, ethyl, halogen, methoxy or ethoxy, R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl, bicycloalkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -substituted cycloalkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-substituted bicycloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-substituted bicycloalkenyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, cyano, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, A is the carboxylate radical of an acid component typical for pyrethroids and X is hydrogen or halogen, with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--B when B is hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl and at the same time R.sup.1 is methyl or halogen, and furthermore with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl when R.sup.1 is methyl, their manufacture, their use for combating pests, and precursors for manufacturing the benzyl esters.

Abstract: Novel benzonitriles, benzaldehydes and benzyl alcohols of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl, R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl, bicycloalkenyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl or bicycloalkenyl, X is hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine and Z is --CN, CHO or ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen, cyano, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkynyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not --CH.sub.2 -CH.dbd.CH--B when B is hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl and at the same time R.sup.1 is methyl and Z is ##STR3## and with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl or ethyl when R.sup.1 is methyl and at the same time Z is ##STR4## and further more with the proviso that R.sup.2 is not methyl when R.sup.1 is methyl or ethyl and at the same time Z is --CN or --CHO.