Abstract: Mixtures of metallocenyl phthalocyanines obtainable by reacting a mixture A comprising two phthalocyanines (I) and (II) with a metallocene derivative in the presence of a catalyst, and also oligomeric metallocenyl phthalocyanines, processes for preparing them, their use for, inter alia, optical recording and optical recording media

Abstract: Cosmetic or personal care compositions which comprise at least one fluorescent colorant other than white and at least one non-fluorescent colorant, are useful in preparing colored cosmetic or personal care preparations providing an enhanced skin appearance.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at a method of providing wettability to polyester fibers or filaments, to woven or nonwoven fabrics made therefrom and to resultant articles of manufacture. The method comprises melt extruding a mixture comprising a polyester and one or more alkyl metal sulfonates where the metal is Na, Li or K and the alkyl is straight or branched chain alkyl of 12 to 15 carbon atoms, or is straight or branched chain alkenyl of 12 to 18 carbon atoms. The alkyl metal sulfonates are present from about 2% to about 5% by weight based on the weight of the polyester. A post treatment step such as an alkaline treatment step is not included. The melt extrusion mixtures do not include certain additives such as polyoxyalkylene compounds, alkylmonoethonolamide compounds, alkyldiethanolamine compounds and polyetheramide compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical recording medium comprising a substrate, a reflecting layer and a recording layer, wherein the recording layer comprises a compound of formula (I),(II),(III); wherein R1, to R13, may be hydrogen or a variety of substituents, but R1, and R11 are not simultaneously hydrogen;Ym? is an inorganic, organic or organometallic anion, or a mixture thereof; Zn+ is a proton or a metal, ammonium or phosphonium cation, or a mixture thereof; m, n and o are each independently of the others an integer from 1 to 3; and p and q are each a number from 0 to 4, the ratio of o, p and q to one another, depending on the charge of the associated sub-structures, being such that there is no excess positive or negative charge in formula (I), (II) or (III). Also claimed are the use of a xanthene perchlorate in the preparation of compounds of formula (I), (II) or (III) having organometallic anions, and the use of lactates in the application of layers of dye to grooved substrates by spin-coating.

Abstract: Mixtures of metallocenyl phthalocyanines obtainable by reacting a mixture A comprising two phthalocyanines: with a metallocene derivative in the presence of a catalyst, and also oligomeric metallocenyl phthalocyanines, processes for preparing them, their use for, inter alia, optical recording and optical recording media.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical recording medium comprising a substrate, a reflecting layer and a recording layer, wherein the recording layer comprises a compound of formula: (Formula I), (Formula II) or (Formula III); wherein R, to R, may be hydrogen or a variety of substituents, but R1 and R9 are not simultaneously hydrogen; Ym-— is an inorganic, organic or organometallic anion, or a mixture thereof; Zn+ is a proton or a metal, ammonium or phosphonium cation, or a mixture thereof; m, n and o are each independently of the others an integer from 1 to 3; and p and q are each a number from 0 to 4, the ratio of o, p and q to one another, depending on the charge of the associated sub-structures, being such that there is no excess positive or negative charge in formula (I), (II) or (III).

Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising a three additive system for improving the cold flow properties of distillate fuel oils using certain copolymers or homopolymers in combination with at least two conventional cold flow additives, an additive concentrate, and a method for improving the low temperature properties of a fuel oil.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical recording medium comprising a substrate and a recording layer, wherein the recording layer comprises a complex of formula (I), or wherein Q2 is a ligand of formula (II), or a tautomer thereof, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each dependently of the others H, halogen, cyano, COOR9, CONHR9, CONR9R10, R9, OR9, SR9, NHR9 or NR9R10, wherein R9 and R10 are each independently of the other C6-C10aryl, C4-C9heteroaryl or linear or branched C1-C24alkyl, C3-C24cycloallyl, C2-C24alkenyl, C3-C24cycloalkenyl, C2-C24alkynyl, C1-C12heterocycloalkyl, C1-C12heterocycloalkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted, it also being possible for R1 and R2, R3 and R4, R5 and R6, and R7 and R8, independently of one another, to be bonded by a direct bond or via a bridge O or S, Mm+ is a transition metal cation having 5 or 6 electrons in the outermost occupied d-shell, L1 is a ligand having a sub-structure N—C, P—C or As—C, L2, independently of L1, is a further ligand containing at least one heter

Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent diketopyrrolopyrrole analogues of the general formula (I), wherein A1 and A2 are C1-C18alkyl, C2-C18alkenyl, C2-C18alkynyl, C5-C8cycloalkyl, C5-C8cycloalkenyl, aryl or heteroaryl, A3 and A4 are independently of each other C1-C18alkyl, Ar3, —CR30R31—(CH2)m—Ar3, or Y-R32, wherein R30 and R31 independently of each other stand for hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, or phenyl which can be substituted up to three times with C1-C3alkyl, Ar3 stands for aryl, in particular phenyl or 1- or 2-naphthyl, C5-C8cycloalkyl, in particular cyclohexyl, or heteroaryl, which can be substituted one to three times with C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkoxy, halogen or phenyl, which can be substituted with C1-C8alkyl or C1-C8alkoxy one to three times, and m stands for 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, Y is C(O)— or SO2— and R32 is C1-C18alkyl, Ar3, or aralkyl and A3 can additionally be hydrogen, C1-C8alkyloxycarbonyl, such as tertbutoxycarbonyl, or aralkyloxycarbonyl, such as benzyloxycarbonyl, a pro

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of diketopyrrolopyrroles of the formula (I), wherein A1, A2, A3 and A4 are as defined in the description of the present invention, to new diketopyrrolopyrroles of the general formula I obtainable by the process, and the use of the new diketopyrrolopyrroles of the general formula I for the preparation of inks, colorants, pigmented plastics for coatings, non-impact-printing material, color filters, cosmetics, polymeric ink particles, toners, dye lasers and electroluminescent devices, or as fluorescent markers for immunoassays and fluorescent tracers for leak detection of fluids. Furthermore the present invention relates to diketopyrrolopyrrole analogues of the general formula (II), wherein A1, A2 and A3 are defined in the description of the present invention, which are intermediates in the process for the preparation of diketopyrrolopyrroles of the formula I and can be used as crystal growth regulators.

Abstract: Mixtures of metallocenyl phthalocyanines obtainable by reacting a mixture A comprising two phthalocyanines (I) and (II) with a metallocene derivative in the presence of a catalyst, and also oligomeric metallocenyl phthalocyanines, processes for preparing them, their use for, inter alia, optical recording and optical recording media.