Abstract: An improved fungicidal composition is a mixture of (a) fungicide used to combat phytopathogenic fungi and (b) at least one phosphonate or phosphinate of formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 P(O)OR.sup.3 where R.sup.1 is C.sub.6-20 alkyl, C.sub.6-20 alkoxy or optionally substituted phenyl, R.sup.2 is benzyl, C.sub.6-20 alkyl optionally interrupted by NH or O, di-C.sub.6-20 alkylamino or the group --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --R.sup.1 P(O)OR.sup.3, and R.sup.3 C.sub.6-20 alkyl. Some of the compounds of formula (I) are novel.

Abstract: The hydrolysis stability of trivalent organic phosphorus compounds of the formula I ##STR1## used as stabilizers for thermoplastics is improved if these compounds are treated with 0.01 to 5% by weight of an oxide, a carbonate, a hydroxide, a bicarbonate or a carboxylate of a metal of groups 1a, 2a, 2b and 7b of the periodic table of the elements. The storage stability and the ease of handling are increased and the discoloration of the stabilized polymers is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is H or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a straight-chain alkylene radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an oxygen-containing alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a radical of the formula (II) or (III) ##STR2## or a cycloalkylene radical having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 25 carbon atoms or an aryl radical having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, A is a radical --COO.sup.- or --SO.sub.3 .sup.- and x=0, y=1, m=1 and n=1, or x=1, y=1, m=(1 or 2) and n=(1 or 2), or, if R.sup.2 is a radical of the formula (II) or (III), x=1, y=0, m=(0 or 1) and n=(0 or 1), and also a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and, independently of one another, are hydrogen, an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 including the respective carbon atoms bound to them form a ring containing 6 carbon atoms, m and n independently of one another are 0 or 1 and (m+n) is 1 or 2, and R is an unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl radical, or a phenyl or naphthyl radical substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an amino or dialkylamino group containing a total of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and to a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is H or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a straight-chain alkylene radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an oxygen-containing alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a radical of the formula (II) or (III) ##STR2## or a cycloalkylene radical having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 25 carbon atoms or an aryl radical having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, A is a radical --COO.sup.- or --SO.sub.3.sup.- and x=0, y=1, m=1 and n=1, or x=1, y=1, m=(1 or 2) and n=(1 or 2), or, if R.sup.2 is a radical of the formula (II) or (III), x=1, y=0, m=(0 or 1) and n=(0 or 1), and also a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aldehydes, which comprises reacting an olefinic compound having 2 to 20 carbon atoms with carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in the presence or absence of a solvent, in the presence of a catalyst comprising rhodium and a compound or a mixture of compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is H or an alkyl radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a straight-chain alkylene radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an oxygen-containing alkylene radical having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a radical of the formula (II) or (III) ##STR2## or a cycloalkylene radical having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical having 1 to 25 carbon atoms or an aryl radical having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, A is a radical --COO.sup.- or --SO.sub.3.sup.- and x=0, y=1, m=1 and n=1, or x=0.1, y=1, m=(1 or 2) and n=(1 or 2), or, if R.sup.2 is a radical of the formula (II) or (III), x=1, y=0, m=(0 or 1) and n=(0 or 1), at a temperature from 50.degree. to 190.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydroxybiarylphosphines of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar-Ar is biphenyl, 1-phenyinaphthyl or 1,1'-binaphthyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are F or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 8 carbon atoms or are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a and b are identical or different and are an integer from 0 to 4, in which R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and are alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, alkaryl having 7 to 9 carbon atoms, Ar.sup.3 --(R.sup.5).sub.n, in which A.sup.3 is an aryl radical having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.5 is CF.sub.3, dialkylamino having a total of 2 to 8 carbon atoms or --CH.sub.2 N(alkyl).sub.2 having 1 to 3 carbon atoms per alkyl and n is an integer from 0 to 5, or --R.sup.3 --R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinylmethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyls by reacting a reaction mixture prepared in a solvent by reaction of 2,2'-dimethyl-1,1'-binaphthyl with a brominating agent to produce a mixture comprising 2,2'-bis(bromomethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl and further brominated binaphthyls and optionally further comprising unreacted brominating agent, reacted brominating agent and solvent, with an alkyl diphenylphosphinite of the formula RO--P(Ph--(R').sub.n).sub.2, where R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Ph is phenyl, R' is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, CF.sub.3, fluorine, chlorine or bromine and n is 0, 1 or 2, at from 70.degree. to 180.degree. C. optionally in the presence of a further solvent.

Abstract: Aromatic bromomethyl compounds play a major role in the synthesis of active substances. They can be obtained in particularly pure form by the free-radical bromination of aromatic methyl compounds in the solvent chlorobenzene.

Abstract: Phosphepinium Salts ThereofThe present invention relates to phosphonium salts of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Ar--Ar is a biphenyl radical, a 1-phenylnaphthyl radical or a 1,1'-binaphthyl radical, each CH.sub.2 group is arranged in the ortho position to the Ar--Ar bond, R is F, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical respectively having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 0 to 4, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and, independently of each other, are an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, or are a radical Ar.sup.1 --(R.sup.3).sub.m, where Ar.sup.1 is a phenyl or naphthyl radical, R.sup.3 is F, Cl, CF.sub.3, SO.sub.3 H, SO.sub.3 Me (Me.dbd.Li, Na or K), a dialkylamino radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical respectively having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and m is an integer from 0 to 5, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxaphosphorins of the formula ##STR1## where Ar-Ar is 1-phenylnaphthyl or 1,1'-binaphthyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are F, Cl, alkyl or alkoxy each having from I to 8 carbon atoms or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a and b are identical or different and are each an integer from 0 to 4, or Ar-Ar is biphenyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a and b are as defined above, but a+b.gtoreq.1, X is Cl or Br and the Ar-P and Ar-O bonds are each arranged in the ortho position to the Ar-Ar bond.The invention further relates to a process for preparing these oxaphosphorins.

Abstract: Phosphines of the formula (I) and the preparation of these phosphines ##STR1## where Ar--Ar is a biphenyl radical, a 1-phenylnaphthyl radical or a 1,1'-binaphthyl radical, the CH.sub.2 group and the CH.sub.3 radical are each in the ortho position to the Ar--Ar bond, R is F, an alkyl radical or alkoxy radical each having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 0 to 4, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another, are an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical having from 5 to 10 carbon atoms, or a radical Ar.sup.1 -(R.sup.3).sub.m, where Ar.sup.1 is a phenyl or naphthyl radical, R.sup.3 is F, Cl, CF.sub.3, SO.sub.3 H, SO.sub.3 Me (Me=Li, Na or K), a dialkylamino radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkyl radical or alkoxy radical each having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and m is an integer from 0 to 5, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the phosphorus atom form a 4-membered to 8-membered ring to which can be fused.

Abstract: A process for preparing 4-bromomethyl-3-methoxybenzoic esters of the formula ##STR1## entails the corresponding 4-methyl-3-methoxybenzoic esters being reacted in chlorobenzene or an ester as solvent with N-bromosuccinimide with exposure to light of wavelength 10.sup.-5 to 10.sup.-8 m at -10.degree. to 120.degree. C.

Abstract: A diphosphine of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Ar--Ar is a biphenyl radical, a 1-phenyl-naphthyl radical or a 1,1'-binaphthyl radical, the CH.sub.2 groups am each located in the ortho-position relative to the Ar--Ar bond, R is F or an alkyl radical or alkoxy radical having in each case 1 to 8 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 0 to 4, the radicals PR.sup.1 R.sup.2 and PR.sup.3 R.sup.4 differ from one another, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently of one another are each an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic radical having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, or a radical Ar.sup.1 --(R.sup.5).sub.m, in which AR.sup.1 is a phenyl radical, R.sup.5 is F, CF.sub.3, or an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and m is 0 to 1, or R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfonated diphosphines of the formula (I) ##STR1## where M is hydrogen, ammonium, a monovalent metal or the equivalent of a polyvalent metal, a, b, c and d are each 0 or 1, with the proviso that a+b+c+d is an integer from 1 to 4, Ar is an m-(MSO.sub.3)--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 radical and M is as defined above, n is 0, 1 or 2, Ph is a phenyl radical, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are each an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic radical having from 5 to 10 carbon atoms in the ring, and a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The invention relates to bis-phosphepines of the formula (I): ##STR1## where: Ar--Ar is biphenyl, 1,1'-binaphthyl or 1-phenylnaphthyl,R.sup.1 independently of one another are F, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkoxy,m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are H, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20)-alkyl, (C.sub.6 -C.sub.20)-aryl, (C.sub.7 -C.sub.20)-aralkyl, (C.sub.7 -C.sub.20)-alkaryl or (C.sub.3 -C.sub.20)-cycloalkyl andR.sup.4 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)-alkylene, it also being possible for the alkylene chain to contain oxygen atoms and N-alkyl groups, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.10)-cycloalkylene, (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22)-arylene-bisalkyl or (C.sub.6 -C.sub.10)-arylene,the group CR.sup.2 R.sup.3 always being adjacent to the Ar--Ar bond.The invention further relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorus-modified epoxy resins having an epoxide value of 0 to about 1 mol/100 g containing structural units which are derived from(A) polyepoxide compounds having at least two epoxide groups per molecule and(B) phosphinic and/or phosphonic acid anhydrides, wherein at least one phenolic antioxidant is admixed to them. The phosphorus-modified epoxy resins stabilized in this way are distinguished by an increased storage stability, in particular at higher temperatures.The invention furthermore relates to the use of these stabilized, phosphorus-modified epoxy resins for the production of shaped articles, coatings or laminates.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2,2'-bis [bis(aryl)phosphinomethyl]-1,1'-binaphthyls of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar.sup.2 is a phenyl radical, R' is an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, CF.sub.3, fluorine, chlorine or bromine, and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: In the preparation of 1,1'-binaphthyls substituted in the 2,2'-positions (and optionally substituted in one or more of positions 3 to 7 and/or 3' to 7'), a 1-halo-2-substituted naphthalene is reacted with a 2-substituted-1-naphthyl-magnesium halide in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst comprises palladium and a phosphine ligand. Typical phosphine ligands include triphenylphosphine, 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane, 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinomethoxy)-1,1'-binaphthyl, and tetrakis(triphonylphosphine).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2,2'-bis(halomethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl, by reacting 2,2'-dimethyl-1,1'-binaphthyl in the presence of a solvent with a halogenating agent under the action of light having a wavelength of from 10.sup.-5 to 10.sup.-8 m in the presence or absence of a free-radical former at from -10.degree. to 120.degree. C.