Abstract: Compositions that comprise, for one mole of o-iodoxybenzoic acid, from 0.5 to 4 moles of an aliphatic acid of formula CH3(CH2)nCOOH, in which n is from 8 to 20, of a benzenecarboxylic acid of formula  in which R represents H, CH3, COOH or of mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Compositions that comprise, for one mole of o-iodoxybenzoic acid, from 0.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of cericlamine which consists: i) in arylating methacrylic acid with the diazonium chloride of 3,4-dichloroaniline, to obtain (+/-)2-chloro-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-methylpropionic acid, ii) in aminating the acid with dimethylamine, to obtain (+/-)3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-dimethylamino-2-methylpropionic acid, or an alkaline metal salt thereof, iii) in esterifying the amino-acid or its salt, then, iv) in reducing the ester by a metal or organometal hydride to obtain (+/-)3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-propan-1-ol.

Abstract: Method of resolution of chiral hydantoins of the general formula I ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 designates a lower alkyl radical comprising 1 to 5 carbon atoms in linear or branched chain,R.sub.2 designates a phenyl radical, possibly mono-, di-, or tri-substituted by lower alkyl or alkoxy radicals or halogen atoms, whether identical of different, or a heteroaryl radical containing a ring of 5 to 7 members in which the sole hetero atom is nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, or else an aralkyl radical the alkyl part of which comprises one or two carbon atoms and the aryl ring is a phenyl group possibly mono-, di- or tri-substituted by radicals which are lower alkyl or alkoxy radicals or halogen atoms, whether identical or different. The hydantoin (I) to be resolved is dissolved in an alcohol or an alkaline solution, and an enantiomer of .alpha.

Abstract: Strong cationic polyelectrolytes in powder form based on acrylamide and quaternized or salified dimethylaminoethyl acrylate; and the use thereof for flocculation of solid material suspensions and coalescence of emulsions.Such polyelectrolytes contain in molar proportions more than 50% of cationic units uniformly distributed along the copolymer chains. They are used for flocculating colloidal suspensions and/or coalescing emulsions, especially, in sewage water purification installations.

Abstract: Cationic polyelectrolytes in water-soluble powder form, applicable to the flocculation of municipal sludge comprise copolymers of acrylamide and of quaternized or salified dimethylamino-ethyl acrylate, containing in molar proportions 10 to 50% of cationic units distributed regularly along the copolymer chains. They have an intrinsic viscosity higher than 6 and a measured cationicity higher than 90% of the theoretical cationicity.

Abstract: The method is for manufacturing imidazoles corresponding to the general formula: ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or an alkyl radical of 1 to 17 carbon atoms. Glyoxal is condensed with an aliphatic aldehyde and ammonia, in a hydroalcoholic medium at a pH comprised between 6 and 8. The glyoxal is in the form of its bisulfite combination and the ammonia being supplied by an ammonium salt of a weak acid.