Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where X is oxygen or a radical of the formula NR.sup.6, where R.sup.6 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkyl,R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,Y is hydrogen, halogen or cyano,Z is nitro or additionally cyano when Y is halogen or cyano,R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, methoxymethyl or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, andR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.13 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl,are useful for dyeing or printing synthetic materials and are synthesizable using novel dinitroaminoaromatics as diazo components.

Abstract: Washing agents contain, as additives for inhibiting redeposition and promoting the primary washing action, homopolymers of acrylic acid and of methacrylic acid, copolymers of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and copolymers which contain, as essential components,(a) an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 6 carbon atoms and(b) acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or hydroxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkyl esters of ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acids as copolymerized units,where the homo- and copolymers in the form of the free acids have a weight average molecular weight of from 5000 to 500,000 in the neutralized or amidated form, the carboxyl groups of the homo- and copolymers in each case being partially or completely neutralized with amines of the formula ##STR1## where R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkyl or R.sup.1 --O--CH.sub.2 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n is from 1 to 3, R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: .beta.-N-aziridinopropionates of relatively high boiling alcohols or polyalcohols are prepared by transesterifying a .beta.-N-aziridinopropionate of a lower alcohol of 1 to 4 carbon atoms with a relatively high boiling alcohol or polyalcohol by a process in which the transesterification is carried out in the presence of, as a transesterification catalyst, a titanium(IV) or tin(IV) compound which is soluble in an organic medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to ethoxylates of diacetylene dialcohols as well as the use of these compounds as surfactants.

Abstract: The object of this invention is a moisture-curing, storage stable, single-component polyurethane system comprising:A. a polyurethane prepolymer with a free isocyanate content of 1 to 5 percent by weight;B. a dialdimine having the formulaR[--N.dbd.CH--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--CO--CH--(CH.sub.3).sub.2 ].sub.2in whichR is a divalent aliphatic radical with 2 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic radical having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and containing ether oxygen and/or lower alkylamino nitrogen atoms, cycloaliphatic radical with 6 to 15 carbon atoms oraromatic radical with 6 to 21 carbon atoms;andC. an acid catalyst selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylic acids, aromatic carboxylic acids, toluenesulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof.The polyurethane systems are used as coating, sealing, casting, spackling and bonding materials.

Abstract: Color-stabilized nonionic surfactants which contain chemically bonded polyalkylene oxide groups having terminal hydroxyl groups, and in which are dissolved C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, their C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl esters or mixtures thereof, as color stabilizers.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to compositions of matter having the following structural formula: ##STR1## In this formula, R.sup.1 represents a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 alkyl radical, R.sup.2 stands for a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl radical, and n is a number, 4 through 15. These compounds are low foaming and have acceptable biodegradability. They are particularly useful in the formulation of automatic dishwashing detergents.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -alkyl and A is a polyalkylene oxide radical composed of from 4 to 30 alkylene oxide units, of which from 100 to 60 mole % are ethylene oxide units and from 0 to 40 mole % are 1,2-propylene oxide units or 1,2-butylene oxide units or a mixture of these.

Abstract: A process for purifying C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 -alkylglycosides which have been obtained by reacting lower alkylglycosides or hydroxyalkylglycosides with C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 -alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst, by distillative removal of unconverted C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 -alcohols, wherein the distillative removal, at least of the last amounts of unconverted alcohols, is carried out in the presence of glycols whose boiling points are at most 10.degree. above, and at most 30.degree. below, those of the alcohols to be removed.

Abstract: Biodegradable and low-foaming cleaning agents and dishwashing agents containing non-ionic surfactants which have been obtained by reacting one or more adducts of a C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -alkanol and from 4 to 14 moles of ethylene oxide with 1,2-butylene oxide in a molar ratio of from 1:1.6 to 1:2.4.