Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of alkylphosphonous acid esters which comprises a) reacting elemental yellow phosphorus with alkylating agents in the presence of a base to give a mixture which comprises, as principal constituents, the (metal) salts of alkylphosphonous, phosphorous and hypophosphorous acids, b) esterifying the principal constituents of the mixture from a) to give an ester mixture, c) isolating the ester of the alkylphosphonous acid from the ester mixture. The invention likewise relates to the use of the alkylphosphonous acid esters prepared by this process as precursors for further syntheses, inter alia for the preparation of crop protection agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing salts of dialkylphosphinic acids, which comprises a) reacting alkylphosphonous and/or hypo- phosphorous acid and/or alkali metal salts thereof with olefins in the presence of a free-radical initiator to give dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof and b) reacting the dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof obtained according to a) with metal compounds of Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K to give the metal dialkyl20 phosphinate salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of dialkylphosphinic acids and salts thereof, which comprises a) reacting elemental yellow phosphorus with alkylating agents in the presence of a base to give a mixture which comprises, as principal constituents, the (metal) salts of alkylphosphonous, phosphorous and hypophosphorous acids, b) esterifying the principal constituents of the mixture from a) to give an ester mixture, c) isolating the ester of the alkylphosphonous acid from the ester mixture, d) preparing the corresponding ester of the dialkylphosphinic acid from the ester of the alkylphosphonous acid by free-radical-initiated reaction with olefins, e) converting the ester of the dialkylphosphinic acid into the free acid or into the dialkylphosphinic acid salts of metals from groups IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, VA, IIB, IVB, VIIB or VIIIB of the Periodic Table or of cerium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing salts of dialkylphosphinic acids, which comprises a) reacting alkylphosphonous and/or hypophosphorous acid and/or alkali metal salts thereof with olefins in the presence of a free-radical initiator to give dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof and b) reacting the dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof obtained according to a) with metal compounds of Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K to give the metal dialkylphosphinate salts. The invention likewise relates to the use of the metal dialkylphosphinate salts prepared by the process according to the invention for preparing flame retardants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof by reacting olefins with alkylphosphonous and/or hypophosphorous acid and/or alkali metal salts thereof, which comprises carrying out the reaction in the presence of a azo free-radical initiator. The invention also relates to the use of the products prepared by the abovementioned process for preparing flame retardants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof by reacting olefins with alkylphosphonous and/or hypophosphorous acid and/or alkali metal salts thereof, which comprises carrying out the reaction in the presence of a free-radical initiator. The invention also relates to the use of the products prepared by the abovementioned process for preparing flame retardants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing salts of dialkylphosphinic acids, which comprises a) reacting alkylphosphonous and/or hypophosphorous acid and/or alkali metal salts thereof with olefins in the presence of a free-radical initiator to give dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof and b) reacting the dialkylphosphinic acids and/or alkali metal salts thereof obtained according to a) with metal compounds of Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K to give the metal dialkylphosphinate salts. The invention likewise relates to the use of the metal dialkylphosphinate salts prepared by the process according to the invention for preparing flame retardants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing alkali metal salts and/or alkaline earth metal salts of alkylphosphonous acids and dialkylphosphinic acids from elemental yellow phosphorus and alkyl halides, which comprises carrying out the reaction in the presence of aqueous alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide or mixtures thereof. The invention likewise relates to the use of the compounds prepared by the process according to the invention for preparing flame retardants, extraction media and plant protection agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing dialkylphosphinate salts, which comprisesa) reacting elemental yellow phosphorus with alkyl halides in the presence of alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide to form a mixture which comprises as main constituents the salts of alkylphosphonous, phosphorous and hypophosphorous acids,b) adjusting the mixture to a pH below 7 and then reacting the mixture with olefins in the presence of a free-radical initiator andc) reacting the dialkylphosphinic acids obtained according to b) and/or alkali metal salts thereof with metal compounds of Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na and/or K to give the metal dialkylphosphinate salts.The invention likewise relates to the use of the metal dialkylphosphinate salts prepared by the process according to the invention to prepare flame retardants.

Abstract: A respirator with regeneration of the respiratory air includes, for the cooling of the inhalation air, a chemical cartridge regenerating the respiratory air which has an area cooler located in the respiratory air stream, which cooler is arranged adjacent to and spaced from the surface of the chemical cartridge.

Abstract: Formulations containing pigments and/or delustrants, a solution of a pigment binder and, if appropriate, additives, characterized in that the pigment binder is a copolymer of, relative to the weight of the copolymer,10-40% by weight of an acrylic acid ester having 1-12 C atoms in the alcohol chain,10-40% by weight of a methacrylic acid ester having 1-4 C atoms in the alcohol chain,10-30% by weight of N-vinylpyrrolidone,5-15% by weight of acrylic acid and10-20% by weight of a vinyl ester having 1-4 C atoms in the acid chain,which have been prepared in an organic solvent which is miscible with water in the presence of a regulator and of a per-compound or an azo compound which donates free radicals at the polymerization temperature, and the use of these formulations for pigmenting and/or delustring dressing agents for leather and leather imitations.

Abstract: Low-foam surface sizing agents for paper in the form of aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic alkali metal, amine or ammonium salt solutions of copolymers containing carboxylic acid semi-amide groups obtainable by reacting copolymers of maleic acid anhydride and diisobutylene and/or terpolymers of maleic acid anhydride, diisobutylene and a vinyl monomer copolymerizing with maleic acid anhydride, with from 5 to 50 mole percent, based on maleic acid anhydride groups, of a primary aliphatic or aromatic monoamine. The solutions may optionally contain urea or derivatives of urea.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of coatings using a coating composition containing as binder optionally blocked lacquer-grade polyisocyanates in combination with polyhydroxy polyacrylate resins based on copolymers of certain hydroxy alkyl(meth)acrylates, methyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and, optionally, (meth)acrylic acid, wherein the molecular weight is in the range from about 30,000 to 80,000, the content of low molecular weight constituents having molecular weights of at most about 3000 amounts to between 3 and 15% by weight, the molecular heterogeneity factor amounts to between about 1.0 and 10.0, and the parameter for the chemical heterogeneity of the copolymer is between 0 and about 0.06.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new water-soluble polyquaternary compounds which are obtained by imidation of (A) specific alternating copolymers of maleic anhydride and olefines with (B) specific amines and (C) subsequent alkylation of the reaction product AB, the components (A) and (B) having the meaning given in the text of the Application. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of these water-soluble polyammonium compounds and their use as agents for improving the wet and dry tear strength of paper. The invention also relates to new intermediate products for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: The aqueous solution of a statistical terpolymer containing quaternized amino groups and having a regular chemical structure of(a) from 8 to 20%, by weight, of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate and/or N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate;(b) from 45 to 80%, by weight, of styrene; and(c) from 8 to 35%, by weight, of acrylonitrile;the sum of (a) to (c) being 100%, by weight, and at least 10% of the dimethylamino groups of the terpolymer being quaternized and the remainder protonated is suitable as cationic paper sizing agent.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of polymers containing (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester units which contain the polymer in the form of relatively large, non-agglomerated, spherical particles (=main spheres) and relatively small, non-agglomerated, spherical particles (=filler spheres), wherein the smaller filler spheres have an average particle diameter d.sub.F measured using an electron microscope of from 50 to 150 nanometers (nm) and the average diameter of the large main spheres d.sub.H is from 1.35 to 3.5 times larger than the average particle diameter d.sub.F, provided that d.sub.H is at least 140 nm, and wherein the ratio of the total mass of the polymer composed of main spheres M.sub.H to the total mass of the polymer composed of filler spheres M.sub.F isM.sub.H :M.sub.F =20:1 to M.sub.H :M.sub.F =1:20and wherein at least 70% of the number of main spheres and at least 70% of the number of filler spheres lie in the range of .+-.25% of the respective average value of d.sub.H or d.sub.F.

Abstract: Non-crosslinking, water-soluble polyamines which can be obtained by reacting(A) basic polyureas which have been prepared by condensation of ureas with polyamines containing at least three amino groups, of which at least one is a tertiary amino group, or with mixtures of these polyamines with aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic polyamines containing two primary or two secondary amino groups or one primary or one secondary amino group, and optionally with .omega.-aminocarboxylic acids containing at least three carbon atoms, or lactams thereof,(B) polyalkylenepolyamines of the general formula ##STR1## in which R denotes H or CH.sub.

Abstract: Non-crosslinking, water-soluble polyamines which can be obtained by reacting(A) basic polyureas which have been prepared by condensation of ureas with polyamines containing at least three amino groups, of which at least one is a tertiary amino group, or with mixtures of these polyamines with aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic polyamines containing two primary or two secondary amino groups or one primary or one secondary amino group, and optionally with .omega.-aminocarboxylic acids containing at least three carbon atoms, or lactams thereof,(B) polyalkylenepolyamines of the general formula ##STR1## in which R denotes H or CH.sub.

Abstract: A reaction product of an acrylate resin containing glycidyl groups and secondary mono-amines containing hydroxyl groups, obtained by reacting of said acrylate resin of copolymerized, statistically distributed units of(A) 3 to 30% by weight of the glycidyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid and/or of vinyl glycidyl ether;(B) 0 to 20% by weight of at least a hydroxy C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid;(C) 5 to 80% by weight of at least an optionally substituted styrene, methyl methacrylate, (meth)acrylonitrile or any mixture thereof;(D) 5 to 70% by weight of an acrylic acid C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl-or of a methacrylic acid C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkyl ester or any mixture thereof; and(E) 0 to 10% by weight of an .alpha.,.beta.-mono-olefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid containing from 3 to 5 carbon atoms or of a maleic acid C.sub.2 -C.sub.14 -mono ester or any mixture thereof,with at least one secondary mono-amine containing at least one secondary hydroxyl group.

Abstract: For the production of matted outer layers of photographic silver halide recording materials particles of a copolymer of maleic acid anhydride and a C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 monoolefin are dispersed in an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic colloid and the dispersion thus formed is applied to one or both surfaces of the photographic recording material and the layer is dried.