Abstract: A process for conglutinating wood fragments wherein the wood has middle lamella lignin, comprises incubating the wood fragments in an incubation mixture containing a phenol oxidizing enzyme thereby activating the middle lamella lignin. This makes it possible to produce formed bodies such as fiber boards, for example, without chemical disintegration and without addition of binders.

Abstract: 2-Substituted ergolines ##STR1## wherein C.sub.2 C.sub.3 and C.sub.9 C.sub.10 represent a single of double bond;X is oxygen or sulfur;R.sup.2 is C.sub.1-10 alkyl, optionally halogen-substituted C.sub.2-10 alkenyl, CH.sub.2 YR.sup.3, CR.sup.12 (OR.sup.4)R.sup.5, CH.sub.2 --CHR.sup.9 --COR.sup.10 or COR.sup.12,whereinY is oxygen or sulfur,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, phenyl, C.sub.2-5 acyl or phenyl C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.2-5 acyl,R.sup.5 is C.sub.1-9 alkyl,R.sup.9 is COCH.sub.3 or COO-C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sup.10 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl or O-C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sup.12 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-9 alkyl; andR.sup.6 is C.sub.2-10 alkyl, C.sub.3-10 alkenyl or C.sub.4-10 cycloalkyl-C.sub.1-3 -alkyl,and acid addition salts, isomers and isomeric mixtures thereof are dopaminergic agonists and useful for treating Parkinson's Disease.

Abstract: 2-Substituted ergolines ##STR1## wherein C.sub.2 C.sub.3 and C.sub.9 C.sub.10 represent a single or double bond;X is oxygen or sulfur;R.sup.2 is C.sub.1-10 alkyl, optionally halogen-substituted C.sub.2-10 alkenyl, CH.sub.2 YR.sup.3, CR.sup.12 (OR.sup.4)R.sup.5, CH.sub.2 -CHR.sup.9 -COR.sup.10 or COR.sup.12, whereinY is oxygen or sulfur,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, phenyl, C.sub.2-5 acyl or phenyl C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.2-5 acyl,R.sup.5 is C.sub.1-9 alkyl,R.sup.9 is COCH.sub.3 or COO-C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sup.10 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl or O-C.sub.1-4 alkyl,R.sup.12 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-9 alkyl; andR.sup.6 is C.sub.2-10 alkyl, C.sub.3-10 alkenyl or C.sub.4-10 cycloalkyl-C.sub.1-3 -alkyl,and acid addition salts, isomers and isomeric mixtures thereof are dopaminergic agonists and useful for treating Parkinson's Disease.

Abstract: In the dimerization of hexafluoropropene oxide to give oligomeric acid fluorides of the formula ##STR1## the ratio of the oligomeric constituents formed is directed, in an improved manner, towards the formation of the dimer (n=0) if the reaction is carried out in the presence of a catalyst system which consists of a mixture of a copper (I) compound and a copper (II) compound mixed with a complex-forming agent from the group of the nitriles, isocyanides, tertiary phosphines and cyclic hydrocarbons with 6 to 12 ring atoms and 2 to 3 double bonds in the ring, and an aprotic organic solvent. The dimer is an intermediate product in the synthesis of perfluoropropyl perfluorovinyl ether, the latter being employed as a comonomer in fluorine-containing copolymers.