Abstract: Process for the manufacture of phosphinic and phosphonic acid anhydrides by reacting phosphinic and phosphonic acid halides with an aliphatic carboxylic acid anhydride and removing the carboxylic acid halide having been formed by distillation.

Abstract: Organic phosphorus compounds possessing 3-hydroxyalkylphosphinic acid ester groups of the formula ##STR1## wherein the individual symbols have the meaning given in the description. These compounds have been obtained by reaction of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups with a 2-substituted 2-oxo-oxa-phospholane. The products of the above formula are in particular suitable for use as flameproofing agents for textile material.

Abstract: Mixtures of oligomeric phosphorus compounds which are obtained in the first step by reaction of a mono- to hexavalent alcohol with phosphinic, phosphonic and phosphoric acid derivatives containing at least one anhydride oxygen and possibly containing terminal acid P-OH radicals and by subsequent reaction in the second step with alkylene oxides or alkylene carbonates. These phosphorus compounds which contain hydroxyalkylphosphonic acid groups, may be suitably employed directly as flame-retardant finishes for textile articles or as intermediates thereof.

Abstract: Bisphosphinic acid anhydrides of the formula ##STR1## in which R is a saturated open chain or cyclic alkylene radical, an arylene or aralkylene radical, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be identical or different, represent optionally halogen substituted alkyl, aryl or aralkyl radicals, and m represents an integer .gtoreq.1, preferably .gtoreq.2 and a process for their preparation which comprises reacting bisphosphinic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, are hydrogen, monovalent cations, the ammonium group or optionally halogen-substituted alkyl groups, with inorganic acid chlorides and/or with phosgene and/or with oxalyl chloride and/or with the corresponding bromine compounds in a molar ratio of about 1:1 at a temperature up to 250.degree. C.

Abstract: Alkane-bisalkylphosphinic anhydrides consisting of repeating units of the formula ##STR1## and process for the manufacture of alkane-phosphonicanhydrides and alkane-bisalkyl-phosphonic anhydrides consisting of repeating units of the formula ##STR2## wherein alkane-phosphonic acids or alkane-bisalkyl-phosphinic acids of the formula ##STR3## are heated to 250.degree. to 450.degree. C. under reduced pressure while splitting off water.

Abstract: Carbamoyl-oxyalkyl-phosphinic acid derivatives or mixtures thereof of the formula ##STR1## in which Z.sub.n is an n-valent, saturated C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon group, R.sub.1 is an optionally branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl group, which group may be substituted by a halogen atom, or a phenyl group, R.sub.2 is an optionally branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkylene group, a is zero to n-1 and n is an integer of from 1 to 4. These compounds can be prepared by reacting phosphonites of the formula II ##STR2## in the presence of radical-forming agents, with a carbamate of the formula IIICH.sub.2 .dbd.R.sub.3 --O--CO--NH.sub.2 IIIin which R.sub.3 is an optionally branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkylene group and is identical with the radical R.sub.2 containing one hydrogen atom less. The compounds are used as flame-retardants for textiles.

Abstract: Herbicidal agents, containing as active ingredient a compound of the formula ##STR1## or their salts with acids, are useful for combatting a great variety of mono- and dicotyledonous weeds. In the formula R.sub.1 is methyl or halomethyl, R.sub.2 is OH, SH, OM or SM (M=equivalent of a base), R.sub.3 is the same as R.sub.2 or an ester, amide or hydrazide group, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are preferably hydrogen and X is oxygen or sulfur.

Abstract: Preparation of 2,5-dioxo-1,2-oxa-phospholanes having general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group being optionally substituted and having up to 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having up to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having up to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having up to 14 carbon atoms being possibly substituted by lower alkyl groups, by alkoxy groups, by halogen or by lower alkyl radicals, by alkylated or dialkylated amino groups, or which represents an aralkyl group having up to 15 carbon atoms and being possibly substituted in the same way as the aryl group,Wherein R.sup.2 stands for a lower alkyl group or hydrogen and R.sup.3 stands for a lower alkyl radical, a phenyl radical being possibly substituted by halogen or lower alkyl groups, for a benzyl radical or for hydrogen.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are alkyl or haloalkyl radicals having a total of up to 8 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl, X is oxygen or sulfur and Y is linear or branched alkylene having up to 6 carbon atoms. The phosphorus-containing compounds are adapted to be incorporated in modacrylic polymers to render the copolymers and filaments and fibers made therefrom flame-resistant. The filaments and fibers made from modacrylic copolymers containing units derived from the monomers of the formula have good thermostability against discoloration.

Abstract: A process for the conditioning of synthetic fibers, which comprises applying onto these fibers mixtures of alkane-phosphonic acid salts and alkane-phosphonic acid-semi-ester salts in a molar ratio of from 19:1 to 5:1.

Abstract: Carboxyphenyl-alkylphosphinic acids and the esters thereof corresponding to the formula I ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, independently, each are hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or oxyalkyl HO-(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CHR--, n being 1 to 3 and R hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a process for the preparation of these compounds.

Abstract: A process for the flameproofing of fiber material, which comprises applying (meth-)acrylic acid-alkyl-esters of the general formula ##STR1## in which n and m are 0 or 1 and (n+m) are 0 or 1, and R.sub.1 stands for a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 8, preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which radical may also be substituted, preferably mono-substituted, by chlorine, bromine, the nitrile group, or the radicals --OR.sub.4 or --COOR.sub.4, R.sub.2 has the same meaning as R.sub.1 and -- for n= 0 and m= 1 -- may also be a group of the formula ##STR2## Z, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 represent straight-chain or branched (C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alkylene radicals which may also be substituted, preferably mono-substituted, by chlorine, bromine or the hydroxy group, X stands for a hydrogen, a chlorine or a bromine atom, a hydroxy or a methyl group, R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R.sub.

Abstract: Preparation of phosphonic and/or phosphinic acids by hydrolytic cleavage of phosphonic and/or phosphinic acid alkyl esters in the presence of the phosphonic and/or phosphinic acid by carrying out the hydrolysis at a temperature of from 170.degree. to 300.degree. C with the use of at least a stoichiometric amount of water, and by distilling off the alkanol formed, optionally together with water.

Abstract: Preparation of phosphonic and/or phosphinic acids by hydrolytic cleavage of phosphonic and/or phosphinic acid alkyl esters in the presence of the phosphonic and/or phosphinic acid by carrying out the hydrolysis at a temperature of from 160.degree. to 250.degree. C with the use of at least a stoichiometric amount of water, and by distilling off the alkanol formed, optionally together with water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel agents for the flame-proofing of polymers, especially transparent polyamides. These agents, phosphinylphosphinic acids, are used in quantities of 3 to 40 weight percent calculated on the weight of the polymer. These flame-proofing agents can easily be prepared and render the polymers flame-proof to a high degree without deteriorating the mechanical and physical properties.

Abstract: Tertiary phosphine oxides are obtained by adding olefins having a terminal hydroxy or amino group or functional derivatives thereof to secondary phosphine oxides. The adducts are useful as intermediates in the preparation of flame-retardant agents, anti-corrosive agents, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and detergents.

Abstract: The invention relates to filaments and fibers the filament-forming substance of which is a copolymer of from 35 to 85 weight % of acrylonitrile, from 5 to 45 weight % of vinyl chloride, vinyl bromide and/or vinylidene chloride, from 5 to 30 weight % of carboxyphosphinic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is lower alkyl having up to 8 carbon atoms, or CH.sub.2 Cl--, R.sub.2 is lower alkyl having up to 8 carbon atoms in which a hydrogen atom may be substituted by a halogen atom in case of R.sub.1 being CH.sub.2 Cl--, and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl, and from 0 to 15 weight % of other unsaturated compounds having an activated double bond; the weight percentages being relative to the total amount of monomers, and a process for their manufacture. The filaments obtained are self-extinguishing and excel furthermore by their thermostability and their high degree of whiteness.

Abstract: Process for preparing cyclic phosphinic acid esters of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl radical having up to 18 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical being optionally substituted by alkyl, halogen or alkylated amino groups, R.sub.2 stands for a hydrogen atom or has the same meaning as R.sub.1 and n is 1 or 2, which comprises reacting phosphinic acid monoesters of the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 is an alkyl radical having up to 8 carbon atoms optionally substituted by chlorine atoms and R.sub.1 has the meaning given above, with an alkenol of the formula (III) ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2 and n have the aforesaid meaning, in the presence of catalytic quantities of free radical forming agents, splitting off the alcohol of formula (IV)r.sub.3 oh (iv)simultaneously or subsequently and separating the reaction products, preferably by distillation.

Abstract: Preparation of 2,5-dioxo-1,2-oxa-phospholanes of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl having up to 18 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl radical having up to 8 carbon atoms, an alkylene radical having up to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl radical having up to 14 carbon atoms which may be substituted by lower alkyl groups, lower alkoxy groups, halogen or by amino groups alkylated or dialkylated by lower alkyl groups, or an aralkyl radical having up to 15 carbon atoms which may be substituted in an analogous manner as the aryl radical, R.sup.2 represents a lower alkyl radical or hydrogen and R.sup.3 represents an alkyl radical having up to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl radical which may be substituted by halogen or by lower alkyl groups, a benzyl radical or hydrogen, by reacting 2-halogenoformylethylphosphonic acid halides of the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.

Abstract: Flame-repellant linear polyesters are obtained by incorporating by condensation phosphorus-compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sub.1 are organic radicals which may also contain hereto atoms into the linear polyesters, preferably those from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. These polyesters are materials of which flame-repellent filaments, fibers, sheets, press-moulded and injection-moulded articles may be made. Products of the invention can be used whereever especially acute risks of ignition and fire exist.