Abstract: Crystalline modification of mixtures comprising (a) a nickel-quencher corresponding to [2,2′-thio-bis(4-t-octylphenolate)-n-butylamine Nickel (II)] and (b) a 2-hydroxy-4-alkyloxybenzophenone corresponding to 2-hydroxy-4-n-octyloxybenzophenone wherein it has two diffraction lines at angles 2{acute over (ø)}=6.291 and 2{acute over (ø)}=6.888 in the X-Ray diffraction spectrum from powders. The said crystalline modification can be used as a light stabilizer for agricultural films based on polyolefins or polyolefinic copolymers.

Abstract: Granular form of a mixture comprising: (a) a nickel-quencher corresponding to [2,2′-thio-bis(4-t-octyl-phenolate)-n-butylamine Nickel (II)]; (b) a 2-hydroxy-4-alkyloxybenzophenone corresponding to 2-hydroxy-4-n-octyloxybenzophenone; characterized in that it has two diffraction lines at angles 2&thgr;=17.593 and 2&thgr;=22.023 in the X-Ray diffraction spectrum from powders. The above granular form can be used as a light stabilizer for agricultural films based on polyolefins or olefinic copolymers.

Abstract: Solid form of a stabilizer for organic polymers consisting of one or more tocopherols, as such or in formulation, absorbed on porous polypropylene with a high crystallinity, in a quantity ranging from 30% to 85% by weight. The above tocopherols, as such or in formulation, can also be used in a mixture with other stabilizers such as, for example, secondary antioxidants containing phosphorous or sulfur, sterically hindered phenols and sterically hindered amines.

Abstract: Tetrakis-(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl) -4,4'-biphenylene diphosphonite having the formula: ##STR1## in crystalline form, having a melting point of 185.degree. C.-186.degree. C. The above diphosphonite is useful as a stabilizer in organic polymers.

Abstract: Process for obtaining granular forms, from mixtures of powders of two or more additives for organic polymers, including extruding the mixture at a temperature of between about the melting point of the component with the lowest melting point and 140.degree. C., with the condition that, when the mixture consists of two additives, these are not tetrakis ?3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyloxymethyl!methane, either in an amorphous or crystalline form, and an antiacid.

Abstract: Stabilizers for organic polymers, consisting of one or more compounds of the classis of the sterically hindered amines (HALS) are directly added to the reaction mixture during the (co)polymerization of the .alpha.-olefins or of their mixtures with other unsaturated monomers.The so-obtained polymeric compositions result perfectly stabilized and show a thermo- and photo-oxidative resistance higher than that of the same polymeric compositions to which the same stabilizers are added by a traditional route.

Abstract: Polymeric stabilizers with a polysiloxanic structure contain sterically hindered phenol groups and reactive groups capable of binding themselves to the polymeric structure to be stabilized. These polymeric stabilizers are particularly suitable for applications which require the non-extractability of additives due to solvents, fats or soaps.

Abstract: Polysiloxanic compounds, containing sterically hindered phenol groups and oxamidic groups in the molecule, obtained by the copolymerization of monomers having general formula (I):(R.sup.1).sub.n (R.sup.2).sub.3-n Si--R.sup.

Abstract: Polymeric stabilizers with a polysiloxanic structure contain sterically hindered phenol groups and reactive groups capable of binding themselves to the polymeric structure to be stabilized. These polymeric stabilizers are particularly suitable for applications which require the non-extractability of additives due to solvents, fats or soaps.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the synthesis of 4-allyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetraalkylpiperidinic derivatives by starting from the corresponding 2,2,6,6-tetraaLkyLpiperidinols and from an allyl halide, characterized in that the reaction is made to take place in the absence of water, and in the presence of a finely subdivided allyl-metal hydroxide and of small amounts of a phase-transfer catalyst. The products, which are thus obtained with yields higher than 90%, are useful a stabilizers for polymers or as intermediates for such products.

Abstract: Oxamidic stabilizers containing organofunctional groups of silicon, capable of producing polymeric structures or of chemically binding themselves to a solid support.

Abstract: Process for obtaining granular forms of organic and inorganic antiacid additives and tetrakis-[3-(3,5-di-tert.-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propionyloxymethyl]-metha ne, carried out in the presence of an amount of the latter in the molten state, homogeneously distributed throughout the powder mass.

Abstract: Phenols are oxidated to quinones with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of catalytic amounts of bromine, iodine, hydrogen bromide and hydrogen iodide.

Abstract: Stabilizers for organic polymers are disclosed, of the type of sterically hindered phenols or amines, which are obtained by means of the reaction of a sterically hindered phenol or amine bearing in the molecule at least in alkoxysilanol group with a mono- or poly-hydroxy aliphatic alcohol, by a transesterification reaction.The stabilizers so obtained are compatible with the organic polymers, wherein they remain stably.

Abstract: Reactive stabilizer compounds, to be used in the stabilization of organic polymers, contain a sterically hindered, N-substituted piperidinic, morpholinic or pyrrolidinic group, and at least a hydrolysable silicic function.Such compounds give rise, by hydrolysis of the silicic function, to complex resinous structures endowed with stabilizing properties.The reactive stabilizer compounds can spontaneously hydrolyse inside the polymer, or they can be stably supported on a solid support, or they can be chemically linked to the polymeric chain to be stabilized.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of N-allyl-2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl-piperidine derivatives which involves reaction of the corresponding 2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl-piperidine with an allylic carbonate in the presence of palladium catalysts. The products which are thus obtained are useful as polymer stabilizers and chemical intermediates.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of (omega-carbalkoxy-nor.alkyl) dialkylamines having a linear alkyl chain, comprising the steps of amination of allyl compounds in which at least an allyl carbon atom is a part of a cyclopropane ring which contains one or two carboxyl or carbalkoxy groups on the carbon atom which is adjacent to the allyl carbon, or is a part of a lactone ring, in the presence of catalysts consisting of triarylphosphine complexes of palladium, or trialkyl phosphite complexes of nickel, and the subsequent hydrogenation of the unsaturated amine thus obtained. By so doing, interesting linear amines are obtained, which contain carboxyl units or carbalkoxy units, said amines being useful as additives for the industry of synthetic fibres (viscosity stabilizers for polycaprolactam).

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing dienoic acids.In particular, the present invention relates to a catalytic process for preparing octadienoic acids from 3-butenoic acids and butadiene.More particularly the present invention is directed to the preparation of octadienoic acids haing the two double bonds in position 3,6 and 2,6 in respect of the carboxylic carbon, starting from 3-butenoic acids and butadiene in the presence of complex catalysts of Rhodium or of Nickel.

Abstract: There is disclosed and claimed a process for preparing aryl- and heteroarylhexadienoic acids which is characterized in that an aryl- or heteroarylacetylene having the formula: R--C.tbd.CH, wherein R is an aryl or heteroaryl group, optionally substituted and having in the aggregate up to 20 carbon atoms, is reacted with 3-butenoic acid CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --COOH, in an alcoholic medium, at temperatures maintained between 50.degree. C. and 120.degree. C., approximately, in the presence of a catalyst selected from among the phosphinic complexes of rhodium having the formulas: III, Rh(PR'.sub.3).sub.n L.sub.m X associated with alkaline salts of carboxylic acids having up to 4 carbon atoms, and IV, Rh(PR'.sub.3).sub.n L.sub.p.sup.+ Y.sup.