Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition, which comprises (a) from 5 to 85 parts by weight of a melted or remelted preliminary molding compound consisting of from 60 to 98 parts by weight of polyphenylene ethers, 40 to 2 parts by weight of polyoctylenes, from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of maleic anhydride and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a further acid derivative which has a melting point below 100.degree. C. and which is selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having up to 14 carbon atoms, an anhydride thereof, which excludes maleic anhydride, and an ester of mono- or dicarboxylic acid with an alcohol of up to 6 carbon atoms; and (b) from 95 to 15 parts by weight of an aliphatic homopolyamide or a copolyamide containing a preponderant amount of aliphatic monomer units.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing aromatic polyamides having general formula(--CO--Ar--CO--NH--Ar'--X--Ar"--Y--Ar"--X--Ar'--NH--).sub.mwhere Ar, Ar', and Ar" each represent an m- or p-phenylene group, possibly substituted with alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and X is O and Y is SO.sub.2 or X is SO.sub.2 and Y is O. In the present method, isophthalic and/or terephthalic acids are reacted with diamines of the formulaH.sub.2 N--Ar'--X--Ar"--Y--Ar"--X--Ar--NH.sub.2in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acid derived from phosphorus and having formula H.sub.3 PO.sub.n (where n=2, 3 or 4), or in the presence of triphenyl phosphite, and possibly in the presence of a 4-dialkylaminopyridine, in a polar, aprotic, organic solvent, at temperatures between 160.degree. and 300.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing polyamides from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aromatic diamines in the presence of catalytic amounts of a phosphorous-containing catalyst and a 4-diakylaminopyridine as cocatalyst, at temperatures above 180.degree. C., is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyimides of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 =H, C.sub.1-3 -alkyl, halogen,R.sub.3 =C.sub.2-12 -alkylene or ##STR2## m=0, 1, X=CH.sub.2, C(CH.sub.3).sub.2, CO, O, S, SO.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing polyester imides of the formula ##STR1## by reacting tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides of the formula ##STR2## with N,N'-bis(.OMEGA.-hydroxyalkyl)dicarboxylic acid diamides of the formula, HO--Z--NH--CO--B--CO--NH--Z--OH, whereA represents a quadrivalent aromatic group with 6-32 C atoms, wherein up to 40% of A may be replaced by a quadrivalent aliphatic group with up to 16 C atoms,B represents a divalent aliphatic or aromatic group with up to 14 C atoms,Z represents an alkylene group with 2-3 C atoms, andn is a number from 3 to 500.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for purifying polyphenylene oxides obtained by interruption of the copper-amine catalyzed polycondensation of di-ortho-substituted phenols, where in said process the reaction mixture is subjected to a "reaction-extraction" (i.e., an extraction which is accompanied by reaction) with water or stream, at a temperature of 60.degree. to 150.degree. C. It is particularly advantageous if the starting mixture in the inventive process comprises a solution of the polyphenylene oxide wherein the reaction has been interrupted by water and CO.sub.2, which solution is mixed into a toluene/water mixture; and further if the "reaction-extraction" is carried out in the presence of an alkanolamine and a stabilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a polyphenylene ether, in which the oxidative coupling reaction of a di-ortho-substituted phenol is carried out in a solvent comprised of a chlorinated hydrocarbon, an aromatic solvent, or a mixture of one of these solvents with an alcohol or ketone. The reaction is terminated by removing or using up the oxygen-containing reaction gas, adding hydrazine to the reaction mixture, and filtering out the resulting precipitate. The precipitate may be reused along with a suitable amine, to comprise a catalyst for a subsequent oxidative coupling reaction.

Abstract: Cyclododec-2-enyl ethers having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a straight or branched chain C.sub.1-4 alkyl or alkenyl group, have fragrance characteristics similar to patchouli oil, and are attractive compounds for use in the manufacture of fragrance compositions.

Abstract: A process for the production of polyphenylene oxides by the oxidative coupling of a diorthosubstituted phenol of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R' are an n-alkyl radical with 1 to about 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical in the presence of an oxidizing gas and an activated copper(II)-amine catalyst made of copper(II) salts, secondary aliphatic or cyclic amines having about 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and hydrobromides of the same or different secondary aliphatic or cyclic amines having about 4 to 10 carbon atoms, in a solvent mixture of a C.sub.6 -C.sub.8 aromatic hydrocarbon and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 aliphatic alcohol.

Abstract: A method for producing high molecular-weight polyphenylene oxides which comprises the oxidative coupling of a diortho-substituted phenol in the presence of a copper-amine complex, and an activator of a polyvalent alcohol, an alkali or alkaline earth hydroxide, and, if necessary, the hydrobromide of a secondary amine.

Abstract: A high molecular-weight polyphenylene oxide is produced by the oxidative coupling of a diortho-substituted phenol in the presence of a copper amine complex and an activator of morpholinium bromide and an alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth hydroxide.