Abstract: A method is described for dyeing fibrous materials made of or containing wool with anionic dyes, which comprises dyeing these materials in the presence of a wool preservative comprising at least one compound of the formulaR--CH.sub.2 --CH(OH)--CH.sub.2 --Y (I),where the variables are as defined in the claims. Rub-fast level dyeings are obtainable without deterioration in the quality of the wool.

Abstract: Novel N-alkenoyl enamide of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or halogen, andR.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently of the other C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanolyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxycarbonyl, benzoyl, phenyl, cyano or carbamoyl, and R.sub.4 can also be hydrogen,are used for photocrosslinkable compositions suitable for use in photographic solutions, as UV absorbers and as textile finishing agents.

Abstract: Textile cellulose material is printed or dyed with reactive dyes with the aid of foam. The foam is applied by applying to the cellulose material a foamed, aqueous preparation which contains in addition to dyes and fixing alkalis(1) a foam-forming agent(2) a homopolymer or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide or preferably a graft polymer which is obtained from an addition product of an alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, on an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol, e.g. glycerol, and acrylamide or methacrylamide, and(3) a betainelike quaternary ammonium salt which is obtainable by condensation of (A) a sulfonated asymmetric succinic acid diester which has as ester groups a halohydrin group and an etherified polyalkylene glycol group, with (B) a tertiary amine-substituted N-alkylamide of ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid.The cellulose material thus treated is then subjected to a heat treatment, for example steaming, to fix the dye.

Abstract: Textile cellulose material is printed or dyed with reactive dyes with the aid of foam. The foam is applied by applying to the cellulose material a foamed, aqueous preparation which contains in addition to dyes and fixing alkalis(1) a foam-forming agent(2) a homopolymer or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide or preferably a graft polymer which is obtained from an addition product of an alkalene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, on an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol, e.g. glycerol, and acrylamide of methacrylamide, and(3) a betainelike quaternary ammonium salt which is obtainable by condensation of(A) a sulfonated asymmetric succinic acid diester which has as ester groups a halohydrin group and an etherified polyalkylene glycol group, with(B) a tertiary amine-substituted N-alkylamide of ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid.The cellulose material thus treated is then subjected to a heat treatment, for example steaming, to fix the dye.

Abstract: Textile cellulose material is printed or dyed with reactive dyes with the aid of foam. The foam is applied by applying to the cellulose material a foamed, aqueous prepartion which contains in addition to dye and fixing alkalis(1) a foam-forming agent(2) a homopolymer or copolymer of acrylamide or methacrylamide or preferably a graft polymer which is obtained from an addition product of an alkylene oxide, preferably propylene oxide, on an at least trihydric aliphatic alcohol, e.g. glycerol, and acrylamide or methacrylamide, and(3) the acid ester of a homopolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid and a polyethylene glycol, a terminal hydroxyl group of the diol having been etherified with an aliphatic monoalcohol having at least 4 carbon atoms, preferably stearyl alcohol, and the homopolymer having a molecular weight of 300 to 3,500.The cellulose material thus treated is then subjected to a heat treatment, for example steaming, to fix the dye.

Abstract: A process for the encapsulating of substances immiscible with water by dispersing the substance to be encapsulated in a distribution medium in the presence of a hydrate or bisulphite adduct of a polyacrolein or acrolein copolymer and reacting said hydrate or bisulphite adduct with a water-soluble, polyfunctional, monomeric or polymeric hydrophilic compound and, optionally, additionally with a curing agent or an aminoplast precondensate to form an insoluble capsule.