Abstract: Condensates of arenesulfonic acids and formaldehyde are prepared by sulfonating arenes obtainable by thermal cracking of a naphthenic residue oil and fractional distillation of the cracked products of the fraction obtained at 100-120.degree. C. under atmospheric pressure, sulfonating this aromatics fraction with oleum at 120.degree.-160.degree. C. using an amount of from 0.7 to 1.2 parts by weight of oleum having an SO.sub.3 content of 24% by weight per part by weight of aromatics fraction, and subsequently condensing the arenesulfonic acids with formaldehyde in a conventional manner, and are used as dispersants, in particular for preparing dye formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of trialkanolamine polyethers obtained by condensation of one or more trialkanolamines in the presence of phosphorous acid and/or hypophosphorous acid as demulsifiers for oil-in-water emulsions.

Abstract: A condensation polymer, obtainable by condensation of a mixture containing, as chief components,(A) from 90 to 99.9% molar of a mixture substantially consisting of(a) from 30 to 99% molar of melamine and(b) from 1 to 70% molar of a substituted melamine of the general formula I ##STR1## in which X, X', and X" are selected from the group consisting of --NH.sub.2, --NHR, and --NRR', and only one or two of X, X', and X" denote(s) --NH.sub.2, and R and R' are selected from the group consisting of hydroxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, hydroxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-(oxa-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl).sub.n, where n is an integer from 1 to 5, and amino-C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, or mixtures of melamines I, and(B) from 0.1 to 10% molar, based on (A) and (B), of unsubstituted phenols or phenols substituted by radicals selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.9 -alkyl and hydroxy, or of C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of demulsifying employing condensates as demulsifiers for oil-in-water emulsions and prepared fromA) a precondensate from one or more trialkanolamines of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 denote the same or different 1,2-alkylene groups of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, andB) from 0.1 to 30% w/w, based on said precondensate, of one or more of the following compounds II:a) urea or a urea derivative of the general formula IIa ##STR2## b) a urea derivative of the general formula IIb ##STR3## c) a urethane of the general formula IIc ##STR4## and/or d) a urethane of the general formula IId ##STR5## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkenyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are the same or different and denote hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl andR.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkylene.

Abstract: Dyed leather is aftertreated with quaternized condensation products ofA) a precondensate of one or more trialkanolamines of the Formula I ##STR1## B) a) a carboxylic acid derivative thereof IIa ##STR2## b) a carboxamide IIb ##STR3## c) an epichlorohydrin IIc ##STR4## d) a monofunctional compound IId R.sup.9 --Y IIde) a bifunctional compound IIeZ'--R.sup.10 --Z.sup.

Abstract: Poly-N-vinylformamide which contains structural units of the formula ##STR1## and a terminal double bond of the formula ##STR2## is prepared by anionic polymerization of N-vinylformamide in the presence of bases.

Abstract: Stable water-in-oil emulsions of a hydrolyzed polymer of an N-vinylamide of the formula ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, are prepared by polymerizing a compound of the formula I, alone or as a mixture with other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion to give a water-in-oil polymer emulsion, and then hydrolyzing the polymer, hydrolysis of the polymer in the form of the water-in-oil polymer emulsion being carried out in the presence of an acid or base, and additives in the form of antioxidants, reducing agents or aldehyde acceptors being added for stabilization.

Abstract: A process for preparing .alpha.-formylamino nitriles of the formula Ia ##STR1## and Ib ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and each is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted, with substituents which are inert under the reaction conditions, aliphatic or heteroaliphatic radicals with 1 to 10, cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic radicals with 3 to 6, araliphatic radicals with 7 to 12, heteroaraliphatic radicals with 4 to 12, aromatic radicals with 6 to 10 or heteroarometic radicals with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, with the priviso that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, comprises reacting an iminodiacetonitrile of the formula II ##STR3## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 have the abovementioned meanings, with formamide of the formula III ##STR4## in the presence of formic acid or with a compound which provides formic acid, in the presence of acids.

Abstract: A process for preparing .alpha.-formylamino nitriles of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted, with substituents which are inert under the reaction conditions, aliphatic or heteroaliphatic radicals with 1 to 10, cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic radicals with 3 to 6, araliphatic radicals with 7 to 12, heteroaraliphatic radicals with 4 to 12, aromatic radicals with 6 to 10 or heteroaromatic radicals with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, by reacting cyanohydrins of the formula II ##STR2## with the formamide III ##STR3## in the presence of acids, entails adding at least one ammonium salt to the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A sample of a fuel/oil/additive mixture is metered continuously to a channel-like, inclined test element along which there is an increasing temperature profile. Under the increasing action of heat on the flowing mixture, solid residual products form on the test element after a certain flow distance. Their weight and the flow distance are evaluated in order to evaluate the additive.

Abstract: Glycerol aminocarboxylates of the formula ##STR1## where n is from 0 to 10 andR is ##STR2## where L is iminodiacetate, aspartate, glutamate, sarcosinate, glycinate, serinate, hydroxyaspartate, ethanolaminoacetate, diethanolamino, alanate or taurinate andX is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium or substituted ammonium,are prepared by esterifying glycerol or polyglycerols which contain up to 10 glycerol units with maleic anhydride or itaconic anhydride and addition of compound L-H where L is as defined above to the double bonds of the esters, and are used as complexing agents.

Abstract: Serine-N,N-diacetic acid and derivatives thereof are prepared in various ways and used in particular as complexing agents, bleaching agent stabilizers and builders in detergents.

Abstract: Addition salts of cysteamine with acids are prepared by reacting aziridine with an organic sulfur compound of oxidation state -2 and with a ketone and then subjecting the thiazolidine formed as an intermediate to acid hydrolysis, by a process in which aziridine and the ketone are reacted with ammonium hydrogen sulfide or with a metal hydrogen sulfide with the addition of a moderately strong or strong acid at from -10.degree. to +100.degree. C. and a pH which is greater than or equal to 8.5 is maintained.

Abstract: Quaternized condensation products useful as aftertreating agents for fixing reactive dyeings and prints on textile materials which contain cellulose fibers are formed fromA) a precondensate of one or more trialkanolamines I ##STR1## (R.sup.1 -R.sup.3 =C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -1,2-alkylene), B) a) a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof IIa ##STR2## [n=0, 1; R.sup.4, R.sup.5 =OH (except if n=0), C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy (possibly joined together to form a 5- or 6-membered ring if n=0), Cl, Br; R.sup.6 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.50 -alkylene (possibly interrupted by one or more nonadjacent oxygen atoms)],b) a carboxamide IIb ##STR3## [m, n, r=0, 1; R.sup.7 =H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl; R.sup.8 =H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.25 -alkenyl, Ph (possibly substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, F, Cl, Br)],c) an epihalohydrin IIc, ##STR4## d) a monofunctional compound IIdR.sup.9 --Y IId[R.sup.9 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.25 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.25 -alkenyl, Ph (possibly substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Polymeric, unquaternized or quaternized condensates which contain piperazine rings bonded via chain members are used as conditioners for the pretreatment of nonmetallic surfaces of moldings before their activation for subsequent chemical metallization. This procedure gives particularly uniform and well adhering metal coatings.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of ether sulfonates or polyglycol ether sulfonates by reacting an organic alcoholic or phenolic compound or the corresponding alkoxylate in aqueous solution with vinyl sulfonate in the presence of from 0.1 to 3.0% by weight of an alkaline catalyst and, if required, additionally in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst, and ether sulfonates or polyglycol ether sulfonates prepared by this process and of the general formulaR--O(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.z --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 SO.sub.3 Xwhere R is H or an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical (which may contain nitrogen as a heteroatom) of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, n is from 2 to 30, z is from 0 to 300 and X is an alkali metal.

Abstract: Serine-N,N-diacetic acid and derivatives thereof are prepared in various ways and used in particular as complexing agents, bleaching agent stabilizers and builders in detergents.

Abstract: Cyclic N,N'-dimethylureas I ##STR1## where A is a 1,2- or 1,3-alkylene group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, are prepared by reacting the corresponding non-methylated cyclic urea with formaldehyde and excess formic acid and then removing the formic acid still present in the reaction mixture, by a process in which the formic acid is subjected to a thermal decomposition reaction by means of a catalyst system consisting of a tertiary amine and a copper salt.

Abstract: Pulverulent or water-free liquid detergents each essentially contain surfactants, builders, bleaching agents and effective amounts of compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is for example C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -alkenyl, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each for example H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.16 -alkyl, as bleach activators for peroxides.

Abstract: N-hydroxypyrazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be identical or different and are each hydrogen, alkyl, halogen or aryl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together with the carbon atoms carrying these radicals form an aromatic or nonaromatic ring of 5 or 6 carbon atoms are prepared by a process in which(A) a pyrazole of the general formula II ##STR2## is converted in a conventional manner with an alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal hydride or alkali metal carbonate into one of its metal salts of the general formula III ##STR3## where ME.sym. is a cation of an alkali metal, and (B) the resulting metal salt of the general formula III is reacted with dibenzoyl peroxide in an inert organic solvent or in a 2-phase system, in the presence or absence of a phase transfer catalyst.