Abstract: A stabilized resin composition comprising a resin, a piperidine derivative represented by the formula (III) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbom atoms; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms; and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a phenol-type antioxidant and a sulfur-containing antioxidant. The composition simultaneously meets heat resistance, oxidation resistance and light resistance requirements.

Abstract: An ultraviolet ray absorbing agent comprising as an active ingredient a spiro compound having a spiro ring structure in the molecule, said spiro compound being represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein, Y is ##STR2## A is ##STR3## R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, lower alkoxyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxyl, or sulfo, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are alkyls of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X is methylene, oxygen, imino, sulfur, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl, and n is an integer of 1 to 12.

Abstract: A process for producing a bisphenol compound useful as deterioration preventor capable of stabilizing organic substances against the decompositions caused by heat, light and oxygen, represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl group or 2-phenylethenyl group; R.sub.2 represents alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or cyclohexyl group; R.sub.3 represents alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl group or phenyl group; and R.sub.4 represents alkyl group having 1 to 11 carbon atoms or phenyl group, which comprises reacting a carboxylic acid represented by the following general formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is as defined above, with a bisphenol compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: An ultraviolet ray absorbing agent comprising as an active ingredient a spiro compound having a spiro ring structure in the molecule, said spiro compound being represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein, Y is ##STR2## A is ##STR3## R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, lower alkoxyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxyl, or sulfo, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are alkyls of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X is methylene, oxygen, imino, sulfur, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl, and n is an integer of 1 to 12.

Abstract: Piperidine derivatives represented by the general formula (1) ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms or an acyl group of 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and k, m and n each are independently an integer of 1 to 3), a process for producing said derivatives, and stabilizers for organic substances containing said derivatives as an active component.

Abstract: A method for purifying 1-aminoanthraquinone which comprises previously subjecting a crude 1-aminoanthraquinone to a removal treatment of inorganic impurities so that their content is reduced to not more than 4 wt. % as converted to ash basis or to a removal treatment of iodine-consuming reductive inorganic impurities so that their content is reduced to not more than 2 wt. % as converted to consumed iodine basis, and then rectifying the 1-aminoanthraquinone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piperidine derivative represented by the general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 acyl group, R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 aralkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 acyl group, and l represents 1 to 3, and a stabilizer for organic substances containing said piperidine derivative as an effective ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piperidine derivative represented by the general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a uni- or divalent carboxylic acid residue, R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 acyl group, l is an integer of 1 to 3 and n is 1 or 2,its production and a stabilizer for organic substances containing it as an effective ingredient.

Abstract: A process for producing aminophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone of the formula (I), ##STR1## which comprises the following steps: (1) condensing nitrohalobenzene with mercaptoethanol in the presence of an alkali hydroxide and at least one reaction medium selected from N-alkyl-substituted amides and sulfoxides to produce mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfide of the formula (II): ##STR2## (2) oxidizing the mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfide (II) to produce mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone of the formula (III): ##STR3## and (3) reducing the mononitrophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone to produce the aminophenyl-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfone of the formula (I). This compound is useful as an intermediate for aminophenyl-.beta.-sulfatoethylsulfone represented by the following formula: ##STR4## which is an important intermediate for vinyl sulfone type reactive dyes largely used for dyeing cellulose fiber materials.

Abstract: A process for producing an aminoanthraquinone, which comprises feeding of a nitroanthraquinone and an alkali sulfide continuously into a reaction zone kept at a temperature of from 80.degree. to 140.degree. C., the alkali sulfide being used in an amount of 1.6 or more times the mole number of the nitro group, and withdrawing the reaction product continuously or intermittently from the reaction zone; and an aminoanthraquinone obtained by the above process which is one of the most important intermediates of anthraquinone dyes.