Abstract: A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.

Abstract: A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.

Abstract: A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new process for the synthesis of vinyl sulfoxides, in particular diarylvinyl sulfoxides

Abstract: The present invention is directed to new diarylvinyl sulfoxides.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the synthesis of 2-arylbenzo[b]thiophenes.

Abstract: Described are preferred processes for preparing 2-halo-5-substituted pyridine compounds. Preferred processes can be conducted in a one-step, one-pot fashion, and involve the reaction of a formamide and a halogenating agent with a nitrile such as cis-2-pentenonitrile or with a combination of reactants including an aldehyde such as n-propionaldehyde and a nitrile or an amide. Preferred processes provide for convenient and advantageous preparations of 2-chloro-5-methylpyridine, which serves as an intermediate to important insecticidal compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are preferred processes for the preparation of 2-halo-nicotinic acid derivatives of formula (IV): ##STR1## by cyclocondensation of a 4-halo-4-cyanocarbonyl compound of formula (III): ##STR2## wherein X is Cl or Br; Y is a carbonyl group and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each, independently, H, Cl, Br or an organic radical. Further preferred aspects include the preparation of the above-noted 4-halo-4-cyanocarbonyl compound via Michael addition of a 2-halonitrile with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone, and the preparation of the 2-halonitrile by redistribution of halogen between a 2,2-dihalonitrile and a parent nitrile.

Abstract: Disclosed are preferred processes for preparing a 2-halo-5-halomethylpyridine compound. The preferred processes involve cyclocondensing a 2-halo-2-halomethyl aldehyde or ketone of the formula (II) ##STR1## to form a 2-halo-2-halomethylpyridine compound of the formula (III) ##STR2## wherein X is Cl or Br, Y is a cyano group or an aminocarbonyl group, and R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are, independently, H or an organic radical which does not interfere with the cyclocondensation.