Abstract: Phenoxyphenoxy-propionic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## exhibit an outstanding herbicidal activity against a wide variety of weed grasses and are well tolerated by dicotyledonous crop plants and various cereals.

Abstract: Novel esters of ether and thioether substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic acids, synthesis thereof, and intermediates therefor, such esters being useful as pesticides.

Abstract: Acyloxy-substituted aryloxyalkyl diketones, useful as anti-viral agents, are prepared either by esterification of the corresponding hydroxy-substituted compounds or by reacting a haloalkyl diketone with an alkali metal salt of an acyloxy-substituted phenol.

Abstract: Phenoxy-phenoxypropionic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or halogen, and R.sub.1 is substituted alkyl, cyclohexenyl, phenylalkenyl or (substituted) alkinyl, are interesting selective herbicides having a special activity against weed grasses. They are obtained for example by reaction of corresponding phenoxypropionic acid halides with hydroxy compounds of the formula HO--R.sub.1.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine; andR.sub.3 is --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH.sub.2 --O--COR.sub.4, --CH.sub.2 --O--CONHR.sub.5, --COOH, --COOCat, --COOR.sub.6, --CONR.sub.7 R.sub.8 or --CO--SR.sub.9 ;where Cat is one equivalent of an inorganic or organic cation;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms;R.sub.5 is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl or halo-substituted phenyl;R.sub.6 is alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may optionally have a chloro, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy-lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio, amino, mono-lower alkyl-amino, di-lower alkyl-amino, allyloxy or phenoxy substituent attached thereto; phenyl; benzyl; monochloro-benzyl; dichloro-benzyl; cyclohexyl; 1-ethynyl-cyclohexyl; lower alkenyl; lower alkynyl; --N.dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 ; 2--(2',4',5'-trichloro-phenoxy)-ethyl, 2-(2', 5'-dichloro-4'-bromo-phenoxy)-ethyl; or ##STR2## R.sub.

Abstract: This invention discloses .alpha.-aryloxy or .alpha.-arylthio para substituted phenyl acetic acid compounds that are useful in lowering sterol and triglyceride serum levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 9-deoxy-9-methylene-inter-phenylene-13,14-didehydro-16-phenyl-17,18,19,20- tetranor-PGF.sub.1 compounds. These compounds are useful pharmacological agents, and are useful for the same purposes as the corresponding PGE-type compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 9-deoxy-9-methylene-inter-phenylene-16-phenyl-PGF compounds.These compounds are useful pharmacological agents, and are useful for the same purposes as the corresponding PGE-type compounds.

Abstract: The sulphur- and oxygen-containing diaryl compounds of the formula: ##STR1## in which A and B, which may be the same or different, represent O, S, SO or SO.sub.2,Alk is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydrocarbon radical with a straight or branched chain, R represents COOH, an esterified COOH group, a carboxylic amide group, OH, O-SO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, NH.sub.2, NHR.sub.1, NR.sub.1 R.sub.2, NHZOH, NHZNR.sub.1 R.sub.2, C(.dbd.NH)NH.sub.2, C(.dbd.NH)NHOH or 2-.DELTA..sup.2 -imidazolinyl, Z is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 hydrocarbon radical with a straight or branched chain, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Compounds possessing pharmaceutical activity as substances able to lower the level of fatty substances in the blood possess the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or alkyl or alkoxy containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 which can be the same or different are hydrogen or alkyl containing from 1 to 9 carbon atoms such that A.sup.1 and A.sup.

Abstract: Therapeutically active compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Ac.sub.1 is a first acyl group, Ac.sub.2 is a second acyl group different from Ac.sub.1, A is a C--C bond or a divalent organic residue; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 are a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together being able to take part in the formation of a ring having up to 6 atoms, A, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be substituted by -OH groups esterified or not by acyl groups.

Abstract: This invention comprises certain analogs of the prostaglandins in which the double bond between C-13 and C-14 is replaced by a triple bond. Also provided in this invention, are novel chemical processes and novel chemical intermediates useful in the preparation of the above prostaglandin analogs. These prostaglandin analogs exhibit prostaglandin-like activity, and are accordingly useful for the same pharmacological purposes as the prostaglandins. Among these purposes are blood pressure lowering, labor induction at term, reproductive-cycle regulation, gastric antisecretory action, and the like.

Abstract: This invention comprises certain analogs of the prostaglandins in which the double bond between C-13 and C-14 is replaced by a triple bond. Also provided in this invention, are novel chemical processes and novel chemical intermediates useful in the preparation of the above prostaglandin analogs. These prostaglandin analogs exhibit prostaglandin-like activity, and are accordingly useful for the same pharmacological purposes as the prostaglandins. Among these purposes are blood pressure lowering, labor induction at term, reproductive-cycle regulation, gastric antisecretory action, and the like.

Abstract: In the preparation of glycol esters by the oxidation of an olefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising tellurium, wherein the accumulation of foreign metals in association with the tellurium catalyst component has an adverse effect upon the reaction, such foreign metals are maintained at low levels while the tellurium catalyst values are recovered for recycling in high yield by purging a portion of a high-boiling residual fraction produced in the distillation treatment of the reaction mixture and treating the purged portion with water and/or an aqueous alkaline solution.

Abstract: Hydratropic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H, alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms, 2-acetamidoethyl, 1-methyl-4-piperidyl, or 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, and R.sub.2 is Hal, phenyl, 4-Hal-phenyl, 4-Hal-phenoxy, 4-Hal-phenoxymethyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthyl, 1-pyrryl, piperidino, isoindolino, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolino, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-quinolyl or 1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-quinolyl, Hal being F, Cl, or Br, and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, which possess cholesterol and triglyceride serum-level-lowering activity, can be prepared by reacting a phenol of the formula ##STR2## with a compound of the formula X--C(CH.sub.3)(C.sub. 6 H.sub.5)--COOR.sub.1 wherein X represents Cl, Br, I, OH, or esterified OH.

Abstract: Thermally stable, rigid bisphenols of the formula ##STR1## WHERE R is ##STR2## or ##STR3## where R.sup.2 is arylene or substituted arylene, andR.sup.1 is hydrogen or acyl,Are used to prepare thermally stable, rigid, ordered polyesters of the formula ##STR4## where R.sup.4 is arylene or substituted arylene, andn is at least about 10.

Abstract: Derivatives of 2-hydroxy-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(alkyl or trifluoromethyl)propionic acid bearing a phenyl or naphthyl group linked to the 2-hydroxy group either directly or via an intermediate methylene group. The compounds reduce the concentrations of cholesterol, total esterified fatty acids or fibrinogen in the blood plasma of test animals and some compounds show anti-arthritic properties.