A single medicine oxalic acid or oxalate composition or "magic bullet" and method of treatment or prevention of warm-blooded animals including humans and pets for infectious or pathogenic microbial, bacterial, or viral disease, chemopreventiong of bacterial or viral infections, and the like, is provided which includes at least one therapeutically effective form of oxalic acid or oxalate selected from oxalic acid in a free acid, ester, lactone or salt form and oxalate including sodium oxalate, ox...

Paints and varnishes comprising modified acrylic resins and cobalt naphthenate and similar driers, contain a small amount of oxalic acid to prevent development of greenish colourings on drying.

A compound of formula I ##STR1## in which each R.sub.1, independently is selected from hydrogen, C.sub.1-12 alkyl, C.sub.1-12 alkoxy and halogen; R.sub.2 has a significance of R.sub.1, independently of R.sub.1, or is --OH; R.sub.20 is --CO--OR.sub.6 or, when each R.sub.1 is hydrogen and R.sub.2 is 2-C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, R.sub.20 is additionally --OH; R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl (more preferably hydrogen); and R.sub.6 is hydrogen; unsubstituted C.sub.6-22 alkyl, uninterrupted or interrupted by 1 o...

High yields of glycolic and oxalic acids, as well as good yields of lactic, formic, and acetic acids are produced from polysaccharide-containing materials by reacting the materials in a concentrated alkaline solution at elevated temperatures.

Oxalic acid derivatives of the formula I where A is an unsubstituted or substituted azetidine ring which is bonded via its nitrogen atom, Y is unsubstituted or substituted alkylene, X is oxygen or sulfur and D is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or alkenyl or is monocyclic or polycyclic unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkenylmethyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenylalkenyl, their preparation and growth regulators contai...

Oxalylhydroxamic acid derivatives of the formula I where the substituents have the following meanings: X is oxygen or sulfur; R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl or cycloalkylmethyl; substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl; R.sup.3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic...

Devices for providing chemiluminescent light from a chemical reaction of suitable oxalate-type compounds with hydroperoxides in the presence of a fluorescent compound and a diluent, in which the oxalate chemiluminescent component is incorporated with a substrate, and the component providing the reaction is applied to the substrate as a fluid, i.e., liquid or vapor.

A process for removing metal contaminants from a hydroconversion catalyst, said catalyst containing at least one metal from Groups VIB, VIIB or VIII supported on a refractory inorganic oxide. The process comprises contacting the contaminated catalyst with a buffered oxalic acid solution wherein contaminant is removed without dissolving the support.

The present invention provides a process for protecting organic materials that can be damaged by ultraviolet light from the effects of ultraviolet rays, characterized in that a bis-oxalic acid amide ester is incorporated with, or applied to the surface of the materials to be protected, or a filter layer containing the bis-oxalic acid amide esters is placed in front of said materials, the said bis-oxalic acid amide ester corresponding to the formula A.sub.1 --O--CO--CO--NH--W.sub.1 --NH--CO--CO--...

A process for the manufacture of phosphoric acid from phosphate rock is provided. The phosphate rock is digested or acidulated with an acid solution containing oxalic acid to produce phosphoric acid and calcium oxalate. Useful by-products are also formed and include calcium carbonate and ammonium oxalate. More specifically, the process provides for the production of phosphoric acid, ammonium phosphate and useful by-products utilizing synthesis gas and air to produce oxalic acid and ammonia. The ...