A composition which comprises (a) a salt of a metal (M) of a hydroxycarboxylic acid in which the OH and COOH groups are attached to the ring atoms of a fused ring system and (b) a surface coating compound or composition. The metal (M) is at least divalent and may be magnesium, calcium, barium or particularly zinc. The fused ring system is preferably a fused aromatic hydrocarbon ring system such as naphthalene. The OH and COOH groups can be attached to adjacent carbon atoms of fused hydrocarbon r...

A compound contains a ligand group and at least one group of the general formula --XR.sub.n where X is a linking group which contains at least one hetero-atom, R is a saturated hydrocarbyl group containing at least six carbon atoms or is an unsaturated hydrocarbyl group containing at least three carbon atoms. The ligand group can be a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl, a triazole, an imidazole, an indazole, a thiazole, an oxazole, a carbamate, an xanthate or a phthalazine. The compounds can be used to impr...

Titanocenes with silylated .pi.-cyclopentadienyl ligands in which one or two carbo- or heterocyclic aromatic rings are bonded to the titanium, the aromatic rings being substituted by fluorine, --CF.sub.3, --C.sub.2 F.sub.5, --CF.sub.2 CL or --CF.sub.2 CH.sub.3 in at least one of the two ortho-positions relative to the metal-carbon bonds, are suitable as photoinitiators for the photopolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated substrates. They are distinguished by a high sensitivity, stability to ...

Titanocenes with, for example, .pi.-cyclopentadienyl ligands in which one or two carbo- or heterocyclic aromatic rings are bonded to the titanium, the aromatic rings being substituted by fluorine in at least one of the two ortho-positions relative to the matal-carbon bond and being substituted by at least one free or etherified or esterified polyoxaalkylene radical, are suitable as photoinitiators for the photopolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated substrates.

A fuel especially a fuel for an automobile, internal combustion engine or a diesel engine comprising a hydrocarbon water and emulsifier wherein the emulsifier is a non-ionic emulsifier and comprises the addition product of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide and a carboxylic acid amide with 9 to 21 carbon atoms.

Novel maytansinoids of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alicyclic hydrocarbon group of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or heterocyclic group, which may optionally be substituted, and A is an alkylene group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a bond, provided that A means said alkylene group when attached to a N atom in said heterocyclic group R, have antimicrobial, antimitotic and antitumor activities.

N-substituted phenyl tetrahydrophthalimides, intermediates therefor and synthesis thereof, which compounds are useful herbicides.

Diurethanes of the formula ##STR1## selectively damage or destroy weeds in crops of carrots, cotton, peanuts, and rice without damaging the crop plants when R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl; R.sub.2 is propyl, butyl, isobutyl, or benzyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, or methylmercapto; and X is oxygen or sulfur.

A method of chemoprevention of the onset of invasive breast cancer in a high risk patient comprises administering to the patient an effective amount of an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof, as defined in the application, for the selective control of unwanted vegetation in leguminous plants or for the non-selective control of unwanted vegetation ##STR00001##