Abic Ltd.

Haifa Chemical South Ltd.

Haifa Chemicals South Ltd.

Uri Michael

Eva Schonberger

Zabar Sasson

Evgeny Zlotnikov

Abraham Shaviv

Boris Gordonov

Preparation of an encapsulated slow-release particulate fertilizer. A particulate fertilizer starting material is pretreated for increasing its capacity of holding powderous material by adhesion. The resulting first intermediary product is coated with a powderous waterproofing material which fuses below the phase transition temperature of the fertilizer. A second intermediary product obtained in this way is heated to a temperature below the phase transition temperature to fuse the waterproofing material.

Method for preparing an encapsulated slow-release particulate fertilizer

An encapsulated slow-release particulate fertilizer product comprising 50-95% by weight of fertilizer and an encapsulating waterproofing sulfurated coat selected from the group of sulfurated unsaturated oils and sulfurated distillation products and distillation residues thereof. The sulfurated coat may bear neutralized carboxylic groups and the product may optionally contain up to 5% by weight of an inert powder serving as conditioner. For making the product an unsaturated oil or a distillation product or residue thereof is reacted with a sulfurization agent and the reaction product is used for the encapsulation of a particulate fertilizer.

Slow release fertilizers

The present invention relates to a new process for the preparation of N.sup.1 -(2'-furanidyl)-5-fluoro-uracil, also called Ftorafur, which is a very important anti-cancer compound. Said process comprises reacting 2,3-dihydrofuran with water in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acidic catalyst at a pH below 2.5, removing excess of unreacted starting materials and reacting the mixture obtained with silylated-5-fluoro-uracil is in the presence of a Friedel Crafts type catalyst uracil in an inert organic solvent. The new process has many advantages in comparison with those used so far.

Bis-2-furanidyl ether and method of preparation

Process for the preparation of N.sup.1 -(2'-furanidyl)-5-fluoro-uracil

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Natanya, Israel

Uri Michael