The present invention primarily relates to a process for producing certain substituted 2-allylanilines of the hereinbelow-defined formula (I) and their use in a process for producing substituted 4-aminoindane derivatives of the hereinbelow-defined formula (V). The present invention further relates to a process for producing fungicidal indanyl carboxamides. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for producing 2-(difluoromethyl)-N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-propyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)nicotinamide and/or 3-(difluoromethyl)-N-[(R)-2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-inden-4-yl]-1-methylpyrazole-4-carboxamide.

The present invention primarily relates to a process for producing certain substituted 2-allylanilines of the hereinbelow-defined formula (I) and their use in a process for producing substituted 4-aminoindane derivatives of the hereinbelow-defined formula (V). The present invention further relates to a process for producing fungicidal indanyl carboxamides. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for producing 2-(difluoromethyl)-N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-propyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)nicotinamide and/or 3-(difluoromethyl)-N-[(R)-2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-inden-4-yl]-1-methylpyrazole-4-carboxamide.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing substituted 4-aminoindane derivatives of the general formula (I) ##STR00001##
by rearrangement of compounds of the formula (II) in HF, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and R.sup.5 have the definitions as specified in the description.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing substituted 4-aminoindane derivatives of the general formula (I) ##STR00001##
by rearrangement of compounds of the formula (II) in HF, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and R.sup.5 have the definitions as specified in the description.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing substituted 4-aminoindane derivatives of the general formula (I) ##STR00001##
by rearrangement of compounds of the formula (II) in HF, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and R.sup.5 have the definitions as specified in the description.

A compound of Formula (VI), wherein ‘n’ and ‘R’ are selected so that the compound comprises 1-acetyl-6-fluoro-2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline of Formula (IX):

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A compound of Formula (VI), wherein ‘n’ and ‘R’ are selected so that the compound comprises 1-acetyl-6-fluoro-2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline of Formula (IX):

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The present invention provides fluorescent polyfluorene polymers or macromers with unique optical properties that are stable. The polymeric fluorophores are useful in various bioassays formats. The inventive polymers are useful in assays relying on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanisms where two fluorophores are used.

The present invention provides fluorescent polyfluorene polymers or macromers with unique optical properties that are stable. The polymeric fluorophores are useful in various bioassays formats. The inventive polymers are useful in assays relying on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanisms where two fluorophores are used.

The present invention relates to indane derivatives of the formula (I) and mixtures thereof, wherein X is selected from groups of the formulae -A-NH2 or -A-(NAr.sub.2), wherein A is a chemical bond or phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl and C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkoxy; Ar is unsubstituted or substituted aryl, wherein two groups Ar bound to the same nitrogen atom may together with the nitrogen atom also form a fused ring system having 3 or more than 3 unsubstituted or substituted rings; and the variables R.sup.A, R.sup.B, Y, k, I, m, p, q and r are as defined in the claims and the description. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds and their use in organic electronics, in particular as hole transport material or electron blocking material.

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