Abstract: The invention relates to temperature-stable polypeptides with ?-pyranosidase activity. The polypeptide substrates include ?-glucopyranosides und ?-xylopyranosides. Said polypeptides can be expressed alone or as fusion proteins for example in yeast or bacteria and subsequently purified. The polypeptides according to said invention can be used alone or in a mixture with other enzymes for the degradation of plant raw materials, among others for the enzymatic degradation of biomass containing lignocellulose, in particular hemicellulose and the hemicellulose component xylan. Said enzymes are suitable for use in textile processing, as an additive of detergents, or in the food or feed industry.

Abstract: A method for adjusting the average particle size of a spherical catalyst support, in particular a spherical catalyst support comprising a magnesium dihalide-ethanol-adduct, a spherical catalyst support obtained by the method, a solid catalyst composition comprising the spherical catalyst support, and the use of the solid catalyst composition for the polymerization of an olefins.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing titano-(silico)-alumino-phosphate, a catalyst shaped body which contains titano-(silico)-alumino-phosphate, a washcoat containing titano-(silico)-alumino-phosphate, the use of the washcoat to produce a catalyst by coating a support body, and to the use of titano-(silico)-alumino-phosphate or of the catalyst shaped body to produce a catalyst.

Abstract: A phospholipase-phospholipase-carrier complex for degumming crude oils. The phospholipase-carrier complex includes at least one phospholipase A1, A2 or B and at least one carrier, such as silicic acid, precipitated silicic acid, polyacrylate, polymethacrylate or divinylbenzene-crosslinked methacrylate. The disclosure further relates to a method of degumming crude oils and to a method of producing the phospholipase-carrier complex.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) where T, Q1, R1 to R6 and R30 are each as defined in claim 1, to their preparation and to their use.

Abstract: A device for adsorption treatment of a fluid or fluid stream, comprising a container for receiving adsorber material, wherein the container has a fluid inlet opening and a fluid outlet opening, and two fluid connection devices, wherein one of the fluid connection devices is provided at the fluid inlet opening and the other one of the fluid connection devices is provided at the fluid outlet opening, wherein the fluid connection devices are locked in a fluid-tight manner and are designed in such a way that they can each be connected to a fluid line connector and unlocked and, if they are connected to the respective fluid line connector they can be unlocked or are unlocked.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkenyl succinic anhydrides of formula (1), in which R represents a C4 to C250 alkylene radical that can be linear or branched. The method involves the reaction of maleic acid, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid or esters thereof and an alkene which contains 4-250 carbon atoms at from 150 to 250° C. in the presence of a synergistic mixture of a primary antioxidant, a secondary antioxidant, and a metal deactivator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to alkylphenol-aldehyde resins containing oligo- or polymers having a repeat structural unit of the formula where R1 is a branched alkyl or alkenyl radical which has from 10 to 40 carbon atoms and bears at least one carboxyl, carboxylate and/or ester group, R2 is hydrogen or R1 R3 is hydrogen or an alkoxy group of the formula -(A-O)m—H, A is a C2- to C4-alkylene group, m is from 1 to 100, R4 is hydrogen, a C1- to C11-alkyl radicals or a carboxyl group, R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, n is from 1 to 100 and k is 1 or 2.

Abstract: Mineral oil distillates having an aromatics content of less than 21% by weight, a water content of less than 150 ppm and a conductivity of at least 50 pS/m, and comprising from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin (constituent I) which includes a structural element of the formula in which R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or C2-C200-alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or C2-C200-alkenyl and n is from 2 to 100, and from 0.1 to 200 ppm of at least one polar oil-soluble nitrogen compound (constituent II), excluding those mineral oil distillates in which between 0.001 and 10 ppm of an oil-soluble, organic sulfonic acid-ammonium salt are present.

Abstract: The invention provides surfactant-containing cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical agents comprising at least one water-soluble or water-swellable copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) if desired, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) if desired, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) if desired, a silicon-containing component(s), E) if desired, a fluorine-containing component(s), F) if desired, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a pigment preparation comprising a) a dioxazine compound of the formula (I) as base pigment and b) a dioxazine compound of the formula (II) as pigment dispersant Q-[Y—X]M ??(II) in which Q is an m-valent radical of the base pigment of the formula (I), Y is a bridging moiety, X is in particular a heterocycle, and m indicates a numerical value between 1 and 4 as a colorant in color filters, ink-jet inks, electrophotographic toners and developers, and electronic inks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biocidal compositions comprising at least one biocidal active substance and at least one solvent from the group of polyglycol monobutyl ethers, and to their use as preservatives and disinfectants. More specifically, the invention provides compositions comprising a) at least one biocidal active substance b) at least one solvent according to the formula I R—(O—CH2—CH2)x—O—H??(I) in which R is a linear or branched butyl group and x is a number from 3 to 10.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (1) in which A represents a C2 to C4 alkylene group; x represents a number from 1 to 100; R? represents an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical that contains at least one structural unit of formula 2, and; y represents a number from 1 to 100. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in quantities of 0.01 to 2% by weight for preventing the formation of gas hydrates in aqueous phases that are connected to a gaseous, liquid or solid organic phase.

Abstract: The invention provides for the use of at least one oil-soluble polyoxyalkylene compound, this polyoxyalkylene compound being an oil-soluble ester, ether or ether/ester of alkoxylated polyols having at least three repeat alkoxy units derived from alkylene oxides having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms per OH group of the polyol which bears at least two aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals having from 12 to 30 carbon atoms for improving the response behavior of mineral oil cold flow improvers in middle distillates which comprise at least one ashless, nitrogen-containing detergent additive which is an oil-soluble amphiphilic compound which comprises at least one alkyl or alkenyl radical which is bonded to a polar group, the alkyl or alkenyl radical comprising from 10 to 500 carbon atoms and the polar group comprising 2 or more nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane compounds. According to the invention, in a first step, a dicarboxylic acid ester is reacted with a pyridine aldehyde and a primary amine. The piperidone which forms is reacted in a second stage with formaldehyde and a further primary amine. It is essential to the invention that, in the first reaction stage, a C2-C4-alcohol is used as solvent and, in the second reaction stage, a C3-C4-alcohol is used as solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to the dimeric compound of formula (II) wherein the two monomer-units are linked with each other either via R3 or via R4; the ring A is a five-or six-membered heteroaromatic ring, one of the groups R3 or R4 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene radical, the remaining group R3 or R4 is a C1-C4 alkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkyl, an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, benzyl, benzanilide or naphthyl; or wherein the group NR4 together with the ring A constitutes a five-or six membered heterocycle that can be annelated with a benzene ring, and R3 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene radical. The inventive compounds can be used for pigmenting high-molecular organic materials.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising at least one alkylphenol resin (constituent I) and, based on the alkylphenol resin, from 0.05 to 10% by weight of at least one salt of an aromatic base and of a sulfonic acid (constituent II).

Abstract: The invention thus provides crude oils and products which have been produced therefrom and comprise distillation residues, comprising at least one alkylphenol-aldehyde resin having a repeat structural unit of the formula where R1 is a branched alkyl or alkenyl radical which has from 10 to 40 carbon atoms and bears at least one carboxyl, carboxylate and/or ester group, R2 is hydrogen or R1 R3 is hydrogen or an alkoxy group of the formula -(A-O)m—H, A is a C2- to C4-alkylene group, m is from 1 to 100, R4 is hydrogen, a C1- to C11-alkyl radical or a carboxyl group, R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, n is from 1 to 100 and k is 1 or 2, the use of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resin for splitting emulsions of water and crude oils or products derived therefrom, the use of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resin for improving the cold flowability of crude oils and products derived therefrom, and the use of the alkylphenol-aldehyde resin as an asphaltene dispersant in crude

Abstract: The invention provides surfactant-free cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and dermatological compositions comprising at least one copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) if desired, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) if desired, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) if desired, one or more silicon-containing components, E) if desired, one or more fluorine-containing components, F) if desired, one or more macromonomers, G) the copolymerization taking place if desired in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive, and its use for inhibiting nucleation, growth and agglomeration of gas hydrates by adding an effective amount of an inhibitor to a multiphasic mixture which tends to hydrate formation and consists of water, gas and optionally condensate, or to a drilling fluid which tends to form gas hydrates. Said inhibitor comprising dialkoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula 1 where R1, R2 are each independently radicals of the formulae -(A-O)n—(C)—CO—O—R5, R3 is C1- to C30-alkyl or C2- to C30-alkenyl, R4 is an organic radical which optionally contains heteroatoms and has from 1 to 100 carbon atoms, R5 is an alkyl or an alkenyl, n is a number from 1 to 20, A is an alkylene group, B is an alkylene group, C is a C1- to C6-alkylene group and X is an anion, are used as gas hydrate inhibitors.