Abstract: The invention is directed towards a process for the epoxidation of olefins, using molecular oxygen and hydrogen, characterized in that, as catalyst, a compound comprising gold, preferably in nanometer size, on a support material, in which the support material is comprised of Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanide, Zirconium, Hafnium, Vanadium, Niobium, Tantalum, Chromium, Molybdenum and/or Tungsten and is essentially free of titanium is applied, and a compound comprising gold, preferably in nanometer size, on a support material, in which the support material is comprised of Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanide, Zirconium, Hafnium, Vanadium, Niobium, Tantalum, Chromium, Molybdenum and/or Tungsten and is essentially free of titanium, a process for the preparation of said compounds and a method of catalyzing a chemical reaction through conducting said chemical reaction in the presence of said compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to PU-coating compositions containing solvent and combinations of crosslinking agents and to a process for producing polyurethane coatings on the principle of heat-activated, one-coat reverse coating by knife-coating the polyurethane coating composition onto a temporary support, drying the layer and laminating the textile substrates using preferably heated pressure rollers, followed by heating at elevated temperatures, the coating compositions used being solvent-containing, 20 to 60% compositions of a polyurethane mixture I containing(A) relatively soft polyurethanes and(B) relatively hard one-component polyurethanes and a crosslinker combination II containing(C) formaldehyde-urea and/or formaldehyde-melamine resins and crosslinking catalysts and(D) aliphatic and/or aromatic polyisocyanates, particularly blocked polyisocyanates,and, optionally, additions of soluble cellulose esters, handle-improving agents, optionally polysiloxanes containing oxyalkylene groups and other standard additi

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a process for the production of novel amidine-metal complexes and to the use thereof as catalysts for isocyanate polyaddition reactions. The novel amidine-metal complexes of the instant invention are generally produced by mixing an amidine with a metal salt.