Abstract: A 7-(R)-Aminotriazolopyrimidines of formula I where the substituents and index are as defined below: R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 is methyl; R3 is C2-C10-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxymethyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl; Y is halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxy; where * is a center of chirality in the R configuration, processes for their preparation, compositions comprising them and their use for controlling harmful fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of N-phosphonomethylglycine by reacting a hexahydrotriazine derivative with a triacyl phosphite. The process gives N-phosphonomethylglycine in high yield and in a simple and inexpensive manner.

Abstract: A luminescent flexographic printing ink for printing control marks comprises a combination of a light-scattering pigment and an optical brightener and is not opaque. The luminescent flexographic printing ink is used for printing control marks and bar codes and for the production of decorative papers, wood laminates and floor panels.

Abstract: In a process for preparing polytetrahydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers having a low color number, the polymers obtained by cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran are hydrogenated in the presence of a macroporous, supported heterogeneous catalyst comprising at least one metal of groups 7 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements as active metal.

Abstract: A material useful as catalyst for the hydrogenation of alpha, omega-dinitriles comprises (a) iron or a compound based on iron or mixtures thereof, (b) from 0.001 to 0.3% by weight based on (a) of a promoter based on 2, 3, 4 or 5 elements selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silicon, zirconium, titanium and vanadium, (c) from 0 to 0.3% by weight based on (a) of a compound based on an alkali and/or alkaline earth metal, and also (d) from 0.001 to 1% by weight based on (a) of manganese.

Abstract: Catalyst systems for the copolymerization of carbon monoxide and ?-olefinically unsaturated compounds contain, as essential components, a) a metal complex of the formula (I) ?where R1 to R4 are each linear or branched C2- to C28-alkyl, C3- to C14-cycloalkyl or alkylaryl where the alkyl moiety is of 1 to 28 carbon atoms and the aryl moiety is of 6 to 15 carbon atoms, each of which is substituted by at least one polar protic or ionic functional group based on elements of groups IVA to VIA of the Periodic Table of Elements, and b) if required, one or more Lewis or protic acids or a mixture of Lewis and protic acids.

Abstract: A process is provided for the distillative separation of pentene nitrile isomers which have a relative volatility alpha ranging from 1.0 to 1.3 in the pressure range from 1 to 500 kPa, wherein the distillation is carried out in the presence of a liquid diluent which forms with the pentene nitrile isomers, under the same pressure conditions, azeotropes whose relative volatility alpha is higher than that of the pentene nitrile isomers to be separated.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising at least one complex of a metal of transition group VIII comprising at least one monodentate, bidentate or multidentate phosphinamidite ligand in which the phosphorus atom and the oxygen atom of the phosphinamidite group form part of a 5- to 8-membered heterocycle can be used for the hydroformylation and hydrocyanation of compounds containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond. The phosphinamidite ligand is, for example, represented by the following formulae wherein represents an optionally substituted 5- to 8-membered heterocycle wherein A represents carbon ring members; represents an optionally substituted N-bonded heterocycle wherein (Het) indicates optional ring heteroatoms in addition to the N; and B is a carbon-carbon single bond or a divalent bridging group.

Abstract: A polybutadiene latex is prepared by a process in which butadiene is polymerized by free radical emulsion polymerization in the presence of initiator and, if required, dispersants and further conventional assistants, the polymerization being carried out in the presence of reactive comonomers in such a way that the heat flow of 43 watt/kg solids content of the polymerization mixture is not exceeded. Owing to the presence of reactive comonomers, the reaction rate at the beginning of the reaction is increased, with the result that an overall flatter heat flow profile is obtained. A preferred reactive comonomer is styrene.

Abstract: The novel compounds of formula I: wherein R, A, X1, X2, X3, Z and m have the meaning given in claim 1, and the agronomically acceptable salts or N-oxides thereof, and herbicidal compositions containing such compounds as active ingredients.

Abstract: Essentially monounsaturated polyalkylenes having from 30 to 700 carbon atoms are continuously hydroformylated by a process in which i) a hydroformylation-active cobalt carbonyl catalyst is prepared from a catalyst precursor dissolved in an aqueous phase in the absence of the polyalkylenes, ii) the polyalkylenes are hydroformylated by means of synthesis gas in the presence of the cobalt carbonyl catalyst in a reaction zone, iii) the cobalt carbonyl catalyst is separated from the output from the reaction zone with at least partial reformation of the catalyst precursor and the catalyst precursor is recirculated to step i).

Abstract: A multimetal oxide of the formula I Aga?bMbV2Ox*c H2O,??I where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Tl, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cr, Au, Al, Fe, Co, Ni and/or Mo, a is from 0.3 to 1.9 and b is from 0 to 0.5, with the proviso that the difference (a?b)?0.1 and c is from 0 to 20 and x is a number determined by the valence and amount of elements different from oxygen in the formula I, has a crystal structure giving an X-ray powder diffraction pattern which displays reflections at the lattice spacings d of 15.23±0.6, 12.16±0.4, 10.68±0.3, 3.41±0.04, 3.09±0.04, 3.02±0.04, 2.36±0.04 and 1.80±0.04 ?. Precatalysts and catalysts produced therefrom for the partial oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons are also provided.

Abstract: A continuous vapor-phase fluidized-bed process for the preparation of ethylene homopolymers and copolymers having a density of from 0.87 to 0.97 g/cm3 in which ethylene or mixtures of ethylene and C3-C8 a-monoolefins are (co)polymerized in the presence of a supported chromium catalyst in the polymerization zone of a vapor-phase fluidized-bed reactor under pressures ranging from 1 to 100 bar and at temperatures ranging from 30° to 125° C. in the vapor phase in an agitated bed of bulk material comprising particulate polymer, the resultant heat of polymerization is removed by cooling the recirculated reactor gas and the resulting (co)polymer is removed from the vapor-phase fluidized-bed reactor, wherein, for the preparation of a (co)polymer of a specific density d, the (co)polymerization is carried out at a temperature which is in a range restricted by an upper envelope defined by equation I T H = 171 + 6 ? ? ? d ? 0.

Abstract: Novel uracil substituted phenyl sulfamoyl carboxamides I and salts thereof, where A=oxygen or sulfur; X1=H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl; X2=H, CN, CS—NH2, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl; X3=H, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxyalkyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-alkenyl, C3-C6-alkynyl, optionally substituted benzyl; R1, R2=H, halogen, optionally substituted hydroxy, C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkynyl, C3-C7-cycloalkyl, phenyl, benzyl or C5-C7-cycloalkenyl, or R1+R2 together with the atom to which they are attached form a 3- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring; Q is selected from Q1 to Q40 as defined in the description. Use: As herbicides; for the desiccation/defoliation of plants.

Abstract: In a process for polymerizing ethylene and, if desired, further monomers in a high-pressure reactor at from 140 to 320° C. and pressures of from 1000 to 4000 bar, but in any case under pressure and temperature conditions under which water displays supercritical behavior, water is introduced continuously or intermittently into the reactor.

Abstract: In a process for the continuous fractional distillation of mixtures comprising tetrahydrofuran, ?-butyrolactone and/or 1,4-butanediol to give at least three fractions, the fractionation is carried out in an assembly of distillation columns comprising at least one dividing wall column or at least one assembly of thermally coupled conventional distillation columns.

Abstract: Pigment concentrates comprising at least one pigment and one polyolefin wax prepared from one or more olefins by catalysis with a single-site catalyst comprising a transition metal of groups 5 to 8 of the Periodic Table, where the complex contains not more than one cyclopentadienyl system per transition metal atom, the concentrates comprising a thermoplastic, if desired, and additives, if desired.

Abstract: C2-C8-olefins are oligomerized in a process in which a stream of an olefin-containing hydrocarbon mixture is passed over a heterogeneous, nickel-containing oligomerization catalyst in n successive adiabatically operated reaction zones, where n?2, and the hydrocarbon mixture experiences a temperature increase 66 Treact in each reaction zone and the hydrocarbon mixture enters the first reaction zone at a temperature Tin and before entering each further reaction zone is cooled to a temperature which in each case may be up to 20° C. above or below Tin, and the relative catalyst volumes of the individual reaction zones are such that the difference in ?Treact between any two reaction zones is not more than 20° C.

Abstract: Process for the carbonylation of n-pentenoic acid or its derivatives of the formula (I) C4H7—R1??(I) where R1 is —CN or COOR2 where R2 is hydrogen, alkyl or aryl by reaction of a compound of the formula (I) with carbon monoxide and a compound (II) containing a hydroxyl group in the presence of a catalyst system, wherein the catalyst system is obtainable by reaction of a) a source for a metal ion of a metal (III) of the 8th subgroup of the Periodic Table of the Elements with b) a bidentate phosphine ligand of the formula (IV) (R3R4R5C)(R6R7R8C)P-L1-X-L2-P(CR9R10R11) (CR12R13R14)??(IV) where R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 independently of one another is an organic radical which in each case contains a carbon atom, via which the respective radical is linked to the relevant tertiary carbon atom mentioned in formula (IV); L1, L2 independently of one another are a lower alkylene group; X is an arylene group.

Abstract: Ethylene homopolymers and copolymers are prepared in a tube reactor at from 160° C. to 350° C. and pressures in the range from 500 to 5000 bar, with or without use of molar mass regulators, using a peroxide mixture comprising from 1 to 95 mol %, based on the total amount of the peroxide mixture, of at least one cyclic peroxide of the formula I, where the radicals R are identical or different and are selected from among alkyl groups and aryl groups, as polymerization initiator.