Abstract: A process for preparing a thioamide of the formula (I) wherein R is an aryl or a heteroaryl radical includes the step of mixing a nitrile of the formula (II) R—CN  (II) wherein R is an aryl or a heteroaryl radical with an aqueous solution comprising a sulfide and water.

Abstract: The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures of fipronil and agonists or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors for the protection of industrial materials and plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to new O-aryldithiazole dioxides, to two processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides in crop protection and in the protection of materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to shaped articles which release agrochemical active compounds, are used for treatment of woody plants and are employed in a hollow preformed in the woody plant, are of a volume which fills the volume of the hollow to the extent of 10 to 95%, are of a volume which does not increase during the period of use to the extent that the preformed hollow space is filled completely, comprise a) agrochemical active compounds, b) water-insoluble thermoplastically processable polymers, c) water-soluble polymers and d) is appropriate further auxiliaries.

Abstract: The invention relates to textile treatment compositions containing (K1) mixtures of (A) 0 to 30% by weight of polyalcohols obtained by catalyzed reaction of formaldehyde with ketones bearing at least 4 replaceable hydrogen atoms adjacent to the carbonyl group, (B) 0 to 30% by weight of polyalcohols other than (A), (C) 0.1 to 10% by weight of adducts of fatty acids, fatty alcohols, alkyl- or dialkylamines, or alkylphenols with 2 to 100 mol of ethylene oxide, and (D) 70 to 99.9% by weight of an aqueous softener formulation containing 10 to 90% by weight of softener compounds based on the aqueous softener formulation,  wherein the total amount of (A)+(B) is ≧0.1% by weight, based on the sum total of the individual components (A) to (D), and (K2) a bisulphite-blocked polyisocyanate prepolymer, wherein the weight ratio of component K1 to component K2 is 0.1:1 to 5:1.

Abstract: Bis-oxime compounds of the general formula (I) are provided wherein X, Y, R1, R2 R3 and n are as defined in the specification. The bis-oxime compounds possess pesticidal activity, which may provide plants with protection from phytopathogenic microorganisms.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted 3-thiocarbamoylpyrazoles of general formula (I), wherein m, n, R1, R2, R3 and Ar have the meanings cited in the description. The invention further relates to methods for the production and use thereof as pesticides.

Abstract: Active compound combinations comprising a compound of the formula (I) and known fungicidally active compounds, and their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which Het represents one of the groups in which A, B, D, G, X and Z are each as defined in the description, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of diaminodicyclohexylmethane (“PACM”) with a proportion of trans,trans-4,4′-diaminodicyclohexylmethane of from 17 to 24% by hydrogenation of diaminodiphenylmethane (“MDA”) in the presence of a pulverulent catalyst in a continuously operated suspension reactor at a conversion of MDA of at least 95%, based on the amount of MDA used.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted 3-aryl-pyrazoles of the general formula (I) in which n, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and X are each as defined in the description, and also to processes for their preparation and to their use as herbicides.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing quinacridone pigment compositions by (a) heating a reaction mixture containing (i) 2,5-dianilinoterephthalic acid or 2,5-dianilino-6,13-dihydroterephthalic acid or a derivative thereof, (ii) about 0.1 to about 5 percent, based on component (a)(i), of 2,5-di(sulfamoylanilino)terephthalic acid and/or 2,5-di(sulfamoylanilino)-6,13-dihydroterephthalic acid or a derivative thereof, (iii) about 0.1 to about 15 percent by weight, based on component (a)(i), of other sulfonyl-containing derivatives of 2,5-dianilinoterephthalic acid and/or 2,5-dianilino-6,13-dihydroterephthalic acid, (iv) about 3 to about 20 parts by weight, per part of component (a)(i), of a dehydrating agent, and (v) optionally, a solvent; (b) drowning the reaction mixture from step (a) with a liquid in which the quinacridone pigment composition is substantially insoluble; and (c) isolating the quinacridone pigment composition.

Abstract: A method of reducing the level of malodorous amines emitted by paper when exposed to an alkaline environment is provided, which comprises making the paper so that it does not contain ammonium groups that are bonded to any polymer contained in the paper by only one chemical bond. Laminates which emit reduced levels of amines and which are comprised of this paper are also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the paper is sized with a sizing emulsion comprised of alkenyl succinic anhydride and a cationic water-soluble polymer having ammonium groups that are attached to the polymer by at least two chemical bonds.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of enantiomerically pure bis-diphenylphosphine oxides in a particularly advantageous manner by (1) reacting an aromatic bromine compound with a diphenylphosphinic chloride in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and an aromatic hydrocarbon to give a diphenylphosphine oxide, which is isolated from a solution in an aromatic hydrocarbon by adding a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon; (2) metalating the resulting diphenylphosphine oxide in the 6-position and reacting the metalated diphenylphosphine oxide with iodine at temperatures not less than −25° C.

Abstract: The present application relates to the use of 2-mercapto-pyridine N-oxide and/or its alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts and its metal complexes for the preservation of animal skins and leather.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing cyclobutanone by oxidizing cyclobutanol with an alkali metal hypochlorite or alkaline earth metal hypochlorite in the presence of an acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing hydroxyaromatics by oxidizing aromatics with dinitrogen monoxide in the gas phase in the presence of nanocrystalline zeolites.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing hydrazodicarbonamide (HDC) that is, after oxidation to azodicarbonamide (ADC), used industrially as a polymer auxiliary.

Abstract: This invention relates to process for asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins using osmium catalysts to obtain monofunctional, bifunctional, and/or polyfunctional chiral 1,2-diols of the formula (I) R1R2C(OH)—C(OH)R3R4  (I) where R1 to R4 are defined herein, by reacting an olefin of the formula (II) R1R2C═CR3R4  (II) where R1 to R4 are defined as for formula (I), with molecular oxygen in the presence of an osmium compound and a chiral amine ligand in water or a water-containing solvent mixture at a pH of from 8.5 to 13.

Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonated bead polymers prepared from styrene, vinylpyridines, further monomers, and crosslinkers, to a process for preparing them, and to their use as cation exchangers.