Abstract: The invention relates to process for preparing monofunctional, bifunctional or/and polyfunctional olefins of the formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic) or/and (Id), where R1 to R3 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, (C1-C8)-alkyl, CN, COOH, COO-alkyl-(C1-C8), CO-alkyl-(C1-C8), aryl-(C6-C10), COO-aryl-(C6-C10), CO-aryl-(C6-C10), O-alkyl-(C1-C8), O—CO-alkyl-(C1-C8) or N-alkyl2-(C1-C8) and aryl is an aromatic radical containing up to 14 carbon atoms, where aryl is as defined above, and Ar is a heteroaromatic, by reacting haloaromatics, haloolefins or/and heterohaloaromatics of the formulae (IIa), (IIb), (IIc) or/and (IId) with olefins of the formula (III), wherein a mixture of a palladium(0) complex or a palladium(II) salt with phosphite ligands of the formulae (IVa) or/and (IVb) is used as catalyst.

Abstract: A highly sensitive optical sensor in a simple structure for detecting a chemical substance dissolved or dispersed in water is provided. The optical sensor (1) comprises a detecting element (2) having a polymer thin film, a light source unit (3) for emitting light for irradiating the polymer thin film, and a photodetector (4) for detecting the intensity of light reflected from the polymer thin film. The detecting element (2), the light source unit (3), and the photo-detector (4) are integrally mounted in a housing. The polymer thin film is formed on a highly reflective substrate or an optically transparent substrate so as to interact with a chemical substance dissolved or dispersed in water flowing through a water channel (8).

Abstract: The invention relates to homogeneously colored polyester particles having a mean particle size <50 &mgr;m and a monomodal particle size distribution with a span (=d90−d10/d50)≦2.5, which can be melted at temperatures <200° C. to form a continuous coating, to a process for their preparation and to their use for powder coatings. In a preferred embodiment the particles comprise units of formulae (1) and (2) —CO—X—CO  (1) —O—D—O—  (2) where X is a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C14 aromatic radical or an alkylene, polymethylene, cycloalkane or dimethylene-cycloalkane group or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkanediyl group and D is an alkylene, polymethylene, cycloalkane or dimethylene-cycloalkane group or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkanediyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification and molecular-biological and biochemical characterization of novel DEAH-box proteins which show structural similarity with other known helicases. The invention also relates to DNA sequences encoding such proteins. It is demonstrated that such proteins bind ATP and nucleic acid and possess helicase and ATPase activities. This invention further relates to processes for preparation of such proteins and their use in pharmacologically relevant test systems and therapeutic applications.

Abstract: A catalyst for the selective oxidation of olefins in the presence of air or oxygen, comprising a compound of the formula (1) MoxOy(L)z  (1) where x is 1, 2 or 3, y is an integer from 0 to 2x+1, z is an integer from 1 to 2x, wherein the ligand L is a compound of the formula (2) or (3)  where n is 0 or 1, X is a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom, Y is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl, C1-C8-alkoxy, F, Cl, Br, I, COOCH3, C6-C14-aryl or C3-C8-cycloalkyl, R3 and R4 form a ring containing from 4 to 8 carbon atoms onto which one or two aromatic rings may be fused, R1 and R2 are hydrogen, branched or straight-chain C1-C12-alkyl or branched or straight-chain C1-C12-haloalkyl which substitute the ring formed by R3 and R4 and/or the rings fused onto this ring, or the ligand L is a compound of the formula (4) or (5) where R is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl, C1-C8-alkoxy, COOCH3, carbonyl oxygen, C6-C14-aryl or C3-C8-cycloalkyl and n is 1 or 2 and m is from 1 to 6.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for cooling polymerization reactors in the preparation of polyolefins, the polymerization being carried out in a first reactor and in at least one further reactor, the further reactor or reactors being connected downstream of the first reactor and each being cooled by an internal cooling circuit in which a cooling medium circulates. The invention comprises feeding cooling medium from the cooling circuit (9) of the first reactor (1) into the cooling circuit (10) of at least one further reactor (2) and taking off the same amount of cooling medium from the cooling circuit (10) of this reactor (2), cooling it and recirculating it into the cooling circuit (9) of the first reactor (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a shaped body, in which a mixture of oxidic starting powders or a superconducting material, which comprises at least 30% by volume of platelet-shaped primary particles and has such a composition that a high-temperature superconducting material is formed on later, suitable thermal treatment, is comminuted by milling, shearing and/or rolling in such a way that the comminuted powder has a powder particle size distribution having a d90 of ≦20 &mgr;m, and in which the powders which have been comminuted in this way are isostatically compacted by the dry bag method.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of an N-arylethylaniline of the formula (I) Ar—N(R1)2-n(CHR2CHR3Ar′)n  (I) by reacting an aromatic olefin of the formula (II) Ar′CR3=CHR2  (II) with an aniline of the formula (III) Ar—N(R1)2-n(H)n  (III) in an inert solvent in the presence of at least one basic catalyst selected from the group consisting of alkali metal alcoholates and alkaline earth metal alcoholates or alkali metal amides and alkaline earth metal amides, where, in the formulae (I) to (III), Ar and Ar′, independently of one another, are an aryl radical selected from the group consisting of the fused and nonfused C6-C22-aromatics and of the fused or nonfused C5-C22heteroaromatics which have at least one nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom in the ring; R1, R2 and R3, independently of one another, are a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8-alkyl radical or an aryl radical Ar; and n is the number 1 or 2.

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula (I), where X1, X2, X3, X4 are identical or different and are —S—, —O—, —NR5—, —CR5═N— or —CR5═CH—, with the proviso that at least one of the groups X1-4 is different from —CR5═CH—, are suitable as charge transport materials, in particular for photovoltaic cells, and as electroluminescence materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the selective preparation of acetic acid from a gaseous feed comprising ethane, ethylene or mixtures thereof plus oxygen at elevated temperature, which comprises bringing the gaseous feed into contact with a catalyst comprising the elements Mo, Pd, X and Y in gram atom ratios a:b:c:d in combination with oxygen MoaPdbXcYd  (I) where the symbols X and Y have the following meanings: X is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: Cr, Mn, Nb, Ta, Ti, V, Te and/or W, in particular Nb, V and W; Y is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of: B, Al, Ga, In, Pt, Zn, Cd, Bi, Ce, Co, Cu, Rh, Ir, Au, Ag, Fe, Ru, Os, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zr, Hf, Ni, P, Pb, Sb, Si, Sn, TI and U, in particular Ca, Sb, Te and Li. The present invention further provides a catalyst for the selective preparation of acetic acid comprising the elements Mo, Pd, X and Y in the gram atom ratios a:b:c:d in combination with oxygen.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing monofunctional, bifunctional and polyfunctional aromatic olefins of the formula (I) by reacting haloaromatics of the formula (II) with olefins of the formula (III) wherein a palladium compound of the formula (IV) is used as catalyst.

Abstract: A process for preparing a bicyclooctanone, in particular 1,5-dialkylbicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-one, by reacting a bicyclooctanol, in particular dialkylbicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ol, with a. a catalyst applied to an active-carbon support and comprising heteropolyoxometallate anions of vanadium, molybdenum and phosphorus, and also a corresponding alkali-metal, alkaline-earth-metal and/or ammonium counter ion, and b. a gaseous, oxygen-containing oxidizing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing fluorine-containing compounds by reacting a compound which contains fluorine-exchangeable halogen with a fluoride or a mixture of fluorides with the formula I MeF  (I), in which Me is an alkaline earth metal ion, NH4+-ion or alkali metal ion, in the presence of a compound or a mixture of compounds of the formula (II) in which A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8 independently of one another are identical or different and are a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, or A1 A2, A3A4, A5A6, and A7A8 independently of one another are identical or different and are connected to one another directly or by way of O or N—A9 to form a ring having 3 to 7 ring members, A9 is an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and B− is a monovalent acid radical or the equivalent of a polyval

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of organorhenium oxides from rhenium-containing compounds, where the rhenium-containing compound is reacted with a silylating agent and organylating reagent, and the rhenium-containing compound originates in particular from the residue from a spent organorhenium oxide catalyst or rhenium oxide catalyst.

Abstract: A composite comprising a polysilamine having a repeating unit represented by the following formula [—N(R1)—A1—Si(R2)(R3)—B—] wherein R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A1 is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group, a group represented by the formula —A2—N(R4)—A3— or a group represented by the formula —A2—N(R4)—A3—N(R5)—A4—, wherein A2, A3 and A4 are the same or different and each is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl groups; B is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; and n is an integer of not less than 2, and a strong acid is disclosed. This composite has proton conductivity and is thus suitably used as an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell.

Abstract: Fluorinated phenanthrene derivatives and their use in liquid-crystalline mixtures Fluorinated phenanthrene derivatives of the formula (I) in which G is —CHF—CH2— or —CF═CH—, E1, E2, E3, E4, E5 and E6 are identical or different and are —CH—, —CF— or —N— and R1(—A1—M1)a(—A2—M2)b, (M3—A3—)c(M4—A4—)d R2 denote mesogenic radicals are suitable as components for liquid-crystalline mixtures, especially ferroelectric mixtures.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing compound containing fluorine, particularly fluorobenzaldehyde and fluorobenzonitrle, by a halogen exchange reaction with a compound of the formula I as fluorinating agent, defined in the specification, and a quatenary aminophosphonium compound of the formula III as catalyst, as defined in the specification, and in a solvent consisting of a nitro and/or sulfoxy substituted organic compound of the formula IVa and/or IVb, as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering cobalt carbonyl catalysts used in the preparation of N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivatives by amidocarbonylation comprising the process steps:adding aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution to the reaction solution present after the preparation of the N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid derivative,then separating the aqueous phase containing water-soluble cobalt(II) salt from the nonaqueous product-containing phase,subsequently adding an alkali metal salt of the N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivative to the aqueous phase from the previous process step,then separating off the precipitated cobalt salt of the N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivative, andfinally converting the resulting cobalt salt of the N-acyl-alpha-amino acid derivative into the cobalt carbonyl catalyst in the presence of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: 5,7-Difluoro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives of the formula (I)R.sup.1 (-A.sup.1 -M.sup.1).sub.a (-A.sup.2 -M.sup.2).sub.b -B(-M.sup.3 -A.sup.3).sub.c (-M.sup.4 -A.sup.4).sub.d -R.sup.2 (I)in whichB isand ##STR1## R.sup.1 (-A.sup.1 -M.sup.1).sub.a (-A.sup.2 -M.sup.2) and (-M.sup.3 -A.sup.3).sub.c (-M.sup.4 -A.sup.4)R.sup.2 denote mesogenic radicals are suitable as components of liquid-crystal mixtures, in particular ferroelectric.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the selective preparation of a styrene of formula (1) ##STR1## by reacting an acetophenone of formula (1) ##STR2## with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst containing one of several oxides, in particular metal oxides, wherein the oxide contains an element form the groups Ia, IIa, IIIa, IVa, VIa, Ib, IIb, IVb, Vb, VIb, and/or VIII or an element from the lanthanide group. The catalyst contains preferably on or several oxides of the formula ZnM.sup.1.sub.b M.sup.2.sub.c O.sub.x, where M.sup.1 stands for at least one element from the Al, Zr, Ti and Si group, M.sup.2 stands for at least one element from the Cd, Cu, Ag, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ta, Sc, W, V, Nb, Hf, Yt, B, In, Zn, Pb, Bi Se, Ga, Ge, Sb, As, Te group, or an element from the lanthanides, b=0-20, c=0-3, x corresponds to the number of oxygen atoms required for stoechiometric compensation, which results in accordance with the oxidation states of Zn, M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 or oxides of formula M.sup.3.sub.2 M.sup.