Abstract: Aqueous dispersions composed of polycarbodiimides which carry substantially no carboxyl groups and I are obtained from polyisocyanates of the formula I OCN—(Rc—N?C?N)n—Rc—NCO ??(I) where Rc is a divalent hydrocarbon radical with or without urea, urethane, ester and/or ether groups, as is obtained by removal of the isocyanate groups from a simple organic isocyanate or from a prepolymer which contains urethane groups and, if desired, ether or ester groups and which carries terminal isocyanate groups, two or more radicals Rc present in the same molecule having identical or different definitions, and n being from 1 to 20, or II are of the formula (II) Rd—(Rc—N?C?N—Rc)n—Rd ??(II) where n is a number from 1 to 20, Rc is as defined for the formula (I), Rd is —NH2 and Re independently at each occurrence is C1 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl, C5 to C12 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl or C7 to C20 aralkyl, in which 1 to 4 hydrogen atoms of the radical Re may be substituted by substituents that are inert toward carbodi

Abstract: The present invention relates to cationic polymers, to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in cosmetic formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a solid material containing at least one zeolite and being at least partly crystalline or treating a shaped body obtained from said solid material wherein said solid material or shaped body is brought in contact with a composition containing water after at least one of the following steps of an integrated process for producing a solid material or a shaped body containing at least one zeolite: (i) after step (II) of separating the at least partly crystalline solid material from its mother liquor or (ii) after step (S) of shaping said solid material into a shaped body or (iii) after a step (C) of calcining said solid material or said shaped body. The present invention furthermore relates to the solid material obtainable by the inventive process and the shaped body obtainable by the inventive process.

Abstract: A catalyst suitable for the gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds to ?,?-unsaturated aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids and having an active phase comprising a multimetal oxide material is prepared by a process in which a particulate catalyst precursor which contains oxides and/or compounds of the elements other than oxygen which constitute the multimetal oxide material, which compounds can be converted into oxides, is prepared and said catalyst precursor is converted by calcination into a catalytically active form, wherein a stream of the particulate catalyst precursor is passed at substantially constant speed through at least one calcination zone at constant temperature for calcination.

Abstract: Novel benzamidoxime derivatives, processes and intermediates for their preparation and their use as fungicides are described. In the context of the present invention, benzamidoxime derivatives are compounds of the formula I where: A is an aryl or hetaryl radical; Y is a straight-chain or branched C1-C4-alkylene group, where one carbon can be replaced by oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur or by a cyclopropyl group; Rn1 are one to five identical or different radicals from the group consisting of: hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylthio, C1-C4-alkoxyalkoxy; R2 is unsubstituted or substituted phenyl-C1-C6-alkyl, thienyl-C1-C4-alkyl, or pyrazolyl-C1-C4-alkyl, Rp3 are one to five identical or different radicals from the group consisting of: hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylthio, C1-C4-alkoxyalkoxy, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl; n is 0-5; p is, depending on the number of free valencies, 0-4.

Abstract: In a process for the hydroformylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds, at least one complex of a metal of transition group VIII. with at least one phosphorus-, arsenic- or antimony-containing compound as ligand is used as hydroformylation catalyst, where the compound used as ligand in each case comprises two groups which comprise a P, As or Sb atom and at least two further hetero atoms and are bound to a xanthene-like molecular framework. New compounds of this type and catalysts which comprise at least one complex of a metal of transition group VIII. with at least one such compound as ligand are also provided.

Abstract: A process for preparing a solution of sulfone-containing tanning materials comprises a) preparing a component A by a1) reacting phenol with concentrated sulfuric acid, with oleum of an SO3 content of from 20 to 65% by weight or with a mixture of sulfuric acid and oleum of an SO3 content of from 20 to 65% by weight, the molar ratio of total sulfuric acid, reckoned as SO3, to phenol being in the range from 0.7:1 to 1.5:1, at from 100 to 180° C. to form a mixture containing phenolsulfonic acid, dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone and sulfuric acid, or mixing the individual components to prepare a corresponding mixture, a2) then condensing said mixture with from 0.25 to 4 mol of urea and with from 0.5 to 4 mol of an aliphatic aldehyde of 1 to 6 carbon atoms per mole of phenol units present at from 40 to 90° C., a3) optionally adding a base to set a pH of from 4 to 5, b) preparing a component B by b1) reacting dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone with from 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conjugating two double bonds separated by a methylene bridge in a long-chain alkene, in which the long-chain alkene is isomerized with an a) imino base, or b) iminophosphorane base, as catalyst.

Abstract: A process for preparing propylene oxide comprises at least the following steps: (a) propene is reacted with a hydroperoxide in a solvent in the presence of a zeolite catalyst to give a mixture (M0), where the mixture (M0) comprises propylene oxide, solvent, unreacted propene, unreacted hydroperoxide and oxygen, (b) the propylene oxide is separated from the mixture (M0) so as to give a mixture (M1) which comprises unreacted propene and oxygen, (c) the mixture (M1) is brought into contact with a liquid medium comprising at least a solvent to give the mixtures (M2) and (M3), where the mixture (M3) comprises part of the unreacted propene and oxygen and the mixture (M2) comprises solvent and residual propene, and ?the mixture (M3) which has been separated off and comprises unreacted propene and oxygen has a ratio of oxygen to propene such that the mixture (M3) is not ignitable, and ?the mixture (M2) is fed to at least one reaction of propene with hydroperoxide.

Abstract: A process for rectificatively separating an acrylic acid-containing liquid, by withdrawing an acrylic acid-rich stream from the rectification column above the feed point and polymerization-inhibiting the upper section of the rectification column by means of diacrylic acid.

Abstract: Hydrophilic composite material comprising components A and B, and optionally C, where A is a substance which readily swells with water, B is a substance which forms a porous structure or has a predetermined porous structure, and in whose pores A is present, and C is a binder.

Abstract: Pigment preparations including as essential constituents (A) from 60 to 90% by weight of at least one pigment, (B) from 10 to 40% by weight of at least one nonionic surface-active additive based on polyethers, and (C) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one anionic surface-active additive based on sulfonates, sulfates, phoshonates or phosphates, the sum total of the weight percentages not exceeding 100% by weight, are prepared and used for pigmenting macromoleular organic and inorganic materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyoxyalkylene glycol of high purity and having a low color number from the corresponding alkylene glycol and a starter in the presence of a basic catalyst, wherein a reducing agent is present in the polymerization.

Abstract: Method for improving plant growth by application of a mixture M comprising a component a) of a1) 20 to 96% by weight of sulfur, a2) 4 to 80% by weight of a complexing agent and, if appropriate, one or more crop protectants b) and/or additives c).

Abstract: Rylene derivatives of the general formula I where the variables have the following meanings: R is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30-alkyl, aryl or hetaryl; R1 is hydrogen or bromine; R2 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C18-alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl or hetaryl; and n is 2 or 3.

Abstract: Polymers of a poly(meth)acrylic acid main chain in which, based on the main chain, 0 to 30% by weight of the (meth)acrylic acid basic building blocks may be replaced by maleic acid (anhydride) basic building blocks, fumaric acid basic building blocks or mixtures thereof and 0 to 10% by weight of the (meth)acrylic acid basic building blocks may be replaced by other copolymerizable ethylenic basic building blocks, and C1-30-alkylpoly-C2-4-alkylene glycols, bonded to the main chain via ester groups, having an average molecular weight of from 250 to 10 000 as side chains, where, based on the polymer, 1 to 19% by weight of the main chain and 81 to 99% by weight of the side chains are present and this ratio and the average molecular weight of the side chains are chosen such that free carboxyl groups are present in the polymer, are used as controllable dispersants for detergents or cleaners or constituents thereof.

Abstract: Proposals are made for a process for preparing polymer solutions and/or polymer dispersions by free-radical addition polymerization and for the use of the polymers prepared, particularly as gas hydrate inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions based on a homogeneous, aqueous phase comprising at least one active ingredient from the class of the quaternized compounds, ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers and ammonium nitrate. Further active ingredients can be incorporated. The homogeneous phase is stabilized by ammonium nitrate. The use of the compositions as bioregulators is described.

Abstract: A process for preparing a polymer, which comprises a) reacting a mixture (I) containing 6-aminocapronitrile and water in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a mixture (II) containing caprolactam, ammonia, water, high boilers and low boilers, then b) removing ammonia from mixture (II) to obtain a mixture (III) containing caprolactam, water, high boilers and low boilers, then c) removing all or some of the water from mixture (III) to obtain a mixture (IV) containing caprolactam, high boilers and low boilers and then d) feeding mixture (IV) to a polymerization reaction, and also the polymer obtainable by this process, the use of the polymer for producing fibers, sheetlike structures and moldings, and also fibers, sheetlike structures and moldings obtainable using such a polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel, heterogeneous catalyst which is suitable, in particular, for olefin metathesis. This catalyst is immobilized on an inorganic support and contains at least one active rhenium compound containing at least one carbene group and, if desired, further functional groups. The rhenium compound is bonded to the material used as support by a chemical bond.