Abstract: The invention relates to the use of crosslinked nitrogenous compounds which are soluble or dispersible in water and are obtainable by crosslinking of (a) compounds containing at least three NH groups with (b) at least bifunctional crosslinkers which react with NH groups, in detergents and cleaners, especially soil release agents. Compounds (a) are preferably selected from the group consisting of oligo- and polyamines, polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines, polyamidoamines grafted with (poly)ethyleneimine, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides improved coated pesticidal matrices and a process for their preparation. The present invention also provides a wettable powder pesticidal composition containing the improved coated pesticidal matrices.

Abstract: A process for producing scratch-resistant coatings, encompassing the following steps: applying at least one UV-curable coating composition to at least one surface of an article to be coated, said coating composition comprising at least one polymer and/or oligomer P1 containing on average at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond per molecule, and curing the coating composition by exposure to UV radiation, which comprises conducting the curing of the coating composition under an oxygen-containing protective gas which has an oxygen partial pressure in the range from 0.2 to 18 kPa.

Abstract: Alkoxylated, condensed basic amino acid-containing polymers comprising the addition products of alkylene oxides with homocondensates of basic amino acids, condensates of mixtures of two or more basic amino acids and cocondensates of basic amino acids and cocondensable compounds, and a process for the production of alkoxylated, condensed basic amino acid-containing polymers which comprises reacting homocondensates of basic amino acids, condensates of mixtures of two or more basic amino acids and cocondensates of basic amino acids and cocondensable compounds with at least one alkylene oxide selected from the group consisting of C2- and C30-alkylene oxides and styrene oxide.

Abstract: A radiation-curable composite layered sheet or film comprising at least one substrate layer and one outer layer, said outer layer being composed of a radiation-curable composition having a glass transition temperature of more than 40° C.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of composite particles composed of addition polymer and finely divided inorganic solid and obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization on a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers including at least one ethylenically unsaturated alkoxysilane monomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a dispersely distributed, finely divided inorganic solid and at least one dispersant are used to prime mineral substrates.

Abstract: A process for coating surfaces in apparatuses or apparatus parts for plant construction, preferably for chemical plant construction, involves optionally first hydrophobicizing a polymer film having a microstructure and optionally additionally macrostructured surface and then fixing it on the apparatus or apparatus part to be coated, and also apparatuses and apparatus parts thus coated.

Abstract: The tert-butyl ester of an aliphatic C1-C4-carboxylic acid is prepared by reacting the carboxylic acid with isobutene in the liquid phase in the presence of an acidic catalyst by a continuous process in which the reaction is carried out in a reactor divided into a plurality of sections, the carboxylic acid, the isoolefin and the catalyst are fed into the first section of the reactor, the reaction mixture obtained is removed from the last section of the reactor and the ester is isolated therefrom, the reaction temperature in the reactor being controlled so that it is from 10 to 40° C. and is highest in the first section of the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of polymerizable liquid-crystalline compounds for the production of optical elements having color- and polarization-selective reflection, and to optical elements comprising these compounds in monomeric or polymerized form.

Abstract: The present invention relates to partially branched polymers having a number-average molecular weight Mn in the range from 500 to 20 000 daltons and synthesized from ethylenically unsaturated monomers including: i) from 80 to 99.9% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated monomers A, and ii) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of monomers B containing at least two nonconjugated ethylenically unsaturated double bonds, the weight fraction of the monomers A and B being based on the total amount of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers that constitute the polymer.

Abstract: A process for preparing phthalic anhydride by gas-phase oxidation of xylene, naphthalene or mixtures thereof over two different fixed-bed catalysts arranged in zones in a shell-and-tube reactor which is thermostated by means of a heat transfer medium is carried out so that the maximum temperature in the second catalyst zone in the flow direction is at least 52° C. lower than the maximum temperature in the first catalyst zone. The process of the present invention makes it possible to prepare phthalic anhydride in high yields under conditions relevant to industrial practice.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of novel polyamides, the use of such polyamides for the production of fibers, sheets and moldings, and fibers, sheets and moldings obtainable from such polyamides, are provided.

Abstract: Undesirable changes in shade brought about by low temperatures (Cold Stress Whitening) in impact-modified thermoplastic molding compositions F which comprise at least one elastomeric graft polymer A and at least one thermoplastic polymer B are reduced by adding from 10 to 200 ppm, based on the molding compositions F, of at least one polyorganosiloxane S to the impact-modified thermoplastic molding composition F.

Abstract: A process for regenerating a zeolite catalyst comprises the following stages:

Abstract: The present invention relates to soft capsules comprising (a) polymers prepared by polymerization of vinyl esters in the presence of polyethers (b) where appropriate structure-improving auxiliaries and (c) where appropriate other conventional constituents, the use and production thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing acid chlorides by converting carboxylic acids with carbon oxychlorides or thionyl chloride in the presence of a catalyst adduct of an N,N-disubstituted formamide of general formula (I) and carbon oxychloride or thionyl chloride. In the formula, R1 and R2, independently from one another, mean C1- to C4-alkyl or R1 and R2 together mean a C4- or C5-alkylene chain. According to the inventive method, hydrogen chloride is added during and/or after the conversion.

Abstract: A compact veneer is based on a reaction mixture comprising a) isocyanate, b) as compounds which are reactive toward isocyanates, a mixture (b1) comprising: b11) from 15 to 90% by weight, preferably from 50 to 80% by weight, based on the weight of the mixture (b1), of at least one polyether polyalcohol having a molecular weight of from 400 to 6000, preferably from 1000 to 4000 and a mean functionality of from 1.5 to 3 and based on hydroxyl-containing initiator substances and propylene oxide and also, if desired, ethylene oxide, b12) from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 0 to 10% by weight, based on the weight of the mixture (b1), of at least one polyether polyalcohol having a molecular weight of from 400 to 6000, preferably from 400 to 4000, and a mean functionality of from 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolysis cell comprising an anode compartment which comprises an aqueous solution of at least one alkali metal salt, a cathode compartment and a solid electrolyte which separates the anode compartment and the cathode compartment from one another, wherein that part of the surface of the solid electrolyte which is in contact with the anode compartment and/or that part of the surface of the solid electrolyte which is in contact with the cathode compartment has/have at least one further ion-conducting layer.

Abstract: Composite elements having the following layer structure: (i) 2-20 mm of metal, (ii) 10-100 mm of compact polyisocyanate polyaddition products obtainable by reacting (a) isocyanates with (b) polyether polyalcohols, if desired in the presence of (c) catalysts and/or (d) auxiliaries and/or additives, (iii) 2-20 mm of metal.

Abstract: A two-step process for the preparation of fluoroolefin compounds of formula I wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl, and R1 is alkyl or cyclopropyl, or R and R1 are taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached to form a cyclopropyl group; Ar is phenyl or naphthyl both of which are optionally substituted; Ar1 is phenoxyphenyl, biphenyl, phenyl, benzylphenyl, or benzoylphenyl, all of which may be optionally substituted, comprising reacting fluorobromoolefin compounds of formula II with organozinc compounds of formula III or IV BrZnCH2Ar1  III Zn[CH2Ar1]2  IV in the presence of a palladium catalyst and a solvent, which compounds of formula II are obtained by reacting aldehyde compounds of formula V with (a) fluorotribromomethane, (b) a tri(substituted)phosphine or a hexaalkylphosphoramide or a mixture thereof, and (c) zinc, in the presence of a solvent, compounds of formula II.