Abstract: The present invention relates to microcapsule dispersions comprising microcapsules in a hydrophobic solvent, wherein the microcapsules have a capsule core, comprising a water-soluble organic substance, and a capsule shell which is composed essentially of reaction products of polyisocyanates with polyfunctional amines, and also to a process for preparing them and additionally to microcapsules obtainable from the corresponding microcapsule dispersions.

Abstract: A process for adhesively bonding a substrate, using an adhesive comprising a polymer binder and a crosslinker compound I comprising carbodiimide groups, wherein the compound comprising carbodiimide groups is obtainable by reacting a) carbodiimides of 1,3-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene, 1,4-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene or a mixture thereof with b) polyalkylene oxides having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, preferably at least two hydroxyl groups, and c) if appropriate, further compounds reactive with a) or b).

Abstract: A process for preparing N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) by continuously reacting methyl acetate (MeOAc) with dimethylamine (DMA) in the presence of a basic catalyst, wherein MeOAc is used in the form of a methanolic solution and in the range from 0.0002 to 0.09 mol of catalyst per mole of MeOAc, and performing the reaction at a temperature in the range from 90 to 140° C. and at an absolute pressure in the range from 10 to 30 bar.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas flow, in which the partial pressure of the carbon dioxide in the gas flow is less than 200 mbar, whereby the gas flow is brought into contact with a liquid absorption agent, comprising an aqueous solution (A) of a tertiary aliphatic amine and (B) an activator of general formula R1-NH-R2-NH2, where R1=C1-C6 alkyl and R2=C2-C6 alkylene. The method is particularly suitable for treatment of flue gases and also relates to an absorption agent.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing polyisobutene having a low halogen content, in which isobutene is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst which comprises a halogenated Lewis acid, the catalyst is removed and/or deactivated, and the resulting polyisobutene is contacted with a zeolite of an average pore size of from 5 to 15 ?.

Abstract: A process for preparing a hydroxylation catalyst by i) embedding a cystochrome P450 monooxygenase in a sol-gel matrix, ii) embedding an enzymatic NADPH-regenerating system in a sol-gel matrix, and combining the two components i) and ii) unless they were already mixed together before the embedding.

Abstract: The present invention describes novel pyridine-3-sulfonyl compounds having the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. The present invention is also directed lo pesticidal compositions that include a) compounds of formula (II) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R6 are as defined herein and b) a carrier. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods for protecting crops from insect attack by contacting the crop with a pesticidally effective amount of the compound of formula (II). In addition, the present invention includes methods for controlling insects by treating the target species with a pesticidally effective amount of the compound of formula (II).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing chiral imidazolidin-2-ones of the formula I in which R1 is C1-C8-alkyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, a C1-C6-alkyl-, halo-, nitro-, C1-C6-alkoxy-, C1-C6-alkylmercapto- or CF3-substituted phenyl radical, naphthyl or a C1-C6-alkyl-, halo-, nitro-, C1-C6-alkoxy- or CF3-substituted naphthyl radical, R2 is C1-C8-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl or a phenyl-C1-C6-alkyl radical which may be substituted by a nitro, C1-C6-alkoxy, methylenedioxy or CF3 radical, and R3 is C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl or a C1-C6-alkyl-, halo-, nitro-, C1-C6-alkoxy-, methylenedioxy-, dialkylamino- or CF3-substituted phenyl radical, by reacting a compound of the formula II or the salt thereof in which R1, R2 and R3 have the abovementioned meaning, with urea in the presence of an involatile ammonium salt, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of an aprotic polar organic solvent.

Abstract: N2O is removed in nitric acid manufacture by using catalysts comprising three-dimensional structures coated with catalytically active materials.

Abstract: Expandable styrene polymer granules with halogen-free flame retardancy, comprising a) from 5 to 50% by weight of a filler selected from pulverulent inorganic substances such as talc, chalk, kaolin, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum nitrite, aluminum silicate, barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, calcium sulfate, silica, quartz flour, aerosil, alumina or wollastonite, and b) from 2 to 40% by weight of expandable graphite having a mean particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 ?m, c) from 0 to 20% by weight of red phosphorus or an organic or inorganic phosphate, phosphite or phosphonate, d) from 0 to 10% by weight of carbon black or graphite, and processes for their preparation and use for preparing self-extinguishing polystyrene particle foams.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing formic acid by thermally decomposing ammonium formates of tertiary amines A, wherein the tertiary amine A on which the ammonium formate is based has a boiling point at atmospheric pressure in the range from 105 to 175° C.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated SES nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel SES proteins from Corynebacterium glutamicum are described. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing SES nucleic acid molecules, and host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced. The invention still further provides isolated SES proteins, mutated SES proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and methods for the improvement of production of a desired compound from C. glutamicum based on genetic engineering of SES genes in this organism.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyoxymethylenes by cationic polymerization of the monomers a) in the presence of initiators b) and, if appropriate, in the presence of regulators c) and subsequent deactivation and isolation of the polymer, wherein the total amount of proton donors is less than 5000 ppm in the entire polymerization.

Abstract: A process for preparing butadiene from n-butane, comprising the steps of A) providing a feed gas stream a comprising n-butane; B) feeding the feed gas stream a comprising n-butane into at least one first dehydrogenation zone and nonoxidatively, catalytically dehydrogenating n-butane to obtain a gas stream b comprising n-butane, 1-butene, 2-butene, butadiene and hydrogen, with or without carbon dioxide and with or without steam; C) feeding the gas stream b and an oxygenous gas into at least one second dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to obtain a gas stream c comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and steam, D) compressing in at least one first compression stage and cooling the gas stream c to obtain at least one condensate stream d1 comprising water and a gas stream d2 comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and steam, E) separating the gas stream d2 by extractive distillation into a product stream e1 consisting substantially of but

Abstract: A process for isomerizing cis-2-pentenenitrile to trans-3-pentenenitrile in the presence of aluminum oxide as a catalyst, wherein the aluminum oxide has a BET surface area of at least 50 m2/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the single-stage preparation of polyoxyalkylene glycols by copolymerization of THF and alpha, omega-diols in the presence of a heteropolyacid, wherein the content of organically bound nitrogen in the alpha, omega-diol is less than 15 ppm.

Abstract: The invention provides coating material compositions comprising stable adducts which, at relatively high temperatures, generate radicals that possess initiating activity, and also provides processes for preparing them, and for the use of such coating material compositions. Stable adducts of this kind may be used in order to initiate polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: An electrolyte solution proposed for double layer capacitors contains at least one conducting salt comprising a cation having a maximum diameter<9.20 ? which additionally comprises substituents on the central atom which are not all the same and further contains at least one solvent comprising a functional group selected from lactones and nitrites. Such electrolyte solutions are superior to conventional electrolyte solutions at low temperatures when acetonitrile is the solvent, so that double layer capacitors provided with electrolyte solutions according to the invention have improved electrical properties at low temperatures.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic field-effect transistor, comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate comprising a gate structure, a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the substrate, and b) applying an n-type organic semiconducting compound to the area of the substrate where the gate structure, the source electrode and the drain electrode are located, wherein the n-type organic semiconducting compound is selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, chlorine or bromine, with the proviso that at least one of these radicals is not hydrogen, Y1 is O or NRa, wherein Ra is hydrogen or an organyl residue, Y2 is O or NRb, wherein Rb is hydrogen or an organyl residue, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are O, where, in the case that Y1 is NRa, one of the residues Z1 and Z2 may be a NRc group, where Ra and Rc together are a bridging group having 2 to 5 atoms between the terminal bonds, where, in the case that Y2 is NRb, one of th

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing xylylenediamine, comprising the following steps: ammonoxidation of xylol to form phthalodinitrile and hydrogenation of the phthalodinitrile, whereby the vaporous product of the ammonoxidation stage is directly brought into contact with a liquid organic solvent or with melted phthalodinitrile (quench); constituents having a boiling point lower than that of phthalodinitrile (low boilers) are partially or completely separated out from the obtained quench solution or suspension or phthalodinitrile melt, and; before the hydrogenation of the phthalodinitrile, no products having a boiling point higher than that of phthalodinitrile (high boilers) are separated out.