Abstract: A process for preparing benzophenones of the formula I, where X may be chlorine, hydroxyl, methoxy or C1-C6-alkylcarbonyloxy, and Y may be chlorine or bromine, by reacting an acid chloride of the formula II where X and Y are as defined above with 3,4,5-trimethoxytoluene, which comprises carrying out the reaction in the presence of a) an aromatic hydrocarbon as a diluent and b) from 0.01 to 0.2 mol % of an iron catalyst, based on the acid chloride, c) at a temperature between 60° C. and the boiling point of the particular diluent.

Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic acid by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of a saturated hydrocarbon precursor compound, in which the charging gas mixture contains from 5 to 25% by volume of steam and the molar ratio of molecular oxygen present in the charging gas mixture to saturated hydrocarbon precursor compound present in the charging gas mixture is from 1.5:1 to 2.5:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the catalytic preparation of melamine by decomposition of urea over particular solid catalysts using a main reactor and an after-reactor. A catalyst having a low Lewis acidity is used in the main reactor and a catalyst having an equal or preferably higher Lewis acidity is used in the after-reactor.

Abstract: Acrylic acid is prepared from propene by means of gas-phase oxidation by a process in which a starting gas mixture which contains propene and steam and whose molar propene/steam ratio is ?1 and whose propane content is ?5% is passed at elevated temperatures through a fixed catalyst bed comprising successive catalyst part-beds A and B, the part-bed A passed through first containing, as active material, a mixed oxide containing the elements Mo, Bi and Fe and the part-bed B containing, as active material, a mixed oxide containing the elements Mo and V, in a manner such that at least 96.5 mol % of propene are converted in a single pass through part-bed A.

Abstract: The invention relates to “low-density” polyurethane foams, preferably “low-density” flexible integral polyurethane foams, i.e. polyurethane foams with density of from 120 grams per liter (herein after termed g/L) to less than 300 g/L, obtainable via reaction of polyisocyanates (a) with a polyol component (b) comprising the following constituents: polyesterol (b-1) and polymer polyesterol (b-2), where the proportion of polymer polyesterols (b-2) is from more than 5 to less than 50% by weight, based on the total weight of component (b), and, if appropriate, chain extenders (c), in the presence of water (d) as blowing agent, and also to their use in shoe soles.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for the production of O-substituted hydroxylamine compounds at a high yield by using industrially available starting material.

Abstract: The invention relates to 5,6-dialkyl-7-amino-triazolopyrimidines of formula (I), in which the substituents are defined as follows: R1 represents alkyl or alkoxyalkyl; R2 represents alkyl, R1 and/or R2 being substituted according to the description. The invention also relates to a method for producing said compounds, to agents containing the latter and to their use for controlling plant-pathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating surfaces, comprising a copolymer as component A, synthesized from (meth)acrylic acid or salts thereof, a carboxylate-containing monomer and/or monomers containing groups containing phosphoric and/or phosphonic acid or salts thereof, and further comonomers if desired, to a passivating layer on a metal surface, which comprises component A, to a process for forming said passivating layer, and to the use of the composition of the invention to passivate a metal surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing butadiene from n-butane having 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 product gas stream b comprising n-butane, 1-butene, 2-butene, butadiene, hydrogen, low-boiling secondary constituents and in some cases steam; C) feeding the product gas stream b of the nonoxidative catalytic dehydrogenation and an oxygenous gas into at least one second dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to obtain a product gas stream c comprising n-butane, 2-butene, butadiene, hydrogen, low-boiling secondary constituents and steam, said product gas stream c having a higher content of butadiene than the product gas stream b; D) removing hydrogen, the low-boiling secondary constituents and steam to obtain a C4 product gas stream d substantially consisting of n-

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture comprising a surfactant and a cosurfactant, the cosurfactant being an amphiphilic polymer having one or more hydrophobic subunits (A) and one or more hydrophilic subunits (B), wherein one or more hydrophobic subunits (A) have been formed on the basis of a polyisobutene block whose polyisobutene macromolecules have terminal double bonds to an extent of at least 50 mol %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel modified polyaminoamides which are useful as dispersing agents for particulate inorganic solids, especially for inorganic pigments such as clay minerals. The new polyamides are also useful as graying inhibiting additives and detergency boosting additives in washing composition for laundry.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for the continuous preparation of a chemical compound in at least one reactor, where at least one of the reactors is a shell-and-tube reactor which has a shell and at least one internal tube located within the shell, wherein at least one of the internal tubes has, at least in part, a noncircular cross section and a helical configuration in the region in which it is surrounded by the shell.

Abstract: Thiocarbamides comprising at least one carbodiimide group and at least one thiocarbamic ester group of the formula

Abstract: A process for producing thin absorbent planar structures which may be used in hygiene products such as diapers, incontinence products, wound contact materials or sanitary napkins to absorb body fluids, comprises the steps of: A) producing a mixture of an adhesive in dispersion form and a particulate absorbent by fluidizing the components, B) applying the mixture of adhesive and absorbent uniformly to the surface of one side of a first planar backing material, C) one side of a second planar backing material is applied to the mixture of adhesive and absorbent that is present on the surface of one side of the first planar backing material, so producing a sandwichlike intermediate, and D) the sandwichlike intermediate is processed to the end product at a temperature of at least 90° C., a pressure of from 4 to 50 bar, and a pressing time of from 0.5 to 5 min.

Abstract: Unsaturated acids are esterified with polyalcohols. The resulting reaction mixtures have utility.

Abstract: Fuel compositions for internal combustion engines, comprising a principle amount of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel and an amount, which has a cleaning effect, of at least one propoxylate additive of the formula I where n is an integer from 10 to 20 and R1 is straight-chain or branched C8-C18-alkyl or C8-C18-alkenyl, if required in combination with at least one detergent additive, e.g. a polyalkylamine additive of the formula II R2—NH2 ??(II) where R2 is a straight-chain or branched polyalkyl radical having a number average molecular weight of from about 500 to about 5000, and fuel additive compositions which contain propoxylates of the formula I and, if required, further additives, such as the aforementioned polyalkylamines of the formula II, as intake valve cleaners.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparation of homopolymers composed of oxiranes, or of copolymers composed of oxirans and comonomers, via anionic polymerization, which comprises carrying out a polymerization in the presence of a quaternary ammonium and/or phosphonium compound and of a mononuclear organylaluminum compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of laminated substrates having a three-dimensionally structured surface, wherein a decorative paper which comprises from 5 to 90% by weight, based on the total fiber content, of fibers of synthetic polymers is impregnated with a crosslinkable aminoplast resin, applied to the substrate and three-dimensionally shaped. Furthermore, the invention relates to aminoplast resin sheets or films, and the use of a modified decorative paper for the production of aminoplast resin sheets or films for 3D lamination.

Abstract: Nanoporous polymer foams, obtainable by curing microemulsions. The microemulsion comprises an aqueous reactive resin phase, a suitable amphiphile and an oil phase, and the reactive components may be subjected to a polycondensation. In a subsequent drying operation, the thus obtained gel particles are freed of the fluid components.

Abstract: Use of cerium compounds as initiators for dual-cure curing, and coating compositions comprising cerium compounds.