Abstract: The invention pertains to an oligomer or polymer substituted by one or more bisacylphosphine oxide moieties, characterized in that said bisacylphosphine oxide moiety is linked via the phosphorous atom, optionally via a spacer group, to the oligomer or polymer backbone; as well as to specifically functionalized bisacylphosphine oxides, suitable to prepare said polymers or oligomers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polymers from monomers and/or oligomers by adding a liquid comprising the monomers and/or oligomers dropwise to a continuous liquid phase in a reactor, the continuous liquid phase being immiscible with the liquid comprising the monomers and/or oligomers, and the monomers and/or oligomers reacting in the continuous liquid phase to give the polymer. The liquid comprising the monomers and/or oligomers is shaped to droplets outside the continuous liquid phase, which are subsequently introduced into the continuous liquid phase. The invention further relates to a reactor for performing the process, comprising a tube through which a continuous liquid phase flows, and means of generating droplets, the means of generating droplets being arranged such that the droplets are generated outside the continuous liquid phase and then introduced into the continuous liquid phase.

Abstract: The extraction process for removing metal salts from an organic hydroformylation reaction fluid (“HRF”) prior to returning the HRF to a reaction zone of a hydroformylation process, the extraction process comprising the step of contacting the HRF with an aqueous buffer solution, is improved by contacting the HRF with water in addition to that present in the aqueous buffer solution, i.e., with added water.

Abstract: Provided is a process for the manufacture of semiconductor devices comprising the chemical mechanical polishing of borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG) material in the presence of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition which comprises: (A) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a mixture or composite thereof, (B) at least one type of anionic phosphate or phosphonate as dispersing agent or charge reversal agent, (C) at least one type of surfactant, and (D) an aqueous medium.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding composition (F), comprising: A) from 5 to 80% by weight of a graft polymer (A) having bimodal particle size distribution and a moisture content of 0 to 27% by weight, made, based on (A), a1) from 40 to 90% by weight of an elastomeric particulate graft base (a1), obtained by emulsion polymerization of based on (a1), a11) from 70 to 100% by weight of at least one conjugated diene, or of at least one C1-8-alkyl acrylate, or of mixtures of these, a12) from 0 to 30% by weight of at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and a13) from 0 to 10% by weight of at least one polyfunctional, cross linking monomer; a2) from 10 to 60% by weight of a graft a2), made, based on a2), a21) from 64 to 76% by weight of at least one vinyl aromatic monomer, a22) from 24 to 36% by weight of acrylonitrile, a23) from 0 to 30% by weight of at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, and a24) from 0 to 10% by weight of at least one polyfunctional, cross linking monomer; B) from 10 to 94

Abstract: A process for continuously producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing a monomer solution comprising acrylic acid and/or salts thereof, wherein the acrylic acid supplied has a dimeric acrylic acid content of at least 0.02% by weight and the dimeric acrylic acid content is kept essentially constant.

Abstract: A process for curing epoxy resins which comprises curing epoxy resin compositions comprising a) epoxy resins and b) a compound of the general formula I in which R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C5-C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl or C2-C6-alkynyl, or R1 and R2 together are a C3-C11-alkylene group; R3 and R4 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C5-C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl or C2-C6-alkynyl, or R3 and R4 together are a C4-C6-alkylene group; by adding amino hardeners, and the curing takes place in the presence of a compound of the following formula II in which at least one of the radicals R11, R12 and R13 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 C atoms, which is substituted with a hydroxyl group and optionally remaining radicals R11 to R13 are an unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 C atoms.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with bacteria for the production of succinic acid. Specifically, the invention relates to a bacterial cell of the genus Pasteurella comprising a heterologous polypeptide having isocitrate lyase activity and a heterologous polypeptide having malate synthase activity. Further, the present invention contemplates a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having isocitrate lyase activity and a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having malate synthase activity. Finally, the present invention relates to the use of a bacterial cell of the invention for the manufacture of succinic acid.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of polyalkylenepolyamines by homogeneously catalyzed alcohol amination, in which aliphatic amino alcohols are reacted with one another or aliphatic diamines or polyamines are reacted with aliphatic diols or polyols with the elimination of water in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst and in the presence of hydrogen gas. Polyalkylenepolyamines obtainable by such processes and polyalkylenepolyamines comprising hydroxy groups, secondary amines or tertiary amines. Uses of such polyalkylenepolyamines as adhesion promoters for printing inks, adhesion promoters in composite films, cohesion promoters for adhesives, crosslinkers/curing agents for resins, primers for paints, wet-adhesion promoters for emulsion paints, complexing agents and flocculating agents, penetration assistants in wood preservation, corrosion inhibitors, immobilizing agents for proteins and enzymes.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for analyzing plant acetohydroxy acid synthase large subunit (AHASL) genes. In particular, the invention relates to methods for the detection of wild-type AHASL alleles and mutant AHASL alleles that encode imidazolinone-tolerant AHASL proteins. The methods involve the use of PCR amplification and novel compositions comprising allele-specific and gene-specific primers to detect the presence of mutant and/or wild-type alleles present at the individual AHASL genes of a plant. Specifically, the methods and compositions are useful for analyzing the three AHASL genes of Triticum aestivum and the two AHASL genes of Triticum turgidum ssp. durum.

Abstract: A process for preparing formic acid by reaction of carbon dioxide (1) with hydrogen (2) in a hydrogenation reactor (I) in the presence of a catalyst comprising an element of group 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table, a tertiary amine comprising at least 12 carbon atoms per molecule and a polar solvent comprising one or more monoalcohols selected from among methanol, ethanol, propanols and butanols, to form formic acid/amine adducts as intermediates which are subsequently thermally dissociated, where the work-up of the output (3) from the hydrogenation reactor (I) is carried out by addition of water so as to increase the distribution coefficient of the catalyst between the upper phase (4) and the lower phase.

Abstract: The present invention discloses functionalized nanoparticles comprising on the surface a covalently bound radical of the formula (I) wherein the nanoparticles are SiO2, Al2O3 or mixed SiO2 and Al2O3 nanoparticles, and wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1. These functionalized nanoparticles are for example useful as stabilizers and/or compatibilizers in organic materials, or as photoinitiators in pre-polymeric or pre-crosslinking formulations, or as reinforcer of coatings and improver of scratch resistance in coating compositions for surfaces.

Abstract: Binder for granular and/or fibrous substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to flame retardant polymer compositions which comprise melamine phenylphosphinates and mixtures with dihydro-oxa-phosphaphenanthrene derivatives. The compositions are especially useful for the manufacture of flame retardant compounds based on polyfunctional epoxides or polycondensates like polyesters, polyamides and polycarbonates.

Abstract: The present invention provides substituted pyridine compounds of the formula I or N-oxides or agriculturally suitable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridines of formula I are useful as herbicides.

Abstract: A process for preparing acrylic acid from methanol and acetic acid, in which, in a reaction zone A, the methanol is partially oxidized to formaldehyde in a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction, the product gas mixture A obtained and an acetic acid source are used to obtain a reaction gas input mixture B which comprises acetic acid and formaldehyde and has the acetic acid in excess over the formaldehyde, and the formaldehyde present in reaction gas input mixture B is aldol-condensed to acrylic acid under heterogeneous catalysis in a reaction zone B with acetic acid present in reaction gas input mixture B, and unconverted acetic acid still present alongside the acrylic acid target product in the product gas mixture B obtained is removed therefrom, and the acetic acid removed is recycled into the production of reaction gas input mixture B.

Abstract: Process for preparing cyclometallated transition metal-carbene complexes comprising at least one carbene ligand, which comprises reacting a ligand precursor with a base, an auxiliary reagent and a metal complex comprising at least one metal M1 (route A) or reacting the ligand precursor with a basic auxiliary reagent and a metal complex comprising at least one metal M1 (route B). The present invention further relates to the use of an auxiliary reagent selected from among salts comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ag, Hg, Sb, Mg, B and Al together with a base in a process for preparing cyclometallated metal complexes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific amphiphilic alkoxyates as synergistic adjuvant for agrotechnical applications. Suitable agrotechnical compositions are also described. Thus, the addition of such alkoxylates makes possible an accelerated uptake of active ingredients by the plant. The alkoxylates to be used are alkoxylates based on branched alcohols such as 2-propylheptanol, C13-oxo alcohols and C10-oxo alcohols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a layer comprising at least one semiconductive metal oxide on a substrate, comprising at least the steps of: (A) preparing a solution comprising at least one precursor compound of the at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of carboxylates of mono-, di- or polycarboxylic acids having at least three carbon atoms, or derivatives of mono-, di- or polycarboxylic acids, alkoxides, hydroxides, semicarbazides, carbamates, hydroxamates, isocyanates, amidines, amidrazones, urea derivatives, hydroxylamines, oximes, urethanes, ammonia, amines, phosphines, ammonium compounds, azides of the corresponding metal and mixtures thereof, in at least one solvent, (B) applying the solution from step (A) to the substrate and (C) thermally treating the substrate from step (B) at a temperature of 20 to 200° C.

Abstract: A pulp making process in which fibrous cellulosic material is pulped to form an aqueous suspension of cellulosic material, the suspension is drained through a screen to form a pulp sheet and that the pulp sheet is dried to form a dry market pulp, in which a water soluble cationic polymer is added to the suspension as the sole drainage aid wherein the water-soluble cationic polymer is either, i) a copolymer comprising (a) between 1 and 70 mole % (meth)acrylamide and (b) between 30 and 99 mole % (meth)acryloyloxyethyl-trimethyl ammonium chloride with an intrinsic viscosity between 5 and 9 dl/g; or ii) a hydrolysed homopolymer of vinylformamide comprising between 1 and 100 mole % vinyl amine units and having a K value of between 45 and 240. The process of the invention provides improved drainage time and solids content of the dewatered pulp.