Abstract: Aqueous formulations comprising: i) at least one film-forming polymer A constructed from ethylenically unsaturated monomers M and present in dispersed form in the aqueous formulation, said monomers M comprising at least one monethylenically unsaturated monomer M1 of the formula I  where X, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in claim 1 and ii) at least one compound B having two or more aldehyde groups are used for coating substrates consisting essentially of polyurethanes.

Abstract: Phenylacetic acid derivatives of the formula I where the substituents and the indexes have the meanings given in the specification, their salts, their preparation and their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing ink which consists of pigments, an alkyd resin binder modified with fatty acids having an iodine number from 120 to 280 (g of I2/100 g), a phenolic resin-modified rosin binder and, if appropriate, further binders and further conventional constituents, such as lubricants, solvents, thickeners and thixotropic agents. The alkyd resin binder and the phenolic resin-modified rosin binder are present in proportions from 10 to 40% by weight and 60 to 90% by weight respectively, their sum giving 100% by weight. The alkyd resin has an acid number of Less than 11 and a hydroxyl number from 40 to 260 and has been prepared by reacting a) an unsaturated fatty acid having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or a mixture of such acids or their triglycerides with b) a polyol and c) a dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: A process for preparing a supported transition metal catalyst comprising a particulate organic or inorganic support material, a transition metal complex and a compound capable of forming metallocenium ions comprises the following process steps: a) contacting a solution of a compound capable of forming metallocenium ions with a second solvent in which this compound is only sparingly soluble, in the presence of the support material, b) removing at least part of the solvent from the support material and c) contacting a solution of a mixture of a compound capable of forming metallocenium ions and a transition metal complex with a second solvent in which this mixture is only sparingly soluble, in the presence of the support material obtained as described in a) and b).

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of 1,3-dioxolan-2-ones such as ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate by reacting a corresponding oxirane with carbon dioxide in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst comprises conducting the reaction in a two-part reactor in whose first part the reaction is taken with backmixing to a conversion of not less than 80% of the oxirane II and in whose second part the reaction is completed under nonbackmixing conditions, and passing the carbon dioxide in countercurrent to the oxirane II in the entire reactor.

Abstract: Phosphonomethylated poly-vinylamines which contain as characteristic structural elements units of the formula where R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl or and X is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium or one equivalent of an alkaline earth metal, are obtainable by phosphonomethylation of polymers which contain N-vinyl-amide or vinylamine groups and are useful as detergent additives and water treatment agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable emulsions and dry powders of mixtures of fat-soluble vitamins, and to processes for their preparation and to their use.

Abstract: Described is a process for preparing mixtures of mixed-alkylated methylolated 4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-ones by reaction of methylolated 4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one (DMDHEU) with a monohydric C1-5 alcohol and a polyol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, 1,4-butylene glycol, glycerol and polyethylene glycols of the formula HO(CH2CH2O)nH where 3≦n≦20, the monohydric C1-5 alcohol and the polyol each being used in an amount of from 0.1 to 2.0 mol equivalents, based on DMDHEU, and the reaction being carried out at temperatures from 20° C. to 70° C. and at a pH of from 1 to 2.5, and the pH being set to a value of from 4 to 8 after the reaction.

Abstract: Substituted carbamoyltriazoles of the formula I as defined in the specification and the agriculturally useful salts thereof, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cycloalkylalkane-carboxamides of the formula I where the substituents have the following meanings: A is C3-C6-cycloalkyl; R1 is C1-C6-alkyl or C2-C6-alkenyl; R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen or, independently of this meaning, have one of the meanings of the radical R1; n is 0 or 1; Y is cyano or halogen; w is phenyl, naphthyl or heteroaryl.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing and isolating glycols and to a thin-film evaporator which is used in carrying out the process.

Abstract: A process for hydrogenation of aliphatic alpha, omega-dinitriles in the presence of a heterogeneous fixed bed catalyst comprises using a reaction mixture comprising from 2 &mgr;mol to 30 mmol NA, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba or Mn or mixtures thereof in the form of a basic salt, based on 10 mol of aliphatic alpha, omega-dinitrile used.

Abstract: Anionic polymerization is used for the preparation of reaction mixtures comprising homopolymers, copolymers or block copolymers, and of homopolymers, copolymers and block copolymers which comprise acrylates or methacrylates or acrylates and methacrylates, wherein olefinically unsaturated compounds which are not acrylate or methacrylate derivatives are employed as solvent or as solvent component.

Abstract: Compositions for controlling harmful fungi, containing in a solid or liquid carrier a) at least one p-hydroxyaniline derivative of the formula I b) at least one amide compound of the formula II A—CO—NR8—R9  (II) where the substituents have the meanings indicated in the description; and methods of controlling harmful fungi using compositions of this type are described.

Abstract: Hetaroyl derivatives of the formula I where: R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, nitro, halogen, cyano, thiocyanato, hydroxyl, mercapto, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl, C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl or C1-C6-alkoxysulfonyl, where the last 6 radicals may be substituted and/or functionalized; phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, phenylsulfinyl or phenylsulfonyl, where the last 5 radicals may be substituted; Z is an unsubstituted or substituted four-membered unsaturated, partially or fully saturated chain consisting of three carbons and one nitrogen; Q is unsubstituted or substituted hydroxypyrazole linked at position 4; and their agriculturally useful salts. A process for preparing the hetaroyl derivatives, compositions comprising them, and the use of these derivatives or these compositions comprising them for controlling undesirable plants.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid polyisocyanate prepolymer composition which is a result of combining about 50.0 to 90.0 percent by weight of an isocyanate blend (a.) having 55.0 to 75.0 weight percent 4,4′-MDI, 17.0 to 27.0 weight percent 2,4′-MDI, 1.0 to 10.0 weight percent 3-ring MDI oligomer, and 1.0 to 15.0 weight percent n-ring MDI oligomer (n greater than 3); about 5.0 to 30.0 weight percent of a polyhydroxy containing polyol (b.) having a molecular weight of from 700 to about 6,000; and about 15.0 to 75.0 weight percent of a toluene diisocyanate (c.). The resulting isocyanate prepolymer composition has a free NCO content of from about 30.0 to 45.0 weight percent and particularly desirable flow characteristics. The invention further provides a method of making an isocyanate prepolymer composition, a process of making a polyurethane foam utilizing the isocyanate prepolymer composition of the invention, and polyurethane foams produced by the disclosed process.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of homopolymers, co-copolymers or block copolymers from cycloolefinic monomer units characterized in that polymerization occurs in the presence of a catalyst of general formula (I), and optionally in the presence of an additive, wherein the substituents and indices have the following meaning: M is a metal from group VIII B of the periodic table of elements; E1, E2 are independently from each other an element from group V A of the periodic table of elements; Z is a bridging structural unit; Ar stands for annelated aryl units independent of each other; L1, L2 stands for formally uncharged Lewis base ligands; X means monovalent or bivalent anions; k means 1 or 2; l, m, n represent 1 or 2, whereby m×n=1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of a) at least one compound having a molecular weight in the range from 56 to 300 which contains two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, b) at least one polymer containing two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, c) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one ionogenic or ionic group per molecule, d) at least one diisocyanate, B) at least one polymer containing groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, chosen from hydroxyl, and primary and secondary amino and/or carboxyl groups, or the salts thereof.

Abstract: Catalyst systems which are suitable for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbons contain, as active components, A) an amidinato metal complex of the general formula A  where M is a metal from group IIIb, IVb, Vb or VIb of the Periodic Table of Elements or a metal from the lanthanide group, X is a negative leaving atom or a negative leaving group, and the radicals X may be identical or different if (n−m)>1, R1, R2 and R3 are each a C-organic or Si-organic radical, n is the valency of M in the metal complex A and m is from 1 to 5, with the proviso that n−m≧0, and, if required, B) an acceptor compound for the substituent X of the component A as an activator.

Abstract: Polycationic condensates obtainable by condensing (a) piperazine, 1-alkylpiperazines having 1 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, 1,4-dialkylpiperazines having 1 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, l,4-bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine, 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine, 1-(2-hydroxyalkyl)piperazines having 2 to 25 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, imidazole, C1-C25-alkylimidazoles or mixtures of said compounds with (b) alkylene dihalides, epihalohydrins and/or bisepoxides in the molar ratio from 1:0.8 to 1:1.1 and, where appropriate, quaternization of the condensates with C4-C25-alkylating agents or by heating triethanolamine or triisopropanolamine in the presence of acidic catalysts and quaternizing the condensates with C4-C25-alkylating agents as color-fixing additive to detergents and fabric conditioners, and detergents which comprise (i) 1-50% by weight of at least one nonionic surfactant, (ii) 0-4.0% by weight of an anionic surfactant and (iii) 0.05-2.