Abstract: Use of mono- and bisoxime esters I where L1 is an oxime moiety of the formula  where R1 and R2 are hydrogen or organic radicals and Z1 are alkylene groups, L2 is a second oxime moiety L1 or an organic radical attached via an O or N atom, A is a chemical bond or a linker, and m is 0 or 1, as activators for inorganic peroxy compounds, in particular as cold bleach activators or optical brighteners in detergents, cleaners and bleaches and in disinfectants.

Abstract: A fungicidal mixture, comprising a) a carbamate of the formula I,  where T is CH or N, n is 0, 1 or 2 and R is halogen, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl, and where the radicals R may be different if n is 2, and b) an active compund of the formula II, where: Y is hydrogen, a metal atom of the 1st to 3rd main group of the Periodic Table of the Elements or a group NR3R4R5R6; R2 is hydrogen, a C1-C18-alkyl group which may be substituted by halogen or a nitro group, a C2-C8-alkenyl or C2-C8-alkinyl group which may be substituted by halogen or a nitro group, a C1-C8-alkoxy-C1-C8-alkyl or a C2-C8-alkenyl-C1-C8-alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group having 6 to 14 carbons, a C3-C7-cycloalkyl group, a C1-C4-alkylaryl group or a heterocyclic group having 5 or 6 ring atoms and a hetero atom from the group consisting of N, O and S, where the heterocyclic group is attached directly or via an aliphatic chain to the oxygen atom, and R3-R6 independently of one anot

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion wherein the polymer is composed of from 60 to 95% by weight of a mixture comprising at least one C4-alkyl acrylate and at least one C6-C12-alkyl acrylate (monomers a) from 5 to 30% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated com- pounds having a glass transition temperature of above 0° C.

Abstract: The shaped article consists of a) from 5 to 95% by weight of a molding composition A made from at least one thermoplastic polyamide, copolyamide or blends of these as component A1, fillers and/or reinforcing materials, if desired, as component A2, impact modifiers as component A3 and other additives and processing aids as component A4, and b) from 5 to 95% by weight of a molding composition B, made from at least one thermoplastic polyamide, copolyamide or blends of these as component B1, at least one crosslinked elastomeric polymer as component B2 and, if desired, other additives and processing aids as component B3, where, in the shaped article, segments of molding compositions A and B are connected to one another over a relatively large area. These shaped articles may be used in the motor vehicle sector, for example as air or coolant ducts.

Abstract: A process for separating a fraction containing low and middle boilers from a mixture of low, middle and high boilers, which involves treating the mixture in a column with low-boiler vapor in the bottom, so that the middle-boiling component accumulates in the low-boiler vapor and can be obtained at the temperature level of the low-boiling component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing N-acylated (hetero)aromatic hydroxylamine derivatives of formula (I), wherein the substituents, the ring atom and the index have the meanings give in the Description, by hydrogenating a (hetero)aromatic nitro-compound of general formula (II) in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: The invention provides thermosetting coating compositions in which acrylic copolymers are used as carriers for fluorocarbon resins. The compositions have a combination of high fluorocarbon content, high solids content, and a low viscosity suitable for coil coating. Thus, the solids are borne in organic solvent systems which permit minimization of the viscosity and a moderate evaporation rate. The solvent system has a &dgr;H of from 1.7 to 2.6 (calories/cubic centimeter)½ and a &dgr;V of from 8 to 9.5 (calories/cubic centimeter)½ and is exemplified by a mixture of 4 or more of the following solvents: aliphatic ketones having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, alkyl esters having a total of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, aromatic acid esters having from 8 to 12 carbon atoms, lactones, and aromatic solvents.

Abstract: Provided herein is a composition comprising a plant growth regulator, octylpyrrolidone, and an emulsifier. The composition may be provided with a plant growth regulator comprises a substituted oxime-ether of the formula: where R1 and R2 independently of one another are C1-C6-alkyl, n is 2 or 3 and R3 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl. The compositions provided may also contain a blend of nonyl phenol ethoxylate and dioctyl sulfosuccinate. Also provided are methods of making the above compositions.

Abstract: In an extraction process for isolating trimethoxysilane (TMS) from a TMS/methanol mixture by formation of two phases, namely a TMS-rich extract phase and a methanol-rich raffinate phase, by addition of one or more methanol-soluble inorganic and/or organic salts and, if desired, an additional nonpolar organic solvent and subsequent phase separation, the amount of salt added is selected so that the weight ratio of trimethoxysilane to methanol in the extract phase is at least 94% by weight:6% by weight (normalized to 100% by weight). The use of one or more inorganic salts in an extraction process for isolating trimethoxysilane from a trimethoxysilane/methanol mixture is also claimed.

Abstract: Carbonyl compounds of the formula where R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or C1-C3-alkyl-monosubstituted to -trisubstituted C2-C4-alkenyl radical or a radical of the formula where R3 is a hydrogen atom or together with R4 is an oxygen atom, R4 is the radical OR6 or together with R3 is an oxygen atom, R5 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted or C1-C3-alkyl-monosubstituted to -trisubstituted C2-C4-alkenyl radical or a cyclohexyl or cyclopentyl radical and R6 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cyclohexyl or cyclopentyl radical or a radical of the formula —CH2—CHO or —CH2—CH2—O—CH2—CHO, are prepared by gas-phase oxidation of methanol or alcohols of the formula where R1 and R5 are as defined above, by means of an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of copper- and/or silv

Abstract: A process for preparing enantiomerically pure alcohols of the formula I (Ia or Ib) where the substituents have the following meanings: R1 hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-alkanoyl, R2 and R3 independently of one another hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkanoyl, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl or C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl, R4 substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, which comprises reducing compounds of the formula II where the substituents R1 to R4 have the abovementioned meanings  in aqueous solution in the presence of a carbon source and of a microorganism or of a reducing agent, of a cofactor and of an enzyme, to compounds of the formula I.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aliphatic alpha-omega amino nitriles in the presence of a catalyst composed of (a) iron or an iron based compound or a mixture thereof (b) 0.01 to 5 wt. %, in relation to (a), a promoter based on 2, 3, 4, or 5 elements selected from the group comprising aluminum, silicon, zirconium, titanium, and vanadium, and © to 0.5 wt. % in relation to (a) a compound based on an alkaline metal or alkaline-earth metal. The inventive method is characterized in that the aliphatic alpha-omega dinitrile contains 1.0 ppm or more phosphorus. Catalysts are obtainable through the reductive and optional successive passivation of magnetite, whereby the catalysts have a BET surface of 3 to 10 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0.05 to 0.2 ml/g, an average pore diameter of 0.03 to 0.1 mm and a pore volume portion in the range of 0.01 to 0.1 mm of 50 to 70%.

Abstract: A method for control of harmful fungi is provided by treating the fungi, or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal infection, with an effective amount of a bisoxime of the formula I or a salt or adduct thereof, the index and the substituents having the following meanings: R1 is halogen, alkyl or haloalkyl; R2 is cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylaminocarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, phenoxy or phenylthio; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R3 is alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl or phenylalkyl.

Abstract: Organic by-products having higher boiling points than cyclohexanone (usually obtained from the bottoms of a distillation operation to separate cyclohexanone from other reaction products during cyclohexanone production) can be converted to recoverable cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol using a catalyst having high aluminum oxide concentrations. The preferred catalyst is one which has an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) content of at least about 95 wt. %, and more preferably greater than about 99 wt. %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the multilayer coating of substrates with electrodeposition and powder coating materials, in which electrodeposition is used to apply at least one coat (2) of electrodeposition coating material to the substrate (1), after deposition the substrate (1) is, if desired, wholly or partially air-dried, a coat of powder coating material (3) is then applied, and finally electrodeposition coating material and powder coating material are jointly baked.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of phosphabenzene compounds of the formulae I and II where R1 to R6, independently of one another, are hydrogen, COOM SO3M, NR3X, NR2, OR, COOR or SR, where M is hydrogen, NH4 or an alkali metal, X is an anion, R is hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, or C1-12-alkyl, C6-12-aryl, C7-12-aralkyl or C3-6-heterocycloalkyl having 1 to 3 heteroatoms which may be substituted by the above radicals or linked to form fused rings, and —W— is a bridge comprising a covalent bond, an oxo group, a sulfur group, an amino group, a di-C1-6-alkylsilicon group or a C1-16-radial, which may be part of one or more linked cyclic or aromatic rings and may be interrupted by 1 to 3 heteroatoms, where the phosphabenzene ring o- or m-position not bonded to the bridge may carry one of the radicals R1 to R6, with the exception of bis-3,3′-(2,4,6-triphenyl-3-phosphabenzene)-1,1-biphenyl, by reacting corresponding pyrilium salts with PH3 in the presence of a catalytic amount of acid and in

Abstract: Thus, there is provided according to the present invention polyol compositions comprising (A) a polytetramethylene ether glycol, and (B) a trifunctional active hydrogen compound-initiated polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having a degree of unsaturation of not greater than 0.04 milliequivalents per gram of said polyether polyol.

Abstract: Carbamates of the formula I where the substituents have the following meanings: Z is methoxy, NH2, NHCH3, N(CH3)2, CH3, C2H5, CF3 or CCl3, X and Y are identical or different and each is hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CF3, CN, NO2, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl or may be condensed together to form a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic, partially or completely hydrogenated ring, R1 may also be substituted or unsubstituted and is O-alkyl, O-alkenyl, O-alkynyl, O-cycloalkyl, O-cycloalkenyl or O—CO2-alkyl, A is —O—, —S—, —CR2═CR3—, CHR2—O—, —CHR2—S—, —CHR2—O—N═C(R4)—, —CR2═N—O—, —O—N═C(R4)—, —C≡C—, —CHR2—CHR3—, —CHR2—O—CO—, —O—CHR2— or a single bond, B is substituted or unsubstituted and is alkyl, alke

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of dispersions of magneto-ionic particles consisting essentially of superparamagnetic solid particles and at least one polyelectrolyte as dispersing substance in water for the preparation of an MRI contrast medium.

Abstract: A process for preparing 3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4 (3H)-one 2,2-dioxide (I) or a salt of I which comprises reacting anthranilic isopropylamide II simultaneously with sulfur trioxide or chlorosulfonic acid in the presence of an organic base or with adducts of sulfur trioxide and organic bases and phosphorus oxychloride at from 50° C. to the reflux temperature, followed, if appropriate, by conversion into its salts, is described.