Abstract: A layered catalyst support or carrier provides a core member for carrying out non-steady state heterogeneously catalyzed processes where reaction gases and their products come in contact with a conventional catalyst applied to the carrier. The support as a carrier is made up of a large number of individually shaped particulate bodies or monolithic packings to be loaded into a reactor and maintained as a fluidized bed or a fixed bed during the non-steady state reaction and the recovery of the products. The support or carrier may consist of glass, quartz, oxides, nitrides, aluminosilicates, magnesium silicates, metals and carbon or their mixtures. Each shaped particle or monolithic packing of this core support is then completely enclosed by depositing thereon a thin protective layer of a nitride, oxide, carbide or chloride of a metal, a non-metal or a mixture thereof, which exhibits a dense, pore-free microstructure and a nonpolar surface having a very low density of acid centers.

Abstract: A wood preservative which contains a dimethylalkylamine, an aliphatic C8-C20-dicarboxylic acid and a triazole compound.

Abstract: A method of emptying vessels containing dispersions, solutions or suspensions of polymers in which during the emptying process the liquid medium also used to take up the polymers into the dispersion, solution or suspension is passed into the space within the vessel that is not filled by the solution, dispersion or suspension, wherein the liquid medium used to take up the polymers into the dispersion, solution or suspension is introduced in vapor form.

Abstract: Polytetrahydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers are prepared by polymerizing tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer on a heterogeneous carrier catalyst which contains on an oxidic carrier material as active mass a catalytically active amount of at least one oxygenous molybdenum and/or tungsten compound and, when the precursor compounds of the active mass have been applied to the carrier material precursor, has been calcined at temperatures of between 500° C. and 1000° C. The catalyst used contains a promotor which comprises at least one element or a compound of an element of the 2nd, 3rd including the lanthanides, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th or 14th group of the periodic system of elements.

Abstract: Preparation of rubber-modified molding compositions comprises a1) anionic polymerization of a mixture (A) comprising acrylate derivatives or methacrylate derivatives or acrylate derivatives and methacrylate derivatives and a solvent, if desired comprising olefinically unsaturated compounds which are not an acrylate derivative or a methacrylate derivative, or a2) sequential anionic polymerization of acrylate derivatives or methacrylate derivatives or acrylate derivatives and methacrylate derivatives in the presence of a solvent which, if desired, comprises olefinically unsaturated compounds to give block copolymers, and b) subjecting the reaction mixture obtained in a1) or a2) or a1) and a2) to a free-radical-initiated polymerization, if desired after the addition of unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: A fungicidal mixture comprising a) an oxime ether of the formula I where the substituents have the following meanings: X is oxygen or amino (NH); Y is CH or N; Z is oxygen, sulfur, amino (NH) or C1-C4-alkylamino (N-alkyl); R′ is alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl, cycloalkylmethyl, or, if desired, substituted benzyl; a) an oxime ether of the formula I where the substituents have the following meanings: X is oxygen or amino (NH); Y is CH or N; Z is oxygen, sulfur, amino (NH) or C1-C4-alkylamino (N—C1-C4-alkyl); R′ is C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C3-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-haloalkenyl, C3-C6-alkynyl, C3-C6-haloalkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkylmethyl, or is benzyl which can be partially or fully halogenated and/or can have attached to it one to three of the following radicals: cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy and C1-C4-alkylthio; and at least one compound from groups b)-c): b.

Abstract: Pyrimidine compounds I wherein X is C(CO2CH3)═NOCH3, C(CONHCH3)═NOCH3, C(CO2CH3)═CHOCH3, C(CO2CH3)═CHCH3 or N(CO2CH3)—OCH3; R1, R2 are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy; A is R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, phenoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cyano, alkoxy, hydroxyl or halogen; R4 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, cycloalkyl or alkoxy; Y is hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, optionally substituted aryl, hetaryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, arylthio, hetaryloxy, hetarylthio, cycloalkyloxy or alkylthio, or their salt, their synthesis and intermediates therefore, and their activity against fungi or animal pests.

Abstract: The fixed-bed catalyst comprises palladium and selenium or tellurium or a mixture of selenium and tellurium on a silicon dioxide support and has a BET surface area of from 80 to 380 m2/g and a pore volume of from 0.6 to 0.95 cm3/g in the pore diameter range from 3 nm to 300 &mgr;m, with from 80 to 95% of the pore volume being in the pore diameter range from 10 to 100 nm. It is prepared by impregnating a silicon dioxide support with a solution of a palladium compound and a selenium compound or tellurium compound or a mixture of a selenium compound and a tellurium compound, drying it and reducing it in the presence of hydrogen. The catalyst is used, in particular, for isomerizing 3-buten-1-ol compounds.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of coating a substrate with first a layer of a chip resistant primer composition that has as a resinous portion a polyurethane polymer having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less and, optionally, a second component that has reactive functionality; and next with a layer of a thermosetting primer composition including a polyurethane polymer having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less, an acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature that is at least about 20° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of said polyurethane polymer, and a crosslinking component that is reactive with at least one of the polyurethane polymer and the acrylic polymer; and finally with at least one layer of a topcoat composition.

Abstract: Adhesive coating film consisting of a) a radiation-cured coat which comprises from 40 to 90% by weight, preferably from 50 to 60% by weight, of urethane acrylate, from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 10 to 15% by weight, of polyether acrylate, from 10 to 50% by weight, preferably from 25 to 40% by weight, of reactive diluent, from 0 to 30% by weight of pigments from 0 to 10% by weight, preferably from 2 to 5% by weight, of a carboxy-functional (meth)acrylic esther [sic], from 0 to 10% by weight of other customary coatings fillers, and in the case of curing with UV radiation, from 0 to 10% by weight, preferably from 3 to 6% by weight, of photoinitiator, and b) which carries on one side an adhesive composition which has free NCO groups in the freshly applied adhesive composition, can be plastified thermally, especially under the intended processing conditions, and has a markedly weak surface tack.

Abstract: A process for reducing the amine content of amine-contaminated N-substituted lactams comprises treating the contaminated N-substituted lactams with an acid macroporous cation exchanger.

Abstract: A process for preparing methanesulfonic acid by irradiating a mixture comprising acetic acid, sulfur dioxide and oxygen with light, wherein the reaction mixture is irradiated with an average cumulative irradiance in the range from 240 to 320 mm of from 0.05 to 50 mmol quanta/cm2h at the light entry area.

Abstract: A process for coproduction of 6-aminocapronitrile and hexamethylenediamine starting from adiponitrile comprises (1) partially hydrogenating adiponitrile in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a mixture comprising 6-aminocapronitrile, hexamethylenediamine and adiponitrile, (2) removing 6-aminocapronitrile and hexamethylenediamine from the mixture, (3) adding to the portion comprising essentially adiponitrile from 0.01 to 10% by weight of an acid, based on adiponitrile, or an acidic ion exchanger and removing the adiponitrile from the mixture, and (4) recycling the adiponitrile into step (1).

Abstract: 2-[1′,2′,4′-Triazol-3′-yloxymethylene]anilides of the formula I where the index and the substituents have the following meanings: n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; X is a direct bond, O or NRa; Ra is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl; R1 is nitro, cyano, halogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkynyloxy; R2 is hydrogen, nitro, cyano, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio or alkoxycarbonyl; R3 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heteocyclyl, aryl or heteroaryl; R4 is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl; R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, processes and intermediates for their preparation and their use are described.

Abstract: Low-sulfur aliphatic compounds are obtained from olefin-rich starting materials contaminated with organic sulfur compounds.

Abstract: Crude (meth)acrylic acid is purified by a process in which a primary amine compound and an organic sulfonic acid are added to the crude (meth)acrylic acid and the latter is then worked up by distillation.

Abstract: Substituted 4-benzoylpyrazole of the formula I where: Q is a pyrazole of the formula II X1 is a straight-chain or branched C1-C6-alkylene, a C2-C6-alkenylene or a C2-C6-alkynylene chain which is interrupted by a hetero atom selected from the group consisting of: oxygen and sulfur, Het is a three- to six-membered partially or fully saturated heterocyclic group or a three- to six-membered heteroaromatic group having up to three hetero atoms selected from the following three groups: nitrogen, oxygen in combination with at least one nitrogen or sulfur in combination with at least one nitrogen; and agriculturally useful salts thereof, processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of the formula I, compositions comprising them and the use of the compounds of the formula I and of compositions comprising them for controlling harmful plants are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curable polyurethane polymer which comprises in copolymerized form A) from 40 to 80% by weight, based on the overall weight of components A) to F), of at least one hydroxyl-containing prepolymer having at least one free-radically or photochemically polymerizable &agr;,&bgr;-ethylenically unsaturated double bond, B) from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the overall weight of components A) to F), of at least one compound having at least one isocyanate-reactive hydroxyl group and/or primary or Secondary amino group and, in addition, at least one polar functional group, C) from 0.

Abstract: A photoinitiator mixture comprising a) at least one acyl- or diacylphosphine oxide of the formula I and b) at least one benzophenone derivative of the formula

Abstract: Free radical polymerizations are immediately terminated by adding a phenothiazine-containing solution whose solvent comprises at least 50% of its weight of an N-alkylpyrrolidone.