Abstract: In a process for the continuous heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of an organic compound in an oxidation reactor, whose feed gas mixture comprises, apart from the organic compound to be partially oxidized and molecular oxygen as oxidant, at least one diluent gas which is essentially inert under the conditions of the heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation, where the essentially inert diluent gas consists partly of combustible gases, after passage through the oxidation reactor, the combustible constituents of the inert diluent gas present in the product gas stream leaving the oxidation reactor are not recirculated to the heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation, but are put to further use for the purposes of another chemical reaction.

Abstract: Indoleninemethine dyes of the formula ##STR1## where the ring A is substituted or unsubstituted, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, andR.sup.2 is substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 -alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or substituted or unsubstituted amino,are useful for dyeing or printing synthetic materials and can be thermally transferred.

Abstract: Air-dry refinish primer compositions containing microparticles have been found to exhibit superior air-dry properties as well as being resistant to solvent attack when a primer-surfacer or topcoat is applied after a short (30 minute or less) dry time of the primer composition.

Abstract: In a process for producing rigid polyurethane foams by reactinga) polyisocyanatesb) compounds containing at least two hydrogen atoms capable of reacting with isocyanate groups, in the presence ofc) catalysts,d) blowing agents and, if desired,e) further auxiliaries and/or additives,the component b) comprises at least one recycled polyol which is formed by glycolysis of polyurethanes.

Abstract: Polyurethane foams are produced by reactinga) organic and/or modified organic diisocyanates and/or polyisocyanates withb) at least one relatively high molecular weight compound containing at least two reactive hydrogen atoms,c) at least one compound containing from three to eight, preferably from three to six, reactive hydrogen atoms andd) low molecular weight chain extenders and/or crosslinkers containing at least two reactive hydrogen atomsin the presence ofe) blowing agentsf) catalysts and, if desired,g) further auxiliaries and additives,wherein (c) are ethylene oxide-rich adducts having an ethylene oxide content of more than 50% by weight and an OH number of from 200 to 800 mg KOH/g and (d) are polyfunctional chain extenders and/or crosslinkers having an OH number of more than 700 mg KOH/g.The polyurethane foam produced by this process can be used as upholstery material.

Abstract: Transcriptional activators which differ in their activation potential by more than 3 orders of magnitude are provided. The transactivators are fusions between a DNA binding protein (e.g., a Tet repressor) and minimal transcriptional activation domains derived from Herpes simplex virus protein 16 (VP16). Substitution mutations at amino acid position 442 within the minimal VP16 domain provide transactivators with differing transactivation ability. Moreover, chimeric activation domains comprising both wild type and mutant minimal VP16 domains provide additional variants with differing transactivation ability. Various aspects of the invention pertain to nucleic acid molecules, vectors, host cells, fusion proteins, transgenic and homologous recombinant organisms and methods of regulating gene transcription.

Abstract: A process for preparing indene derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl radical, a phenyl radical or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-substituted phenyl radical andA is a bridge which, together with the adjacent carbons, forms a six-membered aromatic or a five- or six-membered heteroaromatic or carbocyclic ring onto which a further aromatic ring may be fused,comprises reacting II with III ##STR2## (X=chlorine, bromine, iodine) in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to give IV ##STR3## which is then dehydrogenated to I.

Abstract: A process for deodorizing and subsequently cooling dispersions or liquids comprisinga) passing steam through the dispersion or liquid to be cooled and held in a vessel (1), said dispersion or liquid being caused to foam up as a result,b) discharging the foam from the top section of the vessel via a nozzle (5) into an evacuated separation vessel (4), the foam being broken in the process,c) condensing the water vapor formed from the foam in a heat exchanger (8) and removing volatile organic components at the same time, andd) returning the broken foam to the vessel (1),in which the steps a) to d) are performed until the dispersion or liquid has been deodorized to the desired extent, wherein, after completion of the deodorization (in accordance with steps a) to d)), the hot dispersion or liquid is discharged from the bottom section of the vessel (1) through the nozzle (5) into the evacuated separation vessel (4), so that the dispersion or the liquid is cooled, the nozzle (5) and the evacuated separation vessel (4

Abstract: The thermoplastic molding material contains a mixture of(A) from 10 to 60% by weight of a methyl methacrylate polymer,(B) from 10 to 70% by weight of a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer and vinyl cyanide(C) from 15 to 50% by weight of a graft copolymer obtainable from a core (C1) comprising a 1,3-diene and a vinyl aromatic monomer, a first graft shell (C2) comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of methacrylic acid and a crosslinking monomer and a second graft shell (C3) comprising a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of methacrylic acid and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of acrylic acid, and(D) if required, conventional additives,the stated percentages of A, B and C in the mixture summing to 100% by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to cinnamylidenecamphor derivatives of the formula (1) ##STR1## where the diene system is in the Z,Z, Z,E, E,Z or E,E configuration and R.sup.1 is H, CH.sub.3,R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, halogen, NR.sup.3 H, NR.sup.3.sub.2,R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.4 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl,n is 1, 2,and to its use.

Abstract: A mixture consisting essentially of:a) one or more dicarboxylic acid esters of the formula IROOC--A--COOR (I)in which the radicals R independently of one another are alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and A is alkylene having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkenylene or alkynylene each having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, cycloalkylidene or cycloalkenylidene each having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or phenyleneandb) the product (II) of the reaction of a triglyceride based on carboxylic acids having 2 to 30 carbon atoms and ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide in the presence of a base,which is useful for the production of crop protection compositions, for herbicidal crop protection compositions, and for controlling undesired plant growth, and spray mixtures comprising the compositions.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I and II ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic radical or an acyl radical, it being possible for these radicals to carry further substituents which do not react with acetylenes or allenes, and the radicals R, independently of one another, are hydrogen or aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic radicals which may be linked to one another with formation of a ring and m is 0 or 1, are prepared by an addition reaction of a compound of the formula IIIR.sup.1 OH IIIwith an acetylene or allene of the formula IV or V ##STR2## where R.sup.

Abstract: Applying an effective amount of an acylcyclohexanedione plant growth regulator to a growing pre-harvest alfalfa plant improves the overall stature and overall nutritive value of alfalfa at harvest.

Abstract: Apparatus for coating metal sheets with plastic film, consisting of a sequential arrangement of metal sheet feed (1), oven (3), film feeding unit (4), corona stations (9), laminating rolls (10), texturing or smoothing rolls (7) and printing mechanism (8).

Abstract: 4-Benzoylisothiazoles of the formula 1 ##STR1## wherein x is oxygen or sulfur;R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl; or is optionally substituted alkoxycarbonyl, aryl, heterocyclyl or hetaryl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkylsulfonyl or alkoxycarbonyl; or is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aryloxy, arylthio, alkylamino, arylamino, hetaryl or heterocyclyl;R.sup.3 is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, or their salts, their manufacture and herbicidal compositions containing them.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprisinga) a carbamate of the formula I ##STR1## where T is CH or N, n is 0, 1 or 2 and R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, it being possible for the radicals R to be different when n is 2, and/orb) an oxime ether of the formula II ##STR2## where the substituents have the following meaning: X is oxygen or amino (NH);Y is CH or N;Z is oxygen, sulfur, amino (NH) or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylamino (N--C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl);R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -haloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -haloalkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -haloalkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -cycloalkylmethyl, or is benzyl which can be partially or fully halogenated and/or have attached to it one to three of the following radicals: cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, and C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Saccharin-5-carbonylcyclohexane-1,3,5-trione derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where: L is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy;Z is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -alkynyl, benzyl or phenyl, the phenyl rings in each case being unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy or halogen;M is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy, fluorine, chlorine, cyano, nitro or trifluoromethyl;R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl;and agriculturally useful salts of compound I.

Abstract: A heat exchanger contains one or more heat exchange plates having on a common facial surface thereof a first heating fluid facial subchannel set containing at least one heating fluid facial subchannel and a first cooling fluid facial subchannel set containing at least one cooling fluid facial subchannel; wherein the heating fluid facial subchannel set and the cooling fluid facial subchannel set are mutually aligned in a heat exchange relationship on the common facial surface of the heat exchange plate(s).

Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst is prepared by reduction of platinum in an oxidation state of not less than two using a reducing agent in an aqueous medium in the presence of a carbon-containing support after partial poisoning, where use is made of a compound of the general formula I ##STR1## where X, Y and Z can be identical or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy and --NR'R", where R, R' and R" can be identical or different and can be hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl. Such a hydrogenation catalyst can be used for preparing hydroxylammonium salts and the process for preparing the above catalysts can also be used for regenerating hydrogenation catalysts based on platinum.

Abstract: A method for gas-phase oxidation of an organic compound such as acrolein is provided, which includes oxidizing the organic compound with an oxidizing agent in the presence of a catalyst, to produce a product such as acrylic acid, wherein the catalyst includes a multimetal oxide material having at least two phases and of the formula III{A}.sub.p {B}.sub.q (III),wherein ##EQU1## M.sup.1, M.sup.2, a, b, c, x, M.sup.3, d, e, y, p and q are defined in the claims,which contains the moiety {A}.sub.p in the form of three-dimensional regions A which are delimited from their local environment owing to their chemical composition differing from their local environment and are of the chemical compositionA Mo.sub.12-a-b-c V.sub.a M.sub.b.sup.1 M.sub.c.sup.2 O.sub.xand the moiety {B}.sub.q in the form of three dimensional regions B which are delimited from their local environment owing to their chemical composition differing from their local environment and are of the chemical compositionB M.sub.12.sup.3 Cu.sub.d H.sub.e O.