Abstract: The present invention provides hygroscopic herbicide formulations in dry, flowable powder forms and associated methods of making the powders and tablets. The most preferred formulation uses an effective amount of a acifluorfen combined with a citrate sequestrant.

Abstract: An electrode consisting of an electrically conductive core essentially comprising iron and an electrically conductive coating essentially comprising lead, a process for the production of the novel electrode, its use for the reductive coupling of olefinic reactants and an improved process for the reductive coupling of olefinic reactants.

Abstract: The invention provides polyurethane components and compositions capable of providing internal mold release properties in SRIM applications. The polyol composition of the invention has an isocyanate reactive polyol (A) having a number average molecular weight from 100 to about 10,000 and an effective amount of internal mold release composition (B) having a silicon-containing polymer (a) and an epoxidized ester (b). The invention further provides an SRIM polyurethane composition useful in the preparation of molded polyurethane articles having internal mold release properties, the composition comprising an isocyanate component (I) and the isocyanate reactive polyol composition (component (II)) disclosed above. In another aspect of the invention, the invention provides methods of using the claimed compositions as well as the rigid cellular polyurethane SRIM articles resulting from such processes.

Abstract: Heteroaromatically condensed hydroxypyridonecarboxamides of the structure I ##STR1## where the substituents and the ring Q have the following meanings: R.sup.1 hydrogen, hydroxyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy;R.sup.2 hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyloxy, dialkylamino;orR.sup.1, R.sup.2 together denote an alkylene chain with 2-6 members and which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur or N-methyl;X oxygen or sulfur;Q a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring containing from 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms and/or one oxygen or sulfur atom as heteroatoms, and which may be substituted one to three times,and environmentally compatible salts thereof.

Abstract: (A) being a photosensitive relief-forming layer in which imagewise exposure to actinic light results in different solubilities of the exposed and unexposed parts, and this layer consists of a mixture of:(a1)one or more polymeric binders,(a2)one or more photopolymerization initiators,(a3)one or more organic compounds which are compatible with the binder (a1) and contain photopolymerizable olefinically unsaturated groups and, if required,(a4)one or more assistants,(B) being a smooth or dull, nontacky release layer (B) which is transparent to light, soluble or swellable in the relevant liquid media and formed by a polymer forming strong films and additives contained therein, and(C) being a cover sheet which can be detached from the release layer (B), the release layer (B) containing a metal salt as an additive,is suitable for the production of printing plates.

Abstract: Diaryl derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is .dbd.CHOR.sup.1, .dbd.CHSR.sup.1, .dbd.CHR.sup.1, .dbd.CHCl or .dbd.NOR.sup.1,B is OR.sup.2, SR.sup.2 or NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 andHet is a mono-, di- or trinuclear aromatic five- or six-membered heterocyclic structure which is unsubstituted or substituted by R,R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 are identical or different and each is hydrogen or alkyl, andU, V, W are identical or different and each is halogen, alkyl or alkoxy, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: A method or preparing triarylmethane dyes and pigments is disclosed. An amino-substituted triarylmethane compound is reacted with a primary or secondary aromatic amine in solvent using an acid catalyst until a composition having a desired hue is obtained. This composition is then vacuum distilled to remove the solvent and any unreacted aromatic amine, yielding a molten composition having a temperature of at least 165.degree. C. The molten composition is then cooled under conditions such that a temperature of at least 165.degree. C. is maintained for at least 1 hour. A group IA or group II metal hydroxide is added to the composition after the desired hue has been reached, either before, during, or after the vacuum distillation.

Abstract: A process for the reclamation of polystyrene and other styrene containing polymers, by dissolving said polystyrene polymer into a water soluble solvent, such as NMP, and then precipitating said polymer away from the water soluble solvent through the addition of the water soluble solvent/styrene polymer solution into water. The particles of the polymer that precipitate out and float to the surface of the water can be collected and dried at temperatures that do not give added heat history to the polymer.

Abstract: Substituted sulfonylureas of the formula I ##STR1## wherein, inter alia, n and m are each 0 or 1;X is O, S or N--R.sup.4, where R.sup.4 is hydrogen or alkyl;A is NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, OH, CN, SCN, S(O).sub.o R.sup.5, SO.sub.2 NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 or ER.sup.7 ;and environmentally compatible salts of the compounds. The disclosure is also directed to a process for preparing the compounds, to intermediates for the preparation of the compounds and to the use of the compounds as herbicides.

Abstract: A fungicidal synergistic mixture containinga) a compound of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: R.sup.1 is a phenyl radical which can carry one to three of the following groups: cyano, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, ora pyrimidyl radical which can carry a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl group and/or a phenoxy group, the phenoxy group in turn being able to carry one to three of the following radicals: cyano, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy,A is oxygen or oxymethylene (--OCH.sub.2 --);X is CH or N,Y is oxygen or NR.sup.2, R.sup.2 being hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy,andb) a pyrimidine derivative of the formula II ##STR2## where R is methyl, propyn-1-yl or cyclopropyl, in a synergistically active amount, is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of bead shaped, expandable polystyrene by the polymerization of styrene in an aqueous suspension in the presence of dimeric .alpha.-methylstyrene as a regulator and a C.sub.3 to C.sub.6 hydrocarbon as a blowing agent, whereby one first reports the content of saturated hydrocarbons, having a boiling point between 70.degree. and 170.degree. C., in the styrene and dimeric .alpha.-methylstyrene, and then enough saturated hydrocarbons, having a boiling point from 70.degree. to 170.degree. C., are added before, during or after the polymerization so that their total content in the suspension is from 0.1 to 0.8 weight percent, based on the styrene.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of cyclohexene by partial hydrogenation of benzene with hydrogen in the presence of water and ruthenium catalysts modified with nickel, at elevated temperature in the liquid phase, wherein alloys of ruthenium with nickel are used as catalysts.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding fusion proteins which regulate transcription in eukaryotic cells are disclosed. The fusion proteins of the invention comprise a Tet repressor having at least one amino acid mutation that confers on the fusion protein an ability to bind a class B tet operator sequence having a nucleotide substitution at position +4 or +6, operatively linked to a polypeptide which regulates transcription in eukaryotic cells. Methods for regulating transcription of a tet operator-linked gene in a cell are also provided.

Abstract: A fungicidal synergistic mixture containinga) a compound of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: R.sup.1 is a phenyl radical which can carry one to three of the following groups: cyano, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, ora pyrimidyl radical which can carry a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl group and/or a phenoxy group, the phenoxy group in turn being able to carry one to three of the following radicals: cyano, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 -haloalkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy,A is oxygen or oxymethylene (--OCH.sub.2 --);X is CH or N,is oxygen or NR.sup.2, R.sup.2 being hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkoxy, andb) a pyrimidine derivative of the formula II ##STR2## where R is methyl, propyn-1-yl or cyclopropyl, in a synergistically active amount, is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of of coating electrically conductive substrates using cathodically depositable electrodip paints. The invention is notable in that the electrodip paints employed contain crosslinked polymer microparticles which can be prepared by reacting(A) a compound which contains on average more than 1.0 epoxide groups per molecule, or a mixture of such compounds, and(B) a compound which contains not only a group reactive toward epoxide groups but also at least one ketimine or aldimine group in the molecule, or a mixture of such compoundsto give a noncrosslinked intermediate product (C), which still contains on average at least one epoxide group per molecule, and dispersing this intermediate product in the presence of a Br onsted acid in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating vehicle bodies in which an aqueous coating containing as the binder a combination of a water-dilutable polyurethane resin, a water-dilutable polyester resin and an aminoplast resin is employed as the stone-chip intermediate primer and/or filler.

Abstract: The use of nicotinic anilide derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: R.sup.1 halogen, methyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, methylthio, methylsulfinyl, methylsulfonylR.sup.2 unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkoxy, unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkenyloxyfor combating Botrytis, and nicotinic anilides of the formula I.

Abstract: The present invention provides hygroscopic plant growth regulator formulations in solid forms and associated methods of making the powders and tablets. The most preferred formulation uses an effective amount of an N,N-dimethyl-piperidinium salt such as mepiquat chloride.

Abstract: A fungicidal mixture containinga) the oxime ether carboxamide of the formula I ##STR1## and b) an azole derivative II selected from the group of compounds II.1 to II.161-[(2RS,4RS;2RS,4SR)-4-bromo-2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)tetrahydrofuryl]-1H-1,2, 4-triazole (II.1)2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-cyclopropyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol (II.2)(.+-.)-4-chloro-4-[4-methyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl-methyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2 -yl]phenyl 4-chlorophenyl ether (II.3)(E)-(R,S)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pent -1-en-3-ol (II.4)(Z)-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)ox irane (II.5)4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-phenyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazolyl methyl)butyronitrile (II.6)3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-6-fluoro-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)quinazolin-4(3H)-o ne (II.7)bis(4-fluorophenyl)(methyl)(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl-methyl)silane (II.8)(R,S)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-hexan-2-ol (II.

Abstract: SiO.sub.2 aerogels containing carbon particles are obtainable by heatinga) organically modified SiO.sub.2 aerogels in the presence of at least one pyrolyzable hydrocarbon gas and/or at least one inert gas orb) organically unmodified SiO.sub.2 aerogels in the presence of at least one pyrolyzable hydrocarbon gas and in the presence or absence of inert gases to 600.degree.-1300.degree. C.