Abstract: Described is an organotemplate-free synthetic process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO2 and optionally comprising X2O3, wherein said process comprises: (1) preparing a mixture comprising seed crystals and one or more sources for YO2; and (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1); wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material optionally comprises one or more alkali metals M, and wherein the seed crystals comprise zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure.

Abstract: Film coating compositions based on a co-processed mixture of a polyvinyl alcohol-polyether graft polymer and polyvinyl alcohol (component A), a N-vinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer (component B) and pigments (component C).

Abstract: A process for the preparation of melamine by decomposition of urea with the use of a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a) 10-90% by weight of zeolite, b) 10-90% by weight of a matrix comprising silica, alumina, silicon aluminum oxides and/or clay minerals, and c) 0-10% by weight of additives and the total content of nickel and vanadium in the catalyst being less than 500 ppm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing racemic or optically active menthol in pure or enriched form by distillatively separating menthol from substance mixtures which comprise essentially menthol and diastereomers thereof. This distillatiive separation is performed in a dividing wall column with 50 to 300 theoretical plates and one or more side draw points at an absolute operating pressure of 5 to 500 mbar.

Abstract: Disclosed are electret materials with outstanding thermal and charge stability. The electret materials comprise a melt blend of a thermoplastic polymer and one or more compounds selected from the aromatic trisamides. The aromatic trisamides are for example of the formula The melt blends are subjected to an electret treatment, for example a corona treatment. The electret materials are for example nonwoven polyolefin webs and are employed as filter materials, wipes, absorbent materials, filter masks, acoustic materials, printing substrates, measuring devices or contactless switches. The present electret materials may also comprise a further additive selected from the hindered amine light stabilizers and the hydroxyphenylalkylphosphonic esters or monoesters.

Abstract: A process for preparing amines of the formula I, by reacting a carbonyl compound of the formula II with an amine of the formula III where R1 and R2 are different and are each an organic radical which has from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may optionally also comprise heteroatoms, R3 is a C1-C6-alkyl group and R4 is an aryl group which may be partly or fully halogenated and/or may bear from one to three radicals from the group of cyano, nitro, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, hydroxyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-haloalkoxy, hydroxycarbonyl, C1-C6-alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C6-alkylamino, di(C1-C6-alkyl)amino, aryl and aryl(C1-C6-alkyl); and * represents the S or R configuration, and ** represents the S and/or R configuration; which comprises performing the reaction in the presence of a heterogeneous imination catalyst, of a hydrogenation catalyst and of hydrogen.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flame retardant composition, which comprises a) At least one ester of a phosphorus containing oxo acid selected from the group consisting of phosphonous and phosphorous acid; b) At least one flame retardant component based on a nitrogen compound; particularly melamine cyanurate, and c) A polyurethane polymer base.

Abstract: A process for producing a ringlike oxidic shaped body by mechanically compacting a pulverulent aggregate introduced into the fill chamber of a die, wherein the outer face of the resulting compact corresponds to that of a frustocone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to melamine-formaldehyde resins bearing (meth)acrylic groups, to processes for preparing them, to their use, and to coating compositions comprising them.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate, wherein in a first step a) a low-temperature plasma, a corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, in a second step b) one or more defined photoinitiators or mixtures of defined photoinitiators with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied, preferably at normal pressure, to the inorganic or organic substrate, in a third step c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and/or irradiated with electromagnetic waves and, optionally, in a fourth step d) on the substrate so pretreated is applied a further coating.

Abstract: Epoxy resin compositions comprising a) epoxy resins and b) at least one 2-oxo-[1,3]dioxolane derivative of the formula I in which one or two of the radicals R1 to R4 are an electron-withdrawing organic group having 1 to 20 C atoms or an electron-withdrawing heteroatom, and the remaining radicals R1 to R4 are independently of one another an H atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 C atoms.

Abstract: A process for preparing amines of the formula (II) R1—NH—CH2—CH2—NH2??(II) in which R1 is hydrogen or radicals of the formula x is integers from zero to two, by reacting nitriles of the formula (I) R2—NH—CH2—CN??(I) in which R2 is hydrogen or radicals of the formula and R3 is the NC— or H2N—CH2- radicals and x is integers from zero to two, with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in suspension mode or in a fixed bed, wherein the space velocity on the catalyst, based on the catalyst surface area, is 10?6 to 10?4 kg of nitrile of the formula (I) per m2 of catalyst surface area and hour, the catalyst surface area being determined by the BET method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to molding compositions comprising (A) from 29 to 89% by weight of at least one polyarylene ether sulfone having an average number of phenolic end groups per chain of from 0 to 0.2, (B) from 0.5 to 20% by weight of a thermotropic polymer, (C) from 0.5 to 10% by weight of a polyarylene ether having predominantly OH end groups, (D) from 10 to 70% by weight of at least one fibrous or particulate filler, (E) from 0 to 40% by weight of additives or processing aids, where the total of the proportions by weight is 100% by weight, based on the thermoplastic molding composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cosmetic or dermatological formulations comprising at least one active compound, at least one polymer which is molecularly imprinted in the presence of this active compound and at least one fatty phase.

Abstract: Dispersions comprise a liquid phase and a solid phase.

Abstract: Method for producing pigment-containing granules for pharmaceutical applications based on film-forming enteric polymers, wherein the production of the granules takes place by a spraying process in which the enteric polymeric film formers are introduced as initial charge in a fluidized bed, and an aqueous pigment suspension, which comprises a plasticizer that is solid at 20° C., is sprayed onto the fluidized bed.

Abstract: Process for preparing polymers by controlled free-radical polymerization, wherein the polymerization of one or more free-radically polymerizable monomers of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, R3 are each H, C1-C4-alkyl, R4 is C(?O)0R5, C(?O)NHR15, C(?O)NR5R6, OC(?O)CH3, C(?O)OH, CN, aryl, hetaryl, C(?O)OR5OH, C(?O)OR5Si(OR5)3, halogen, NHC(O)H, P(?O)(OR7)2, R5 is C1-C20-alkyl, R15 is C1-C20-alkyl, R6 is C1-C20-alkyl, R7 is H, C1-C20-alkyl, in the presence of a. one or more catalysts comprising Cu in the form of Cu(0), Cu(I), Cu(II) or mixtures thereof, b. one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of organic halides or pseudohalides, c. one or more ligands, d. optionally one or more solvents, e. optionally one or more inorganic halide salts, and comprises the steps i) addition of the catalyst a., ii) optionally addition of monomers of the general formula (I), iii) optionally addition of solvent d., iv) addition of ligand c., v) addition of initiator b.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the health of a plant comprising the steps: 1) applying to plant propagation material a mixture comprising pyraclostrobin, fipronil and thiophanate-methyl; and 2) applying to the resulting plant, part of the plant and/or locus where the plant is growing, at any time during the reproductive growth stage, at least once pyraclostrobin or a mixture comprising pyraclostrobin and at least one insecticide or fungicide. In addition, the invention relates to a method, wherein the plant propagation material in step 1) and the resulting plant in step 2) are resistant to glyphosate. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of a mixture comprising pyraclostrobin, fipronil and thiophanate-methyl as seed treatment in combination with pyraclostrobin as foliar treatment for increasing the health of a plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) comprising: a) a carrier substrate; b) a diesel oxidation catalytic material comprising b1) a first layer located on the carrier substrate, the first layer comprising palladium impregnated on a support material comprising ceria in an amount of at least 45 weight-% based on the total weight of the support material, and optionally comprising platinum; b2) a second layer located on the first layer, the second layer comprising palladium and platinum each impregnated on a support material comprising a metal oxide; wherein the platinum to palladium weight ratio of the first layer is lower than the platinum to palladium weight ratio of the second layer.

Abstract: The use of polycyclic phenolic compounds which have up to 20 benzene rings per molecule and are obtainable by reacting a tetrahydrobenzoxazine I where R1 is a hydrocarbyl radical and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen atoms, hydroxyl groups or hydrocarbyl radicals with one or more of the same or different phenols II where R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently hydrogen atoms, hydroxyl groups or hydrocarbyl radicals, and/or with one or more of the same or different tetrahydrobenzoxazines I, with the proviso that at least one of the substituents has from 13 to 3000 carbon atoms and the remaining substituents, when they are hydrocarbyl radicals, have in each case from 1 to 20 carbon atoms as stabilizers for stabilizing inanimate organic material against the action of light, oxygen and heat.