Abstract: A process for preparing 1,3-disubstituted pyrazole compounds.

Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein an aqueous polymer gel is dried in a forced-air belt drier on a circulating conveyor belt and the surface of the conveyor belt has a roughness of at least 0.9 ?m.

Abstract: A method is provided for detecting not fully set coatings and liquid or smearing impurities on a surface, in which in a first step a film is pressed onto a surface of a coating using a predefined press-on pressure, the film having a relative motion with respect to the surface of the coating, thereafter the film is pulled off the surface of the coating and finally it is determined whether impurities are adhering to the film. A device is also provided for performing the method, including at least one film, which may be pressed against a surface to be tested, at least one press-on roller having a surface by which the film is pressed against the coating, and at least one device for determining whether there are impurities adhering to the film.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent ant controller for protecting wooden materials such as trees, board fences, sleepers, etc. and structures such as shrines, temples, houses, outhouses, factories, etc. from termites, and for controlling ants doing harm to crops or humans, which contains as active ingredient thereof a hydrazine derivative represented by general formula (I) [wherein A represents one of formulas (II), (III), (IV), and (V), (wherein R4 and R5 are H, C1-C6 alkyl, etc.; X is 1 to 5 substituents selected from H, halogen and (halo) C1-C6 alkyl); R1 is H or C1-C6 alkyl; R2 and R3 are H, OH, C1-C6 alkyl, phenylcarbonyl, etc.; Y is 1 to 5 substituents selected from H, halogen, nitro and cyano; Z is halogen, cyano, C1-C6 alkyl, etc.; and W is O or S]; and a method for application of the ant controller.

Abstract: Absorption medium for acid gases comprising an oligoamine (A) of the general formula (I) and a piperazine derivative (B) of the general formula (II) in which the weight ratio of oligoamine (A) to the piperazine derivative (B) is 0.2 to 25, and also process for removing acid gases from a gas stream by contacting the gas stream at a pressure of 0.05 to 10 MPa abs with an aqueous solution of said absorption medium which is brought to and maintained at a temperature of 20 to 80° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression of at least one Armadillo repeat polypeptide or a functional equivalent thereof. The invention relates to novel nucleic acid sequences coding for a Hordeum vulgare Armadillo repeat (HvARM) polynucleotide and describes homologous sequences (ARM1) thereof, and to their use in methods for obtaining a pathogen resistance in plants e, and to nucleic acid constructs, expression cassettes and vectors which comprise these sequences and which are suitable for mediating a fungal resistance in plants. The invention furthermore relates to transgenic organisms, in particular plants, which are transformed with these expression cassettes or vectors, and to cultures, parts or transgenic propagation material derived therefrom.

Abstract: A C4-olefin mixture having a 1,3-butadiene content of from 100 to 500 ppm and a content of 1,2-dienes of less than 10 ppm is described. The present invention further provides a process for preparing this C4-olefin mixture and provides for its use in a metathesis reaction for preparing 2-pentene and/or 3-hexene.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 10 to 98% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polyester, B) from 0.01 to 50% by weight of B1) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate with an OH number of from 1 to 600 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate (to DIN 53240, Part 2), or B2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of AxBy type, where x is at least 1.1 and y is at least 2.1, or a mixture of these, C) from 1 to 40% by weight of an impact-modifying polymer, D) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to D) is 100%.

Abstract: A process is proposed for distillatively obtaining pure 1,3-butadiene from crude 1,3-butadiene in a plant comprising one or more distillation columns, comprising supply of a feed stream of crude 1,3-butadiene to the one distillation column or the first of the plurality of distillation columns, the one distillation column or the plurality of distillation columns having a flange with an internal diameter of ?80 mm, comprising two mutually opposite plane-parallel surfaces (1) with an intermediate seal (2) which seals the interior of the one distillation column or of the first of the plurality of distillation columns from an intermediate space (3) on the atmosphere side between the two mutually opposite plane-parallel surfaces (1), and the intermediate space (3) on the atmosphere side between the two mutually opposite plane-parallel surfaces (1) being closed off from the atmosphere to form a chamber, wherein the chamber is purged continuously during the operation of the plant with a low-oxygen gas or a low-oxygen

Abstract: Method for producing 4-formylaminopiperidine derivatives of the formula (I) and also the acid addition salts of these compounds, comprising the reaction of 4-aminopiperidine derivatives of the formula (II) or the acid addition salts of these compounds in the presence of compounds of the formula (III) and the use of 4-formylaminopiperidine derivatives of the formula (I) produced in such a way for protecting inanimate organic material against the effect of light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula a process for their production and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as electron transport material in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula I, or II may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acids and polypeptides associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from Arabidopsis thaliana are provided. The nucleic acids and polypeptides are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of seed storage compounds in a plant. Preferably, the seed storage compounds are lipids, fatty acids, starches, or seed storage proteins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline form of 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this crystalline form and to plant protection formulations which comprise this crystalline form of the phenyluracil.

Abstract: Processes for obtaining aromatic hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon mixture comprising aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons and high boilers comprising: (A) providing a hydrocarbon mixture a1 and an extractive solvent a2, (B) extractively distilling the mixture a1 with the extractive solvent to obtain a mixture b1 of extractive solvent, the aromatic hydrocarbons, and high boilers, (C) distilling the mixture b1 to one or more fractions c1 comprising aromatic hydrocarbons and the extractive solvent c2 comprising high boilers, (D) removing a substream d1 from the extractive solvent c2, (E) extracting the substream d1 of the extractive solvent with water to obtain an aqueous extract phase e1 essentially free of high boilers and an organic phase e2 comprising the high boilers, (F) distilling the aqueous extract phase e1 and recovering the extractive solvent a2. Step (E) is preceded by a distillation in which a fraction of very high-boiling hydrocarbons is removed from substream d1.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 98.9% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polyester, B) from 0.01 to 50% by weight of B1) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate having an OH number of from 1 to 600 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate (to DIN 53240, part 2), or B2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of the AxBy type where x is at least 1.1 and y is at least 2.1 or mixtures thereof C) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one carbodiimide, D) from 0 to 60% by weight of further additives, the sum of the percentages by weight of components A) to D) adding up to 100%.

Abstract: Process for producing flexible polyurethane foams in particular molded flexible polyurethane foams, by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, wherein the component b) comprises b1a) at least one polyether alcohol having an end block of ethylene oxide units which has been added on by means of DMC catalysis and makes up not more than 10% by weight of the weight of the alkylene oxide added on by means of DMC catalysis, and/or b1b) at least one polyether alcohol comprising a terminal mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide which has been added on by means of DMC catalysis and has an ethylene oxide content in the mixture of at least 25% by weight, and also b2a) at least one polyether alcohol or comprising exclusively propylene oxide units, and/or b2b) at least one graft polyether alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention to a process for preparing 1-phenylpyrazoles of the formula I in which each R1 is independently selected from chlorine, fluorine, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy and haloalkoxy; n is 1, 2 or 3; each R2 is independently selected from cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio and alkoxycarbonyl; m is 0, 1 or 2; A is alkyl, aryl or aryl-C1-C4-alkyl, where A optionally bears 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents comprising reacting a phenyl halide of the formula (II) with apyrazole derivative of the formula (III) in which X is chlorine, iodine or bromine; and R1, n, R2, m and A are each as defined above, in the presence of a base and a catalytic system comprising a ligand and a metal compound selected from palladium compounds, iron compounds and copper compounds.

Abstract: Use of benzotriazole derivatives of formula (1), wherein R1 is C1-C30alkyl; C1C5alkoxy; C1-C5alkoxycarbonyl; C5-C7cycloalkyl; C6-C10aryl; aralkyl; —SO3M; a radical of formula (1a) R3 is hydrogen; C1C5alkyl; C1C5alkoxy; halogen, preferably Cl; or hydroxy; R4 and R5 are each independently of the other hydrogen; or d-C5alkyl; m is 1 or 2; n is O or 1; if m=1, R2 is hydrogen; unsubstituted or phenyl-substituted d-C1-C12alkyl; or C6-C10aryl; if m=2, R2 is the direct bond; or —(CH2)p—; and p is 1 to 3; for enhancing the photostability of cosmetic or dermatologic compositions comprising at least one further organic UV absorber.

Abstract: Process for preparing aminale and their use for preparing 1,3-disubstituted pyrazole compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synergistic insecticidal composition comprising as essential active ingredients a neuronal sodium channel antagonist in combination with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of pyrethroids, pyrethroid-type compounds, recombinant nucleopolyhedroviruses capable of expressing an insect toxin, organophosphates, carbamates, formamidines, macrocyclic lactones, amidinohydrazones, GABA antagonists and acetylcholine receptor ligands. Also provided are methods for synergistic insect control and crop protection.