Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition comprising a) as a component (A) a green colorant of the formula (I) in which the rings A, B, C and D are substituted by hydroxy or by moiety wherein R, is hydrogen or C1,-C4.-Alkyl, R2 is hydrogen or C1,-C4-Alkyl, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and the ring E is unsubstituted or substituted by C1,-C6alkyl, C1,-C6alkoxy, hydroxy, NHCOR3, NHSO2, R4 or SO2NHR5, wherein R3, is C1,-C4,-Alkyl or phenyl, R4, is C1,-C4-Alkyl or phenyl and R5 is C1,-C4-Alkyl or phenyl, b) as a component (B) an alkali soluble oligomer or polymer (reactive or unreactive), c) as a component (C) a polymerizable monomer, d) as a component (D) a photoinitiator, e) as a component (E) an epoxy compound, and also, if desired, f) as a component (F) further additives, used as solder resist, etching resist or plating resist in the manufacture of printed circuit boards.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dye solution comprising a) 5 to 30% by weight of an anionic or cationic direct dye, b) 0.01 to 5% by weight of the compound of formula (1), in which M represents hydrogen, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, ammonium or ammonium, that is mono-, di-, tri- or tetra-substituted by C1-C4alkyl or C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or mixtures thereof, c) 0 to 10% by weight of an inorganic or an organic acid, d) 0 to 20% by weight of further additives and e) water to complete to 100%, with the proviso that direct dyes of the formula (2) in which K is a residue of a coupling component of the acetoacetanilide, pyridone, pyrazolone or pyrimidine series and M is as defined above, are excluded, a process for their preparation and the use thereof for dyeing paper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polymethylolated melamine and polymethylolated melamine compounds polyetherified with alkanol, wherein the methylolation reaction is carried out in a kneading reactor.

Abstract: A recording material printable with an ink jet printer and having a gel layer for that purpose.

Abstract: Process for producing fiber-reinforced composite materials, by a) molding a textile structure and then spray-applying a binder, or saturating the textile structure with a binder, or b) first spray-applying a binder to a textile structure, or saturating a textile structure with a binder, and then subjecting the material to forming and drying.

Abstract: An emission treatment system and method for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The emission treatment system includes a catalyzed soot filter comprising a wall flow monolith and a catalyst comprising support particles. The wall flow monolith may be washcoated with a slurry comprising catalytic support particles without applying a passivation layer to the wall flow monolith.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula I, or III and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially an organic field effect transistor (OFET), or a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing tetrahydrofuran by absorption of C4-dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof from a crude product mixture into an organic solvent or water as absorption medium, removal of the absorption medium, catalytic hydrogenation of the resulting C4-dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof and distillation of the water-comprising crude tetrahydrofuran in at least one distillation column, wherein THF-comprising waste streams from the distillation are catalytically hydrogenated with complete or partial recirculation to the process.

Abstract: The invention provides expression vectors comprising root-specific promoters in operative association with polynucleotides that are down-regulated in syncytia of nematode-infected plants, for use in methods of producing transgenic plants with increased resistance to nematode infestation. The invention also provides nematode-resistant transgenic plants and seeds comprising such expression vectors.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of N-vinylcarboxamides by pyrolysis of a compound of the formula CH3—CH(CN)—N(R)—CO—R1 ??(I), in which R and R1 are H or C1- to C6-alkyl, in the presence of solids which are doped with alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ions, under reduced pressure at a temperature of from 330 to 750° C. with elimination of hydrogen cyanide, cooling, separation and isolation of the reaction products, a solid arranged in a tubular reactor being treated at a temperature in the range from 0 to 250° C. with a solution of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal base, the solution being discharged, the remaining solvent which adheres to the catalyst thus obtainbale being evaporated and said catalyst then being heated to a temperature of at least 380° C. for activation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel sebum secretion inhibitor and use thereof for the production of cosmetic and pharmaceutical, notably dermatological, compositions, intended for preventing and/or reducing the secretion of sebum and notably of squalene.

Abstract: A flame retardant comprising a) at least one sulfur compound of the formula (I) A1-(Z1)m—(S)n—(Z2)p-A2??(I) where the definitions of the symbols and indices are as follows: A1 and A2 are identical or different, being C6-C12-aryl, cyclohexyl, Si(ORa)3, a saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic, mono- or bicyclic ring having from 3 to 12 ring members and comprising one or more heteroatoms from the group of N, O, and S, where the system is unsubstituted or has substitution by one or more substituents of the group of O, OH, S, SH, COORb, CONRcRd, C1-C18-alkyl, C1-C18-alkoxy, C1-C18-thioalkyl, C6-C12-aryl, C6-C12-aryloxy, C2-C18-alkenyl, C2-C18-alkenoxy, C2-C18-alkynyl, and C2-C18-alkinoxy; Z1 and Z2 are identical or different, being —CO— or —CS—; Ra is C1-C18-alkyl; Rb, Rc, and Rd are identical or different, being H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C12-aryl, or an aromatic, mono- or bicyclic ring having from 3 to 12 ring members and comprising one or more heteroatoms from the group of N, O, and S; m and p are

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing fatty acid esters and/or fatty acid ester mixtures of monohydric alcohols having 1 to 5 carbon atoms by transesterifying fatty acid glycerides with monohydric alcohols in the presence of a basic catalyst, in the course of which methanesulfonic acid is used. The invention further relates to the use of methanesulfonic acid for preparing these fatty acid esters.

Abstract: Dispersion comprising functionalized metal oxide particles, polymerizable compounds and if appropriate a solvent and their use for stabilizing polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to curable compositions comprising a thermolatent amidine base and an organic material which is polymerisable or crosslinkable with a basic or nucleophilic catalyst. In particular, the invention relates to curable coating compositions, especially powder coating compositions, and curable adhesive compositions, as well as to the use a thermo-latent amidine base as a curing catalyst for thermally induced base- catalyzed polymerisation or crosslinking reactions.

Abstract: The invention relates to coating compositions comprising (a) at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A), (b) at least one saturated compound (B) having free and/or blocked isocyanate groups and containing at least in part hydrolyzable silane groups, and (c) at least one catalyst (D) for the crosslinking of silane groups, wherein the coating composition comprises as hydroxyl-containing compound (A) at least one hyperbranched, dendritic hydroxy-functional polyester in which on average at least one hydroxyl function of the polyester is esterified with at least one acid selected from the group of the isomeric C8 to C9 monocarboxylic acids. The present invention also provides a multistage coating method using these coating compositions, and also the use of the coating compositions as clearcoat material for producing multicoat effect and/or color paint systems, and use of the coating method for automotive OEM finishing and automotive refinish.

Abstract: A process for removing by-products from N-vinylamide-rich product mixtures (crude N-vinylamide), which comprises performing an extraction of the crude N-vinylamide with an organic solvent as the extractant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyester alcohols by catalytically reacting at least one at least difunctional carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with at least one at least difunctional alcohol, which comprises performing at least part of the reaction in the presence of microwave radiation.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a 2,3-disubstituted-5-methoxymethylpyridine of formula (I), where Z is H or halogen; Z1 is H, halogen, CN or NO2; Y2 is OM, and M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, comprises the step of: (i) reacting a compound of formula (II) where Q is a tertiary aliphatic or cyclic, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic amine; Z is H or halogen; Z1 is H, halogen, CN or NO2; Y1 and Y2 are each independently OR1, NR1R2, or when taken together Y1Y2 is —O—, —S— or —NR3—; R1 and R2 are each independently H, C1-C4 alkyl optionally substituted with C1-C1 alkoxy or phenyl optionally substituted with one to three C1-C4 alkyl groups, C1-C4 alkoxy groups or halogen atoms, or phenyl optionally substituted with one to three C1-C4 alkyl groups, C1-C4 alkoxy groups or halogen atoms; R3 is H or C1-C4 alkyl, in a methanol/H2O mixture, comprising at least 20% by weight H2O (based on the sum of water and bromide (II)), with a base comprising MOCH3 and/or MOH, where M is alkali metal or alkaline

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which comprise dispersions of polymers obtained by a multistage procedure, to processes for preparing them, and to their use in corrosion protection.