Abstract: The present invention relates to template-free clathraslls whose framework comprises essentially SO2, wherein the crystals of the ciathrasils have the platelet-like morphology of a sheet silicate. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing these template-free clathrasils and also to their use as absorbent, as seed crystals for the synthesis of ciathrasil membranes of the same zeolite type and in the form of dense layers which function as gas separation membranes having a molecular sieving action.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anhydrous formulation comprising a) a first pesticide in dissolved form, b) a second pesticide in the form of suspended particles, c) an alkyl lactate, and d) an alcohol. It further relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite infestation and/or of regulating the growth of plants, where the specified formulation is allowed to act on the pests in question, their habitat or the plants to be protected from the particular pest, the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the useful plants and/or their habitat. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the formulation for increasing the rain resistance of the applied pesticides.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of cyclic carbonates by reacting a polyhydric alcohol with a dialkyl carbonate in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst is a basic mixed oxide or a basic oxide applied to a support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.

Abstract: Preparation of high-reactivity isobutene homo- or copolymers with a content of terminal vinylidene double bonds per polyisobutene chain end of at least 50 mol % and a polydispersity of preferably 1.05 to less than 3.5, by polymerizing isobutene or an isobutene-comprising monomer mixture in the presence of an aluminum trihalide-donor complex effective as a polymerization catalyst or of an alkylaluminum halide-donor complex, especially of an aluminum trichloride-donor complex, said complex comprising, as the donor, an organic compound with at least one ether function or a carboxylic ester function.

Abstract: Process for the production of insecticide-modified extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) preforms, comprising the steps (a) heating polystyrene (PS) until a polymer melt is formed, (b) introducing a blowing agent into the polymer melt to form a foamable melt, and (c) foaming the foamable melt to give an XPS preform, where at least one insecticide from the group of the phenylpyrazoles, chlorfenapyr and hydramethylnone is introduced into the polymer melt in at least one of steps (a) and/or (b).

Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling pests and/or increasing the health of a plant as compared to a corresponding control plant by treating the cultivated plant, parts of a plant, seed, or their locus of growth with a carboxamide compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of i) 10% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iv, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of a C8-C30 alkyl (meth)acrylate, C8-C30 vinyl ester, C8-C30 vinyl ether, C8-C30 olefin, and triglyceride of unsaturated C8-C30 carboxylic acids; ii) 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a stabilizing composition comprising (a) an effective stabilizing amount of at least one merocyanine derivative having an absorption maximum of 350 to 400 nm, and (b) at least one UV filter selected from benzotriazole derivatives; and optionally (c) at least one excited state quencher; for the protection of body care and household products against the deleterious effects of light, heat and oxygen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer dispersion which comprises a highly branched polycarbonate having unsaturated fatty acid groups. The invention further relates to highly branched polycarbonates having groups deriving from unsaturated fatty acids, to a process for preparing such highly branched polycarbonates, and to the use of these highly branched polycarbonates for improving the curing properties of coating compositions based on an aqueous acrylate dispersion.

Abstract: Polyester polyol comprising the esterification product of a) from 10 to 70 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid composition comprising a1) from 50 to 100 mol % of a material based on terephthalic acid, selected from among terephthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate, polyalkylene terephthalate and mixtures thereof, a2) from 0 to 50 mol % of phthalic acid, phthalic anhydride or isophthalic acid, a3) from 0 to 50 mol % of one or more dicarboxylic acids, b) from 2 to 30 mol % of one or more fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives and/or benzoic acid, c) from 10 to 70 mol % of one or more aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diols having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms or alkoxylates thereof, d) from 2 to 50 mol % of a higher-functional polyol selected from the group consisting of glycerol, alkoxylated glycerol, trimethylolpropane, alkoxylated trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol and alkoxylated pentaerythritol, wherein at least 200 mmol, preferably at least 500 mmol and particularly preferably at least 800 mmol, of polyols d) havin

Abstract: A coating composition curable with actinic radiation, or thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising (A) at least one unsaturated urethane (meth)acrylate and (B) at least one unsaturated melamine (meth)acrylate, wherein the ratio of the weight fractions of components (A) and (B) is between (A):(B)=1:1 and (A):(B)=1:5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of siloles substituted by fused ring systems in organic electronics applications, and to specific siloles substituted by fused ring systems and to the use thereof in organic electronics applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline complexes of pendimethalin and metazachlor. It also relates to agriculturally useful compositions of the complexes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to branched polyarylene ethers (A) comprising branching sites of the formula (I): The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the branched polyarylene ethers (A) and to thermoplastic molding materials comprising the branched polyarylene ethers (A) and further thermoplastic polymers (B). The present invention finally relates to the use of the thermoplastic molding materials for producing moldings, and to moldings obtainable from the aforementioned thermoplastic molding materials.

Abstract: A method for the production of paper, cardboard and card by adding a microparticle system consisting of a polymer retention agent having a molar mass Mw of at least 2 million and a fine-part inorganic component in order to form a paper material having a material density of a 20 g/l maximum and by dewatering the paper material, wherein the paper material undergoes at least one shearing step prior to or after addition of the retention agent and wherein the retention agent is introduced in a dosed manner into the paper material in at least two places and the fine inorganic component is dosed prior to or after addition of the retention agent or between two dosing points for the retention agent.

Abstract: A process for continuously removing a target product X in the form of fine crystals from a liquid phase P comprising the target product X and constituents other than the target product X by cooling suspension crystallization in the secondary chamber, into which the liquid phase P flows continuously, of an indirect heat exchanger with simultaneous continuous flow of a coolant through the primary chamber of the indirect heat exchanger and continuous withdrawal of a crystal suspension S having a degree of crystallization Y from the secondary chamber, in which the degree of crystallization Y is adjusted on the basis of a heat balance conducted continuously with the aid of a process computer.

Abstract: Disclosed are hydroxyphenylbenzophenone derivatives of formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C20alkenyl; C3-C10cycloalkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the linking nitrogen atom form a 5- 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R3, R4 and R5 independently from each other are C1-C4alkyl; C1-C4alkoxy; or a radical of formula (1a) R6 is C1-C6alkyl; and A is a straight-chain or branched C3-C6alkylene, which is optionally interrupted by one or more *—O—*, or *—O—(CO)—* groups; and m is 0; or a number from 1 to 5. The compounds are useful as cosmetic UV filters with outstanding solubility properties in cosmetic oils.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyoxymethylene dialkyl ethers of the formula H2m+1CmO(CH2O)nCmH2m+1 where n=2-10, m, identically or differently,=1 or 2, in which a dialkyl ether selected from dimethyl ether, methyl ethyl ether and diethyl ether, and trioxane are fed into a reactor and reacted in the presence of an acidic catalyst, the amount of water introduced into the reaction mixture by the dialkyl ether, trioxane and/or the catalyst being <1% by weight based on the reaction mixture.