Abstract: Film-forming materials include nonionic metal coordinating structures. Nonionic metal coordinating structures can coordinate metals, such as metal catalysts and metal substrates. Example film-forming materials can be the product of a poly-functional epoxide and a nucleophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure, or the product of a poly-functional alcohol and an electrophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure. Coating compositions can include the film-forming material and a crosslinker. The coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate. Applied coating layers on substrates can be cured to form coating films.

Abstract: Expandable pelletized styrene polymer materials with at least bi- or multimodal molecular weight distribution, to a process for their preparation, and to use for producing moldable-foam moldings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a solid sodium diformate preparation having a formic acid content of at least 35% by weight based on the total weight of sodium diformate preparation, in which, at elevated temperature, an aqueous solution (E) is produced which comprises sodium formate and formic acid in a molar ratio of HCOOH:HCOONa of greater than 1.5:1 and which has a molar ratio of HCOOH:H2O of at least 1.

Abstract: A process for the production of insecticide-modified bead material composed of expandable polystyrene (EPS) by extrusion, encompassing the steps of a) mixing, in a mixer, to incorporate a blowing agent and at least one insecticide from the group of the phenylpyrazoles, chlorfenapyr and hydramethylnon into a polymer melt which comprises at least one polystyrene, based on a vinylaromatic monomer, b) discharging the polymer melt comprising blowing agent, and c) pelletizing the polymer melt comprising blowing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, like diodes, organic field effect transistors and/or a solar cells. The compounds of the formula I have excellent solubility in organic solvents. High efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when said compounds are used in semiconductor devices or organic photovoltaic (PV) devices (solar cells).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N,diacetic acids of the general Formula I, wherein X independently of one another represents hydrogen or an alkali metal and n represents a number 1 or 2. Furthermore, the invention relates to aminodicarboxylic acid-N,N-diacetic acids of high purity. The inventive method comprises the following steps: A.) reacting an aminodicarboxylic acid of the general Formula II, wherein X and n have the aforementioned meanings, with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid; b) reacting the reaction products of step a) with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of hydrocyanic acid and with 0.8 to 1.2 mole equivalents of formaldehyde; c) hydrolyzing in the reaction product obtained in step b).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pyrazinylmethyl sulfonamides of formula (I) wherein Ra, n, R1, R2, R3, A, Y and D are as defined in the claims, and the N-oxides, and salts thereof for combating harmful fungi, and also to compositions and seed comprising at least one such compound. The invention also relates to novel substituted pyrazinylmethyl sulfonamides and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: Polymeric particles capable of absorbing blood and/or body fluids, the polymeric particles being coated with at least one surfactant and with at least one solvent, are produced and used for absorbing blood and/or body fluids, especially in hygiene articles.

Abstract: A process for preparing olefinically unsaturated carbonyl compounds by oxidative dehydrogenation in an oxygenous atmosphere over a supported catalyst which comprises gold and optionally further noble metals at temperatures in the range from 50 to 240° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to precipitation polymers obtainable by polymerization of a monomer mixture which comprises 30 to 99% by weight of at least one nonionic water-soluble monomer a) and at least one monomer b) different from a) selected from i) monomers carrying at least one hydroxyl group, ii) anionic monomers and iii) mixtures of i) and ii), if appropriate a monomer c) carrying at least one amino group, if appropriate further monomers, where the total amount of a), b), c) and d) is 100% by weight and where the monomer mixture, based on the total amount of a), b), c) and d), comprises less than 0.1% by weight of a monomer with at least 2 free-radically polymerizable double bonds per molecule. The invention furthermore relates to the use of these polymers as rheology modifiers for aqueous compositions, to aqueous compositions comprising these polymers and to the use of the polymers for thickening cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.

Abstract: A process for preparing alkyl 2-alkoxymethylene-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutyrates (VI) where R is methyl or ethyl, from crude reaction mixtures of alkyl 4,4-difluoroacetoacetates (I) by a) reacting where M is a sodium or potassium ion, and without additional solvent to form an enolate (V) b) releasing the corresponding alkyl 4,4-difluoroacetoacetate (I) from the enolate (V) by means of acid, c) removing the salt formed from cation M and acid anion as a solid and d) converting (I), without isolation from the crude reaction mixture, to the alkyl 2-alkoxymethylene-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutyrate (VI), and the use of (VI) for preparing 1-methyl-3-difluoromethyl-pyrazol-3-ylcarboxyates VII

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel porous film material which comprises at least one carbonaceous semimetal oxide phase, and to a process for production thereof. The invention also relates to the use of these porous film materials as a separator layer or for production of such separator layers in electrochemical cells, particularly in lithium cells and especially in lithium secondary cells.

Abstract: A light wood-containing material having an average density in the range from 200 to 600 kg/m3, comprising, based in each case on the wood-containing material: A) from 30 to 95% by weight of wood particles; B) from 1 to 25% by weight of a filler having a bulk density in the range from 10 to 150 kg/m3, selected from the group consisting of foamable plastic particles and already foamed plastic particles; C) from 0.1 to 50% by weight of a binder and, if appropriate, D) additives, the following relationship being true for the d? values according to Rosin-Rammler-Sperling-Bennet of the wood particles A) and of the particles of the filler B): d? of the particles A)?2.5×d? of the particles B).

Abstract: A process for isomerizing olefinically unsaturated alcohols over supported noble metal catalysts with a support based on carbon in an oxygenous atmosphere.

Abstract: Superabsorbents are produced by polymerisation in a kneader equipped with at least two parallel shafts that also comprises elements on at least one shaft that transport the kneader's content parallel to the shafts from a feed section to a discharge section, the process comprising the addition of an inorganic powder to the kneader's contents prior to or during polymerisation and the addition of at least one other additive to the kneader's contents during polymerisation, wherein the inorganic powder is added no later than half the average residence time of the kneader's contents and the other additive is added no earlier than half this residence time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a primer having from 50 to 90 mass % of (A) a chlorinated polyolefin resin having a chlorine content of from 5 to 50 mass % and a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100,000, from 45 to 5 mass % of (B) a blocked polyisocyanate compound, from 45 to 5 mass % of (C) a polyol resin having a hydroxyl group value of from 30 to 120 mgKOH/g and a weight average molecular weight from 5,000 to 50,000, from 0.5 to 12 mass % of (D) a diol having a weight average molecular weight of from 120 to 1,000 and from 0.01 to 1.5 mass % of (E) a hardening catalyst, wherein the proportions are with respect to the total mass of the resin solid fraction of the (A), (B), and (C) components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst ink comprising at least one catalytically active material and at least one ionic liquid, a process for producing this catalyst ink, a process for producing a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) comprising at least one membrane and at least one electrode by applying this catalyst ink to a membrane or by applying this catalyst ink to any gas diffusion layer present, the use of this catalyst ink in the production of a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), a catalyst coated membrane (CCM) or a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and the use of an ionic liquid for producing a catalyst ink.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a metal-doped support material. The metal-doped support material comprises at least one metal in elemental form on at least one support material which is based on carbon by gas-phase deposition of at least one compound comprising the at least one metal in the oxidation state 0 in combination with carbon monoxide on the at least one support material and thermal decomposition of the at least one compound comprising the at least one metal in the oxidation state 0 in order to obtain the at least one metal in elemental form. During and after the deposition and the decomposition, the support material is not brought into contact with reducing compounds during the preparation.

Abstract: The invention provides metal carbamates of the general formula (I) where R1 and R2 are the same or different and are each an alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms and M is an alkali metal atom.

Abstract: A cracking catalyst contains a substantially inert core and an active shell, the active shell containing a zeolite catalyst and a matrix. Methods of making and using the cracking catalyst are also described.