Abstract: An emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation, comprising a) a phenylsemicarbazone compound of the formula (I), where R1 and R2 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, cyano, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl or C1-C4-haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, b) a solvent system, comprising b1) ?-butyrolactone, b2) one or more aliphatic and/or aromatic ketones, and b3) optionally one or more aromatic hydrocarbons c) one or more emulsifiers, d) optionally, further formulation additives, has a high storage stability and excellent performance against insect pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to photoprotective preparations, in particular in the field of cosmetics, based on inorganic-organic mixed systems. The present invention relates in particular to photoprotective preparations comprising nanoparticles of at least one metal derivative, at least one photoprotective compound chemically bonded to these metal derivative nanoparticles, and at least one further organic UV photoprotective agent which is different from the photoprotective compound bonded to the metal derivative nanoparticles.

Abstract: Copolymers for use in solubilizing substances which are insoluble in water, substances which are only sparingly soluble in water, and combinations thereof; such copolymers comprising: (a) 60 to 99% by weight of N-vinylcaprolactam; and (b) 1 to 40% by weight of at least one other monomer selected from the group consisting of: C8-C30-alkyl esters of monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acids; N—C8-30 alkyl-substituted amides and N,N—C8-30 dialkyl-substituted amides of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or combinations thereof; vinyl esters of aliphatic unbranched C8-C30-carboxylic acids; C8-C30-alkyl vinyl ethers; and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A mixture of surfactant and co-surfactant which is an amphiphilic polymer with the formula:

Abstract: Processes for preparing a xylylenediamine by continuous hydrogenation, wherein the processes comprise: introducing a liquid circulation stream comprising a phthalonitrile and ammonia into a reactor to continuously hydrogenate the phthalonitrile in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst and the ammonia such that a reactor effluent comprising the xylylenediamine is formed; drawing off a portion of the reactor effluent to provide a first recycle stream; mixing at least a portion of the first recycle stream in a mixing unit with liquid ammonia and fresh phthalonitrile in solid or molten form to provide a second recycle stream; and recycling the second recycle stream to the liquid circulation stream, or wherein the second recycle stream and any remaining unmixed portion of the first recycle stream are both recycled to the liquid circulation stream.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a proton-conducting polymer membrane comprising polymers containing phosphonic acid groups which is obtainable by a process comprising the steps A) mixing of vinyl-containing phosphonic acid with one or more aromatic tetraamino compounds with one or more aromatic carboxylic acids, esters thereof, acid halides thereof or anhydrides thereof which contain at least two acid groups per carboxylic acid monomer, and/or ?mixing of vinyl-containing phosphonic acid with one or more aromatic and/or heteroaromatic diamino carboxylic acids, esters thereof, acid halides thereof or anhydrides thereof, B) heating of the mixture obtainable according to step A) under inert gas at temperatures of up to 350° C. to form polyazole polymers, C) application of a layer using the mixture from step A) and/or B) to a support, D) polymerization of the vinyl-containing phosphonic acid present in the sheet-like structure obtainable according to step C).

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or the salts thereof and to the use thereof as an additive for animal feed.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a structured surface possessing a high level of hydrophilicity, wherein the process involves: coating a surface with a mixture to produce the structured surface, wherein the mixture includes: particles (a) having a number average particle diameter of from 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; and particles (b) having a number average particle diameter of from 5 nm to 0.5 ?m and a 20° C. surface energy of greater than or equal to 80 mN/in, and wherein the mixture exhibits a bimodal particle diameter distribution of particles (a) and particles (b). The mixture may optionally include an aqueous liquor, an emulsifier, a binder, an adhesion promoter, a thickener, and/or a pigment. Also provided is a structured surface produced by the process. A non-limiting example of the structured surface produced by the process is a structured textile surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparation of polycarbonates with weight-average molar mass MW?230,000 g/mol and with ?2% by weight content of cyclic compounds, including the following steps: (a) reaction of at least one oxirane with carbon dioxide in the presence of a metal-polycarboxylic acid compound in an aprotic, non-water-miscible solvent at a temperature of from 40 to 120° C. and at a pressure of from 1 to 100 bar, where the molar ratio of monomer to metal-polycarboxylic acid compound is ?75, (b) addition of an aqueous solution of an inorganic acid to the reaction mixture once the reaction has ended, (c) removal of the aqueous phase, (d) if appropriate, washing of the remaining organic phase with water, and (e) devolatilization and drying of the resultant slurry of the polycarbonate in the aprotic, non-water-miscible solvent, and to the polycarbonate prepared via the process, and also to the use of the polycarbonate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a copolymer comprising, in polymerized form, (a) from 80 to 99.9 mol %, based on the total amount of the monomers polymerized to prepare the copolymer, of at least one monomer A which in each case comprises a heterocycle having at least 1 nitrogen atom and composed of from 3 to 10 ring members and a C2-C6-alkenyl group bonded to a carbon or nitrogen ring atom of the heterocycle; and (b) from 0.1 to 20 mol %, based on the total amount of the monomers polymerized to prepare the copolymer, of at least one monomer B copolymerizable with monomer A, said monomer B having a monoethylenically unsaturated double bond and also a linear or branched poly-C2-C4-alkylene oxide group having on average from 4 to 500 C2-C4-alkylene oxide units, in liquid and in solid detergent formulations. In addition, the invention relates to a process for preparing such a copolymer, and also to a liquid or solid detergent formulation comprising at least one such copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA encoding a polypeptide with dihydroorotase (EC 3.5.2.3) activity. Also, the invention relates to the use of this nucleic acid for the generation of an assay system.

Abstract: An epichlorohydrinamine polymer has a ratio of amine units to epichlorohydrin units of from 0.8:1.2 to 1.0:1.0, dimethylaminopropylamine and benzylamine preferably being used as amine and/or ammonium units. The novel epichlorohydrinamine polymer is used, for example, for the surface treatment of semifinished leather products and textile materials.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for removal by oxidation of the excess ammonia (NH3) gas (“ammonia slip”) resulting from flue gases that have been subjected to selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) with ammonia. More specifically, the inventive method uses an ammonia oxidation catalyst consisting of a zeolite, one or more precious metals, and a base metal compound, to catalyze the oxidation of both ammonia and carbon monoxide (CO), while minimizing the formation of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The present invention is useful in treating flue and exhaust gases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising a mixture of (A) from 30 to 69% by weight, based on the sum of components (A), (B) and (C), of a methyl methacrylate polymer, (B) from 30 to 69% by weight, based on the sum of components (A), (B) and (C), of a copolymer obtainable by polymerizing a styrenic monomer and a vinyl cyanide, and (C) from 1 to 40% by weight, based on the sum of components (A), (B) and (C), of a graft copolymer obtainable from (C1) from 60 to 90% by weight, based on (C), of a core obtainable by polymerizing a 1,3-diene and a styrenic monomer, (C2) from 5 to 20% by weight, based on (C), of a first graft shell, and (C3) from 5 to 20% by weight, based on (C), of a second graft shell composed of an alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer, with the proviso that the ratio of (C2) to (C3) is in the range from 2:1 to 1:2.

Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymeric particles by dropletization polymerization in the gas phase, which comprises drying the polymeric particles after the polymerization in a fluidized bed, the water-absorbing polymeric particles themselves, hygiene articles comprising these water-absorbing polymeric particles and also apparatus for implementing the process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, for stabilizing polymers, in particular polyolefins, with respect to exposure to UV radiation, of fine-particle polymer powders comprising at least one UV absorber. The present invention further relates to stabilizer mixtures for stabilizing polymers with respect to exposure to UV radiation, oxygen and heat, which, inter alia, comprise these polymer powders, and to a process for stabilizing polymers, in particular polyolefins, with respect to exposure to UV radiation, oxygen and heat, which comprises adding, to the polymers, in particular to the polyolefins, an effective amount of these stabilizers.

Abstract: A process for preparing trioxane from trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=3) by converting trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether in the presence of an acidic catalyst and subsequent distillative workup of the reaction mixture, comprising the steps of: a) feeding trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=3) or a mixture comprising trioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether into a reactor and converting it in the presence of an acidic catalyst to a mixture a comprising trioxane, formaldehyde, water, methylene glycol (MG), polyoxymethylene glycols (MGn>1), methanol, hemiformals (HF), methylal (POMDMEn=1) and polyoxymethylene glycol dimethyl ethers (POMDMEn>1); b) distillatively separating the reaction mixture a into a low boiler fraction b1 comprising trioxane, formaldehyde, water, methylene glycol, methanol, hemiformal (HFn=1), methylal and dioxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=2), and a high boiler fraction b2 comprising polyoxymethylene glycols (MGn>1), hemiformals (HFn>1) and

Abstract: A process for preparing N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) by continuously reacting methyl acetate (MeOAc) with dimethylamine (DMA) in the presence of a basic catalyst, wherein MeOAc is used in the form of a methanolic solution and the continuous distillative workup is effected in such a way that methanol and any other low boilers are initially removed overhead in a column A and the bottom effluent of column A is fed to a column B in which DMAC is removed via a side draw a purity of ?99.7% by weight.

Abstract: Organometallic complexes which bear at least one ligand which has a unit having a triplet energy of at least 22 000 cm?1, a process for preparing the organometallic complexes, a mixture comprising at least one inventive organometallic complex, the use of the organometallic complexes or of the mixture in organic light-emitting diodes, the organometallic complexes preferably being used as emitter materials, and specific nitrogen- or phosphorus-substituted triphenylene derivatives and a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising, in each case based on the total weight of the mixture, a) from 2 to 60% by weight of a latent heat storage component A and b) from 40 to 98% by weight of a framework component B, wherein the component A comprises at least one microencapsulated latent heat storage material and the component B comprises at least one porous metal organic framework comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion. The present invention further relates to the use of such mixtures, in particular in processes for separating substances from a mixture of substances.