Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 40 to 96% by weight of a semiaromatic polyamide, B) from 2 to 30% by weight of a copolymer composed of B1) from 35 to 89.9% by weight of ethylene, B2) from 10 to 60% by weight of 1-octene or 1-butene or propylene or a mixture of these, and B3) from 0.05 to 5% by weight of functional monomers, where the functional monomers have been selected from the group of the carboxylic acid groups, carboxylic anhydride groups, carboxylic ester groups, carboxamide groups, carboximide groups, amino groups, hydroxy groups, epoxy groups, urethane groups, or oxazoline groups, or a mixture of these, C) from 1 to 50% by weight of fibrous or particulate fillers, or a mixture of these, D) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of D1) 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 D2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of AxBy type, where x is at least 1.

Abstract: A method for controlling aquatic weeds which comprises applying a herbicidally effective amount of a solid formulation of at least one compound of formula (I) wherein X is halogen and R is halogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and/or one or more agriculturally acceptable salts thereof to the bottom of the aqueous habitat of the aquatic weeds to act on submersed aquatic weeds and/or their aqueous habitat containing seeds or other propagating organs of said aquatic weeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the sulfinylation of a pyrazole derivative, characterized in that 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile (II) is reacted with a sulfinylating agent S in the presence of at least one amine acid complex wherein the amine(s) are selected from cyclic secondary amines and the acid(s) are selected from sulfonic acid derivatives, and with the addition of a halogenating agent, wherein S is [CF3S(O)]2O; or CF3S(O)X wherein X means fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, a hydroxy group, or an alkaline or alkaline earth metal salt of the hydroxy group; or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Paper labels coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), wherein the PSA comprises no vinyl acetate in free or copolymerized form and comprises as binder an emulsion polymer synthesized from a) 70% to 95% by weight of a C6 to C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate b) 1% to 20% by weight of methyl methacrylate c) 0.5% to 10% by weight of a vinylaromatic monomer d) 0.5% to 10% by weight of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate e) 0.5% to 5% by weight of a monomer having at least one acid or acid anhydride group f) 0% to 10% by weight of tert-butyl (meth)acrylate and g) 0% to 20% by weight of further monomers, the further monomers comprising not more than 3% by weight of methyl acrylate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine by hydrogenation of aminoacetonitrile over a catalyst, wherein the hydrogenation is carried out in a solution comprising aminoacetonitrile, water in a proportion of from 0 to 60% by weight and a solvent and the aminoacetonitrile comprised in the solution is fed into the reaction vessel at a rate which is not greater than the rate at which the aminoacetonitrile reacts with hydrogen in the hydrogenation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the separation of ascorbic acid from a mixture containing ascorbic acid and 2-keto-L-gulonic acid in a polar, preferably aqueous solvent, by means of liquid/liquid extraction using an amide. The method preferably also comprises steps for the back-extraction of the ascorbic acid, recycling of the extraction solvent and/or the back extraction solvent and for isolation of the ascorbic acid from the back extraction solvent. The invention further relates to a method for the production of ascorbic acid from KGA and isolation of the ascorbic acid so produced.

Abstract: A mixture comprising a surfactant and a cosurfactant is proposed wherein the cosurfactant used is an amphiphilic comb polymer having a backbone with two or more side chains attached to the backbone, where the side chains differ from one another and/or the side chains differ from the backbone in their amphiphilic character.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbamate functional reactive polymer composition, comprising an acrylic resin (a?) comprising a functional group (F3) that is at least one of a primary carbamate group, a primary hydroxyl group, a secondary hydroxyl group, and mixtures thereof, and a nonvolatile solvent (b?nv) that is not a crystalline solid at 75° C. but is a fluid solid at a temperature of free radical polymerization and comprises (i) four or more isomers, and (ii) at least two reactive functional groups (F2) that are selected from primary carbamate, primary hydroxyl, and secondary hydroxyl, wherein no more than 10% of the sum of functional groups (F2) and (F3) are primary hydroxyl groups and at least 60% of the sum of functional groups (F2) and (F3) are primary carbamate groups. In one exemplary embodiment, the reactive polymer composition is made by a disclosed method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for asymmetric synthesis in the presence of a chiral catalyst comprising at least one complex of a metal of transition group VIII with ligands capable of dimerization via noncovalent bonds, such catalysts and their use.

Abstract: Processes comprising: providing a starting material comprising monoethanolamine; and reacting the starting material with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous transition metal catalyst to form a reaction product comprising one or more ethylene amines; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition, which prior to treatment with hydrogen, comprises a mixture of oxygen-containing compounds of aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt; and wherein the catalyst is present as one or more shaped catalyst particles selected from spheres, extrudates, pellets and other geometries, wherein the sphere or extrudate has a diameter of <3 mm, the pellet has a height of <3 mm, and the other geometries have an equivalent diameter L=1/a? of <0.70 mm, where a? is the external surface area per unit volume (mms2/mmp3), as defined by a ? = A p V p where Ap is the external surface area of the catalyst particle (mms2) and Vp is the volume of the catalyst particle (mmp3).

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the index n and the substituents R1 to R4 and L are as defined in the description and in each case one of the two ring members X1, X2 is N, the other is C—H or C-halogen; Y is a group —CH—R1—, —N—R1—, —O— or —S— and is five- or six-membered hetaryl comprising 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, N and S or is phenyl, and to processes for their preparation, intermediates for their preparation, pesticidal compositions and methods for controlling harmful fungi and animal pests using the compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides a method to enhance Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plant cells, parts and tissues, thereby enhancing the production of transgenic plants.

Abstract: A composite article comprises a first layer resulting from the reaction of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a second layer different than the first layer and resulting from the reaction of an isocyanate-reactive resin and a polyisocyanate. Adhesion promoter is dispersed in at least one of the first layer and the second layer. The adhesion promoter comprises a first reactive end group selected from the group of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated acrylate monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated methacrylate monomer, or a combination thereof and a second reactive end group that reacts with isocyanate. The adhesion promoter reacts into the first and second layers through differentially reactive groups such that the adhesion promoter is compatible with the first and second layers to improve adhesion therebetween. A method of forming the composite article is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of superabsorbent polymers on a continuous belt reactor, comprising at least one rotating knife that cuts the formed polymer gel at the end of the continuous belt reactor, wherein the length of the cutting edge is at least 1 cm and the cutting edge is non-parallel to the rotation axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aryl-substituted fused pyrimidines of the general formula (I) in which L1 to L5 are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy etc.; Y1 to Y3 are C—RY or N; RY is H or optionally substituted C1-C4-alkyl or two adjacent RY together form a ring; X is OH, Cl or Br; which comprises (i) the reaction of a 2-phenylmalonate with a compound (III) or a tautomer thereof, in the presence of a suitable base, where the alcohol, released during the reaction, of the formula R—OH is continuously removed from the reaction mixture under reduced pressure; giving a compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof in which X is OH, and, if X in the compounds of the general formula (I) is chlorine or bromine, (ii) the reaction of the compounds of the formula (I) obtained in step (i) or the salts with a halogenating agent.

Abstract: A novel polynary metal oxide phosphate of the general formula I MaV2Ob(PO4)c is described, in which M is one or more metals selected from V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, a is from 0.5 to 1.5, b is from 1.5 to 2.5, c is from 1.5 to 2.5, having a crystal structure whose powder X-ray diffractogram is characterized by defined reflections. Preferred representatives are CoV2O2(PO4)2, NiV2O2(PO4)2 or CuV2O2(PO4)2. The metal oxide phosphates are suitable as gas phase oxidation catalysts, for example for preparing maleic anhydride from a hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to azolylmethyloxiranes of the general formula (I) in which A stands for phenyl which is optionally substituted by one to three of the following substituents: halogen, NO2, amino, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylamino, C1-C4-dialkylamino, thio or C1-C4-alkylthio, with the proviso that A does not stand for 2-methylphenyl, and also their plant-compatible acid addition salts or metal salts, and also to the use of the compounds of the formula I for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, and to compositions comprising them.

Abstract: A process of making paper or paperboard with improved ash retention relative to total retention comprising the steps of providing a thick stock cellulosic suspension that contains filler, diluting the thick stock suspension to form a thin stock suspension, in which the filler is present in the thin stock suspension in an amount of at least 10% by weight based on dry weight of thin stock suspension, flocculating the thick stock suspension and/or the thin stock using a polymeric retention/drainage system, draining the thin stock suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet, in which the polymeric retention/drainage system comprises, i) a water-soluble branched anionic polymer and ii) a water-soluble cationic or amphoteric polymer, wherein the anionic polymer is present in the thick stock or thin stock suspension prior to the addition of the cationic or amphoteric polymer. The process brings about improved ash retention relative to total retention.

Abstract: Described herein are inventions in the field of genetic engineering of plants, including isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Sucrose Synthase-like (S US-like) polypeptides to improve agronomic, horticultural, and quality traits. This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are related to the presence of seed storage compounds in plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to SUS-like nucleic acid sequences encoding sugar and lipid metabolism regulator proteins and the use of these sequences in transgenic plants. In particular, the invention is directed to methods for manipulating sugar-related compounds and for increasing oil level and altering the fatty acid composition in plants and seeds. The invention further relates to methods of using these novel plant polypeptides to stimulate plant growth and/or to increase yield and/or composition of seed storage compounds.

Abstract: Method of reducing the concentration of sulfur and/or a sulfur-containing compound in a biochemically prepared organic compound by bringing the respective organic compound into contact with an adsorbent, wherein the adsorbent is a clay doped with silver and/or a silver compound.