Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing thiols through addition of hydrogen sulfide onto at least one unsaturated terpene, where the reaction is carried out in the presence of at least one organic ion exchanger, and to the use of thiols derived from terpinolene as molar mass regulator in the polymerization of monomers.

Abstract: Use of copolymers containing sulfonic acid groups which comprise (a) 30 to 95 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, one monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic ester or one water-soluble salt of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, (b) 3 to 35 mol % of at least one monomer containing sulfonic acid groups of the formula I in which the variables have the following meanings: R is hydrogen or methyl; X is a chemical bond or —COO—R1—; R1 is unbranched or branched C1-C4-alkylene; M is hydrogen, alkali metal or ammonium, and (c) 2 to 35 mol % of at least one nonionic monomer of the formula II in which the variables have the following meanings: R2 is hydrogen or methyl; R3 is a chemical bond or unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkylene; R4 are identical or different unbranched or branched C2-C4-alkylene radicals; R5 is unbranched or branched C1-C6-alkyl, C5-C8-cycloalkyl or aryl; n is 3 to 50, in random or block copolymerized form, as additive for detergents

Abstract: Process for preparation of polyoxymethylenes via polymerization of the monomers a) in the presence of cationic initiators b) and also, if appropriate, in the presence of regulators c), followed by deactivation and discharge from the reactor, which comprises using, as deactivator (d) at least one basic compound having at least 2 amino functions of different reactivity in one molecule.

Abstract: A process for preparing high-functionality highly branched polyureas which comprises reacting one or more carbonates with one or more amines having at least two primary and/or secondary amino groups, at least one amine having at least three primary and/or secondary amino groups.

Abstract: Described are a method of killing microorganisms in aqueous industrial systems or products for industrial applications based on water by adding from 0.001 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer containing from 30 to 100 mol % of styrenesulfonic acid, from 0 to 40 mol % of an N-vinyllactam and/or N-vinylamine, and from 0 to 30 mol % of further free-radically polymerizable monomers as biocidal additive, and a method of protecting articles by applying an antimicrobial aqueous composition comprising such an additive.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed with an SLSRP coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased growth under water-limited conditions and/or increased tolerance to an environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated SLSRPs, and isolated SLSRP coding nucleic acids, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: Pesticidal mixtures, comprising a) clothianidine of formula (I) and b) triticonazole of formula (II), in synergistically effective amounts, plant-protecting mixtures, compositions containing the mixtures, and to methods for controlling or preventing fungal infestation or harmful insects or nematodes in plants, and methods of improving the health of plants by applying said mixtures to the plants or the locus thereof.

Abstract: The present invention leads to odor-preventing water-absorbing compositions comprising at least one water-absorbing polymer and at least one urease inhibitor, the polymer being a polymer bearing acid groups, the acid groups being from 50 to 65 mol % neutralized and the urease inhibitor content being in the range from 0.0001% to 0.1% by weight, based on the composition, to processes for the production of the composition and also to hygiene articles and their production.

Abstract: A process for the production of a multilayer fiber web from cellulose fibers by separately feeding at least two different fiber suspensions and water into a multilayer headbox, in which they are separated by separating elements from one another and from water and, after leaving the nozzle mouth of the headbox, reach an apparatus on which a web is formed, the water being transported in such a way that, after emerging from the nozzle mouth, it reaches the web-forming apparatus in the form of a layer between two layers of fiber suspensions and thus counteracts mixing of the different fiber suspensions, wherein, for improving the retention, drainage and formation, at least one retention aid and/or at least one drainage aid are metered into the fiber suspensions and/or into the water fed in.

Abstract: The present invention concerns double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target essential nematode gene, which is a nematode sca1-like gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing polymeric particles by polymerizing a monomer solution comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid-functional monomer less than 55 mol % neutralized and drying the resulting polymeric gel by means of a heated gas stream in at least two temperature zones.

Abstract: The invention provides promoter polynucleotides that are root-preferred and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoter polynucleotides of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plant roots.

Abstract: Dye concentrate comprising at least one polyisobutene derivative composed of at least one hydrophobic block (X) and at least one hydrophilic block (Y) as component A and at least one dye as component B and also a dye concentrate which, as well as components A and B, comprises at least one polyolefin as component C1 and/or at least one solvent as component C2, production of the dye concentrates, coloration of polymeric materials by contacting the polymeric materials with the dye concentrates of the present invention, colored polymeric compositions composed of at least one dye concentrate of the present invention and at least one polymeric material, fibers, films, packaging, moldings composed of the colored polymeric composition of the present invention, the use of the dye concentrates of the present invention for coloration of polymeric materials, and also the use of polyisobutene derivatives composed of at least one hydrophobic block (X) and at least one hydrophilic block (Y) as an auxiliary for migration-res

Abstract: A process is described for removing isobutene oligomers from an isobutene polymer by stripping the isobutene polymer with vapors of a saturated hydrocarbon having at least 8 carbon atoms and at least partly driving out the isobutene oligomers. Troublesome isobutene oligomers are substantially removed without impairing the reactivity of the isobutene polymer (expressed as the content of the methylidene double bonds).

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyoxymethylene homo- or copolymers (POM) by polymerization of suitable monomers and subsequent deactivation by addition of a deactivator, wherein the deactivator used is a highly branched or hyperbranched polymer A) which is selected from highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonates A1) and highly branched or hyperbranched polyesters A2), the polymer A) comprising nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: Isoindoline pigments of the general formula I in which the variables are defined as follows: R1 is C1-C4-alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl, whose value expressing ease of dispersion in LDPE is ?10 and which require a reduction ratio of ?5 to obtain ? of standard depth of shade.

Abstract: Superabsorbents are produced by polymerization in the presence of at least one unsaturated polyetherol selected from the group consisting of polyetherols having the following structural formulae (1), (2), (3) and (4): where n is 0 or 1, m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, o is a natural number from 1 to 200, and A is —(H2C—CHR1—O)— or —(R1HC—CH2—O)—, where R1 in each occurrence is independently hydrogen or an organic radical.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of thermally sensitive polymers as dye transfer inhibitors. The invention also relates to novel thermally sensitive polymers suitable as dye transfer inhibitors, and to washing compositions which comprise these polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for removing at least one component selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen oxides, acetylenes and dienes from a gas mixture comprising the at least one component and also hydrogen, one or more olefins which are not dienes and possibly further gas constituents, in which the gas mixture is brought into contact with a catalyst in a reaction zone, wherein the catalyst comprises copper(I) sulfide.

Abstract: New ketolases for the production of ketocarotenoids in Tagetes Abstract A ketolase having a polypeptide sequence SEQ ID NO:6, a sequence derived from SEQ ID NO:6 by substitution, insertion or deletion of aminoacids, which has an identity of at least 60% with the respective sequence SEQ. ID. NO: 6 or a functionally equivalent fragment of the sequences mentioned above and processes for production of ketocarotenoids in Tagetes.