Abstract: Process for the production of cadaverine by constructing a recombinant microorganism which has a deregulated lysine decarboxylase gene and at least one deregulated gene selected from the group (i) which consists of aspartokinase, aspartatesemialdehyde dehydrogenase, dihydrodipicolinate synthase, dihydrodipicolinate reductase, tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase, succinyl-amino-ketopimelate transaminase, succinyl-diamino-pimelate desuccinylase, diaminopimelate epimerase, diaminopimelate dehydrogenase, arginyl-tRNA synthetase, diaminopimelate decarboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, transketolase, transaldolase, 6-phosphogluconolactonase, fructose 1,6-biphosphatase, homoserine dehydrogenase, phophoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, provided that if aspartokinase is deregulated as gene (i) at least a second gene (i) other than aspartokinase has to be deregulated, and cultivating said microorganism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or of a derivative thereof as a defoamer in additive compositions or fuels, to a process for defoaming fuels, to an additive and fuel composition comprising at least one hydrophobin or derivative thereof and at least one further fuel additive, and to a process for preparing at least one fuel composition.

Abstract: A method for protecting tobacco from, during, comprises the step of covering the tobacco with a material, preferably a net, which has a protective activity against the harmful organisms.

Abstract: A method for producing 3-pentenenitrile by means of the hydrocyanation of 1,3-butadiene, which comprises the following process steps: (b?) distillation of 1,3-butadiene comprising water, 1- and 2-butenes and a stabilizer in a distillation apparatus K4 to obtain a stream 15 as the bottom product, which comprises dried 1,3-butadiene, 1- and 2-butenes and the stabilizer, and a stream 16 as the top product, which comprises an azeotropic 1,3-butadiene/water mixture, condensation of the stream 16 in a condenser W, transfer of the resulting condensate (stream 17) into a phase separation apparatus, recycling of the upper liquid phase (stream 18) consisting of 1,3-butadiene as reflux to the column K4, and discharge of the lower liquid aqueous phase (stream 19), (a) reaction of stream 15 in a reactor R1 with hydrogen cyanide over at least one catalyst (stream 6d) to obtain a stream 1 which comprises 3-pentenenitrile, 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile, the at least one catalyst, unconverted 1,3-butadiene, and 1- and 2-butenes,

Abstract: A die for the production of a surface-structured coating (finish) which can be bonded to a sheet-like substrate, in particular a leather, an imitation leather material, a textile material or a wood surface, and which is formed by application of a liquid plastic material to the surface of the die and subsequent solidification of the plastic material, the die having a surface structure corresponding to the surface structure of the coating, the surface comprising, on a substrate, surface structure elements which are arranged in a screen and may be in the form of elevations or depressions, wherein the surface structure of the die has an identification with the surface structure differing from the environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to low-foam surfactant mixtures of the general formula (I) where R, Ra, R1 and R2, l, n and m have the meaning given in the description and the claims, and to the production thereof. For example, R=C13-alkyl, Ra=H, l=5, m=22, n=1, R1=methyl and R2=C6-C14-alkyl. The surfactants are suitable for detergent and cleaner formulations.

Abstract: Method for the production of 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-trichlorobenzene from fluorobenzene comprising steps A) and B): A) chlorination of fluorobenzene derivatives of formula (II), in which X=fluorine of H, Z=nitro, bromo or chloro and n=0 or 1-4 and B) fluorination of the distillation residue and separation by distillation of the 1,3,5-trifluoro-2,4,6-trichlorobenzene thus produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by hydrogenation of nitroaromatics in the presence of catalysts, in which a fluid reaction mixture which comprises amines and from which the catalysts are separated off is formed in a reactor. After the catalysts have been separated off, a measurement of the absorption of UV/VIS radiation by the reaction mixture is carried out to determine the concentration of nitro and nitroso compounds in the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A process for improving the durability, dimensional stability and surface hardness of a wood body is described, in which an untreated wood body is impregnated with an aqueous solution of A) an impregnating agent from the group consisting of 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one, 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one modified with a C1-5-alcohol, a polyol or mixtures thereof, 1,3-dimethyl-4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one, dimethylolurea, bis(methoxymethyl)urea, tetramethylolacetylenediurea, 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)imidazolidin-2-one, methylolmethylurea or mixtures thereof and B) a catalyst from the group consisting of metal or ammonium salts, organic or inorganic acids and mixtures thereof, and wood and impregnating agent are then caused to react while maintaining humid conditions at elevated temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fungicidal mixtures comprising, as active components, 1) at least one 2,5-disubstituted N-biphenylpyrazolecarboxamide of the formula I in which X=oxygen or sulfur; R1 and R2=cyano, nitro, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, methoxy, difluoromethoxy or trifluoromethoxy; R3=halogen, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R4=hydrogen or halogen; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from groups A) to F): A) azoles; B) strobilurins; C) carboxamides; D) heterocyclic compounds; E) carbamates; F) other fungicides; in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using mixtures of at least one compound I and at least one active compound II, the use of the compound(s) I with active compounds II for preparing such mixtures and also compositions and seed comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression of at least one Armadillo repeat polypeptide or a functional equivalent thereof. The invention relates to novel nucleic acid sequences coding for a Hordeum vulgare Armadillo repeat (HvARM) polynucleotide and describes homologous sequences (ARM1) thereof, and to their use in methods for obtaining a pathogen resistance in plants e, and to nucleic acid constructs, expression cassettes and vectors which comprise these sequences and which are suitable for mediating a fungal resistance in plants. The invention furthermore relates to transgenic organisms, in particular plants, which are transformed with these expression cassettes or vectors, and to cultures, parts or transgenic propagation material derived therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N,N?-bis(fluorophenylalkyl)-substituted perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboximides, their preparation and their use as charge transport materials, exciton transport materials or emitter materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 35 to 95% by weight of at least one graft copolymer A), which is obtainable via reaction of A1) from 5 to 95% by weight of a polymer A1), which is obtained from at least one dicarboxylic anhydride a11) and from at least one vinylaromatic comonomer a12), and A2) from 5 to 95% by weight of a polyamide A2), B) from 5 to 40% by weight of at least one ungrafted or grafted, non-particulate rubber without core-shell structure B), which has functional groups which can react with the end groups of component A), C) from 0 to 50% by weight of at least one particulate or fibrous filler or particulate or fibrous reinforcing material C), D) from 0 to 60% by weight of at least one copolymer D) composed of vinyl aromatic monomers d1) and of comonomers d2), and E) from 0 to 40% by weight of at least one other additive E), where the entirety of components A) to E) gives 100% by weight, and also to processes for preparation of the thermoplasti

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrocarbyl succinic acid and hydrocarbylsuccinic acid derivatives as friction modifiers for gasolines.

Abstract: A process for preparing ethylene amines and ethanolamines by hydrogenative amination of monoethylene glycol and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the process is carried out in two process stages in which in the first process stage, the amination is carried out over a hydroamination catalyst to a monoethylene glycol conversion of not more than 40% and in the second process stage, a supported catalyst having an active composition comprising ruthenium and cobalt and no further additional metal of group VIII and also no metal of group IB is used in the form of shaped catalyst bodies which in the case of a spherical shape or rod shape in each case have a diameter of <3 mm, in the case of a pellet shape have a height of <3 mm and in the case of all other geometries in each case have an equivalent diameter L=1/a? of <0.70 mm, is proposed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana gene described by the GenBank Arabidopsis thaliana genome loci At4g36700 (encoding a cupin domain-containing protein) and its orthologous gene from Brassica napus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing propene from propane, comprising the steps: A) a feed gas stream a comprising propane is provided; B) the feed gas stream a comprising propane and an oxygenous gas stream are fed into a dehydrogenation zone and propane is subjected to a nonoxidative catalytic, autothermal dehydrogenation to propene to obtain a product gas stream b comprising propane, propene, methane, ethane, ethene, C4+ hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, steam and hydrogen, C) the product gas stream b is cooled and steam is removed by condensation to obtain a steam-depleted product gas stream c, D) carbon dioxide is removed by gas scrubbing to obtain a carbon dioxide-depleted product gas stream d, E) the product gas stream d is cooled and a liquid hydrocarbon stream e1 comprising propane, propene, methane, ethane, ethene and C4+ hydrocarbons is removed by condensation to leave a residual gas stream e2 comprising methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide, F) the liquid hydrocarbon stre

Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from a tonoplast intrinsic protein, said gene being selected from the group consisting of the Arabidopsis thaliana tonoplast intrinsic protein alpha described by the GenBank Arabidopsis thaliana genome loci At1g73190 and its orthologous genes from Brassica napus and Linum usitatissimum.

Abstract: A process for preparing acrolein or acrylic acid or a mixture thereof by heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas oxidation of propylene, in which the starting reaction gas mixture has the following contents: from 6 to 9% by volume of propylene, from 8 to 18% by volume of molecular oxygen, from 6 to 30% by volume of propane and from 32 to 72% by volume of molecular nitrogen.

Abstract: Isocyanates are prepared by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a reactor by a process in which a reaction discharge is present in the form of a suspension which contains the isocyanate to be prepared, as a liquid, and carbamyl chlorides as a solid, and the suspension is worked up in a film evaporator, and this process is carried out in a production plant.