Abstract: Articles comprising polypropylene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: Emulsions of hydrophobic monomers in water comprising inorganic particles as Pickering emulsifiers, and hydrophobin; and also the preparation and use of the emulsions are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting amines with phosgene in the gas phase in a reaction zone, with the reaction mixture being passed through a zone into which a liquid is sprayed to stop the reaction, wherein the reaction mixture is passed through a zone having a reduced flow cross section between the reaction zone and the zone into which the liquid is sprayed.

Abstract: The disclosure involves a process for preparing butadiene from n-butane. In the process, n-butane is first dehydrogenated autothermally under nonoxidative conditions to form a gas stream. The gas stream is then oxidatively dehydrogenated to form a second gas stream. From the second gas stream, a third gas stream containing n-butane, 2-butene and butadiene is obtained. From the third gas stream, a butadiene/butaine product stream is obtained and remaining n-butane and 2-butene is recycled into the first dehydrogenation zone.

Abstract: The disclosure involves a process for the preparation of butadiene and 1-butene. The process includes at least a first catalytic dehydrogenation of n-butane to obtain a gas stream which is followed by at least a second oxidative dehydrogenation to form a second gas stream. The second gas stream is then subjected to distillation and isomeration steps to obtain butadiene and 1-butene.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion with a pH of from 2 to 7, comprising (A) at least one swellable polymer or oligomer containing anionic and/or potentially anionic functional groups, (B) surface-modified, cationically stabilized, inorganic nanoparticles of at least one kind, and (C) at least one amphiphile; and its use for producing highly scratch-resistant coatings, moldings, and self-supporting films.

Abstract: The invention relates to fluoranthene derivatives of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3 and a are each defined according to the description, with the proviso that at least one of the R1 or R2 radicals is not hydrogen, to processes for their preparation and to the use of the fluoranthene derivatives as emitter molecules in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), to a light-emitting layer comprising the inventive fluoranthene derivatives as emitter molecules, to an OLED comprising the inventive light-emitting layer and to devices comprising the inventive OLED.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 2-chloromethylphenyl acetic acid derivatives of formula (I), in which X represents C1-C4 alkoxy or methylamino, by cleaving the ether bonds in compounds of formula (II), in which R represents C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C2 alkyl halide, C1-C4 alkylcarbonyl, C1-C4 alkylcarbonyloxy, halogen, nitro or cyano, and X has the above-mentioned meaning. The inventive method is characterized in that the transformation takes place in the presence of hydrogen chloride and of an inert solvent, and in that a catalyst selected from the group comprised of: iron, indium or halogenides, oxides or triflates thereof is added to the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A process for preparing a liquid formulation of salts of sulfonated azo dyes, comprising a) preparing vesuvin from m-phenylenediamine; b) without interveningly isolating the vesuvin coupling an at least equimolar amount of diazotized aminoarylsulfonic acids I H2N—Ar—SO3H??(I), where Ar is phenylene (which may be monosubstituted by sulfo) or naphthalene (which may be mono- or disubstituted by sulfo and/or monosubstituted by hydroxyl) onto vesuvin and c) isolating the dyes in their acid form and subsequently dissolving them in aqueous bases.

Abstract: A method for the safe operation of a continuously operated heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of an organic compound in a reactor, the composition of the feed gas mixture being controlled by pressure-controlled concentration determination of relevant constituents.

Abstract: A molecule including a chain-like core region having two ends and having at least three conjugated aromatic rings; and including at the two ends, branched groups R1 and R2 respectively, each including a C5- to C20-alkyl group. A semiconducting composition including the molecule.

Abstract: 2-Substituted pyrimidines of the formula I in which the index n and the substituents L, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rz, Ru, Rv, A?, A? and A?? are as defined in the description and: R1 is C3-C10-alkyl, C3-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-alkynyl, C3-C12-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkenyl or a five- to ten-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle which is attached via carbon and contains one to four heteroatoms from the group consisting of O, N and S, R2 is halogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C3-C4-alkenyloxy or C3-C4-alkynyloxy, where the alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl radicals of R2 may be substituted by halogen, cyano, nitro, C1-C2-alkoxy or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, and R3 is cyano, CO2Ra, C(?O)NRzRb, C(?O)—N—ORb, C(?S)—NRaRb, C(?NORa)NRzRb, C(?NRa)NRzRb, C(?O)NRa—NRzRb, C(?N—NRzRc)NRaRb, C(?O)Ra, C(?NORb)Ra, C(?N—NRzRb)Ra, CRaRb—ORz, CRaRb—NRzRc, ON(?CRaRb), O—C(?O)Ra, NRaRb?, NRa(C(?O)Rb), NRa(C(?O)ORb), NRa(C(?O)—NRzRb), NRa(C(?NRc)Rb), NRa(N?CRcRb), NRa—NRzRb, NRz—ORa, NRa(C(

Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a Zea mays plant based on a D-alanine or D-serine selection. Preferably the transformation is mediated by Agrobacterium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for removing carbon dioxide and, if appropriate, water from breathing air in closed or partially closed systems using a porous metal-organic framework material, such systems having at least one breathing apparatus and also their use and methods for regenerating the porous metal-organic framework material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N-(ortho-phenyl)-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethylpyrazole-4-carboxanilides of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined below: R1 and R2 independently of one another are halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, cyano, nitro, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy or difluoromethoxy; with the proviso that when R2 is chlorine in position 4, R1 is not trifluoromethyl in position 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoyl-substituted alanines of the formula I in which the variables R1 to R12 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon adsorption unit for recovery of volatile hydrocarbons which emanate from several sources and which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere through the air cleaner of an automobile engine when the engine is shut-off. The unit is positioned in the air intake system such that all air flowing through the engine passes through the unit. The unit comprises a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet. The housing contains a substrate and a volatile hydrocarbon adsorber material coated on the surface of the substrate. The adsorber material may be silica gel, a molecular sieve and/or activated carbon. The material further contains a binder that will cause the material to adhere to the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The use of copolymers obtained by free-radical polymerization of a mixture of i) 0.1 to 40% by weight of an olefine, and ii) 60 to 99.9% by weight of N-vinyl lactam, with the proviso that the total of components i), ii) and iii) equals 100% by weight, as solubilizers for slightly water-soluble bioactive substances.

Abstract: Vinyllactam copolymers modified with polyalkylene oxide side-chains, and use thereof as solubilizers for substances which are sparingly soluble in water, and preparations comprising such copolymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolecarboxamides of the formula I in which the variables are as defined below: X is trifluoromethyl; R1 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen or C1-C4-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl or C3-C6-cycloalkyl; W is O or S; with the proviso that, if R3 is hydrogen and W is oxygen, a) R1 and R2 are not simultaneously methyl and F, respectively; b) R1 and R2 are not simultaneously trifluoromethyl and hydrogen or fluorine, respectively. to processes for preparing these compounds, to seeds and compositions comprising them and to methods for controlling harmful fungi.