Abstract: Powder slurries curable thermally and with actinic radiation and comprising solid and/or highly viscous particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, including at least one binder free of carbon-carbon double bonds activatable with actinic radiation, comprising at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer containing on average per molecule at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least one ion-forming group; at least one blocked and/or part-blocked polyisocyanate; and at least one olefinically unsaturated constituent which is free of isocyanate-reactive functional groups and contains on average per molecule at least one isocyanate group blocked with pyrazole or with at least one substituted pyrazole and at least two carbon-carbon double bonds which can be activated with actinic radiation, prepared by reacting at least one polyisocyanate with pyrazole and/or with at least one substituted pyrazole and also with at least one compound containing an isocyanate-reactive functiona

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a polymer, obtainable by emulsion polymerization of compounds (monomers) having unsaturated radicals in the presence of at least two different polymerization regulators A) and B), wherein A) is a compound selected from ?-methylstyrene dimer and hydrocarbons which form a pentadienyl or 1-phenylallyl radical on abstraction of a hydrogen atom and B) is a compound having a mercapto group, the amount of B) being more than 2 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of monomers.

Abstract: Processes for preparing graft polymers and their use for inhibiting gas hydrates

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a supported catalyst (catalyst C) having a support (support S) selected from among oxides, phosphates, silicates, carbides, borides and nitrides of main group elements and elements of transition groups VI and II and mixtures of the abovementioned compounds and an active component (activator A) comprising one or more compounds containing one or more elements of transition groups V, VI and VII customary for the catalysis of metathesis reactions.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a GTP Binding Stress-Related Protein (GBSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to 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 GBSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding GBSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating close-boiling, homo- and heteroazeotropic mixtures by using ionic liquids. Due to the selectivity and unusual combination of properties of the ionic liquids the process is superior to conventional extractive rectification from the point of view of costs and energy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of enantiomerically pure (S)-3-methyl-amino-1-(thien-2-yl)propan-1-ol of the formula II-S by obtainment of (S)-3-hydroxy-3-thien-2-ylpropionitrile from its enantiomer mixture with the R isomer and the subsequent reaction of (S)-3-hydroxy-3-thien-2-ylpropionitrile with hydrogen and methylamine in the presence of a catalyst to give II-S.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing enantiomerically pure alcohol of the formula 1, which comprises (i) reducing the ketone of the formula 3to the racemic alcohol of the formula 4, (ii) enantioselectively acylating the racemic alcohol of the formula 4 with succinic anhydride in the presence of a lipase to give the succinic semiester of the formula 7, (iii) separating off the succinic semiester of the formula 7 from the unreacted enantiomer of the formula 4, (iv) reacting the enantiomerically pure alcohol of the formula 4 with methylamine to give the enantiomerically pure alcohol of the formula 1.

Abstract: A process for preparing butadiene, comprising nonoxidatively dehydrogenating n-butane from a stream (a) in a first dehydrogenation zone to obtain stream (b) comprising 1-butene and 2-butene; oxidatively dehydrogenating the 1-butene and 2-butene of (b) in the presence of an oxygenous gas in a second dehydrogenation zone to obtain stream (c) comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and steam; compressing and cooling (c) to obtain stream (d2) comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and steam; extractively distilling (d2) into stream (e1) comprising butadiene and stream (e2) comprising n-butane, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and steam; compressing and cooling (e2) to obtain stream (f1) comprising n-butane and water and stream (f2) comprising n-butane, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide; cooling (f2) to obtain stream (g1) comprising n-butane and stream (g2) comprising carbon dioxide and hydrogen; phase separating water from (f1) to obtain stream (h1) comprising n-butane; and recycling (h1)

Abstract: Alkoxylated alkylphenols which have at least one long-chain alkyl radical having at least one tertiary or quaternary carbon atom are prepared and are used as fuel or lubricant additives in fuel and lubricant compositions.

Abstract: Carbon monoxide is removed from flows of material by means of adsorption to a adsorption mass containing copper, zinc, and zirconium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of fungal GTP cyclohydrolase II as a target for fungicides, to a method for identifying antifungal agents based on fungal GTP cyclohydrolase II, and also to the use of compounds identified as fungicides via the abovementioned method.

Abstract: Process for the continuous synthesis of methylamines by reaction of methanol and/or dimethyl ether with ammonia in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the catalyst used is a shaped body which comprises a microporous material and at least one organosilicon compound as binder and can be produced by a process comprising the steps (I) preparation of a mixture comprising the microporous material, the binder, a pasting agent and a solvent, (II) mixing and densification of the mixture, (III) shaping of the densified mixture to give a shaped body, (IV) drying of the shaped body and (V) calcination of the dried shaped body.

Abstract: Polyolefin waxes bearing (meth)acrylate groups, process for preparing them and their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of pyridylcarboxylic amides and esters I, Formula (I) wherein Hal, X and R1 have the meanings given in claim 1, which comprises the following steps: (a) heating a mixture consisting essentially of trichloromethylpyridine II, Formula (II), wherein Hal has the meaning given, and 1.0 to 1.5 equivalents of concentrated sulfuric acid, characterized in that the trichloromethylpyridine II in a liquid form is added to the concentrated sulfuric acid at a temperature from 110° C. to 160° C.; and (b) reacting the intermediate product obtained in step (a) with an amine or alcohol III, HXR1, wherein X and R1 have the meaning given, optionally in the presence of a solvent and/or a base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of moldings from finely divided materials based on lignocellulose, and the moldings obtainable thereby. The invention also relates to the use of aqueous compositions which comprise at least one crosslinkable urea compound for the preparation of finely divided materials based on lignocellulose and treated with this composition for the production of moldings.

Abstract: Preparation of highly reactive isobutene homo- or copolymers with Mn=from 500 to 1 000 000 by polymerizing isobutene from technical C4 hydrocarbon streams having an isobutene content of from 1 to 90% by weight in the liquid phase in the presence of a dissolved, dispersed or supported catalyst complex, by using, as the catalyst complex, a protic acid compound I [H+]kYk?.Lx ??(I) Yk? weakly coordinating k-valent anion which comprises at least one hydrocarbon moiety, L neutral solvent molecules and x?0.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane, which has, respectively, direct-contact adhesive bonding not only to rubber but also to engineering plastic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing foam moldings from prefoamed foam particles which have a polymer coating in a mold under pressure, wherein the polymer coating comprises an amphiphilic or hydrophobic organic compound, and also foam moldings produced therefrom and their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystalline modification of N-ethyl-2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropane-carboxamide-2-(2,6-dichloro-?,?,?-trifluoro-p-tolyl)hydrazone, to a process for its preparation and to its use for combating pests and parasites. Further, the invention relates to pesticidal and parasiticidal mixtures and compositions comprising said crystalline modification.