Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution comprising cellulose, an ionic liquid comprising anions and cations as solvent and 6-30% by weight of a nitrogen-comprising base, based on the total weight of the solution, its preparation and also its use for the physical or chemical treatment of cellulose.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing DMC catalysts by reacting cyano-metalate compounds, preferably cyanometalate salts, in particular alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts, with metal salts, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a Brönsted acid.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) 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 PKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to diarylphenoxyaluminum compounds which are obtainable by reacting a bis(diarylphenol) ligand of the formula (I) with an alkylaluminum compound and/or a complex aluminum hydride. The invention moreover relates to the use of such diarylphenoxyaluminum compounds as catalysts. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of producing isopulegol by cyclization of citronellal in the presence of diarylphenoxyaluminum compounds as catalysts. The invention also relates to a method of producing menthol by cyclization of citronellal in the presence of diarylphenoxyaluminum compounds as catalysts and subsequent hydrogenation.

Abstract: The present invention features improved methods for the enhanced production of pantoate and pantothenate utilizing microorganisms having modified pantothenate biosynthetic enzyme activities and having modified methylenetetrahydrofolate (MTF) biosynthetic enzyme activities. In particular, the invention features methods for enhancing production of desired products by increasing levels of a key intermediate, ketopantoate by enzymes that contribute to its synthesis. Recombinant microorganisms and conditions for culturing same are also are featured. Also featured are compositions produced by such microorganisms.

Abstract: A process is proposed for obtaining a stream of aliphatic hydrocarbons comprising from 4 to 12 carbon atoms per molecule, with an increased proportion of linear ?-olefins compared to a feed stream of aliphatic hydrocarbons comprising from 4 to 12 carbon atoms per molecule, with a content of linear ?-olefins, linear internal olefins and dienes, wherein the feed stream is fed to a first distillation zone D1 having at least 5 theoretical plates, in which the linear ?-olefins are removed partly or fully as a component of a vapor stream which additionally also comprises the dienes, and at whose lower end a liquid stream is obtained which has been depleted partly or fully of linear ?-olefins, the liquid stream from the lower end of the first distillation zone D1 is introduced into a isomerization unit which is equipped with an isomerization catalyst over which the linear internal olefins are isomerized partly or fully to linear ?-olefins, and the linear ?-olefins formed in this way are removed as a component of

Abstract: Rylene derivatives of the general formula I in which the variables are each defined as follows: Rylene is a polycyclic conjugated ring system which comprises at least one perylene unit may comprise heteroatoms as ring atoms, may be functionalized by moieties comprising —CO— groups and/or may bear further substituents other than the A radicals; A is a radical of the formula X is oxygen or sulfur; R are identical or different radicals: optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, hetaryl, —U-aryl where U is an —O—, —S—, —NR2—, —CO—, —SO— or —SO2— moiety, or C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, —C?CR2, —CR2?CR22, hydroxy, mercapto, halogen, cyano, nitro, —NR3R4, —NR3COR4, —CONR3R4, —SO2NR3R4, —COOR3 or —SO3R3; R? are identical or different radicals: hydrogen or one of the R radicals; R2 is hydrogen or alkyl, where the R2 radicals may be the same or different when they occur more than once; R3, R4 are each independently hydrogen; optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or hetaryl; n is from 1 to

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 98.9% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polyester, B) from 0.01 to 50% by weight of B1) 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 B2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of AxBy type, where x is at least 1.1 and y is at least 2.1, or a mixture of these, C) from 0.1 to 40% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer, D) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to D) is 100%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an amino acid comprising culturing a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium wherein said microorganism is partially or completely deficient in at least one of the gene loci of the group which is formed by otsAB, treZ and treS, and subsequent isolation of the amino acid from the culture medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hydrophilic swellable addition polymers comprising improved odor control, a process for their preparation and their use for absorbing aqueous fluids and a process for screening superabsorbents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a hydrogenation of a starting material in a hydrogenation reactor, in which the amount of hydrogen reacted in the hydrogenation is firstly determined, the ratio of the amount of hydrogen reacted to the amount of starting material fed in is then derived, this ratio is compared with a prescribed value and, finally, at least one process parameter is altered if the ratio of the amount of hydrogen reacted to the amount of starting material fed in deviates by a prescribed amount from the prescribed value.

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), and subsequent deactivation and isolation of the polymer, which comprises undertaking the polymerization in a tubular reactor with static mixing elements and with a mixing zone, a polymerization zone, and a deactivation zone, the diameter of the tubular reactor in the mixing zone being <90% of the diameter in the polymerization zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer compositions, to a process for their preparation and to their use for preparing aqueous active compound compositions of water-insoluble active compounds, in particular of active compounds for crop protection.

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: The present invention relates to a process for producing propylene oxide comprising (I) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (GI) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; (II) separating propylene oxide from mixture (GI) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; (III) reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising Sn and at least one noble metal.

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 present invention relates to a coarse-particled microcapsule preparation comprising microencapsulated latent heat accumulators and one or more polymeric binders, the ratio of surface area to volume of the particles obeying the following relationship: Surface ? ? area 2 Volume 3 ? 2.5 , and to processes for its production and its use in heat exchangers and building materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polymethylol compounds of the formula (I) (HOCH2)2—C—R2 ??(I) where the radicals R are each, independently of one another, a further methylol group or an alkyl group having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms or an aryl or aralkyl group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, by condensation of aldehydes having from 2 to 24 carbon atoms with formaldehyde in an aldol reaction using tertiary amines as catalyst to form alkanals of the formula (II) where the radicals R each independently have one of the abovementioned meanings, and subsequent hydrogenation of the latter. The particular inventive feature of this process is that the aldol reaction is carried out using an aqueous formaldehyde solution having a formic acid content of <150 ppm and preferably <100 ppm. In this way of carrying out the process, the formation of by-products can advantageously be prevented in a targeted manner and the yield of the desired polymethylol compound can thereby be increased.

Abstract: High-functionality, highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonates based on dialkyl or diaryl carbonates or phosgene, diphosgene or triphosgene and on aliphatic, aliphatic/aromatic, and aromatic diol or polyols, and their use for producing paint systems.