Abstract: A process for continuously preparing a compound which bears at least two functional groups which are each independently selected from the group consisting of nitrile group, carboxylic acid group, carboxylic ester group and carboxamide group.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing alkoxycarbonylaminotriazines by reacting di- or triaminotriazines with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alcohol and of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal methoxide base.

Abstract: An antifreeze concentrate for cooling systems in fuel-cell drives which gives ready-to-use aqueous coolant compositions having a conductivity of at most 50 ?S/cm, based on alkylene glycols or derivatives thereof and containing one or more five-membered heterocyclic compounds (azole derivatives) having 2 or 3 hetero atoms from the group consisting of nitrogen and sulfur, which contain no or at most one sulfur atom and which may carry a fused aromatic or saturated six-membered ring.

Abstract: Process for preparing a compound having a nonaromatic C—C double or triple bond (compound A) from another compound or a mixture of other compounds having a nonaromatic C—C double or triple bond (compound B), which comprises bringing the compound (B) into contact with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising carbides or oxycarbides of a transition element at from 50 to 500° C.

Abstract: A description is given of a process for preparing aldehydes, carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, in which a gaseous stream comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed at elevated temperature over a bed of a first catalyst and a bed which is made up of a second catalyst having a higher activity than the first catalyst and is located downstream of the first catalyst in the flow direction of the gaseous stream, wherein the catalytically active composition of the first catalyst comprises at least vanadium oxide, titanium dioxide and antimony oxide and the ratio of vanadium, calculated as V2O5, to antimony, calculated as Sb2O3, in the first catalyst is from 3.5:1 to 5:1. The source of antimony oxide used for the first catalyst is preferably particulate antimony trioxide having a mean particle size of from 0.5 to 5 ?m. The process allows the desired oxidation products to be obtained in high yield over longer periods of time.

Abstract: A process for working up ?-sulfatoethylsulfonylaniline-2-sulfonic acid from a solution in aqueous sulfuric acid, comprises a first step of the ?-sulfatoethylsulfonylaniline-2-sulfonic acid being precipitated by addition of alkali or alkaline earth metal and/or ammonium salts, separated off and dissolved or the sulfuric acid being precipitated by addition of calcium salts and the resulting calcium sulfate being separated off if appropriate, and a second step of the resultant solution being adjusted to a pH between 1 and 5 by addition of alkali or alkaline earth metal or ammonium hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate and/or acetate, any calcium sulfate still present being separated off and the ?-sulfatoethylsulfonylaniline-2-sulfonic acid being isolated from the solution.

Abstract: A process for preparing optically active 2-methylalkan-1-ol of the general formula (III) comprising the following steps: (i) carbonyl-selective reduction of 2-methylalk-2-en-1-al of the general formula (I) to 2-methylalk-2-en-1-ol of the general formula (II), (ii) enantioselective hydrogenation of 2-methylalk-2-en-1-ol to the general formula (iii), (iii) increasing the optical yield of the optically active 2-methylalkan-1-ol (III) obtained in step (ii) by a lipase-catalyzed acylation reaction, where the radical R means C1-C10-alkyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of antiadhesive packaging materials for packaging chemicals and foodstuffs, especially fine chemicals such as vitamins, carotenoids, fragrances and flavors, and pharmaceutical chemicals, and also for their formulations and preparations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for enriching trehalose from solutions, in which the enrichment is performed using an adsorbent, in which the adsorbent is an aluminosilicate. Preferably, the aluminosilicate is a zeolite. The invention further relates to the enrichment and purification of trehalose from fermentation broths, in particular as a coupled product of production by fermentation of other products of value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for removing carbon monoxide from a hydrogenous gas stream by reacting the carbon monoxide with hydrogen to give methane and water in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst. In this process, the catalyst is present in the form of a thin-layer catalyst on a support material. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the process.

Abstract: Method for fire and explosion protection in a high-bay warehouse for hazardous chemical substances and, in particular, for Class AI and B VbF [Order on combustible liquids] substances, by reducing the proportion by volume of oxygen in the atmosphere within the warehouse by permanent inertization by means of a barrier gas, in particular nitrogen, to a value of between 12.9 and 13.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydroxyl-containing resin composition for a coating material, characterized in comprising a hydroxyl-containing resin that has a hydroxyl value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g and a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 100,000, and in being a resin obtained by copolymerizing, in the presence of (a) an acid compound containing one carboxyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups, (b) a radical-polymerizable monomer having an epoxy group and (c) another radical-polymerizable monomer, or a resin obtained by the addition reaction of (a) an acid compound containing one carboxyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups with a copolymer of (b) a radical-polymerizable monomer having an epoxy group and (c) another radical-polymerizable monomer. The invention also relates to a coating composition comprising the resin composition and a crosslinking agent, to a coating finishing method in which the coating composition is used, and to a coated article coated by the method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N-(ortho-phenyl)-1-methyl-3-difluoromethylpyrazole-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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.

Abstract: Process for preparation of impact-resistant polystyrene from diene monomers and from styrene monomers via anionic polymerization, where 1) in a stage 1) a rubber solution is prepared from the diene monomers, or from the diene monomers and from the styrene monomers, using an alkali metal organyl compound as initiator and with concomitant use of a solvent, and then 2) in a stage 2), styrene monomer is added to the rubber solution, and the resultant mixture is polymerized anionically to give the impact-resistant polystyrene, ?and where, after stage 1) and prior to stage 2), an organylaluminum compound and an alkali metal hydride are added to the rubber solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making an environmentally durable material, the method requiring providing a material comprising at least one functional group Fc, and subjecting the material to a free radical source such that substantially all functional groups Fc are eliminated but the material is not polymerized. In one embodiment, the functional group Fc is at least one of a nonaromatic carbon-carbon double bond, a hydrogen atom alpha to an aromatic ring, a hydrogen atom alpha to a carbon-carbon double bond, or a hydrogen atom attached to a tertiary substituted carbon. In another embodiment, functional group Fc is present in the material as a contaminant. In one exemplary embodiment, the material comprises from 0.05 to less than 15% by weight of functional group Fc, based on the total weight of the material.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of aromatic acylphosphine oxides (II) in which aromatic carboxyphosphines (I) are converted to the acylphosphine oxides (II)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyloxiranes of the formula I in which A and B are identical or different and, independently of one another, are C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C2-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkenyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, dioxanyl or phenyl, where the phenyl radical can carry one to three substituents chosen from the group: halogen, nitro, C1-C4-alkyl, Cl-C4-alkyloxy, phenoxy, amino, C1-C2-haloalkyl or phenylsulfonyl, which comprises reacting a) an oxirane of the formula II in which A and B have the meanings given above and L is a nucleophilically substitutable leaving group, with 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole of the formula III to give 4-amino-1,2,4-triazolium salts of the formula IV and b) deaminating the 4-amino-1,2,4-triazolium salts IV with alkali metal nitrites and acid or organic nitrites to give 1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyloxiranes of the formula I, and to 4-aminotriazolium salts of the formula IV as i

Abstract: A process for preparing xylylenediamine, comprising the steps of ammoxidizing xylene to phthalonitrile and hydrogenating the phthalonitrile, which comprises contacting the vaporous product of the ammoxidation stage directly with a liquid organic solvent or with molten phthalonitrile (quench), partly or fully removing components having a boiling point lower than phthalonitrile (low boilers) from the resulting quench solution or suspension or phthalonitrile melt and, after the low boiler removal and before the hydrogenation, removing products having a boiling point higher than phthalonitrile (high boilers).

Abstract: Process for preparing nanocrystalline lithium titanate spinels by reacting lithium hydroxide and a titanium alkoxide at elevated temperature in a reaction mixture which forms water of reaction.