Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the biocatalytic oxidation of aromatic compounds using recombinant xylene monooxygenase-expressing microorganisms in a biphasic reaction medium.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising A) carbamates of the formula I, ?in which X is CH or N, n is 0, 1 or 2 and R is halogen, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl, where the radicals R can be different if n is 2, one of its salts or adducts and, B) imidazole derivatives of the formula II ?in which R1 and R2 are halogen or phenyl, which may be substituted by halogen or alkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the bridging C?C double bond form a 3,4-difluoromethylenedioxyphenyl group; R3 is cyano or halogen, and R4 is dialkylamino or ?isoxazol-4-yl, which may carry two alkyl radicals, in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using mixtures of the compounds I and II and the use of the compounds I and II for preparing such mixtures are described.

Abstract: A process for adhesively bonding a substrate, using an adhesive comprising a polymer binder and a crosslinker compound I comprising carbodiimide groups, wherein the compound comprising carbodiimide groups is obtainable by reacting a) carbodiimides of 1,3-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene, 1,4-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene or a mixture thereof with b) polyalkylene oxides having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, preferably at least two hydroxyl groups, and c) if appropriate, further compounds reactive with a) or b).

Abstract: A crosslinker for polymerizing a film-forming material including an alkyl or aromatic compound comprising at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming resin and at least one pendent group having a nonionic metal coordinating structure. Coating compositions can include a film-forming material and the crosslinker. The coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate. Applied coating layers on substrates can be cured to form coating films.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas flow, in which the partial pressure of the carbon dioxide in the gas flow is less than 200 mbar, whereby the gas flow is brought into contact with a liquid absorption agent, comprising an aqueous solution (A) of a tertiary aliphatic amine and (B) an activator of general formula R1-NH-R2-NH2, where R1=C1-C6 alkyl and R2=C2-C6 alkylene. The method is particularly suitable for treatment of flue gases and also relates to an absorption agent.

Abstract: Film-forming materials include nonionic metal coordinating structures. Nonionic metal coordinating structures can coordinate metals, such as metal catalysts and metal substrates. Example film-forming materials can be the product of a poly-functional epoxide and a nucleophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure, or the product of a poly-functional alcohol and an electrophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure.

Abstract: Film-forming materials include nonionic metal coordinating structures. Nonionic metal coordinating structures can coordinate metals, such as metal catalysts and metal substrates. Example film-forming materials can be the product of a poly-functional epoxide and a nucleophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure, or the product of a poly-functional alcohol and an electrophilic ligand having a nonionic metal coordinating structure. Coating compositions can include the film-forming material and a crosslinker. The coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate. Applied coating layers on substrates can be cured to form coating films.

Abstract: The present invention relates to microcapsule dispersions comprising microcapsules in a hydrophobic solvent, wherein the microcapsules have a capsule core, comprising a water-soluble organic substance, and a capsule shell which is composed essentially of reaction products of polyisocyanates with polyfunctional amines, and also to a process for preparing them and additionally to microcapsules obtainable from the corresponding microcapsule dispersions.

Abstract: A process for preparing N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) by continuously reacting methyl acetate (MeOAc) with dimethylamine (DMA) in the presence of a basic catalyst, wherein MeOAc is used in the form of a methanolic solution and in the range from 0.0002 to 0.09 mol of catalyst per mole of MeOAc, and performing the reaction at a temperature in the range from 90 to 140° C. and at an absolute pressure in the range from 10 to 30 bar.

Abstract: N2O is removed in nitric acid manufacture by using catalysts comprising three-dimensional structures coated with catalytically active materials.

Abstract: A method of forming a plurality of components comprising the steps of: closing a pair of mold halves to define a mold chamber; filling the mold chamber with a material about an armature; curing the material within the mold chamber to create a stack of material; moving a mold half to open the mold chamber; removing the armature from the stack of material to define a cavity disposed within the stack of material and at least one opening disposed in an exterior surface; and cutting the stack of material through the cavity to form at least two components with each of the components having a common configuration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing chiral imidazolidin-2-ones of the formula I in which R1 is C1-C8-alkyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, a C1-C6-alkyl-, halo-, nitro-, C1-C6-alkoxy-, C1-C6-alkylmercapto- or CF3-substituted phenyl radical, naphthyl or a C1-C6-alkyl-, halo-, nitro-, C1-C6-alkoxy- or CF3-substituted naphthyl radical, R2 is C1-C8-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl or a phenyl-C1-C6-alkyl radical which may be substituted by a nitro, C1-C6-alkoxy, methylenedioxy or CF3 radical, and R3 is C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl or a C1-C6-alkyl-, halo-, nitro-, C1-C6-alkoxy-, methylenedioxy-, dialkylamino- or CF3-substituted phenyl radical, by reacting a compound of the formula II or the salt thereof in which R1, R2 and R3 have the abovementioned meaning, with urea in the presence of an involatile ammonium salt, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of an aprotic polar organic solvent.

Abstract: The present invention describes novel pyridine-3-sulfonyl compounds having the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. The present invention is also directed lo pesticidal compositions that include a) compounds of formula (II) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R6 are as defined herein and b) a carrier. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods for protecting crops from insect attack by contacting the crop with a pesticidally effective amount of the compound of formula (II). In addition, the present invention includes methods for controlling insects by treating the target species with a pesticidally effective amount of the compound of formula (II).

Abstract: A process is described for preparing polyisobutene having a low halogen content, in which isobutene is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst which comprises a halogenated Lewis acid, the catalyst is removed and/or deactivated, and the resulting polyisobutene is contacted with a zeolite of an average pore size of from 5 to 15 ?.

Abstract: A process for preparing a hydroxylation catalyst by i) embedding a cystochrome P450 monooxygenase in a sol-gel matrix, ii) embedding an enzymatic NADPH-regenerating system in a sol-gel matrix, and combining the two components i) and ii) unless they were already mixed together before the embedding.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyoxymethylenes by cationic polymerization of the monomers a) in the presence of initiators b) and, if appropriate, in the presence of regulators c) and subsequent deactivation and isolation of the polymer, wherein the total amount of proton donors is less than 5000 ppm in the entire polymerization.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated SES nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel SES proteins from Corynebacterium glutamicum are described. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing SES nucleic acid molecules, and host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced. The invention still further provides isolated SES proteins, mutated SES proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and methods for the improvement of production of a desired compound from C. glutamicum based on genetic engineering of SES genes in this organism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing formic acid by thermally decomposing ammonium formates of tertiary amines A, wherein the tertiary amine A on which the ammonium formate is based has a boiling point at atmospheric pressure in the range from 105 to 175° C.

Abstract: Expandable styrene polymer granules with halogen-free flame retardancy, comprising a) from 5 to 50% by weight of a filler selected from pulverulent inorganic substances such as talc, chalk, kaolin, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum nitrite, aluminum silicate, barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, calcium sulfate, silica, quartz flour, aerosil, alumina or wollastonite, and b) from 2 to 40% by weight of expandable graphite having a mean particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 ?m, c) from 0 to 20% by weight of red phosphorus or an organic or inorganic phosphate, phosphite or phosphonate, d) from 0 to 10% by weight of carbon black or graphite, and processes for their preparation and use for preparing self-extinguishing polystyrene particle foams.

Abstract: A process for preparing butadiene from n-butane, comprising the steps of A) providing a feed gas stream a comprising n-butane; B) feeding the feed gas stream a comprising n-butane into at least one first dehydrogenation zone and nonoxidatively, catalytically dehydrogenating n-butane to obtain a gas stream b comprising n-butane, 1-butene, 2-butene, butadiene and hydrogen, with or without carbon dioxide and with or without steam; C) feeding the gas stream b and an oxygenous gas into at least one second dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to obtain a gas stream c comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and steam, D) compressing in at least one first compression stage and cooling the gas stream c to obtain at least one condensate stream d1 comprising water and a gas stream d2 comprising n-butane, butadiene, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and steam, E) separating the gas stream d2 by extractive distillation into a product stream e1 consisting substantially of but