Abstract: The invention relates to novel nucleic acid molecules, to the use thereof for constructing genetically improved microorganisms and to methods for preparing fine chemicals, in particular amino acids, with the aid of said genetically improved microorganisms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing phthalic anhydride, in which the catalytic gas-phase oxidation of o-xylene and/or naphthalene is carried out over at least three zones of catalysts of increasing activity, with only the last zone of the catalyst system containing phosphorus and the last zone also comprising at least 10% by weight of vanadium (calculated as V2O5) based on the active composition of the catalyst and having a ratio of vanadium (calculated as V2O5) to phosphorus of greater than 35.

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 alkoxylate mixtures comprise alkoxylates of the formula (I) C5H11CH(C3H7)CH2O(B)p(A)n(B)m(A)qH??(I) where A is ethyleneoxy, B, in each case independently, are C3-10-alkyleneoxy or mixtures thereof, groups A and B being present in the form of blocks in the stated sequence, p is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number greater than 0 to 20, m is a number greater than 0 to 20, q is a number greater than 0 to 10, p+n+m+q is at least 1, from 70 to 99% by weight of alkoxylates A1, in which C5H11 is n-C5H11, and from 1 to 30% by weight of alkoxylates A2, in which C5H11 is C2H5CH(CH3)CH2 and/or CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH2, being present in the mixture.

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

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of acylcyclohexanedione derivatives for improving the tolerance of plants to cold and/or frost.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions comprising a) 50–70% by weight of polymer particles composed of at least two different (co)polymers having glass transition temperatures each above 50° C. and synthesized from at least 80% by weight of at least one principal monomer, 0.1–10% by weight of at least one auxiliary monomer, and 0–3% by weight of at least one crosslinker molecule, the difference in the glass transition temperatures (Tg) of the different polymers being at least 10° C., and b) 30–50% by weight of at least one polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, the dispersion a) being subjected to physical and/or chemical deodorization.

Abstract: Isolated polypeptide sequence having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or muteins thereof having the ability to bind cAMP and repress the expression of the aceB gene of C. glutamicum and which can be obtained from SEQ ID NO:1 by inserting, deleting or substituting up to 20% of the amino acids.

Abstract: In an aqueous formaldehyde solution comprising formaldehyde in the form of monomeric formaldehyde, methylene glycol and polyoxymethylene glycols in a total concentration x of ?65% by weight, the mean molar mass M of the polyoxymethylene glycols is, as a function of the formaldehyde concentration, equal to or less than the values given by equation I: ( M _ g ? / ? mol ) = 48 + 6.589 · 10 - 1 · ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) + 4.725 · 10 2 · ? ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 2 - 3.434 · 10 - 3 · ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 3 + ? 9.625 · 10 - 5 · ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 4 - 1.172 · 10 6 · ? ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 5 + 5.

Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of trialkyl orthocarboxylates by the electrochemical oxidation of alpha, beta-diketones or alpha, beta-hydroxyketones, the keto group being present in the form of a ketal group derived from C1- to C4-alkylalcohols and the hydroxyl group optionally being present in the form of an ether group derived from C1- to C4-alkylalcohols (ketals K), in the presence of C1- to C4-alcohols (alcohols A), the molar ratio of the ketals K to the alcohols A in the electrolyte being 0.2:1 to 10:1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for hydrogen transfer to chemical compounds, wherein hydrogen transfer is carried out in a supercritical or subcritical phase using stabilized and dispersed metal particles. The invention further provides for the use of metal colloids stabilized by organic compounds or embedded in organic compounds as catalysts in a process for hydrogen transfer to chemical compounds in a supercritical or subcritical phase so as to avoid the formation of free-radical intermediates during hydrogen transfer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 4-vinylcyclohexene, which comprises the steps (A) providing an n-butane-containing feed gas stream, (B) feeding the n-butane-containing feed gas stream into at least one dehydrogenation zone and dehydrogenating n-butane to butadiene to give a product stream comprising butadiene, n-butane, possibly 1-butene and 2-butene and possibly water vapor and other secondary constituents, (C) feeding the product stream from dehydrogenation, if appropriate after separating off water vapor and secondary constituents, into a dimerization zone and catalytically dimerizing butadiene to give a product stream comprising 4-vinylcyclohexene, n-butane and possibly 1-butene, 2-butene and unreacted butadiene, and (D) separating off 4-vinylcyclohexene from the product stream from the dimerization and recirculating n-butane and possibly 1-butene, 2-butene and unreacted butadiene to the dehydrogenation zone.

Abstract: A process for coproducing alkyl-substituted or unsubstituted THF and pyrrolidones by catalytically hydrogenating C4-dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof in the gas phase in the presence of copper catalysts and reacting GBL with ammonia or primary amines to give pyrrolidones.

Abstract: Agents for the fatliquoring of, in particular, leathers and hides tanned in the absence of chromium comprise A) at least one modified natural oil and B) at least one stabilizer LnR where Ra is H or methyl, Rb is methyl, ethyl or tert-butyl, Rc is methyl, tert-butyl, cyclohexyl or methylcyclohexyl, R is an n-valent C3- to C30-hydrocarbon radical which is unsubstituted or substituted and/or contains hetero atoms and n is an integer from 1 to 10, the stabilizer LnR having altogether at least 20, in particular altogether at least 28, carbon atoms, and, where n is 2, —R— also being —S—, —O—, —N(H)—, —CH2—, —(CH2)2—, —CH(CH3)—, —CH2)3—, —CH(C2H5)— or —C(CH3)2—. The novel fatliquoring agents are used in leather production and/or leather treatment, and leather is produced and/or treated using aqueous dispersions of these fatliquoring agents.

Abstract: An aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared by free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound (monomer) in the presence of at least one dispersant and at least one water-soluble and one oil-soluble free radical initiator by a process in which the polymerization temperature increases from the starting reaction temperature TS to the end reaction temperature TE in the course of the polymerization reaction.

Abstract: A herbicidal mixture comprising A) a 3-heterocyclyl-substituted benzoyl derivative selected from the group of 4-[2-chloro-3-(3-methyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-4-methylsulfonylbenzoyl]-1-methyl-5-hydroxy-1H-pyrazole, 4-[2-methyl-3-(3-methyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-4-methylsulfonyl-benzoyl]-1-methyl-5-hydroxy-1H-pyrazole and 4-[2-methyl-3-(4,5-dihydro-isoxazol-3-yl)-4-methylsulfonylbenzoyl]-1-methyl-5-hydroxy-1H-pyrazole; or one of its environmentally compatible salts, B) a safening effective amount of cloquintocet, or its environmentally compatible salts, amides, esters and hydrates; and, if desired, at least one herbicidal compound from the group of the acetyl-CoA carb-oxylase inhibitors (ACC), acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS), amides, auxin herbicides, auxin transport inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase inhibitors (EPSPS), glutamine synthetase inhibitors, lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibitors, photosynthesis inhibi

Abstract: Hyperbranched polyurethanes are used for the preparation of printing inks and of printing varnishes. Printing inks and printing varnishes contain the hyperbranched polyurethanes as binders.

Abstract: A coating composition including an aqueous dispersion of a copolymerization product of a mixture of monomers including carbamate-functional and (meth)acrylic monomers, some having carboxylic acid-functionality. The monomer mixture is essentially free of hydroxyl monomer. The coating can be applied on a polycarbonate substrate. The coating composition may be a clearcoat coating composition, preferably an automotive clearcoat coating composition. The invention provides a method of producing such a coating and application on a substrate, particularly as a basecoat/clearcoat composite coating, with the coating composition of the invention preferably being at least the clearcoat of the composite coating. If the substrate is a polycarbonate, the clearcoat can be applied directly on the substrate without any primer or basecoat.

Abstract: A mixture comprising a surfactant and a cosurfactant is proposed, wherein the cosurfactant used is an amphiphilic polymer with the structural formula in which A? is an unbranched or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl radical having 1 to 60 carbon atoms, Y is S or O, A is a structural unit with the formula in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently of one another, are the substituents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, octyl or phenyl, m is a running number in the range from 10 to 200, X is a structural unit with the formula in which the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same as in the structural unit A, q=0 or q=1, B is a monomeric subunit based on ethylene oxide or a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, n is a running number in the range from 20 to 500 and p=q+1.

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