Abstract: Substituted monocyclopentadienyl, monoindenyl, monofluorenyl and heterocyclopentadienyl complexes of chromium, molybdenum or tungsten in which at least one of the substituents on the cyclopentadienyl ring carries a donor function which is bonded rigidly, not exclusively via sp3-hybridized carbon or silicon atoms, and a process for the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures comprise as active components a) an amide compound of the formula I A—CO—NR1R2  I in which A, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, and b) dimethomorph or flumetover, and/or c) a valinamide of the formula III  in which R13 is C3-C4-alkyl and R14 is naphthyl or phenyl, where the phenyl radical is substituted in the 4-position by a halogen atom, a C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxy group, and/or d) benalaxyl, ofurace, metalaxyl, furalaxyl or oxydixyl, and/or e) 1-(2-cyano-2-methoxyiminoacetyl)-3-ethylurea in a synergistically effective amount.

Abstract: The mixture described is a mixture of isomeric nonanol diesters of a dicarboxylic acid, selected from the class consisting of a mixture of diesters of adipic acid in the 1H NMR spectrum of which, observed in CDCl3, the ratio of the area under the resonance signals at chemical shifts in the range from 1.0 to 2.0 ppm with respect to TMS to the area under the resonance signals at chemical shifts in the range from 0.5 to 1.0 ppm with respect to TMS is from 1.20 to 5.00 and a mixture of diesters of phthalic acid, in the 1H NMR spectrum of which, observed in CDCl3, the ratio of the area under the resonance signals at chemical shifts in the range from 1.1 to 3.0 ppm with respect to TMS to the area under the resonance signals at chemical shifts in the range from 0.5 to 1.1 ppm with respect to TMS is from 1.00 to 4.00.

Abstract: A process for removing acidic gas constituents, of the group consisting of CO2, H2S, COS, CS2 and mercaptans, from gases, in which, in an absorption step, a dirty gas rich in acidic gas constituents is brought into contact with an absorption medium, as a result of which a clean gas low in acidic gas constituents and an absorption medium laden with acidic gas constituents are obtained, the absorption medium used being a mixture comprising a) from 0.1 to 50% by weight of one or more mono-cyclic or bicyclic nitrogen heterocycles which are unsubstituted and/or monosubstituted or poly-substituted on the carbon by OH, C1-C3 alkyl and/or C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl and which have from 5 to 14 ring atoms and 1 or 2 heterocyclically bound nitrogen atoms per ring as component A, b) from 1 to 60% by weight of a monohydric and/or polyhydric alcohol as component B, c) from 0 to 60% by weight of an aliphatic aminoalcohol as component C, d) from 0 to 98.

Abstract: Oligomeric 4,4-diarylbutadienecarboxylates and -carboxamides of the formula I in which R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical or substituents which confer solubility in water, chosen from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate or ammonium radicals; R3 is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical or a radical which is bonded by a carbonyl, sulfonyl or a phosphonyl group, or is a carboxylate or a cyano group; Y is the group; in which R4 is hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical and m is from 2 to 10, n is from 1 to 3, and x is the m-valent radical of a polyol having from 2 to 10 hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: The invention provides a thermosetting aqueous primer composition that includes a polyurethane polymer, an acrylic polymer, and a crosslinking component that is reactive with at least one of the polyurethane polymer and the acrylic polymer. The polyurethane polymer has a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less. The acrylic polymer has a glass transition temperature that is at least about 20° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of polyurethane resin. The invention further provides a composite coating having as a primer layer a cured layer of the primer composition of the invention and having at least one topcoat layer.

Abstract: A gene construct comprising a biotin gene having the sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 3, organisms which comprise this gene construct, the use of these sequences or of the gene construct for preparing biotin, and a process for preparing biotin are described.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of (S,S)-N,N′-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid or analogous compounds or their salts by reaction of L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid or L-cysteic acid with 1,2-bissulfooxyethane, 1,3,2-dioxathiolane 2,2-dioxide or mixtures thereof or 1,3-bissulfooxy-2-hydroxypropane in the presence of a base, and optional subsequent acidification with an acid. Also described is a process for the preparation of (S,S)-N,N′-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid or analogous compounds or their salts by reaction of N-(2-sulfooxyethyl)-L-aspartic acid or its salts with L-aspartic acid or corresponding compounds based on L-glutamic acid, L-cysteic acid and/or 1,3-bissulfooxy-2-hydroxypropane in the presence of a base, and optional subsequent acidification with an acid.

Abstract: Provided herein are slow release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of preparing slow release pharmaceutical compositions comprising mixing an unhydrated cellulose polymer with a hydrophobic substance to form a dry mixture; adding a granulating liquid to the dry mixture to form a wet mixture, and drying the wet mixture to obtain a blend suitable for use in a slow release pharmaceutical composition. The methods may be carried-out in the absence of a melting step for the hydrophobic substance. Also provided herein is a slow release composition comprising a cellulose polymer and a hydrophobic compound wherein the composition is provided in the substantial absence of a molecular coordination complex formed between the cellulose polymer and the hydrophobic substance. The slow release compositions may comprise a cellulose polymer and a hydrophobic compound in the substantial absence of a higher aliphatic alcohol.

Abstract: The invention relates to fungicidal compositions comprising an acceptable carrier and/or surface active agent and synergistically effective amounts of

Abstract: Dyeable and dyed filaments have a core and a sheath which entirely surrounds the core. The core is formed of a core polymer which is susceptible to dyeing by a dye bath chemical, while the sheath is formed of a sheath polymer which is resistant to dyeing by the dye bath chemical. When the filament is brought into contact with a dye bath containing the dye chemical, the dye chemical in the dye bath will physically diffuse or migrate through the sheath polymer to cause the core polymer to be dyed a color of the dye bath chemical, while the sheath polymer is substantially undyed thereby.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synergistic insecticidal composition comprising as essential active ingredients a neuronal sodium channel antagonist and an arylpyrrole insecticide.

Abstract: Electrolysis cell consisting of 2 monopolar electrodes and one or more intermediate bipolar electrodes, where

Abstract: There is provided a uracil substituted 1-phenylbenzotriazole compound having the structural formula I.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of styrene polymers containing water as expanding agent by suspension polymerization of styrene in the presence of an emulsifying auxiliary, the suspending agent being a mixture of water and an organic liquid which is water-miscible and which is virtually a non-solvent for polystyrene and has a boiling point below 100° C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of acrylic acid by: (a) preparation of a gaseous product mixture which essentially has the composition of a reaction mixture of catalytic gas-phase oxidation of C3-alkanes, C3-alkenes, C3-alkanols and/or C3-alkanals and/or intermediates thereof to acrylic acid, which comprises (b) condensation of the gaseous product mixture, (c) crystallization of the acrylic acid from the solution obtained in stage (b), with partial evaporation of the solution under reduced pressure, (d) isolation of the resulting crystals from the mother liquor, (e) recycling of at least a part of the mother liquor from stage (d) to stage (b) and (f) recycling of at least a part of the evaporated solution from stage (c) to stage (b).

Abstract: 2-Phenylpyridines I an their salts, wherein R1 to R17, X1-X3 are as defined in the specification. The compounds are useful as herbicides, desiccants and defoliants.

Abstract: In a compound of the formula I (reactive polymer), L is a, polymer, XY is a reactive radical which is inert toward NCO groups and splits off one or more protective groups Y under acidic, neutral or basic conditions and the radical X bears, after Y has been split off, at least two groups which are reactive toward isocyanates. Also provided are processes for preparing such a polymer and for preparing V a polymer polyol which is obtainable by reacting a polymer of the formula I with an acid or base. A polymer polyol as is obtainable by treatment of a reactive polymer according to the present invention in the neutral, acidic or basic range can be used to produce a polyaddition product or polycondensation product.

Abstract: A process for reducing the amount of residual monomer in aqueous polymer dispersions operates by aftertreatment with an initiator system essentially comprising a) from 0.001 to 5% by weight, based on the total monomer amount used to prepare the polymer dispersion, a1) of an oxidizing agent R1OOH,  where R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C8-alkyl or a C6-C12-aryl group, and/or a2) of a compound which in aqueous medium releases hydrogen peroxide, and b) from 0.005 to 5% by weight, based on the total monomer amount used to prepare the polymer dispersion, of a reducing agent prepared from b1) an aldehyde R2CH═O,  where R2 is a C1-C12-alkyl group which may contain functional groups and/or may be olefinically unsaturated, and b2) an inorganic dithionite, and c) catalytic amounts of a polyvalent metal ion which is able to exist in a plurality of valence states.

Abstract: A process for preparing methylenedianiline by reacting aniline with formaldehyde in the presence of acid catalysts comprising, in a semicontinuous process, introducing aniline with or without acid catalyst, feeding formaldehyde with or without acid catalyst through a mixing element into a circuit in which aniline with or without acid catalyst and with or without previously added formaldehyde is circulated and, after feeding in at least 50% of the total amount of formaldehyde to be fed in, heating the reaction mixture to a temperature above 75° C. In addition, the invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates by phosgenation of amines obtainable in this manner and to the polyisocyanates obtainable by this process.