Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the arylation of olefins by reaction of haloaromatics or arylsulfonates with olefins in the presence of a palladium catalyst, a bulky nitrogen base and a dipolar aprotic solvent.

Abstract: The invention concerns isotopically coded marker (ICAT) for mass spectrometric analysis of proteins, and the preparation and use of said markers.

Abstract: Chlorine-resistant elastic polyurethane urea fibers containing hydrotalcites coated with metal fatty acid salts which are useful in aqueous, chlorine-containing environments, such as for swimming pool liners, and process for their production.

Abstract: The invention relates to new phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which Het represents one of the groups ?wherein A, B, D, G, X, Y and Z have the meaning given in the description, several processes and intermediate products for their preparation and their use as pest control agents and herbicides.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1 is carboxyl or a derivative of a carboxyl group, preferably a radical of the formula —CN, —C(?X)—Y—R or —C(?X)-Het, in which X is O, S or NRa or N—NRaRb, Y is O, S, NRc or NRc—NRdRe, R is H, a (subst.) hydrocarbon radical (HR) or acyl, and Het is an aliphatic nitrogen heterocycle, where each of the radicals Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re is as defined for R or a radical of the formula —OR*, where R* is as defined for R, R2 is H or (subst.) HR or a heterocyclic radical, or, if Z=O or S, also an acyl radical, (R3)n are n radicals R3, as defined in claim 1, Z is a group of the formula O or S(O)x, where x=0, 1 or 2, and n is an integer 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, as safeners for crop plants or useful plants against phytotoxic actions of agrochemicals, preferably as safeners against the action of pesticides, such as herbicides, in these plants.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of optical data carriers made of a particualr polycarbonate is disclosed. The polycarbonate is prepared by the phase boundary process that entails reacting at least one dihydroxydiarylalkane in the form of its alkali metal salts with phosgene in the heterogeneous phase in the presence of sodium hydroxide solution and an organic solvent. The process is characterized in that the feedstock have but low content of Fe, Cr, Ni, Zn, Ca, Mg, Al metals or homologues thereof, and in that the organic solvent is separated off, and in that the polycarbonate which is obtained is worked up. The resulting polycarbonate is particularly useful in producing optical data carriers.

Abstract: Polycarbonate substrates, the preparation of which is based on 1,1-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl) -3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, and their use for producing shaped articles with particularly high purity and extremely high surface brilliance and also the shaped articles which can be produced from the polycarbonate substrate are described.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for concentrating polymer latexes, which can be separated into a latex phase and a serum phase in a separator with the aid of an auxiliary coalescing device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crystalline, hydroxide containing double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst of the formulae (I) or (II), M1x[M2(CN)6]yOH.L??(I) M1x[M2(CN)6]y.zM1(OH)q.L (II) wherein M1 represents a metal selected from Zn+2, Fe+2, Ni+2, Mn+2, Co+2, Sn+2, Pb+2, Fe+3, Mo+4, Mo+6, Al+3, V+4, V+5, Sr+2, W+4, W+6, Cu+2 and Cr+3, M+2 represents a metal selected from Fe+2, Fe+3, Co+2, Co+3, Cr+2, Cr+3, Mn+2, Mn+3, Ir+3, Ni+2, Rh+3, Ru+2, V+4 and V+5, L represents an organic ligand and x, y and q are chosen to maintain electroneutrality. Further provided are processes for the production of the inventive DMC catalysts. The crystalline, hydroxide containing DMC catalysts of the present invention may find use in the preparation of polyols, such as polyether polyols.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high support (HS) and high support-high resilience (HS-HR) flexible polyurethane foams prepared by catalyzed reaction of one or more di- or polyisocyanates at an isocyanate index from about 70 to about 130 with: (a) a polyoxyalkylene polyol or polyoxyalkylene polyol blend having an average hydroxyl weight of at least about 1000 and an average primary hydroxyl content of at least about 25%; and (b) an effective amount of a blowing agent containing water; in the presence of from about 0.01 to about 0.5% parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said polyol component of a liquid hydrocarbon containing greater than 50% of polymerized butadiene. The high support (HS) and high support-high resilience (HS-HR) flexible polyurethane foams of the present invention have a reduced force to crush (FTC).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aqueous suspension of insecticidally active compounds comprising a solid active compound applied as a coating to an inorganic carrier and auxiliaries, water and glycerol.

Abstract: Plants made resistant to insects by transforming their nuclear genome with two or more DNA sequences, each encoding a different non-competitively binding B. thuringiensis protoxin or insecticidal part thereof, preferably the toxin thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to regulatory DNA sequences, comprising promoter sequences and intron sequences, for the gene for the human catalytic telomerase subunit. In addition, this invention relates to the use of these DNA sequences for pharmaceutical, diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, especially in the treatment of cancer and ageing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil suspension concentrate, comprising a) one or more herbicidally active compounds from the group of the sulfonamides in suspended form, b) one or more safeners, c) one or more organic solvents, and d) one or more sulfosuccinates. The oil suspension concentrate is suitable for use in crop protection.

Abstract: The invention relates to new indole derivatives, processes for their preparation, and their use in medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to alkylenedioxythiophenes of the formula I having urethane-containing side groups: to their preparation and to their oligo- and polymeric derivatives (oligo- and poly(alkylenedioxythiophene)s).

Abstract: A device for testing the scratch resistance of a surface of a test specimen by means of a gas stream charged with solid particles, comprising: a tube, having an entry and an exit, for directing the gas stream on to a specimen holder with the surface to be tested, a means for providing the gas stream, and a metering device positioned along the tube for metering the solid particles into the gas stream, wherein a tube part is angled at an angle in the region of the tube exit and the angled tube part has, at the angle, an opening at which the specimen holder is positioned such that the gas stream is directed on to the specimen holder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts for the preparation of polyether polyols by a polyaddition reaction between alkylene oxides and starter compounds having active hydrogen atoms, wherein the catalyst contains a) at least one double metal cyanide compound, b) at least one organic complexing ligand and c) at least one fluorine-containing complexing ligand.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a double-metal cyanide catalyst for the preparation of a polyether polyol by the polyaddition of an alkylene oxide on to a starter compound containing active hydrogen atoms, wherein the DMC catalyst comprises a) at least one double-metal cyanide compound; b) at least one organic complexing ligand which is not a polyether, polyester, polycarbonate, polyalkylene glycol sorbitan ester, polyalkylene glycol glycidyl ether, glycidyl ether, glycoside, carboxylic acid ester of polyhydric alcohol, cyclodextrin, phosphorus compound, ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester or ionic surfactant compound; c) at least one polyether; and d) at least one polyester, polycarbonate, polyalkylene glycol sorbitan ester, polyalkylene glycol glycidyl ether, glycidyl ether, glycoside, carboxylic acid ester of polyhydric alcohol, cyclodextrin, phosphorus compound, ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester or ionic surfactant compound.

Abstract: Process for preparing compounds of the formula (I) where R1, R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, characterized in that an aldehyde of the formula (II) is reacted with CH2(CN)2 in the presence of butanol.