Abstract: A thermoplastic composite having a multiplicity of layers and comprising: I) a layer of a polyamide molding composition, II) a layer of a polyester molding composition, and III) a layer of an adhesion promoter adherent to I and II comprising at least 50% by weight of a blend of: a) from 20 to 80% by weight of a polyamide, prepared from &agr;) at least one diamine having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and &bgr;) an essentially stoichiometrically equivalent amount of at least one dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 5 mol % of a dicarboxylic acid having from 10 to 36 carbon atoms, and b) from 80 to 20% by weight of a polyester, prepared from &agr;) a mixture of from 30 to 95 mol % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms and from 70 to 5 mol % of the same dicarboxylic acid as in the polyamide of the adhesion promoter, having from 10 to 36 carbon atoms, and &bgr;) at least one diol having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing alkali metal salts of malonic monoalkyl esters by selective saponification of malonic dialkyl esters using a basic alkali metal compound which comprises preparing from the malonic dialkyl ester and an alkali metal alkoxide, in a first stage, a CH-acid alkali metal salt of the malonic dialkyl ester and hydrolyzing this in a second stage by the action of water.

Abstract: The molding of the present invention has a continuous conducting path from an inner to an outer surface, comprising:

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of alkoxysilanes in which at least one halogenosilane is reacted with at least one alcohol in the presence of metallic magnesium and the alkoxysilane is isolated from the crude product.

Abstract: Antimicrobial activity is imparted to the surface(s) of an apparatus or article by polymerizing tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate in the presence of the apparatus or article by which adhesion of the polymer to the surface(s) is achieved. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the antimicrobial monomer is graft polymerized on the surface(s).

Abstract: A product made from plastic and composed, at least in part, of a thermoplastic molding composition which comprises polyamide and comprises from 3 to 30% by weight of a conductivity black, where the conductivity black is defined by the following parameters: a) DBP absorption of from 100 to 300 ml/100 g; b) a specific surface area of from 30 to 180 m2/g; c) an ash content of less than 0.1% by weight and d) a grit content of not more than 25 ppm, has improved heat-ageing resistance, and also improved resistance to peroxide-containing motor fuels.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of cyclooctanol from cyclooctene comprising: a. reaction of cyclooctene with formic acid in the absence of an added catalyst to produce a two-phase reaction mixture containing cyclooctyl formate and residual formic acid, b. separation of the two phases into a lower phase rich in formic acid (phase A) and an upper phase low in formic acid (phase B), c. extraction of cyclooctyl formate from phase A to obtain an extract, d. combination of phase B and the extract from phase A, e. distillative work-up of the combination of phase B and the extract from phase A in an apparatus fitted with a short distillation path to obtain crude cyclooctyl formate, and f. catalytic transesterification of the cyclooctyl formate of said crude cyclooctyl formate with an alcohol to produce cyclooctanol.

Abstract: Molecular weight-enlarged, homogeneously soluble ligands are provided that are especially useful for hydrogenation catalysts, wherein the ligands contain homochiral active centers of bis(3,4-diarylphosphinyl)pyrrolidines, and their use in producing cataylsts for enantioselective reactions, as well as the catalysts thus produced.

Abstract: A dish rack for a dishwasher, including a frame and a coating covering the frame and configured to distribute water over a surface of the coating in a thin film.

Abstract: A solid, oxazoline-terminated, urethane-functional polyaddition compound having a melting point ranging from 40-130° C. and a free NCO content of less than 3% by weight, consisting essentially of a reaction product of a) at least one at least difunctional polyisocyanate and b) at least one hydroxy- or amino-functional oxazoline derivative, the ratio of NCO to OH equivalents ranging from 0.8:1.2 to 1.2:0.8.

Abstract: Stable 1:1 monoadducts of secondary aminoalkylalkoxy-silanes and diisocyanates, and a process for preparing them.

Abstract: A process for the isolation of high-boiling monomers from distillation residue formed in the cyclodimerization and/or cyclotrimerization of 1,3-butadiene after target products of cyclooctadiene, vinylcyclohexene and/or cyclododecatriene have been separated off, comprising extracting the distillation residue with a nonpolar or slightly polar solvent, separating off insoluble oligomers and polymers that have at least partly crystallized by mechanical separation, removing the extractant, and isolating the high-boiling monomers.

Abstract: A crosslinkable hot-melt adhesive composition, comprising a reactive powder mixed with a crosslinking component of a crosslinking agent bound in a polyolefin matrix, wherewith the components of the composition do not react by crosslinking until the mixture is melted, said composition being useful for the coating and/or lamination of sheet-like structures.

Abstract: Particulate magnesium ethoxide having a high coarse particle content can be obtained in a simple and economical manner by the present invention, which provides a process for preparing particulate magnesium ethoxide having a coarse grain content, and includes reacting metallic, optionally activated, magnesium with liquid ethanol under pressure at a temperature above 78° C. The present invention also relates to particulate magnesium ethoxide having a coarse grain content, which contains: <40% by weight of a screening fraction ≦500 &mgr;m and ≧60% by weight of a screening fraction >500 &mgr;m.

Abstract: An extrusion-coated metal article is prepared by applying a mixture which comprises an organosilane composition to a metal surface, and then extruding a melt of a polyamide molding composition onto the coated surface thus treated and dried.

Abstract: A process for electrolytically producing an amalgam from metal salt, using an anion exchanger membrane. The chlorine-free process provides amalgam produced from metal salt and having a high degree of purity, and ensures advantageous parameters, such as a low cell voltage and high current efficiencies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing N-acyl-protected amino acids with the general formula I by amidocarbonylation whereby carbon monoxide, an amide/nitrile and an aldehyde, are reacted in the presence of a metal catalysts such as rhodium, iridium or ruthenium catalysts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing vinyl chlorosilanes, that includes thermally and non-catalytically reacting chlorosilane with vinyl chloride at a temperature of 550 to 700° C. by flowing the chlorosilane and vinyl chloride through a ring-gap space in a ring-gap reactor to produce a reaction gas; the ring-gap space having a cross-sectional area and a volume; and, after the flowing, further reacting, adiabatically, the reaction gas in a second zone to produce a hot reaction gas that contains vinylchiorosilane; wherein the second zone has a cross-sectional area that is greater than the cross-sectional area of the ring-gap space; and wherein the second zone has a volume that is in a ratio to the volume of the ring-gap space of 0.15:1 to 1.5:1. The invention also provides an apparatus for carrying out the above process.

Abstract: Transparent or pigmented powder coating materials with crosslinkers comprising hydroxyalkylamides and blocked nonaromatic polyisocyanates.

Abstract: A method for separation of enantiomers of a lactam represented by formula (I): 1