Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2,3,5-trimethyl-p-benzoquinone by oxidation of 2,3,5- or 2,3,6-trimethylphenol using oxygen or a gas mixture containing oxygen in the presence of a two-phase liquid reaction medium composed of water and a neocarboxylic acid having to 11 carbon atoms with a copper (II) halide-containing catalyst system at elevated temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to preferably recombinant DNA derived from Corynebacterium and replicable in coryneform microorganisms, which contains at least one nucleotide sequence that codes for the thrE gene, and a process for the production of L-threonine.

Abstract: Carbon black characterized by a STSA surface of between 20 and 180 m2/g, a 24M4-DBP absorption of between 40 and 140 ml/100 g, a specific BET surface of between 20 and 250 m2/g, a content of 0.01 to 20 wt. % of silicon, referred to its overall weight, and a tan &dgr;0/tan &dgr;60 ratio greater than 3.37−0.0068 STSA is produced by mixing silicon-containing compounds with the carbon black raw materials in the oxidative pyrolysis of the carbon black raw materials and optionally using carbon black oil as fuel. The carbon black can be used as a filler in rubber mixtures, preferably for tires.

Abstract: The invention relates to L-lysine-producing strains of corynebacteria with enhanced pyc gene (pyruvate carboxylase gene), in which strains additional genes, chosen from the group consisting of the dapA gene (dihydrodipicolinate synthase gene), the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), the lysE gene (lysine export carrier gene) and the dapB gene (dihydrodipicolinate reductase gene), but especially the dapA gene, are enhanced and, in particular, over-expressed, and to a process for the preparation of L-lysine.

Abstract: Dental material based on polymerizable (for example ethylenically unsaturated) monomers, epoxides, ormocers, liquid crystal monomers, oxethanes, spiro-orthoesters or spiro-carbonates as binders, a catalyst for cold, hot and/or photo-polymerization, and fillers, and a process for its preparation. Porous glass ceramics, a process for their preparation and uses thereof are also described. Dental materials according to the invention are suitable as alternative materials to the use of amalgam fillings.

Abstract: The invention relates to nucleotide sequences coding for the accDA gene and to a process for the preparation of L-amino acids, especially L-lysine, by fermentation using corynebacteria in which the accDA gene is amplified.

Abstract: A novel rec-L-N-carbamoylase from Arthrobacter aurescens and its method of use for producing L-amino acids. The recombinantly produced L-carbamoylase is unexpectedly stable, so that an industrial method of producing L-amino acids can be established with it, in contrast to previously known L-carbamoylases.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous L-lysine-containing animal feed supplements, which optionally contain inactivated microorganisms from fermentation and have a pH value <7 and a process for producing this preparation.

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: A method for epoxidation of olefins with 2 to 6 C atoms, especially propene, with hydrogen peroxide in the gas phase at a temperature below 250° C. The reaction is carried out by bringing a gas mixture containing the olefin, hydrogen peroxide and water into contact with the catalyst from the series of compounds of an element of the 4th to the 6th subgroup of the periodic table or of arsenic or selenium and molecular sieves in the absence of a liquid phase. Titanium-containing molecular sleeves are preferred catalysts.

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: Transparent or pigmented powder coating materials with crosslinkers comprising hydroxyalkylamides and polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to silver-palladium alloys for the manufacture of dental prostheses which can be faced with dental ceramic. Because of selected contents of the alloy elements indium, tin and zinc, these cause no discolorations when combined with low-melting dental ceramic with a coefficient of thermal expansion of approx. 16.5 &mgr;m/mK.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexa-3-en-1-one (&bgr;-isophorone) by isomerization of 3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexa-2-en-1-one (&agr;-isophorone) in the liquid phase in the presence of a salt-like or organometallic catalyst. By using catalytic quantities of alkali-metal salts or alkaline-earth salts and/or their organometallic compounds, and without addition of a further auxiliary substance, the space-time yield in the preparation of &bgr;-isophorone is high. &bgr;-Isophorone is particularly suitable as an intermediate product for the preparation of ketoisophorone.

Abstract: A shaped, activated metal, fixed-bed catalyst with a pore volume of 0.05 to 1 ml/g and an outer activated layer consisting of a sintered, finely-divided, catalyst alloy and optionally promoters. The catalyst alloy has metallurgical phase domains, resulting from the method of preparation of the alloy, in which the largest phase by volume has a specific interface density of more than 0.5 &mgr;m−1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the one-stage resalting and purification of oligopeptides. Oligopeptides are often not formed directly as acetates when synthesised. Acetate salts of oligopeptides are however desirable as bulk-active material for medical and formulation reasons. Processes known from the prior art have hitherto involved two separate steps or pyridine-containing solvents. The resalting and purification can be combined in one step and the use of pyridine as solvent can be avoided, if the oligopeptide in the form of its chloride salt is purified with an acetate-containing solvent by liquid chromatography methods.

Abstract: Inversion carbon blacks and a method for their manufacture are disclosed. The inversion carbon blacks have a lower rolling resistance with identical or improved wet skid behavior. The particle size distribution contains a smaller proportion of particles with large diameters. This leads to an improved abrasion behavior of rubber compounds which were prepared using these carbon blacks. The inversion carbon blacks can be manufactured in conventional carbon black reactors by controlling the combustion in the combustion chamber in such a manner that carbon black nuclei form, which are immediately brought into contact with the carbon black raw material. The carbon blacks present a lower proportion of larger particles if the additions of combustion air and carbon black raw material are increased in an appropriate manner.

Abstract: A process for reducing the nitrogen oxides content of the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine includes treating the exhaust gas in an electric gas discharge such that at least one of nitrogen dioxide or nitric acid are formed from nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas; storing the nitrogen dioxides and/or the nitric acid in the form of nitrates on a nitrogen oxides storage material during phases when the engine operates with a greater than a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio (i.e., the storage phase); decomposing the nitrates to give nitrogen oxides during brief phases when the engine operates with a less than the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio (i.e., the desorption phase); and reducing the nitrogen oxides which are released from the storage material to nitrogen. The nitrogen oxides storage material may be located in an electric gas discharge zone, and the exhaust gas may be passed through the discharge and then over the storage material.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of coated peroxygen compounds, in particular sodium percarbonate, by fluidized bed coating. By using a fluidized bed reactor with a radial inflow base, the passage openings of which allow the fluidized bed gas to emerge in the region of the opening at an angle of less than 35°, measured with respect to the horizontal, in the form of directed part streams, and in which are arranged spray nozzles, the pulse of which points in the same direction as the pulse of the fluidizing gas, it is possible to obtain products with an increased active oxygen stability. A circular reactor, the inflow base of which has lamellae overlapping like turbine blades and nozzles aligned in the direction of rotation of the fluidized bed is preferred.

Abstract: Sulfanylsilanes of the formula X1X2X3Si—A—S—SiR1R2R3 are prepared by reacting mercaptosilanes of the formula X1X2X3Si—Alkyl—SH with chlorosilanes Cl—SiR1R2R3. They are used as coupling agents in rubber mixtures.