Abstract: A soft-magnetic powder coated with a silicon-based coating, wherein the silicon-based coating comprises at least one fluorine containing composition of formula (I), Si1-0.75c MCO2-0.5c Fd (I), wherein c is in the range of 0.01 to 0.5, d is in the range of 0.04 to 2, and M is B or Al.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of piperazine compounds of formula (I) or the agriculturally useful salts of piperazine compounds of formula (I) as herbicides, the variables in formula (I) being defined as cited in the claims and the description.

Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to two crystalline forms of 2-[2-chloro-4-methylsulfonyl-3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-ethoxymethyl)benzoyl]cyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also known under the common name tembotrione. The invention also relates to a process for the production of these crystalline forms and formulations for plant protection which contain one of these crystalline forms of tembotrione.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaroyl-substituted serinamides of the formula (I) in which the variables A and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of the compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of surface-modified nanoparticulate copper compounds and of aqueous suspensions which comprise surface-modified nanoparticulate copper compounds. The invention furthermore relates to the surface-modified nanoparticulate copper compounds obtainable by these processes and aqueous suspensions of these copper compounds and their use as an antimicrobial active substance or catalyst.

Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.

Abstract: A process for preparing piperazinedione derivatives of the formula I in which R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl and alkylcarbonyl, R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, C3-C4-alkynyl and C(?O)R11, R3, R4 are each hydrogen, alkyl and haloalkyl, where the groups may be substituted, which comprises reacting amines of the formula II H2N—R1??II in which R1 is hydrogen and alkyl which may optionally be substituted with N-acylated amino acid derivatives of the formula III in which X is halogen, Y is halogen, alkoxy or phenyloxy which may be substituted and R2, R3 and R4 are each as defined at the outset, under basic conditions in an aqueous solvent.

Abstract: Piperazine compounds of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the piperazine compounds of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one piperazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaroyl-substituted serineamides of the formula I in which the variables A and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of the compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoyl-substituted serinamides of the formula I in which the variables R1 to R11 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidally active compositions comprising at least one piperazinedione compound of the formula I in which: Rx, Ry are each hydrogen or together are a chemical bond; R1 is cyano or nitro; R2 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, C1-C2-alkyl, ethenyl or C1-C2-alkoxy; R3 is fluorine or hydrogen; R4 is methyl; R5 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; R6 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and R7 is hydrogen or halogen; and at least one further active compound selected from the group consisting of b1) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors; b2) acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS inhibitors); b3) photosynthesis inhibitors; b4) protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors, b5) bleacher herbicides; b6) enolpyruvyl shikimate 3-phosphate synthase inhibitors (EPSP inhibitors); b7) glutamine synthetase inhibitors; b8) 7,8-dihydropteroate synthase inhibitors (DHP inhibitors); b9) mitose inhibitors; b10) inhibitors of the synthesis of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA inhibitors); b11) cellulose biosynthesis i

Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazine compounds of the general formula I defined below and to their use as herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to compositions for crop protection and to a method for controlling unwanted vegetation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazine compounds of the general formula I defined below and to their use as herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to compositions for crop protection and to a method for controlling unwanted vegetation. In formula I, A1, A2 independently of one another are aryl or heteroaryl, where Ra is attached in the ortho-position to the point of attachment of A1 to a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom of A1, Y1, Y2 are oxygen, sulfur or a group NRy1, and the variables Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description.

Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazine compounds of the general formula I defined below and to their use as herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to compositions for crop protection and to a method for controlling unwanted vegetation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaroyl-substituted serinamides of the formula (I) in which the variables A and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of the compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to two crystalline forms of 2-[2-chloro-4-methylsulfonyl-3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-ethoxymethyl)benzoyl]cyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also known under the common name tembotrione. The invention also relates to a process for the production of these crystalline forms and formulations for plant protection which contain one of these crystalline forms of tembotrione.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoyl-substituted alanines of the formula I in which the variables R1 to R13 are as defined in the description, and to agriculturally useful salts thereof, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaroyl-substituted alanines of the formula I in which the variables A and R1 to R8 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.