Abstract: A method for the electrochemical preparation of alkanedicarboxylic acids involves a ring-opening oxidation with a doped Ni(O)OH foam electrode in an aqueous alkaline solution.

Abstract: A method for the electrochemical preparation of alkanedicarboxylic acids involves a ring-opening oxidation with a doped Ni(O)OH foam electrode in an aqueous alkaline solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating thermoplastic compositions for mechanically and/or thermally loaded component parts.

Abstract: Polyamides are claimed that comprise at least 10% by weight of at least one cyclic terpenoid substructure. The substructure is preferably derived from a monoterpene. A method for preparing the polyamides and for producing the moulding compounds is also described. The moulding compounds comprise 10% to 90% by weight of these polyamides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the purification of poly(arylene ethers) of formula (I) in which m=0 to 1.0, n=1.0-m, and Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 independently represent divalent arylene groups. The compound of formula (I) is produced in a first step 1, with a raw product being obtained by bringing a metal or ammonium salt of divalent dihydroxy derivatives of Ar1 or Ar3 into contact with one or more dihalogenated derivatives of Ar2 and/or Ar4, in the presence of a solvent LM1. A precipitate that is present, if appropriate, is separated (step B) so as to obtain a solution L which then undergoes a membrane filtration (step C).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the purification of poly(arylene ethers) of formula (I) in which m=0 to 1.0, n=1.0-m, and Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 independently represent divalent arylene groups. The compound of formula (I) is produced in a first step 1, with a raw product being obtained by bringing a metal or ammonium salt of divalent dihydroxy derivatives of Ar1 or Ar3 into contact with one or more dihalogenated derivatives of Ar2 and/or Ar4, in the presence of a solvent LM1. A precipitate that is present, if appropriate, is separated (step B) so as to obtain a solution L which then undergoes a membrane filtration (step C).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a flexible mineral building material and the building material obtained according to said method.

Abstract: A nail varnish additive contains a) at least one silane of the general formula wherein the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4 are identical or different, have 1 to 40 carbon atoms and are non-crosslinking, and optionally b) at least one solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a flexible mineral building material and the building material obtained according to said method.

Abstract: Novel fluorine-containing compositions which have improved surface properties for the permanent oil- and water-repellent surface treatment or modification of mineral and nonmineral substrates for various fields of application and are present in single-component form are claimed. These compositions have, at a reduced fluorine content, significantly improved use properties and they can, in combination with suitable stabilizing components and hydrophilic silane components, be additionally optimized in terms of their hydrophobic, oleophobic and dirt-repellent properties, and they have excellent storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to, for example, a nail varnish additive, a nail varnish additive composition for improving at least one property of nail varnishes, the nail varnish additive composition being, in one embodiment, in the form of a sol-gel system; to a process for forming a nail varnish additive composition; to a process for forming a nail varnish comprising a nail varnish additive composition; to a nail varnish comprising a nail varnish additive composition; to a process for forming a laminate comprising a nail and the nail varnish additive composition; and to a laminate comprising a nail and the nail varnish additive.

Abstract: Fluorine-containing and two-component compositions exhibit improved surface properties for the permanent oil- and water-repellent surface treatment or modification of mineral and non-mineral substrates for various fields of application. At a simultaneously reduced fluorine content, these compositions have considerably improved application properties and, in combination with suitable stabilizing components and hydrophilic silane components, they exhibit excellent hydrophobic, oleophobic and soil-repellent properties, having overall excellent storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to, for example, a nail varnish additive, a nail varnish additive composition for improving at least one property of nail varnishes, the nail varnish additive composition being, in one embodiment, in the form of a sol-gel system; to a process for forming a nail varnish additive composition; to a process for forming a nail varnish comprising a nail varnish additive composition; to a nail varnish comprising a nail varnish additive composition; to a process for forming a laminate comprising a nail and the nail varnish additive composition; and to a laminate comprising a nail and the nail varnish additive.

Abstract: A nail varnish additive contains a) at least one silane of the general formula wherein the radicals R1, R2, R3, R4 are identical or different, have 1 to 40 carbon atoms and are non-crosslinking, and optionally b) at least one solvent.

Abstract: A description is given of an optionally fluorinated polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion with enhanced surface properties (low critical surface tensions ?c and very high contact angles ?) which is obtainable by a) preparing a dispersion component (binder) based on an aqueous solution or dispersion of an optionally hydroxy- and/or amino-functional polyurethane-polymer hybrid having optionally fluorinated side chains and, if desired, b) subsequently reacting the dispersion component from stage a) with a crosslinker component (D). The polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion of the invention can be prepared in solvent-free or low-solvent fashion and with high solids content and requires only a very low level of stabilizing groups.

Abstract: A description is given of an optionally fluorinated polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion with enhanced surface properties (low critical surface tensions ?c and very high contact angles ?) which is obtainable by a) preparing a dispersion component (binder) based on an aqueous solution or dispersion of an optionally hydroxy- and/or amino-functional polyurethane-polymer hybrid having optionally fluorinated side chains and, if desired, b) subsequently reacting the dispersion component from stage a) with a crosslinker component (D). The polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion of the invention can be prepared in solvent-free or low-solvent fashion and with high solids content and requires only a very low level of stabilizing groups.

Abstract: A description is given of a fluorine-modified one- or two-component polyurethane resin having improved surface properties, which is obtainable by a) preparing a fluorine-modified polyurethane prepolymer having free isocyanate groups or free amino and/or hydroxyl groups, or a fluorine-modified polyol mixture having free hydroxyl groups (binder), and by b) preparing a fluorine-modified polyurethane resin having a polymer-bonded fluorine content of 1% to 4% by weight in the system as a whole by reacting the fluorine-modified polyurethane prepolymer from stage a3) in the case of a one-component application with atmospheric moisture, or reacting the fluorine-modified polyurethane prepolymer or polyol mixture (binder) in the case of a two-component application with a crosslinker component (D) (curing agent), with a formulating component (F)(ii) in the presence if desired of a solvent component (L)(iii) and also of a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition and a method for preparing high-concentration aqueous solutions of betaines or amine oxides which comprise a water-soluble carbohydrate. The high-concentration aqueous solutions of the present invention are pumpable, viscous liquids which are self preserving and remain storage stable for long periods without any bacterial decomposition. The high-concentration aqueous solutions of the present invention are prepared by adding a water-soluble carbohydrate such as cyclodextrins or dextrans to an aqueous solution of the betaine or amine oxide and concentrating the aqueous solution to provide the high-concentration aqueous solution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hydrolysis-stable ammonium nitriles by reacting a compound of formula (1), wherein R1, R2, and R3 are identical or different and represent linear or branched C1–C24-alkyl groups, C2–C24-alkenyl groups, substituted or non-substituted benzyl or C1–C4-alkoxy-C1–C4-alkyl groups, or wherein R1 and R2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a ring with 4 to 6 C-atoms which can be substituted with C1–C5 alkyl, C1–C5 alkoxy, C1–C5 alkanoyl, phenyl, amino, ammonium, cyano, cyanamino, chlorine or bromine and which can contain in addition to the nitrogen atom, instead of the carbon atoms, one or two oxygen or nitrogen atoms, a group N—R6 or a group R3—N—R6, wherein R6 is hydrogen, C1–C5-alkyl, C2–C5-alkenyl, C2–C5-alkinyl, phenyl, C7–C9-aralkyl, C5–C7-cycloalkyl, C1–C6-alkanoyl, cyanomethyl or cyan, R4 and R5 are hydrogen, C1–C4-alkyl, C1–C4-alkenyl, C1–C4-alkoxy-C1–C4-alkyl, phenyl or C1–C3-alkylphenyl, preferably hydrogen, methyl or phenyl, R4 esp

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the stability in storage of bleach activators of the quaternized amino alkyl nitrile type. To this end, the invention provides that a particle containing these bleach activators is enclosed in the most complete possible manner by an enclosing material.