Abstract: The invention concerns a process for encapsulating pigment particles, which comprises (A) producing a dispersion of the pigment to be encapsulated, (B) then applying a polyelectrolyte layer to the surface of the pigment particles, (C) further applying a polyelectrolyte layer having opposite charge to (B), and/or adding low molecular weight, multivalent ions oppositely charged to (B), and (D) if appropriate repeating steps (B) and (C), said steps (B), (C) and if appropriate (D) being carried out in the presence of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: Novel crystalline modifications (eta, theta, iota, kappa) of the C.I. Pigment Yellow 181, obtained when one of the known phases or another inventive phase of said pigment is treated with specific solvents. The novel crystalline phases are characterized by yellow shades and excellent coloring properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment composition of C.I. Pigment Blue 15:6, containing 0.5% to 15% by weight of an additive of the formula (1), based on the weight of the pigment, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are hydrogen; C1-C22 alkyl or C2-C22 alkenyl, whose carbon chain in each case may be interrupted by one or more moieties —O—, —S—, NR9—, —CO— or —SO2— and/or may be substituted one or more times by hydroxyl, halogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C4 alkoxy and/or acetyl; C3-C8 cycloalkyl, whose carbon framework may be interrupted by one or more moieties —O—, —S—, —NR10—, —CO— or —SO2— and/or may be substituted one or more times by hydroxyl, halogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C4 alkoxy and/or acetyl; dehydroabietyl or aryl or heteroaryl, with R9 and R10 independently of one another being hydrogen or C1-C22 alkyl. The pigment composition of the invention is produced with application of a wet grinding process, more particularly a salt kneading operation.

Abstract: Polypropylene wax having a) a dropping or softening point determined by the ring/ball method of greater than 155° C., b) heats of fusion greater than 80 J/g and c) a DSC melting point of >155° C. The waxes of the invention are prepared by reaction of propylene with metallocene compounds at temperatures in the range from 40 to 140° C. and an olefin partial pressure in the range from 1 to 50 bar in the presence of a cocatalyst. They have a content of unsaturated chain ends of less than 10%. They can, for example, be modified by means of a free-radical grafting reaction with polar monomers and are, for example, suitable in unmodified form as dispersants for pigments, as additive in printing inks and surface coatings or toners or in modified form for producing aqueous dispersions or as bonding agents and compatibilizers in plastic compounds.

Abstract: Novel crystalline modifications (eta, theta, iota, kappa) of the C.I. Pigment Yellow 181, obtained when one of the known phases or another inventive phase of said pigment is treated with specific solvents. The novel crystalline phases are characterized by yellow shades and excellent coloring properties.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for encapsulating pigment particles, which comprises (A) producing a dispersion of the pigment to be encapsulated, (B) then applying a polyelectrolyte layer to the surface of the pigment particles, (C) further applying a polyelectrolyte layer having opposite charge to (B), and/or adding low molecular weight, multivalent ions oppositely charged to (B), and (D) if appropriate repeating steps (B) and (C), said steps (B), (C) and if appropriate (D) being carried out in the presence of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: A method for the finishing treatment of organic pigments includes allowing an, optionally milled, organic raw pigment and one or more ionic liquids to interact.

Abstract: This invention relates to process for dihydroxylation of olefins using transition metal catalysts to obtain monofunctional, bifunctional, and/or polyfunctional 1,2-diols of the formula (I) R1R2C(OH)—C(OH)R3R4  (I) where R1 to R4 are defined herein, by reacting an olefin of the formula (II) R1R2C═CR3R4  (II) where R1 to R4 are defined as for formula (I), with molecular oxygen in the presence of an osmium, ruthenium, or manganese compound in water or a water-containing solvent mixture at a pH of from 7.5 to 13.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbonyl compounds by the oxidation of alcohols in the presence of osmium compounds as catalysts in water or a solvent mixture containing water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbonyl compounds by the oxidation of alcohols in the presence of osmium compounds as catalysts in water or a solvent mixture containing water.

Abstract: This invention relates to process for asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins using osmium catalysts to obtain monofunctional, bifunctional, and/or polyfunctional chiral 1,2-diols of the formula (I) R1R2C(OH)—C(OH)R3R4  (I) where R1 to R4 are defined herein, by reacting an olefin of the formula (II) R1R2C═CR3R4  (II) where R1 to R4 are defined as for formula (I), with molecular oxygen in the presence of an osmium compound and a chiral amine ligand in water or a water-containing solvent mixture at a pH of from 8.5 to 13.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of primary aromatic carboxamides by the carbonylation of an aromatic compound, which contains at least one leaving group, with carbon monoxide, in the presence of a homogeneous or heterogeneous Pd catalyst and at least stoichiometric amounts of an amidation agent at elevated temperatures, which is characterized in that a primary carboxamide or a primary urethane is used as the amidation agent, and the reaction is carried out in the presence of an acylation catalyst.