Abstract: The present invent ion concerns a method for preparing a fatty amidoalkyldialkylamine by reacting a fatty acid with a dialkylaminoalkylamine, using a molar ratio of said dialkylaminoalkylamine to said fatty acid of more than 1 and up to 1.5, in the presence of Candida antarctica lipase as catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfate-free aqueous concentrate comprising at least: (i) at least 25% by weight of opacifier particles selected from C16-C22 fatty acid, C16-C22 fatty alcohol, mono-, di- and tri-C16-C22 esters of glycerol, mono- and di-C16-C22 esters of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol, C16-C22 fatty acid alkanolamides and mixtures thereof, with said particles are having a median diameter ranging from 1 to 15 ?m; (ii) an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant, (iii) water, with the total amount of surfactants in said aqueous concentrate ranging from 0.5 to 15% by weight, relative to the total weight of the aqueous concentrate. It also relates to the use of such an aqueous concentrate as an opacifier. The aqueous concentrate of the invention may be used as an opacifier in a composition, to replace at least some of a styrene opacifier or titanium dioxide in said composition.

Abstract: A process for oligomerizing isocyanates includes a step of continuous conversion of an isocyanate monomer into polyisocyanate containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the conversion step is carried out in a reactor having a specific heat exchange coefficient of greater than or equal to approximately 200 kW/m3/° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of compounds comprising two nitrile functional groups. It relates more particularly to a process for the manufacture of dinitrile compounds from compounds comprising a nitrile functional group and an ethylenic unsaturation in the presence of a catalytic system comprising an organometallic complex and a cocatalyst of the Lewis acid type. The process of the invention comprises a stage of treatment of the reaction medium resulting from the hydrocyanation which makes it possible to extract and recover the metal element of the Lewis acid.

Abstract: A process for oligomerizing isocyanates includes a step of continuous conversion of an isocyanate monomer into polyisocyanate containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the conversion step is carried out in a reactor having a specific heat exchange coefficient of greater than or equal to approximately 200 kW/m3/° C.

Abstract: A method for making a chiral transition metal-ligand catalyst complex that is active in catalyzing stereoselective ring opening reactions includes contacting an asymmetric tetradentate ligand, in an excess of a Brønsted acid, with a salt of a first row transition metal, wherein the acidity of the conjugate acid of the salt is the same as or less than the acidity of the Brønsted acid, under conditions effective to allow formation of the active chiral transition metal-ligand catalyst complex, and forming a solution of the complex in a water-miscible, protic solvent from which the active complex can be precipitated by the addition of water and adding water to the solution to precipitate at least a portion of the complex.

Abstract: A method for making a chiral transition metal-ligand catalyst complex that is active in catalyzing stereoselective ring opening reactions includes contacting an asymmetric tetradentate ligand, in an excess of a Brønsted acid, with a salt of a first row transition metal, wherein the acidity of the conjugate acid of the salt is the same as or less than the acidity of the Brønsted acid, under conditions effective to allow formation of the active chiral transition metal-ligand catalyst complex, and forming a solution of the complex in a water-miscible, protic solvent from which the active complex can be precipitated by the addition of water and adding water to the solution to precipitate at least a portion of the complex.