Abstract: Microcapsule comprising a shell and a core, wherein said core comprises a pesticide and a water immiscible solvent and wherein said shell comprises an organic polymer, wherein said microcapsule further comprises a protective colloid of silica particles.

Abstract: Microcapsules including a capsule shell and a capsule core are disclosed, as well as plant propagation materials including the microcapsules and a process for manufacturing the microcapsules. The capsule shell includes a polyester, and the capsule core includes a water-soluble pesticide and at least 10 wt % of water based on a total weight of the capsule core. A method for controlling undesired insect or mite attack, harmful fungi, and/or undesired vegetation, and/or for regulating the growth of crop plants is also disclosed, wherein the method includes application of the microcapsules. A method of using of the microcapsules to reduce volatility or leaching behavior of the pesticide is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant which comprises a carbonate of the formula (I); to a pesticide formulation comprising the tank mix adjuvant; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix or the pesticide formulation is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment; and to a use of the tank mix adjuvant for increasing the efficacyl of a pesticide.

Abstract: Provided herein is a matrix particle comprising a hydrocarbon wax as matrix and a pesticide dispersed in the matrix. Also provided herein is a method for producing a matrix particle comprising a hydrocarbon wax as matrix and a pesticide dispersed in the matrix, where the method comprises the steps of a) providing a liquid premix comprising the hydrocarbon wax and the pesticide, b) generating droplets of the premix by a vibrating nozzle, and c) solidifying the droplets in a cooling medium. Further provided herein is a matrix particle obtained by the method, and a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi, undesired plant growth, insect or mite attack, and for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the matrix particle is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment, crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, the soil or undesired plants.

Abstract: Provided herein are microcapsules comprising a capsule core and a capsule shell. The capsule shell includes a core surrounding a layer of a polyvinyl alcohol and an adjacent layer of a polyoxazoline, and the capsule core includes a water-insoluble pesticide. Further provided herein is a process for producing the microcapsule, including: a) preparation of an oil-in-water emulsion with a disperse phase which includes the pesticide and an aqueous continuous phase and the polyvinyl alcohol, and b) subsequent addition of one or more of the polyoxazoline. The process relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi, undesired plant growth, and/or undesired insect or mite attack, and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the microcapsules act on the respective pests, their environment, the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil, on undesired plants, on the crop plants, and/or on the environment of each plant.

Abstract: Provided herein is a matrix particle comprising a hydrocarbon wax as matrix and a pesticide dispersed in the matrix. Also provided herein is a method for producing a matrix particle comprising a hydrocarbon wax as matrix and a pesticide dispersed in the matrix, where the method comprises the steps of a) providing a liquid premix comprising the hydrocarbon wax and the pesticide, b) generating droplets of the premix by a vibrating nozzle, and c) solidifying the droplets in a cooling medium. Further provided herein is a matrix particle obtained by the method, and a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi, undesired plant growth, insect or mite attack, and for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the matrix particle is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment, crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, the soil or undesired plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting a pesticide formulation, water, and a tank mix adjuvant which comprises a carbonate of the formula (I); to a pesticide formulation comprising the tank mix adjuvant; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the tank mix or the pesticide formulation is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment; and to a use of the tank mix adjuvant for increasing the efficacyl of a pesticide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing microcapsules which contain a shell and a core of a liquid water-insoluble material, where (a) a premix (I) is prepared from water and a protective colloid; (b) a further premix (II) is prepared from the water-insoluble material and at least bifunctional isocyanate (A) or a mixture of two or more different isocyanates containing (A); (c) the two premixes (I) and (II) are mixed together until an emulsion is formed; (d) at least a bifunctional amine is then poured into the emulsion from step (c); and (e) the emulsion is then heated until the microcapsules are formed, and where the liquid water-insoluble material comprises a pesticide, where the protective colloid is a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer having hydrolysis degrees from 60 to 99.9%, and where the polyvinyl alcohol copolymer contains comonomers with anionic groups. Further subject matter are microcapsules obtainable by said process.

Abstract: An improved process is proposed for preparing cyclocarbonate-functionalized compounds of the general formula (I) where R1 and R2 in each occurrence are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl, l in each occurrence independently is from 2 to 50, m in each occurrence independently is 0 or 1, and n is =3, subject to the proviso that the sum of all l values in the molecule is from 5 to 100, by reacting a chloroformate of formula (II) with a trifunctional amine of the general formula (III) characterized in that the reacting is carried out in an aqueous/organic two-phase system in the presence of an auxiliary base and of a phase transfer catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising at least 200 g/l of an anionic pesticide and at least 50 g/l of an inorganic base. It further relates to a method for preparing the composition comprising the step of contacting the anionic pesticide and the inorganic base; a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, which comprises contacting plants, seed, soil or habitat of plants in or on which the harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi are growing or may grow, plants, seed or soil to be protected from attack or infestation by said harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi with an effective amount of the composition; and to a method of controlling undesired vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of the composition to act on plants, their habitat or on seed of said plants.

Abstract: An improved process is proposed for preparing cyclocarbonate-functionalized compounds of the general formula (I) where R1 and R2 in each occurrence are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl, I in each occurrence independently is from 2 to 50, m in each occurrence independently is 0 or 1, and n is =3, subject to the proviso that the sum of all I values in the molecule is from 5 to 100, by reacting a chloroformate of formula (II) with a trifunctional amine of the general formula (III) characterized in that the reacting is carried out in an aqueous/organic two-phase system in the presence of an auxiliary base and of a phase transfer catalyst.

Abstract: A water-dispersible, cyclocarbonate-functionalized vinyl copolymer binder, a process for the preparation of the binder, an aqueous dispersion containing the binder, a system comprising the binder, water and an (amine) curing agent and the use of the binder for the production of a hardened coating are proposed. It was surprisingly found that this binder, in which the emulsifier groups according to the invention are incorporated in the polymer chain, gives stable aqueous dispersions having a solids content of up to a 30% by weight.

Abstract: 2-Oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, according to the following formula, in which R1 represents a negative charge, hydrogen or may be methyl or ethyl or an n-valent radical, which may be substituted with at most n?1 further 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxyl groups, as well as a process for their preparation by means of carboxylation of the corresponding epoxides, a process for their transesterification and their use for the preparation of hydroxyurethanes and as end groups for the blocking of amines.

Abstract: Proposed are 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, according to the following formula, in which R1 represents a negative charge, hydrogen or can be preferably Me or Et or a radical having a valency of 2 to 5, which is substituted with an amount of further 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxyl groups equal to the radical valency minus 1, as well as a process for their preparation by means of carboxylation of the corresponding epoxides, a process for their transesterification and their use for the preparation of hydroxyurethanes and as end groups for the blocking of amines.

Abstract: A water-dispersible, cyclocarbonate-functionalized vinyl copolymer binder, a process for the preparation of the binder, an aqueous dispersion containing the binder, a system comprising the binder, water and an (amine) curing agent and the use of the binder for the production of a hardened coating are proposed. It was surprisingly found that this binder, in which the emulsifier groups according to the invention are incorporated in the polymer chain, gives stable aqueous dispersions having a solids content of up to a 30% by weight.

Abstract: 2-Oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, according to the following formula, in which R1 represents a negative charge, hydrogen or may be methyl or ethyl or an n-valent radical, which may be substituted with at most n?1 further 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane-4-carboxyl groups, as well as a process for their preparation by means of carboxylation of the corresponding epoxides, a process for their transesterification and their use for the preparation of hydroxyurethanes and as end groups for the blocking of amines.