Abstract: 5,6-Dialkyl-7-aminoazolopyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined below: R1 is alkyl, alkoxymethylene or alkoxyethylene, where the aliphatic groups may be substituted as defined in the description; R2 is n-propyl or n-butyl; A is N or CH; R3 is methyl and, if A is CH, additionally hydrogen; processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds, compositions comprising them and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nicotinanilides of the formula I in which: n=0, 1, 2; m=2, 3; X1=F, chlorine; X2=halogen; Y=CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy or methylthio; p=0, 1; R1=halogen, methyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy, methylthio, methylsulfinyl or methylsulfonyl; R2=hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; W=O, S; processes for preparing these compounds, compositions and seed comprising them and also methods for controlling harmful fungi.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolecarboxanilides I in which the variables are as defined below: n is zero or 2; m is 2 or 3; X1 is fluorine or chlorine; X2 is halogen; Y is CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy or methylthio; p is zero or 1; R1 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen or halogen; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; W is O or S; with the proviso that, if a) W?O, R1=methyl and R3 is hydrogen, R2 is not fluorine, or b) W?O, n=0, m=2, p=0, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, R1 is not trifluoromethyl or difluoromethyl, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising them and to methods for using them for controlling harmful fungi.

Abstract: Sulfonamides of the formula I where the substituents are as follows: R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl; and R2, R3, R4, R5 are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halomethyl; R2 and R3 together may also form a phenyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring, it being possible for these rings to carry two groups R2, and R3, R2, R3, are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halomethyl; in case a), if R2, R3, R4 and R5 are hydrogen: X is phenyl substituted by a group —C(R6)?NOR7, where R6 is alkyl and R7 is alkyl, benzyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl or haloalkynyl; and in case b), if at least one of the groups R2, R3, R4 and R5 is not hydrogen: X is phenyl, naphthyl or a five- or six-membered saturated, or partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle which is attached via a carbon atom and contains one to four heteroatoms from the group consisting of O, N and S, where X may be substituted according to the description; Processes for preparing these compounds, compositions comprisi

Abstract: 2-Substituted 7-aminoazolopyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined below: R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, benzyloxyalkyl, alkoxyalkenyl or alkoxyalkynyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl and alkylthioalkyl, where the carbon chains in R1 and/or R2 may be substituted according to the description; R3 is halogen, cyano, NRARB, hydroxyl, mercapto, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cycloalkoxy, cycloalkylthio, carboxyl, formyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyloxycarbonyl, alkynyloxycarbonyl, phenyl, phenoxy, phenylthio, benzyloxy, benzylthio, alkyl-S(O)m—; A is N and CRx; Rx is hydrogen or one of the groups mentioned under R3; processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds, compositions comprising them and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-substituted pyrimidines of the formula I in which the index n and the substituents R1 to R4, B and L are as defined in the description and Y is a group —O— or —S—, and to processes for their preparation, pesticidal compositions and methods for controlling harmful fungi and animal pests using the compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: 5,6-Dialkyl-7-aminoazolopyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined below: R1 is alkyl or alkoxyalkyl, R2 is alkyl, where R1 and/or R2 may be substituted according to the description, A is N or CH, and R3 is CH3 and, if A is CH, additionally hydrogen; processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds, compositions comprising them and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to 5,6-dialkyl-7-amino-triazolopyrimidines of formula (I), in which the substituents are defined as follows: R1 represents alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; R2 represents alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, R1 and/or R2 being substituted according to the description. The invention also relates to a method for producing said compounds, to agents containing the latter and to their use for controlling plant-pathogenic fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-substituted pyrimidines of the formula I in which the index n and the substituents R1 to R3 and L are as defined in the description and R4 corresponds to one of the formulae in which Ra, X and Rb are as defined in the description; and also to processes for preparing these compounds, to pesticidal compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as pesticides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N-(ortho-phenyl)-1-methyl-3-difluoromethylpyrazole-4-carboxanilides of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined below: R1 and R2 independently of one another are halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, cyano, nitro, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy or difluoromethoxy.

Abstract: The invention relates to 7-aminomethyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds of general formula (I) and the agriculturally compatible salts of said compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to 5,6-cycloalkyl-7-aminotriazolopyrimidines of formula (I), where X=alkylene or alkenylene, whereby the carbon chain can be interrupted by one or two heteroatoms selected from S, O or NR1, R1?H, alkyl or C(?O)alkyl, L=halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyl, alkinyl or NR2R3; R2,R3=each one of the groups given for R1 and m=a whole number from 0 to 5, whereby the aliphatic groups can be substituted by one to three of the following groups: halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkylthio, or NRaRb, where Ra, Rb?H or alkyl in which the carbon chains can be halogenated. The invention further relates to methods for production of said compounds, agents comprising the same and use thereof for the prevention of fungal pests harmful to plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to fungicidal mixtures containing in the form of active components 1) 5-methyl-7-amino-triazolopyrimidine of formula (I), wherein R1 is alkyl, halogenalkyl, alkenyl or cyclopentyl, R2 is hydrogen or alkyl, R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound may form a piperidinyl cycle substitutable by a methyl group, L1 is fluorine or chlorine, L2, L3 are independently from each other hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine and 2) at least one type of active substance selected from groups A) azoles, B) strobilurins, C) acyl alanines, D) amine derivatives, E) anilinopyrimidines; F) dicarboximides; G) cinnamic acid amides and analogues thereof, H) antibiotics, K) dithiocarbamates, L) heterocyclic compounds, M) sulphur and copper fungicides, N) nitrophenyl derivatives, O) phenylpyrroles, P) sulfenic acid derivatives, Q) other fungicides and R) growth retardants according to the descriptions, wherein said mixtures contain the compounds in a synergically efficient amount.

Abstract: Substituted triazolopyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined below: R1 is alkyl, halocycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, halocycloalkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkynyl or naphthyl, or a five- or six-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle comprising one to four heteroatoms from the group consisting of O, N and S, R2 is hydrogen, alkyl or one of the groups mentioned under R1; R1 and/or R2 may carry one to four identical or different groups Ra: Ra is chlorine, bromine, iodine, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylthio, alkylamino, dialkyl-amino, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkenyloxy, haloalkenyloxy, alkynyl, halo-alkynyl, alkynyloxy, haloalkynyloxy, cycloalkoxy, cycloalkenyloxy, oxyalkylenoxy, naphthyl, a five- to ten-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycle comprising one to four heteroatoms from the group consisting of O, N and S, where these aliphatic, alicycl

Abstract: Stereomerically pure (+)-2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, substantially free of its (?) isomer, and prodrugs, metabolites, polymorphs, salts, solvates, hydrates, and clathrates thereof are discussed. Also discussed are methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the (+) enantiomer of 2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating and/or preventing disorders ameliorated by the reduction of levels of TNF-? or the inhibition of PDE4.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-(pyridin-2-yl)-pyrimidine compounds of general formula (I) and their use for controlling pathogenic fungi and as plant protection products that, as an active constituent, contain compounds of this type, whereby: k represents 0, 1, 2, 3; m represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; n represents 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R1, independent of one another, represents halogen, OH, CN, NO2, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyl halide, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkoxy halide, C2-C4 alkenyl, C2-C4 alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy-C1-C4 alkyl, amino, phenoxy, which is optionally substituted by halogen or C1-C4 alkyl, NHR, NR2, C(Ra)?N—ORb, S(?O)pA1 or C(?O)A2, or two radicals R1 bound to adjacent carbon atoms can, together, also represent a group —O-Alk-O—, wherein Alk represents a linear or branched C1-C4 alkylene, and 1, 2, 3 or 4 hydrogen atoms can also be replaced by halogen; R2 represents C1-C4 alkyl halide, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkoxy halide, hydroxy, halogen, CN or NO2; whereby R2 can also represent hydrogen or C1-C4 a

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing silane or hydrochlorosilanes by disproportionation of a higher chlorinated hydrochlorosilane or a mixture of said hydrochlorosilanes in the presence of a catalyst. Before the catalyst is used, it is a) washed with hyper-pure water in one or several steps; b) transferred in the water-moist state to the reactor in which the disproportionation is to proceed; c) treated in the reactor with boiling methanol or rinsed with anhydrous methanol; and d) the methanol is removed from the catalyst by evacuation and/or stripping with inert gas. The invention further relates to a method for treating disproportionation catalysts.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-(2-pyridyl)-5-phenyl-6-aminopyrimidines of formula I, wherein the substitutes and the index have the following meaning: R1 represents halogen, hydroxy, hyano, hxo, nitro, amino, mercapto, alkyl, halogenalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, halogenalkoxy, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylamincarbonyl, morpholinocarbonyl, pyrrolidinocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylamino.

Abstract: A laser welding device includes a laser that generates a laser beam, an optics, and a limiting apparatus. The optics has a focal length of at least 200 nm and being configured to focus the laser beam onto a processing zone of a workpiece. The limiting apparatus limits a mixture of welding gases and heated ambient air, produced during laser welding, within the laser beam to a region that is less than the focal length from a surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: The invention relates to 2-substituted pyrimidines of the formula I in which the index n and these substituents R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description and R4 is as defined below: R4 corresponds to one of the formulae where Ra is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, C2-C8-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl or C1-C4-alkoxy and R5 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C1-C4-alkyloxy-C1-C2-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C2-alkyl or phenyloxy-C1-C2-alkyl, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as pesticides.