Abstract: A process for modification, in particular for surface modification of an organophilic clay material, encompassing the following steps: a) provision of a dry, pulverulent, organophilic clay material (component a); b) provision of at least one additive (component b) for modification of component a); c) intensive mixing of components a) and b) in a high-shear mixing assembly, where no water or solvent is added or used for addition of component b).

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, in particular a pulverulent master batch, comprising at least one nanoclay composed of a swellable inorganic layered material which has been modified by at least one siloxane component and by at least one non-anionic organic compound which has at least one aliphatic or cyclic radical having from 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The pulverulent master batch can result in a homogeneous mixture with a polymer powder and can be used as such. Also, a polymer master batch can be produced by compounding of the pulverulent master batch with a carrier polymer. The pulverulent master batch or the polymer master batch can be used as filler or in filler systems in various polymer compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, in particular a pulverulent master batch, comprising at least one nanoclay composed of a swellable inorganic layered material which has been modified by at least one siloxane component and by at least one non-anionic organic compound which has at least one aliphatic or cyclic radical having from 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The pulverulent master batch can result in a homogeneous mixture with a polymer powder and can be used as such. Also, a polymer master batch can be produced by compounding of the pulverulent master batch with a carrier polymer. The pulverulent master batch or the polymer master batch can be used as filler or in filler systems in various polymer compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, in particular to a pulverulent masterbatch, which comprises a nanoclay composed of a swellable inorganic layered material which has been modified by a pre-exfoliating additive or by an additive mixture. The additive or the additive mixture has been selected from the group of the ethylene-propylene copolymers (EPM), the ethylene-propylene terpolymers (EPDM), the thermoplastic elastomers, the coupling agents, the crosslinking agents, or their mixtures. The pulverulent masterbatch or the composition can give a homogeneous mixture with a polymer powder and can be used in that form. It is also possible to prepare a polymer masterbatch via compounding of the pulverulent masterbatch with a carrier polymer. The powder masterbatch or the polymer masterbatch may be used as a filler or in filler systems in a very wide variety of polymer compositions.

Abstract: A filler composition for thermoplastic olefins or thermoplastic elastomers which comprises a halogen-free, flame-inhibiting filler which has been surface-treated with fatty acid derivatives and optionally a siloxane derivative.

Abstract: Herbicides containing at least one substituted pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine I ##STR1## or a plant-tolerated salt of those compounds I in which at least one of the substituents R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 is an acidic or a basic group,and at least one herbicidal active ingredient selected fromA) the group consisting of the cyclohexenone derivatives II, orB) the group consisting of the 2-(heteroaryloxy)- or 2-(4-aryloxy)-phenoxycarboxylic acid derivative.

Abstract: Azolylmethylspiro[2.5]octanols of the formula ##STR1## where A and R are each hydrogen or alkyl;D is alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, biphenylyl, naphthyl, hetaryl or phenyl, it being possible for each of these radicals to be substituted;Z is CH.sub.2 or O,X is CH or N, and the plant-compatible acid addition salts and metal complexes thereof are used as or in fungicides.

Abstract: The preparation of Z-1,2-diarylallyl chlorides of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, independently of one another, are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or a substituted aromatic radical, and n and m are 1, 2 or 3, by dehydrating chlorohydrins of the formula II ##STR2## in which the radicals are as defined above, at up to 50.degree. C. in an inert ether or carboxylic acid ester as solvent and in the presence of a carboxylic anhydride and an organic or inorganic acid, the conversion thereof into azolylmethyloxiranes, and novel intermediates are described.

Abstract: 1-Halo-1-azolylmethane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where A and R are each alkyl, benzyl, benzoyl, acyl, biphenylyl, naphthyl, hetaryl or phenyl, it being possible for each of these radicals to be substituted;D is Cl or Br,X is CH or N,and their plant-compatible acid addition salts and metal complexes are used as fungicides.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of cis-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)-2-(halophenyl)-3-(halophenyl)oxirane I ##STR1## by epoxidizing Z-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-(halophenyl)-1-halophenyl)propene II, ##STR2## where halogen is in each case fluorine, chlorine or bromine, which comprises reacting the crude product of the epoxidation with one or more reducing agents, which are added to the reaction mixture in a considerable excess over the amount necessary to destroy any peroxide compounds present.

Abstract: A fungicidal composition of 2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-oxirane of the formula ##STR1## 1-[N-n-propyl-N-2-(2,4,6-trichlorophenoxy)-ethylcarbamoyl]-imidazole ##STR2## and methods of combating fungi with this composition.

Abstract: A mixture consisting of a) a triazolylmethyldiphenyloxirane derivative and b) fenpropimorph, fenpropidin or tridemorph and which exhibits a synergistic fungicidal action, and methods of combating fungi with this mixture.

Abstract: Azolylethane derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where A and R.sup.1 are each alkyl, phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, phenoxy, benzyloxy, phenylthio, methoxycarbonylethyl or hetaryl, these radicals being substituted or unsubstituted,D is halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, phenylthio or phenoxy, these radicals being substituted or unsubstituted,X is CH or N,plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complex compounds thereof, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Azolylethane derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where A and Z are each alkyl, phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, these radicals being substituted or unsubstituted, D is alkoxy, amino, mercapto, thiophenyl, aminophenyl, hetaryloxy or phenoxy, these radicals being substituted or unsubstituted, n is an integer from 1 to 5 or 0, and X is CH or N, and their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes, and fungicides and growth regulators containing these compounds.

Abstract: Azolylmethyloxiranes of the general formula I ##STR1## where A and B are cycloalkyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, dioxanyl, norbornyl, cycloalkenyl or phenyl, each of these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, with the proviso that A and Z are not simultaneously phenyl, D is O, X is CH or N, and their plant-tolerated acid addition salts or metal complexes, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: A mixture consisting of a) a triazolylmethyldiphenyloxirane derivative and b) fenpropimorph, fenpropidin or tridemorph and which exhibits a synergistic fungicidal action, and methods of combating fungi with this mixture.

Abstract: .alpha.-Hydroxyazolylethyloxiranes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl, these radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, and X is CH or N, their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: 1,2-Dihaloazolylethane derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl or hetaryl, Z is chlorine or bromine, and X is CH or N, and their plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes, and fungicides and growth regulators containing these compounds.

Abstract: and their acid addition salts and metal complexes,with the exception of 2-(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(pyrid-3-yl)-oxirane.The compounds I are suitable as fungicides.

Abstract: A process for preparing .alpha.,.alpha.-dialkoxy ketones of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently of one another, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.30 -cycloalkylakyl, C.sub.9 -C.sub.30 -alkylcycloalkyl, unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy-, halogen-, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl-, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy-, phenyl-, phenoxy-, halophenyl-, halophenoxy- and/or cyano-substituted aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl or heterocyclyl,R.sup.2 is also ##STR2## R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each, independently of one another, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -arylalkyl, or together are an unsubstituted or C.sub.1-C.sub.4 -alkyl- substituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkylene chain andR.sup.5 is R.sup.1 or together with R.sup.1 is an unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-substituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.