Abstract: Hydrophobins for stabilizing phases in biphasic liquid systems.

Abstract: A multilayered composite or coated substrate, comprising compounds of which at least 40% by weight are composed of alpha-amino acids linked via peptide bonds as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate.

Abstract: Expandable or expanded, thermoplastic polymer particles with a coating comprising hydrophobin, in particular proteins of the general structural formula (I) Xn-C1-X1-50-C2-X0-5-C3-X1-100-C4-X1-100-C5-X1-50-C6-X0-5-C7-X1-50-C8-Xm??(I) where X is any of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids, n and m are numbers between 0 and 500, C is cysteine, and their use as antistatics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or at least one hydrophobin derivative in a drilling mud.

Abstract: Fibrous substrates selected from textile substrates and leather are coated using at least one hydrophobin.

Abstract: The use of interface-active non-enzymatic proteins for textile washing. Washing compositions for textile washing which comprise interface-active non-enzymatic proteins, and processes for washing using such proteins.

Abstract: Emulsions of hydrophobic monomers in water comprising inorganic particles as Pickering emulsifiers, and hydrophobin; and also the preparation and use of the emulsions are described.

Abstract: A method for coating surfaces with hydrophobin fusions at a pH of ?4, and a surface having a coating which comprises at least one hydrophobin fusion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of moldings from finely divided materials based on lignocellulose, and the moldings obtainable thereby. The invention also relates to the use of aqueous compositions which comprise at least one crosslinkable urea compound for the preparation of finely divided materials based on lignocellulose and treated with this composition for the production of moldings.

Abstract: Sulfonated and oxidized indene polymers obtainable by(a) polymerization of indene or indene derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and n is 1 or 2, or of mixtures which contain the compounds I as well as other copolymerizable and/or non-polymerizable organic compounds in an amount of at least 10% by weight,b) sulfonation of the polymer with a sulfonating agent at from 40.degree. to 130.degree. C., andc) non-chain-degrading oxidation of the polymer at from 80.degree. to 180.degree. C.These indene polymers are suitable for use as dispersants for example in dye and pigment preparations.

Abstract: Triarylmethanes of the formula ##STR1## where m is from 1 to 100,L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 are each C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylene,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or halogen,R.sup.3 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,R.sup.4, R.sup.5,R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,Q is aryl, andAn.sup..crclbar. is the equivalent of an anion,are useful for dyeing or printing polymeric material.

Abstract: A process for dyeing and printing textile materials consisting of cellulose fibers or containing cellulose fibers in a blend with other fibers in an aqueous medium at above pH 12 with vattable dyes in the presence of cyclic compounds which contain at least one instance of the structural unit ##STR1## in the ring of the molecule as reducing agents and finishing the dyeing in a conventional manner.

Abstract: An electrostatic toner contains a polymeric binder and as a charge stabilizer a polyamine whose average molecular weight is from 150 to 15,000 and wherein the nitrogen atoms are separated from each other by C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 - alkylene, which may be phenyl-substituted, or by phenylene, which may be C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-substituted, and are substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkyl, which may be phenyl-, hydroxyl- or carboxyl-substituted, phenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkanoyl, benzoyl, C.sub.1 - C.sub.6 - alkylcarbamoyl, phenylcarbamoyl or a radical of the formula CO-L-CO, where L is C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 -alkylene, the last case resulting in the crosslinking of two polyamine units.

Abstract: The preparation of 1-hydroxyimidazoles of the formula I ##STR1## where the R radicals can be identical or different and are each halogen or an organic radical, it also being possible for vicinal radicals to be connected to form an aromatic or nonaromatic ring of from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and n is from 0 to 3, entails reacting an imidazole of the formula II ##STR2## where Q is preferably hydrogen or, especially where R is not halogen, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal cation, with an organic peroxide.The 1-hydroxyimidazole and its halogen substituted derivatives of the formula I and the acid addition salts thereof are valuable intermediates for organic syntheses.

Abstract: A process for preparing .beta.-naphthyl benzyl ether comprises reacting .beta.-naphthol essentially in the absence of water with an alkali metal carbonate or an alkaline earth metal carbonate and benzyl chloride in an inert water-miscible solvent at from 0.degree. to 200.degree. C.

Abstract: N-Hydroxyazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or halogen, are prepared by a process in which an azole of the general formula II ##STR3## where A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the abovementioned meanings, is reacted with hydrogen peroxide or an alkyl peroxide in the presence of a zeolite catalyst at from -20.degree. to 150.degree. C. and from 0.1 to 150 bar.

Abstract: N-Thiocyanatomethoxyazaheterocycles of the general formula INCS--CH.sub.2 --O--Het(where Het is pyrazolyl, imidazolyl or triazolyl, each of which may be substituted, or is indazolyl, benzoimidazolyl or benzotriazolyl, where each of the fused benzene rings may furthermore be substituted, and the salts and metal complexes thereof, with the exception of 1-[(thiocyanato)methoxy]-pyrazole, and biocides containing them.

Abstract: Novel substituted N-hydroxypyrazoles or N-hydroxytriazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where X and Y are O, S, SO, SO.sub.2 or CH.sub.2, B is N-pyrazolyl or N-1,2,4-triazolyl of the formulae Ba and Bb respectively ##STR2## R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, z is 1, 2 or 3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, and n is 0, 1 or 2, and methods of combating pests.

Abstract: Novel substituted N-hydroxypyrazoles or N-hydroxytriazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where X and Y are O, S, SO, SO.sub.2 or CH.sub.2, B is N-pyrazolyl or N-1,2,4-triazolyl of the formulae Ba and Bb respectively ##STR2## R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, z is 1, 2 or 3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, and n is 0, 1 or 2, and methods of combating pests.

Abstract: The preparation of 1-hydroxyimidazoles of the formula I ##STR1## where the R radicals can be identical or different and are each halogen or an organic radical, it also being possible for vicinal radicals to be connected to form an aromatic or nonaromatic ring of from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and n is from 0 to 3, entails reacting an imidazole of the formula II ##STR2## where Q is preferably hydrogen or, especially where R is not halogen, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal cation, with an organic peroxide.The products are valuable intermediates for organic syntheses.