Henkel Corporation

Cognis IP Management Gmbh

Basf Se Corporation

Cognis Corporation

Dean A Oester

Allen L Hall

Stephen J Vesper

Timothy H Anderson

Charles M White

Jeffrey A Barnhorst

John Fisher

Rolf Wachter

William L O'Brien

Tobias Joachim Zimmermann

Kevin W Anderson

Jeffrey A Gates

Jianhua Mao

Michael D Staley

Shawn Dickess

Karl T Zilch

Jeff A Barnhorst

Andrew P Chiromo

Mahmud Mustaqim Hussain

Rodney F Kilma

Lidia Kupczyk-Subotkowska

Gary L Pritt

Mike White

Gary Pritt

Described herein are alkoxylated compounds of general formula (I) and their use as adjuvant in the treatment of soil and plants. Also described are a composition including at least one biocide and at least one compound of general formula (I), as well as a method for improving the growth and health of plants by treating the crops with the composition including the compounds of general formula (I).

Amino acid based surfactants as formulants for biocides

An aqueous agricultural composition includes a pesticide, water, and a co-polymer. The co-polymer is the reaction product of an acrylamide monomer and a macromonomer. The acrylamide monomer and the macromonomer react together in the absence of an anionic monoethylenically unsaturated monomer including an acidic group chosen from &#x2014;COOH, &#x2014;SOH, &#x2014;POHand associated salts. The disclosed aqueous agricultural composition may be incorporated into agricultural spray operations and demonstrates effective reduction of driftable droplets.

Aqueous agricultural composition having improved spray drift performance

A treated medium for plant growth includes (A) a medium for plant growth and (B) a water retaining composition disposed on the medium. The composition also includes (1) an alcohol alkoxylate, (2) water, (3) a surfactant, and (4) a humectant. The (1) alcohol alkoxylate has the structure:R-(EO)&#x2014;(PO)-(EO)&#x2014;(PO)&#x2014;OHin which R is a C-Clinear or branched aliphatic carbon chain, EO is ethylene oxide, m is from 0 to 20, y is from 0 to 20, PO is propylene oxide, n is from 1 to 40, z is from 0 to 40, and (m+y) is at least 1. The (3) surfactant and (4) humectant are chosen from specific compounds. The treated medium has a water retention of from 100 to 400 grams of water per 100 grams of treated medium as compared to a control medium that is free of the water retaining composition.

Treated medium for plant growth that has increased water retention

Disclosed is a process for preparing an adjuvant for agricultural applications, characterized in that a polyhydric alcohol, polyol, saccharide, or polysaccharide is reacted with a sulfonating agent, such as sulphamic acid.

Sulphates of polyhydric alcohols, polyols, saccharides and polysaccharides for agricultural applications

A method for improving air entrainment comprising the steps of: providing a compound selected from an amphoteric, an alkyl polyglycoside, an ester, a triglyceride, a triglyceride derivative, a fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated polyhydric fatty alcohol, and mixtures thereof; dispersing the compound on a finely particulate carrier to form a treated carrier; and adding the treated carrier to a cementitious mixture is provided. A composition for improving air entrainment, including a compound selected from an amphoteric, an alkyl polyglycoside, an ester, a triglyceride, a triglyceride derivative, a fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated polyhydric fatty alcohol, and mixtures thereof, wherein the compound is dispersed on an organic particulate carrier and added to a cementitious mixture, is also provided. The composition may be incorporated into a concrete structure.

Methods and compositions for improving air entrainment in cementitious mixtures

A method is provided for reducing the amount of ammonia evolved from a cementitious or pozzolanic mixture containing contaminated fly ash, including: providing fly ash contaminated with ammonia or ammonium-containing compounds; and adding a halogenated hydantoin to the contaminated fly ash, wherein upon the formation of a slurry, the halogenated hydantoin reacts with ammonia to reduce the evolution of ammonia gas from the slurry. Another method includes adding a halogenated succinimide to the contaminated fly ash, adding sodium dichloroisocyanurate to the contaminated fly ash, or adding a halogenated sulfamate to the contaminated fly ash.

Methods for reducing ammonia evolution from cementitious and pozzolanic mixtures

Compounds for controlling aquatic breeding insects including an ethoxylated alcohol with a carbon chain length of about 10 to about 24 carbon atoms and about 0 to about 16 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, where the carbon chain is linear or branched with an alkyl group are provided. Methods for making branched alcohol ethoxylated compounds and linear secondary alcohol ethoxylated compounds are also provided. Methods for controlling insects with the compounds are also provided.

Linear and branched alcohol ethoxylates for controlling insects

A process for removing polyol impurities from a sorbitan ester solution involving: (a) providing a sorbitan ester solution containing polyol impurities; (b) adding to the sorbitan ester solution a clarifying-effective amount of a silica component; (c) adsorbing the polyol impurities from the sorbitan ester solution onto the silica to form a mixture of sorbitan ester and polyol-containing silica; and (d) removing the polyol-containing silica from the sorbitan ester solution.

Process for removing polysorbitols from sorbitan esters

The present invention pertains to a process for making an alkyl ester of a carboxylic acid via transesterification comprising the steps of: (1) reacting a carboxylic acid ester with an alcohol and an effective amount of a transesterification catalyst in a reaction zone to form a reaction mixture comprised of a product ester and a product alcohol; (2) passing the reaction mixture from step (1) through a centrifugal separation zone wherein the second alcohol is separated from the second ester. The process according to the invention allows for shorter reaction times and improved product yields.

Transesterification process

A composition for treating acneiform eruption containing: (a) a chitosan having a molecular weight ranging from about 500,000 to about 5,000,000 g/mole and a degree of deacylation greater than 80%; (b) an acid-form active ingredient for treating acne; and (c) water.

Chitosan formulation with azelaic acid and other actives for the treatment of acne

A polyester composition for use in facilitating separation of blood serum or plasma from a cellular portion of blood, the composition containing: (a) a multifunctional acid component comprising: (i) a benzene polycarboxylic acid, and derivatives thereof; and (ii) an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid having from about 16 to about 40 carbon atoms; and (b) a diol component, and wherein the multifunctional acid component and diol component are employed in an equivalent ratio ranging from about 0.8:1.1 to about 1.0:1.3.

Physiological fluid separation vehicles having improved resistance to

A mutant fungal strain, namely G. candidum NRRL Y-552, mutant known as Henkel 9-2-3-9 produces a lipase called 'UNLipase' providing a selectivity of 25:1 for oleic acid over palmitic acid by the assay procedure employed. UNLipase has a temperature range of operation of between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius (and no activity over 55 degrees Celsius). The optimum pH ranges are between 7.5 and 8.5. Magnesium cations increase activity, whereas calcium cations are inhibitory. The molecular weight of the protein appears to be 65 kDa by size exclusion chromatography. UNLipase shows a high degree of selectivity for hydrolysis, esterification and transesterification.

Mutant of geotrichum candidum which produces novel enzyme system to

An improved fat splitting process which eliminates the induction period encountered during pressure splitting. A partial hydrolysis is conducted prior to pressure splitting by combining a lipase in the presence of water with the fat or oil to be hydrolyzed with added agitation. Pressure splitting of this partially split triglyceride eliminates or reduces the induction period.

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Dean A Oester