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Cognis Deutschland Gmbh & Co. Kg

Cognis Deutschland Gmbh

Cognis IP Management Gmbh

Cognis Deutschland and Gmbh

Basf France Sas

Hans-Christian Raths

Ansgar Behler

Manfred Weuthen

Michael Elsner

Christian Bittner

Rainer Berghaus

Norman Milstein

Wolfgang Breuer

Karl Heinz Schmid

Bernd Fabry

Rainer Hoefer

Holger Tesmann

Günter Oetter

Alfred Westfechtel

Werner Seipel

Manfred Biermann

Andreas Syldath

Joerg Kahre

Jack Tinsley

Claudia Brunn

Heinz-Guenther Schulte

Ingo Fleute-Schlachter

Karl-Heinz Maurer

Bernhard Gutsche

Heinz Mueller

Hermann Hensen

Rainer Eskuchen

Markus Dierker

Stephan Hueffer

Brigitte Giesen

Ditmar Kischkel

Stephen F Gross

Georg Knuebel

Lutz Jeromin

Rita Koester

Guenter Oetter

Heike Weber

Alejandra Garcia Marcos

Ulrich Pegelow

Claus Nieendick

Christian Eidamshaus

Georg Meine

Dieter Nickel

Norbert Huebner

Josef Koester

Ashok Kumar Mishra

Rudolf Zauns-Huber

Daniela Prinz

Sabine Both

Stefan Busch

Martin Semar

Marcel Patrik Kienle

Catherine Breffa

Detlev Stanislowski

Thomas Engels

Thomas Albers

Harald P Wulff

Timothy J Cassady

Harald Frommelius

Thorsten Löhl

Frank Wangemann

Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum

Gerhard Wollmann

Klaus Friedrich

Peter Sandkuehler

Sebastian Alexander Weisse

Jack F Tinsley

Wolfgang Denuell

Almud Folge

Claudia Stoer

Juergen Roeder

Stefan Gollnick

Rainer Rueben

Gerhard Hermanns

Bjorn Thomas Hahn

Benjamin Wenzke

Klaus Herrmann

Frank Bongardt

Willi Breitzke

Kathrin Cohen

Claudia Mai

Juergen Falkowski

Dagmar Zaika

Ullrich Bernecker

Elvira Scholz

Bjoern Thomas Hahn

Teresa Alexandre

Karl-Heinz Gantke

Christoph G Schunicht

Markus Weissenegger

Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn

Raymond Mathis

Tobias Hoefener

Ingomar Mrozek

Rainer Hoffmann

Dirk Mampe

Birgit Hupka

Marc Beuché

Clara Maria Hernandez Morales

Markus Kalt

A process for preparing light-colored aqueous surfactant compositions containing 10% by weight to 60% by weight, based on the total composition, of one or more alpha-sulfo fatty acid disalts (A) of general formula (I),RCH(SOM)COOM&#x2003;&#x2003;(I),

Method for producing a light-coloured disalt

The invention relates to a process for mineral oil production, in which an aqueous saline surfactant formulation comprising a surfactant mixture of at least one anionic surfactant of the general formula R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHC(CH)HO)&#x2014;(CHCHO)&#x2014;SOM and at least one anionic surfactant of the general formula R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHCHO)&#x2014;SOM and a base is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to the surfactant mixture, a concentrate comprising the surfactant mixture and a manufacturing process as well as the use of the surfactant mixture and the con- centrate in the production of mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits.

Robust alkyl ether sulfate mixture for enhanced oil recovery

The present invention relates to a method for the production of crude oil from subterranean, oil-bearing formations comprising at least the following steps of providing an aqueous surfactant composition comprising water and a surfactant mixture, injecting said surfactant composition into the subterranean, oil-bearing formation through at least one injection well, thereby reducing the crude oil-water interfacial tension to less than 0.1 mN/m, and withdrawing crude oil from the formation through at least one production well, wherein the surfactant mixture comprises at least a surfactant (A) having the general formula R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHCH(R)O)&#x2014;(CHCH(CH)O)&#x2014;(CHCHO)&#x2014;R&#x2014;YM(I) and a solubility enhancer (B) having the general formula R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHCH(CH)O)&#x2014;(CHCHO)&#x2014;R&#x2014;YM(II), wherein Rto R, a, b, c, x, y, Y and M have the meaning as defined the the description and claims. The invention further relates to said aqueous surfactant composition and methods for preparing the same as well as the use of solubility enhancer (B) for enhancing the solubility of anionic surfactant (A).

Solubility enhancers on basis of allyl alcohol for aqueous surfactant formulations for enhanced oil recovery

The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of the formula (I)R-[AO]&#x2014;O&#x2014;C(R)(R)&#x2014;O&#x2014;[CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O]&#x2014;R&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)where Ris a C-Caliphatic hydrocarbon group, Ris a C-Caliphatic hydrocarbon group, Rand Rare independently from another H or C-Caliphatic hydrocarbon groups, AO is C-Calkyleneoxy group, n is from 1 to 100, and m is from 0 to 10. The invention further relates to the alkoxylate. The invention further relates to a method of preparing the composition by bringing the alkoxylate and the pesticide into contact. Finally, the invention relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants.

Asymmetric formales and acetales as adjuvants for crop protection

The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate and corresponding alkyl ether alcohol, where the alkyl ether carboxylate has been prepared from the alkyl ether alcohol and the molar ratio in the mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate:alkyl ether alcohol is from 51:49 to 92:8, is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit, where the deposit has a deposit temperature of 55&#xb0; C. to 150&#xb0; C., a crude oil having more than 20&#xb0; API and a deposit water having more than 100 ppm of divalent cations, and crude oil is withdrawn through at least one production well from the deposit. The invention further relates to the preparation of the mixture and to a concentrate comprising the mixture.

Method of mineral oil production

Aqueous surfactant compositions comprising

Aqueous surfactant compositions

The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below. The invention further relates to said alkoxylate. The invention further relates to a method of preparing said composition by bringing the alkoxylate and the pesticide into contact. Finally, the invention relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein said composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment; and to seed containing said composition.

Carbonates of alcohol alkoxylates as adjuvants for crop protection

A composition comprising a pesticide and alkoxylated ester is provided, as well as seed including the composition. Use of alkoxylated esters as adjuvants in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures are also described. Methods for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesirable plant growth and/or undesirable insect or mite infestation and/or for regulating the growth of plants are further provided, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, the habitat thereof or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesirable plants and/or the crop plants and/or the habitat thereof.

Composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylated ester

A composition having a pesticide and a hydroxyalkyl polyoxylene glycol ether of the general formula (I) 

Composition comprising a pesticide and a hydroxyalkyl polyoxylene glycol ether

Disclosed are derivatives of isosorbide having formula (I) wherein R' and R&#x2033; represent hydrogen or a polymeric ether moiety (CH&#x2014;CHR&#x2014;O)&#x2014;H, where Rrepresents hydrogen, or an alkyl or alkenyl moiety having 1 to 33 carbon atoms, which is saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear. This polymeric ether moiety can be a homopolymer or a copolymer, with x being the total degree of polymerization (DP). Preferred is a block copolymer composed of monomer A (DP=a), preferably ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, and monomer B (DP=b), preferably a saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear alkyl or alkenyl moiety having 1 to 33 carbon atoms, where x=a+b. x is a number from 0 to 50, with the proviso that R&#x2032; and R&#x2033; are not both hydrogen. The isosorbide derivatives are useful as components of detergent, cleanser, cosmetic and agricultural compositions.

Isosorbide derivatives

Disclosed are isosorbide derivatives according to the following general formula wherein R represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group with 6 to 22 C-atoms, or an acyl group, or a group X&#x2014;SOM, and M stands for a cation, a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom or an ammonium or an alkylammonium ion, and X represents an alkoxylated derivative (AO)wherein AO represents a group CHO, or CHO, or any mixtures thereof, and the index n is zero or 1 to 20, and p represents a number between 1 and 10, preferably between 1 and 4, and the use thereof to prepare cleansers, detergents, personal care compositions, or cosmetic compositions.

Anionic isosorbide derivatives and their use

Disclosed are isosorbide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R and R' independently represent an isosorbide moiety, a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and A stands for hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium or alkylammonium, with the proviso that at least one of R and R&#x2032; is an isosorbide group. Also disclosed is the use of compounds (I) for the preparation of cleansers, detergents, personal care compositions, and cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions.

Anionic isosorbide derivatives and their use (II)

The invention relates to selected surface-active substances of groups a) and b), the surface-active compound a) being selected from compounds of general formula (Ia), wherein M represents a group CH&#x2014;CHor CHR&#x2014;CH, R, R' or R&#x2033; independently represent saturated, unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl groups or alkenyl groups with 6 to 22 C atoms, and the indices n and m independently can have values between 1 and 40, and/or compounds of general formula (Ib), wherein R&#x2032;&#x2033; and R&#x2033;&#x2033; independently represent saturated, unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl groups or alkenyl groups with 4 to 22 C atoms, and the indices n and m independently can have values between 1 and 40 and X&#x2032; and X&#x2033; independently represent H or saturated, unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl groups or alkenyl groups with 1 to 18 C atoms. The surface active substances of the invention, either on their own or combined with other nonionic surfactants, lead to dishwashing agents with an improved drying performance, especially in multifunctional agents for automatic dishwashers. 

Use of a mixture of non-ionic surfactants in cleansing compositions

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Hans-Christian Raths