Clariant Finance (Bvi) Limited

Clariant International Ltd

Hans-Juergen Scholz

Roman Morschhaeuser

Matthias Krull

Georg Borchers

The invention relates to an apparatus for continuously carrying out heterogeneously catalyzed chemical reactions, comprising a microwave-transparent tube, the longitudinal axis of which extends in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a single-mode microwave applicator and which is filled with an open-cell foam that carries or is made of catalytically active species.

Apparatus for continuously carrying out heterogeneously catalyzed chemical reactions at elevated temperatures

The invention relates to a comb polymer made of a polymer main chain and polyester side chains linked to said polymer main chain via ester groups, characterized in that (i) the polymer main chain is a polycarbolic acid or a copolymer polycarbolic acid (A), (ii) the polyester side chains comprises the components (B1) C-dicarbolic acids, optionally sulfonated, (B2) dioles and/or polyolethers having 2 OH groups, and (C) non-ionic terminal groups of the formula -0-(AO)R, where A means ethylene, propylene, or butylene, x is a number from 1 to 100, and R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 C atoms; (iii) the total percent by mass of the polyester side chains B1+B2+C is 80 to 99.9%, relative to the total mass of the comb polymer; (iv) the polyester side chains are obtained from an esterification reaction of the components B1, B2, and C at a mass ratio B1+B2/C of 2:1 to 100:1.

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Alzenau, Germany

Hans-Juergen Scholz