Evonik Degussa Gmbh

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Evonik Stockhausen Gmbh

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Martin Roos

Harald Haeger

Juergen Herwig

Peter Hannen

Georg Oenbrink

Thomas Haas

Ralf Meier

Jürgen Herwig

Kévin Micoine

Daniel Demicoli

Bernd Guenzel

Franz-Erich Baumann

Hans-Georg Joerg Hennemann

Frank Erhardt

Steffen Schaffer

Georg Thiele

Thomas Tacke

Axel Hengstermann

Jan Christoph Pfeffer

Thomas Schiffer

Goetz Baumgarten

Markus Poetter

Harald Häger

Luca Cameretti

Norbert Wilczok

Markus Pötter

Peter Ernst Esser

Bernd Günzel

Hans-Peter Krimmer

Torsten Balduf

Oliver Thum

Mirja Wessel

Franz-Felix Kuppinger

Roland Wursche

Dirk Kuppert

Andreas Martin

Martin Trageser

Andreas Pawlik

Stephanie Schauhoff

Stefan Nordhoff

Stefan Leininger

Axel Kobus

Ralf Richter

Frank-Martin Petrat

Angela Köckritz

Jens Doering

Anja Schubert

Andreas Pfennig

Marie-Dominique Przybylski-Freund

G&uuml;nter Steverm&uuml;er

Matthias Ullrich

Angela Koeckritz

Florian Hermes

Peter Kreis

Andreas Schmid

Johann Gaube

Frank Weinelt

Jens Deutsch

Jörg Lohmar

Marina Lazar

Alexander Richter

Ralf Kelle

Guido Walther

Michael Volland

Bruno Buehler

Joerg Lohmar

Jens Döring

Dennis Thong Yu-Chiang

Jasmin Corthals

Bruno Bühler

Michael A R Meier

Anastasiya Rybak

Dominik Geisker

Frank Huebner

Wilhelm Brügging

Stephan Schaeflein

Rolf Augenstein

Stephan Schäflein

Bernd-Holger Modrow

Rudolf Burghardt

Lukas Falke

Christian Schnitzer

J&ouml;rg Krissmann

Norbert Kern

Christian Nörnberg

Mattijs Kamiel Julsing

Manfred Schrewe

Sjef Cornelissen

Klaus Bartosch

Götz Baumgarten

Harald Hager

Markus PÖTTER

An improved process can be used for the acid hydrolysis of polylaurolactam with sulfuric acid. An especially suitable starting material is polylaurolactam which is intended for recycling and which is characterized by a low laurolactam content.

Process for acid hydrolysis of pure polylaurolactam

A process has the ability to produce polyalkenamer-containing compositions. Stages of the process include converting at least one cycloalkene by ring-opening metathetic polymerization to obtain a polyalkenamer-containing product mixture, and working up the product mixture to remove at least one of a monomer and an oligomer of the at least one cycloalkene to obtain the polyalkenamer-containing composition. The working up stage is effected by a diafiltration.

Process for preparing polyalkenamers for packaging applications

The present application relates to a process for removing an organic compound having one or more positive charges from an aqueous solution, comprising the steps a) provision of the aqueous solution comprising the organic compound and of a hydrophobic organic solution which comprises a liquid cation exchanger, where the liquid cation exchanger is hydrophobic, and where the liquid cation exchanger has one or more negative charges and an overall negative charge, b) contacting the aqueous solution and the organic solution, and c) separating off the organic solution from the aqueous solution.

Liquid cation exchanger

The present invention relates to a method for removing an organic compound from an aqueous solution, comprising the steps of providing the aqueous solution which contains the organic compound, and a hydrophobic organic solution, where the latter comprises a liquid hydrophobic cation exchanger, contacting the aqueous solution and the hydrophobic organic solution, and separating off the hydrophobic organic solution from the aqueous solution, wherein the liquid hydrophobic cation exchanger is a saturated alkanoic acid having at least one alkyl substituent, where the organic compound is an organic compound having at least one positive charge and a neutral or positive total charge.

Branched-chain fatty acids as liquid cation exchangers

The invention relates to a whole-cell catalyst which expresses a recombinant &#x3b1;-dioxygenase or the combination of a recombinant fatty acid reductase and a phosphopantetheinyl transferase which phosphopantetheinylates the fatty acid reductase, and which expresses, in addition to the &#x3b1;-dioxygenase and/or the combination of fatty acid reductase and phosphopantetheinyl transferase, a transaminase, wherein the phosphopantetheinyl transferase and/or transaminase is preferably recombinant; and also to a process for converting a carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid or a monoester thereof to an amine or diamine, comprising the steps of contacting the carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid or the monoester thereof with a phosphopantetheinylated fatty acid reductase or an &#x3b1;-dioxygenase and contacting the product with a transaminase.

Producing amines and diamines from a carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid or a monoester thereof

The invention relates to a method for the purification of poly(arylene ethers) of formula (I) in which m=0 to 1.0, n=1.0-m, and Ar, Ar, Arand Arindependently represent divalent arylene groups. The compound of formula (I) is produced in a first step 1, with a raw product being obtained by bringing a metal or ammonium salt of divalent dihydroxy derivatives of Aror Arinto contact with one or more dihalogenated derivatives of Arand/or Ar, in the presence of a solvent LM1. A precipitate that is present, if appropriate, is separated (step B) so as to obtain a solution L which then undergoes a membrane filtration (step C). 

Method for the purification of poly(arylene ethers)

Cyclododecanone (CDON) is prepared by epoxidizing cyclododecene (CDEN) to epoxycyclododecane (CDAN epoxide), and rearranging the CDAN epoxide to CDON to obtain a mixture comprising said CDON and CDEN, wherein CDEN is separated from the CDON-containing mixture and sent to the epoxidation to CDAN epoxide in step a.

Process for preparing cyclododecanone

Cyclododecanone (CDON) is prepared by epoxidizing cyclododecene (CDEN) to epoxycyclododecane (CDAN epoxide), and rearranging the CDAN epoxide to CDON to obtain a mixture comprising said CDON and cyclododecane (CDAN), wherein CDAN is separated from the CDON-containing mixture and oxidized to CDON.

The invention relates to a method for removing an organic compound having one or more positive charges from an aqueous solution. Said method consists of the following steps a) the aqueous solution containing the organic compound, and a hydrophobic organic solution which contains a hydrophobic liquid cation exchanger having one or more negative charges and a negative total charge, are provided, b) the aqueous solution and the organic solution are brought into contact with each other and c) the organic solution is separated from the aqueous solution.

The invention provides a biocatalytic process for oxidation of organic compounds with the aid of an alkL gene product, and microorganisms used in this process.

Biocatalytic oxidation process with AlkL gene product

A process for preparing a ketone by conversion of a compound E which contains an epoxy group to the ketone in the presence of a mixture comprising at least one noble metal and at least one metal oxide as a catalyst system, wherein the metal oxide in the catalyst system is at least one of titanium dioxide and zirconium dioxide, and the process is conducted at 0 to 0.9 bar of hydrogen.

Process for preparing ketones from epoxides

A molding compound, containing at least 30% by weight of a copolyamide, which is derived from the following monomers: a) 50 to 95 mole percent of the combination of a diamine, selected from the group consisting of 1,9-nonane diamine, 1,10-decane diamine, 1,11-undecane diamine and 1,12-dodecane diamine, and terephthalic acid, and b) 5 to 50 mole percent of the combination of a diamine, selected from the group consisting of 2,2,4-trimethylhexamethylene diamine, 2,4,4-trimethylhexamethylene diamine, and mixtures thereof, and terephthalic acid. The copolyamide is crystalline and has low water absorption.

Molding compound on the basis of a copolyamide containing terephthalic acid and trimethylhexamethylene diamine units

The invention relates to a method for the ozonolysis of unsaturated fatty acids and derivatives thereof, comprising a) ozonolysis of a fatty acid or of a derivative thereof in an organic phase comprising an organic solvent, and b) contacting the organic phase with an aqueous phase comprising catalase and preferably a buffer, where the fatty acid or the derivative thereof has a linear chain having at least eight carbon atoms, and the use of catalase for removing reactive oxygen species from a reaction mixture comprising ozonolysis products of an unsaturated fatty acid.

Ozonolysis of unsaturated fatty acids and derivatives thereof

A process for preparing an alpha, omega-dicarboxylic acid or an ester thereof, which includes (a) subjecting at least one unsaturated fatty acid or fatty acid derivative to ozonolysis to obtain an ozonolysis reaction mixture; and (b) oxidizing the ozonolysis reaction mixture with an oxidizing agent in the presence of an acid catalyst to obtain an oxidized reaction mixture comprising at least one alpha, omega-dicarboxylic acid or ester; wherein the process is performed using a solvent and the acid catalyst has a pKa of less than or equal to zero, as measured at 25&#xb0; C.

Synthesis of alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acids and esters thereof from unsaturated fatty acid derivatives

The invention provides a method to produce primary diamines by catalytic conversion of diols having a linear main chain of from 4 to 31 carbon atoms into the corresponding diamines. The reaction is conducted in a liquid or supercritical phase and is catalyzed by a homogeneous ruthenium-containing complex. The primary diamines obtained may be suitable for polyamide syntheses.

Preparation of primary diamines having a linear main chain for polyamide syntheses

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