Basf Se Corporation

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Corporation

Paul Klingelhoefer

Gerhard Schnabel

Alfred Oftring

Robert Baumann

Gerd Haderlein

Markus Christian Biel

Sophie Vogel

Ekkehard Schwab

Ralf Pelzer

Reinhard Stierl

Norbert Mronga

Matthias Bratz

Axel Franzke

Ulrich Steinbrenner

Stephan Hueffer

Juergen Gert Tropsch

Rainer Berghaus

Christof Wilhelm Wigbers

Richard Roger Evans

Alexander Wissemeier

Thomas Schmidt

Manfred Bichler

Marc Nolte

Arend Jouke Kingma

Alejandra Garcia Marcos

Matthias Rauls

Michael Koch

Marta Reinoso Garcia

Thomas Heidenfelder

Norbert Wagner

Wolfgang Spiegler

Stephan Hüffer

Markus Hartmann

Juergen Schneider

Jürgen Tropsch

Sophie Maitro-Vogel

Chad Brommer

Steven Joseph Bowe

Gerd Kraemer

Bolette Urtel

Kati Schmidt

Frederic Bauer

Kevin Huyghe

Henning Wienand

Gordon Brasche

Christoph Schwidetzky

Tobias Urban

Marie Katrin Schroeter

Oskar Schmidt

Michael Schier

Ruth Wirschem

Silke Zeyer

David Edward Mainwaring

Matthias Pfenning

Rolf-Dieter Kahl

Eva-Maria Reis-Walther

Rohan Davies

Pandiyan Murugaraj

Frank Richter

Yvonne Schriefers

Somnath Shivaji Kadam

Friedhelm Teich

Walter Thomas

Andreas Senf

John Frihauf

Mariano Ignacio Etcheverry

Lucelena Patricio Cardoso

Michael Nebel

Marie Katrin Schröter

Marie Katrin SCHRÖTER

Gerd KRÄMER

Maarten Staal

Terrance M Cannan

Harald Koehle

Sophie Maitro-vogel

The present invention relates to a process for depositing a metal layer on a substrate by contacting the substrate with a metal plating bath comprising a metal ion source and a suppressor, and applying a current density to the substrate, where the suppressor is a polycarboxylate ether as described below. The invention further relates to a metal plating bath comprising a metal ion source and the suppressor which is a polycarboxylate ether; and to a use of the polycarboxylate ether in a metal plating bath for depositing a metal layer on a substrate.

Electroplating with a polycarboxylate ether supressor

A method of producing fatty acid alkyl ester from an organic oil source containing at least one free fatty acid, wherein the vegetable and/or animal waste oil has an acid number of at least 30 mg KOH/g and wherein the method comprises the steps of a) reacting the oil source with glycerol at a temperature, which is at least 110° C. and does not exceed 180° C. during the reaction, in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least methane sulfonic acid or the homo anhydride thereof; and b) acidic transesterification at a temperature, which is at least 110° C. and does not exceed 160° C. during the reaction of the reaction product from step a) with an alkanol; and c) isolating the fatty acid alkyl ester from the reaction product of step b).

Energy efficient biodiesel production from natural or industrial waste oil

The present invention relates to a method of producing fatty acid alkyl ester from an organic oil source containing at least one free fatty acid, wherein the oil source has an acid number of at least 30 mg KOH/g oil source and wherein the method comprises the steps of a) reacting the oil source with glycerol at a temperature, which does not exceed 180&#xb0; C. during the reaction, in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one alkyl or aryl sulfonic acid or an homoanhydride thereof; and b) transesterification of the reaction product from step a) with an alkanol; and c) isolating the fatty acid alkyl ester from the reaction product of step b).

Method of producing biodiesel

A method of enhancing soil water infiltration (SWI) and/or reducing soil water repellency (SWR) comprising:

Methods to enhance soil water infiltration and to reduce soil water repellency using a surfactant composition

Formulations and their use

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a water-insoluble pesticide and an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing this composition; to the use of this composition for dispersing agrochemical active substances; 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 the 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 furthermore to seed comprising the composition.

Alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines as dispersants for agrochemical formulations

The present invention relates to a composition comprising an agrochemical active substance and a copolymer which comprises an N-vinylcarboxamide and a diallyldialkylammonium salt incorporated into the polymer. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing this composition; to the use of this composition for dispersing agrochemical active substances; 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 the 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 furthermore to seed comprising the composition.

Copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamide and diallyldialkylammonium salt as dispersant for agrochemical formulations

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide, a surfactant and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to a concentrate comprising the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to a process for preparing the composition by bringing into contact the concentrate and a pesticide; or by bringing into contact the pesticide, the surfactant and the alkoxylate; and to the use of the surfactant by addition to a mixture comprising the pesticide and the alkoxylate. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment 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 their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.

Composition comprising a pesticide, a surfactant and an alkoxylate of 2-propyheptylamine

Mixture of L- and D-enantiomers of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) or its respective mono-, di or trialkali metal or mono-, di- or triammonium salts, said mixture containing predominantly the respective L-isomer with an enantiomeric excess (ee) in the range of from 10 to 75%.

Mixtures of MGDA enantiomers, and process for making such mixtures

The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising a pesticide and a solvent of the formula (B) as described hereinbelow. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the composition by bringing the pesticide and the solvent into contact; a use of the solvent of the formula (B) as a solvent for pesticides; methods for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or on the 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 on seed comprising the composition.

Composition comprising a pesticide and an acetal solvent

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate. Moreover, the invention relates to the alkoxylate, to a process for its preparation and to its use as adjuvant in pesticide-comprising spray mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment 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 their environment. Furthermore, the invention relates to seed comprising the composition.

Composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of iso-nonylamine

The present invention relates to a process for preparing aminopolycarboxylates proceeding from an amino acid which, in a first process step is reacted with ethylene oxide to give an intermediate mixture comprising the corresponding dialkanolamine, and then the intermediate mixture, in a second process step is converted catalytically using a base to the corresponding aminopolycarboxylate, wherein the amino acid, before the reaction with ethylene oxide in the first process step, is supplied to a partial neutralization with 0.70 to 0.99 equivalent of base per acid group, or, in the first process step, an amino acid which has already been partly neutralized with 0.70 to 0.99 equivalent of base per acid group is used.

Process for preparing aminopolycarboxylates proceeding from amino acids

Composition comprising a pesticide and an alkoxylate of 2-propylheptylamine

A process for preparing aminopolycarboxylates proceeding from the corresponding polyalkanolamines by oxidative dehydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst comprising 1 to 90% by weight of copper, based on the total weight of the catalyst, using a base, which comprises first performing a partial conversion of the polyalkanolamine to a reaction mixture comprising the aminopolycarboxylate at a temperature in the range from 140 to 180&#xb0; C. until at least 10 to 90 mol% of the polyalkanolamine has been depleted, and then continuing the conversion at elevated temperature.

Process for preparing aminopolycarboxylates

The present invention relates to the use of an alkoxylate based on 2-propylheptylamine which has been alkoxylated with ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, pentylene oxide, styrene oxide, cyclohexylene oxide and/or decylene oxide, and/or its quaternized derivative in cleaning compositions, as emulsifier, in the manufacture of fibers, for leather treatment, in printing inks, in formulations for construction chemistry or in formulations for flotation. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a mixture comprising at least one of the specified alkoxylates and also at least one surface-active substance and use thereof.

Alkoxylates and use thereof

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Mannheim, Germany

Paul Klingelhoefer