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Clariant Corporation

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Archroma IP Gmbh

Clariant UK Ltd.

Clariant Produkte Gmbh

Roman Morschhaeuser

Matthias Krull

Helmut Ritter

Sarah Schmitz

Christoph Kayser

Alexander Lerch

Matthias Loeffler

Hans Juergen Scholz

Georg Borchers

Barbara Duecker

Hans-Juergen Scholz

Peter Klug

Gerd Reinhardt

Michael Feustel

Martin Glos

Frank-Peter Lang

Dirk Fischer

Peter Naumann

Uwe Dahlmann

Uwe Falk

Karl Heinz Heier

Waltraud Simsch

Angelika Turowski-Wanke

Michael Seebach

James Charles Morgan

Aranka Tardi

John Stuart Cowman

Jan Glauder

Achim Kohler

Michael Schaefer

Antonella Leone-Kammler

Uwe Bechtold

Manfred Schade

Alistair Manson Gunn

Norbert Beye

Jochen Stock

Wolfgang Stehr

Irina Geiger

Ralf Bierbaum

Joerg Appel

Hanspeter Gethoeffer

The invention relates to the use of polyesters for increasing the surface tension and improving the hydrophilic behavior of hydrophobic surfaces, wherein said polyesters are obtainable by polymerization of

Polyester for the paper industry

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 method for reacting polymers (A) comprising hydroxyl groups and which have repetitive structural units of general formula (I), wherein D represents a direct bond between the polymer backbone and a hydroxyl group, a C- to C-alkene group, a C- to C-arylene group, an oxyalkylene group of formula &#x2014;O&#x2014;R&#x2014;, an ester group of formula &#x2014;C(O)&#x2014;O&#x2014;R&#x2014; or an amide group of formula &#x2014;C(O)&#x2014;N(R)R&#x2014;, Rrepresents a C- to C-alkene group, Rrepresents hydrogen or an optionally substituted C- to C-alkyl group and n represents a number between 3 and 5000, with carboxylic acids B1) of formula (II) or carboxylic acid esters B2) of formula (III) R&#x2014;COOH (II) R&#x2014;COOR(III), wherein Rrepresents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 50 C atoms, and Rrepresents a CC-alkyl group, in which the polymers (A); comprising the hydroxyl groups are exposed to microwaves in the presence of carboxylic acids of formula (II) or carboxylic acid esters of formula (III) and in the presence of water. The reaction mixture is heated to temperatures over 100&#xb0; C. by microwave rays. 

Method for modifying polymers comprising hydroxyl groups

The invention relates to polymers carrying ester/hydroxyl groups, containing repetitive structural units of formulae (I) and (II) in a block-wise, alternating or statistical sequence, wherein D represents a direct bond between the polymer backbone and the hydroxyl group, a C- to C-alkene group, a C- to C-arylene group, an oxyalkene group of formula &#x2014;O&#x2014;R&#x2014;, an ester group of formula &#x2014;C(O)&#x2014;O&#x2014;R&#x2014; or an amide group of formula &#x2014;C(O)&#x2014;N(R)R&#x2014;, E represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 50 C-atoms, Rrepresents a C- to C-alkene group, Rrepresents hydrogen or a C- to C-alkyl group, which can carry substituents, k represents a number between 1 and 1000, n represents a number from 0 to 4999, m represents a number from 1 to 5000, and n+m represents a number between 10 to 5000, under the proviso that a) the molar portion of the structural units (I); on the polymer is between 0 and 99.9 mol-%, and b) the molar portion of the structural units (II) on the polymer is between 0.1 and 100 mol-% of the repetitive units. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said polymers using microwaves. 

Polymers carrying hydroxyl groups and ester groups and method for the production thereof

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.

Comb polymers and the use thereof in washing and cleaning agents

The invention relates to a method for producing alkaline amides or imides of ethylenically unsaturated Cto Ccarboxylic acids by reacting amines that contain at least one primary and/or secondary amino group and at least one tertiary amino group with ethylenically unsaturated Cto Ccarboxlic acids to form an ammonium salt and said ammonium salt is subsequently converted into the alkaline amide or imide by means of microwave radiation, with the proviso that the primary and/or secondary amino group is devoid of alkoxy groups.

Method for producing alkaline (meth)acrylamides

The invention relates to a continuous method for producing esters, in which at least one polyol ester of formula (I) (R&#x2014;COO)R(I), where Rrepresents hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 50 carbon atoms, Rrepresents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and m represents a number from 2 to 10 and is smaller than or equal to the number of carbon atoms in R, is reacted with at least one monohydric alcohol of formula (II) R&#x2014;OH (II), where Rrepresents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 30 C atoms, using microwave radiation in a reaction tube, the longitudinal axis of which extends in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a single-mode microwave applicator, so as to obtain at least one ester of formula (III) R&#x2014;COO&#x2014;R(III), where Rand Rhave the meanings indicated above.

Continuous transesterification method

The invention relates to a device for continuously carrying out chemical reactions. The device comprises a microwave generator, a microwave applicator accommodating a microwave-transparent tube, and an isothermal reaction section which is arranged such that the material to be reacted is guided inside the microwave-transparent tube through a microwave applicator which is used as the heating zone and in which it is heated to reaction temperature by means of microwaves that are emitted from the microwave generator into the microwave applicator. The material to be reacted, which is heated and optionally under pressure, is transferred from the microwave applicator to an isothermal reaction zone once it has left the heating zone, said reaction zone being arranged downstream of the heating zone, and is cooled once it has left the isothermal reaction zone.

Device for continuously carrying out chemical reactions at high temperatures

The invention relates to a continuous method for producing fatty acid amides, according to which at least one fatty acid of formula (I),R&#x2014;COOH&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein Ris an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, is reacted with at least one amine of formula (II),HNRR&#x2003;&#x2003;(II)wherein Rand Rare independently hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical comprising between 1 and 100 C atoms, to form an ammonium salt, and said ammonium salt is then reacted to form a fatty acid amide, under microwave irradiation in a reaction pipe, the longitudinal axis of the pipe being oriented in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a monomode microwave applicator.

Continuous method for producing fatty acid amides

The invention relates to an aqueous polyester concentrate having a proportion by weight of polyesters of 12 to 60%, wherein the polyesters are obtainable by means of polymerization of the components selected from a) one or more sulfo group-free aromatic dicarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof and/or anhydrides thereof and/or esters thereof, b) optionally one or more sulfo group-containing dicarboxylic acids, salts thereof and/or anhydrides thereof and/or esters thereof, c) 1,2-propylene glycol, d) ethylene glycol, e) one or more compounds of the formula (1) RO(CHRCHRO)H (), where Ris a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having from 1 to 22 C atoms, Rand R, independently of one another, are hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of from 1 to 50, f) optionally one or more compounds of the formula (2) H&#x2014;(OCHCH)&#x2014;SOX (2), where m is an integer of from 1 to 10 and X is hydrogen or an alkali metal ion, and g) optionally one or more cross-linking polyfunctional compounds, provided that at least one of the components b) or f) is present, and provided further that the molar ratio of the components c) 1,2-propylene glycol to d) ethylene glycol is greater than or equal to 1.60.

Polyester concentrates having high stability in solution and having a greying-inhibiting effect

The invention relates to polyesters, obtainable by means of polymerization of the components including (a) one or more sulfo group-free aromatic dicarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof and/or anhydrides thereof and/or esters thereof, b) optionally one or more sulfo group-containing dicarboxylic acids, salts thereof and/or anhydrides thereof and/or esters thereof, c) 1,2-propylene glycol, d) ethylene glycol, e) one or more compounds of the formula (1) RO(CHRCHRO)H (1), where Ris a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having from 1 to 22 C atoms, Rand R, independently of one another, are hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and N is an integer of from 1 to 50, f) optionally one or more compounds of the formula (2) H&#x2014;(OCHCH)&#x2014;SOX (2), in which m is an integer from 1 to 10 and X is hydrogen or an alkali metal ion, and g); optionally one or more crosslinking polyfunctional compounds, provided that at least one of the components b) or f) is present, and provided further that the molar ratio of the components c) 1,2-propylene glycol to d) ethylene glycol is greater than or equal to 1.70.

Soil-release polymers having a grey-inhibiting effect and having high stability in solution

The invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkanol amides by reacting at least one amine that contains at least one primary or secondary amino group and at least one hydroxyl group with at least one fatty acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the alkanol amide by means of microwave radiation.

Method for producing fatty acid alkanol amides

The invention relates to a method for producing bisbenzoxazoles that are interconnected by means of a system of conjugated double bonds, according to which o-aminophenols are reacted with dicarboxylic acids, the carboxyl groups of which are interconnected via a double bond or a system of conjugated double bonds, to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being converted in the presence of dehydrogenating catalysts and solvents with a low dielectric loss into benzoxazol by means of microwave radiation.

Method for producing bisbenzoxazoles

The invention relates to a method for producing tertiary amides of alkylphenyl carboxylic acids by reacting at least one secondary amine with at least one alkylphenyl carboxylic acid to form an ammonium salt, said ammonium salt being subsequently converted into the tertiary amide by means of microwave radiation.

Method for producing tertiary amides of alkylphenyl carboxylic acids

The invention provides a process for preparing amides from polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid or the corresponding anhydrides, the energy source used being microwaves.

Process for preparing amides based on polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid

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