Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

Uwe Heinz

Frank Bachmann

Menno Hazenkamp

Marie-Josée Dubs

Gunther Schlingloff

Josef Dannacher

Albert Schneider

Torsten Wieprecht

Thomas Ehlis

Cornelia Vincenzi

Markus Frey

Cornelia Makowka

Christof Dosenbach

Hanspeter Baier

Tassilo Habereder

Use of metal complex compounds of formula (1) and/or (1')[LMeX]Y&#x2003;&#x2003;(1),[L&#x2032;MeX]Y&#x2003;&#x2003;(1&#x2032;),wherein all substituents are as defined in the claims, as catalysts for oxidation reactions, and also novel metal complex compounds and novel ligands.

Use of metal complex compounds as oxidation catalysts

The present invention relates to the use of metal complex compounds which have terpyridine ligands and contain at least one quaternized nitrogen atom as oxidation catalysts. The present invention relates also to formulations comprising such metal complex compounds, to novel metal complex compounds and to novel ligands.

Use of metal complex compounds of formula (1) and/or (1')[LMeX]Y,&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)[L&#x2032;MeX]Y,&#x2003;&#x2003;(1&#x2032;)wherein all substituents are as defined in the claims, as catalysts for oxidation reactions, and also novel metal complex compounds and novel ligands.

Use of metal complex compounds of formula (1) and/or (1') [LnMemXp]zYq (1), [L&#x2032;MemXp]zYq (1&#x2032;), wherein all substituents are as defined in the claims, as catalysts for oxidation reactions, and also novel metal complex compounds and novel ligands.

This invention relates to a novel crystal form of the 1:1 manganese (III) complex of N,N',N&#x2033;tris[salicylideneaminoethyl]amine, a process for its preparation and the use thereof.

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Saarlouis, Germany

Uwe Heinz