Basf Se Corporation

Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Verena Mormul

Marta Reinoso Garcia

Peter Rudolf

Thomas Schmidt

Rainer Klopsch

Ulrike Licht

Thomas Schaub

Michael Klemens Mueller

Carsten Sueling

Jeremy T Manning

Karl-Heinz Schumacher

Armin Stamm

Bernd Siegel

Guenter Scherr

Hans-Georg Kinzelmann

Kristin Tiefensee

Indre Thiel

Nicole Holub

Jan-Dirk Arndt

Ingo Fleute-Schlachter

Volker Hickmann

Andreas Lanver

Frank Jaekel

Miran Yu

Jose Garcia Miralles

Diego Ghislieri

Gabor Boerzsoenyi

Olaf Hartmann

Saumya Dabral

Bilguun Bayarmagnai

Juliane Kutter

Christina Haaf-Kleinhubbert

Viktoria Leonhardt

Daniel Dan-Tam Tang

Jeremy Manning

Svenja STRÜMPF

A compound of formula (I) wherein Ris hydrogen or an organic radical of 1 to 100 carbon atoms, R, Rare independently hydrogen or an organic radical of 1 to 100 carbons, Z is a single bond or a divalent organic group of 1 to 100 carbons, A is an (n+m)-valent organic group of 1 to 1 000 000 carbons, X is a single bond or a divalent organic group of 1 to 40 carbons, n is an integer from 1 to 1000, m is 0, 1, or 2, the sum of n+m being an integer from 2 to 1002. Such compounds are obtainable from specific 4-oxy-but-2-yn-1-ol derivatives, or used as intermediate(s), crosslinker(s), or monomer(s) in polymerization or oligomerization reactions, or for two-component compositions having such compound(s) and multifunctional hardener(s). Such compound(s) may be used to prepare polyunsaturated compounds, by reaction with an (oligo/poly)-functional nucleophile, or polymers.

Monomers comprising at least one 4-(2-oxyethylidene)-1,3-dioxolan-2-one unit and use thereof

The present application is related to a container made of a polymer and containing a single unit dose of a detergent composition. The detergent composition contains at least two complexing agents (A) dissolved in an aqueous medium. The complexing agents (A) are (A1) at least one alkali metal salt of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA), and (A2) at least one alkali metal salt of glutamic acid diacetic acid (GLDA). The complexing agents (A1) and (A2) are partially neutralized with alkali and the weight ratio of (A1) and (A2) ranges from 1:9 to 9:1. The aqueous medium contains at least 25% by weight of water relative to the entire liquid phase.

Container comprising a detergent composition containing salts of MGDA and GLDA

The present invention is directed towards a process for manufacturing a complexing agent, said process comprising the steps of (a) Providing a nitrile according to general formula (I a) or (I b)  With M being selected from alkali metal and hydrogen and combinations thereof, (b) Saponification with a total alkali amount of 2.5 to 2.9 mol of alkali metal hydroxide per mole of nitrile according to general formula (I a) or (I b), respectively, and a pH value in the range of from 9.5 to 11.5 at the end of step (b), (c) Adding an amount of alkali metal hydroxide so that the total alkali content is 2.9 to 3.15 moles per mole nitrile according to general formula (I a) or (I b), respectively, and (d) Allowing further conversion.

Process for manufacturing a complexing agent

The present invention relates to a process for preparing cyclic carbonates of formula Ia or Ib or mixtures thereof (Ia) (Ib) comprising the process step: a) reacting a propargylic alcohol of formula II (II) with carbon dioxide in the presence of at least one transition metal catalyst TMC1, which comprises a transition metal selected from metals of groups 10, 11 and 12 of the periodic table of the elements according to IUPAC and at least one bulky ligand. 

Process for preparing cyclic carbonates

Process for the preparation of a compound with at least one monothiocarbonate group by reacting:&#x2014;a compound with at least one mercaptoalcohol group and&#x2014;a dialkylcarbonate, in the presence of a catalyst wherein the catalyst is a salt of a metal selected from group IIIb or IVb of the periodic system.

Method for the preparation of a monothiocarbonate compound

Process for manufacturing granules of salts of at least two aminopolycarboxylic acids (A), com-prising the steps of (a) providing an aqueous solution of (A1) at least one alkali metal salt of a mixture of L- and D-enantiomers of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA), said mixture containing predominantly the respective L-isomer with an enantiomeric excess (ee) in the range of from 10 to 95%, (A2) at least one alkali metal salt of L- and D-enantiomers of glutamic acid diacetic acid (GLDA) or of enantiomerically pure L-GLDA, the weight ratio of (A1) and (A2) being in the range of from 1:9 to 9:1, (b) spray granulating said solution with a gas inlet temperature of at least 125&#xb0; C. Additionally, the present invention relates to granules and to their use.

Process for manufacturing MGDA/GLDA granules, granules, and their use

The present invention is directed towards mixtures comprising (A) 90 to 99.999% by weight of racemic methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) or of MGDA with predominantly the L-isomer in an enantiomeric excess of up to 9.5% or their respective mono-, di- or trialkali metal or mono-, di- or triammonium salts, and (B) in total 0.001 to 10% by weight of the diacetic acid derivative of aspartate as free acid or as mono-, di-, tri- or tetraalkali metal salt or as mono-, di-, tri- or tetraammonium salt, percentages referring to the sum from (A) and (B).

Mixtures of chelating agents, and process for making such mixtures

What are described are compounds having two or more exovinylene cyclocarbonate units, wherein the exovinylene cyclocarbonate units are bonded to one another via at least one organic, siloxane-free connecting group which is not bonded directly to the exovinylene double bonds, excluding connecting groups formed by polymerization of (meth)acrylic monomers. The connecting group preferably has at least one acetal group. Also described are a process for preparing the compounds, two-component binders comprising the compounds, and uses of the compounds.

Compounds having two or more exovinylene cyclocarbonate units

A composition comprising a pesticide and a certain carboxylic acid amide, i.e. isononanoic acid N,N-dimethyl amide, is described herein. Also disclosed is a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesirable plant growth and/or undesirable insect or mite infestation and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, the habitat thereof 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 the habitat thereof. Furthermore, use of the carboxylic acid amide as a solvent for pesticides with no or low phytotoxicity is described.

Composition comprising a pesticide and isononanoic acid N,N-dimethyl amide

Cyclic carbonates

Coating compositions comprising a compound having at least two cyclic carbonate groups and a siloxane group (called 'carbonate compound').

Coating compositions comprising a compound with at least two cyclic carbonate groups and a siloxane group

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