An amino-functional polysiloxane is prepared by reacting an aminosilane (A) which contains an aminoalkyl group and at least one alkoxy group bonded to Si with a carboxylic acid and a silanol-functional polysiloxane (B). The aminosilane (A) is partially converted into its carboxylate salt which acts as a catalyst for the siloxane condensation polymerization reaction between (A) and (B).

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an epoxidation catalyst which process involves (a) drying a silica gel carrier having a weight average particle size of from 0.1 mm to 2 mm at a temperature of from more than 200.degree. C. to 300.degree. C., and (b) contacting the carrier obtained in step (a) with a gas stream containing titanium halide to obtain an impregnated carrier, and the use of such catalyst in the preparation of alkylene oxide.

A process for the manufacture of a lactam from an amino alkane nitrile and/or its hydrolysis derivatives, comprising reacting a solution comprising at least about 5% by weight amino alkane nitrile in water at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 350.degree. C. and at a pressure of greater than about 250 bar. Optionally, a dilute acid may be added as a catalyst.

A method of preparing cabergoline Form I, comprising forming a solvate including cabergoline and 4-fluorotoluene or 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and obtaining cabergoline Form I from the solvate. Another aspect of the present invention provides a method for preparing cabergoline Form I comprising dissolving cabergoline in 4-fluorotoluene or 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and recovering the cabergoline Form 1 polymorph. Cabergoline Form I can then be obtained from the solution, suitably by direct crystallizati...

The present invention relates to a process for preparing trimethylolpropane having a low APHA color number.

A mixture or substance having a spheroid-forming activity is obtained by heat treating fetal calf serum at a temperature and for a period sufficient to impart spheroid-forming activity. Introduced into cell culture, the substance or mixture so obtained causes cells to grow in three-dimensional cultures as opposed to mono-layer. Also disclosed are kits for the production of said mixture or substance and further uses of said mixture or substance.

A parenterally administrable, biodegradable microparticle preparation containing a biologically active substance which, during the first 24 hours after injection, exhibits a release of the active substance that is less than 25% of the total release, determined from a concentration-time curve in the form of the ratio between the area under the curve during the said first 24 hours and the total area under the curve in question

Process for preparing an amine by reacting a primary or secondary alcohol, aldehyde or ketone with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia and primary and secondary amines in the presence of a catalyst whose preparation has involved precipitation of catalytically active components onto monoclinic, tetragonal or cubic zirconium dioxide.

Provided is a method for preparing an explosive emulsion. The method comprises first preparing an oil phase containing a hydrocarbyl-substituted anhydride, and preparing an aqueous phase containing an hydroxy amine, and preferably an oxidizer salt. The two phases are then mixed sufficiently to create a water-in-oil emulsion, with the anhydride and amine reacting at the interface of the two phases.

Use of a preparation comprising formic acid as an active ingredient for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of skin warts caused by a papilloma virus in a mammal by topical administration on the affected area.