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• Bayer MaterialScience to sell polyester resins businesses to Stepan

  Bayer MaterialScience LLC has agreed to sell its global powder polyester resins business and its U.S.-based liquid polyester resins merchant business to Stepan Company of Northfield, Illinois. The sale is scheduled to be completed by June 1. Financial terms were not disclosed. Both Bayer businesses more

• Clariant acquires Nano-Silver Ink Technology from Bayer

  Clariant International AG acquired the nano-silver ink technology platform developed under the trademark Bayink® from Bayer Group (Germany). The transaction comprises all patents, know-how and materials related to Bayer's nano-silver ink technology. Clariant will continue to work closely with existi more

• Dr. Markus Steilemann appointed head of Bayer’s Polycarbonates business unit
  

  Bayer has appointed Dr. Markus Steilemann (42) as the new head of its Polycarbonates business unit. He succeeds Michael Koenig, who will join the Board of Management of Bayer AG on April 1, 2013. At the same time, Steilemann will become a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer MaterialScience. S more

Publications Bayer

• Gold‐Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of 2‐ and 3‐Alkynyl Furans

  Chemical Matching: C2‐ or C3‐alkynylated furans were selectively synthesized by using gold catalysis. Direct C–H alkynylation of furans was achieved with C2 selectivity, and a domino cyclization/alkynylation process starting from allenes gave C3‐alkynylated products. The exact matching of the str more

• Functionalized Alkenylzinc Reagents Bearing Carbonyl Groups: Preparation by Direct Metal Insertion and Reaction with Electrophiles

  Highly functionalized cyclic and acyclic alkenylzinc reagents bearing functional groups such as aldehyde, keto, and ester groups were readily prepared by either direct zinc insertion in the presence of LiCl or by magnesium insertion in the presence of LiCl and ZnCl2. Subsequent functionalization more

• Lewis Bases Trigger Intramolecular CH–Bond Activation: (tBu3SiO)2W=NtBu [rlhar2] (tBu3SiO)(κO,κC‐tBu2SiOCMe2CH2)HW=NtBu

  Abstract The symmetry‐forbidden cyclometalation of (silox)2W=NtBu (1, silox = OSitBu3) to (silox)(tBuN)W(H)(κO,κC‐OSitBu2CMe2CH2) (2) was investigated by kinetics [ΔH‡ = 19.2(9) kcal/mol; ΔS‡ = –23(3) eu; ΔG‡(25 °C) = 26.1(10) kcal/mol], isotopic labeling {[D54]1 → [D54]2; kH/kD = 2.7(4)}, and e more

Market studies Bayer

• Forecast of Fipronil in China

  Fipronil is an outstanding insecticide and has played an important role in pest control in China. However, owing to the harmful effect of fipronil on shellfishes and bees, Chinese government has restricted the use of fipronil in China since 1 October 2009. According to CCM International’s market sur more

• Asia Pacific Polycarbonate Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants

  Introduction GlobalData’s report, Asia Pacific Polycarbonate Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of Asia Pacific Polycarbonate industry. The research presents major market trends affec more

• Asia Pacific Polystyrene Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants

  Introduction GlobalData’s report, Asia Pacific Polystyrene Industry Outlook to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of Asia Pacific Polystyrene industry. The research presents major market trends affectin more

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