The invention relates to novel compounds, to aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations containing the novel compounds and to the use of the novel compounds as thickening agents of aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations.

The invention relates to novel compounds, to aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations containing the novel compounds and to the use of the novel compounds as thickening agents of aqueous, in particular surfactant-containing formulations.

An N-acylglucamide compound of the formula (I)

##STR00001## where R.sub.2 is a linear or branched alkyl group or an aryl group; X is a moiety R.sub.1, which is a linear or branched alkyl group comprising 8 to 18, carbon atoms, which is substituted by one hydroxy group; or X is a moiety R.sub.1, which is a linear or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl group comprising 8 to 18 carbon atoms, which is substituted by one hydroxy group, And blends and aqueous surfactant solutions comprising it.

An N-acylglucamide compound of the formula (I)

##STR00001## where R.sub.2 is a linear or branched alkyl group or an aryl group; X is a moiety R.sub.1, which is a linear or branched alkyl group comprising 8 to 18, carbon atoms, which is substituted by one hydroxy group; or X is a moiety R.sub.1, which is a linear or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl group comprising 8 to 18 carbon atoms, which is substituted by one hydroxy group, And blends and aqueous surfactant solutions comprising it.

An N-acylglucamide compound of the formula (I)

##STR00001## where R.sub.2 is a linear or branched alkyl group or an aryl group; X is a moiety R.sub.1, which is a linear or branched alkyl group comprising 8 to 18, carbon atoms, which is substituted by one hydroxy group; or X is a moiety R.sub.1, which is a linear or branched, mono- or polyunsaturated alkenyl group comprising 8 to 18 carbon atoms, which is substituted by one hydroxy group, And blends and aqueous surfactant solutions comprising it.

The present invention describes method of preparation of esters or amides of lactyl lactates of general formula I, where Z denotes to group of R—O or RR′—N and R represent alkyl, aryl or H from lactide and the lactide is in contact with a hydrocarbyl alcohol and a hydrolyzable halide in a non-chlorinated organic solvent, or an amine initiated by a hydrolysable halide or hydrogen halide solution or an ammonium hydrohalide, wherein the hydrocarbyl alcohol or amine is either aliphatic or aromatic and containing 1 to 1000 carbon atoms, preferably 1 up to 150 carbon atoms, and optionally one or more, preferably 1 to 5, —CH.sub.2— groups may be replaced by —O— groups.

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The present invention describes method of preparation of esters or amides of lactyl lactates of general formula I, where Z denotes to group of R—O or RR′—N and R represent alkyl, aryl or H from lactide and the lactide is in contact with a hydrocarbyl alcohol and a hydrolyzable halide in a non-chlorinated organic solvent, or an amine initiated by a hydrolysable halide or hydrogen halide solution or an ammonium hydrohalide, wherein the hydrocarbyl alcohol or amine is either aliphatic or aromatic and containing 1 to 1000 carbon atoms, preferably 1 up to 150 carbon atoms, and optionally one or more, preferably 1 to 5, —CH.sub.2— groups may be replaced by —O— groups.

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Methods and compositions for pest control, and more particularly for control of ants, e.g., of the subfamily Myrmicinae, using tyramides.

Methods and compositions for pest control, and more particularly for control of ants, e.g., of the subfamily Myrmicinae, using tyramides.

A method for detecting phospholipase D (PLD) activity in a cell, comprising: (i) stimulating endogenous PLD in said cell for said PLD to catalyze a transphosphatidylation reaction between phosphatidylcholine or a derivative thereof and an exogenous functionalized alcohol to form a phosphatidyl alcohol, wherein the functionalized alcohol possesses a first functional group that can react with and form a bond to a functionalized detectable label having a second functional group reactive with the first functional group, and said phosphatidyl alcohol contains said first functional group in available form; (ii) reacting said phosphatidyl alcohol with said functionalized detectable label under conditions where said functionalized detectable label reacts, via its second functional group, with the first functional group to form a linkage between said detectable label and said phosphatidyl alcohol so as to form a labeled phosphatidyl alcohol containing said detectable label; and (iii) detecting said labeled phosphatidyl alcohol.