Described herein are labeling agents, specifically [.sup.11C]fluoroform, [.sup.11C]difluoromethane, [.sup.11C]fluoromethyl iodide, [.sup.11C]fluoromethyl bromide, [.sup.11C]fluoromethyl chloride, [.sup.11C]fluoromethyl trifluoromethansulfonate, [.sup.11C]difluoromethyl iodide, [.sup.11C]difluoromethyl bromide, [.sup.11C]difluoromethyl chloride, [.sup.11C]difluoromethyl trifluoromethansulfonate, [.sup.11C]trifluoromethyl iodide, [.sup.11C]trifluoromethyl bromide, [.sup.11C]trifluoromethyl chloride, [.sup.11C]trifluoromethyl trifluoromethansulfonate, [.sup.18]fluoroform, [.sup.18F]difluoromethane, [.sup.18F]difluoromethyl bromide or [.sup.18F]trifluoromethyl bromide. Also included are methods of labeling precursors to provide labeled fluoroalkanes and imaging methods.

A new set of bench-stable fluoroalkylphosphines that directly convert CH bonds in pyridine building blocks, drug-like fragments, and pharmaceuticals, into fluoroalkyl derivatives. No pre-installed functional groups or directing motifs are required. The reaction tolerates a variety of sterically and electronically distinct pyridines and is exclusively selective for the 4-position in most cases. The reaction proceeds via initial phosphonium salt formation followed by sp.sup.2-sp.sup.3 phosphorus ligand-coupling, an underdeveloped manifold for CC bond formation.

A new set of bench-stable fluoroalkylphosphines that directly convert CH bonds in pyridine building blocks, drug-like fragments, and pharmaceuticals, into fluoroalkyl derivatives. No pre-installed functional groups or directing motifs are required. The reaction tolerates a variety of sterically and electronically distinct pyridines and is exclusively selective for the 4-position in most cases. The reaction proceeds via initial phosphonium salt formation followed by sp.sup.2-sp.sup.3 phosphorus ligand-coupling, an underdeveloped manifold for CC bond formation.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of crisaborole of formula (I):

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by preparing intermediates of formulas (II) and (III):

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The present invention relates to a method of production of 4-boronophenylalanine (BPA) from 4-iodophenylalanine, in which all the functional groups of the amino acid are protected by benzyl protection method, and which uses isopropyl magnesium halogenide stabilized by a complexation base, and subsequent condensation of the resulting Grignard reagent with a boric acid ester. The final reaction step, catalytic hydrogenolysis or transfer hydrogenolysis of protecting groups on the amino acid, occurs after hydrolysis of the boronate ester groups.

Methods of synthesizing compounds using CO.sub.2 as a directing group for CH functionalization, and compounds made thereby, are described.

Methods of synthesizing compounds using CO.sub.2 as a directing group for CH functionalization, and compounds made thereby, are described.

A platinum organosiloxane complex is prepared by a process including 1) combining A) a platinous halide and B) a ketone, and thereafter 2) adding C) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon. The platinum organosiloxane complex prepared by the process is useful as a hydrosilylation catalyst.

A platinum organosiloxane complex is prepared by a process including combining A) a platinous halide; B) a ketone; C) an enone additive distinct from any other starting materials or rearrangement products thereof; and D) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon. The platinum organosiloxane complex prepared by the process is useful as a hydrosilylation catalyst.

An electro-polarizable compound has the following general formula: ##STR00001## where Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having two-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, which is tetrapirolic macro-cyclic fragment, R1 is an dopant group connected to Core1, m is number of R1 which is equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups, p is number of R2 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE containing the Core1 with at least one R1 has a nonlinear effect of polarization. Core2 is an electro-conductive oligomer self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, n is number of Core2 which is equal to 2, or 4, R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups, s is number of R3 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. R4 is a non-polar resistive substituent, k is a number of R4 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.