The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.

A process for the stereoselective preparation of a chiral alcohol or a chiral amine, the process comprising reacting a first prochiral reactant selected from the group consisting of a ketone, an aldehyde, and an imine, with a second reactant comprising a Grignard reagent, in the presence of a chiral trans-diamine of formula (1) as defined herein:

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Also provided is the use of the chiral trans-diamine of formula (1) in a Grignard reaction and the chiral trans-diamines per se.

A process for the stereoselective preparation of a chiral alcohol or a chiral amine, the process comprising reacting a first prochiral reactant selected from the group consisting of a ketone, an aldehyde, and an imine, with a second reactant comprising a Grignard reagent, in the presence of a chiral trans-diamine of formula (1) as defined herein:

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Also provided is the use of the chiral trans-diamine of formula (1) in a Grignard reaction and the chiral trans-diamines per se.

Provided is a rubber composition that has better weather resistance than conventional rubber compositions and can inhibit surface discoloration of a rubber article. The rubber composition contains at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber and diene-based synthetic rubbers and, blended therewith, at least one amine compound represented by formula (I) shown below. In formula (I), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent, independently of one another, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-10, an aralkyl group, or a phenyl group, and A represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 6-30 that may include an interposed phenylene group.

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Provided is a rubber composition that has better weather resistance than conventional rubber compositions and can inhibit surface discoloration of a rubber article. The rubber composition contains at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber and diene-based synthetic rubbers and, blended therewith, at least one amine compound represented by formula (I) shown below. In formula (I), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent, independently of one another, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-10, an aralkyl group, or a phenyl group, and A represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 6-30 that may include an interposed phenylene group.

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The present invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I), with the substituents as described in the specification, useful in the positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (7 nAChR). The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of a broad range of diseases in which the positive modulation of 7 nAChR is advantageous, including neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and also neuropathic pain and inflammatory diseases.

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The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a compound having Formula (1): AB.sub.x (1), wherein A is a structural moiety that consists of at least two atoms and comprises a conjugated system of delocalized electrons, each B is independently selected from an imine functional group (1a), wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are independently selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.30 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.30 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.3 alkinyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.30 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.30 aryl, C.sub.2-C.sub.30 heteroaryl, C.sub.7-C.sub.30 arylalkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.30 heteroarylalkyl, the wave line represents a covalent bond to the imine nitrogen atom, G is in each group (1a) independently selected from a quarternary carbon atom and from a cyclopropenylidene structural moiety, x is an integer equal one or higher, preferably equal two or higher, and the lone electron pair of the imine nitrogen atom and/or the pi-electrons of the imine double bond of at least one group B is conjugated with the conjugated system of delocalized electrons comprised in the structural moiety A, with the proviso that two or more of the substituents R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 may be connected to form a ring that may contain also unsaturation and, if any of the substituents R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 comprises two or more carbon atoms, up to one third of the overall count of the carbon atoms in the substituent or in any ring formed by two connected substituents can be replaced with heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N and B as well as to an electrically semiconducting material and a compound for use in the electronic device.

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The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a compound having Formula (1): AB.sub.x (1), wherein A is a structural moiety that consists of at least two atoms and comprises a conjugated system of delocalized electrons, each B is independently selected from an imine functional group (1a), wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are independently selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.30 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.30 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.3 alkinyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.30 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.30 aryl, C.sub.2-C.sub.30 heteroaryl, C.sub.7-C.sub.30 arylalkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.30 heteroarylalkyl, the wave line represents a covalent bond to the imine nitrogen atom, G is in each group (1a) independently selected from a quarternary carbon atom and from a cyclopropenylidene structural moiety, x is an integer equal one or higher, preferably equal two or higher, and the lone electron pair of the imine nitrogen atom and/or the pi-electrons of the imine double bond of at least one group B is conjugated with the conjugated system of delocalized electrons comprised in the structural moiety A, with the proviso that two or more of the substituents R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 may be connected to form a ring that may contain also unsaturation and, if any of the substituents R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 comprises two or more carbon atoms, up to one third of the overall count of the carbon atoms in the substituent or in any ring formed by two connected substituents can be replaced with heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N and B as well as to an electrically semiconducting material and a compound for use in the electronic device.

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Triphenylethylene compounds as dual aromatase inhibitors and selective estrogen receptors modulators are described. Also described are methods for treating patients of breast cancers, and patients of breast cancer comorbid with osteoporosis, using the described triphenylethylence compounds or pharmaceutical formulations thereof.

Provided is a rubber composition that has better weather resistance than conventional rubber compositions and can inhibit rubber article surface discoloration. The rubber composition contains at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber and diene-based synthetic rubbers and, blended therewith, at least one bisphenyldiamine compound represented by formula (I). In formula (I), R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-10, or a phenyl group, but R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 do not both simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom and R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 do not both simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent, independently of one another, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-8 or an aralkyl group, A represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 1-12, and l, m, and n each represent an integer of 0 or 1.

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