The present invention provides: a rust inhibitor that has excellent rust inhibiting and anti-corrosive properties, not only on iron members, but also on non-iron metal members, and can prevent rust and corrosion over long periods; a rust inhibitor composition that contains the rust inhibitor, a coating formation material; a coating obtained from the rust inhibitor, the rust inhibitor composition, or the coating formation material; and a metal component that comprises the coating. This rust inhibitor contains at least one compound represented by a Chemical Formula (1). ##STR00001##
(In the formula: R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 1-33; R.sup.2 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 1-33; the total carbon number of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is 1-34; X is a single bond or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 1-5; either A.sup.1 or A.sup.2 is —OH; and the other is —O—CH.sub.2—CH(OH)—CH.sub.2OH or —O—CH(—CH.sub.2—OH).sub.2.)

What is provided is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula. R.sup.1—CH.sub.2—R.sup.2—CH.sub.2—OCH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2O—CH.sub.2—R.sup.3—CH.sub.2—R.sup.4 (In the formula, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are perfluoropolyether chains, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are terminal groups having two or three polar groups, in which individual polar groups are bound to different carbon atoms and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bound are bound to each other via a linking group having a carbon atom to which the polar groups are not bound).

The present invention relates to biobased alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl glyceryl ether compounds and compositions and formulations comprising same, processes for preparing the inventive biobased compounds, as well as applications thereof including the use of the inventive compounds and compositions in formulations of products or components of products.

The present invention relates to biobased alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl glyceryl ether compounds and compositions and formulations comprising same, processes for preparing the inventive biobased compounds, as well as applications thereof including the use of the inventive compounds and compositions in formulations of products or components of products.

A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1) is provided,
R.sup.1—R.sup.2—CH.sub.2—R.sup.3—CH.sub.2—R.sup.4  (1)
(In Formula (1), R.sup.1 is an alkyl group that may have a substituent, R.sup.2 is a divalent linking group bonded to R.sup.1 via an ethereal oxygen, R.sup.3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, and R.sup.4 is an end group which is different from R.sup.1-R.sup.2 and includes two or three polar groups, in which each of the polar groups is bonded to a different carbon atom, and the carbon atoms bonded to the polar groups are bonded to each other via a linking group containing a carbon atom not bonded to the polar groups.).

The present invention relates to a polyethylene glycol derivative and a preparation method thereof. A preparation process of a polyethylene glycol derivative, according to the present invention, may provide a novel polyethylene glycol derivative which can be utilized in various ways as a drug linker, and is appropriate and effective for mass production and is advantageous in reproducible mass production of high-quality products.

Embodiments are directed towards a process for producing a (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether. The process includes providing an admixture of a crystalline metallosilicate molecular sieve catalyst and an oxide of a metal and reacting in a liquid phase process an olefin and a (poly)alkylene glycol in the presence of the admixture to yield the (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether. Reacting the olefin and the (poly)alkylene glycol in the presence of the admixture is at a temperature of 80° C. to 200° C.

Embodiments are directed towards a process for producing a (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether. The process includes providing an admixture of a crystalline metallosilicate molecular sieve catalyst and an oxide of a metal and reacting in a liquid phase process an olefin and a (poly)alkylene glycol in the presence of the admixture to yield the (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether. Reacting the olefin and the (poly)alkylene glycol in the presence of the admixture is at a temperature of 80° C. to 200° C.

The invention relates to a compound of following formula (I):

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a preparation process, uses thereof and compositions containing the same, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, represent, independently of one another, a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the sum of the carbon atoms of the groups R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 ranges from 2 to 7, and where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may also form, together and with the carbon atom bearing them, a 6-, 7-, or 8-membered ring; n is an integer of between 1 and 100, limits included; A represents a sequence of one or more units chosen from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide units and mixtures thereof; the group formed by R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and the carbon atom to which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are attached has a degree of branching equal to 0, 1 or 2.

The invention relates to a compound of following formula (I):

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a preparation process, uses thereof and compositions containing the same, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, represent, independently of one another, a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the sum of the carbon atoms of the groups R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 ranges from 2 to 7, and where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may also form, together and with the carbon atom bearing them, a 6-, 7-, or 8-membered ring; n is an integer of between 1 and 100, limits included; A represents a sequence of one or more units chosen from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide units and mixtures thereof; the group formed by R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and the carbon atom to which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are attached has a degree of branching equal to 0, 1 or 2.