The present invention provides a novel cationic ruthenium complex which is easy to produce and handle and can be procured at a relatively low cost and a production method for the ruthenium complex, a method for producing an alcohol or the like using the ruthenium complex as a catalyst, a method for producing a carbonyl compound using the ruthenium complex as a catalyst, and a method for producing a N-alkylamine compound using the ruthenium complex as a catalyst. The present invention pertains to a ruthenium complex represented by general formula (1): [RuX(CO).sub.2(PNP)]Y (wherein, X represents a monovalent anionic monodentate ligand, Y represents a counter anion, PNP represents a tridentate ligand, and CO represents carbon monoxide), a production method for the ruthenium complex, a catalyst containing the ruthenium complex, and a production method for various organic compounds using the catalyst.

The present invention relates to a ligand, an ethylene oligomerization catalyst including the ligand, and a method for selectively producing 1-hexene or 1-octene from ethylene by using the catalyst. The ligand according to the present invention is a bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene with a phosphorus atom substituted with a fluoro-substituted phenyl, and when the ligand is used for ethylene oligomerization, the high temperature activity of the catalyst can be increased.

Enantiopure terphenyl presenting two ortho-located chiral axes having the following structural formula (I): their process of synthesis and their use as mono or bidentate ligands for asymmetric organometallic reactions, as organocatalysts, as chiral base and as generator, with metal, of isolable chiral metallic complexes for applications in asymmetric catalysis and others.

Described herein are compositions composed of frustrated Lewis pairs impregnated in porous materials such as, for example, metal-organic frameworks, and their uses thereof. These compositions may allow new applications of frustrated Lewis pairs in catalysis by sequestering and protecting the frustrated Lewis pair within the nanospace of the porous material. Also provided are methods of hydrogenating an organic compound having at least one unsaturated functional group comprising using the compositions described herein.

The present invention relates to the design and synthesis of a class of novel chiral phosphine ligand, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphinoalkylamido)-1,2-disubstituted ethane, and use in asymmetric catalytic reactions, such as asymmetric catalytic synthesis of pyrazoline-5-one with a chiral quaternary carbon center, i.e., highly enantioselective synthesis of 3-methyl-4-benzyl-4-(2-butyl-2,3-butadienyl)pyrazoline-5-one by using 3-methyl-4-benzylpyrazoline-5-one and benzyl (2-butyl-2,3-butadienyl) carbonate with tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium-chloroform adduct and this novel ligand as catalysts. The ligand designed by this present invention has the following advantages: the structure is novel, the synthesis and enlarge are simple, the enantioselective control effect in the practical reaction is excellent, which has a broad application prospect in chiral catalysis.

A halogen-containing compound as shown in a formula I can be used as a ligand for an ethylene oligomerization catalyst composition. The ethylene oligomerization catalyst composition containing the halogen-containing compound can be used to catalyze ethylene oligomerization, trimerization and tetramerization reactions. As a ligand of a catalyst for ethylene oligomerization, a fluoropolymer can effectively improve the catalytic performance of a catalyst system, and particularly exhibits improved activity and selectivity in an ethylene oligomerization reaction. ##STR00001##

Zwitterion ligand metal complexes and methods of aerobic oxidation using a zwitterion ligand metal complex are provided. The zwitterion ligand metal complexes can include a transition metal salt and a zwitterion ligand, which can comprise a non-conjugated amide anion-phosphonium cation, an amide anion-ammonium cation, or an iminium cation. The methods of aerobic oxidation can include combining the zwitterion ligand metal complex with an oxidizable compound and molecular oxygen to allow the isolation of an oxidized compound from the oxidizable compound.

A halogen-containing compound represented by a formula I and a use thereof as a ligand of an ethylene oligomerization catalyst composition, an ethylene oligomerization catalyst composition comprising the halogen-containing compound, and an ethylene oligomerization method, ethylene trimerization method and ethylene tetramerization method using the catalyst composition. Serving as the ligand of the ethylene oligomerization catalyst, the halogen-containing polymer may effectively improve the catalytic performance of a catalyst system, especially by displaying a significantly improved catalytic performance in an ethylene oligomerization reaction. The maximum catalyst activity may exceed 4×10.sup.8 g.Math.mol(Cr).sup.−1.Math.h.sup.−1, and the total selectivity of 1-hexene and 1-octene exceeds 92 wt %. In a C6 product, the content of 1-hexene may reach about 97%, and in a C8 product, the content of 1-octene may reach more than 98%. The present catalyst composition has good industrial application prospects and economic value.

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A halogen-containing compound as shown in a formula I can be used as a ligand for an ethylene oligomerization catalyst composition. The ethylene oligomerization catalyst composition containing the halogen-containing compound can be used to catalyze ethylene oligomerization, trimerization, and tetramerization reactions. As a ligand of a catalyst for ethylene oligomerization, a fluoropolymer can effectively improve the catalytic performance of a catalyst system, and particularly exhibits improved activity and selectivity in an ethylene oligomerization reaction.

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The present invention relates to a ligand, an ethylene oligomerization catalyst including the ligand, and a method for selectively producing 1-hexene or 1-octene from ethylene by using the catalyst. The ligand according to the present invention is a bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene with a phosphorus atom substituted with a fluoro-substituted phenyl, and when the ligand is used for ethylene oligomerization, the high temperature activity of the catalyst can be increased.