Markovnikov-selective palladium catalyst for carbonylation of alkynes with heteroarenes.

A process for producing alpha-olefin dimers comprises contacting, at a temperature of 80 C. or more, a feedstock comprising at least one C.sub.8+ (linear) alpha-olefin with a catalyst system comprising activator and one or more catalyst compounds represented by the formula:

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where M is a Group 4 metal; n is 1, 2, or 3; R.sup.A is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl; each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, and R.sup.8 is independently selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl; each X is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, hydrides, amides, alkoxides, sulfides, phosphides, halides, and a combination thereof, (two X's may form a part of a fused ring or a ring system), the contacting being conducted under conditions effective to oligomerize at least part of C.sub.8+ alpha-olefin to produce an oligomerized product containing at least 30 wt % of the alpha-olefin dimer and at least 80 mol % of vinylidene unsaturation, where the conversion of the alpha olefin is at least 10 wt %, based upon the weight of the alpha olefin monomer entering the reactor and the weight of dimer produced.

A method, including: contacting a carbene or carbyne precatalyst with a first co-catalyst, under reaction conditions sufficient to cause the first-co-catalyst to activate the carbene or carbyne precatalyst, wherein the first co-catalyst is selected from the group consisting of an aluminum activator, a Br.sub.2-1,4-dioxane complex, I.sub.2, PhICl.sub.2, and PCl.sub.5.

The present invention relates to a covalent organic framework which is a two-dimensional polymer formed by repeatedly arranging structural units represented by formula I or formula II and bonding same by means of covalent bonds. The present invention also relates to a catalyst, preparation methods for the covalent organic framework and the catalyst, and applications of the covalent organic framework and the catalyst in catalyzing olefin polymerization. The covalent organic framework can be used as a support to control the stereoregular polymerization of olefins in a confined space. The catalyst has high catalytic activity and good high-temperature stability, and widens the range of types of olefin polymerization catalysts.

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The present disclosure provides a method for efficiently producing and providing compounds having a spirooxindole skeleton, for example compounds having a spirooxindole skeleton and having antitumor activity that inhibit the interaction between Mdm2 protein and p53 protein, or intermediates thereof, using an asymmetric catalyst. Compounds having optically active tricyclic dispiroindole skeletons are obtained through catalytic asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction using ketimine as a reaction substrate and using a chiral ligand and a Lewis acid.

Provided herein are metal organic frameworks comprising metal nodes and N-donor organic ligands. Methods for capturing chemical species from fluid compositions comprise contacting a metal organic framework characterized by the formula [M.sub.aM.sub.bF.sub.6-n(O/H.sub.2O).sub.w(Ligand).sub.x(solvent).sub.y].sub.z with a fluid composition and capturing one or more chemical species from the fluid composition.

Catalyst compositions based on Ruthenium- or Osmium-based complex catalysts and specific co-catalysts are provided for selectively hydrogenating nitrile rubbers in the presence of such catalyst compositions.

A new class of organic-inorganic hybrid composite materials, composites of a fluoroalkyl fluorophthalocyanine and a solid-state support containing an imidazole group. The new class of composite materials can be used as a heterogeneous catalyst for the heterogeneous oxidation organic molecules in aqueous and some organic solvents systems is claimed.

The present disclosure provides N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, catalyst complexes thereof, and methods using same. The present disclosure further provides synthetic methods of preparing the N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and catalyst complexes disclosed herein.

The present invention relates to an optically pure (+) or () enantiomer of a ruthenium complex having formula (I) as well as the preparation method of said enantiomer, and uses thereof as catalyst, in particular in asymmetric olefin metathesis. ##STR00001##