Novel, lubricious coatings for medical devices are disclosed. The coatings provide improved lubricity and durability, and are readily applied in coating processes. The present invention is also directed to a novel platinum catalyst for use in such coatings. The catalyst provides for rapid curing, while inhibiting cross-linking at ambient temperatures, thereby improving the production pot life of the coatings.

The invention relates to a method of forming an olefin from a first olefin and a second olefin in a metathesis reaction, comprising step (i): (i) reacting the first olefin with the second olefin in the presence of a compound that catalyzes said metathesis reaction such that the molar ratio of said compound to the first or the second olefin is from 1:500 or less, and the conversion of the first or the second olefin to said olefin is at least 50%, characterized in that as compound that catalyzes said metathesis reaction a compound of the following formula is used: ##STR00001## wherein M is Mo or W; R.sup.1 is aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, or heteroalkyl; optionally substituted; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 can be the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, heteroalkyl, heteroalkenyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; optionally substituted; R.sup.5 is alkyl, alkoxy, heteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, silylalkyl, silyloxy, optionally substituted; and R.sup.4 is a residue R.sup.6—X—, wherein X═O and R.sup.6 is aryl, optionally substituted; or X═S and R.sup.6 is aryl, optionally substituted; or X═O and R.sup.6 is (R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9)Si; wherein R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9 are alkyl or phenyl, optionally substituted; or X═O and R.sup.6 is (R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12)C, wherein R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12 are independently selected from phenyl, alkyl; optionally substituted; and to the catalysts used in the method.

Novel, lubricious coatings for medical devices are disclosed. The coatings provide improved lubricity and durability, and are readily applied in coating processes. The present invention is also directed to a novel platinum catalyst for use in such coatings. The catalyst provides for rapid curing, while inhibiting cross-linking at ambient temperatures, thereby improving the production pot life of the coatings.

A method of forming a porous three-dimensional (3D) is disclosed. The method comprises (I) printing a first composition on a substrate (16) with the nozzle (12) of the apparatus (10) to form at least one first filament (14) comprising the first composition, (II) selectively controlling the distance and/or the speed such that the at least one first filament coils on the substrate to give a first layer on the substrate, the first layer comprising a coiled filament, optionally repeating steps I) and II) with independently selected composition(s) for any additional layer(s), and (III) exposing the layer(s) to a solidification condition. A porous three-dimensional (3D) article formed in accordance with the method is also disclosed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst for a cross-coupling reaction in which an organometallic complex is sufficiently immobilized on a carrier and an object product can be easily obtained. The catalyst for a cross-coupling reaction of the present invention has a carrier part composed of a synthetic resin and an organometallic complex part immobilized on the carrier part by chemical bonding, and has a structure represented by formula (P1), wherein in (P1) R.sup.1, R.sup.2 may be the same or different, and is a substituent such as a hydrogen atom. R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.8, R.sup.9 may be the same or different and are substituents, such as a hydrogen. X represents a halogen atom, and R.sup.7 represents a substituent having 3 to 20 carbon atoms with a π bond. RS1 represents the main chain of the synthetic resin precursors having —CH.sub.2OH group at their end.

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The invention relates to a material in the form of a cellular solid monolith consisting of an inorganic oxide polymer. Said monolith comprises macropores which have an average size d.sub.A of 4 μm to 50 μm, mesopores that have an average size d.sub.E of 20 to 30 Å, and micropores which have an average size d.sub.1 of 5 à 10 Å, said pores being interconnected. The inorganic oxide polymer has organic groups R of formula —(CH.sub.2).sub.n—R.sup.1, wherein 0≤n≤5, and R.sup.1 is selected from among a thiol group, a pyrrole group, an amino group having one or more optional, optionally substituted alkyl, alkylamino, or aryl substituents, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group optionally having an alkyl-type substituent R.sup.2. The disclosed material can be used as a substrate for a metal catalyst and for decontaminating liquid or gaseous media.

The present invention relates to a bisphosphine ligand compound, a chromium compound prepared using same, an ethylene oligomerization catalyst system containing the chromium compound, and an ethylene oligomer preparing method, wherein the bisphosphine ligand compound is suitable for mass production and commercial processes, allows extremely high activity to be compatible with excellent economical benefit, and increases selectivity for ethylene oligomerization reaction, thereby being able to be used to manufacture 1-hexene and/or 1-octene at high yield.

A boron-nitrogen ligand with a chiral 1,2-ethylenediamine backbone, a preparing method and used thereof are provided. The structural formula of the boron-nitrogen ligand is as shown in formula (I):

##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are respectively at least independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3-C.sub.10 cycloalkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkyl or aryl; R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 are respectively at least independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.3-C.sub.30 cycloalkyl or aryl; Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are respectively at least independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6-C.sub.30 aryl. The preparation method of the present application is simple, and can be used for preparing a racemic or chiral boron-nitrogen ligand, which can be used as a catalyst for an asymmetric catalytic reaction and has economic practicability and industrial application prospects.

The subject of the present invention is the use, as hydrosilylation and/or dehydrogenative silylation catalyst, of a cobalt compound of formula (1): [CO(N(SiR.sub.3).sub.2).sub.x].sub.y in which: —the R symbols, which are identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon-based radical having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and preferably the R symbols, which are identical or different, are chosen from the group consisting of: a hydrogen atom, alkyl groups having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and aryl groups having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, —x=1, 2 or 3 and—y=1 or 2.

The present invention relates to a heteroatom ligand, an oligomerization catalyst containing the same, and a method for preparing an oligomer by using the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a heteroatom ligand having a silsesquioxane derivative, an oligomerization catalyst containing the same, and a method for preparing an oligomer by using the same.