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 discloses a method for preparing surface-active onion-like carbon nanospheres based on vapor deposition, comprising: directly preparing high-surface-activity onion-like carbon nanospheres formed by coating ferroferric oxide nano-particles on an onion-like graphitized shell by taking liquid small organic molecule alkane n-dodecane as a carbon source to perform chemical vapor deposition at high temperature of 650˜700° C. in an inert carrier gas environment with existence of a ferrocene catalyst. An onion-like carbon nanosphere product prepared according to the present invention has good surface activity and thermal stability, is wide in practicability, and can be widely applied to the fields of adsorbing materials, energy storage materials, catalytic materials, medical materials and the like.

Presented herein is a coupling method for the preparation of 1,2-di(thiophen-2-yl)ethane-1,2-diol compounds, including (E)-1,2-di(thiophen-2-yl)ethene-1,2-diol, via a Cu(II) catalyst.

A method of preparing an acryloxy-functional organosilicon compound is provided. The method comprises reacting (A) an initial (C) a catalyst. The initial organosilicon compound (A) has one alcohol functional group (i.e., is monohydroxyl functional). The catalyst (C) has the formula M[RC(O)CHC(O)R].sub.4, where M is a group IV transition metal and each R is an independently selected substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group. An acryloxy-functional organo silicon compound prepared by the method is also provided. The acryloxy-functional organosilicon compound is prepared in increased purity, without relying on toxic catalysts.

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Provided is a method for forming a coating film of a photocurable fluoropolyether-based elastomer composition, with which a uniform cured product of the composition can be obtained even in an interface, dark portion and deep portion of a base material without being subjected to a curing inhibition from the base material (resin base material in particular). The method for forming the coating film of the photocurable fluoropolyether-based elastomer composition includes a step of applying a light-irradiated photocurable fluoropolyether-based elastomer composition to a surface of a base material.

Disclosed herein are methods for preparing isotopically modified polyunsaturated lipids containing 1,4-diene systems involving selective isotopic modification of one or more bis-allylic positions of the polyunsaturated lipids in the presence of a transition metal catalyst.

Non-d.sup.0 rhenium(V) alkylidyne catalysts useful for catalyzing alkyne metathesis reactions, such as homo- and cross-metathesis of alkynes or diynes, ring closing metathesis and ring-opening metathesis, methods or use, and preparation thereof. The catalysts are stable to air and moisture and tolerate a variety of functional groups in substrates.

A catalyst exhibiting high reusability and capable of reducing the amount of residual metals in a reaction liquid in a process wherein an optically active reduction product is produced by an asymmetric reduction reaction of an organic compound is disclosed. The catalyst contains an activated carbon on which a ruthenium complex of formula (1-1) and/or (1-2) is adsorbed:

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The present invention relates to a ligand compound represented by the following Formula 1, an organochromium compound, a catalyst system including the organochromium compound and a method for oligomerizing ethylene using the same:

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Bismaleimide (BMI) and cyanate ester (CE) thermosets were developed for use as high temperature encapsulants and adhesives. These materials must withstand prolonged exposures to large thermal gradients while maintaining good structural integrity, minimal mass losses and outgassing. Bismaleimide and cyanate ester thermosets exhibit superior thermal performance compared to most epoxies and can often tolerate long exposures to temperatures >200° C. without undergoing significant degradation. In addition to excellent stability at elevated temperatures, uncured resins can have good processing attributes, such as, low viscosities and long working times. In particular, specific combinations of BMI and CE resins can provide significantly better thermal performance than the current standard epoxy system in addition to having excellent processing capabilities.