In one embodiment, a continuous process for preparing organic carbonate solvent of Formula (I) as described herein comprises contacting a first reactant (an alcohol) with a reactive carbonyl source (carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) or an alkylchloroformate) in the presence of a catalyst in reaction stream flowing through a continuous flow reactor at temperature 20° C. to about 160° C. and at a flow rate providing a residence time in the range of about 0.1 minute to about 24 hours; collecting a reactor effluent exiting from the continuous flow reactor; recovering a crude product from the reactor effluent; and distilling the crude product to obtain the organic carbonate compound of Formula (I). In another embodiment, the first reactant is an epoxide and the carbonyl source is carbon dioxide.

A method for dehydrocoupling silanes and amines. The method comprises contacting: (a) an aliphatic amine; (b) a silane; and (c) a catalyst which is ZnX.sub.2, wherein X is alkyl, chloride, bromide, iodide, trifluoromethanesulfonate, bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonamide, tosylate, methanesulfonate or O.sub.3S(CF.sub.2).sub.xCF.sub.3 wherein x is an integer from 1 to 10.

A method for oxidative cleavage of a compound with an unsaturated double bond is provided. The method includes the steps of: (A) providing a compound (I) with an unsaturated double bond, a trifluoromethyl-containing reagent, and a catalyst;

##STR00001## wherein, the catalyst is represented by Formula (II):

M(O).sub.mL.sup.1.sub.yL.sup.2.sub.z(II); wherein, M, L.sup.1, L.sup.2, m, y, z, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are defined in the specification; and (B) mixing the compound with an unsaturated double bond and the trifluoromethyl-containing reagent to perform an oxidative cleavage of the compound with the unsaturated double bond by using the catalyst in air or under oxygen atmosphere condition to obtain a compound represented by Formula (III):

##STR00002##

The invention relates to a commercially viable, cost effective and energy efficient process for the preparation of 2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethanamine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in high purity and yield via application of continuous flow technology.

The invention relates to a commercially viable, cost effective and energy efficient process for the preparation of 2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethanamine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in high purity and yield via application of continuous flow technology.

The invention relates to a method for preparation of (meth)acrylic acid esters from (meth)acrylic acid anhydrides. The method involves: reacting a (meth)acrylic acid anhydride of Formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; with a substrate in the presence of a first catalyst to form a product mixture comprising the (meth)acrylic acid ester; and wherein: the substrate is selected from the group consisting of: primary alcohols; secondary alcohols; tertiary alcohols; and phenols; and the first catalyst comprises a salt of magnesium or of a rare earth element.

The invention relates to a method for preparation of (meth)acrylic acid esters from (meth)acrylic acid anhydrides. Wherein the method for preparation of the (meth)acrylic acid ester, comprises at least step (a) as follows: (a) reacting a (meth)acrylic acid anhydride of Formula (I): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; with a substrate in the presence of a first catalyst to form a product mixture comprising the (meth)acrylic acid ester; and wherein: the substrate is selected from the group consisting of: primary alcohols; secondary alcohols; tertiary alcohols; and phenols; and the first catalyst comprises a salt of magnesium or of a rare earth element.

A method comprising: (a) combining a solvent, salt, pyrrole or substituted pyrrole, and an aliphatic or aromatic aldehyde in a vessel; (b) charging the vessel with a catalyst, a salt, and a solvent to form a porphyrinogen of the pyrrole or substituted pyrrole; and (c) oxidizing the formed porphyrinogen of the pyrrole or substituted pyrrole with an oxidizing agent to form a porphyrin; wherein the porphyrin comprises a residue of the pyrrole or substituted pyrrole having the aliphatic or aromatic groups derived from the aliphatic or aromatic aldehyde pendant from the heterocycle.

The present invention relates to a composite catalyst, preparation process thereof, and process for catalyzing the trimerization of butadiene using the composite catalyst. The composite catalyst comprises: (A) a titanium compound catalyst active component, (B) an organometallic compound co-catalyst component, (C) a sulfoxide compound catalyst-modifying component, (D) a monoester compound catalyst-modifying component, and (E) a solvent component. The composite catalyst has advantages of excellent selectivity, high catalytic activity, easy preparation and so on.

A method for producing alkyl substituted benzene includes (a) providing a starting material selecting from the group consisting of furan, an alkyl substituted furan, 2-methylfuran, 2,3-dimethylfuran, 2,4-dimethylfuran, 2,5-dimethylfuran, 2,5-hexanedione, and combinations thereof, and (b) subjecting the starting material to a cycloaddition reaction with a monoene in the absence of solvent and in the presence of the metal triflate catalyst to produce an alkyl substituted benzene.