The invention relates to a process for hydroformylating short-chain olefins, especially C2 to C5 olefins, in which the catalyst system is in heterogenized form on a support of a porous ceramic material, and to plants for performing this process.

A compound by the name 1,1,1-tris(di(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)phosphino-methyl)ethane. The compound can be represented by the structure of formula (I):

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The compound is useful as a ligand for ruthenium to form an organometallic complex. The complex is an active catalyst for the hydrogenolysis of amides to form amines and optionally alcohols.

A process for preparing 3-[(S)-7-bromo-2-((2-oxo propyl)amino)-5-pyridin-2-yl-3H-1,4,-benzodiazepin-3-yl]propionic acid methyl ester (compound (FK)), at a high conversion rate with good reproducibility by oxidizing 3-[(S)-7-bromo-2-(2-hydroxypropylamino)-5-pyridin-2-yl-3H-benzo[e][1,4]diazepin-3yl]propionic acid methyl ester (compound (EM)), in the presence of an oxidation catalyst is provided by defining the ammonium ion content of the oxidation reaction mixture.

The present description provides oligourea catalysts, a polar helical oligomeric strands, and methods for catalyzing reactions with polar helical oligomeric strands and oligourea catalysts. In particular, the invention relates to a polar helical oligomeric strand of at least 4 residues selected from the formula (I) and which can be used as a catalyst.

The present invention relates to a catalyst composition and a process for preparing thereof, wherein the catalyst composition is specifically active for hydro-conversion of LCO involving mainly the partial ring opening of multi-ring aromatics leading to the production of petrochemical feedstock. The catalyst composition comprises of a carrier comprising ultra-stable Y zeolite and binder alumina, group VIB and VIIIB metal species, and organic additives. The carrier is impregnated with metal solution to form active sites of WS.sub.2 slabs of dimensions in the range of 35-45 .

A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO.sub.2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.?] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO.sub.2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO.sub.2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.?] for the reversible CO.sub.2 sorption and desorption.

The present invention is directed to methods for the preparation of (C.sub.nF.sub.2n+1)O-substituted arenes and heteroarenes and the direct perfluoralkoxy lation of arenes and heteroarenes with a (C.sub.nF.sub.2n+1)O-group, respectively. characterized in that a peroxide reagent according to the general formula (I): (C.sub.nF.sub.2n+1)2 (I) is fragmented in the presence of an electron transferring catalyst under (C.sub.nF.sub.2n+1)O-radical formation, and said (C.sub.nF.sub.2n+1)O-radical then substitutes a CH bond of an arene or heteroarene CH bond with a (C.sub.nF.sub.2n+1)O-group, wherein in the above formulae, n is an integer in the range from 1 to 4.

The present disclosure provides a curable system containing a benzoxazine and a benzothiazole sulfenamide. The curable system may be catalyzed at temperatures generally used to cure multifunctional epoxy resins yet exhibits improved pot-life and processing times and provides a cured article that exhibits acceptable thermo mechanical properties.

Coordination polymers of MOF type, comprising a repeating unit of the general formula [M.sub.2(dcx).sub.2L.sub.2], wherein M represents a metal cation (M.sup.2+), dcx represents an anion of a dicarboxylic acid and L represents a neutral molecule of hydrazone. A method for preparation of coordination polymers of MOF type, wherein in the first step a compound of aldehyde or ketone group is condensed with a hydrazide, and in the second step the condensation product is reacted using a metal compound and a dicarboxylic acid. An application of coordination polymers of MOF type for the detection, capturing, separation, or storage of molecules, for the fabrication of ionic conductors, for the construction of batteries and fuel cells, as well as drug carriers.

The invention concerns ionic compounds in which the anionic load has been delocalized. A compound disclosed by the invention is comprised of an amide or one of its salts, including an anionic portion combined with at least one cationic portion M.sup.+m in sufficient numbers to ensure overall electronic neutrality; the compound is further comprised of M as a hydroxonium, a nitrosonium NO.sup.+, an ammonium NH.sub.4.sup.+, a metallic cation with the valence m, an organic cation with the valence m, or an organometallic cation with the valence m. The anionic portion matches the formula R.sub.FSO.sub.xN.sup.?Z, where R.sub.F is a perflourinated group, x is 1 or 3, and Z is an electroattractive substituent. The compounds can be used notably for ionic conducting materials, electronic conducting materials, colorants and the catalysis of various chemical reactions.