A synthesis method for a candesartan cilexetil intermediate represented by formula (II) is provided. The method includes (1) dissolving a compound represented by formula (IV) to an aprotic solvent to obtain a first mixed solution, and dissolving a phase transfer catalyst and an azidation reagent to water to obtain a second mixed solution; (2) dropping the first mixed solution to the second mixed solution for azidation reaction, and after the reaction is ended, standing and layering same to obtain an organic phase containing a compound represented by formula (V); (3) dropping the obtained organic phase containing the compound represented by formula (V) to tertiary butyl alcohol for rearrangement reaction, and after the reaction is ended, concentrating same to obtain a solid or oily material, then adding a crystallizing solvent to the obtained solid or oily material for recrystallization, and separating same to obtain a crystal.

Provided is a catalyst for preparing high-purity taurine, and the catalyst is N,N-disubstituted aminoethanesulfonic acid and has a structure represented by Formula I, in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, benzyl, sulfhydryl, thioether group, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amide, imide, cyano, aldehyde group, carbonyl, carboxyl, sulfonic acid group, or ester group. Also provided is a method for preparing high-purity taurine, which adds the catalyst in an ammonolysis step for preparing taurine, thereby having effects of high yield, inhibition of impurity production and a reduced amount of ammonia used, etc. The catalyst has advantages of low cost, stable physical properties, and easy separation from the product. The preparation method is simple to operate with easily available raw materials and high yield, and can be employed for industrial production. Moreover, the purity of the prepared taurine can be up to 98% or higher. ##STR00001##

A method for catalytically synthesizing furaneol, which uses a specific peptide to function as a catalyst, uses rhamnose to function as a raw material, and uses an organic solvent and a phosphate buffer to function as a reaction solvent to be co-heated to prepare furaneol.

Provided is a catalyst for preparing high-purity taurine, and the catalyst is N,N-disubstituted aminoethanesulfonic acid and has a structure represented by Formula I, in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, benzyl, sulfydryl, thioether group, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, amide, imide, cyano, aldehyde group, carbonyl, carboxyl, sulfonic acid group, or ester group. Also provided is a method for preparing high-purity taurine, which adds the catalyst in an ammonolysis step for preparing taurine, thereby having effects of high yield, inhibition of impurity production and a reduced amount of ammonia used, etc. The catalyst has advantages of low cost, stable physical properties, and easy separation from the product. The preparation method is simple to operate with easily available raw materials and high yield, and can be employed for industrial production. Moreover, the purity of the prepared taurine can be up to 98% or higher.

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Disclosed are a method for synthesizing a thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-5(4H)-one derivative by using a gold catalyst and a use of the derivative compound, wherein the novel thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-5(4H)-one derivative of the present disclosure, which is a compound synthesized using gold as a catalyst, has fluorescence characteristics with a wide range of emission wavelengths and thus can be helpfully used in various industrial fields, such as physics, chemistry, and biomedicine research.

A hydroprocessing catalyst composition that comprises a chelant treated metal containing support material having incorporated therein a polar additive. The catalyst composition is prepared by incorporating at least one metal component into a support material followed by treating the metal incorporated support with a chelating agent and thereafter incorporating a polar additive into the chelant treated composition.

Provided herein are cinchonium betaine catalysts and methods of promoting asymmetric butenolide isomerization reactions using the same.

A catalyst for the synthesis of oxazolidinones, preferable polyoxazolidinones, comprising an N-heterocyclic carbene and a Lewis acid (L). The invention is also related to a process for the production of an oxazolidinone compound, preferably a polyoxazolidinone compound, by reacting an isocyanate compound, preferably a polyisocyanate compound with an epoxide compound, preferably a polyepoxide compound, in the presence of the N-heterocyclic carbene and a Lewis acid catalyst and also to the resulting polyoxazolidinone.

Disclosed are N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and 4-pyridinol-derived pincer ligands and metal complexes containing these ligands. These compounds can be used to photocatalyticaly reduce CO.sub.2 to CO.

The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene in a multistep synthesis scheme from another normal alpha olefin. Also disclosed are reactions for converting aldehydes, primary alcohols, and terminal vicinal diols into normal alpha olefins.