The current invention relates to ionic liquid preparation and their application in organic synthesis. More specifically, the present invention relates to the quinoline based ionic liquids having fluoride counter anion and their applications in click chemistry, Knoevenagel condensation to 1,2,5,6-tetrahydronicotinonitrile (12), and pyrazol (15) formation.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel organometallic compound that can be utilized as a catalyst having high generality, high activity, and excellent functional group selectivity. The invention pertains to a novel organometallic compound represented by general formula (1) that catalyzes a reductive amination reaction.

Catalysts and methods for making cyclic carbonates are disclosed. The catalyst may include at least one polymer quaternary ammonium salt, at least one metal halide and silica gel. The method of making the cyclic carbonates may include forming a mixture that includes the catalyst and an epoxide, and contacting the mixture with carbon dioxide in a reactor under conditions to form the propylene carbonate.

Provided is a method for continuously producing a cyclic carbonate, by which generation of a glycol in a reaction for synthesizing a cyclic carbonate is suppressed, and a cyclic carbonate having a high purity can be efficiently obtained even by simple purification. A method for continuously producing a cyclic carbonate, including filling a catalyst in a fixed-bed tube reactor, and continuously feeding carbon dioxide and an epoxide to the fixed-bed tube reactor to thereby bringing the carbon dioxide and the epoxide into contact with the catalyst, while continuously withdrawing the reaction liquid in the fixed-bed tube reactor, wherein the method includes a pre-treatment step in which a pre-treatment liquid containing a cyclic carbonate is brought into contact with the catalyst before feeding the carbon dioxide and the epoxide to the fixed-bed tube reactor, and the generated glycol is removed out of the system.

An RMA crosslinkable composition for making thick coating layers having at least one crosslinkable component comprising reactive components A and B each including at least 2 reactive groups wherein the at least 2 reactive groups of component A are acidic protons (CH) in activated methylene or methine groups, and the at least 2 reactive groups of component B are activated unsaturated groups (CC), to achieve crosslinking by Real Michael Addition reaction, the composition further including a base catalyst (C), an XH group containing component (D) that is also a Michael addition donor reactable with component B under the action of catalyst C, wherein X is C, N, P, O or S and a sag control component (E). A crosslinkable composition is also disclosed for preparing thick coating layers having a dry thickness of at least 70 mu having a surface appearance and hardness of the resulting cured composition.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to a compound, comprising a transition metal complex having the formula -[M (x,y)-L.sub.1 (w,v)-L.sub.2 (t,u)-L.sub.3].sup.p+An.sup..sub.mZ.sup..sub.p-m. In an embodiment of the present disclosure may be . In another embodiment may be . In some embodiments of the present disclosure, M is a transition metal. In a related embodiment, p is an integer corresponding to the oxidation state of M. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, each of x, y, w, v, t, and u independently comprise R. In other embodiments, each of x, y, w, v, t, and u independently comprise S. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of L.sub.1, L.sub.2, and L.sub.3 independently is a ligand comprising a substituted diamine. In some embodiments, An.sup. comprises a lipophilic anion, where m is from 1 to 3, and where Z.sup. comprises an optional second anion.

Provided are: a catalyst for organic synthesis use, which has a high catalytic activity, can be easily separated by solid/liquid separation from a reaction system, and enables highly efficient synthesis of an organic compound; and a method for producing an organic compound using the catalyst. This catalyst for organic synthesis use includes an anionic exchange resin that has a hydrohalic acid salt of a tertiary amino group as an ion exchange group. This method for producing an organic compound uses, as a catalyst, an anionic exchange resin that has a hydrohalic acid salt of a tertiary amino group as an ion exchange group.

The present invention relates to catalyst composition for cyclic carbonate production from CO.sub.2 and epoxides under mild conditions, which can effectively catalyze the cyclic carbonate synthesis and provides good selectivity to cyclic carbonate, wherein said catalyst composition comprising: a) the metal complex as shown in structure (I): ##STR00001## wherein, M represents transition metal atom; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 represent independent group selected from hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkoxy group, amine group, phenyl group, benzyl group, cyclic hydrocarbon group comprising hetero atom, perfluoroalkyl group, or nitro group; R.sub.4 represents group selected from alkylene group, cycloalkylene group, or phenylene group; X represents group selected from hydrogen atom, acetate group, or triflate group; and b) the organic compound as the co-catalyst selected from compound containing nitrogen, compound of quaternary ammonium salts, or compound of iminium salts.