The present invention relates to a method for producing a formic acid including, a first step of allowing carbon dioxide and hydrogen to react with each other in a solution containing a solvent and a catalyst dissolved in the solvent and in the presence of an amine insoluble in the solvent, and allowing a generated formic acid to adsorb to the amine, in which the catalyst contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of metal elements belonging to Groups 8, 9, and 10 of a periodic table and the amine is an amine immobilized on a solid.

Use of compounds selected from copper complexes having at least one organic ligand and ruthenium complexes having at least one organic ligand, for activating olefin metathesis ruthenium (pre)catalysts in a metathesis reaction, in particular in the ring opening metathesis polymerization reaction (ROMP).

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass a two component composition containing in one component a latent organo-ruthenium carbide catalyst, and in another component a photoactive acid generator or a thermally active acid generator, and either of the components containing a mixture of photoactive compound along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said components are mixed together and exposed to a suitable radiation (or heat) to form a three-dimensional (3D) object. The three-dimensional objects so formed exhibits improved mechanical properties, particularly, high heat distortion temperature, impact strength, elongation to break, among others. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful as 3D inkjet materials for forming high impact strength objects of various sizes with microscale features lower than 100 microns, among various other uses.

The invention relates to monocarbonyl complexes of ruthenium and osmium with bi- and tridentate nitrogen and phosphine ligands. The invention relates to methods for preparing these complexes and the use of these complexes, isolated or prepared in situ, as catalysts for reduction reactions of ketones and aldehydes both via transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation with hydrogen.

The present invention relates to a novel metal complex, a method for producing same, and a method for producing a gamma-lactam compound using same, and the metal complex according to the present invention is used as a catalyst for producing a gamma-lactam compound and can efficiently produce a gamma-lactam compound with an excellent yield and excellent selectivity.

Nitrogen heterocyclic carbine ligands and ruthenium catalysts thereof, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof are provided. The structures of the nitrogen heterocyclic carbine ligands are represented by formulas Ia and Ib, respectively, and the corresponding ruthenium catalyst structures are represented by IIa and IIb, respectively. After simultaneously introducing large-steric hindrance and electron-rich groups into the described nitrogen heterocyclic carbine ligand structures, the catalytic activity, stability and application range of the ruthenium complex catalysts thereof are significantly improved.

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Describes herein are methods of using ruthenium complexes in base-free hydrogenation processes for the reduction of imines into the corresponding amines.

The present invention relates to a process for producing specific α,β-unsaturated carboxylates.

Ru-catalysed domino hydroformylation/hydrogenation/esterification using imidazole ligands.

Ru-catalysed domino hydroformylation/hydrogenation/esterification using phosphine ligands.