The present invention relates to a catalyst composition containing: one or more selected from the group consisting of a transition metal compound represented by Formula 1 and a transition metal compound represented by Formula 3, and dialkyl L-tartrate; a cleaning liquid composition containing the catalyst composition; and a method of cleaning a polymerization apparatus using the cleaning liquid composition,

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Disclosed herein, inter alia, are oxidized polyethylene compounds and compositions and methods of making the same.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for metathesizing a first alkenyl or alkynyl group with a second alkenyl or alkynyl group, the composition comprising a ruthenium metathesis catalyst and a photo-redox catalyst that is activated by infrared light.

Diphosphites having an open, 2,4-methylated outer unit and use thereof in hydroformylation.

Method of forming a trisubstituted ethylene compound, the method comprising: (A) providing a trisubstituted ethylene compound bearing a first, a second and a third substituent, in which the first and the second substituent are bound to the one olefinic carbon atom and are different from one another; (B) providing a monosubstituted ethylene compound or a disubstituted ethylene compound in which the substituents are vicinally bound to the olefinic carbon atoms, bearing at least a fourth substituent, respectively; (C) subjecting the trisubstituted ethylene compound provided in step (A) to a cross-metathesis reaction with olefin provided in step (B) to form said trisubstituted ethylene, wherein the cross-metathesis reaction is catalysed by a transition metal complex bearing ligands from which one ligand is a carbene ligand, wherein the carbene complex is characterized by a M=C moiety, wherein M is the transition metal; and wherein the reaction proceeds stereoselectively.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for metathesizing a first alkenyl or alkynyl group with a second alkenyl or alkynyl group, the composition comprising a ruthenium metathesis catalyst and a photoredox catalyst that is activated by visible light.

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 present invention provides a novel cationic ruthenium complex which is easy to produce and handle and can be procured at a relatively low cost and a production method for the ruthenium complex, a method for producing an alcohol or the like using the ruthenium complex as a catalyst, a method for producing a carbonyl compound using the ruthenium complex as a catalyst, and a method for producing a N-alkylamine compound using the ruthenium complex as a catalyst. The present invention pertains to a ruthenium complex represented by general formula (1): [RuX(CO).sub.2(PNP)]Y (wherein, X represents a monovalent anionic monodentate ligand, Y represents a counter anion, PNP represents a tridentate ligand, and CO represents carbon monoxide), a production method for the ruthenium complex, a catalyst containing the ruthenium complex, and a production method for various organic compounds using the catalyst.

A method for producing a boron-containing compound comprises a step of reacting a first raw material compound having a carbon-carbon double bond with a second raw material compound having a conjugated diene skeleton in the presence of a metal catalyst to obtain a boron-containing compound having a 1,4-diene skeleton, wherein at least one of the first raw material compound and the second raw material compound has a boron-containing group bonded to a carbon atom constituting the carbon-carbon double bond or the conjugated diene skeleton, and the boron-containing compound has the 1,4-diene skeleton and the boron-containing group.

Described herein are compositions and methods for processing photopolymers based on olefin metathesis. The compositions and methods comprise latent ruthenium complexes and photoacids and/or photoacid generators.