The invention describes single-site metal catalysts such as Pt single-site centers with a 3,6-di-2-pyridyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (DPTZ) ligand on support such as a powdered MgO, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, CeO.sub.2 or mixtures thereof.

A resin composition includes: (a) a supported platinum catalyst having a structure shown by the following general formula (1) in which a platinum complex is supported on a surface of an inorganic oxide; and (b) a thermoplastic matrix resin. The resin composition is usable as an addition-reaction catalyst capable of imparting sufficient storability and quick curability to an addition-reaction curable composition. ##STR00001##
In the formula, L represents a ligand selected from carbon monoxide, an olefin compound, an amine compound, a phosphine compound, an N-heterocyclic carbene compound, a nitrile compound, and an isocyanide compound; and n represents the number of Ls and an integer from 0 to 2.

A silicone-polyether copolymer has the formula XY, where X is a silicone moiety having a particular structure and Y is a polyether moiety. An isocyanate-functional silicone-polyether copolymer formed therewith is also disclosed. Further, a silicone-polyether-urethane copolymer formed with the isocyanate-functional silicone-polyether copolymer is disclosed. Related methods of preparation as well as sealants and cured products thereof are further disclosed.

A curable organopolysiloxane composition containing dynamic covalent organopolysiloxanes which yields, upon cure, a silicone rubber having adaptive elastomeric and viscous characteristics is claimed. The silicone may be an elastomer or foam. A method of making the silicone rubber and a shaped article made of the cured adaptive viscoelastic silicone rubber composition are also claimed.

Systems and methods are provided for selective oxidation of CO and/or C.sub.3 hydrocarbonaceous compounds in a reaction environment including hydrocarbons and/or hydrocarbonaceous components. The selective oxidation can be performed by exposing the CO and/or C.sub.3 hydrocarbonaceous compounds to a catalytic metal that is encapsulated in a small pore zeolite. The small pore zeolite containing the encapsulated metal can have a sufficiently small pore size to reduce or minimize the types of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbonaceous compounds that can interact with the encapsulated metal.

A platinum organosiloxane complex is prepared by a process including combining A) a platinous halide; B) a ketone; C) an enone additive distinct from any other starting materials or rearrangement products thereof; and D) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon. The platinum organosiloxane complex prepared by the process is useful as a hydrosilylation catalyst.

The present invention relates to supported metal catalysts, wherein the catalysts are modified by at least one amine, a method for the preparation thereof and hydrogenation processes utilising the supported metal catalysts.

Fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are provided. The fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials include a silica material having the fluorinated cyclopentene moiety covalently bonded thereto. Exemplary silica materials include a polysilsesquioxane, a nanosilica, a microsilica, a silica gel, a silica aerogel, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated cyclopentene moieties are based on a modification of perfluorocyclopentene (i.e., 1,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-1-cyclopentene) by nucleophilic substitution with an appropriate nucleophile having a reactive functional group. Methods for preparing fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and the corresponding fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are also provided.

A process can prepare an isocyanurate compound by hydrosilylation. The compound is a tris[3-(trialkoxysilyl)propyl] isocyanurate, a tris[3-(alkyldialkoxysilyl)propyl] isocyanurate, and/or a tris[3-(dialkylalkoxysilyl)propyl] isocyanurate, The process includes (A) preparing a mixture of at least one carboxylic acid, a platinum catalyst, and 1,3,5-triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione; (B) heating the mixture to a temperature in the range of 40 to 140 C.; (C) adding at least one H-silane among a hydrotrialkoxysilane, a hydroalkyldialkoxysilane, and a hydrodialkylalkoxysilane to the mixture; (D) adding at least one alcohol to the mixture prepared in step (C); and (E) isolating the isocyanurate compound.

The invention relates to polyoxometalates represented by the formula (A.sub.n).sup.m+[MM.sub.12O.sub.y(RCOO).sub.zH.sub.q].sup.m or solvates thereof, corresponding supported polyoxometalates, and processes for their preparation, as well as corresponding metal clusters, optionally in the form of a dispersion in a liquid carrier medium or immobilized on a solid support, and processes for their preparation, as well as their use in reductive conversion of organic substrate.