Bio-based surfactants have great opportunity for use in a variety of applications such as laundry detergents, industrial cleaners, adjuvants, and oil & gas. Surfactants in these applications can be nonionic, anionic, cationic, or amphoteric. Utilizing high oleic soybean oil as a platform chemical, a variety of surfactants and properties can be produced. While early work focused solely on surfactant use in laundry cleaning and fracking, recent work has expanded functional groups and application evaluations in hard surface cleaning.

The current invention expands on Battelle's high oleic soybean oil (HOSO) surfactant technology. Use of HOSO overcomes the limitations of regular soybean oil and significantly reduces or eliminates undesirable byproducts in most chemistries. However, with use of select reagents, a few candidates were achievable with regular epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). The HOSO surfactant platform offers several key advantages including: a highly water miscible (not typical of C18 surfactants) and water stable surfactant; ability to adjust and vary hydrophilic-lipophilic (HLB) values for stain removal performance; and increased biodegradability without toxic or persistent by-products.

Bio-based surfactants have great opportunity for use in a variety of applications such as laundry detergents, industrial cleaners, adjuvants, and oil & gas. Surfactants in these applications can be nonionic, anionic, cationic, or amphoteric. Utilizing high oleic soybean oil as a platform chemical, a variety of surfactants and properties can be produced. While early work focused solely on surfactant use in laundry cleaning and fracking, recent work has expanded functional groups and application evaluations in hard surface cleaning.

The current invention expands on Battelle's high oleic soybean oil (HOSO) surfactant technology. Use of HOSO overcomes the limitations of regular soybean oil and significantly reduces or eliminates undesirable byproducts in most chemistries. However, with use of select reagents, a few candidates were achievable with regular epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). The HOSO surfactant platform offers several key advantages including: a highly water miscible (not typical of C18 surfactants) and water stable surfactant; ability to adjust and vary hydrophilic-lipophilic (HLB) values for stain removal performance; and increased biodegradability without toxic or persistent by-products.

A method of making N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-4-nitrobenzamide from a mixture of 2,4-dinitroaniline, 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride, and solid acid catalyst in an organic solvent, wherein the solid acid catalyst is not soluble in the organic solvent, the solid acid catalyst being an acidic clay, an ion exchange resin, a beta zeolite, a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene-based fluoropolymer-copolymer, or some mixture of these.

A method of making N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-4-nitrobenzamide from a mixture of 2,4-dinitroaniline, 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride, and solid acid catalyst in an organic solvent, wherein the solid acid catalyst is not soluble in the organic solvent, the solid acid catalyst being an acidic clay, an ion exchange resin, a beta zeolite, a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene-based fluoropolymer-copolymer, or some mixture of these.

The present disclosure relates to novel processes for the preparation of compounds useful as stimulators of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). These processes are amenable to large scale preparation and produce stable 3-(2-pyrimidinyl)pyrazoles of Formula (I), including Compound (I), Compound (IA) and Compound (IB), in high purity and yields. The present invention has the additional advantage of facile reaction conditions, amenable to scale up for large scale manufacturing. The disclosure also provides novel intermediates useful in the preparation of said compounds.

The present disclosure provides a preparation method for m-diamide compounds. The method includes the following steps: 2-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoyl chloride and 4-(perfluoropropane-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)aniline are subjected to a condensation reaction, followed by a reduction reaction and an alkylation reaction to give 2-fluoro-3-(alkylamino)-N-(4-(perfluoropropane-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)benzamide, which reacts with an acyl chloride compound to give 2-fluoro-3-(alkylbenzamido)-N-(4-(perfluoropropane-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)benzamide, which is finally brominated to obtain the m-diamide compound. The reactions are almost quantitative with few by-products. Cryogenic and high-temperature reactions are not used. The introduction of bromine atoms at specific sites can be achieved in the final step. The preparation method has high yield and is more suitable for industrial production.

The present disclosure provides a preparation method for m-diamide compounds. The method includes the following steps: 2-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoyl chloride and 4-(perfluoropropane-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)aniline are subjected to a condensation reaction, followed by a reduction reaction and an alkylation reaction to give 2-fluoro-3-(alkylamino)-N-(4-(perfluoropropane-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)benzamide, which reacts with an acyl chloride compound to give 2-fluoro-3-(alkylbenzamido)-N-(4-(perfluoropropane-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)benzamide, which is finally brominated to obtain the m-diamide compound. The reactions are almost quantitative with few by-products. Cryogenic and high-temperature reactions are not used. The introduction of bromine atoms at specific sites can be achieved in the final step. The preparation method has high yield and is more suitable for industrial production.

The present disclosure relates to novel processes for the preparation of compounds useful as stimulators of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). These processes are amenable to large scale preparation and produce stable 3-(2-pyrimidinyl)pyrazoles of Formula (I), including Compound (I), Compound (IA) and Compound (IB), in high purity and yields. The present invention has the additional advantage of facile reaction conditions, amenable to scale up for large scale manufacturing. The disclosure also provides novel intermediates useful in the preparation of said compounds.

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The present disclosure relates to novel processes for the preparation of compounds useful as stimulators of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). These processes are amenable to large scale preparation and produce stable 3-(2-pyrimidinyl)pyrazoles of Formula (I), including Compound (I), Compound (IA) and Compound (IB), in high purity and yields. The present invention has the additional advantage of facile reaction conditions, amenable to scale up for large scale manufacturing. The disclosure also provides novel intermediates useful in the preparation of said compounds.

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A 4-(p-trifluoromethylbenzyl)-3-fluoro-1,2,4-triphenylamine derivative, a pharmaceutical composition and applications thereof are disclosed. The general chemical formula of the derivative is shown in formula I, where, R is a C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heteroatom-containing cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroatom-containing aryl group, the heteroatom is selected from N or O, and the n is 0, 1, 2 or 3. The pharmaceutical composition contains any one of the above-mentioned 4-(p-trifluoromethylbenzyl)-3-fluoro-1,2,4-triphenylamine derivatives as an active ingredient, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The derivative and the pharmaceutical composition activate KCNQ channel currents. Thus, the derivative can be applied to prepare a KCNQ potassium channel opener, and can be used as the active ingredients of an antiepileptic pharmaceutical preparation, an antianxiety pharmaceutical preparation and a neuropathic pain-relieving pharmaceutical preparation.