The invention relates to a method for producing at least one metal amino alcoholate, at least comprising the following steps (A) providing at least one amino alcohol, (B) adding at least one basic compound to the at least one amino alcohol provided in step (A) in order to obtain at least one corresponding amino alcoholate, and (C) adding at least one metal halogenide to the mixture obtained in step (C) in order to obtain a corresponding metal amino alcoholate, wherein in step (C) the at least one metal halogenide is added as a solution in a protic solvent at a concentration of 2.0 to 35.0 wt. %; a solution containing at least one metal alcoholate obtained in this manner; the use of the solution to produce a composition; a corresponding composition; the use of said composition to produce single- or multi-layer paint structures; a method for single- or multi-layer coating of a substrate with a paint structure; and a substrate coated in this manner.

The present invention provides a novel metal alkoxide having excellent hydrolysis resistance, and a crosslinking agent composition for aqueous resin and an aqueous resin composition each using the same. A metal alkoxide represented by the following formula (1-1), (1-2), or (1-3) and having a mass average molecular weight of 800 to 8,500 is used:
Ti(OA).sub.4  (1-1)
Zr(OA).sub.4  (1-2)
Al(OA).sub.3  (1-3) wherein A's are each independently a residue resulting from removal of a hydroxy group from a polyalkylene glycol monohydrocarbyl ether represented by the following general formula (1a):
R.sup.11(OCHR.sup.12CH.sub.2).sub.nOH  (1a) wherein R.sup.11 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; R.sup.12 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of 4 to 45.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and method of using the MOFs to catalyze reactions involving epoxide ring-opening mechanisms are provided. The structure of the MOFs can be represented by the formula: M.sub.6(μ.sub.3-ligand).sub.8(OH.sub.x).sub.8(TBAPy).sub.2, where M is Zr or Hf, the ligands are selected from hydroxo-, oxo- and aquo-ligands, and x is independently selected from 1 or 2.

A MOF production system and method of making are detailed for continuous and controlled synthesis of MOFs and MOF composites. The system can provide optimized yields of MOFs and MOF composites greater than or equal to 95%.

An aspect of the present disclosure is a nanocrystal that includes a nanocrystal core and a ligand coordinated to a surface of the nanocrystal core, where the ligand includes a functionalized aromatic molecule. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the functionalized aromatic molecule may include at least one of cinnamic acid (CAH) and/or a functionalized CAH molecule.

[Problem] To provide a new way for fixing carbon dioxide under mild conditions and with high efficiency.

[Solution] The material for carbon dioxide fixation according to the present invention contains a metal ion donor and an amine as a precursor of a bridging ligand. The amine is configured to react with a gaseous carbon dioxide to form the bridging ligand having at least one carbamate anion moiety. The bridging ligand is configured to react with the metal ion donor to form a coordination polymer in which a plurality of the metal ions is linked by the bridging ligand.

Multivariate metal-organic framework compositions and methods of producing multivariate metal-organic frameworks. The metal-organic framework including at least one light-emitting linker in an amount sufficient for the composition to produce broadband emission spectra in high efficiencies.

The invention relates to a composition comprising a titanium or zirconium alkoxide or aryloxide, wherein the alkoxy group in the titanium or zirconium alkoxide is a group of formula R-0.sup.− wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the aryloxy group in the titanium or zirconium aryloxide is a group of formula Ar-0.sup.− wherein Ar is an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and wherein the composition additionally comprises 0.1 to 50 wt. % of an organic carbonate, based on the total weight of the composition. Further, the invention relates to a process for preparing such composition, comprising blending such titanium or zirconium alkoxide or aryloxide with an organic carbonate in such amounts that the resulting composition comprises 0.1 to 50 wt. % of the organic carbonate, based on the total weight of the composition. Still further, the invention relates to a process for preparing an aromatic carbonate, such as a diaryl carbonate, using said composition comprising a titanium or zirconium alkoxide or aryloxide; and to a process for making a polycarbonate from the diaryl carbonate thus prepared.

A film-forming composition including a 3-intracyclic cyclopentadienyl precursor and dimethyethylamine is useful for Atomic Layer Deposition, and improves viscosity and volatility while maintaining unique features of metal precursors.

The present invention relates to a novel ligand compound, a preparation method thereof, a transition metal compound including the ligand compound, and a preparation method thereof. The ligand compound of novel structure according to the present invention and the transition metal compound including the same may be used as a polymerization reaction catalyst for preparing olefin polymers.