Processes for stereoselective preparation of a chiral alcohol or a chiral amine are described. The processes include reacting a first prochiral reactant selected from the group consisting of a ketone, an aldehyde, and an imine, with a second reactant that includes a Grignard reagent, in the presence of a chiral trans-diamine of formula (1) as defined herein: ##STR00001##

Disclosed is a process for preparing a product of formula I: wherein the reaction is catalyzed both by thiamine or a thiamine salt and by ascorbic acid in a form which is free or salified or an organic acid salt of an alkaline metal, preferably sodium acetate, potassium tartrate, sodium succinate, or a reductone, preferably 2-hydroxypropanedial or 2,3-dihydroxycyclopent-2-ene-1-one in an organic solvent.

The regio-selective functionalization of a dialkyl benzene compound

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wherein the ratio of the compound functionalized at position (a) to the compound functionalized at the position (b) is at least 70:30, more particularly at least 80:20, still more particularly at least 85:15, and still more particularly at least 90:10, characterised in that the substituent R is an isobutyl group.

The regio-selective functionalization of a dialkyl benzene compound

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wherein the ratio of the compound functionalized at position (a) to the compound functionalized at the position (b) is at least 70:30, more particularly at least 80:20, still more particularly at least 85:15, and still more particularly at least 90:10, characterised in that the substituent R is an isobutyl group.

An object of the present invention is to provide a photopolymerization initiator composition, which exhibits excellent storage stability at a low temperature and has an excellent effect of inhibiting bleed out occurring on the surface of a cured product after the thermocycling test, an active energy ray-curable composition, and a cured product. The photopolymerization initiator composition of the present invention contains a photopolymerization initiator represented by General Formula (I) and at least one kind of additive selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by General Formulae (II) to (IV).

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An object of the present invention is to provide a photopolymerization initiator composition, which exhibits excellent storage stability at a low temperature and has an excellent effect of inhibiting bleed out occurring on the surface of a cured product after the thermocycling test, an active energy ray-curable composition, and a cured product. The photopolymerization initiator composition of the present invention contains a photopolymerization initiator represented by General Formula (I) and at least one kind of additive selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by General Formulae (II) to (IV).

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The present invention discloses a method for preparing optically active carbonyl compound, comprising the following steps: under the catalysis of chiral amine salt and transition metal catalysts, with hydrogen and catalytic amount of dihydropyridine compound as hydrogen source, use , -unsaturated aldehydes or , -unsaturated troponoid compounds to conduct asymmetric catalytic reaction to obtain the optically active carbonyl compound. This method comes in moderate reaction condition, simple operation, and catalytic amount of dihydropyridine compounds usage, the target product is easy to be separated and purified from the reaction system, and the metal catalyst can be recycled, it is economical.

The present invention discloses a method for preparing optically active carbonyl compound, comprising the following steps: under the catalysis of chiral amine salt and transition metal catalysts, with hydrogen and catalytic amount of dihydropyridine compound as hydrogen source, use , -unsaturated aldehydes or , -unsaturated troponoid compounds to conduct asymmetric catalytic reaction to obtain the optically active carbonyl compound. This method comes in moderate reaction condition, simple operation, and catalytic amount of dihydropyridine compounds usage, the target product is easy to be separated and purified from the reaction system, and the metal catalyst can be recycled, it is economical.

An ink composition for an organic light-emitting device, the ink composition including a luminescent host material and a solvent, wherein the luminescent host material includes at least one compound represented by Formula (1), and wherein the solvent includes at least one selected from an aromatic ether, an aromatic ester, and an aromatic ketone:

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wherein, in Formula (1), groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

Objects of the present invention are to provide a novel dehydrogenation reaction catalyst, to provide a method that can produce a ketone, an aldehyde, and a carboxylic acid with high efficiency from an alcohol, and to provide a method for efficiently producing hydrogen from an alcohol, formic acid, or a formate, and they are accomplished by a catalyst containing an organometallic compound of Formula (1). ##STR00001##