A compound that is useful for forming a metal by reaction with a reducing agent is described by formula (I): ##STR00001##
wherein M is a metal selected from Groups 2 through 12 of the Periodic Table; and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are each independently H or C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl.

The invention relates to a phthalocyanine compound, which has a structure as represented by Formula I, wherein A represents a transition metal or a rare earth metal; R1 represents a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, or a C.sub.4-C.sub.16 n-alkyl group. The aromatic phthalocyanine compound having the structure of Formula I provided in the invention contains a transition metal or a rare earth metal, and introduces a peripheral substituent into a linearly extended 7c-conjugated system. It is relatively stabler at 400° C. or less and will be easily evaporated in vacuum to form a uniform thin film, and has good thermal stability, high chemical stability, and high mobility. The organic semiconductor device has the features of relatively fast on-off speed, relatively high on-off ratio, and strong reliability.

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The present disclosure provides a compound, a complex, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof. The compound is represented by the following structural formula, in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.10 are the same or different and are each independently selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of C.sub.1 to C.sub.16, a substituted hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylamino group, a haloalkylthio group, a halogen-substituted alkoxy group, a halogen-substituted alkylamino group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, arylamino group, a diphenylphosphino group, a halogen group, a nitro group, or a nitrile group. The complex of one embodiment of the present disclosure has a high catalytic effect, and can be used to prepare a highly branched, controllable, low molecular weight polymer with a high activity.

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A composition includes: a metal compound including a ligand; and a solvent. The ligand is derived from a compound represented by formula (1). L represents an oxygen atom or a single bond; R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 bind with each other and represent an alicyclic structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms together with the carbon atom to which R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 bond, or le and either R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 bind with each other and represent a lactone ring structure having 4 to 20 ring atoms or a cyclic ketone structure having 4 to 20 ring atoms together with the atom chain to which le and either R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 bond.

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The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of N-((1R,2R)-1-(2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-6-yl)-1-hydroxy-3-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)propan-2-yl)octanamide (A), which is known as ELIGLUSTAT and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, comprising the formation of novel intermediate metal complex (III), which on hydrolysis in presence of acid provides amine compound (IV) (as described herein), which is treated with pyrrolidine and subsequently reduced to convert into Eliglustat (A).

A catalyst configured to be handled more easily than conventional catalysts and configured to copolymerize an α-olefin and a (meth)acrylic acid ester with high activity. The objects are achieved by polymerization using an olefin polymerization catalyst which contains a metal complex obtained by reacting a ligand having a specific structure and a transition metal compound containing a transition metal selected from nickel or palladium having a specific structure.

Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) are highly porous entities comprising a multidentate organic ligand coordinated to multiple metal centers, typically as a coordination polymer. Crystallization may be problematic in some instances when secondary binding sites are present in the multidentate organic ligand. Multidentate organic ligands comprising first and second binding sites bridged together with a third binding site comprising a diimine moiety may alleviate these issues, particularly when using a preformed metal cluster as a metal source to form a MOF. Such MOFs may comprise a plurality of metal centers, and a multidentate organic ligand coordinated to the plurality of metal centers to define an at least partially crystalline network structure having a plurality of internal pores, and in which the multidentate organic ligand comprises first and second binding sites bridged together with a third binding site comprising a diimine moiety. Particular MOFs may comprise N,N′-di(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)ethane-1,2-diimine as a multidentate organic ligand.

A method of preparing a self-healing composition is disclosed, the method including following steps. An isocyanate solution, a dihydric alcohol solution, and a metal salt solution are provided. The dihydric alcohol has heterocyclic structures. The isocyanate solution and the dihydric alcohol solution are mixed, causing the isocyanate and the dihydric alcohol polymerize to form a polymer precursor. The polymer precursor includes a hard segment and a soft segment. The hard segment includes urethane groups, the soft segment includes heterocyclic structures. The polymer precursor and the metal salt solution are mixed, causing the heterocyclic structures and metal ions to undergo a chelation reaction to form a coordination complex, thereby forming the self-healing composition. A self-healing composition prepared by the method, and self-healing film using the self-healing composition are also disclosed.

The present invention provides methods of efficiently producing various optically active aromatic amino acid derivatives by reacting, using an additive, a specific ester compound with an aromatic halide and zinc in the presence of a catalyst. The present invention also provides amino acid derivatives that can be produced by the methods.

Mixed metal metal-organic frameworks (MM-MOFs) of copper-1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate (BTC), M—Cu-BTC, wherein M is Zn(II), Ni(II), Co(II), and/or Fe(II) may be made using post-synthetic exchange (PSE) with metal ions. Such MM-MOFs may be used in H.sub.2 storage, especially Ni(II) and Co(II) MM-MOFs. Selected metal exchanged materials can provide gravimetric H.sub.2 uptake around 1.63 wt. % for Zn—Cu-BTC, around 1.61 wt. % for Ni—Cu-BTC, around 1.63 wt. % for Fe—Cu-BTC, and around 1.12 wt. % for Co—Cu-BTC.