The present disclosure provides a composition for hair and fiber treatment which supplies a transition metal as a catalyst to a thiol residue formed when hair or fiber is damaged in a process of chemical or physical care, and rapidly and abundantly binds an olefin-based unsaturated hydrocarbon through a thiol-ene reaction, thereby continuously providing smoothness to the hair and fiber.

This disclosure relates to synthetic coupling methods using catalytic molecules. In certain embodiments, the catalytic molecules comprise heterocyclic thiolamide, S-acylthiosalicylamide, disulfide, selenium containing heterocycle, diselenide compound, ditelluride compound or tellurium containing heterocycle. Catalytic molecules disclosed herein are useful as catalysts in the transformation of hydroxy group containing compounds to amides, esters, ketones, and other carbon to heteroatom or carbon to carbon transformations

This disclosure relates to synthetic coupling methods using catalytic molecules. In certain embodiments, the catalytic molecules comprise heterocyclic thiolamide, S-acylthiosalicylamide, disulfide, selenium containing heterocycle, diselenide compound, ditelluride compound or tellurium containing heterocycle. Catalytic molecules disclosed herein are useful as catalysts in the transformation of hydroxy group containing compounds to amides, esters, ketones, and other carbon to heteroatom or carbon to carbon transformations

A method includes: providing a mixture including at least one alkyl tosylate and a Grignard reagent; and reacting the at least one alkyl tosylate with the Grignard reagent in a C—C coupling reaction mechanism to form a branched aliphatic alcohol.

A method includes: providing a mixture including at least one alkyl tosylate and a Grignard reagent; and reacting the at least one alkyl tosylate with the Grignard reagent in a C—C coupling reaction mechanism to form a branched aliphatic alcohol.

A process for producing chromenes intended for the preparation of thermosetting resins, includes converting an aromatic propargyl ether of general formula (I) into a chromene by homogeneous catalysis with copper salts in anisole at a temperature between 100 and 170° C. Moreover, a process for preparing a material made of thermoset resin, includes successively a) carrying out the above process; b) polymerizing the reaction product obtained in a) so as to obtain the material made of thermoset resin; c) recovering the material made of thermoset resin obtained in b).

A process for producing chromenes intended for the preparation of thermosetting resins, includes converting an aromatic propargyl ether of general formula (I) into a chromene by homogeneous catalysis with copper salts in anisole at a temperature between 100 and 170° C. Moreover, a process for preparing a material made of thermoset resin, includes successively a) carrying out the above process; b) polymerizing the reaction product obtained in a) so as to obtain the material made of thermoset resin; c) recovering the material made of thermoset resin obtained in b).

A two or particularly three-phase process, and corresponding apparatus, desulfurizes sour hydrocarbon gas, e.g., natural gas, generally better than known, using a fixed-bed, two-phase processes in terms of the amount of H.sub.2S scavenged and the breakthrough time of H.sub.2S. The three-phase process is effective in scavenging H.sub.2S at ambient temperature and pressure, using a copper salt catalyst impregnated on alumina or other generally inert support, which is regenerable.

A two or particularly three-phase process, and corresponding apparatus, desulfurizes sour hydrocarbon gas, e.g., natural gas, generally better than known, using a fixed-bed, two-phase processes in terms of the amount of H.sub.2S scavenged and the breakthrough time of H.sub.2S. The three-phase process is effective in scavenging H.sub.2S at ambient temperature and pressure, using a copper salt catalyst impregnated on alumina or other generally inert support, which is regenerable.

A catalyst system, which is active in pyrolyzing methane at reaction temperatures above 700° C., comprising a molten salt selected from the group consisting of the halides of alkali metals; the halides of alkaline earth metals; the halides of zinc, copper, manganese, cadmium, tin and iron; and mixtures thereof, the molten salt having dispersed therein one or more catalytically active forms of iron, molybdenum, manganese, nickel, cobalt, zinc, titanium, and copper in the form of finely divided elemental metals, metal oxides, metal carbides or mixtures thereof.