Described herein are covalent organic frameworks. The covalent organic frameworks have unique structural and physical properties, which lends them to be versatile in a number of different applications and uses. In one aspect, the covalent organic frameworks are composed of a plurality of fused aromatic groups and electron-deficient chromophores. The covalent organic frameworks are useful as photocatalysts in a number of different applications.

A highly efficient synthesis of cis-diol compounds through cis-dihydroxylation of olefins using osmate (VI) salt as catalysts is disclosed, which has found important application in efficient large-scale preparation of, among others, α,α-cedranediol from α-cedrene.

Cyclic organosilicon compounds having a structure represented by the general formula ##STR00001##
and a method for using thereof as a component of catalysts for producing propylene polymer having a very high melt-flowability are disclosed. The cyclic organosilicon compounds are employed as external electron donors in Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems to dramatically improve the hydrogen response, and therefore the catalyst systems can be used to prepare polymer having high melt-flowability and high isotacticity at high yield.

Cyclic organosilicon compounds having a structure represented by the general formula

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and a method for using thereof as a component of catalysts for producing propylene polymer having a very high melt-flowability are disclosed. The cyclic organosilicon compounds are employed as external electron donors in Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems to dramatically improve the hydrogen response, and therefore the catalyst systems can be used to prepare polymer having high melt-flowability and high isotacticity at high yield.

A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO.sub.2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.−] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO.sub.2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO.sub.2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.−] for the reversible CO.sub.2 sorption and desorption.

The present disclosure concerns the large-scale manufacture of pharmaceutical compounds, and novel intermediates for use in the manufacture. International Patent Application WO2011154737 discloses morpholine pyrimidines useful for treating cancer, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In particular, WO2011154737 discloses, as experimental Example 2.02 on page 60, the compound 4-{4-[(3R)-3-methylmorpholin-4-yl]-6-[1-((R)—S-methylsulfonimidoyl)cyclopropyl]pyrimidin-2-yl}-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (hereafter referred to as the compound of Formula (I)). The structure of the compound of Formula (I) is shown below. A synthetic route to the compound of Formula (I) is described at pages 51 to 57, 66 and 67 of WO2011154737, and is summarised below in Scheme 1.

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A composition, consisting essentially of copper, a fluoroalkyl group, and a ligand comprising at least one group-V donor. The molar ratio of copper to the fluoroalkyl group is approximately 1.

Catalyst complexes include a zinc hexacyanocobaltate with M.sup.5 metal and M.sup.6 metal or semi-metal phases, wherein M.sup.5 metal is gallium, hafnium, manganese, titanium and/or indium and the M.sup.6 metal or semi-metal is one or more of aluminum, magnesium, manganese, scandium, molybdenum, cobalt, tungsten, iron, vanadium, tin, titanium, silicon and zinc and is different from the M.sup.5 metal. The catalysts are highly efficient propylene oxide polymerization catalysts characterized by rapid activation, short times to the onset of rapid polymerization and high polymerization rates once rapid polymerization has begun.

The present invention includes a multi-layer 3D material, a method of making, and a catalyst comprising: a first, a second, and a third layer, wherein each of the layers are arranged in a nearly parallel fashion with chirality along a center plane.

The invention related to photocatalytic material field, and discloses a metal-doped amorphous carbon nitride photocatalytic material and the preparation method thereof. The method comprises: (1) mixing the nitrogen-rich organic matter with the metal salt; (2) calcining the mixture obtained in step (1) to obtain the photocatalytic material; the nitrogen-rich organic matter is selected from one or more of melamine, dicyandiamide, monocyanamide, thiourea, urea, hexamethylenetetramine, and biuret; the metal salt is selected from one or more of an alkali metal salt, an alkaline earth metal salt, and a transition metal salt. The method is simple, efficient, low-cost, requires no external catalyst, organic solvent and protective reagent, and does not require pretreatment of raw materials, and is a preparation method favorable for large-scale commercial production.