This invention is directed to asymmetric synthesis of funapide, which is useful for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.

The present invention relates to a bifunctional chiral organocatalytic compound having excellent enantioselectivity, a preparation method therefor, and a method for producing a non-natural gamma amino acid from a nitro compound by using the chiral organocatalytic compound. According to the present invention, the bifunctional chiral organocatalytic compound having excellent enantioselectivity can be easily synthesized, gamma-amino acids with high optical selectivity can be obtained at a high yield by an economical and convenient method using the chiral organocatalytic compound, and various (R)-configuration gamma-amino acids, which are not present in nature, can be produced with high optical purity in large quantities by using a small amount of a catalyst, and therefore, the present invention can be widely utilized in various industrial fields including the pharmaceutical industry.

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.

The invention entails the combination of basic catalysts, specifically guanidine-based catalysts, such as TBD, in conjunction with functionalized amines having a hydrogen bond donating or accepting functionality, to facilitate the accelerated transamidation of polymer compounds with non-activated ester side chains.

A blocking agent dissociation catalyst for blocked isocyanates comprising a nitrogen-containing compound represented by Formula (1a): ##STR00001##
wherein D is represented by Formula (2): ##STR00002##
wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and a are as described in the specification.

The present invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst has been prepared by introducing at least one organic compound of the family of carboxyanhydrides. The invention also relates to the process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.

A blocking agent dissociation catalyst for blocked isocyanates comprising a nitrogen-containing compound represented by Formula (1a):

##STR00001##

wherein D is represented by Formula (2):

##STR00002##

wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and a are as described in the specification.

Disclosed herein are novel catalysts for producing remdesivir in one-pot manner, in which a diastereomerically enriched form of an intermediate, which following acidic hydrolysis would give rise to the desired remdesivir, was produced with the aid of the disclosed novel catalysts. Also disclosed herein is an improved process for the preparation of remdesivir without the need to separate one of the enantiomers while minimizing the formation of undesired isomers, thus offers economic advantages for operation on a commercial scale.

A moisture-curable polyolefin formulation comprising a (hydrolyzable silyl group)-functional polyolefin prepolymer and a condensation-cure catalyst system comprising and/or made from mixture of a compound that is a carboxamidine or a guanidine and a compound that is a cobalt acetylacetonate or a zinc acetylacetonate, wherein each compound independently is unsubstituted or substituted. Also, methods of making and using same, a cured polyolefin made therefrom, and articles containing or made from same. Also, condensation-cure catalyst systems useful therein.

An embodiment of the present invention relates to an aqueous solvent solution for absorbing carbon dioxide, and a process using an aqueous solvent solution for absorbing carbon dioxide. The aqueous solvent solution having a catalytic compound dissolved in the water that is an alkali salt of an N-substituted amino acid and at least one base that is dissolved in water. The catalytic compound assisting in forming a bicarbonate.