The present invention relates to a transition metal complex having a PNNP4 ligand, which is easy to manufacture and handle and is relatively inexpensively available, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for hydrogenation reduction of ketones, esters and amides to manufacture corresponding alcohols, aldehydes, hemiacetals and hemiaminals, a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for oxidation of alcohols, hemiacetals and hemiaminals to manufacture corresponding carbonyl compounds, and a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for dehydrogenation condensation between alcohols and amines to manufacture alkylamines.

The present invention relates to a transition metal complex having a PNNP4 ligand, which is easy to manufacture and handle and is relatively inexpensively available, and a method for manufacturing the same, as well as a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for hydrogenation reduction of ketones, esters and amides to manufacture corresponding alcohols, aldehydes, hemiacetals and hemiaminals, a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for oxidation of alcohols, hemiacetals and hemiaminals to manufacture corresponding carbonyl compounds, and a method using this transition metal complex as a catalyst for dehydrogenation condensation between alcohols and amines to manufacture alkylamines.

The present invention relates to a brivaracetam intermediate, a preparation method therefor, and a preparation method for brivaracetam. The steps of the method for preparing brivaracetam described in the present invention are short and the raw materials are cheap, moreover, the method is simple and highly effective without requiring isomer separation by means of column chromatography or asymmetric synthesis, being suitable for industrial large-scale production. In addition, disclosed by the present invention is a compound as shown in formula (II), which may be used for the synthesis of brivaracetam. ##STR00001##

Disclosed is a method for preparing salicylamine acetate. The method comprises the steps of: (1) carrying out amino protection on salicylaldehyde having a structure represented by formula 1 to obtain a compound having a structure represented by formula 2; and (2) carrying out acid hydrolysis to the compound having a structure represented by formula 2 and then reacting the acid-hydrolyzed compound with acetic acid to obtain salicylamine acetate.

Disclosed is a method for preparing salicylamine acetate. The method comprises the steps of: (1) carrying out amino protection on salicylaldehyde having a structure represented by formula 1 to obtain a compound having a structure represented by formula 2; and (2) carrying out acid hydrolysis to the compound having a structure represented by formula 2 and then reacting the acid-hydrolyzed compound with acetic acid to obtain salicylamine acetate.

Described herein are novel methods of synthesizing 2-amino-5-chloro-N,3-dimethylbenzamide. Compounds prepared by the methods disclosed herein are useful for preparation of certain anthranilamide compounds that are of interest as insecticides, such as, for example, the insecticides chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole.

Described herein are novel methods of synthesizing 2-amino-5-chloro-N,3-dimethylbenzamide. Compounds prepared by the methods disclosed herein are useful for preparation of certain anthranilamide compounds that are of interest as insecticides, such as, for example, the insecticides chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole.

A composition is provided including a compound (A) represented by Formula (1) and a compound (B) represented by Formula (2), wherein the compound (B) is contained in an amount of 0.00002 to 0.2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the compound (A): (R.sub.1—COO).sub.n—R.sub.2—(NCO).sub.m . . . (1) (in Formula (1), R.sub.1 is an ethylenically unsaturated group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is an (m+n)-valent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; and n and m are each an integer of 1 or 2) ##STR00001##
(in Formula (2), R is (—R.sub.2—(OCO—R.sub.1), and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same as those in Formula (1)).

A composition is provided including a compound (A) represented by Formula (1) and a compound (B) represented by Formula (2), wherein the compound (B) is contained in an amount of 0.00002 to 0.2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the compound (A): (R.sub.1—COO).sub.n—R.sub.2—(NCO).sub.m . . . (1) (in Formula (1), R.sub.1 is an ethylenically unsaturated group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is an (m+n)-valent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; and n and m are each an integer of 1 or 2) ##STR00001##
(in Formula (2), R is (—R.sub.2—(OCO—R.sub.1), and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same as those in Formula (1)).

A composition is provided including a compound (A) represented by Formula (1) and a compound (B) represented by Formula (2), wherein the compound (B) is contained in an amount of 0.00002 to 0.2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the compound (A): (R.sub.1—COO).sub.n—R.sub.2—(NCO).sub.m . . . (1) (in Formula (1), R.sub.1 is an ethylenically unsaturated group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is an (m+n)-valent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; and n and m are each an integer of 1 or 2) ##STR00001##
(in Formula (2), R is (—R.sub.2—(OCO—R.sub.1), and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same as those in Formula (1)).