Described herein are compounds that are able to generate oct-2-en-4-one and thus to provide a long-lasting or substantive strawberry odor to an environment. Also described herein is a method of imparting a long-lasting strawberry odor to surfaces, such as hard surfaces, fabric, skin or hair. Also described herein is a method of using said compounds in perfumery. Also described herein are perfuming compositions or perfumed articles including the compounds.

The present invention provides a method for producing an amino acid aminoalkyl ester or an inorganic acid salt thereof by reacting a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below or a compound represented by general formula (III) shown below, or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (IV-I) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-II) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-III) shown below and compounds represented by general formula (IV-IV) shown below, or an inorganic acid salt thereof. ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a method for producing an amino acid aminoalkyl ester or an inorganic acid salt thereof by reacting a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below or a compound represented by general formula (III) shown below, or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (IV-I) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-II) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-III) shown below and compounds represented by general formula (IV-IV) shown below, or an inorganic acid salt thereof. ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a method for producing an amino acid aminoalkyl ester or an inorganic acid salt thereof by reacting a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below or a compound represented by general formula (III) shown below, or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (IV-I) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-II) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-III) shown below and compounds represented by general formula (IV-IV) shown below, or an inorganic acid salt thereof.

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The present invention provides a method for producing an amino acid aminoalkyl ester or an inorganic acid salt thereof by reacting a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below or a compound represented by general formula (III) shown below, or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (IV-I) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-II) shown below, compounds represented by general formula (IV-III) shown below and compounds represented by general formula (IV-IV) shown below, or an inorganic acid salt thereof.

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Provided are a novel N-transfer reagent and a method for preparing the same and its application. The N-transfer reagent is represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR00001## The various novel N-transfer reagents of the present invention can be quickly prepared by employing different nitrobenzene precursors. The N-transfer reagents can directly convert a variety of amino compounds into diazo compounds under mild conditions. Particularly, the N-transfer reagents can facilitate the synthesis of the diazo compounds. The application of synthesizing diazo compounds of the present invention can greatly decrease the difficulty in operation, increase the safety during experiments, reduce the cost of production and the environmental pollution, and enhance the industrial value of diazo compounds.

Novel substituted N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) derivatives and related compounds and methods of using these compounds for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of, or involving, the Central Nervous System (CNS), including schizophrenia adrenoleukodystrophy, mitochondrial diseases (e.g. Leigh syndrome, Alpers' disease, and MELAS), Huntington's disease, trichotillomania, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, drug craving, and drug addiction.

Novel substituted N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) derivatives and related compounds and methods of using these compounds for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of, or involving, the Central Nervous System (CNS), including schizophrenia adrenoleukodystrophy, mitochondrial diseases (e.g. Leigh syndrome, Alpers' disease, and MELAS), Huntington's disease, trichotillomania, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, drug craving, and drug addiction.

The present invention provides a method for purifying carbon dioxide gas characterized in that carbon dioxide gas containing at least one of 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and acrolein is contacted with activated carbon to remove at least one of the 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and acrolein. The present invention provides also a method for producing methionine comprising the purification step of the recovered carbon dioxide.

An isocyanate production method according to the present invention is a method in which an isocyanate is produced by subjecting a carbamate to thermal decomposition, and includes: a step of preparing a mixture liquid containing the carbamate, an inactive solvent and a polyisocyanate compound; a step of conducting a thermal decomposition reaction of the carbamate by continuously introducing the mixture liquid into a thermal decomposition reactor; a step of collecting a low-boiling decomposition product by continuously extracting the low-boiling decomposition product in a gaseous state from the reactor, the low-boiling decomposition product having a boiling point lower than the polyisocyanate compound; and a step of collecting a high-boiling component by continuously extracting, from the reactor, a liquid phase component which is not collected in a gaseous state at the step of collecting the low-boiling decomposition product.