The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran said process comprising contacting furan with hydrogen and water in the presence of a supported catalytic composition comprising rhenium and palladium in a weight ratio of at least 1:1 and a total combined weight rhenium and palladium in the catalyst composition in the range of from 0.01 to 20 wt %.

The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran said process comprising contacting furan with hydrogen and water in the presence of a supported catalytic composition comprising rhenium and palladium in a weight ratio of at least 1:1 and a total combined weight rhenium and palladium in the catalyst composition in the range of from 0.01 to 20 wt %.

An ink composition for an organic light-emitting device, the ink composition including a luminescent host material and a solvent, wherein the luminescent host material includes at least one compound represented by Formula (1) and Formula (3), and wherein the solvent includes at least one selected from an aromatic ether, an aromatic ester, and an aromatic ketone: ##STR00001##
wherein, in Formulas (1) and (3), groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

An ink composition for an organic light-emitting device, the ink composition including a luminescent host material and a solvent, wherein the luminescent host material includes at least one compound represented by Formula (1) and Formula (3), and wherein the solvent includes at least one selected from an aromatic ether, an aromatic ester, and an aromatic ketone: ##STR00001##
wherein, in Formulas (1) and (3), groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

The invention is directed to methods of producing alkoxylated or hydroxylated terpenes comprising the steps of continuously passing a solution comprising an alcohol in combination with a terpene over an acidic resin catalyst in a packed bed reactor in order to yield a product, as well as compounds that are the products of the methods described herein.

The invention is directed to methods of producing alkoxylated or hydroxylated terpenes comprising the steps of continuously passing a solution comprising an alcohol in combination with a terpene over an acidic resin catalyst in a packed bed reactor in order to yield a product, as well as compounds that are the products of the methods described herein.

Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) derivatives of following general formula (I); their preparation and use thereof, especially as monomers in polymerization reactions, such as olefin polymerization or ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). ##STR00001##

Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) derivatives of following general formula (I); their preparation and use thereof, especially as monomers in polymerization reactions, such as olefin polymerization or ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). ##STR00001##

An ink composition for an organic light-emitting device, the ink composition including a luminescent host material and a solvent, wherein the luminescent host material includes at least one compound represented by Formula (1) and Formula (3), and wherein the solvent includes at least one selected from an aromatic ether, an aromatic ester, and an aromatic ketone:

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wherein, in Formulas (1) and (3), groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

The invention is directed to methods of producing alkoxylated or hydroxylated terpenes comprising the steps of continuously passing a solution comprising an alcohol in combination with a terpene over an acidic resin catalyst in a packed bed reactor in order to yield a product, as well as compounds that are the products of the methods described herein.