The present invention relates to a process of preparing polyfluoroether compounds with unsaturated end groups and to compounds prepared by said process.

The present invention relates to a process of preparing polyfluoroether compounds with unsaturated end groups and to compounds prepared by said process.

A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a resin including a structural unit represented by formula (1); a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; L.sup.1 represents a single bond or —COO-L-; L represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkanediyl group; R.sup.2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; L.sup.2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and Ar represents a group obtained by removing (n+1) hydrogen atoms from an aromatic ring. R.sup.3 is independently a halogen atom, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, a hydroxy group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a monovalent alkyl ether group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one R.sup.3 is a halogen atom or a halogenated hydrocarbon group.

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A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a resin including a structural unit represented by formula (1); a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; L.sup.1 represents a single bond or —COO-L-; L represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkanediyl group; R.sup.2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; L.sup.2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and Ar represents a group obtained by removing (n+1) hydrogen atoms from an aromatic ring. R.sup.3 is independently a halogen atom, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, a hydroxy group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a monovalent alkyl ether group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one R.sup.3 is a halogen atom or a halogenated hydrocarbon group.

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The present invention relates to diterpene compounds of general formula (I) capable of contrasting the antibiotic-resistance mediated by the ArnT enzyme, to their use as a medicament, in particular for use as an adjuvant of an antibiotic therapy in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The invention relates also to associations of one or more of the compounds of formula (I) with at least another active ingredient, in particular an antibacterial agent and/or an antibiotic, and compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) or the association according to the present invention and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or carrier as well as to products, in particular medical devices, comprising at least a compound, an association or a composition according to the present invention. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) to sensitize a bacterium to an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic, for example, colistin (polymyxin E) or polymyxin B and to an in vivo or in vitro method for sensitizing a bacterium to an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic comprising the exposure of said bacterium to one or more compounds of formula (I) together with colistin.

The present invention relates to diterpene compounds of general formula (I) capable of contrasting the antibiotic-resistance mediated by the ArnT enzyme, to their use as a medicament, in particular for use as an adjuvant of an antibiotic therapy in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The invention relates also to associations of one or more of the compounds of formula (I) with at least another active ingredient, in particular an antibacterial agent and/or an antibiotic, and compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) or the association according to the present invention and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or carrier as well as to products, in particular medical devices, comprising at least a compound, an association or a composition according to the present invention. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) to sensitize a bacterium to an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic, for example, colistin (polymyxin E) or polymyxin B and to an in vivo or in vitro method for sensitizing a bacterium to an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic comprising the exposure of said bacterium to one or more compounds of formula (I) together with colistin.

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an alkylfluoroacrylate starting from alkylfluoroacetate and an oxalic acid ester, wherein an alkane liquid under the reaction conditions is applied as the solvent in one of the reaction steps.

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an alkylfluoroacrylate starting from alkylfluoroacetate and an oxalic acid ester, wherein an alkane liquid under the reaction conditions is applied as the solvent in one of the reaction steps.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing an α-fluoroacrylic acid ester compound. ##STR00001##
This problem is solved by a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1), wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different, and each represents an alkyl group or the like; and R.sup.3 is an alkyl group or the like, the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2) with R.sup.3—OH (3) and carbon monoxide in the presence of palladium, a double bond-containing compound (α), a diphosphine compound (β), and a base, to obtain the compound represented by formula (1) above.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing an α-fluoroacrylic acid ester compound. ##STR00001##
This problem is solved by a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1), wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different, and each represents an alkyl group or the like; and R.sup.3 is an alkyl group or the like, the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2) with R.sup.3—OH (3) and carbon monoxide in the presence of palladium, a double bond-containing compound (α), a diphosphine compound (β), and a base, to obtain the compound represented by formula (1) above.