The present invention provides a method for purifying an organic compound, by which an organic compound having a reduced lead content is obtained from an organic compound that contains a lead component as an impurity. In this method for purifying an organic compound, the organic compound that contains a lead component is irradiated with ultraviolet light, and the lead component is subsequently removed from the organic compound. The present invention also provides a method for producing an organic compound, said method comprising purification of the organic compound by means of the above-described method for purifying an organic compound.

There is provided herein a process for the synthesis of sulfonyl silanes. There is also provided herein various sulfenylated and sulfonylated silicon-containing compounds made by the process.

An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, a first emitting layer, and a second emitting layer provided between the first emitting layer and the cathode, in which the first emitting layer contains, as a first host material, a first compound represented by a formula (1) below and having a group represented by a formula (11) below, the second emitting layer contains a second compound represented by one of formulae (2-1D) to (2-4D) below as a second host material, and the first emitting layer is in direct contact with the second emitting layer.

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Provided is a method that allows for a safer production of a naphthylsilole for use as a starting material for GNR, which involves reacting a compound of formula (1):

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(wherein R.sup.1a and R.sup.1b are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a (poly)ether group, an ester group, a halogen atom, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a heterocyclic group; R.sup.1a and R.sup.1b are optionally bound to each other to form a ring; R.sup.2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring; and X represents a bromine or iodine atom) with a lanthanide- and lithium-containing ate complex to produce a lanthanide complex of the compound of formula (1); and then reacting it with a silyl compound of formula (2):

R.sup.3aR.sup.3bSiCl.sub.2  (2)

(wherein R.sup.3a and R.sup.3b are the same or different and represent an optionally branched C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl group or a phenyl group).

A new family of neutron/gamma discriminating scintillators is disclosed that comprises stable organic glasses that may be melt-cast into transparent monoliths. These materials have been shown to provide light yields greater than solution-grown trans-stilbene crystals and efficient PSD capabilities when combined with 0.01 to 0.05% by weight of the total composition of a wavelength-shifting fluorophore. Photoluminescence measurements reveal fluorescence quantum yields that are 2 to 5 times greater than conventional plastic or liquid scintillator matrices, which accounts for the superior light yield of these glasses. The unique combination of high scintillation light-yields, efficient neutron/gamma PSD, and straightforward scale-up via melt-casting distinguishes the developed organic glasses from existing scintillators.

Organofunctional silicon particles are covalently functionalized on their surface with at least one organic compound, for example a plurality of —O—(C.sub.1-C.sub.48)-alkyl compounds. The functionalization of the surface of the silicon particles makes it possible to adjust the properties of fluids in terms of their profile of properties by addition of the modified silicon particles. For instance, the alkoxy-functionalized silicon particles may preferably be added to a motor oil as additives for reducing viscosity.

The present invention describes chemical systems and methods for silylating aromatic organic substrates, said system or method comprising or consisting essentially of a mixture of (a) at least one organosilane and (b) at least one strong base, the definition of strong base now also including KOH, said system being preferably, but not necessarily substantially free of a transition-metal compound, and said methods comprising contacting a quantity of the organic substrate with a mixture of (a) at least one organosilane and (b) at least one strong base, under conditions sufficient to silylate the aromatic substrate.

There is provided herein a polyalkylene-oxide-free surfactant composition comprising an ester-modified organosilicon having the general formula (I)

AO.sub.aR.sup.4.sub.b(BO.sub.cR.sup.11.sub.d).sub.e(C).sub.fD.sub.g.

There is also provided methods for making the ester-modified organosilicon (I) and agricultural, coating, personal care and home care applications containing the polyalkylene-oxide-free surfactant composition.

Provided is a process for preparing certain silane precursor compounds, e.g., triiodosilane from trichlorosilane utilizing lithium iodide in powder form and catalyzed by tertiary amines. The process provides triiodosilane in high yields and high purity. Triiodosilane is a precursor compound useful in the atomic layer deposition of silicon onto various microelectronic device structures.

The present disclosure relates to a compound and a preparation method and application thereof, the compound having a chemical structure formula of:

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wherein M in the formula is selected from a group consisting of CF.sub.3 or CF.sub.2H, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are each independently selected from a group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl, and alkyl. The compound provided by the present disclosure can be used as a trifluoroethanolation reagent or difluoroethanolation reagent as synthetic intermediates of many organic compounds, and some of the compounds have pharmaceutical activity. The preparation steps of such compounds are simplified, with mild synthesis conditions and wide applicability of substrates.