The present invention has an object to provide a positive electrode active material for a magnesium battery; and a magnesium battery which has a high operating voltage with respect to magnesium and can be repeatedly charged and discharged at a high capacity retention rate, using the positive electrode active material.

The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a magnesium battery, containing a compound represented by the general formula (1), a positive electrode material composition for a magnesium battery, a positive electrode for a magnesium battery, and a magnesium battery:

Ag.sub.pSO.sub.4  (1) [in the formula (1), p satisfies 0<p≤2].

The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.

Disclosed is a phosphorus-containing compound capable of serving as a flame retardant to be used in conjunction with other ingredients to make resin compositions, useful for fabricating such as a prepreg, a resin film, a resin film with copper foil, a laminate or a printed circuit board, having improved one or more properties including glass transition temperature, coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal resistance, flame retardancy, dielectric constant, and dissipation factor. In addition, a method of preparing the phosphorus-containing compound and a resin composition comprising the phosphorus-containing compound are also disclosed.

A flame-retardant sugar derivative, a process for forming a flame-retardant sugar derivative, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame-retardant sugar derivative are disclosed. The flame-retardant sugar derivative can be synthesized from sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame-retardant sugar derivative can include reacting sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant sugar derivative.

In the field of organic phosphorus chemistry, especially the chemistry of bulky organophosphorus compounds, a process for the synthesis of compound of formula (I). This process is especially useful to obtain chiral bulky phosphorus compounds. The present invention also relates to compounds of formula (VII), (VIII), (IX) and (X) and their processes of manufacturing starting from a compound of formula (I).

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The invention relates to alkenyl(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acids, to the preparation and intermediates thereof, to the use thereof as monomers for the preparation of oligomers and/or polymers, to the corresponding oligomers/polymers, to the corresponding support materials comprising the oligomers/polymers, and to the use thereof as ion exchangers, as catalysts or extraction medium and corresponding salts thereof.

This invention features compounds that modulate the activity of liver X receptors, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds of the invention, and methods of utilizing those compositions for modulating the activity of liver X receptors in the treatment of cancer.

The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.

Provided are: a water-soluble composition which has excellent storage stability and is adaptable to a wide range of light sources and capable of forming a highly fine pattern; a method of producing a cured product of the same; a cured product of the same; and an acylphosphinate. The water-soluble composition contains: an acylphosphinate (A) represented by Formula (I) below, wherein X.sup.1 represents an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; X.sup.2 represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or the like; A.sup.m+ represents an alkali metal ion or the like; and m represents a number of 1 to 3; and a compound (B) having a group represented by Formula (II) below, wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; Z.sup.1 represents an oxygen atom or the like; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; Z.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n represents a number of 0 to 30; * means a bond; and, when the compound (B) has plural groups represented by Formula (II), plural R.sup.1s, Z.sup.1s, Z.sup.2s and n's are each optionally the same or different.

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Provided is a light absorbing agent that excels in miscibility with a resin, a method of manufacturing such a light absorbing agent, a composition that excels in dispersiveness of such a light absorbing agent, and an optical member that excels in visible light transmitting performance and near-infrared radiation blocking performance. The light absorbing agent contains a compound expressed by Formula (1) below and a copper ion.

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In the above, R.sup.1 is a group expressed by Formula (2) above, R.sup.10 is an alkylene group or arylene group that may have a substituent, R.sup.12 is an alkylene group or arylene group that may have a substituent, and the other symbols are as described in the specification.