Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a peroxymonosulfuric acid solution with high stability, including the steps of mixing 35 mass % or more of hydrogen peroxide and 70 mass % or more of sulfuric acid to react them, cooling the reaction solution to 80° C. or lower within five minutes after initiation of the mixing step, and diluting the reaction solution with water four times or more as much as the reaction solution by mass.

Abstract: A cyclic compound of the present invention has a molecular weight of 500 to 5000, and is represented by the following formula (1):

Abstract: There are disclosed insulated ultrafine powder comprising electroconductive ultrafine powder which is in the form of sphere, spheroid or acicular each having a minor axis in the range of 1 to 100 nm and an insulating film applied thereto; a process for producing the same which is capable of covering the surfaces of the insulated ultrafine powder with the insulating film having a thickness in the range of 0.3 to 100 nm without causing any clearance or vacancy; and a resin composite material which uses the same. A high dielectric constant of the material is assured by adding a small amount of insulated ultrafine powder wherein an insulating film is applied to the electroconductive ultrafine powder, while maintaining the processability and moldability that are the characteristics inherent in a resin material.

Abstract: The multilayer container of the present invention comprises an outermost layer, an innermost layer and at least one intermediate layer interposed between the outermost layer and the innermost layer. Each of the outermost and innermost layers is mainly made of a thermoplastic polyester resin A produced by polymerizing a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 80 mol % or higher of terephthalic acid with a diol component comprising 80 mol % or higher of ethylene glycol. At least one of the intermediate layers is mainly made of a mixed resin B of a polyamide resin C and a polyamide resin D in a mixing ratio of 99.5/0.5 to 80/20 by weight. The polyamide resin C is produced by polymerizing a diamine component comprising 70 mol % or higher of m-xylylenediamine with a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 70 mol % or higher of adipic acid.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a method for efficiently separating and collecting an optically active amino acid amide and an optically active amino acid which are highly important substances as intermediates in the production of various industrial chemicals, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, from an aqueous solution containing the optically active amino acid amide and the optically active amino acid.

Abstract: There is provided a method by which multiple types of substances desired to be transferred into cells can be continuously transferred into multiple types of cells by a convenient procedure, a cell in which the substance desired to be transferred into cells has been taken up by this method, and an apparatus for transferring a substance into cells by this method. The foregoing objects can be achieved by electrospraying cells with a liquid free from the substance to be transferred into cells while the cells are kept in contact with the substance to be transferred into cells, or first electrospraying cells with a liquid free from the substance to be transferred into cells and then bringing the cells into contact with the substance to be transferred into cells.

Abstract: A process for producing a catalyst for cyanhydrin hydration, which comprises a manganese oxide as a main component and is excellent in both physical strength and reaction activity, is provided, as well as a catalyst for cyanhydrin hydration obtained by the production process. Specifically, a process for producing a catalyst which is useful for cyanhydrin hydration and contains a manganese oxide as a main component, potassium, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of bismuth, vanadium and tin, in which the above compounds are mixed together in an aqueous system; the resulting slurry precipitate is subjected to solid-liquid separation; and the resulting hydrous cake is dried in at least two separate stages comprising a predrying and a main drying, is provided, as well as a catalyst for cyanhydrin hydration obtained by the production process.

Abstract: An efficient process for producing glycidyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate useful as a reactive diluent is provided. When glycidyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate is produced by reacting allyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate with hydrogen peroxide, a solution in which allyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate is dissolved in an aliphatic ester as a solvent is reacted with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a crystalline titanosilicate catalyst. Thus, a production process of glycidyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate, which is small in degradation of purity and yield due to generation of peroxides or the like, and products thereof are provided.

Abstract: Episulfide compounds useful as starting materials of optical materials are stably stored for a long period of time at a temperature ranging from their solidifying points to 20° C., preventing the production or precipitation of polymers and the yellowing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a powdery coating material by using: a curable polyester resin (A) having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxyl group at the terminals thereof, and further having a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 30,000, a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 100° C.; a curing agent (B) which is solid at normal temperature and is capable of being reacted with the hydroxyl group or the carboxyl group of the curable polyester resin (A); and a solvent (C) having a boiling point under normal pressure of from 50 to 130° C.; and comprising a step of kneading the curable polyester resin (A), the curing agent (B) and the solvent (C) under condition in which at 50 to 130° C., not less than 20% by weight of the curing agent (B) is dissolved in the solvent and, then, vapor-removing the solvent (C) under a reduced pressure.

Abstract: A method for producing a cyclic carbamate ester produces the cyclic carbamate ester by reacting an organic compound having at least two halogen atoms per molecule, an amine having at least two hydrogen atoms on a nitrogen atom, and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: In the process of the present invention, xylylenediamine and/or cyanobenzylamine is produced by a catalytic liquid-phase hydrogenation of a phthalonitrile compound. The liquid-phase hydrogenation is performed by controlling the concentration of a benzamide compound to a specific level or lower. In a preferred embodiment, the concentration of a benzoic acid compound is further controlled to a specific level or lower. By the process, xylylenediamine and/or cyanobenzylamine is produced at high yields and the catalyst life is prolonged.

Abstract: A fuel supplying apparatus for maintaining a stable supply of a mixed water-methanol solution while preventing water from freezing in a cold climate, and for immediately supplying a mixed water-methanol gas that has a composition which is outside of the high-rate reaction region during the starting/stopping operation of the reformer when the control tends to be unstable. The methanol reforming apparatus that generates a hydrogen-rich gas by reacting a mixed gas of water, methanol and air on a catalyst is supplied with the fuel from a fuel supplying apparatus comprising a mixed water-methanol solution tank wherein the molar ratio of water and methanol used for reforming is controlled to a predetermined value, a mixed water-methanol solution tank wherein the molar ratio of water and methanol is controlled to 4.6 or higher, and a switching means that switches the mixed water-methanol solution tank used as a fuel source according to the conditions of operation of the methanol reforming apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylic syrup containing a vinyl monomer (A) of methyl methacrylate and a polymerized solid component (B) which is a high polymer of said vinyl monomer and has a weight average molecular weight of from 30,000 to 2,000,000 as measured by the GPC and a viscosity at 25° C. of from 0.1 to 50 Pa·s, wherein at least part of said polymerized solid component (B) is a grafted rubber obtained by graft-polymerizing said vinyl monomer with a rubbery polymer, and said grafted rubber has a large branching coefficient. The acrylic resin molded articles obtained from the acrylic syrup exhibit excellent impact resistance.

Abstract: The fuel-barrier polyamide resin of the present invention is a product of the polycondensation of a diamine component comprising 70 mol % or higher of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 70 mol % or higher of a mixed dicarboxylic acid which comprises a C4 to C20 ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and at least one dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of isophthalic acid and naphthalenedicarboxylic acid in a molar ratio of 30:70 to 95:5. The polyamide resin is excellent in not only fuel-barrier property and heat resistance, but also moldability and recyclability, and therefore suitably used as a barrier material of fuel containers.

Abstract: The polyester-based resin composition of the present invention comprises a polyamide resin, a polyester resin containing an antimony compound and a compound selected from the group consisting of inorganic acid salts and hydroxides of group-1 or -2 metals of the periodic table and transition metals. In the polyester-based resin composition, the phosphorus atom concentration, the antimony atom concentration, and the blending ratio of the inorganic acid salt or hydroxide to the phosphorus compound are regulated so as to satisfy the specific relationships to effectively prevent the darkening due to the deposition of antimony metal, thereby providing the polyester-based resin composition having excellent gas barrier properties and a good appearance with minimized darkening.

Abstract: There is provided a novel method for producing an optically active (4R)-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid by allowing cells of a microorganism or a preparation obtained from cells of a microorganism having activity for stereoselectively hydrolyzing an optically active (4R)-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid amide to act on a mixture of (4R)- and (4S)-enantiomers of a 1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid amide to produce the optically active (4R)-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid and separating the optically active (4R)-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid.

Abstract: The composition for optical materials of the present invention contains at least one compound represented by the following Formula 1: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently C1–C10 hydrocarbyl or hydrogen; X1, X2 and X3 are each independently S, Se or Te; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are each independently —Sa—[(CH2)bS]cH, a is an integer from 0 to 2, b is an integer from 0 to 4, and c is an integer from 0 to 2, and a compound reactive to the compound of Formula 1. A resin produced by curing a composition containing the compound of Formula 1 by polymerization has a high refractive index, and suitable as various optical materials.

Abstract: A crude liquid containing 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane and a high-boiling component having a boiling point higher than that of 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane is distilled. By controlling the distillation conditions, the high-boiling component is prevented from entering into a distilled 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane and the content of a low-boiling component in the distilled 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane is minimized.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a powdery coating material by using a curable acrylic resin (A) having a number average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 90° C. obtained by polymerizing a starting monomer containing from 15 to 50 mol % of an unsaturated compound which contains at least a glycidyl group and/or a methylglycidyl group, and from 20 to 50 mol % of methyl methacrylate; a curing agent (B) capable of being reacted with the glycidyl group or the methylglycidyl group constituting the curable acrylic resin (A); and an alcohol solvent (C) having a boiling point under normal pressure of from 70 to 120° C.; said method comprising a kneading step of so kneading the curable acrylic resin (A), the curing agent (B) and the alcohol solvent (C) that at least the curing agent (B) is dissolved in the alcohol solvent (C) at a temperature of not higher than 130°C.