Abstract: A method for producing a product 1,3-butylene glycol, including a step of subjecting crude 1,3-butylene glycol to hydrogenation treatment using a Pd/C catalyst.

Abstract: A 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoic acid composition containing 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoic acid and t-butyl alcohol in which the t-butyl alcohol concentration in terms of toluene-d8 measured by gas chromatography-olfactometry/mass spectrometry after heating in an air atmosphere at 80° C. for four weeks under the conditions below exceeds 0 ppb by volume and is 400 ppb by volume or less is provided. The composition has low reproductive toxicity even after long-term storage: (Measurement Conditions) the 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoic acid composition is concentrated, and the concentrated sample is measured by gas chromatography-olfactometry using a column using dimethylpolysiloxane as a stationary phase, and the structure of a measured component is analyzed with a mass spectrometry detector.

Abstract: A production method of high-purity 1,3-butylene glycol including a step of performing a heat treatment for an initial feed liquid containing 1,3-butylene glycol. The method also includes a step of removing low-boiling components that are contained in any one or more of a treated liquid and a treated vapor after the heat treatment by distillation, wherein a content of a base in the initial feed liquid in the step of performing the heat treatment is less than 0.2 mass %.

Abstract: A product 1,3-butylene glycol, in which 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine derivatives of 2-(hydroxyethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane have a weight proportion of 90 ppm or less, as calculated from a sum of absorbance of peaks thereof in an HPLC analysis under specific conditions after specific sample preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a glycopeptide comprising steps of: denaturing the Fc region of an avian antibody; and degrading the denatured Fc region with a proteolytic enzyme; wherein the glycopeptide is a glycodipeptide or glycotripeptide.

Abstract: A product 1,3-butylene glycol, wherein, in an HPLC analysis under specific conditions after specific sample preparation, when a relative retention time of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine is regarded as 1.0, a sum area value of absorbance peaks that appear within a relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0 is 1000 or less, and wherein a dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative of a carbonyl compound having 4 to 6 carbon atoms is contained as a component that corresponds to the peaks that appear within the relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0.

Abstract: A product 1,3-butylene glycol, wherein, in an HPLC analysis under specific conditions after specific sample preparation, when a relative retention time of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine is regarded as 1.0, a sum area value of absorbance peaks that appear within a relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0 is 1000 or less, and wherein a dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative of a carbonyl compound having 4 to 6 carbon atoms is contained as a component that corresponds to the peaks that appear within the relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0.

Abstract: A method for producing 3,5,5-trimethylhexanal by allowing diisobutylene (DIB), carbon monoxide and hydrogen to react with one another in the presence of a cobalt-based catalyst, comprising: a step of allowing DIB to react with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a cobalt-based catalyst until a convention of DIB reaches 50 to 85% (first stage reaction step); a step of separating unreacted DIB from a reaction product obtained in the first stage reaction step (unreacted DIB separation step); and a step of allowing the unreacted DIB separated to react with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a cobalt-based catalyst (second stage reaction step).

Abstract: A product 1,3-butylene glycol, in which 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine derivatives of 2-(hydroxyethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane have a weight proportion of 90 ppm or less, as calculated from a sum of absorbance of peaks thereof in an HPLC analysis under specific conditions after specific sample preparation.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition for a mixed refrigerant comprising difluoromethane, the composition comprising a polymer (A) below and an ester (B) of polyhydric alcohol(s) with aliphatic monocarboxylic acid(s). The polymer (A): a polymer which is obtained by polymerizing monomer(s) consisting of at least one monomer of monosubstituted ethylenes and disubstituted ethylenes, and in which a ratio of a monomer represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, R2 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the sum of carbon numbers in R1 and R2 is 2 to 14, is 75 to 100% by mass based on a total mass of monomers constituting the polymer.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition for a refrigerant consisting of difluoromethane, the composition comprising a polymer (A) below and an ester (B) of polyhydric alcohol(s) with aliphatic monocarboxylic acid(s). The polymer (A): a polymer which is obtained by polymerizing monomer(s) consisting of at least one monomer of monosubstituted ethylenes and disubstituted ethylenes, and in which a ratio of a monomer represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the sum of carbon numbers in R1 and R2 is 2 to 5, is 75 to 100% by mass based on a total mass of monomers constituting the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating-machine oil composition which comprises the following ester additive (a) and the following ester base oil (b), the content of the ester additive (a) being 5-45 mass % with respect to the total amount of the refrigerating-machine oil composition. Ester additive (a): At least one ester of isotridecanoic acid with pentaerythritol Ester base oil (b): Polyhydric-alcohol esters comprising esters of two or more aliphatic monocarboxylic acids selected from among C4-9 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids with pentaerythritol.

Abstract: Provided are an ester of isotridecanoic acid and pentaerythritol, etc., wherein (i) the kinematic viscosity at 40° C. is in the range of 80-140 mm2/sec. and (ii) the number of terminal methyl groups per molecule of isotridecanoic acid in the isotridecanoic acid obtained by 1H-NMR measurement is in the range of 2.6-3.4 on average.

Abstract: To provide hexaester of bispentaerythritol monoformal, which is a mixed ester of bispentaerythritol monoformal represented by the following formula (I), and carboxylic acids: wherein the carboxylic acids comprise C9 branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, and any one of carboxylic acids selected from C4 to C8 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids. The hexaester is used as one component of a refrigerant oil composition, and gives excellent characteristics, such as oxidation stability, lubricity, and low temperature properties, to a refrigerant oil composition.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating machine oil which comprises an ester between a polyol consisting of at least one of pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol represented by formula (I) and 2-propylheptanoic acid, and is characterized in that the refrigerating machine oil can be used in combination with a refrigerant consisting of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze). When the refrigerating machine oil is used in combination with a refrigerant consisting of HFO-1234ze, excellent miscibility with the refrigerant, lubricity, thermal and chemical stability and the like can be achieved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mixed ester of pentaerythritol or a mixed polyhydric alcohol and carboxylic acids; the mixed polyhydric alcohol consisting of pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol represented by formula (I), and the carboxylic acids comprising 2-ethylhexanoic acid and 2-propylheptanoic acid. The mixed ester exhibits excellent properties (e.g., miscibility with a refrigerant that comprises fluoropropene, low-temperature fluidity, and lubricity) in a well-balanced manner while having the viscosity within the range required for a refrigerant oil, and may be used in an industrial lubricant (e.g., refrigerant oil) and the like.

Abstract: To provide hexaester of bispentaerythritol monoformal, which is a mixed ester of bispentaerythritol monoformal represented by the following formula (I), and carboxylic acids: wherein the carboxylic acids comprise C9 branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, and any one of carboxylic acids selected from C4 to C8 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids. The hexaester is used as one component of a refrigerant oil composition, and gives excellent characteristics, such as oxidation stability, lubricity, and low temperature properties, to a refrigerant oil composition.

Abstract: Provided is hexaester of bispentaerythritol monoformal, which comprises the bispentaerythritol monoformal represented by the following formula (I), and any one of carboxylic acids selected from C8 and C9 branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acids: The hexaester has well-balanced excellent characteristics, such as low temperature properties and oxidation stability, and is used for industrial lubricating oil, such as a refrigerant oil composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mixed ester of pentaerythritol or a mixed polyhydric alcohol and carboxylic acids; the mixed polyhydric alcohol consisting of pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol represented by formula (I), and the carboxylic acids comprising 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoic acid and 2-propylheptanoic acid. The mixed ester exhibits excellent properties (e.g., miscibility with a refrigerant that comprises fluoropropene, low-temperature properties, oxidation stability, oxidation-hydrolysis stability, and lubricity) in a well-balanced manner while having the viscosity within the range required for a refrigerant oil, and may be used in an industrial lubricant (e.g., refrigerant oil) and the like.

Abstract: Provided is hexaester of bispentaerythritol monoformal, which comprises the bispentaerythritol monoformal represented by the following formula (I), and any one of carboxylic acids selected from C8 and C9 branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acids: The hexaester has well-balanced excellent characteristics, such as low temperature properties and oxidation stability, and is used for industrial lubricating oil, such as a refrigerant oil composition.