Abstract: Provided herein are palladium complexes comprising a ligand of Formula (A?) and a ligand of Formula (B), wherein R1-R18 are as defined herein. The palladium complexes are useful in methods of fluorinating aryl and heteroaryl substrates. Further provided are compositions and kits comprising the palladium complexes.

Abstract: Surfactants of the general formula (I) in which R1 is a linear or branched akyl radical having 6 to 20, especially 10 to 16 C atoms, R2 and R3 independently of one another are H or H3CO, and M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or a moiety N+R4R5R6, in which R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 C atoms, are readily incorporated into laundry detergents or cleaning products, possess outstanding performance qualities and can be prepared on the basis of renewable raw materials.

Abstract: Surfactants of general formula (I), in which R1 denotes a linear or branched alkyl residue having 6 to 20, and in particular 8 to 14 carbon atoms, R2 denotes H or CH3, and M denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal or an N+R3R4R5 grouping, in which R3, R4 and R5, independently of one another, denote hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atom, can be easily incorporated into washing or cleaning agents, have outstanding application-related properties, and can be produced based on renewable resources.

Abstract: Provided herein are palladium complexes comprising a ligand of Formula (A?) and a ligand of Formula (B), wherein R1-R18 are as defined herein. The palladium complexes are useful in methods of fluorinating aryl and heteroaryl substrates. Further provided are compositions and kits comprising the palladium complexes.

Abstract: Surfactants of general formula (I), in which R1 denotes a linear or branched alkyl residue having 6 to 20, and in particular 8 to 14 carbon atoms, R2 denotes H or CH3, and M denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal or an N+R3R4R5 grouping, in which R3, R4 and R5, independently of one another, denote hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atom, can be easily incorporated into washing or cleaning agents, have outstanding application-related properties, and can be produced based on renewable resources.

Abstract: Surfactants of the general formula (I) in which R1 is a linear or branched akyl radical having 6 to 20, especially 10 to 16 C atoms, R2 and R3 independently of one another are H or H3CO, and M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or a moiety N+R4R5R6, in which R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 C atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 C atoms, are readily incorporated into laundry detergents or cleaning products, possess outstanding performance qualities and can be prepared on the basis of renewable raw materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to surfactants of the formula (I), in which R1 stands for —H or —CH3; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 independently stand for —H, —CH3, —CH2CH3, —CH2CH2CH3, —CH(CH3)2, —CH2CH2CH2CH3, —CH2CH(CH3)2, —CH(CH3)CH2CH3, —C(CH3)3, —OH, —OCH3, —OCH2CH3, —OCH2CH2CH3, —OCH(CH3)2, a linear or branched alkyl group containing 8 to 20 C atoms, or —SO3?X+; X+ stands for a monovalent cation or the nth part of an n-valent cation; exactly one radical R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 stands for —SO3?X+; and exactly one radical R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 stands for a linear or branched alkyl radical containing 8 to 20 C atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to metal complexes of general formula (I) and to a method for the production thereof, in which M, R1, R2, R3, X and Y in addition to Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh can have the meanings defined in the claims. Said metal complexes form air-stable compounds and are suitable as pre-catalysts in the olefin metathesis.

Abstract: Organometallic compounds of the general formula (I), in which M=Mo, W, are claimed.

Abstract: Phosphenium compounds with the general formula I: in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are identical or different and represent a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl radical, which can optionally be substituted, or R1 and R2 and/or R3 and R4 are bonded to one another with the formation of a ring, R5 and R6 stand for a saturated or unsaturated and linear or branched alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group, which can have suitable substituents, even heteroatoms as substituents, or a heteroatom-comprising hydrocarbon group, which can have suitable substituents, and the R5 and R6 radicals can form a ring which can be 4- to 20-membered, saturated or unsaturated and alicyclic or heteroalicyclic and can exhibit suitable substituents, X? represents an anion, a process for the preparation thereof, and also the use of these compounds in metal complexes which can be used as catalysts in organic synthesis, are claimed.

Abstract: A process for the synthesis of 3,6-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine derivatives is claimed wherein a biguanid is reacted with acetaldehyde in the presence of an inorganic and/or organic base. The process can be carried out at mild and therefore economical reaction conditions.

Abstract: A process is claimed for the enantioselective epoxidation of ?,?-unsaturated ketones, in which a compound of the general formula I, is reacted with an oxidizing agent to form ?,?-epoxy ketones of the general formula II, in which R1, R2, R3 are as defined above. The ?,?-epoxy ketones of the general formula II can be obtained in good yields and outstanding enantioselectivities from ?,?-unsaturated ketones of the general formula I by epoxidation with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a chiral catalyst, such as amino compounds and their acid addition salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to Iejimalides having the following formula (I) in which a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p are simple or double bonds, the continuous lines representing at least one simple bond, the dotted lines representing a possible bond. A double bond can be present but it is not necessary, and provided that a continuous line is also present, or a simple bond can be present if no other line is represented; m=0-20 and n1-n18=1, 2. The bonds can be used as chemotherapeutic agents for treating cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for substance mixtures, particularly complex chemical and/or biochemical substance mixtures. According to said method, a substance mixture that is to be analyzed is fed to a separating device, the substances of the substance mixture that is to be analyzed are separated from each other in the separating device by means of a chemically and/or physically induced conveying process, and the separated substances are detected in an evaluation unit. The invention further relates to methods and devices for producing pulsed substance mixtures, particularly complex chemical and/or biochemical substance mixtures. In order to improve the analysis of substance mixtures especially regarding the duration of the analysis, the throughput, and the resolution, the substance mixture that is to be analyzed is fed to the separating device in pulses having an unique binary sequence.

Abstract: Chiral disulfonimides having the formula I to III, wherein at least one of the groups A and B in the compound of formula I, C and D of the compound in formula II, and E and F of the compound in formula III is a chiral group, or E and F together form a chiral backbone, X is C, Si, O, N or S, and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, where n is >1 only if X is C, and G is as defined herein, and to the organic salts, metal salts and metal complexes thereof, are suited as NMR shift reagents and as reagents for racemate splitting, and also as chiral Brønsted acid catalysts or chiral Lewis acid catalysts for activating ketones, aldehydes and alkenes, and also as catalysts in the organic synthesis.

Abstract: A process is claimed for the enantioselective epoxidation of ?,?-unsaturated ketones, in which a compound of the general formula I, is reacted with an oxidizing agent to form ?,?-epoxy ketones of the general formula II, in which R1, R2, R3 are as defined above. The ?,?-epoxy ketones of the general formula II can be obtained in good yields and outstanding enantioselectivities from ?,?-unsaturated ketones of the general formula I by epoxidation with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a chiral catalyst, such as amino compounds and their acid addition salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to certain chiral transition metal catalysts, to the metal of which at least two structurally different monophosphorus ligands are bonded, at least one of said monophosphorus ligands being chiral. Said chiral transition metal catalysts are suitable as catalysts for use in asymmetric transition metal-catalyzed reactions, providing better enantioselectivities than in cases where only one structurally defined ligand is used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing chiral organic compounds by asymmetric catalysis, using ionic catalysts comprising a chiral catalyst anion. The claimed method is suitable for reactions which are carried out over cationic intermediate stages, such as iminium ions or acyl pyridinium ions. The invention enables the production of chiral compounds with high ee values, that until now could only be obtained by means of costly purification methods.

Abstract: A method for the chemoselective hydrogenation of ?, ? unsaturated carbonyl compounds is disclosed, in which compounds of the formula R4R3C?CR2—C(O)R1, wherein R1—R4 are as defined herein, are reacted with a hybrid donor to form a compound of formula R4R3CH—CH(R2)—C(O)R1, in which R1—R4 are as above. That method permits the selective hydrogenation of ?, ? unsaturated aldehydes and ketones without the use of metal catalysts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for carrying out olefin ring-closing metathesis (RCM) wherein compressed carbon dioxide (gaseous, liquid or supercritical) acts as solvent for the liquid or solid reactant and the products obtained therefrom, while additionally one or more ionic liquids are introduced as the 2nd phase in which homogeneous olefin metathesis catalysts are immobilised.