Abstract: A method for the production of plastics containing fillers is disclosed, in which a reactive precursor for the filler is mixed with the polymer precursor, the reactive precursor for the filler is converted into the filler and the polymer precursor is polymerized to form the plastic. The filler generated thus has a particle size in the nanometre range which are evenly distributed in the precursor and also in the finished plastic, such that the appearance of the plastic, for example, the transparency of the finished plastic, is not affected.

Abstract: Certain chiral monophosphites and their monothio derivatives are suitable as ligands in the asymmetrical transition-metal-catalyzed hydrogenation, hydroborination and hydrocyanation of prochiral olefins, ketones and imines.

Abstract: The invention relates to heterogeneous catalysts which are particularly easy to produce. Said heterogeneous catalysts are generated by immobilizing preformed monometallic or multimetallic metal oxide particles in situ on an oxidic or non-oxidic carrier, wherefore metal oxide colloids which are stabilized by hydroxide ions and immobilized on carriers contained in the suspension are generated from conventional, water-soluble metal salts by means of hydrolysis and condensation. The inventive method makes it possible to produce fuel cell catalysts, for example.

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.

Abstract: The invention claims chiral di- and triphosphites of general formulas (I) or (II), which are bridged by suitable groups. The claimed compounds can be used in asymmetric transition metal catalysis and as chiral transition metal catalysts.

Abstract: A process for the production of compounds Ar—R1 by means of a cross-coupling reaction of an organometallic reagent R1-M with an aromatic or heteroaromatic substrate Ar—X catalyzed by one or several iron salts or iron complexes as catalysts or pre-catalysts, present homogeneously or heterogeneously in the reaction mixture. This new invention exhibits substantial advantages over established cross coupling methodology using palladium- or nickel complexes as the catalysts. Most notable aspects are the fact that (i) expensive and/or toxic nobel metal catalysts are replaced by cheap, stable, commercially available and toxicologically benign iron salts or iron complexes as the catalysts or pre-catalysts, (ii) commercially attractive aryl chlorides as well as various aryl sulfonates can be used as starting materials, (iii) the reaction can be performed under “ligand-free” conditons, and (iv) the reaction times are usually very short.

Abstract: The invention relates to monodispersable, optionally magnetic particles containing one or more metals, optionally, protected by a secondary treatment with air, having an adjustable average particle size of between 2 and 15 nm and a narrow distribution of particle size with a standard variance of 1.6 nm at the most. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said materials. Said materials are used in an isolated form or dispersed in a solution inter alia as a sealing medium against dust and gas in magnetic fluid sealing systems (liquid O-ring) for the lubrication and bearing of rotating shafts (magnetic levitation bearings), for the magneto-optical storage of information and additionally, for the magnetic marking of cells and the separation thereof in biological samples or for the local application of medicaments.

Abstract: Transition metal complexes with quino[7,8-h]quinolines and cyclopentadieno[1,2-h:4,3-h?]diquinolines as proton sponge ligands and a process for their preparation. These complexes are suitable as catalysts, e.g. the palladium complexes for a Heck reaction, as well as for amination and C—H activation reactions. The platinum and palladium complexes are potentially good cytostatic agents.

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 imidazolium salts by reacting bisimines or corresponding heterocycles with a combination consisting of an alkylating agent and of a metal salt serving as promoters of the reaction. This method makes it possible to obtain a multlitude of imidazolium salts under mild reaction conditions and in good yields. The imidazolium salts produced from heterocycles constitute novel compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-throughput screening method based on NMR spectroscopy for determining the enantioselectivity of reactions which show an asymmetric course. The reactions can be caused by chiral catalysts, agents, or biocatalysts such that said products can be evaluated regarding the enantioselectivity thereof. In one embodiment, isotope-marked pseudo-enantiomers or pseudo-prochiral substrates are used such that the enantioselectivity can be quantified by integrating the NMR signals of the respective substrates and/or products. The use of an automated setup of devices, including microtiter plates, robots, and high-throughput NMR devices, is decisive for the high-throughput process. In a second embodiment of the invention, the automated setup of devices is used to detect in a quantitative manner the products and/or educts that have been derivatized with enantiomer-pure agents in the form of diastereomers.

Abstract: The invention relates to heterogeneous catalysts which are particularly easy to produce. Said heterogeneous catalysts are generated by immobilizing preformed monometallic or multimetallic metal oxide particles in situ on an oxidic or non-oxidic carrier, wherefore metal oxide colloids which are stabilized by hydroxide ions and immobilized on carriers contained in the suspension are generated from conventional, water-soluble metal salts by means of hydrolysis and condensation. The inventive method makes it possible to produce fuel cell catalysts, for example.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing ketones by reacting boric acid derivates with carbocylic acid anhydrides in the presence of a transition metal catalyst. The carboxylic acid anhydrides can either be used in isolated form or produced from carboxylic acids in a reaction mixture. This method enables the simple embodiment of a multitude of functionalized ketones in a single reaction step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the enantioselectivity of kinetic resolution processes and of asymmetrically proceeding reactions of prochiral compounds bearing enantiotopic groups by using isotope-labeled substrates so that the reaction products can be quantitatively determined with an isotope-specific detection system, e.g., an ESI mass spectrometer. In connection with automated sample charging, the method can be employed for high throughput screening. The relevant enantioselective conversions can be induced by chiral homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts, biocatalysts or stoichiometric amounts of optically active agents.

Abstract: A method for reversibly storing hydrogen, characterized in that reversible hydrogen storage materials are used which contain mixtures of aluminum metal with alkali metals and/or alkali metal hydrides and transition metal and/or rare-earth metal catalysts.

Abstract: Non-chiral and, in particular, optically active alcohols are prepared from a carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, a base and optionally a diamine in an advantageous manner by using a catalyst that contains both a support-bonded Ru(II) complex bisphosphine ligand and a diamine ligand.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of organomagnesium compounds from organic halides and magnesium metal in the presence of transition metal catalysts using an activity-enhancing main group metal component. The latter is a compound of a metal of Periodic Table groups 1, 2 or 13 in which elements of Periodic Table groups 14-17 or hydrogen are bonded to the metal. Some of these additional components may also be formed in situ.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chiral phosphorus compounds which can be readily prepared from quinoline derivatives as inexpensive starting compounds and have the general formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 are chiral or achiral organic residues which are derived from substituted or unsubstituted straight or branched chain or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic groups and which, in the case of the pairs R1/R2 and R4/R5, may be interconnected. Further, the invention relates to the use of chiral phosphorus compounds of general formula I as catalysts or catalyst components in processes for the preparation of optically active products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out photochemical and thermochemical solar syntheses by means of flat-bed solar light collectors without devices for focusing the sunlight. The method is particularly well suited for producing flavors, aromas and complex thereof. The flat-bed solar light collector is suitable especially for producing steroids and derivatives thereof. It can further be used for the photooxidation (photooxygenation) of terpene olefins and therefore for the synthesis of fragrants such as rose oxide, myrtenol and myrtenal which are of industrial interest. The solar collector is also suitable for photochemical addition reactions and rearrangements.

Abstract: Organoaluminum electrolytes and methods for the coating of electrically conductive materials with aluminum or aluminum-magnesium alloys, essentially and preferably consisting of Na[Et3Al—H—AlEt3] for aluminum coating, or of either K[AlEt4] or Na[Et3Al—H—AlEt3] and Na[AlEt4] and trialkylaluminum for alloy coating using solutions of these electrolytes in liquid aromatic hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof with aliphatic mono- or polybasic ethers, such as dimethoxyethane, and using soluble anodes of aluminum or of aluminum and magnesium, or of aluminum-magnesium alloy.