Abstract: The present disclosure provides, for example, a method that can produce a fluorolactone compound from hexafluoropropylene oxide or the like in a single step. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein two R1 are the same and each is a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group, the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): wherein R1 is as defined above, with a compound represented by formula (3): wherein R31, R32, and R33 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or two of them are optionally linked to each other to form a ring optionally having one or more substituents, and a compound represented by formula (4-1) or the like: wherein R41, R42, R43, and R44 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom ox an alkyl group, or two of them are optionally linked to each other to form a ring optionally having one or more substituents.

Abstract: A method for producing a hydrocarbon including: preparing a molten salt containing a carbonate of a first metal; obtaining precipitates containing a first metal carbide by applying a voltage to the molten salt; and obtaining a gas containing the hydrocarbon and a hydroxide of the first metal by hydrolyzing the first metal carbide.

Abstract: An energy utilization system includes a circulation circuit. The circulation circuit includes a pump, a heating section, an electrolytic reduction apparatus, and a thermal energy recovery section. The pump receives a heating medium and outputs the heating medium. The heating section heats the heating medium by using renewable energy or energy obtained from waste heat. The electrolytic reduction apparatus heats an electrolytic solution with heat from the heating medium. The circulation circuit circulates the heating medium. A method for producing a carbon-containing material includes heating a heating medium circulating in a circulation circuit by using renewable energy or energy obtained from waste heat, and performing electrolytic reduction by heating an electrolytic solution with heat from the heating medium that has been heated.

Abstract: A composition including a fluoropolymer and substantially free from a compound represented by the following formula (3): (H—(CF2)8—SO3)qM2, wherein M2 is H, a metal atom, NR54, imidazolium optionally containing a substituent, pyridinium optionally containing a substituent, or phosphonium optionally containing a substituent; R5s are each H or an organic group and are the same as or different from each other; and q is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing cyclic compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein A is a divalent organic group; and R is a divalent organic group containing a fluoropolyether group.

Abstract: An electrolyte solution containing LiFSO3 and a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1): LiZ, wherein Z is PF6, BF4, N(FSO2)2, N(CF3SO2)2, N(C2F5SO2)2, PO2F2, or B(C2O4)2. The electrolyte solution has a ratio [FSO3]/[Z] of a molar content of FSO3 [FSO3] to a molar content of Z [Z] of 3 to 1000. Also disclosed is an electrochemical device including the electrolyte solution, a lithium ion secondary battery including the electrolyte solution and a module including the electrochemical device.

Abstract: An alkyl sulfate ester containing a carbonyl group or a salt thereof. The compound is represented by the following formula: R1—C(—O)—(CR22)n—(OR3)p—(CR42)q-L-OSO3X wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, L, X, n, p and q are as defined herein. Also disclosed is a production method for making the alkyl sulfate ester.

Abstract: An electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by formula (1) and a compound represented, for example, by formula (11-1), the formula (1) being: wherein M101 is P or P?O; R101 is a group such as a C1-C11 alkylsilyloxy group; n101 is an oxidation number of M101 minus 1 or an oxidation number of M101 minus 3; and R102 to R104 are each individually a group such as a C1-C11 alkyl group; the formula (11-1) being: wherein R111 and R112 are the same as or different from each other and are each an atom or group such as a hydrogen atom; and R113 is a group such as an alkyl group free from a fluorine atom.

Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1A) below wherein the symbols are as defined in the description: Also disclosed are a composition containing at least one of the compound and a formed article of the compound.

Abstract: An electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by the following formula (1).

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous coating composition capable of forming a fluororesin coating film layer with excellent electrical properties and surface physical properties, and good adhesive properties. A coating composition containing 2 or more kinds of fluororesins, wherein at least 1 kind of the fluororesin, a fluororesin (I), has a number of functional groups of 30 to 1,000 per 106 main-chain carbon atoms, and the coating composition further contains an inorganic filler, a surfactant, a liquid medium, and a non-fluororesin.

Abstract: A joined article including: a resin (1) having a linear expansion coefficient at 30° C. to 200° C. of 17 ppm/° C. or higher and a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m; and a metal joined to a surface of the resin (1) and having a thickness of 5 to 50 ?m. The resin (1) includes a heat-affected layer that is close to the metal and that occupies 80% or less of the thickness of the resin (1), and the joined article is a dielectric material for a substrate. Also disclosed is a substrate including the joined article and a resin (2) stacked on the joined article.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous coating composition capable of forming a fluororesin coating film layer with excellent electrical properties and surface physical properties, and good adhesive properties. A coating composition containing 2 or more kinds of fluororesins, where at least 1 kind of the fluororesin, a fluororesin (I), has a number of functional groups of 30 to 1,000 per 106 main-chain carbon atoms, and where the coating composition further contains an inorganic filler, a surfactant, and a liquid medium.

Abstract: An electrolyte solution containing a compound (1) represented by the formula (1), (wherein R101 and R102 are each individually a substituent such as a C1-C7 alkyl group, and the substituent optionally contains at least one divalent to hexavalent hetero atom in a structure or optionally has a structure obtained by replacing at least one hydrogen atom by a fluorine atom or a C0-C7 functional group) and at least one compound (11) selected from compounds such as a compound represented by formula (11-1) (wherein R111 and R112 are the same as or different from each other and are each a hydrogen atom or the like, and R113 is an alkyl group free from a fluorine atom or the like):

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vinyl ether, a simple method for producing the vinyl ether, a haloether used for producing the vinyl ether, and a method for producing the vinyl ether. The object can be achieved by producing a haloether by a method comprising step 1a of allowing a compound represented by formula (1): R1O?Y+??(1) wherein Y+ represents a cation and R1 is an organic group, to react, in the presence of a halogenating agent, with a compound represented by formula (2a): wherein R2a and R3a each independently represent H or an alkyl group, R4a represents H, a halogen, or an organic group, and X1a represents a halogen other than F.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing carbon monoxide or an organic compound, which includes electrolytically reducing carbon dioxide to obtain carbon monoxide or an organic compound in an electrolytic reduction apparatus having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolytic solution containing carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is selectively reduced into carbon monoxide or a specific organic compound by a potential to be applied to between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: A housing for a livestock sensor, the housing including: a resin having a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.40 or lower and a coefficient of static friction of 0.10 or lower, and the resin being other than polytetrafluoroethylene. Also disclosed is a livestock sensor including the housing and a detector inside the housing.

Abstract: A housing for a livestock sensor capable of constituting a livestock sensor that has excellent corrosion resistance, has a small size, and can easily be administered orally to livestock, and a livestock sensor including the same. The housing includes a metal housing including a metal surface covered with a thermoplastic resin. Also disclosed is a livestock sensor including the housing.

Abstract: A seal for a livestock sensor containing a resin, or a rubber free from a chlorine atom. The seal is at least one selected from a packing, an O-ring, and a gasket, and the seal is configured to prevent a body fluid containing an organic acid in livestock from entering a space that contains a detecting portion or a substrate of the livestock sensor. Also disclosed is a livestock sensor including the seal.

Abstract: Provided is a fluoropolymer comprising tetrafluoroethylene unit (1) and a monomer unit (2) derived from a perfluoroalkadlene represented by formula (2): CF2?CF(CF2)nCF?CF2 where n represents an integer of 2 to 10, wherein a content of tetrafluoroethylene unit (1) is 98.0 to 99.999 mol % or more based on total monomer units constituting the fluoropolymer, and a content of the monomer unit (2) is 0.001 to 2.0 mol % based on total monomer units constituting the fluoropolymer.