Abstract: A method for recovery of highly pure alkyl lactate and lactic acid is provided, which includes a step 1 for producing source liquid comprising lactic acid or ammonium lactate; a step 2 for dehydrating the source liquid product of step 1; a step 3 for producing liquid mixture by sequentially adding and stirring alcohol and acid solution to the dehydrated source liquid; a step 4 for separating and removing ammonium salt precipitation from the liquid mixture of step 3; a step 5 for producing alkyl lactate from ammonium salt-free liquid mixture by esterification reaction; and a step 6 for separating alcohol and alkyl lactate by distillation from the mixture of step 5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for absorbing and/or desorbing water by contacting water with hybrid inorganic-organic material having high surface area, and pores with the size of molecules or nanometers. More specifically, the water adsorbent has facile adsorption-desorption even below 100° C., having high adsorption capacity, and having high desorption capacity when it is heated up to the temperature below 100° C. The adsorbent of the present invention can be applied to a humidifier, dehumidifier, cooler and heater. The present invention also relates to a technology to control humidity using the adsorbent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reducible porous crystalline solids, constituted of a metal-organic framework (MOF), for the separation of mixtures of molecules having different unsaturation degrees and/or a different number of unsaturations with a selectivity that can be adjusted by controlling the reduction of the MOF. The MOF solids of the present invention, after reduction, have a strong affinity for molecules containing at least one unsaturation. They can be used in various separation processes, especially those relating to hydrocarbons.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex and a method for manufacturing same, the complex comprising: at least one crystalline hybrid nanoporous material powder, in which a metal ion, or a metal ion cluster to which oxygen is bound, and an organic ligand, or the organic ligand and a negative ion ligand are in a coordinate covalent bond; and at least one organic polymer additive, or at least one organic polymer additive and an inorganic additive, wherein the shape of the complex is spherical or pseudo-spherical, the size of the complex is 0.1 to 100 mm, a total volume of pores is 5 or more volume % based on the sum of a total volume of nanoporous material having a size of at most 10 nm and a total volume of pores having a size of at least 0.1 ?m, and wherein a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the complex as at least 83% of a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the nanoporous material powder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a porous organic-inorganic hybrid, which comprises gelling a reaction mixture containing a metal precursor, a water-soluble additive and water or water-containing organic solvent at a gelling temperature of 30° C.˜100° C. to obtain an organogel-containing solution having a viscosity of 2 to 50,000 (cps), subsequently ageing the solution at said gelling temperature under stirring; and subsequently heating the organogel-containing solution at a temperature between said gelling temperature and 250° C. to crystallize the solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing iron-containing porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials where the organic compound ligand is bonded to a central metal and has a large surface area and pores of molecular size or nano size, by irradiating microwaves instead of heat treatments such as the conventional electric heating, etc. as the heat source of the hydrothermal or solvothermal synthesis reaction, after reacting a metal or metal salt and organic compound to form crystal nuclei by a predetermined pre-treatment operation in the presence of a solvent. In another aspect, a method of the present invention further comprises the step of purifying the obtained porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials by treating them with inorganic salt. In particular, a method of the present invention is characterized by not using a hydrofluoric acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cyclic compound that has high selectivity, high yield, and stability over a long period of time depending on a metal content ratio of a catalyst, specifically a lactone compound or a heterocyclic compound including oxygen, which includes hydrogenating an organic acid, organic acid ester, or a mixture of the organic acid and organic acid ester, which are having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, by using a selective hydrogenated catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of surface-functionalizing a porous organic-inorganic hybrid material or a organic-inorganic mesoporous material, in which organic substances, inorganic substances, ionic liquids and organic-inorganic hybrid substances are selectively functionalized on the coordinatively unsaturated metal sites of a porous organic-inorganic hybrid material or organic-inorganic mesoporous material, and thus the porous organic-inorganic hybrid material can be used for adsorbents, gas storage devices, sensors, membranes, functional thin films, catalysts, catalytic supports, and the like, and the applications of the surface-functionalized porous organic-inorganic hybrid material prepared using the method to catalytic reactions.

Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.

Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a catalyst for directly producing a lactide which is a cyclic ester used as a monomer for polylactides, and a method for directly producing a lactide using the catalyst, the method including the transesterification reaction between two molecules of an ester of lactic acid or a mixture containing the ester of lactic acid with a small amount of lactic acid and oligomer of lactic acid under an inert environment in the presence of a titanium-based catalyst or a catalyst mixture containing the titanium-based catalyst so as to produce lactide while simultaneously removing an alcohol (ROH) generated as a by-product.

Abstract: Porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method comprises preparing a reaction solution containing a mixture of at least one inorganic metal precursor, at least one organic compound which may act as a ligand, and a solvent (step 1); and forming porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials with crystallinity by reacting the reaction solution (step 2), wherein the reaction is carried out under the pressure of about 3 atm or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cyclic compound that has high selectivity, high yield, and stability over a long period of time depending on a metal content ratio of a catalyst, specifically a lactone compound or a heterocyclic compound including oxygen, which includes hydrogenating an organic acid, organic acid ester, or a mixture of the organic acid and organic acid ester, which are having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, by using a selective hydrogenated catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing iron-containing porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials where the organic compound ligand is bonded to a central metal and has a large surface area and pores of molecular size or nano size, by irradiating microwaves instead of heat treatments such as the conventional electric heating, etc. as the heat source of the hydrothermal or solvothermal synthesis reaction, after reacting a metal or metal salt and organic compound to form crystal nuclei by a predetermined pre-treatment operation in the presence of a solvent. In another aspect, a method of the present invention further comprises the step of purifying the obtained porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials by treating them with inorganic salt. In particular, a method of the present invention is characterized by not using a hydrofluoric acid.

Abstract: A method for recovery of highly pure alkyl lactate and lactic acid is provided, which includes a step 1 for producing source liquid comprising lactic acid or ammonium lactate; a step 2 for dehydrating the source liquid product of step 1; a step 3 for producing liquid mixture by sequentially adding and stirring alcohol and acid solution to the dehydrated source liquid; a step 4 for separating and removing ammonium salt precipitation from the liquid mixture of step 3; a step 5 for producing alkyl lactate from ammonium salt-free liquid mixture by esterification reaction; and a step 6 for separating alcohol and alkyl lactate by distillation from the mixture of step 5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of solids consisting of a metal-organic framework (MOF) and having the units of the following formula (I): MmOkXILp as a nitrogen-oxide catalyst. The present invention also relates to devices for enabling the implementation of said use. The nitrogen oxides in question are nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, collectively referred to as NOx. The MOF solids of the present invention are advantageously capable of removing nitrogen oxides from a liquid or gaseous effluent, for example from water, from the exhaust gases of a vehicle, factory, workshop, laboratory, stored products, urban air vents, etc., without any reducing agent and at a low temperature. The DeNOx catalysis is a major issue for our societies. The invention can be used for reducing or even avoiding the consequences for public health of the toxic NOx gases resulting from human activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing iron-containing porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials where the organic compound ligand is bonded to a central metal and has a large surface area and pores of molecular size or nano size, by irradiating microwaves instead of heat treatments such as the conventional electric heating, etc. as the heat source of the hydrothermal or solvothermal synthesis reaction, after reacting a metal or metal salt and organic compound to form crystal nuclei by a predetermined pre-treatment operation in the presence of a solvent. In another aspect, a method of the present invention further comprises the step of purifying the obtained porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials by treating them with inorganic salt. In particular, a method of the present invention is characterized by not using a hydrofluoric acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adsorbent using the porous organic-inorganic hybrid material(s) containing iron having a large surface area and a high pore volume, in particular, a water adsorbent. Also, it relates to an adsorbent that can be used in humidifiers, dehumidifiers, coolers/heaters, a refrigerating machine or an air conditioner, etc., which can easily absorb or desorb at 100° C. and below, and has a great adsorption amount per weight of the adsorbent. Also, the present invention relates to a novel preparation method of porous organic-inorganic hybrid material(s), in particular, a preparation method characterized by not using hydrofluoric acid, porous organic-inorganic hybrid material(s) prepared by said preparation method, and a use as an adsorbent thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for absorbing and/or desorbing water by contacting water with hybrid inorganic-organic material having high surface area, and pores with the size of molecules or nanometers. More specifically, the water adsorbent has facile adsorption-desorption even below 100° C., having high adsorption capacity, and having high desorption capacity when it is heated up to the temperature below 100° C. The adsorbent of the present invention can be applied to a humidifier, dehumidifier, cooler and heater. The present invention also relates to a technology to control humidity using the adsorbent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reducible porous crystalline solids, constituted of a metal-organic framework (MOF), for the separation of mixtures of molecules having different unsaturation degrees and/or a different number of unsaturations with a selectivity that can be adjusted by controlling the reduction of the MOF. The MOF solids of the present invention, after reduction, have a strong affinity for molecules containing at least one unsaturation. They can be used in various separation processes, especially those relating to hydrocarbons.