Abstract: SiC-based MOSFET electronic device comprising: a solid body; a gate terminal, extending into the solid body; a conductive path, extending at a first side of the solid body, configured to be electrically couplable to a generator of a biasing voltage; a protection element of a solid-state material, coupled to the gate terminal and to the conductive path, the protection element forming an electronic connection between the gate terminal and the conductive path, and being configured to go from the solid state to a melted or gaseous state, interrupting the electrical connection, in response to a leakage current through the protection element greater than a critical threshold; a buried cavity in the solid body accommodating, at least in part, the protection element.

Abstract: The invention relates to inorganic-organic hybrid materials comprising interpenetrated organic and inorganic components, wherein the organic component comprises polymer chains formed at least in part by ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic monomer, and processes for the production thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to inorganic-organic hybrid materials comprising interpenetrated organic and inorganic components, wherein the organic component comprises polymer chains formed at least in part by ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic monomer, and processes for the production thereof.

Abstract: A process which allows the re-use of compounds of formula ##STR1## in diltiazem synthesis through a process of conversion to a mixture of enantiomers III-(2R,3R) and III-(2S,3S) is described.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 5-amino-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic acid dichloride by chlorination of 5-amino-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic acid with thionyl chloride in the presence of a suitable solvent characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of catalytic amounts of a tetraalkylammonium salt of formulaR.sub.1 R.sub.2 R.sub.3 R.sub.4 NX (I)wherein X is halogen, mesylate or tosylate; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, the same or different, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl groups so that the total number of carbon atoms of the groups R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is higher than 16.The 5-amino-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic acid dichloride obtained according to the process of the present invention is useful as intermediate in the synthesis of iodinated contrast media.

Abstract: A purification method of intermediates for the preparation of Diltiazem which consists of the crystallization of a mixture enantiomerically enriched in (2S,3S)-2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,5-benzothiazepin-4(5H) -one is described.