Abstract: Provided is a water-based lubricant comprising a hyperbranch-type polyglycerol having an absolute molecular weight of from 5,000 to 500,000. The water-based lubricant has a small friction coefficient and is excellent in lubrication performance and defoamability, as compared with conventional water-based lubricants comprising an ethylene/propylene oxide copolymer, and is favorable, for example, for a water-based metal processing agent and a hydraulic pressure fluid.

Abstract: Provided is a water-based lubricant comprising a hyperbranch-type polyglycerol having an absolute molecular weight of from 5,000 to 500,000. The water-based lubricant has a small friction coefficient and is excellent in lubrication performance and defoamability, as compared with conventional water-based lubricants comprising an ethylene/propylene oxide copolymer, and is favorable, for example, for a water-based metal processing agent and a hydraulic pressure fluid.

Abstract: The hyperbranched polymers are at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1]: (wherein R is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, provided that nR's are equal to or different from one another and at least one R of nR's is hydrogen atom, and symbol n is an integer from 1 to 10) and the anhydrosugar alcohol [2]: (wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; provided that R1, mR2's, pR3's and R4 are equal to or different from one another and at least one R2 or R3 of said mR2's and pR3's is hydrogen atom, respectively; and symbol m is zero (0) or an integer from 1 to 20 and symbol p is an integer from 1 to 20, provided that symbol m+p is an integer from 1 to 20) or at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1] and/or the anhydrosugar alcohol [2] with at least one sugar compound selected from the anhydrosugar as represented by th

Abstract: The present invention provides an external preparation for skin, which comprises a multi-branched polysaccharide derivative with multi-branched polysaccharide skeleton consisting of saccharides as constituent units, wherein at least one of hydroxyl (OH) groups in the multi-branched polysaccharide skeleton is substituted by OR (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon groups or a hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon groups which has hetero atom), which can give moisture and turgor to the skin, and cosmetics containing the external preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) a moisture retention polymer compound comprising a structural unit including a multi-branched polysaccharide derivative in which the hydroxyl group (OH) may be substituted by OR wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and a hetero atom, and a structural unit without a multi-branched polysaccharide derivative, (2) an external preparation for skin comprising 0.1 to 99.9% by mass of the polymer compound, which can provide moist feeling to the skin and exhibit an appropriate viscosity and solubility, and (3) a cosmetic product comprising the external preparation for skin.

Abstract: Provided is a tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative represented by the formula (I): [wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, independently from each other, are a residue of a monosaccharide represented by the formulae: (wherein, R is a hydrogen or a protecting group)], or its salt. The tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative or its salt has a large molar extinction coefficient at long wavelengths which are expected to have a high tissue-penetrating property, and exhibits high selectivity to tumor cells and hydrophilicity.

Abstract: Provided is a tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative represented by the formula (I): [wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, independently from each other, are a residue of a monosaccharide represented by the formulae: (wherein, R is a hydrogen or a protecting group)], or its salt. The tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative or its salt has a large molar extinction coefficient at long wavelengths which are expected to have a high tissue-penetrating property, and exhibits high selectivity to tumor cells and hydrophilicity.

Abstract: Provided is a tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative represented by the formula (I): [wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, independently from each other, are a residue of a monosaccharide represented by the formulae: (wherein, R is a hydrogen or a protecting group)], or its salt. The tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative or its salt has a large molar extinction coefficient at long wavelengths which are expected to have a high tissue-penetrating property, and exhibits high selectivity to tumor cells and hydrophilicity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polysaccharide/functional compound complex comprising a functional compound and a multi-branched polysaccharide derivative, wherein the multi-branched polysaccharide derivative has a skeleton of a multi-branched polysaccharide composed of a saccharide as a structural unit, and at least one of the hydroxyl groups (OH) of the multi-branched polysaccharide is substituted by OR, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and hetero atom. The functional compound can be efficiently incorporated into polysaccharide derivative, and further by exposing the polysaccharide complex to an environment such as a solution, sustained release of the functional compound can be controlled. By utilizing this property, the complex can be efficiently used in external preparations for skin such as cosmetic products.

Abstract: A fullerene derivative represented by the formula (I): [wherein, A is a residue of monosaccharides or disaccharides, and Alk is a lower alkylene group, the group represented by the formula (X): is a fullerene residual skeleton, and n is an integral number of 1 or 2] or its salt produces a formulation usable for PDT which has more hydrophilicity and lipophilicity, is expected to have selectivity to tumor cells by cell recognition, shows no toxicity to the cells in a dark place and has a cytocidal effect by light irradiation.

Abstract: The hyperbranched polymers are at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1]: (wherein R is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, provided that nR's are equal to or different from one another and at least one R of nR's is hydrogen atom, and symbol n is an integer from 1 to 10) and the anhydrosugar alcohol [2]: (wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; provided that R1, mR2's, pR3's and R4 are equal to or different from one another and at least one R2 or R3 of said mR2's and pR3's is hydrogen atom, respectively; and symbol m is zero (0) or an integer from 1 to 20 and symbol p is an integer from 1 to 20, provided that symbol m+p is an integer from 1 to 20) or at least one anhydrosugar-related compound selected from the dianhydrosugar alcohol [1] and/or the anhydrosugar alcohol [2] with at least one sugar compound selected from the anhydrosugar as represented by

Abstract: Polymers having an oxetanyl group on the side chain and being represented by the following formula (2) are provided. They are usable for reactions such as ring-opening reaction and addition reaction. The process comprises subjecting to anionic ring-opening polymerization a 3-[(oxiranylmethoxy)methyl]oxetane monomer represented by the following formula (1) alone or together with other monomer containing an epoxy group: wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1-6 carbon atoms, wherein A is the same as above, and R represents a hydrogen atom, a chloromethyl group, straight chain alkyl group or branched chain alkylene group of 1-12 carbon atoms, phenyl group, straight or branched chain alkyloxymethyl group of 1-12 carbon atoms or phenoxymethyl group, and n and m each represent a molar fraction, n being 100-1 mol %, m being 0-99 mol % with n+m=100.

Abstract: A fullerene derivative represented by the formula (I): 1

Abstract: Provided is a tetraphenylbacteriochlorin derivative represented by the formula (I): 1

Abstract: Polymers having an oxetanyl group on the side chain and being represented by the following formula (2) are provided. They are usable for reactions such as ring-opening reaction and addition reaction.