Abstract: A catalytic method is provided for a ring-opening cross-metathesis reaction between a cycloolefinic substrate and a second olefinic reactant, wherein the catalyst used is a transition metal alkylidene complex substituted with an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand. The substrates are selected so that the rate of the cross-metathesis reaction of the second olefinic reactant, kCM, is greater than or equal to the rate of the ring-opening metathesis reaction, kRO. In this way, the predominant ROCM product is a monomer, dimer, and/or oligomer, but not a polymer. The invention additionally provides for selective production of an end-differentiated olefinic product, using trisubstituted cycloolefins as substrates and/or a subsequent cross-metathesis reaction following an initial ROCM step. The cycloolefinic substrates include low-strain olefins such as cyclohexene as well as higher strain olefins such as cyclooctene.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel transition metal complexes of the formula (I) and (II), 1

Abstract: The invention relates to complexes of ruthenium of the structural formula I where X is an anionic ligand, Z is a monodentate to tridentate ligand which contains a metal and is nonionically bound to the ruthenium center, R1 and R2 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or/and a hydrocarbon group, but may also form a ring, and Ligand L is an N-heterocyclic carbene, and also to a process for preparing acyclic olefins having two or more carbon atoms or/and cyclic olefins having three or more carbon atoms and the use of at least one complex of the formula I in olefin metathesis.

Abstract: A metal coordination compound suitable as an organic material for a luminescent device is represented by the following formula (1): wherein M denotes Ir, Pt, Rh or Pd; n is 2 or 3; Y denotes an alkylene group having 2-6 carbon atoms capable of including one or at least two non-neighboring methylene groups which can be replaced with —O—, —S—, —C(O)—, —C(O)—O— or —O—C(O)— and capable of including a hydrogen atom which can be replaced with a linear or branched alkyl group which has 1-10 carbon atoms and is capable of including a hydrogen atom which can be replaced with fluorine atom; and CyN denotes a cyclic group containing a nitrogen atom connected to M and capable of having a substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom; a nitro group; a phenyl group; a trialkylsilyl group having 1-8 carbon atoms; and a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms capable of including one or at least two no

Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to efficient OLEDs having electron blocking layers. The devices of the present invention comprise at least one electron blocking layer which functions to confine electrons to specific regions of the light emitting devices. The present invention also relates to materials for use as electron blockers that show increased stability when incorporated into an organic light emitting device.

Abstract: Compounds of formulae I and Ia, wherein X1 is secondary phosphino; R3 is hydrogen, a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a heterohydrocarbon radical, bonded via a carbon atom, having from 2 to 20 atoms and at least one hetero atom selected from the group O, S and NR, or ferrocenyl; R is H or C1-C4alkyl; each R4 individually or both R4 together are a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R01 and R02 are each independently of the other a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, are chiral ligands for metal complexes with metals of sub-groups I and VIII, which are catalysts for asymmetric addition reactions, for example of hydrogen, to prochiral unsaturated organic compounds.

Abstract: The invention discloses ruthenium alkylidene complexes of the type (PCy3)(L)Cl2Ru(CHPh), where L is a triazolylidene ligand of the general formula: These catalysts have been found to be considerably more active for olefin metathesis at elevated temperatures than the parent catalyst (PCy3)2Cl2Ru(CHPh)(2). For example, complex 14 (L=1,3,4-triphenyl-4.5-dihydro-1H-triazol-5-ylidene) is able to catalyze the ring-closing metathesis of substituted dienes to give tetra-substituted cyclic olefins in good yield. In addition, this complex demonstrates the analogous stability towards oxygen and moisture exhibited by ruthenium alkylidene 2.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method for synthesizing transition metal carbene complexes useful as olefin metathesis catalysts. The method is a convenient one-pot synthesis in which transition metal carbenes are prepared in high yield from readily available starting materials via a dihydrogen complex containing two different anionic ligands, preferably a phosphine and a heteroatom-stabilized carbene. The invention additionally provides a method for synthesizing precursors to carbene ligands useful, inter alia, in the aforementioned one-pot synthesis. The precursors are in the form of trichloromethyl adducts of the formula L1-CCl3, where L1 is a heteroatom-stabilized carbene ligand, and are prepared by contacting an unsaturated, ionized analog of L-CCl3 with a non-nucleophilic base in the presence of chloroform.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the in-situ generation of a metathesis active catalyst of the formula: comprising contacting an NHC carbene with a dimer of the formula [(arene)MX1X]2 and an alkyne of the formula RC≡CR1 or wherein M is ruthenium or osmium; X and X1 are the same or different and are each independently an anionic ligand; NHC is any N-heterocyclic carbene ligand; R, R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted substituent selected from the group consisting of C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, aryl, C1-C20 carboxylate, C1-C20 alkoxy, C2-C20 alkenyloxy, C2-C20 alkynyloxy, aryloxy, C2-C20 alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C20 alkylthio, C1-C20 alkylsulfonyl and C1-C20 alkylsulfinyl; and R3 is OH. Preferably, the NHC is an s-IMES or IMES carbene ligand; the arene is preferably p-cymene and the alkyne is preferably acetylene.

Abstract: Complexes of organic ligands with a metal ion exhibit unique conformation and spectroscopic properties upon changes in oxidation state of the metal ion. The metal is a redox-active metal ion and may possess additional ligands bonded to it. The organic ligand has three “arms” that are linked together at a central atom; each arm contains atoms that may also coordinate to the metal ion. At least two of the arms possess chromophoric properties. At least one arm contains two different groups that may coordinate to the metal ion. In one oxidation state, a first atom binds to the metal. In a second oxidation state, a second atom binds to the metal. This change in coordination of the metal ion results in a rotation of one of the arms, which changes the orientation of another group, which inverses the orientation of the two chromophoric species with respect to one another.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for converting a less active or slower to initiate system to a higher activity system so that at the end of a polymerization the most active species is present in the system. The invention generally relates to a process for converting a less active or slower to initiate catalyst system to a higher activity catalyst system wherein the process comprises contacting a protected N-heterocyclic carbene with a metathesis catalyst and an olefin in the presence of energy. One of the benefits of the invention is that the amount of catalyst required is less than or lowered in the presence of the protected N-heterocyclic carbene as compared to the amount of catalyst required in the absence of the protected N-heterocyclic carbene. The protected N-heterocyclic carbene can be unsaturated or saturated. In addition, the invention describes novel ruthenium initiators and methods of making the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to complexes of ruthenium of the structural formula I where X is an anionic ligand, Z is a monodentate to tridentate ligand which contains a metal and is nonionically bound to the ruthenium center, R1 and R2 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or/and a hydrocarbon group, but may also form a ring, and Ligand L is an N-heterocyclic carbene, and also to a process for preparing acyclic olefins having two or more carbon atoms or/and cyclic olefins having three or more carbon atoms and the use of at least one complex of the formula I in olefin metathesis.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of Group 8 transition metal carbene complexes as catalysts for olefin cross-metathesis reactions, and for enantioselective reactions in particular. The synthesis of these complexes and details of their use as catalysts is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to immobilized palladium complexes, to a process for their preparation, to their use as catalysts and to a process for the preparation of arylamines using immobilized palladium complexes.

Abstract: An improved process for forming bridged Group 4 transition metal complexes using boron trihalide and a magnesium dicyclopentadienyl compound to form a dicyclopentadienyl boron halide intermediate for subsequent metallation or other synthetic use and novel metal complexes.

Abstract: Compounds of formulae I and Ia, 1

Abstract: Copper pyrazolate precursor compositions useful for the formation of copper in semiconductor integrated circuits, e.g., interconnect metallization in semiconductor device structures, as an adhesive seed layer for plating, for the deposition of a thin-film recording head and for circuitization of packaging components. The copper pyrazolate precursor compositions include fluorinated and non-fluorinated pyrazolate copper (I) complexes and their Lewis base adducts. Such precursors are usefully employed for liquid delivery chemical vapor deposition of copper or copper-containing material on a substrate.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for conducting amination reactions. The processes of the present invention make use of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ancillary ligands in aminations of aryl halides and aryl pseudohalides. An amination can be carried out by mixing, in a liquid medium, at least one strong base; at least one aryl halide or aryl pseudohalide in which all substituents are other than amino groups, wherein the aryl halide has, directly bonded to the aromatic ring(s), at least one halogen atom selected from the group consisting of a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom; at least one primary amine and/or at least one secondary amine; at least one metal compound comprising at least one metal atom selected from nickel, palladium, and platinum, wherein the formal oxidation state of the metal is zero or two; and at least one N-heterocyclic carbene.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for conducting Suzuki coupling reactions. The processes of the present invention make use of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ancillary ligands in Suzuki couplings of aryl halides and aryl pseudohalides. A Suzuki coupling can be carried out by mixing, in a liquid medium, at least one strong base; at least one aryl halide or aryl pseudohalide in which all substituents are other than boronic acid groups, wherein the aryl halide has, directly bonded to the aromatic ring(s), at least one halogen atom selected from the group consisting of a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom; at least one arylboronic acid in which all substituents are other than chlorine atoms, bromine atoms, iodine atoms, or pseudohalide groups; at least one metal compound comprising at least one metal atom selected from nickel, palladium, and platinum, wherein the formal oxidation state of the metal is zero or two; and at least one N-heterocyclic carbene.

Abstract: A composition comprising (a) a metal complex of a cyclic thiohydroxamic acid such as the 2:1 zinc complex of 3-hydroxy-4-methylthiazol-2(3H)-thione and (b) a salt of the metal such as zinc chloride, acetate or oxide. The presence of component (b) gives enhanced microbiological activity.

Abstract: A metallocene compound is provided wherein to a transition metal compound is bonded a multidentate compound wherein a substituted cycloalkadienyl ring CA1 having therein a heteroaromatic group Ra containing an oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom on a cycloalkadienyl ring, preferably the five-membered ring thereof, and an unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkadienyl group CA2 or —(R1)N—, —O—, —S— or —(R1)P—, preferably CA2, more preferably a substituted cycloalkadienyl group identical with CA1 are bonded through a divalent linking group. The metallocene compound is suitable as a principal ingredient of a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins, particularly achieving a very high effect in making the molecular weight of a polypropylene higher.

Abstract: The carbapenem derivatives represented by the following formula (I) is disclosed.

Abstract: A light-emitting material comprises a compound having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1) or tautomer thereof: 1

Abstract: A method of controlling Take-all disease of plants by applying, preferably to the seed prior to planting, a fungicide of the formula

Abstract: The invention is directed towards a metal complex having the formula LMX1X2. L is a bidentate nitrogen-containing ligand with more than 2 nitrogens. M is copper, silver, or gold. X1 and X2 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogens, hydride, triflate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, perfluorotetraphenylborate, tetrafluoroborate, C1 through C12 alkyl, C1 through C12 alkoxy, C3 through C12 cycloalkyl, C3 through C12 cycloalkoxy, aryl, and any other moiety into which a monomer can insert. Such metal complexes have a tetrahedral or pseudo-tetrahedral structure.

Abstract: A metallocene compound is provided wherein to a transition metal compound is bonded a multidentate compound wherein a substituted cycloalkadienyl ring CA1 having therein a heteroaromatic group Ra containing an oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom on a cycloalkadienyl ring, preferably the five-membered ring thereof, and an unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkadienyl group CA2 or —(R1)N—, —O—, —S— or —(R1)P—, preferably CA2, more preferably a substituted cycloalkadienyl group identical with CA1 are bonded through a divalent linking group. The metallocene compound is suitable as a principal ingredient of a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins, particularly achieving a very high effect in making the molecular weight of a polypropylene higher.

Abstract: A method of controlling Take-all disease of plants by applying, preferably to the seed prior to planting, a fungicide of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are C or N and are part of an aromatic ring selected from benzene, pyridine, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, pyrazole, thiazole, and isothiazole;A is selected from --C(X)-amine, --C(O)--SR.sub.3, --NH--C(X)R.sub.4, and --C(.dbd.NR.sub.3)--XR.sub.7 ;B is --W.sub.m --Q(R.sub.2).sub.3 or selected from o-tolyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, and 9-phenanthryl, each optionally substituted with halogen or R.sub.4 ;Q is C, Si, Ge, or Sn;W is --C(R.sub.3).sub.p H.sub.(2-p) --; or when Q is C, W is selected from --C(R.sub.3).sub.p H.sub.(2-p) --, --N(R.sub.3).sub.m H.sub.(1-m) --, --S(O).sub.p --, and --O--;X is O or S;n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;m is 0 or 1;p is 0, 1, or 2;each R is independently selected from functional groups disclosed the specification.

Abstract: This application discloses a process for producing 8-[2'-(2(1)-tert-butyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl) -biphenyl-4-yl-methyl]-2,4-dimethyl-5,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin- 7-one (or such a compound wherein a benzyl or p-methoxybenzyl group is present in place of the tert-butyl group) or a salt thereof, said process characterized in(B) transmetallizing bromo[2-[2-(tert-butyl)-2H-tetrazol-5-yl]phenyl]magnesium Grignard reagent with zinc chloride or bromide; and(C) reacting the transmetallized product with 8-[(4-bromophenyl)-methyl]5,8-dihydro-2,4-dimethyl-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin- 7(6H-one in the presence of a palladium catalyst to yield the product;wherein throughout the process a benzyl or p-methoxybenzyl group may be present in place of the tert-butyl group.

Abstract: A luminescent composition containing a mixture of a fluorescent material and a metal chelate compound of the formulaL.sub.n --M.sup.+n (I)wherein M represents a metal; n is a number of from 1 to 3, and L is a ligand of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ar is an aryl; X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, and selenium; N is nitrogen; O is oxygen, and Z is a suitable aromatic component.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to complexes of dibenzyl-organotin compounds having nitrogen or sulfur containing heterocyclic ligands. Said complexes are useful as cytotoxic agents.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing a compound of the formula I: ##STR1## or a salt thereof; wherein X is a protecting group and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkyl, R.sub.5 is hydrogen or when n is 1 R.sub.5 taken together with R.sub.3 comprises a double bond; m is 1, 2 or 3; n is 0 or 1, and p is 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: A complex of the formula?L.sub.a M.sub.b X.sub.c !.sup.n (A).sub.n Ias described in the application useful as homogenous catalysts.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds referred to as "fused pyrrolocarbazoles" which possess a variety of functional activities. The disclosed compounds are represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## Methodologies for the synthetic production of fused pyrrolocarbazoles are also disclosed, as well as exemplary uses of the compounds.

Abstract: An aluminate complex represented by formula (I): ##STR1## with the groups in the aluminate complex as defined in the specification, and which is capable of radical generation upon photoexcitation; a photopolymerizable composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and the aluminate complex; and an image-forming material comprising a support, an organoaluminum compound anion represented by formula (I'): ##STR2## with the groups in the organoaluminum compound anion as defined in the specification, and a photobleachable dye; are disclosed.

Abstract: Stable, organometallic complexes of 5,5-diphenyl-2,4 imidazolidenedione (diphenyl hydantoin) are versatile biocides, effective when applied topically or parenterally to animal tissue, and when applied topically to plants. The diphenyl Hydantoin complexes are seen to prevent animal and plant tissue infections, and may be combined with other materials to inhibit infection.

Abstract: In a process for the production of thin films and epitaxial layers by gas-phase deposition, intramolecularly stabilized organometallic compounds are employed as a source of metal.

Abstract: Compounds comprising pyridyl and phenyl substituted pyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazole derivatives and pyridyl and phenyl substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, and their use as 5-lipoxygenase pathway inhibitors.

Abstract: m-Radiohalo-aniline is a stable intermediate for preparing biotin-m-radiohalo-anilide to be used as an imaging agent or therapeutic agent. The invention also contemplates m-aminophenyltrialkylstannane which can be radiohalogenated and linked to biotin.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl, R* represents fluorophenyl or trifluoromethylphenyl when R.sup.1 is alkyl; R* represents dichlorophenyl, neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, dimethylphenylsilylmethyl or a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 represents halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when R.sup.1 is cycloalkyl; or R* represents 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl, neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl, dimethylphenylsilylmethyl or a group of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently represent halogen, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when R.sup.1 is aralkyl, m represents 1 or 2, and X represents halogen, imidazolyl, triazolyl, phenylthio or a radical selected from the group consisting of: ##STR4## wherein R.sup.6 represents alkyl, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently represent lower alkyl and R.sup.9 and R.sup.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel thioxo-2-imidazolinyl benzoic acids, esters and salts, a process for the preparation thereof and a method for the control of undesirable monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant species therewith.

Abstract: Therapeutic antioxidant compounds, useful for relieving the pathogenesis of oxidative stress, of formula ##STR1## wherein substituents R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are individually selected from among hydrogen, methyl, or other atoms and groups that do not adversely affect the overall spectrum of redox activity of the 4-thiohistidine. N-3 is unsubstituted or is substituted as described for R.sub.1 to R.sub.4. R.sub.6 is preferably hydrogen or --SR.

Abstract: Titanocenes with .pi.-cyclopentadienyl ligands, in which one or two carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic rings are bonded to the metal, the aromatic rings being substituted in at least one of the two ortho-positions relative to the metal-carbon bonds by CF.sub.2 Z (Z=F or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl), are suitable as photoinitiators for the photopolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds. They are distinguished by a high radiation sensitivity, stability to air and thermal effects, and high effectiveness in the range from UV light to visible light.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula I(BH.sub.n).sub.m [RuX.sub.3+nm-q-r.sup.(OH).sub.r (BH.sub.p).sub.3-nm+q ].sub.1+p+q IwhereinB denotes a mononuclear or polynuclear basic heterocyclic radical containing one or more nitrogen atoms,X denotes chlorine or bromine,m denotes 1 or 2,n denotes 1 or 2, the sum of n and m being not greater than 3,p denotes 0 or 1, but not 1 if n is 1,q denotes 0 or 1, but not 1 if p is 1 andr denotes 0 or 1,show an antitumoral activity and are therefore suitable as a chemotherapeutic for the treatment of cancers.

Abstract: A pyrazole oxime derivative represented by the general formula (I) which is useful as an insecticide and fungicide, ##STR1## wherein the structural elements are defined in the specification, and the method of controlling said pests. The compounds represented by the general formula (I) can be synthesized by the methods disclosed in the specification.

Abstract: Many varieties of harmful insects which attack useful plant crops can be controlled by treating the plants with compositions containing certain novel tetraorganotin compounds wherein three of the four hydrocarbon groups bonded to the tin atom are methyl and the remaining group is phenyl containing specified substituents or heterocyclic and is either bonded directly to the tin atom or separated from the tin atom by one methylene group. The present compounds exhibit unexpectedly superior insecticidal activity relative to prior art organotin compounds containing three methyl groups and a phenyl or an alkyl- substituted phenyl group bonded to the tin atom.

Abstract: Metal complex compounds which in the form of the free acids correspond to the formula I ##STR1## where A is an aliphatic, carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical,E is an aliphatic or carbocyclic radical,B is a cyano, acyl, substituted sulfonyl, carboxylic acid ester or carboxamide radical, orB and E together with the carbon atoms by which they are linked may be an alicyclic or heterocyclic radical,F is an aliphatic, carbocylic or heterocyclic radical,L is --O--, --COO--, ##STR2## n is 1, 2, 3 or 4, Y is .dbd.CH-- or .dbd.N-- andZ is ##STR3## or the radical of a coupling component, alkyl being of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, andR is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or acyl and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are substituents conventionally present in dyes.The compounds of the formula I give fast dyeings on natural polyamides and synthetic nylons.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula ##STR1## wherein X is a same or different substituent which is halogen, lower alkyl, nitro or lower haloalkyl;n is 1 or 2;Y is alkoxyalkyl, lower alkenyloxyalkyl, phenoxyalkyl or substituted phenoxyalkyl;or metal complexes of the compounds defined herein above.The compounds are useful as fungicides.

Abstract: An organometallic halide having the formula:(RMX)(MX.sub.2).sub.a (MR.sub.2).sub.b (MH.sub.2).sub.cwherein a.ltoreq.0.45, b.ltoreq.0.15, and c.ltoreq.0.30, X is a halogen, R is a hydrocarbon radical, and M is a metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, zinc, beryllium, and calcium is prepared by a continuous dry process by reacting an organic monohalide RX and a metal M in the form of convex solid grains of a size between 1 and 15 mm. The reaction temperature is lower than the temperature at which decomposition of the organometallic halide RMX begins and at least 10.degree. C. higher than the boiling point of the organic monohalide. The reaction may also take place in the presence of an organometallic derivative comprising a hydroxy group or an enolysable ketone group. The resulting organometallic halide may be used for the synthesis of anhydrous magnesium halide or for the reduction of titanium tetrachloride.

Abstract: Mercury derivatives of 5,6-dihydroprostacyclins are disclosed, illustrated for example by ##STR1## wherein G is nitrato, iodo, chloro, bromo, acetato, trifluoroacetato, or benzoato, and wherein .about. indicates alpha or beta configuration, said products having pharmacological activity.