Abstract: Polar nematic compounds having the following structure: where is a caged boron structure. The sphere of the caged boron structure is C and each non-sphere vertex of the caged boron structure is B—H. R is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an acyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, a halogen, a cyano group, an isothiocyanoto group, or a group that forms an ether, a ketone, an ester, a thioester, a sulfide, or a sulfone. R? is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, or a halogen. The compounds may be used in liquid crystal displays, and in television sets, laptop computers, computer monitors, hand-held communication devices, gaming devices, watches, cash registers, clocks, and calculators having liquid crystal displays.

Abstract: A polymer compound including a structural unit represented by formula (I) or a structural unit represented by formula (III) and a structural unit represented by formula (II) has high photoelectric conversion efficiency when used in an organic photoelectric conversion device. wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and represent trivalent heterocyclic group; Z represents a divalent group; Y represents a divalent heterocyclic group; wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and represent trivalent heterocyclic group; Z represents a divalent group; Y represents a divalent heterocyclic group; two Ar1s may be the same or different; two Ar2s may be the same or different; and two Z's may be the same or different. -D-??(II) wherein D represents an arylene group or a heteroarylene group having a fused ring, provided that a divalent heterocyclic group represented by Y is different from a group represented by D.

Abstract: A semiconducting compound comprising the structure: where R1 to R4 independently comprise, but are not limited to, optionally substituted straight, branched or cyclic alkyl chains having 2 to 20 (e.g. 2 to 12) carbon atoms, alkoxy, amino, amido, silyl, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or hetero aryl; where X1 and X2 independently comprise S, O, NR5 or SiR6R7 where R8 to R7 independently comprise C1 to C5 branched, straight or cyclic alkyl chains; and where Ar1 comprises a heterocyclic ring, and where n is an integer between 1 and 4.

Abstract: Substituted 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene monomers may be prepared by reacting 3-allyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine or 3,3-diallyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine with a thiol having a hydrocarbyl moiety optionally containing one or more heteroatom-containing functional groups under radical addition conditions under radical addition conditions. Such monomers may be used in homo- or copolymerization processes to obtain thiophene-type polymers containing substituents (which may bear functional groups such as silane, thiol, hydroxyl, carboxylic acid, amine, sugar groups, polyoxyalkylene, and the like). Crosslinkers useful for introducing crosslinking into thiophene-type polymers may be prepared by reacting 3-allyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine with a compound having two or more thiol groups under radical addition conditions.

Abstract: Problem to Be Solved: to provide a chromophore having a far superior nonlinear optical activity to conventional chromophores and to provide a nonlinear optical element comprising said chromophore. Solution: a chromophore comprising a donor structure D, a ?-conjugated bridge structure B, and an acceptor structure A, the donor structure D comprising an aryl group substituted with a substituted oxy group; and a nonlinear optical element comprising said chromophore.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides a method of synthesizing prostaglandins and prostaglandin analogs comprising the ring closing metathesis of compounds of Formula (I). Also provided are novel compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II). In addition to their use as synthetic intermediates in the presently disclosed methods, compounds of Formula (II) can be used as prostaglandin and/or prostaglandin analog prodrugs.

Abstract: To provide a novel organoboron compound which is useful as a reactant of organic synthesis. To provide a method for manufacturing the organoboron compound. A novel organoboron compound represented by General Formula (G1) below is provided. Note that in General Formula (G1), R1 to R9 separately represent any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 16 carbon atoms. R10 and R11 separately represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R10 and R11 may be bonded with each other to form a ring. Further, X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an organoboron compound-containing reagent for organic synthesis reactions which undergoes no trimerization with dehydration, does not necessitate activation with a base, and is stable and highly active. [Means for Solving Problems] The reagent for organic synthesis reactions contains an organic triol borate salt represented by any of the general formulae (I) to (III) and general formula (XVI): (wherein R1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, etc.; R2 represents optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, etc. or represents hydrogen; m+ represents an alkaline metal ion, phosphonium ion, or given ammonium ion; M2+ represents an alkaline earth metal; X represents halogen or alkoxide; Y represents an alkali metal ion, etc.; A represents optionally substituted methylene; and n represents an integer).

Abstract: The present invention provides a production process of a heteroaryl mono- or diboron compound comprising an aromatic heterocyclic compound and a boron compound in the form of bis(pinacolate)diboron or pinacolate diborane in the presence of a iridium-containing catalyst and a ligand such as a bipyridyl ligand. The reaction is conducted in a single step under mild conditions and allows for changing the charged ratios of the raw materials.

Abstract: An organic dye and preparation method thereof and dye-sensitized solar cells using this organic dye are provided. The structure of the organic dye molecule is donor-conjugated unit(s)-acceptor. The organic dye with broad spectrum response and high molar-absorption coefficient is obtained by modifying the structure by using various conjugated unit(s) in combination with donor and acceptor. The conditions of preparation of the organic dye are mild and the yield is high, and the organic dye can be used for highly effective dye-sensitized solar cells.

Abstract: Compounds according to Formula I are potent inhibitors of Arginase I and II activity: where R1, R2, R3, R4, D, W, X, Y, and Z are defined in the specification. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds and methods of their use in treating or preventing a disease or a condition associated with arginase activity.

Abstract: Polar nematic compounds, one example of which has the following structure: is a caged boron structure, where the sphere of the caged boron structure is C and each non-sphere vertex of the caged boron structure is B—H. R is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an acyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, a halogen, a cyano group, or an isothiocyanoto group, or R is a group that forms an ether, a ketone, an ester, a thioester, a sulfide, or a sulfone. X is COOR? or COSR?. R? is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an aryl, a halogen, or a cyano group. The compounds may be used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and in television sets, laptop computers, computer monitors, hand-held communication devices, gaming devices, watches, cash registers, clocks, and calculators having liquid crystal displays.

Abstract: To provide a photoelectric conversion element capable of functioning as a photoelectric conversion element when a compound having a specific structure is applied to the photoelectric conversion element, causing the element to exhibit a low dark current, and reducing the range of increase in the dark current even when the element is heat-treated, and an imaging device equipped with such a photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element having a photoelectric conversion film which is sandwiched between a transparent electrically conductive film and an electrically conductive film and contains a photoelectric conversion layer and an electron blocking layer, wherein the electron blocking layer contains a compound having, as a substituent, a substituted amino group containing three or more ring structures.

Abstract: A redox-active conductive polymer includes a charged tether. An interpenetrating network including such a conducting polymer can be switched between two states of diffusivity (porosity) by application of a voltage. Such a material can be useful in breathable protective clothing, controlled release, intelligent sensing/filtration, novel separation processes, nanomanufacturing, and other areas.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compounds compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, the use and preparation thereof. Some embodiments relate to 1 cyclic boronic acid ester derivatives and their use as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The invention relates azide functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene)s. Various azide functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene)s and intermediates are disclosed and described, as well as method for making novel monomers that are synthesized and transformed into P3HT-Nmp for use as organic conducting polymers in organic photovoltaic devices.

Abstract: Organic materials which possess outstanding stability to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation comprise as stabilizers at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1. The compounds of formula I are especially useful as stabilizers for protecting polymers and lubricants against oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation and as scavengers for oxidized developer in color photographic material.

Abstract: An aromatic compound represented by the following formula (1). [In the formula, ring A and ring B each represent a benzene ring, an aromatic fused ring composed of 2-4 rings, a heteroaromatic ring or a heterocyclic aromatic fused ring composed of 2-4 rings, R1a represents a group —CHR2a—CHR2bR2c, and R1b, R1c and R1d each represent hydrogen, aryl or a group —CHR2d—CHR2eR2f. This is with the proviso that at least 2 of R1b, R1c and R1d are not hydrogen. R2a, R2b and R2c each represent hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or a substituted silyl group, and R2a and R2b may be bonded together to form a ring. R2d, R2e and R2f each represent hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or a substituted silyl group, and R2d and R2e may be bonded together to form a ring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to silyl- and heteroatom-substituted compounds selected from carbazoles, dibenzofurans, dibenzothiophenes and disilylbenzophospholes of the formula (I) or (I*), to the use of the compounds of the formula (I) or (I*) in organic electronics applications, preferably in organic light-emitting diodes, to an organic light-emitting diode comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I*), to a light-emitting layer comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I*), to a blocking layer for holes/excitons comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I*), and to an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, keyboards, items of clothing, furniture and wallpaper, comprising at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula (I), its diastereoisomers, its enantiomers or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates, formula (I), to procedures of obtaining the same, to intermediates thereof, and use as competitive inhibitors of the third enzyme of the shikimic acid pathway, the type II dehydroquinase.

Abstract: This invention relates to the synthesis of substituted tetrahydroindenyls and the use of the synthesised complexes in the homo- and co-polymerisation of ethylene and alpha-olefins.

Abstract: The class compounds of the present invention may be represented by Formula (I), wherein X may be O, S, or N. R1 and R2 are independently either H, C1-C20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl. R3 and R4 are independently either H, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, and a heterocyclic ring group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein the aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocyclic moieties are optionally substituted with one or more of a first substitution group defined herein. In a further embodiment, R3 and R4 along with the atoms and bonds to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted 5-7 membered ring having at least one nitrogen atom within the ring structure.

Abstract: Novel organic compounds comprising azaborine are provided. In particular, the compounds comprise a dibenzo-1,4,-azaborine core having a phenyl substituent on the boron atom, and aryl or heteroaryl substituents at positions 2 and 6 of the phenyl substituent. These compounds may be advantageously used in organic light-emitting devices to provide improved efficiency and lifetime.

Abstract: Novel 2-alkylcycloalk(en)ylcarboxamides of the formula (I) in which X, s, R1, L, R2 and A are as defined in the description, a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and also novel intermediates and their preparation.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel anthra[2,3-b]benzo[d]thiophene derivatives, methods of their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these derivatives.

Abstract: A soluble oligomeric compound for forming an organic thin film transistor, has repeat units comprising two or more fused thiophene residues. The repeat units comprise the structure: The compound may include two or more terminating groups comprising solvating groups. A solution of the material can be used to form a thin film transistor by ink jet printing.

Abstract: A compound for an organic thin film transistor having a structure represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2, and R3 and R4 are respectively combined with each other to form an aromatic hydrocarbon ring having 6 to 60 carbon atoms or an aromatic heterocyclic ring having 3 to 60 carbon atoms; the ring being fused to the ring to which the groups are bonded, whereby the structure of the formula (1) has 5 or more aromatic rings that are fused; and the fused rings formed by R1 and R2, and R3 and R4 each may have a substituent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for preparing tiotropium salts of general formula 1 wherein X? may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification.

Abstract: This invention provides, among other things, novel compounds useful for treating protozoal infections, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as combinations of these compounds with at least one additional therapeutically effective agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of siloles substituted by fused ring systems in organic electronics applications, and to specific siloles substituted by fused ring systems and to the use thereof in organic electronics applications.

Abstract: This invention provides, among other things, novel compounds useful for treating protozoal infections, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as combinations of these compounds with at least one additional therapeutically effective agent.

Abstract: A dye for a dye-sensitized solar cell according to embodiments of the present invention includes a compound having a silane group. The dye according to embodiments of the present invention may be used in a light absorption layer to improve photovoltaic efficiency and increase open-circuit voltage.

Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers comprising benzo-bis(silolothiophene) units or derivatives thereof, to methods of their preparation, to novel monomer units used therein, to the use of the polymers in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising the polymers.

Abstract: Polar nematic compounds, one example of which has the following structure: is a caged boron structure, where the sphere of the caged boron structure is C and each non-sphere vertex of the caged boron structure is B—H. R is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an acyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, a halogen, a cyano group, or an isothiocyanoto group, or R is a group that forms an ether, a ketone, an ester, a thioester, a sulfide, or a sulfone. X is COOR? or COSR?. R? is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an aryl, a halogen, or a cyano group. The compounds may be used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and in television sets, laptop computers, computer monitors, hand-held communication devices, gaming devices, watches, cash registers, clocks, and calculators having liquid crystal displays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of group 4 post-metallocene complexes based on sterically encumbered bis(naphtoxy)pyridine and bis(naphtoxy)thiophene ligands. It also relates to the use of such post-metallocene complexes in the polymerisation of ethylene and alpha-olefins.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a silicon-based cross-coupling reagent is disclosed which is a highly stable tetraorganosilicon compound allowing for a cross-coupling reaction under mild reaction conditions without using fluoride ions, transition metal promoter, or strong bases, and the residue of the silicon reagent can be recovered and reused. The silicon-based cross-coupling reagent is a silicon compound in which an o-hydroxymethylphenyl group is connected to a silicon atom for intramolecular activation.

Abstract: A conjugated polymer has a repeated unit having the structure of formula (I) where in n is an integer greater than 1, R1 and R2 are independently selected from alkyl groups with up to 18C atoms, aryls and substituted aryls, and wherein Ar is selected from monocyclic, bicyclic and polycyclic arylene, or monocyclic, bicyclic and polycyclic heteroarylene, or may contain one to five such groups, either fused or linked.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel anthracene derivative and an organic electronic device using the same. The anthracene derivative can act as a hole injecting, hole transporting, electron injecting and transporting, or light emitting material in an organic light emitting device and an organic electronic device. In particular, the anthracene derivative can act as a light emitting host. The organic electronic device according to the present invention has excellent characteristics in views of efficiency, the driving voltage, and the stability.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel macromolecular compounds having a core-shell structure and also their use in electronic components.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel polyacene compounds, organic semiconducting formulations and layers comprising them, a process for preparing the formulation and layer and electronic devices, including organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides boronic acid compounds, boronic esters, and compositions thereof that can modulate apoptosis such as by inhibition of proteasome activity. The compounds and compositions can be used in methods of inducing apoptosis and treating diseases such as cancer and other disorders associated directly of indirectly with proteasome activity.

Abstract: The present invention is related to thiazole derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.

Abstract: Aromatic sulfonimide ionene polymers useful as membranes in electrochemical cells are prepared.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a substituted 2,2?-dithiophene is described, which process comprises the steps (a), (c) and optional steps (b) and (d): a reaction of a compound of the formula: with a suitable lithium organic compound, preferably Li-alkyl or Li-alkylamide; b) optional exchange of lithium against another metal selected from Mg1 Zn and Cu; c) reaction of the metallated intermediate obtained in step (a) or (b) with a suitable electrophil, which is CO2 or an aldehyde (addition reaction), or a compound Y?—R17 or Y?—R18-Z (substitution reaction), where R17 and R18 are as defined in claim 1; and optionally d) modification of the product obtained in step (c), e.g. by introducing one or more conjugating moieties Y ring closure between suitable monovalent residues R17, exchange or extension of functional groups or substituents such as addition to carbonyl or substitution of carbonyl in R17 or R18.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound, and the like. The compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound, or the like is useful as a medicine or the like for therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia, cancer, osteoporosis, psoriasis, secondary hyperparathyroidism, chronic glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis and/or diabetic nephropathy and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel boron compounds which are useful, depending on their characteristics, as light-emitting materials, electron-transport materials, electron-injection materials, hole-blocking materials, or organic semiconductor materials, and which have new molecular structures quite different from those of the heretofore known boron compounds; their production processes; and functional electronic devices using the same. The novel boron compounds are, for example, those of the following formula (1): These boron compounds can be produced by, for example, reacting boron compounds of the following formula (4): with compounds of the following formula (5): in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, and nickel. These boron compounds are used for the functional electronic devices.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sulfonium salt that has sufficient photosensitivity by active energy rays, such as visible light, ultraviolet rays, electron beams, and X-rays. The present invention is a sulfonium salt represented by formula (1). It is noted that R1 is a group represented by formula (2); R2 and R3 each represent an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heterocyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; X? represents a monovalent polyatomic anion; R4 to R6 each represent an alkyl group, or the like; k represents an integer of 0 to 4; m represents an integer of 0 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; and A represents a group represented by —S—, —O—, —SO—, —SO2—, or —CO—.

Abstract: Disclosed are a novel aromatic enediyne derivative, an organic semiconductor thin film using the same, and an electronic device. Example embodiments pertain to an aromatic enediyne derivative which enables the formation of a chemically and electrically stable and reliable semiconductor thin film using a solution process, e.g., spin coating and/or spin casting, at about room temperature when applied to devices, an organic semiconductor thin film using the same, and an electronic device including the organic semiconductor thin film. A thin film having a relatively large area may be formed through a solution process, therefore simplifying the manufacturing process and decreasing the manufacturing cost. Moreover, it is possible to provide an organic semiconductor that may be effectively applied to various fields including organic thin film transistors, electroluminescent devices, solar cells, and memory.

Abstract: A positive electrified charge control agent comprising a silicon complex compound of an effective component represented by the following chemical formula (I) and/or chemical formula (II) (in the formula (I) and formula (II), [D-(SO3)2]2? is a bivalent anion of an organic acid having at least two sulfonic acid groups, p is 0 or 1, B is a bonding line when p is 0, B is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom when p is 1, J is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, A is an organic group which forms a ring with (B)p and J, both of R are same or different to each other and are an organic group, and these both of R are independent or form a heterocyclic ring). A positive electrified toner for developing an electrostatic image comprises the positive electrified charge control agent. A charge control method of the positive electrified toner for developing the electrostatic image comprises a step for making the toner positively electrified by friction.

Abstract: The invention relates to fused bicycloheterocycle substituted azabicyclic alkane derivatives, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.