Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of functionalizing a carbon material. A carbon material is contacted with a carboxylic acid, whereby a mixture is formed. The mixture is heated for a suitable period of time at a temperature below the thermal decomposition temperature of the carbon material.

Abstract: Vaporizable material is supported within a vessel to promote contact of an introduced gas with the vaporizable material, and produce a product gas including vaporized material. A heating element supplies heat to a wall of the vessel to heat vaporizable material disposed therein. The vessel may comprise an amoule having a removable top. Multiple containers defining multiple material support surfaces may be stacked disposed within a vessel in thermal communication with the vessel. A tube may be disposed within the vessel and coupled to a gas inlet. Filters, flow meters, and level sensors may be further provided. Product gas resulting from contact of introduced gas with vaporized material may be delivered to atomic layer deposition (ALD) or similar process equipment. At least a portion of source material including a solid may be dissolved in a solvent, followed by removal of solvent to yield source material (e.g., a metal complex) disposed within the vaporizer.

Abstract: The present invention is a glutamine analogue which enters the mitochondrion and is subsequently exposed to ionizing radiation. When exposed to ionizing radiation, the present invention damages mitochondrial (as well as other) substructures such as mtDNA, the outer membrane, the inner membrane, cristae, ribosomes, etc., and causes the effective destruction of such mitochondrion. Tumorigenic cells without mitochondria cannot produce the energy they need to subsist and replicate, effectively starving them of energy and causing their destruction.

Abstract: A method for preparing organometallic complexes of the general formula (I): M(RPD)2??(I) in which M may be iron, ruthenium, or osmium, R is hydrogen or an alkyl group having about 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and PD is a cyclic or open chain dienyl system that is known to form a sandwich type complex is provided. The complexes having formula (I) have a metal purity of at least about 99.99%. The method involves reacting a M(III) trichloride hydrate with an HRPD compound and at least one reducing metal, such as aluminum, in an alcohol solvent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of a platinum(II) complex containing a neutral bidentate ligand, such as oxaliplatin. The method includes the step of reacting a halogenoplatinum complex containing a neutral bidentate ligand with an oxalate salt in a solvent, wherein more than 1 g/L of the oxalate salt is soluble in the solvent. The invention also relates to new platinum(II) complexes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous metal organic framework comprising at least two organic compounds coordinated to at least one metal ion, which comprises the steps (a) oxidation of at least one anode comprising the metal corresponding to at least one metal ion in a reaction medium in the presence of at least one first organic compound which is an optionally substituted monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon in which at least two ring carbons have been replaced by heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S to form a reaction intermediate comprising the at least one metal ion and the first organic compound; and (b) reaction of the reaction intermediate at a prescribed temperature with at least one second organic compound which coordinates to the at least one metal ion, with the second organic compound being derived from a dicarboxylic, tricarboxylic or tetracarboxylic acid.

Abstract: Methods to determine drug hydrophobicity and to quantify changes in drug hydrophobicity that optimize drug function by means of differential scanning calorimetry of an endothermic phase transition of a base protein-based polymer, specifically of an elastic-contractile model protein, to which is attached the drug to be evaluated for its hydrophobicity in terms of the change in Gibbs free energy for hydrophobic association, ?GHA have been developed. Also described herein is the preparation of nanoparticles comprised of protein-based polymers, specifically of elastic-contractile model proteins, designed for the binding and desired release rate of a specific drug or class of drugs. Further described herein is a means of targeting the drug-laden nanoparticle to a cell by means of decorating the nanoparticle surface with a molecular entity that selectively binds to the diseased cell or disease causing organism, e.g.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device using a semiconductor fine material such as a semiconductor fine particle sensitized with a dye carried thereon, characterized in that the dye is a methine type dye having a specific partial structure, for example, a methine type dye having a specific carboxyl-substituted hetero ring on one side of a methine group and an aromatic residue substituted with a dialkylamino group or an organic metal complex residue on the other side of the methine group, or a methine type dye having a carboxyl-substituted aromatic ring on one side of a methine group and a heteroaromatic ring having a dialkylamino group or an organic metal complex residue on the other side of the methine group; and a solar cell using the photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element exhibits a conversion efficiency comparable or superior to that of a conventionally known photoelectric conversion element sensitized with a methine type dye.

Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include transition-metal charge-transport materials, methods of forming transition-metal charge-transport materials, and methods of using the transition-metal charge-transport materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and their use as ligands, in particular in metal catalyst complexes. The ligands of the invention are capable of binding to a solid support. The invention includes the ligands in their own right and when bound to a support and the compounds may be used to prepare metal catalyst complexes.

Abstract: Provided are an organic-metal precursor material that can be readily decomposed without reacting with an oxidant, a method of manufacturing a metal thin film using the organic-metal precursor material, and a metal thin film prepared using the organic-metal precursor material. The organic-metal precursor material is an organic molecule having lone-pair electrons selected from the group consisting of ether, amine, tetrahydrofuran (THF), a phosphine group, and a phosphite group, and has a structure of covalent coordination bond.

Abstract: Catalyst structures comprising a single palladium metal center and a substituted tri-arylphosphine ligand. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the catalyst structures to facilitate polymerization reactions and Heck coupling reactions.

Abstract: An article is provided for immobilizing functional organic biomolecules (e.g. proteins, DNA, and the like) through a covalent bond to a thiolate or disulfide monolayer to a metal surface wherein an extra activation step of the surface layer or an activation step of the functional biomolecules or bioreceptors could be avoided. The monolayer can contain, but is not limited to, two moieties. One has a group that resists nonspecific adsorption and another has a group that directly (without activation) reacts with functional groups on the biomolecules. In addition, poly(ethylene oxide) groups are incorporated in the monolayer surfaces to resist the nonspecific adsorption and to enhance the specific affinity interactions. A sensor device including these monolayers is also provided to perform reproducible, sensitive, specific and stable bioanalysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel metal complexes. Said compounds can be used as functional material in a series of different applications which in the broadest sense can be attributed to the electronics industry. The inventive compounds are described by the formula (1) and by compounds (1) to (52).

Abstract: Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin methathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various methathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and reused. Internal olefin compounds, specifically beta-substituted styrenes, are used as ligand precursors. Compared to terminal olefin compounds such as unsubstituted styrenes, the beta-substituted styrenes are easier and less costly to prepare, and more stable since they are less prone to spontaneous polymerization. Methods of preparing chelating-carbene methathesis catalysts without the use of CuCl are disclosed. This eliminates the need for CuCl by replacing it with organic acids, mineral acids, mild oxidants or even water, resulting in high yields of Hoveyda-type methathesis catalysts.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel metal complexes. Said compounds can be used as functional materials in a series of different types of applications that can be attributed in the broadest sense to the electronics industry The inventive compounds are defined by formula (1).

Abstract: Methods of forming thin metal-containing films by chemical phase deposition, particularly atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD), are provided. The methods comprise delivering at least one organometallic precursor to a substrate, wherein the at least one precursor corresponds in structure to Formula (II); wherein: M is Ru, Fe or Os; R is Q-C10-alkyl; X is C1-C10-alkyl; and n is zero, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Further provided are methods of making precursors disclosed herein.

Abstract: A photosensitizing transition metal complex of the formula (Ia) MLY1, (Ib) MLX3 (Ic) MLY2X, (Id) MLY3X or (Ie) MLY4X in which M is a transition metal selected from ruthenium, osmium, iron, rhenium and technetium, preferably ruthenium or osmium. X is a co-ligand independently selected from NCS—, Cl—, Br—, I—, CN—, H2O; pyridine unsubstituted or substituted by at least one group selected from vinyl, primary, secondary or tertiary amine, OH and C1-30 alkyl, preferably NSC and CN—; L is a tridentate polypyridine ligand, carrying at least one carboxylic, phosphoric acid or a chelating group and one substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted alkylamide group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 50 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An organometallic precursor is provided. The precursor corresponds in structure to Formula (I): Cp(R)nM(CO)2(X), wherein: M is Ru, Fe or Os; R is C1-C10-alkyl; X is C1-C10-alkyl; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. The precursors are useful in chemical phase deposition processes, such as atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD).

Abstract: A semiconductor material and an organic rectifier diode can be used for organic-based RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags. The semiconducting material for an organic diode has a metal complex as a p-dopant for doping a hole-conducting organic matrix material, wherein the metal complex is a metal complex with Lewis acid properties, which acts as an electron pair acceptor.

Abstract: Composite organic-inorganic nanoclusters (COINs) are provided that produce surface-enhanced Raman signals (SERS) when excited by a laser. The nanoclusters include metal particles and a Raman-active organic compound. The metal required for achieving a suitable SERS signal is inherent in the nanocluster and a wide variety of Raman-active organic compounds and combinations thereof can be incorporated into the nanocluster. In addition, polymeric microspheres containing the nanoclusters and methods of making them are also provided. The nanoclusters and microspheres can be used, for example, in assays for multiplex detection of biological molecules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of indium acetate comprising the steps: (a) reacting an indium compound with an alkaline compound in a protic solvent to obtain an iridium containing precipitate, where the reaction is conducted in the presence of at least one component (i) selected from oxalic acid, a salt of oxalic acid, formic acid and a salt of formic acid, (b) reacting the precipitate in the presence of at least (i) one compound selected from oxalic acid, a salt of oxalic acid, formic acid and a salt of formic acid, and (ii) CH3CO2H and/or CH3(CO)O(CO)CH3 to give an iridium acetate containing solution. The invention also relates to indium acetate having a low halide content, to an indium containing precipitate and to uses of the iridium containing precipitate of the present invention and the iridium acetate of the present invention.

Abstract: A functional group-selective hydrogenation catalyst is provided, which is capable of selectively hydrogenating an aliphatic carbon-carbon double bond, aliphatic carbon-carbon triple bond, aromatic formyl group or aromatic nitro group contained in an organic compound. The catalyst includes a carrier, and palladium and an organic sulfur compound supported jointly thereon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fullerene derivative comprising reacting: a fullerene; an organometallic reagent (A) comprising B, Al, Zn, Sn, Pb, Te, Ti, Mn, Zr or Sm; and a copper compound (B).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal triangulo compound. Provided is also a method of inducing apoptosis in a cell that comprises administering the metal triangulo compound. Provided is also a method of preventing carcinogenesis in a cell that comprises administering the metal triangulo compound.

Abstract: A compound having two or more thiol groups and an atom selected from metal atoms in a molecule, a polythiol composition containing such a compound, a polymerizable composition containing such a polythiol composition, a resin obtained by polymerization of such a polymerizable composition, and an optical component obtained from such a resin are provided. The polymerizable composition can be a raw material for a resin having high transparency, good heat resistance and mechanical strength required for optical components such as plastic lenses and the like, while attaining a high refractive index (nd) exceeding 1.7.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble transition metal-diamine complex which can be easily separated from reaction products through liquid separation, etc. and is recycleable; an optically active diamine compound constituting the ligand of the complex; and a catalyst for asymmetric synthesis which comprises these. The present invention relates to a water-soluble optically active transition metal-diamine complex represented by the formula (2): [wherein R1 and R2 each represents hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group, —SO2R13 (wherein R13 is a hydrocarbon group, substituted amino, etc.), etc.; R3 to R12 each represents hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group, alkoxy, substituted amino, etc.

Abstract: Ruthenium and osmium carbene compounds that are stable in the presence of a variety of functional groups and can be used to catalyze olefin metathesis reactions on unstrained cyclic and acyclic olefins are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the carbene compounds. The carbene compounds are of the formula where M is Os or Ru; R1 is hydrogen; R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted aryl; X and X1 are independently selected from any anionic ligand; and L and L1 are independently selected from any neutral electron donor. The ruthenium and osmium carbene compounds of the present invention may be synthesized using diazo compounds, by neutral electron donor ligand exchange, by cross metathesis, using acetylene, using cumulated olefins, and in a one-pot method using diazo compounds and neutral electron donors.

Abstract: Palladium(0)-dibenzylidene acetone complexes Pdx(dba)y, with y/x being from 1.5 to 3, are provided according to the invention at a purity of at least 99.5 wt. %. The use of said Pdx(dba)y complexes according to the invention is for determining their stoichiometry by means of elemental analysis. In the method for the production of Pdx(dba)y complexes from a Pd-containing educt and dibenzylidene acetone (dba) in alcohol, according to the invention a solution of the dba in alcohol pre-heated to more than 40° C. is provided first and then the Pd-containing educt is added to the pre-heated solution upon which the complexes are precipitated by a base.

Abstract: Catalytic complexes including a metal atom having anionic ligands, at least one nucleophilic carbine ligand, and an alkylidene, vinylidene, or allenylidene ligand. The complexes are highly stable to air, moisture and thermal degradation. The complexes are designed to efficiently carry out a variety of olefin metathesis reactions.

Abstract: A multiple-metal complex-containing compound in accordance with an embodiment has a plurality of metal complexes in each of which a ligand is coordinated to one metal atom or a plurality of metal atoms of the same kind. The plurality of metal complexes are bound to each other via a polydentate ligand that substitutes partially the ligands of the two or more metal complexes, and have 2 to 1000 metal atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to light-emitting devices and in particular organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). In particular, the invention relates to the use of luminescent isonitrile/metal complexes as oligomer emitters in devices of this type.

Abstract: To provide a method of producing Prussian blue-type metal complex nanoparticles without necessarily requiring complicated steps and an excessive amount of raw materials, but allowing one to obtain nanometer-size fine particles having desired fine particle properties, and Prussian blue-type metal complex nanoparticles obtained by the method, a dispersion of the nanoparticles, a method of regulating the color of the nanoparticles, and an electrode and a transmitted light-regulator each using the nanoparticles; Prussian blue-type metal complex nanoparticles are produced by: mixing an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having predetermined metal atom MA as a central metal and an aqueous solution containing a cation of predetermined metal atom MB, thereby precipitating the crystal of a Prussian blue-type metal complex having the metal atom MA and the metal atom MB; and then mixing the Prussian blue-type metal complex with an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having the me

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for simply and efficiently producing a ruthenium aromatic complex which is suitable also as an industrial production method. The production method includes reacting a ruthenium aromatic complex with an aromatic compound, whose boiling point is lower than that of an aromatic compound as a ligand of the ruthenium aromatic complex, in a sealed reaction container at a reaction temperature higher than the boiling point of the aromatic compound to produce a ruthenium aromatic complex having, as a ligand, an aromatic compound having a lower boiling point.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for making metal oxide compositions, specifically, metal oxide compositions having high surface area, high metal/metal oxide content, and/or thermal stability with inexpensive and easy to handle materials. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to methods of making metal and/or metal oxide compositions, such as supported or unsupported catalysts. The method includes combining a metal precursor with an organic acid to form a mixture and calcining the mixture for a period of time sufficient to form a metal oxide material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to per-substituted pentalene compounds, including permethylpentalene and precursors thereof. In particular, the invention provides substituted pentalene compounds and methods of preparing substituted pentalene compounds; complexes of metals with substituted pentalene compounds and methods for their production; and the use of complexes of metals with substituted pentalene compounds in catalysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for differentially labelling one or more entities, together comprising distinct reactive sites. The invention further relates to an entity that has been labelled by a method according to the invention and to a diagnostic kit comprising a labelled entity and to a diagnostic kit to employ a method according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel organo phosphorus P-chiral optically active compounds of formula (I) having a hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, carboxyl, sulfonyl group on aryl near a phosphorus atom, to the preparation and the use thereof in then asymmetrical catalysis of unsaturated compounds. Novel acylphosphine optically pure ligands embodied in the form of transition metal complexes exhibit an increased activity and enantloselectivity, in particular in asymmetrical hydrogenation, in comparison with the same type Uganda such as DiPAMP.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of Ruthenium complexes having cyclopentadienyl derivatives and a diene as ligands, together with some acidic additives for improving the selectivity in the 1,4-hydrogenation of conjugated dienes into the corresponding “cis”-alkene as major product, i.e. wherein the two substituents in position 2,3 of the diene are in a cis configuration in the corresponding alkene.

Abstract: An allyl acetate production catalyst comprising at least (a) palladium, (b) gold, (c) a compound containing at least one element selected from copper, nickel, zinc and cobalt, (d) an alkali metal salt compound and (e) a carrier, is produced by a process comprising step 1 in which a homogeneous solution of a palladium-containing compound and a gold-containing compound is supported on a carrier by contact therewith, step 2 in which the carrier obtained in step 1 is contacted with an alkali solution for impregnation, step 3 in which the carrier obtained in step 2 is subjected to reduction treatment, and step 4 in which a compound containing at least one element selected from copper, nickel, zinc and cobalt and an alkali metal salt compound are supported onto the carrier obtained in step 3. The obtained allyl acetate production catalyst has minimal reduction in activity and improved selectivity, when used for production of allyl acetate from propylene, oxygen and acetic acid.

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: An organoruthenium complex represented by the general formula (1-1), bis(acetylacetonato)(1,5-hexadiene)ruthenium and bis(acetylacetonato)(1,3-pentadiene)ruthenium have low melting points, show excellent stability against moisture, air and heat, and are suitable for the film formation by a CVD method. (1-1) wherein X represents a group represented by the general formula (1-2); Y represent a group represented by the general formula (1-2) or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and L represents an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having at least two double bonds: (1-2) wherein Ra and Rb independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a compound in the form of a transition metal compound including a transition metal, a phosphorus containing ligand, and a cyclic organic ligand. The phosphorus containing ligand is a heterocyclic organic compound with a ligating phosphorus atom which ligates with the transition metal, and which ligating phosphorus atom is an atom in the heterocyclic ring structure of the heterocyclic organic compound. The cyclic organic ligand is a cyclic organic compound with a ligating carbon atom in the cyclic ring structure of the cyclic organic compound which ligates with the transition metal by means of a double bound. The invention also relates to a method preparing such a compound and a metathesis reaction wherein such a compound is used as a catalyst.

Abstract: This invention relates to high nucleation density organometallic ruthenium compounds. This invention also relates to a process for producing a high nucleation density organometallic ruthenium compound comprising reacting a bis(substituted-pentadienyl)ruthenium compound with a substituted cyclopentadiene compound under reaction conditions sufficient to produce said high nucleation density organometallic ruthenium compound. This invention further relates to a method for producing a film, coating or powder by decomposing a high nucleation density organometallic ruthenium compound precursor, thereby producing the film, coating or powder.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel carbene ligands and their incorporated monomeric and resin/polymer linked ruthenium catalysts, which are recyclable and highly active for olefin metathesis reactions. It is disclosed that significant electronic effect of different substituted 2-alkoxybenzylidene ligands on the catalytic activity and stability of corresponding carbene ruthenium complexes, some of novel ruthenium complexes in the invention can be broadly used as catalysts highly efficient for olefin metathesis reactions, particularly in ring-closing (RCM), ring-opening (ROM), ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and cross metathesis (CM) in high yield. The invention also relates to preparation of new ruthenium complexes and the use in metathesis.

Abstract: Organometallic compound of the formula (I): wherein: L is a non-aromatic cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon ligand (L), having at least six cyclic carbon atoms, said cycle being unsubstituted or substituted, and X is either a non aromatic cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon ligand identical or different from (L), having at least six cyclic carbon atoms said cycle being unsubstituted or substituted or a cyclic or acyclic conjugated alkadienyl hydrocarbon ligand having from five to ten carbons atoms, said hydrocarbon ligand being unsubstituted or substituted.

Abstract: Improved methods for performing atomic layer deposition (ALD) are described. These improved methods provide more complete saturation of the surface reactive sites and provides more complete monolayer surface coverage at each half-cycle of the ALD process. In one embodiment, operating parameters are fixed for a given solvent based precursor. In another embodiment, one operating parameter, e.g. chamber pressure is altered during the precursor deposition to assure full surface saturation.

Abstract: Enediyne compounds of the formula: (1) characterized in that the structure thereof is very simple and the production process is easy, and that the molecular length thereof is shorter than those of compounds having been proposed. Consequently, electrode assemblies comprising any of these enediyne compounds are highly promising in the application to nanomolecular wiring (nanomolecular wire) whose production has been difficult.

Abstract: The invention relates to a complex compound of ruthenium of the general structural formula I in which X1 and X2 may be identical or different and represent an anionic ligand, in which R1 and R2 are identical or different, but may also have a ring, in which R1 and R2 represent hydrogen or/and a hydrocarbon group, in which the ligand L1 is a N-heterocyclic carbene and in which the ligand L2 is a neutral electron donor, especially a N-heterocyclic carbene or an amine, imine, phosphane, phosphite, stibine, arsine, carbonyl compound, carboxyl compound, nitrile, alcohol, ether, thiol or thioether, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen or/and hydrocarbon groups.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal-organic framework (“MOF”) comprising a plurality of metal clusters and a plurality of multidentate linking ligands. Each metal of the plurality of metal clusters comprises one or more metal ions. Each ligand of the plurality of multidentate linking ligands connects adjacent metal clusters. The present invention also provides a method of forming the metal-organic framework. The method of the invention comprises combining a solution comprising one or metal ions with a multidentate linking ligand having a sufficient number of accessible sites for atomic or molecular adsorption that the surface area of the resulting metal-organic framework is greater than 2,900 m2/g.