Abstract: Described herein are polymerization catalysts having a structure according to formula (1): wherein is a diimine ligand, A? is a counter anion, and R2 is a fluorinated alkane, alkene or alkyne, a fluorinated aromatic, a fluorinated cycloalkane or cylcoalkene, a fluorinated heteroaromatic, or a fluorinated heterocyclic. Also described herein are polymers having a terminus having a structure according to Formula (3): wherein R2 is a fluorinated alkane, alkene or alkyne, a fluorinated aromatic, a fluorinated cycloalkane or cylcoalkene, a fluorinated heteroaromatic, or a fluorinated heterocyclic.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass an organoruthenium compound of the formula I: (I) wherein X, Y, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the use of organoruthenium compound of the formula I as (pre)catalysts for the olefin metathesis reactions, as well as to the process for carrying out the olefin metathesis reaction.

Abstract: A compound including a first ligand LA of is disclosed. In the structure of Formula I, one of L1 and L2 is C, and the other is N; Y1 to Y14 are each C or N; at least two adjacent Y7, Y8, Y9, and Y10 are carbon atoms that are fused to a structure of Z1 and Z2 are each O, S, Se, NR, CRR?, or SiRR?; and each R, R?, RA, RB, RC, and RD is hydrogen or a substituent; and any two substituents may be joined or fused together to form a ring. In the compound, LA is complexed to a metal M by L1 and L2, and M has an atomic weight greater than 40. Organic light emitting devices and consumer products containing the compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: A ruthenium compound represented by a general formula described in the specification, a raw material which is for forming a thin film and which contains the ruthenium compound, and a method of producing a thin film using the raw material for forming a thin film are provided.

Abstract: A compound including a first ligand LA of Formula I is disclosed. In the structure of Formula I, one of L1 and L2 is C, and the other is N; Y1 to Y14 are each C or N; at least two adjacent Y7, Y8, Y9, and Y10 are carbon atoms that are fused to a structure of Formula II Z1 and Z2 are each O, S, Se, NR, CRR?, or SiRR?; and each R, R?, RA, RB, RC, and RD is hydrogen or a substituent; and any two substituents may be joined or fused together to form a ring. In the compound, LA is complexed to a metal M by L1 and L2, and M has an atomic weight greater than 40. Organic light emitting devices and consumer products containing the compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: A compound including a first ligand LA of Formula I is disclosed. In the structure of Formula I, one of L1 and L2 is C, and the other is N; Y1 to Y14 are each C or N; at least two adjacent Y7, Y8, Y9, and Y10 are carbon atoms that are fused to a structure of Formula II Z1 and Z2 are each O, S, Se, NR, CRR?, or SiRR?; and each R, R?, RA, RB, RC, and RD is hydrogen or a substituent; and any two substituents may be joined or fused together to form a ring. In the compound, LA is complexed to a metal M by L1 and L2, and M has an atomic weight greater than 40. Organic light emitting devices and consumer products containing the compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing a halogen-crosslinked iridium dimer with increased purity that is used as a precursor in production of a cyclometalated iridium complex useful as a phosphorescent material for organic electroluminescent devices, organic electrochemiluminescent devices, luminescent sensors, photosensitizing pigments, photocatalysts, luminescent probes, various light sources, and the like. The halogen-crosslinked iridium dimer is represented by the following formula: In this formula, each X represents a halogen atom, each CyA represents an optionally substituted five- or six-membered cyclic ring containing nitrogen atoms, and is linked to iridium via the nitrogen atoms, and each CyB represents an optionally substituted five- or six-membered ring containing carbon atoms, and is linked to iridium via the carbon atoms. CyA and CyB can be linked together to form an optionally substituted ring.

Abstract: Platinum(II) complexes with various selenones (L) having the general formula PtL2(NH3)2+2 X?2 are disclosed. The platinum(II) complexes inhibit growth of cancer cells in vitro and are useful for treatment of proliferative disorders such as cancers and/or tumors.

Abstract: An organoplatinum compound with the following formula for use as a raw material in the chemical deposition of platinum compound thin films. In the formula, n is 1 or more and 5 or less. Each of substituents R1 to R5 on the alkenyl amine is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like and has a carbon number of 4 or less. Each of alkyl anions R6 and R7 is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 or more and 3 or less. The vapor pressure of the organoplatinum compound is high enough to allow for the manufacturing of a platinum thin film at low temperature. It also has moderate thermal stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating a substrate including a carbon-heteroatom double bond, the process including the step of reacting the substrate with hydrogen gas in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst is a complex of formula (I): R1-10, A and Hal are as defined in the specification. The present invention also provides processes for the preparation of the complex of formula (I) and intermediates thereof.

Abstract: A method of ionizing a sample is disclosed comprising performing an initial experiment comprising: (i) adding one or more reagents to an analyte sample; (ii) varying the composition and/or concentration of the one or more reagents; (iii) ionizing the analyte sample including the one or more reagents; (iv) determining the composition and/or concentration of the one or more reagents which results in a desired, improved or optimized ionization or other condition or parameter for one or more analytes of interest; and (v) determining one or more first retention times or one or more first retention time windows for the one or more analytes of interest. The method then further comprises separating an analyte sample using a first separation device and during the course of a single experimental run or acquisition varying the composition and/or concentration of one or more reagents which are added to an eluent which emerges from the first separation device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amide derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a non-metallic salt lubricant, which can be used as an effective cancer cell-growth inhibitor owing to its enhanced storage stability with no quality changes over time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to prepare dicycloplatin under mild reactive conditions and at fast reaction rates. The process is reproducible and easy to scale up for industrial application.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synthesizing tethered ruthenium catalysts and novel tethered ruthenium catalysts obtainable by this methods. The method involves carrying out an “arene swapping” reaction avoiding the requirement to use complicated techniques making use of unreliable Birch reductions and unstable cyclodienyl intermediates.

Abstract: The present invention enables simple production of osmium tetroxide having comparable performance to that sold in reagents from a solution containing osmium. The present invention relates to a method for producing osmium tetroxide solution, the method comprising a step for using ozone or a similar oxidizing gas to oxidize a solution containing osmium and produce osmium tetroxide gas and a step for introducing the resulting osmium tetroxide gas into a recovery solution; the present invention further relates to a production apparatus therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to metal complexes having improved solubility, to processes for the preparation of the metal complexes, to devices comprising these metal complexes and to the use of the metal complexes. M(L)n(L?)m formula 1 where the compound contains a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2) W is equal to the formula (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain platinum compounds including [PtCl2(cis-1,4-diaminocyclohexane)], or combinations of these compounds with a variety of other agents for treating and/or preventing the progression of colorectal cancer in mammals. In particular, the invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing oxaliplatin-refractory colorectal cancer in mammals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an iridium-based catalyst compound for hydrogenating reducible moieties, especially imines and iminiums, the catalyst compounds being defined by the formulas: where ring B is either itself polycyclic, or ring B together with R is polycyclic. The catalysts of the invention are particularly effective in reductive amination procedures 10 which involve the in situ generation of the imine or iminium under reductive hydrogenative conditions.

Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a method for efficient oxidation of alcohols by using, as a catalyst for dehydrogenation oxidation, a ruthenium complex which can be easily produced and easily handled and is obtainable at a relatively low cost. The invention relates to a method of producing a compound having a carbonyl group by dehydrogenation oxidation of alcohols by using as a catalyst the ruthenium carbonyl complex represented by the following general formula (1) RuXY(CO)(L) (1) (in the general formula (1), X and Y may be the same or different from each other and represent an anionic ligand, and L represents a tridentate aminodiphosphine ligand).

Abstract: Provided is a ruthenium complex that is represented by general formula (1*) and is useful as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. (In the formula, * is an asymmetric carbon atom; R1 is an arenesulfonyl group, and the like; R2 and R3 are a phenyl group, and the like; R10 through R14 are selected from a hydrogen atom, C1-10 alkyl group, and the like, but R10 through R14 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms; X is a halogen atom and the like; j and k are each either 0 or 1; and j+k is 0 or 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an iridium-based catalyst compound for hydrogenating reducible moieties, especially imines and iminiums, the catalyst compounds being defined by the formulas: where ring B is either itself polycyclic, or ring B together with R is polycyclic. The catalysts of the invention are particularly effective in reductive amination procedures 10 which involve the in situ generation of the imine or iminium under reductive hydrogenative conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pre-catalysts for olefin metathesis and composition involving these pre-catalysts.

Abstract: Described are palladium precatalysts, and methods of making and using them. The palladium precatalysts show improved stability and improved reactivity in comparison to previously-described palladium precatalysts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an iridium-based catalyst compound for hydrogenating reducible moieties, especially imines and iminiums, the catalyst compounds being defined by the formula: (Formula (I)) where ring B is a conjugated ring system with one or more substituents. The catalysts of the invention are particularly effective in reductive amination procedures which involve the in situ generation of the imine or iminium under reductive hydrogenative conditions.

Abstract: Solution-phase (e.g., homogeneous) or surface-immobilized (e.g., heterogeneous) electrode-driven oxidation catalysts based on iridium coordination compounds which self-assemble upon chemical or electrochemical oxidation of suitable precursors and methods of making and using thereof are. Iridium species such as {[Ir(LX)x(H2O)y(?-O)]zm+}n wherein x, y, m are integers from 0-4, z and n from 1-4 and LX is an oxidation-resistant chelate ligand or ligands, such as such as 2(2-pyridyl)-2-propanolate, form upon oxidation of various molecular iridium complexes, for instance [Cp*Ir(LX)OH] or [(cod)Ir(LX)] (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, cod=cis-cis,1,5-cyclooctadiene) when exposed to oxidative conditions, such as sodium periodate (NaIO4) in aqueous solution at ambient conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of detecting the presence and/or concentration of nitric oxide using organometallic complexes and changes in fluorescence.

Abstract: Provided is a ruthenium complex that is represented by general formula (1*) and is useful as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. (In the formula, * is an asymmetric carbon atom; R1 is an arenesulfonyl group, and the like; R2 and R3 are a phenyl group, and the like; R10 through R14 are selected from a hydrogen atom, C1-10 alkyl group, and the like, but R10 through R14 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms; X is a halogen atom and the like; j and k are each either 0 or 1; and j+k is 0 or 2.

Abstract: Compounds comprising a metal complex having the structure [X—Y—Z-Mn+]p+.B are disclosed in which X is a histone deacetylase inhibitor, Mn+ is a DNA-binding heavy metal ion, Y is an aliphatic or aromatic spacer or is absent, and Z is a mono- or bi-dentate or chelating donor linker, or a bridging linker, P+ designates the charge on the complex ion, which may be positive, negative or absent and B is a counterion or is absent. The linker Z is labile and its metal complex X—Y—Z-Mn+ is capable of being hydrolysed in-vivo. The compounds find application in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a category of platinum compounds having amino- or alkylamino-containing succinato derivatives as leaving group, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, preparation method thereof, and medicinal compositions containing the compounds. Also disclosed is a use of the compounds in treating cell proliferative diseases, especially cancers. The platinum compounds of the present invention have high water solubility and small toxic side effect.

Abstract: Compositions, kits, and methods for treatment of cancers are generally provided. In some embodiments, the compositions, kits, and methods comprise a platinum (e.g., Pt(II) or Pt(IV)) compound associated with a ligand (e.g., a beta-diketonate ligand) comprising a targeting moiety. Methods of synthesizing platinum (e.g., Pt(II) or Pt(IV)) compounds associated with a ligand comprising a targeting moiety are also provided.

Abstract: Described are palladium precatalysts, and methods of making and using them. The palladium precatalysts show improved stability and improved reactivity in comparison to previously-described palladium precatalysts.

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: Catalytic complexes including a metal atom having anionic ligands, at least one nucleophilic carbene 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: Provided by the present invention is a method for efficient oxidation of alcohols by using, as a catalyst for dehydrogenation oxidation, a ruthenium complex which can be easily produced and easily handled and is obtainable at a relatively low cost. The invention relates to a method of producing a compound having a carbonyl group by dehydrogenation oxidation of alcohols by using as a catalyst the ruthenium carbonyl complex represented by the following general formula (1) RuXY(CO)(L) (1) (in the general formula (1), X and Y may be the same or different from each other and represent an anionic ligand, and L represents a tridentate aminodiphosphine ligand).

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 4-phenoxyphenol analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders associated with PCNA using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain platinum compounds including [PtCl2(cis-1,4-diaminocyclohexane)], or combinations of these compounds with a variety of other agents for treating and/or preventing the progression of colorectal cancer in mammals. In particular, the invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing oxaliplatin-refractory colorectal cancer in mammals.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a platinum complex is mixing chloroplatinic acid and a chelating agent with a solvent, wherein [PtCl6]2? ions of the chloroplatinic acid is reacted with the chelating agent to form a platinum complex Pt[R]2+, wherein the chelating agent(R) is selected from ethylenediamine, 1,10-phenanthroline, 2,2?-Bipyridine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetraamine, phenanthroline, or bipyridine. Moreover, a method for producing a platinum catalyst on supports is mixing the chloroplatinic acid, a chelating agent and supports with a solvent to form a platinum complex, which is incorporated onto the supports. Following, a reduction step and a drying step are processed to get the platinum catalyst on the supports.

Abstract: New platinum(IV) complexes which has a strong antitumor activity and has a feature that a side effect is relatively reduced is provided. The new complex is platinum(IV) complexes with cis,cis-spiro[4,4]nonane-1,6-diamine ligand and is platinum(IV) complexes with optically active cis,cis-spiro[4,4]nonane-1,6-diamine ligand. Especially, the new complex is dichloromalonato((1S,5S,6S)-spiro[4.4]nonane-1,6-diamine)platinum(IV).

Abstract: A composition contains (A) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst and (B) an aliphatically unsaturated compound having an average, per molecule, of one or more aliphatically unsaturated organic groups capable, of undergoing hydrosilylation reaction. The composition is capable of reacting via hydrosilylation reaction to form a reaction product, such as a silane, a gum, a gel, a rubber, or a resin. Ingredient (A) contains a metal-ligand complex that can be prepared by a method including reacting a metal precursor and a ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to metal complexes having improved solubility, process for the preparation of the metal complexes, devices comprising these metal complexes, and the use of the metal complexes.

Abstract: A coordination complex having a physiologically acceptable pKa includes a metal and a biologically active agent. The pKa of the coordination complex is less than the pKa of the biologically active agent. A pharmaceutical solution for treating a patient includes a coordination complex and water, wherein the coordination complex is at least partially soluble in the water at physiological pH and in a therapeutically efficacious concentration. A method for treating a patient includes administering a pharmaceutical solution including a coordination complex and water to a patient in need of a biologically active agent.

Abstract: Particles, including nanoparticles and microparticles, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, containing conjugates of an active agent such as a therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic agent attached to a targeting moiety via a linker have been designed which can provide improved temporospatial delivery of the active agent and/or improved biodistribution. Methods of making the conjugates, the particles, and the formulations thereof are provided. Methods of administering the formulations to a subject in need thereof are provided, for example, to treat or prevent cancer or infectious diseases.

Abstract: The present invention describes the dihydrate of 1,2-cyclohexanediaminplatinum(II)-bis-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate), a method for producing 1,2-cyclohexanediaminplatinum(II)-bis-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate) and the hydrates thereof, and the use of 1,2-cyclohexanediaminplatinum(II)-bis-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate) and of the hydrates thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is a platinum(II) compound comprising a beta-diketonate ligand represented by the following general formula: Or general formula: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl optionally substituted, heteroalkyl optionally substituted, and aryl optionally substituted; R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of ammonia, an optionally substituted heterocycle including at least one nitrogen, and an optionally substituted amine, or R3 and R4 can be joined together to form a bidentate ligand Z and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of O and S, provided at least one of Z and Y is S; and X— is a counterion. These compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: Platinum compounds, modified by conjugation with thiol-containing moieties, such as cysteine or N-acetyl cystein (NAC), and pharmaceutical compositions including the modified platinum compounds. Methods for treatment of a malignancy including administering and activating the modified platinum compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a low-polyamine-content food composition for use in the treatment and/or prevention of neuropathic pain induced by a platinum salt.

Abstract: The invention provides nitrile-containing protease inhibitors caged to ruthenium compounds. The nitrile-caged ruthenium compounds provide inactivated inhibitors that can be delivered to surface or site for activation, for example, but exposure to light. The invention also provides methods for delivering protease inhibitors to subjects for the therapeutic treatment of conditions such as cancer.

Abstract: A metal organic precursor, including a metal-chelate complex including a chelate including a Groups 3 to 12 metal ion, a chelating ligand, and an anion bound to the chelate, wherein the chelating ligand forms a reducing compound and a volatile material at a temperature of about 160° C. or lower, the anion forms a reducing compound and a volatile material at a temperature of about 180° C. or lower, and the metal-chelate complex is represented by Formula I: [L1-Me]pn+[A]qm???(I) wherein Me is the Groups 3 to 12 metal ion, L1 is the chelating ligand, A is the anion, n, m, p, and q are independently integers of 1 or more, n is the sum of a charge quantity of L1 and a charge quantity of Me, m is a charge quantity of A, and (n×p)=(m×q).

Abstract: The invention relates to new metal complexes having N-aminoamidinate ligands, more particularly metal complexes having N,N?-bis(dimethylamino)acetamidinate, N,N?-bis(dimethylamino)formamidinate, N-dimethylaminoacetamidinate or N-dimethylamino-N?-isopropyl-acetamidinate ligands as well as to their preparation and use. The metal complexes are characterized by a five-membered chelate ring. The metal complexes are formed with the metals from the main groups of the PTE, but also with transition-group elements such as tantalum (Ta), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu) or zinc (Zn), and also with precious metals such as palladium (Pd). The complexes of the invention find use as precursors for the preparation of functional layers by means of gas-phase thin-film processes such as CVD, MO-CVD and ALD. Additionally they may be used as catalysts for olefin hydroamination and for olefin polymerization.

Abstract: Provided is a ruthenium complex that is represented by general formula (1*) and is useful as an asymmetric reduction catalyst. (In the formula, * is an asymmetric carbon atom; R1 is an arenesulfonyl group, and the like; R2 and R3 are a phenyl group, and the like; R10 through R14 are selected from a hydrogen atom, C1-10 alkyl group, and the like, but R10 through R14 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms; X is a halogen atom and the like; j and k are each either 0 or 1; and j+k is 0 or 2.