Abstract: Provided herein are stationary phase compositions comprising a chromatographic surface of porous or non-porous core material comprising a surface modifier for use in chromatographic separations.

Abstract: A process for cross-linking siloxane and organic polymers comprising reacting (a) a silyl hydride with (b) an unsaturated polymeric compound in the presence of (d) a platinum diene compound with a chelating dianionic ligand.

Abstract: There is provided a composition that a resist pattern having a reduced LWR representing variations in line width of the resist pattern, compared to conventional resist patterns, can be formed. A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography comprising a polymer, 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of a compound having an amino group protected with a tert-butoxycarbonyl group and an unprotected carboxyl group, or a hydrate of the compound, relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymer, and a solvent.

Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane compound, a method of preparing the same, and a copolycarbonate resin comprising the same are disclosed. Particularly, a copolycarbonate resin, which may be applied to a variety of applications, and in particular, comprises a polyorganosiloxane compound used as an impact modifier, a modifier, or a comonomer of a copolycarbonate resin and has improved mechanical properties such as low-temperature impact strength, is disclosed.

Abstract: Ceramic compositions having a dispersion of nano-particles therein and methods of fabricating ceramic compositions having a dispersion of nano-particles therein are described. In an example, a method of forming a composition having a dispersion of nano-particles therein includes forming a mixture of semiconductor nano-particles and ceramic precursor molecules. A ceramic matrix is formed from the ceramic precursor molecules. The ceramic matrix includes a dispersion of the semiconductor nano-particles therein. In another example, a composition includes a medium including ceramic precursor molecules. The medium is a liquid or gel at 25 degrees Celsius. A plurality of semiconductor nano-particles is suspended in the medium.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a copolycarbonate being economically prepared, and having improved low-temperature impact strength with improved transparency and flowability which are conflicting properties with each other, simultaneously, and a molded article including the same, may be provided.

Abstract: This invention provides aqueous-compatible, polar-embedded reversed-phase stationary phase compositions, devices and systems comprising the stationary phases as well as methods of producing these compositions using epoxide ring-opening reactions. Also provided are methods of using the stationary phases of the invention in separations.

Abstract: Some aryl sulfonic acid-functionalized solids were prepared by a new method. The catalytic activities of esterification by the prepared aryl sulfonic acid-functionalized solids were also tested.

Abstract: The present invention describes chemical systems and methods for silylating aromatic organic substrates, said system comprising a mixture of (a) at least one organosilane and (b) at least one strong base, said system being substantially free of a transition-metal compound, and said methods comprising contacting a quantity of the organic substrate with a mixture of (a) at least one organosilane and (b) at least one strong base, under conditions sufficient to silylate the aromatic substrate; wherein said system is substantially free of a transition-metal compound.

Abstract: Improved utilization of organosilicon compounds in hydrophobicizing finely divided particulate solids is accomplished by metering a partial amount of unreacted solids with organosilicon containing offgases derived from admixing and reacting a major portion of solids with organosilicon compounds and admixing the offgas-treated solids with the major portion of solids to be treated.

Abstract: The present application provides, among other things, compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, provided compounds promote highly efficient and highly Z-selective metathesis. In some embodiments, provided compounds and methods are particularly useful for producing allyl alcohols. In some embodiments, provided compounds have the structure of formula I. In some embodiments, provided compounds comprise ruthenium, and a ligand bonded to ruthenium through a sulfur atom.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to transition metal salts, more specifically to iron, nickel, cobalt, manganese and ruthenium salts, activated with silylhydrides, and their use as efficient hydrosilylation catalysts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for subsequent surface modification of finely structured structures formed from hard inorganic materials, and to the structures obtainable by this process as such.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of Group 8 transition metal carbene complexes as catalysts for olefin cross-metathesis reactions. In particular, ruthenium and osmium alkylidene complexes substituted with an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand are used to catalyze cross-metathesis reactions to provide a variety of substituted and functionalized olefins, including phosphonate-substituted olefins, directly halogenated olefins, 1,1,2-trisubstituted olefins, and quaternary allylic olefins. The invention further provides a method for creating functional diversity using the aforementioned complexes to catalyze cross-metathesis reactions of a first olefinic reactant, which may or may not be substituted with a functional group, with each of a plurality of different olefinic reactants, which may or may not be substituted with functional groups, to give a plurality of structurally distinct olefinic products.

Abstract: A (meth)allylsilane compound that a functional group of a (meth)allylsilyl group or a halogenosilyl group bonded to the (meth)allylsilyl group via a spacer group is bonded directly or through a divergent spacer group to a dehydrogenated residue of an amino group of an amino group-containing compound; a carbaminic acid ester group or an amide group derived from a dehydrogenated residue of the amino group; an aromatic compound; a polymerizable unsaturated groups; perfluoro group; a dehydrogenated residue of saccharide or a carbohydrate polyol (excluding when the divergent spacer group is an alkylene group, or an alkylene group and an arylene group); a dehydrogenated residue of an amino acid; a halogenosilyl group; or a substituted silyl group in which a halogen of the halogenosilyl group is substituted.

Abstract: A silicon-containing antireflective coating formulation comprising: (i) an aqueous base insoluble organosilicon component having a multiplicity of hydrocarbon groups derivatized with hydroxy groups in the absence of Si—O—C and Si—O—H moieties; (ii) a vinylether component having a multiplicity of vinylether groups; and (iii) a casting solvent. Also disclosed is a method for converting the silicon-containing antireflective coating formulation into a crosslinked silicon-containing antireflective film comprising organosilicon units interconnected by acetal or ketal groups. The method entails (a) coating a substrate with the silicon-containing antireflective coating formulation and (b) heating the coated substrate to a temperature at which crosslinking between the organosilicon silicon component and vinylether component occurs.

Abstract: A polycondensate wherein R is alkylene, arylene, or alkylene-aryiene with 1-10 C, optionally containing O, S, carboxyl or amino; R1 is Z?-substituted alkylene, arylene, or alkylene-aryiene with 1-10 C, optionally containing O, S, carboxyl or amino; R? is alkyl. alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl with 1-20 C; R3 is a bond to another Si or metal atom or is H or alkyl with 1-10 C; B and B? is an organically polymerizable group with at least one C?C bond and at least 2 C or —R2aSiX4-a or —R2aR1bSiX4-a-b, where R2 is alkylene with 1-10 C; Z? is —NH—C(O)O—, —NH—C(O)—, bonded via NH to B?, or —CO(O)—, wherein when C is bonded to B?, B?—Z?— is not acrylate if B contains acrytate, and B?—Z?— is not methacrylate if B contains methacrylate, wherein a is 1 or 2, b is 0 or 1. X may undergo hydrolytic condensation to Si—O—Si.

Abstract: The present invention describes chemical systems and methods for silylating aromatic organic substrates, said system comprising a mixture of (a) at least one organosilane and (b) at least one strong base, said system being substantially free of a transition-metal compound, and said methods comprising contacting a quantity of the organic substrate with a mixture of (a) at least one organosilane and (b) at least one strong base, under conditions sufficient to silylate the aromatic substrate; wherein said system is substantially free of a transition-metal compound.

Abstract: Silylated polyurethanes can be manufactured by reacting at least one polyol compound, having a molecular weight from 4000 to 20,000 dalton, with a diisocyanate, with a stoichiometric excess of the diisocyanate compound with respect to the polyol compound or compounds, with the result that a polyurethane prepolymer that is isocyanate-terminated is formed; and by subsequently reacting the polyurethane prepolymer with one or more OH-terminated silanes of formula (1) to yield a polyurethane having predominantly terminal alkoxysilyl groups. In formula (1), m is equal to 0, 1, or 2, R1 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is a divalent organic residue having 1 to 12 atoms, selected from C, N, S, and/or O, in the chain, but by preference exclusively carbon atoms, R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl residue having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R is a difunctional organic group, preferably a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: It comprises a preparation process of entecavir comprising: submitting a (1S,3R)-3-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-1-(oxiran-2-yl)pent-4-yn-1-ol (VIII) to a double esterification and to a radicalary cyclization, yielding a compound of formula (V), where either a compound of formula (VIII) is submitted to a first esterification reaction, then to a catalytic radicalary cyclization using titanocene dichloride as catalyst in the presence of Mn/2,4,6-collidine HCl or Zn/2,4,6-collidine/trimethylsilyl chloride, and finally to a second esterification reaction or, alternatively, the compound of formula (VIII) is submitted first to a catalytic radicalary cyclization, and then to an esterification reaction. Entecavir can be obtained by submitting compound (V) to a desilylation reaction to remove the TBS group and then to a Mitsunobu coupling with 2-amino-6-chloroguanine, followed by hydrolysis. It also relates to some new intermediates of the process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic makeup composition having an excellent moisture-sustaining capability, and more particularly, to a cosmetic makeup composition for providing instant moistening and moisture-sustaining capabilities when coated on the skin by stabilizing a large amount of polyol using at least one element selected from the emulsifying-agent group consisting of branched-type polyglycerine-modified dimethicones and cross-linked polymer-type polyglycerine-modified dimethicones.

Abstract: A polycarbonate polymer or copolymer comprising pendant silylated dihydroxy aromatic compound of the formula (1a); wherein Ga and Gb are each independently C1-12 alkyl, —OSi(C1-12 alkyl)3, C1-12 arylalkyl, or —OSi(C1-12 arylalkyl)3; Za and Zb are each independently a straight or branched C2-18 is alkylene, a C8-18 arylalkylene, or a C8-18 alkylarylene, Xa is a direct bond, a heteroatom-containing group, or a C1-18 organic group, and r and s are each independently 1 or 2 is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method for a medicine and an intermediate compound thereof, specifically, relates to a preparation method for entecavir, an intermediate compound thereof, and a synthesis method for the intermediate compound.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns a metal oxide surface treatment with a fluoroalkyl silanizing agent.

Abstract: A cosmetic and a topical skin preparation comprising a higher alcohol-modified silicone (A) with the following general formula (1) wherein R1 is, e.g., an alkyl group; P is a monovalent organic group that contains the Si—O bond or is a long-chain monovalent hydrocarbyl group; at least one Q is a higher alcohol modifying group (—(C10-C30)-OH); and (m1+m2+m3) is a number in the range from 0 to 55 and most favorably (m1+m2+m3) is 1.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of preparing silane dipeptide analogs, comprising the steps of treating a solution of a substituted 1,2-oxasilolane with lithium metal to form a solution of the dilithium salt of a substituted 3-hydroxypropylsilanol, and reacting the solution of the dilithium salt of the substituted 3-hydroxypropylsilanol with a substituted enamine.

Abstract: A process for crosslinking polymers employs a silane crosslinker which, upon hydrolysis, produces a reduced quantity of volatile organic compound.

Abstract: A sugar-alcohol-modified organopolysiloxane compound represented by formula (1) and processes for producing the compound. (In the formula, R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1-8 carbon atoms; X is a group represented by formula (2); Y represents —R4O(AO)nR5 (wherein AO is an oxyalkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms, R4 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3-5 carbon atoms, R5 is any of a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1-24 carbon atoms, and an acyl group having 2-24 carbon atoms, and n is 1-100); R2 is any of R1, X, and Y; and a is 0-700, b is 0-100, and c is 0-50; provided that when b is 0, at least one of the R2s is X.) (In the formula, R3 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3-5 carbon atoms; and d is 1-2.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that inhibit E1 activating enzymes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are useful for treating disorders, particularly cell proliferation disorders, including cancers, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders; and inflammation associated with infection and cachexia.

Abstract: Novel vitamin D analogues are useful for making pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of bone disorders such as osteoporosis.

Abstract: A method for producing (hydroxymethyl)polysiloxanes of the general formula I (SiO4/2)k(R1SiO3/2)m(R12SiO2/2)p(R13SiO1/2)q[O1/2—(SiR22—X—Y—)aSiR22—CH2—OH]s[O1/2H]t ??formula I, includes reacting silanol-containing organosiloxanes of the general formula II (SiO4/2)k(R1SiO3/2)m(R12SiO2/2)p(R13SiO1/2)q[O1/2H]r ??formula II with cyclic or acyclic compounds that include at least one unit of the general formula III.

Abstract: Linear polydialkoxysiloxanes with 2-8 polymeric units have been reacted with alcohols by a transetherification reaction to provide hydrophilic and water soluble silicone products. The glycerol substituted siloxanes in particular are effective in topically treating skin lesions such as radiation burns. Compositions including the substituted polydialkoxysiloxane products inhibit biofilm formation when used as coatings on hard surfaces.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to sila-substituted carbinols of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl or C3-C4 cycloalkyl; R4 is methyl or ethyl; and R5 is methyl or ethyl. The disclosure further refers to their preparation and to perfume compositions and fragrance applications comprising them.

Abstract: Compounds and methods that release 1-methylcyclopropene, 1-trifluoromethylcyclopropene, and other substituted cyclopropenes are disclosed. The compounds and methods overcome present limitations for storage, transportation, and application of the cyclopropene containing compounds by using light, including sunlight, and/or heat as the primary release trigger. Additional products released include innocuous gases and value added aryl-group compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ruthenium carbonyl complex that is represented by the following Formula (1): RuXY(CO)(L)??(1) (in the Formula (1), X and Y, which may be the same or different from each other, represent an anionic ligand and L represents a tridentate aminodiphosphine ligand which has two phosphino groups and a —NH— group), its production method, and a method for production of alcohols by hydrogenation-reduction of ketones, esters, and lactones using the complex as a catalyst. The ruthenium carbonyl complex of the invention has a high catalytic activity and it can be easily prepared and handled.

Abstract: Methods for continuous bulk production of polyolefin polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes and their amino, isocyanate, and alcohol derivatives using silane coupling agents as precursors.

Abstract: Active devices such as pumps and mixers have been fabricated in plastic-PDMS hybrid devices. By utilizing functionalized bis-silane primers, bond strength between Polycarbonate or PMMA and PDMS improved in dry and aqueous environments. Plastic-primer-PDMS layers exposed to acid and base solutions at 70° C. for 2 hours showed no signs of delamination at 30 psi for pH ?1 to 15 and 60 psi for pH 0 to 15. A peristaltic pump fabricated in polycarbonate achieved consistent flow rates up to peristaltic cycle frequencies of 10 Hz in water, 1OM HCl, and 1OM NaOH solutions.

Abstract: Cardanol based dimers are provided. The cardanol dimers are formed by hydrosilylation with silanes. Cardanol based dimers may be further reacted to form epoxy curing agents and epoxies which can be used as anti-fouling coatings on ship hulls and marine structures. The cardanol dimers may also be used to produce friction particles or phenolic resins. Methods of synthesizing the cardanol based dimers, the epoxy curing agents and the epoxies are also provided.

Abstract: Alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane compounds are described. The alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane compounds contain an alkoxysilane group that participates in an alkoxysilane-silica reaction as a silica dispersing agent in rubber, with the release of zero to about 0.1% by weight of the rubber of volatile organic compounds (VOC), especially alcohol, during compounding and further processing. Further described are methods for making alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes, methods for making vulcanizable rubber compounds containing alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes, vulcanizable rubber compounds containing alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes, and pneumatic tires comprising a component that contains alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes.

Abstract: Provided are a charging member capable of maintaining excellent wear resistance even after repeated use, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the charging member. The charging member is characterized in that its surface layer has a polysiloxane to which a silsesquioxane is bonded.

Abstract: A polysiloxane represented by the formula (1) or (2): where R, R1, R2, m and n are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Cardanol based dimers are provided. The cardanol dimers are formed by hydrosylylation with silanes. Cardanol based dimers may be further reacted to form epoxy curing agents and epoxies which can be used as anti-fouling coatings on ship hulls and marine structures. The cardanol dimers may also be used to produce friction particles or phenolic resins. Methods of synthesizing the cardanol based dimers, the epoxy curing agents and the epoxies are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to silane of formula (Ia), wherein the radicals and indices have the following meaning: R is an alkylene, arylene or alkylenearylene group that can be interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or carboxyl or amino groups or can carry said atoms/groups on their ends opposite the silicon atom; R1 is a Z?-substituted alkylene, arylene or alkylenearylene group, which can be interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or carboxyl or amino groups or can carry said atoms/groups on one of their ends; R? is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group; B and B? can be identical or different, both radicals can have the meaning of a straight-chained or branched organic group with at least one C?C double bond and at least 2 carbon atoms; B? can mean instead thereof but also —R2aSi(OR3)4-a or —R2aR?bSi(OR3)4-a-b, wherein R2 is an alkylene group and R? has the meaning defined above; X represents a group that can enter into a hydrolytic while forming Si—O—Si bridges; Z? means —NH

Abstract: A method for making a silylalkoxymethyl halide at good yield represented by the formula: R1R2R3Si—R4—O—CH2X wherein R1, R2, and R3 are an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl group, or a halogen atom, R4 is a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and X is a halogen atom, by reacting: (a) a silyl alcohol compound with the formula R1R2R3Si—R4—OH wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are defined as above, with (b) formaldehyde or a polymer thereof, and (c) a halosilane.

Abstract: A new family of silicon-based polymers has been prepared in which organic host components are bound covalently. The polymer is a polysilsesquioxane matrix comprising, for example, hosts such as cyclodextrins (CD) or calixarenes (CX).

Abstract: Cardanol based dimers are provided. The cardanol dimers are formed by hydrosylylation with silanes. Cardanol based dimers may be further reacted to form epoxy curing agents and epoxies which can be used as anti-fouling coatings on ship hulls and marine structures. The cardanol dimers may also be used to produce friction particles or phenolic resins. Methods of synthesizing the cardanol based dimers, the epoxy curing agents and the epoxies are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) wherein R represents a Me or Et group, as well said compound in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or mixture thereof. The invention concerns also the use of compound (I) for the synthesis of ?-santalol or of derivatives thereof.

Abstract: Aminocyclohexyl ether compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia.

Abstract: The invention relates to silane of formula (Ia), wherein the radicals and indices have the following meaning: R is an alkylene, arylene or alkylenearylene group that can be interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or carboxyl or amino groups or can carry said atoms/groups on their ends opposite the silicon atom; R1 is a Z?-substituted alkylene, arylene or alkylenearylene group, which can be interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or carboxyl or amino groups or can carry said atoms/groups on one of their ends; R? is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group; B and B? can be identical or different, both radicals can have the meaning of a straight-chained or branched organic group with at least one C?C double bond and at least 2 carbon atoms; B? can mean instead thereof but also —R2aSi(OR3)4-a or —R2aR?bSi(OR3)4-a-b, wherein R2 is an alkylene group and R? has the meaning defined above; X represents a group that can enter into a hydrolytic while forming Si—O—Si bridges; Z? means —NH

Abstract: Molecule for attaching a radioactive parent nuclide to a support, comprising at least one functional group for attaching the radioactive parent nuclide; and a molecular moiety suitable for establishing a nonpolar bond to the support.