Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of imidodisulfuryl compounds in a continuous reaction at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a bis(sulphonato)imide salt of formula: (III) (SO3?)—N?—(SO3?)3C+ where C+ represents a monovalent cation, comprising the reaction of amidosulphuric acid of formula: (I) (OH)—SO2—NH2 with a halosulphonic acid of formula: (II) (OH)—SO2—X where X represents a halogen atom, and comprising a reaction with a base which is a salt formed with the cation C+. Also, a process for the preparation of bis(fluorosulphonyl)imide acid of formula: (V) F—(SO2)—NH—(SO2)—F and to a process for the preparation of lithium bis(fluorosulphonyl)imide salt of formula: (VII) F—(SO2)—N?—(SO2)—F Li+.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organopolysiloxane composition that can be vulcanized at room temperature into an elastomer that is crosslinked by polycondensation and that does not contain alkyltin-based catalysts and also to novel organopolysiloxane polycondensation catalysts.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing fluorosulfonylimides more safely, rapidly and efficiently, which enables suppression of production of by-products, and fluorosulfonylimides. The method for producing a fluorosulfonylimide salt of the present invention includes a step of reacting a fluoride compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements of Group 11 to Group 15 and Period 4 to Period 6 (excluding arsenic and antimony) with a compound represented by the following general formula (I) to give a fluorosulfonylimide salt represented by the general formula (II): wherein R1 denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of elements of Group 11 to Group 15 and Period 4 to Period 6 (excluding arsenic and antimony); R3 denotes fluorine, chlorine or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R4 denotes fluorine or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and m denotes an integer of 2 or 3.

Abstract: Arsenic trioxide, an inorganic compound, is commercially available anti-cancer agent but it carries significant toxicity. Organic arsenicals, on the other hand, are much less toxic, to the extent that the methylation of inorganic arsenic in vivo into organic arsenicals has been considered a detoxification reaction. New organic arsenic derivatives have been synthesized, including S-dimethylarsino-glutathione, S-dimethylarsino-thiosuccinic acid and S-dimethylarsino-thiobenzoic acid, and established its potent in vitro cytotoxic activity against numerous human tumor cell lines, both of solid and hematological origin, as well as against malignant blood cells from patients with leukemia. Results form a basis for the development of S-dimethylarsino-glutathione, S-dimethylarsino-thiosuccinic acid, S-dimethylarsino-thiobenzoic acid, and other organic arsenicals as an anti-cancer therapy, combining high efficacy with very low, if any, toxicity.

Abstract: Free perfluorosulfonylmethide compounds and metal salts thereof show strong catalytic activity in carbon-carbon bond formation reactions, in amounts as low as 0.1 mole %. Fluorous media may be used, especially biphasic fluorous media enabling ready recycling of the catalyst. The formula thereof is: M[C(SO2R1)3−(m+q)(SO2R2)m(SO2R3)q]x where M is H, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Zr, Hf, Th, Nb, Ta, U, Bi, Al, Ga, In or Tl, x is the common oxidation state of a said metal M, R1, R2 and R3 are perfluorinated or polyfluoronated hydrocarbon, ether or amine moieties or mixtures thereof and m+q=0, 1, 2 or 3 (m and q being zero or integers).

Abstract: Compounds, for initiating the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds, having the formula ##STR1## where E is nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic or antimony,X is oxygen, NR.sup.1 or sulphur,L is R.sup.8 R.sup.9 R.sup.10 E.sup.1 (Y).sub.n, alkyl ether, ester, alkyl and aryl nitrites, pyridine, piperidine, sulphoxides, sulphones, sulphimides, sulphodiimides or sulphur ylides, and R.sup.1 -R.sup.5 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: An organic bismuth derivative represented by formula (I) or its salt: ?wherein X.sup.1 is YNR.sup.1 R.sup.2 (wherein Y is --SO.sub.2 -- or --C(O)--, R.sup.1 is a C.sub.3-6 alkyl group which have from 2 to 5 hydroxyl groups which may be protected, and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group or a C.sub.1-5 acyl group which may have from 1 to 5 hydroxyl groups which may be protected, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with each other, represent a C.sub.2-6 cyclic alkylene which may have from 1 to 4 hydroxyl groups which may be protected), and each of X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 is, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group, a C.sub.1-4 alkoxy group, a C.sub.1-4 alkylsulfonyl group, a C.sub.1-4 alkylcarbonyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group or the same as defined for X.sup.1 !.

Abstract: tris(substituted phenyl) bismuth compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful x-ray radiographic imaging agents: ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a sulphoxonium salt from the corresponding sulphonium salt which comprises oxidising the sulphonium salt using a peracid, under basic conditions, in a solvent other than a ketone.Some of the sulphoxonium salts are new compounds.

Abstract: New sulfonated bismuth compounds and the preparation thereof are described. These new compounds can be represented by the following general formulae: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 represents a monovalent linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbonaceous radical containing 8 to 36 atoms of carbon, and R.sub.2 represents an atom of hydrogen or a monovalent linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbonaceous radical containing 8 to 36 atoms of carbon. These compounds, which possess surface-active and wear-fighting properties, are used as fuel additives. They can also serve as starting materials in the manufacture of overbased colloidal products usable as lubricant additives by carbonation of at least one calcium, barium, or magnesium oxide or hydroxide, the carbonate formed being kept as a colloidal dispersion in an organic medium by using at least one of the sulfonated bismuth compounds (I) and (II).

Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for enhancing .sup.19 F magnetic resonance imaging which utilize trifluoromethyl derivatives of iodinated X-ray contrast media. Typical magnetic resonance contrast media within the scope of the present invention include bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene derivatives, tris(trifluoromethyl)benzene derivatives, tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)benzene derivatives, and other related trifluoromethylated benzene derivatives.

Abstract: The peroxides which include the O.sup.17 isotope, especially the hydrogen peroxides and peroxides and hydroperoxides prepared therefrom, are well adapted as nonradioactive labeled compounds for use in the medicinal and biological arts.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds which are useful as initiators for cationically polymerizable monomers. The novel compounds comprise a carbon containing cation (e.g., trimethyloxonium) which is capable of initiating cationic polymerization and a non-nucleophilic counterion which is an at least partially fluorinated hydrocarbylsulfonato metallate (e.g. perfluoroethylsulfonato-aluminate). The disclosed initiators are capable of initiating the cationic polymerization of a wide variety of monomers such as epoxides, tetrahydrofuans, oxazolines, vinyls, lactones, and the like.

Abstract: Novel acrylic acid salts of formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen or a halogen atom, a C.sub.1-4 alkyl, a C.sub.1-4 alkoxy or a nitro group,M represents a cation derived from bismuth, zinc or a pharmaceutically acceptable organic base,X represents an inorganic anion,n is an integer of from 0 to 2,m is an integer of from 1 to 3,p is 0 or 1, andr is an integer of from 0 to 6having cytoprotective and antiulcer activities are provided. A process is also described for the preparation of said compounds.

Abstract: Sulfonium and oxysulfonium salts, useful as photoinitiators, have directly attached to the sulfur atom thereof:at least one aromatic or heterocyclic aromatic substituent containing at least 14 aromatic atoms and having a removable positive hydrogen ion, said substituent exhibiting a higher energy occupied molecular orbital than at least one other substituent directly attached to said sulfur atom;and at least one substituent comprising an electron withdrawing group and exhibiting a lower energy unoccupied molecular orbital than at least one other substituent directly attached to said sulfur atom;said salt being capable, upon exposure to visible radiation, of undergoing irreversible intramolecular rearrangement to form a Bronsted acid comprising the anion of said salt and said removable positive hydrogen ion.

Abstract: Mixtures which are curable by heating or irradiation with actinic light contain one or more cationically curable compounds, such as an epoxy, an olefinically unsaturated monomer, amino resin or phenolic resin, and as a cationically active curing catalyst one or more N-sulfonylamino-sulfonium salts of the formula ##STR1## such as N-p-toluenesulfonyl-N-methylaminodiphenylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate with or without quinones or peroxides are suitable, inter alia, for producing moldings, coatings, relief images and resist patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are organometallic ternary charge transfer complexes of the formula (I)a(RX).multidot.MX.multidot.b(Ar) (I)whereinRX is an inorganic chloride or fluoride which contains at least one oxygen and/or sulfur atom and is capable of forming a complex salt a(R).multidot.MX.sub.(a+m) with the Lewis acid MX.sub.m, such as NOCl or NOF,MX.sub.m is a Lewis acid metal chloride or fluoride, such as BCl.sub.3, BF.sub.3, AlCl.sub.3, GaCl.sub.3, TlCl.sub.3, AsCl.sub.3, AsF.sub.5, SbCl.sub.5, FeCl.sub.3, SnCl.sub.4, TiCl.sub.4, ZrCl.sub.4, NbCl.sub.5, TaCl.sub.5, MoCl.sub.5 and WCl.sub.6,Ar is an aromatic compound, such as napthalene, anthracene, thiophene, furan and benzene which is unsubstituted or substituted with lower alkyl, halogen, diloweralkylamino, oxo or lower alkoxy,m is an integer representing the valency of the metal M,a is an integer selected such that the sum of a and m does not exceed the coordination number of the metal M of the given valency,b is 0.