Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for efficiently producing a ruthenium complex (1A) by reacting a dinuclear ruthenium complex (2A) with a compound (3A) in the presence of a primary alcohol and a base. The ruthenium complex (1A) can also be efficiently produced by treating a dinuclear ruthenium complex (4A) with a primary alcohol and a base. (In the formulas, solid lines, triple lines, broken lines, C, H, N, OP, Ru, X, AH and R1 to R12 have the meanings defined in the specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a deuterated ethanol from ethanol, D2O, a ruthenium catalyst, and a co-solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed are hypergolic salts with borane cluster anions that ignite spontaneously upon contact with nitric acid (from 70% to 100% in water) with short ignition delay. The salts, when added as trigger additive to combustible solvent or ionic liquids, make the resulting formulation hypergolic. The salts with borane cluster anions also shorten ignition delay in hypergols, such as RP-1, and additionally allow nitric acid to be used to replace liquid oxygen as an oxidizer. In some examples, the borane salts are formed in situ in an ionic liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a simple, efficient, and industrially advantageous method for the alkylation of amines. The present invention relates to a production method for N-alkylamines whereby an amine is reacted with an alcohol in the presence of a ruthenium complex represented by general formula (1): RuXY(CO)(L) (wherein X and Y can be the same or different and represent a monovalent anionic ligand, and L represents a tridentate aminodiphosphine ligand).

Abstract: A novel ligated reagent complex is provided. The ligated reagent includes at least one zero-valent atom, whether metal, metalloid, or non-metal, in complex with at least one hydride molecule and at least one nitrile compound. The ligated reagent complex can be useful in the synthesis of nanoparticles. Also provided is a method for preparing a ligated reagent complex. The method includes a step of ball-milling a mixture that includes a preparation containing a zero-valent element, a hydride molecule, and a nitrile compound.

Abstract: Derivatives of boron cluster compounds of general formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates, and their specific inhibition effect on the enzyme carbonic anhydrase IX, a protein overexpressed in cancer tissues. Methods of synthesis and the use of the novel derivatives. These inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrase IX can be used as active compounds of pharmaceuticals for diagnostics and/or therapy of cancer diseases.

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: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of alkali-metal salts with dihydridodicyanoborate anions by reaction of alkali-metal tetrahydridoborates or trihydridocyanoborates with trialkylsilyl cyanide and further reaction thereof in 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: Derivatives of boron cluster compounds of general formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates, and their specific inhibition effect on the enzyme carbonic anhydrase IX, a protein overexpressed in cancer tissues. Methods of synthesis and the use of the novel derivatives. These inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrase IX can be used as active compounds of pharmaceuticals for diagnostics and/or therapy of cancer diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed does a porous crystal comprising ammonia borane in which the ammonia borane is chemically bonded thereto by a chemical reaction while a porous crystal structure is maintained.

Abstract: Provided is an alcohol production method comprising the step of reducing an ester or a lactone with hydrogen to produce a corresponding alcohol without addition of a base compound by using, as a catalyst, a ruthenium complex represented by the following general formula (1): RuH(X)(L1)(L2)n??(1) wherein X represents a monovalent anionic ligand, L1 represents a tetradentate ligand having at least one coordinating phosphino group and at least one coordinating amino group or a bidentate aminophosphine ligand having one coordinating phosphino group and one coordinating amino group, and L2 represents a bidentate aminophosphine ligand having one coordinating phosphino group and one coordinating amino group, provided that n is 0 when L1 is the tetradentate ligand, and n is 1 when L1 is the bidentate aminophosphine ligand.

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: The present invention provides compositions of matter useful as deposition agents for making structures, including thin film structures and hard coatings, on substrates and features of substrates. In an embodiment, for example, the present invention provides metal complexes having one or more diboranamide or diboranaphosphide ligands that are useful as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and/or atomic layer deposition (ALD) precusors for making thin film structures and coatings. Metal complex CVD precursors are provided that possess volitilities sufficiently high so as to provide dense, smooth and homogenous thin films and coatings.

Abstract: The present invention discloses catalyst compositions employing silicon-bridged metallocene compounds with bulky substituents. Methods for making these silicon-bridged metallocene compounds and for using such compounds in catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins also are provided.

Abstract: Provided is an alcohol production method comprising the step of reducing an ester or a lactone with hydrogen to produce a corresponding alcohol without addition of a base compound by using, as a catalyst, a ruthenium complex represented by the following general formula (1): RuH(X)(L1)(L2)n??(1) wherein X represents a monovalent anionic ligand, L1 represents a tetradentate ligand having at least one coordinating phosphino group and at least one coordinating amino group or a bidentate aminophosphine ligand having one coordinating phosphino group and one coordinating amino group, and L2 represents a bidentate aminophosphine ligand having one coordinating phosphino group and one coordinating amino group, provided that n is 0 when L1 is the tetradentate ligand, and n is 1 when L1 is the bidentate aminophosphine ligand.

Abstract: Disclosed does a porous crystal comprising ammonia borane in which the ammonia borane is chemically bonded thereto by a chemical reaction while a porous crystal structure is maintained.

Abstract: A borohydride metallocene complex of a lanthanide, its process of preparation, a catalytic system incorporating a borohydride metallocene complex and a process for the copolymerization of olefins employing this catalytic system.

Abstract: A borohydride metallocene complex of a lanthanide, its process of preparation, a catalytic system incorporating it, a process for the copolymerization of olefins employing this catalytic system and an ethylene/butadiene copolymer obtained by this process, the butadiene units of which comprise 1,2-cyclohexane or 1,2- and 1,4-cyclohexane links.

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: Copper precursors useful for depositing copper or copper-containing films on substrates, e.g., microelectronic device substrates or other surfaces. The precursors includes copper compounds of various classes, including copper borohydrides, copper compounds with cyclopentadienyl-type ligands, copper compounds with cyclopentadienyl-type and isocyanide ligands, and stabilized copper hydrides. The precursors can be utilized in solid or liquid forms that are volatilized to form precursor vapor for contacting with the substrate, to form deposited copper by techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or rapid vapor deposition (digital CVD).

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions of matter useful as deposition agents for making structures, including thin film structures and hard coatings, on substrates and features of substrates. In an embodiment, for example, the present invention provides metal complexes having one or more diboranamide or diboranaphosphide ligands that are useful as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and/or atomic layer deposition (ALD) precusors for making thin film structures and coatings. Metal complex CVD precursors are provided that possess volitilities sufficiently high so as to provide dense, smooth and homogenous thin films and coatings.

Abstract: Dopant-group substituted (cyclo)silane compounds, liquid-phase compositions containing such compounds, and methods for making the same. Such compounds (and/or ink compositions containing the same) are useful for printing or spin coating a doped silane film onto a substrate that can easily be converted into a doped amorphous or polycrystalline silicon film suitable for electronic devices. Thus, the present invention advantageously provides commercial qualities and quantities of doped semiconductor films from a doped “liquid silicon” composition.

Abstract: Organometallic complexes comprising a trivalent lanthanide metal ion complexed with one or more polydentate ligands containing one or more pyrazolyl-derived groups, such as trispyrazolyl borate species, are useful in light emitting materials e.g., in electroluminescent flat panel displays. In the complexes, several classes of which are novel, a coordinate bond is formed between the metal and one of the nitrogen atoms of the pyrazolyl rings.

Abstract: Cobalt precursors for forming metallic cobalt thin films in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, and methods of depositing the cobalt precursors on substrates, e.g., using chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition processes. Packaged cobalt precursor compositions, and microelectronic device manufacturing systems are also described.

Abstract: A method for producing MnB12H12, wherein M is a metal or ammonium cation and n is one or two, by combining a metal borohydride and XBH3; wherein X is a substituted amine; a substituted phosphine; or tetrahydrofuran.

Abstract: A method for producing MnB12H12, wherein M is a metal or ammonium cation and n is one or two, by combining a metal borohydride and XBH3; wherein X is a substituted amine; a substituted phosphine; or tetrahydrofuran.

Abstract: Copper precursors useful for depositing copper or copper-containing films on substrates, e.g., microelectronic device substrates or other surfaces. The precursors includes copper compounds of various classes, including copper borohydrides, copper compounds with cyclopentadienyl-type ligands, copper compounds with cyclopentadienyl-type and isocyanide ligands, and stabilized copper hydrides. The precursors can be utilized in solid or liquid forms that are volatilized to form precursor vapor for contacting with the substrate, to form deposited copper by techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or rapid vapor deposition (digital CVD).

Abstract: A process for fluorination of borohydride salts including providing a reaction medium comprising HF and a superacid. A borohydride salt compound is added to the reaction medium. The borohydride salt is reacted with the reaction medium under conditions to form a fluorinated borohydride salt. In addition, reactor vessels may be provided for reacting the HF, superacid additive and borohydride that are fabricated from materials resistant to superacid compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) provided in the form of racemic compounds, mixtures of diastereomers or essentially pure diastereomers, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C4-alkyl, and at least one secondary phosphine depicts an unsubstituted or substituted cyclic phosphine group, or phosphonium salts thereof having one or two monovalent anions or a divalent anion.

Abstract: Provided is a bridged cyclopentadienyl-dicarbollide complex having the formula of {L[(Cp)(C2B9R110)]}MR in which Cp is an unsubstituted, alkyl-substituted, aryl-substituted or fused ring cyclopentadienyl, R1 is hydrogen, or alkyl, L is a bridging unit that bonds to both Cp ring and cage carbon atoms, R is alkyl, aryl or a derivative thereof and M is Ti, Zr or Hf. A process for preparing the complex disclosed herein is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Ziegler-Natta catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising a metal cation of Group 4 or 14 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC 1976) that is coordinated to a. a carborane dianion group; b. a heteroatom anion, said heteroatom being preferably in the terminal position of a hydrocarbyl bridge comprising at least two carbon atoms, wherein at least one bridging carbon atom may be replaced by Si; and c. a valence group.

Abstract: A process for hydroformylating olefins with a rhodium catalyst wherein the rhodium catalyst comprises rhodium and at least one diphosphine ligand of formula

Abstract: A monocyclopentadienyl or substituted monocyclopentadienyl metal complex containing compound useful as a polymerization catalyst corresponding to the formula: CpMXn+A− wherein: Cp is an &eegr;5-substituted cyclopentadienyl group optionally covalently bonded to M through a substituent, said Cp being substituted in at least one occurrence with an alkoxy or aryloxy group; M is a metal of Group 3-10 or the Lanthanide Series of the Periodic Table bound in an &eegr;hu 5 bonding mode to the cyclopentadienyl or substituted cyclopentadienyl group; X each occurrence independently is selected from the group consisting of hydride, halo, alkyl, aryl, silyl, germyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, amide, siloxy, neutral Lewis base ligands and combinations thereof having up to 20 non-hydrogen atoms, and optionally one X together with Cp forms a metallocycle with M; R is alkyl or aryl of up to 10 carbons; n is one or two depending on the valence of M; and A is a noncoordinating, compatible anion of a Bronsted acid salt.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a group of novel homologous eight membered ring compounds having a metal, such as copper, reversibly bound in the ring and containing carbon, nitrogen, silicon and/or other metals. A structural representation of the compounds of this invention is shown below: wherein M and M′ are each a metal such as Cu, Ag, Au and Ir; X and X′ can be N or O; Y and Y′ can be Si, C; Sn, Ge, Al, or B; and Z and Z′ can be C, N, or O. Substituents represented by R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R1′, R2′, R3′, R4′, R5′, and R6′ will vary depending on the ring atom to which they are attached. This invention is also directed to depositing metal and metal-containing films on a substrate, under ALD or CVD conditions, using the above novel compounds as precursors.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved acyclic anionic six-electron-donor ancillary ligand suitable for being bonded in a transition metal complex. The present invention also provides a transition metal complex that includes at least one acyclic anionic six-electron-donor ancillary ligand which is suitable for use as an olefin polymerization catalyst. The complex includes a Group 3 to 10 transition or lanthanide metal and one or more anionic or neutral ligands in an amount that satisfies the valency of the metal such that the complex has a net zero charge. The present invention also discloses a method for making transition metal complex and a method for using the complex for olefin polymerization.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a liquid phase process for the direct fluorination of borohydride salts including the B10H10−2 and B12H12−2 salts wherein said borohydride salt is contacted with fluorine, under conditions for forming said fluorinated borohydride salt. The improvement in the liquid phase process resides in effecting the fluorination of said borohydride salt in the presence of a reaction medium having an acidity between that of water and anhydrous HF. More specifically, the reaction medium should have a Hammett acidity, Ho, between 0>Ho>−11.

Abstract: trans-RuH(&eegr;1-BH4)[(S)-xylbinap][(S,S)-dpen] (0.00125 mmol), acetophenone (5.0 mmol), and 2-propanol (2.5 mL) were placed in an autoclave, and the resulting solution was repeatedly subject 5 times to a procedure of performing pressure reduction and argon introduction while stirring the solution for deaeration. A hydrogen tank was then connected to the autoclave, and after replacing the air inside an introduction tube with hydrogen, the pressure inside the autoclave was adjusted to 5 atmospheres and then hydrogen was released until the pressure dropped to 1 atmosphere. After repeating this procedure 10 times, the hydrogen pressure was adjusted to 8 atmospheres and stirring at 25° C. was performed for 12 hours. By concentrating the solution obtained by depressurization and subjecting the crude product to simple distillation, (R)-1-phenylethanol (yield: 95%) in the form of a colorless oily substance was obtained at an ee of 99%.

Abstract: A catalyst activator particularly adapted for use in the activation of metal complexes of metals of Group 3-10 for polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers, especially olefins, comprising a neutral (Lewis acid) or charge separated (cation/anion pair) comprising a boron ligand containing a fluorinated organic group containing from 10 to 1000 non-hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: New ligands having a backbone comprised of NCCX can be combined with a metal or metal precursor compound or formed into a metal-ligand complex to catalyze a number of different chemical transformations, including polymerization.

Abstract: Cationic ruthenium complexes of the formula A or B or mixtures containing them, where B may be stabilized by a further ligand L4 and X is an anion which does not coordinate or coordinates weakly to the metal center, Y is a monodentate or multidentate anionic ligand, R and R′ are each, independently of one another, hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl or C7-C20-alkylaryl radical and L1, L2, L3 and L4 are, independently of one another, uncharged electron donor ligands, are described.

Abstract: A class of molecules suitable for linear and nonlinear optical applications which include charged aromatic groups which function as electronic donors and acceptors connected through polyhedral and &pgr;-organic and inorganic groups. The polyhedral and &pgr;-organic and inorganic groups function as structural and electronic bridges for the charged donors and acceptors.

Abstract: Chloropentafluorobenzene or bromopentafluorobenzene is formed by heating perhalobenzene, C6FnX6-n where n is 0 to 4, and each X is, independently, a chlorine or bromine atom, with alkali metal fluoride, and an aminophosphonium catalyst (e.g., (Et2N)4PBr). The resultant chloropentafluorobenzene or bromopentafluorobenzene can be converted into a pentafluorophenyl Grignard reagent or a pentafluorophenyl alkali metal compound. This in turn can be converted into tris(pentafluorophenylborane), which can be converted into a single coordination complex comprising a labile tetra(pentafluorophenyl)boron anion (e.g., a trialkylammonium tetra(pentafluorophenyl)boron complex or an N,N-dimethylanilinium tetra(pentafluorophenyl)boron complex).

Abstract: &pgr;-complex compounds and in particular metallocene compounds of formula (Ia)(Ib), in which &pgr;I and &pgr;II represent &pgr;-systems, D designates a donor atom and A designates an acceptor atom, D and A being linked by a reversible coordinative bond such that the donor group assumes a positive (partial) charge and the acceptor group assumes a negative (partial) charge, at least one of D and A being part of the associated &pgr;-system in each case, M stands for a transition metal of the 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th subgroup of the (Mendelian) periodic system of elements, X designates an anion equivalent and n designates the number zero, one, two three or four depending on the charges of M and those of &pgr;I and &pgr;II, are novel and can be used as catalysts for the (co)polymerization of olefins, i-olefins, alkines and/or diolefins or for ring-opening polyaddition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures prepared from (A) at least one linear, branched, or cyclic monomeric organosilane having at least two silicon atoms with hydrolyzable and/or condensation-crosslinking groups in which the silicon atoms are bonded to one another through at least one carbon atom in a linking unit, and (B) at least one boron- and/or aluminum-containing compound having the formula (I) RxM(OR′)3−x  (I)  wherein M is Al or B, x is 0, 1, or 2, R is C1-C6-alkyl, C6-C12-aryl, or (O)½, with the proviso that if R is (O)½, then the compound of the formula (I) is a chain when x is 1 and a cyclic or cage-form compound when x is 2, and each R′ is independently H, C1-C10-alkyl, or C6-C12-aryl. The invention further relates to hybrid materials prepared from such mixtures and to coatings produced therefrom.

Abstract: A photo-latent initiator for photopolymerization comprises crystalline ion-association substance having the general formula (I): [{C5(R1)n}2mMm]1+[{B(R2)4}−]l Said initiator can polymerize a cationically polymerizable organic substance only with light irradiation without additional heating. It is extremely stable when stored alone or in the form of a mixture with a cationically polymerizable organic substance.

Abstract: Racemic isomers of metal complexes of Groups 3, 4 or the Lanthanides, addition polymerization catalysts containing the same and olefin polymerization processes using the same comprising a boratabenzene group or divalent derivative thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a supported chemical compound of the formula (I) in which Ac+ is a cation, c is an integer from 1 to 10, b is an integer ≧0, T is a support, y is an integer ≧1, a is an integer from 0 to 10, where a·y=c·b, and N is a unit of the formula (II)  in which R independently at each occurrence is an identical or different substituent of M1 such as a halogen atom or a C1-C40 carbon-containing group, such as a C1-C40-alkyl, C1-C40-haloalkyl, C6-C40-aryl, C6-C40-haloaryl, C7-C40-arylalkyl or C7-C40-halo-arylalkyl group, X independently at each occurrence is identical or different and is a C1-C40 carbon-containing group, for example a divalent, carbon-containing group such as a C1-C40-alkylene, C1-C40-haloalkylene, C6-C4-arylene, C6-C40-haloarylene, C7-C40-arylalkylene or C7-C40-halo-arylalkylene, C2-C40-alkynylene, C2-C40-haloalkynylene, C2-C40-alkenylene or C2-C40haloalkenylene group, or a trivalent, carbo

Abstract: The novel metallocenes of the formula I in which, preferably, M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are alkyl or halogen, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, R5 and R6 are alkyl or haloalkyl, —(CR8R9)m—R7—(CR8R9)n— is a single- or multi-membered chain in which R7 may also be a (substituted) hetero atom, and m+n is zero or 1, form, together with aluminoxanes as cocatalysts, a very effective catalyst system for the preparation of polyolefins of high molecular weight.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of an olefin polymer using metallocenes containing specifically substituted indenyl ligands A highly effective catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I in which, preferably M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are alkyl or halogen, R5 is hydrogen or alkyl, R3 and R4 are alkyl, where R3, R4 and R5 may be halogenated, —(CR7R8)m—R6—(CR7R8)n— is a single- or multi-membered chain in which R6 may also be a (substituted) heteroatom, and m+n is zero or 1.