Abstract: Silver-amended carbon materials containing silver nanoparticles are prepared by a process involving an initial reduction of a porous carbon material, followed by contacting the reduced porous carbon material with an aqueous solution of a silver salt. Such silver-amended carbon materials may contain a relatively high loading of silver nanoparticles on both the outside surface and within the interior of the porous carbon material and are useful for disinfecting and/or otherwise purifying fluids such as microbe-containing fluids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel light-emitting materials. These materials comprise a non-aromatic spiro polycyclic group. This new side chain could reduce the stacking of the light-emitting materials and result in high PLQY.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a shape memory polymer into a three-dimensional object is provided. The method includes forming a film of crosslinked poly(amic acid) on a substrate to provide a laminated substrate; forming the laminated substrate into a first configuration that is in a three-dimensional form; curing the cross-linked poly(amic acid) to provide the shape memory polymer having a permanent shape corresponding to the first configuration; and removing the substrate from the laminated substrate to provide the three-dimensional object comprising the shape memory polymer. The formation of the laminated substrate into the three-dimensional object may be based on origami techniques.

Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter relates to analyte-activated photolabile compounds. The compounds include the formula: wherein Z includes a maskable molecule; L is selected from a bond, C, C(O), O, alkyl, (O)alkyl, and alkoxy; R1 is selected from H, halogen, alkyl, and acyl; each R2 is independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, and acyl, and is optionally substituted with one or more heteroatoms independently selected from COOH and COO(alkyl); and R3 is selected from H, alkyl, aryl, halogen, CN, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), amine, CHO, COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), PO3H2, and SO3H, and is optionally substituted with one or more heteroatoms independently selected from N, O, and S, halogen, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), amine, NO2, CHO, COO, COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), C(O)NR2, PO3H2, and/or SO3H. Also provided are methods of detecting calcium and treating a subject with the analyte-activated photolabile compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are di-substituted aryl polyamine compounds and methods of making and using the same. The di-substituted polyamine compounds act as PTS targeting agents, which selectively target the polyamine transport system (PTS) with high efficacy and have improved stability in the presence of amine oxidases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for converting a precatalyst complex to an active catalyst complex, wherein the precatalyst complex and the active catalyst complex comprise a ruthenium atom and an optically active ligand that is insoluble in water, and the active catalyst complex furthermore comprises a monohydride and a water molecule. The method comprises the steps of providing water as an activation solvent system with a pH value equal or below 2, and solving said precatalyst complex, an acid, and hydrogen therein. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a catalyst composition, a method for hydrogenating a substrate molecule and a reaction mixture.

Abstract: Porous partially fluorinated materials which bind aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons and freons with high weight adsorption capacities are provided. Such compounds may be used in separation of materials by exclusion such as selective separation of isomers of xylene.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are di-substituted aryl polyamine compounds and methods of making and using the same. The di-substituted polyamine compounds act as PTS targeting agents, which selectively target the polyamine transport system (PTS) with high efficacy and have improved stability in the presence of amine oxidases.

Abstract: A compound having the structure of Formula 1, as well as, a first device and a formulation including the same are disclosed. In the structure of Formula 1: R5 is and (a) at least one of R1-R4 is or (b) R1 is In addition, R1, R2, R3, R4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6, Y7, Y8, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5, Z6, Z7, and Z8, are each independently selected from a variety of substituents, where adjacent A, B, Y, and Z groups are, optionally, joined to form a fused ring structure. Finally, X includes an acceptor group selected from —CmF2m+1, —SimF2m+1, —NCO, —NCS, —OCN, —SCN, —OCmF2m+1, and —SCmF2m+1.

Abstract: A library of macrocyclic compounds of the formula (I) where part (A) is a ?bivalent radical, a —(CH2)y— bivalent radical or a covalent bond; where part (B) is a ?bivalent radical, a —(CH2)z— bivalent radical, or a covalent bond; where part (C) is a ?bivalent radical, a —(CH2)t— bivalent radical, or a covalent bond; and where part (T) is a —Y-L-Z— radical wherein Y is CH2 or CO, Z is NH or O and L is a bivalent radical. These compounds are useful for carrying out screening assays or as intermediates for the synthesis of other compounds of pharmaceutical interest. A process for the preparation of these compounds in a combinatorial manner, is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxocarbon-, pseudooxocarbon- and radialene compounds as well as to their use as doping agent for doping an organic semiconductive matrix material, as blocker material, as charge injection layer, as electrode material as well as organic semiconductor, as well as electronic components and organic semiconductive materials using them.

Abstract: A novel material having high hole-transporting ability and a high glass transition temperature and having long-lasting durability is obtained. A benzofluorene compound represented by formula (1) is used. (In the formula, M is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6-40 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5-40 carbon atoms; Ar1 to Ar4 each independently is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6-40 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5-40 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of Ar1 to Ar4 is a substituent represented by any of the following formulae (2) to (5); and p is an integer of 0-2.

Abstract: Porous bulk materials formed of shape-persistent, non-collapsible, three-dimensional molecular cage building blocks are presented that are useful for a variety of applications including gas separation/storage, sensing, and catalysis.

Abstract: A fullerene derivative represented by the following formula (1): wherein “FLN” represents a fullerene core, R1 represents an optionally substituted C1-C24 alkyl group or an optionally substituted C7-C24 aralkyl group, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted C1-C24 hydrocarbon group but excluding a case where both of R2 and R3 are hydrogen atoms, and R2 and R3 may combine together to form a ring.

Abstract: Radical initiated reactions of phenylenediamines with alkylated aromatic amines produce an antioxidant mixture containing cross reaction products of the phenylenediamines and alkylated aromatic amines which are useful, for example, as antioxidants, stabilizers, and antiozonants for lubricants, electronic chemicals, rubbers, urethanes and other polymer resins, crop protection, pharmaceuticals, dyes and toners.

Abstract: Chemical entities that are curcumin derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described.

Abstract: Multifunctional amine crosslinkers that may be used to create crosslinked polyimide, polyamide, and poly(amide-imide) polymers and films having shape memory properties at elevated temperatures and methods of making the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the concentration of amines and salts thereof, wherein the amines have the general chemical formula I R1R2R3N and the salts have the formula II R1R2R3N—H, wherein the amines and salts thereof exist in aqueous solution or aqueous suspension and are brought into contact with clinoptilolitic or clinoptilolite-containing mixtures. The method itself is suitable for use in food preparation and in the manufacture of foods. The inventive idea of reducing the concentration of amines and salts thereof is also useful in the manufacture of medical products for absorbing and for removing amines from the intestinal tract or the skin area of humans and animals.

Abstract: Compounds and compositions are disclosed that are useful for treating ophthalmic conditions caused by or related to production of toxic visual cycle products that accumulate in the eye, such as dry adult macular degeneration, as well as conditions caused by or related to the misfolding of mutant opsin proteins and/or the mis-localization of opsin proteins. Compositions of these compounds alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents are also described, along with therapeutic methods of using such compounds and/or compositions. Methods of synthesizing such agents are also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for producing N-methyl or N,N-dimethyl amines, which comprises using amine compound, nitro-containing compound or nitrile compound as a starting material, carbon dioxide as a methylating agent and hydrogen gas as a reducing agent, and allowing them to react in a sealed reactor for 6 to 48 h in a reaction medium at a reaction temperature of 80 to 180 ° C. in the presence of a composite catalyst, so as to provide N-methyl or N,N-dimethyl amines. The process of the present invention is simple and under relative mild reaction conditions. By means of the process of the invention, the target products can be prepared at low cost with a high yield. The catalysts used have a high catalytic activity and can be separated from the reaction system simply and reused. Furthermore, the whole process of the present invention is environmental-friendly and facilitates the cycling use of carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to biological engineering of microorganisms and production of chemical compounds therefrom. More particularly, the invention relates to novel genetically engineered microorganisms for the fermentative production of p-aminobenzoic acid and related compounds from fermentable carbon substrates. The biologically derived PABA and related compounds from fermentable carbon substrates can be used in a number of applications including as a food supplement or raw materials for the syntheses of other industrial chemicals or polymers.

Abstract: To provide a novel diamine which is useful as the starting material of a novel polyimide precursor or polyimide which can provide a liquid crystal alignment film having a low volume resistivity, a liquid crystal aligning agent containing these polymers, and a liquid crystal alignment film.

Abstract: This invention relates to the miniaturisation of radiosyntheses onto microfabricated devices, and in particular to use of microfabricated devices for radiosynthesis, isolation, and analysis of radiotracers for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

Abstract: The invention concerns coated granules including (A) at least one amine-containing pharmacological active principle, preferably as an acid addition salt, the pharmacological active principle being complexed by low cation-exchange resin containing carboxylic acid groups (COO?), and (B) at least 15 wt. %, based on the total weight of the active principle/low cation-exchange resin complex, of at least one hydrophilic adsorbent, the mixture of the components (A) and (B) being coated with a gastrosoluble polymer. The invention also concerns a method for preparing such granules, as well as orodispesible tablets containing such granules.

Abstract: Present invention relates to a method of preparing a chiral ?- or ?-substituted ketone from the corresponding ?- or ?-substituted aldehyde, wherein the ketone has formula (I), (III) or (V), and the corresponding aldehyde has formula (II), (IV) or (VI), respectively, the method comprising reacting the aldehyde of formula (II), (IV) or (VI) in the presence of an amine, oxygen and an organic solvent, wherein the reaction is carried out in the absence of a metal-based catalyst or a metal-based oxidant, wherein: R is H, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C15 alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C15 alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C15 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C15 cycloalkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C15 heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C15 heterocycloalkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C15 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-C15 heteroaryl; and R? is H, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, substitut

Abstract: Provided are a process for the preparation of phenyl carbamate derivatives, useful in the treatment of CNS (central nervous system) disorders, an intermediate in the synthesis of the phenyl carbamate derivatives, and a process for preparation of the intermediate.

Abstract: A process for making a 2-nitro-1-ethanol derivative of formula III: wherein R3 is as described herein is provided. Novel 2-nitro-1-ethanol derivatives provided.

Abstract: A resist overlayer film composition for lithography from which a resist overlayer film is formed. A resist overlayer film forming composition including a benzene compound having at least one amino group. A resist may be an EUV resist or an electron beam resist. The benzene compound may have at least one amino group and at least one alkyl group, one or two amino groups and one to four alkyl groups, or may be a compound of Formula (1): where R1 to R5 are independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-10 alkyl group such as methyl, ethyl or isopropyl, or an amino group.

Abstract: Luminescent polymers having sterically twisted arylene repeat units are provided, which are particularly suited as electroluminescent polymers. Monomers necessary for the synthesis of the sterically twisted polyarylene are provided, as are electroluminescent device utilizing these polymers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fungicide having an excellent fungicidal activity. The compound used as the fungicide of the present invention is an ethynylphenylamidine compound or a salt thereof, the compound being represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or C1-12 alkyl, or R1 and R2 may be bonded together to form C1-7 alkylene; R3 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkylthio; R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each hydrogen, halogen, etc.; and R8 is hydrogen, C1-20 alkyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, phenyl, a heterocyclic group, or —(CH2)n-Si(R9)(R10)(R11) wherein R9, R10, and R11 are each C1-6 alkyl, and n is an integer of 0 or 1.

Abstract: Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ophthalmic diseases and disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's Disease, using said compounds and compositions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ketobenzofuran derivatives of the general formula (I): as well as to a method of synthesizing the same by coupling a quinonimine and an enaminone by a Nenitzescu reaction and to the intermediates of the synthesis thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula II can be hydrogenated to the corresponding butane derivatives in the presence of homogeneous cataslysts composed of metal salts or complexes containing metals selected from the group consisting of Rh, Ir, and Ru and preferably containing diphosphine ligands, with, in addition, excellent optical yields being achieved when one of R2 and R3 is not a hydrogen atom and the diphosphine ligand is chiral.

Abstract: Cross-linked polyimides based on a novel crosslinker and methods of making the same. The general structure of these heat-resistant and amorphous polyimides is shown as follows: in which n, m, and l denote the degrees of polymerization (DP) of each arm and the linking group R? is one of the following moieties: —C(CF3)2—, —O—, —SO2—, >C(?O), —OPh-C(CH3)2-PhO-, -(Ph)C(CF3)—, or a direct bond (—). Films (cantilevers) comprising cross-linked polyimides according to the present invention demonstrate photodirected bending upon exposure to linearly polarized light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus of the loop Venturi reactor type for the continuous reaction of liquids with gases, in particular for hydrogenations, oxidations or acetylations, e.g. for the preparation of toluenediamine by hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene, and a process for the continuous reaction of liquid reactants with gaseous reactants in the apparatus. In the apparatus of the invention, the diversion of an internal circulatory flow in the reactor is effected by means of a diversion pan which is arranged underneath a heat exchanger.

Abstract: Methods of treating exposure to Giardia lamblia and/or giardiasis and methods of antagonizing Giardia lamblia attachment to the intestinal wall of a subject are described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement in organic electroluminescent devices by using compounds of the formula (1), in particular as hole-injection or hole-transport materials in a hole-injection or hole-transport layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I for the production of nitric oxide and for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a disease wherein the administration of nitric oxide is beneficial. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for the production of NO irradiating a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I, a kit comprising a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I and a carrier and to a system comprising a source of radiations and a container associated to a nitroaniline derivative of Formula I. In Formula I, R and RI are each independently hydrogen or a C1-C3 alkyl group; RII is hydrogen or an alkyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a 2-alkenylamine compound efficiently and at low cost, using a primary or secondary amine compound and a 2-alkenyl compound as the starting materials therefor. The 2-alkenylamine compound is produced by adding Bronsted acid when 2-alkenylating by reacting the primary or secondary amine compound with the 2-alkenyl compound, and 2-alkenylating in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complexing agent and a transition metal precursor stabilized by a monovalent anionic five-membered conjugated diene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel liquid formulation for crop protection which comprises a) pyraclostrobin; b) at least one organic solvent S1 with a water solubility of less than 2 g/l at 20° C.; c) at least one organic solvent S2 with a water solubility of at least 2 g/l at 20° C., where S2 comprises at least one solvent S2.1 with a water solubility of more than 200 g/l at 20° C. and optionally at least one solvent S2.2 with a water solubility of 2 to 200 g/l at 20° C.; d) at least one anionic surface-active substance SA1; e) at least one nonionic surface-active substance SA2; and f) water. The invention also relates to the use of the crop protection formulation for treatment of plants and seed, and to corresponding methods.

Abstract: A method of producing an aromatic amino compound using a primary or secondary amine compound and a halogenated aromatic compound as starting materials, and relying upon the Ullmann reaction, the method being capable of obtaining the highly pure aromatic amino compound in high yields and inexpensively. A primary or secondary amine compound having an aromatic ring group and a halogenated aromatic compound as starting materials, are reacted with the halogenated aromatic compound in the presence of copper catalyst and base to produce the aromatic amino compound having a structure in which an aromatic ring group derived from the halogenated aromatic compound is coupled to the amino group of the amine compound, wherein the amine compound and the halogenated aromatic compound are reacted together such that an aromatic oxycarboxylic acid having a hydroxyl group and a hydroxycarbonyl group bonded to neighboring carbon atoms, is present together with the copper catalyst and the base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for separating two immiscible phases and/or for extracting one phase with another phase (phase separation or extraction device), comprising at least one vessel for receiving the at least two phases, at least one pipe for supplying a fluid to the vessel, at least one pipe for discharging a fluid from the vessel, and at least one arrangement comprising a transparent disk for observing the separation operation or the extraction operation, wherein at least the side of the transparent disk that faces the phases to be separated or extracted consists of sapphire (sapphire glass) or mica ( mica disk), and to the use of such a device in the preparation of di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series.

Abstract: A tetradendate amide based macrocyclic ligand and its Fe(III) complex which act as activators of hydrogen peroxide. The synthetic methodology to develop the ligands is new, simple and provides better yield for each step of the ligand synthesis. The Fe(III)-complexes and hydrogen peroxide together are can perform several environmentally benign oxidation reactions. Organic dye bleaching, bleaching of pulp and paper effluent and N-oxide synthesis may be performed using the newly developed catalyst and hydrogen peroxide. Alcohol oxidation and alkene epoxidation may also be performed using the catalysts and hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Dyes for dye-sensitized solar cell are provided. Each of the dyes for a dye-sensitized solar cell according to an embodiment has a chemical structure: wherein each of X and Y may comprise a substituent, comprising aromatic hydrocarbon groups which are respectively independently substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic heterocyclic groups which are substituted or unsubstituted, and a combination thereof, Z may comprise aromatic hydrocarbon groups which are substituted or unsubstituted, heterocyclic groups which are substituted or unsubstituted, vinyl groups, and polyvinyl groups which are substituted or unsubstituted, and A may comprise acid functional groups.

Abstract: Compounds that are central nervous system drug candidates for the treatment of cognitive decline and, more particularly, Alzheimer's disease are provided. Methods for treatment, inhibition, and/or abatement of cognitive decline and/or Alzheimer's disease with a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the invention are also provided. Also provided are methods of preparing the compounds/compositions of the invention.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of substituted 3-(1-amino-2-methylpentane-3-yl)phenyl compounds which has advantages over conventional processes with respect to higher conversions and yields, flexibility, a shorter overall route, environmentally acceptable conditions, influence of stereoselectivity such as diastereoselectivity in a targeted manner and at least partial suppression of the formation of undesired side-products and/or undesired stereoisomers, in particular undesired diastereomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of (1S,3S,5S)-2-[2(S)-2-amino-2-(3-hydroxy-1-adamantan-1-yl)acetyl]-2-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-3-carbonitrile and its intermediates.

Abstract: A dialkylanilino-cyclohexane compound useful as an antioxidant has the following formula I or formula II: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 can be the same or different and each is an alkylaromatic group; each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is independently selected from hydrogen or CR7R8; each of R5, R6, and R7 is independently selected from hydrogen and a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C32 hydrocarbyl group; and each R8 is independently selected from hydrogen and a C1 to C2 alkyl group, provided that when, each of R1 and R2 is CR7R8 and each such R8 is other than hydrogen, R1 and R2 may be joined to form a five or six-membered ring, and provided further that when, each of R3 and R4 is an adjacent CR7R8 and each such R8 is other than hydrogen, R3 and R4 may be joined to form a five or six-membered ring.

Abstract: Stilbene analogs and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for the treatment of various cancers, including without limitation, colorectal cancer (CRC) and breast cancer are disclosed. Such stilbene analogs include, for example, compounds of the following formula: wherein Ra, Rb, R4, R6, R7, R9 and R10 are all H; R2 and R3 are independently H, halo, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, N-oxides of dialkylamino, arylalkylamino, trialkylammonium, mercapto, alkylthio, alkanoyl, nitro, nitrosyl, cyano, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryl, heteroaryl, sulfonyl, sulfonamide, CONR11R12, NR11CO(R13), NR11COO(R13) or NR11CONR12R13; R11, R12 and R13, are independently, H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or a fluorine; R8 is NRCRdZ wherein Rc is H, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl, Rd is an alkyl group, Z is a an unshared pair of electrons, H, alkyl or oxygen; and R1 and R5 are halogen.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. The method includes removing at least a portion of hydrides of arsenic, phosphorus, antimony, silicon, and boron from a hydrocarbon stream. The hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon process. The method according to certain aspects includes controlling the level of hydrides of arsenic, phosphorus, antimony, silicon, and boron in the hydrocarbon stream.