Abstract: The present invention disclosed a preparation method of parylene AF4, which provides a reactant and a reducing agent with the use of catalyst or exposure to UV light with photo-initiator, to shorten the reaction time as a result of minimized the byproduct(s) formation, and obtain high purity (>99.0%) of parylene AF4 product under high concentrated reaction mixture.

Abstract: This invention relates to fluoroalkyl and chlorofluoroalkyl benzenes with relatively high boiling points, having zero ozone depletion potential and low global warming potential. This invention also relates to the preparation of such fluoroalkyl and chlorofluoroalkyl benzenes. These materials can be used as reaction and heat transfer media, cleaning agents and as intermediates for biologically active materials.

Abstract: Selectively fluorinated molecules are important as materials, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, but their synthesis by simple, mild, laboratory methods is challenging. We report a straightforward method for the cross-coupling of a difluoromethyl group with readily available reagents to form difluoromethylarenes. The reaction of electron-neutral, electronrich, and sterically hindered aryl and vinyl iodides with the combination of Cul, CsF and TMSCF2H leads to the formation of difluoromethylarenes in high yield with good functional group compatibility. This transformation is surprising, in part, because of the prior observation of the instability of CuCF2H.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluorine-containing aromatic compound represented by the following formula (2-1) or formula (2-2): [R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12 which may have a substituent other than a fluorine atom, or a monovalent aromatic group which may have a substituent; Rf1 and Rf2 are a fluorine-containing alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12 and Rf1 and Rf2 may be the same or different; and m is an integer of 1 or more, n is an integer of 0 or more and m+n is an integer of 1 or more and 5 or less].

Abstract: Methods of halogenating a carbon containing compound having an sp3 C—H bond are provided. Methods of fluorinating a carbon containing compound comprising halogenation with Cl or Br followed by nucleophilic substitution with F are provided. Methods of direct oxidative C—H fluorination of a carbon containing compound having an sp3 C—H bond are provided. The halogenated products of the methods are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a facile method of preparing 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene, comprising the steps of: (A) providing a reactant liquid of 1,4-bis(difluoromethyl)benzene; optionally (B) providing a light source for UV radiation; and (C) introducing chlorine gas into the reactant liquid at a temperature of 50-90° C. under a pressure above 1 atm to obtain 1,4-Bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene. The invented facile method can be utilized in a batch process or a continuous process for effective production of 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed a preparation method of parylene AF4, which provides a reactant and a reducing agent with the use of catalyst or exposure to UV light with photo-initiator, to shorten the reaction time as a result of minimized the byproduct(s) formation, and obtain high purity (>99.0%) of parylene AF4 product under high concentrated reaction mixture.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for substituting polyaromatic hydrocarbons or polyheterocyclic compounds with perfluoroalkyl groups. The methods can include heating a polyaromatic hydrocarbon substrate or a polyheterocyclic compound substrate in the presence of a perfluoroalkyl iodide, typically in a closed system, wherein the heating is sufficient to bring both the polyaromatic hydrocarbons or polyheterocyclic compound, and the perfluoroalkyl iodide, into the gas phase, thereby allowing the substrate to react with the perfluoroalkyl iodide in the gas phase to form polyaromatic hydrocarbons or polyheterocyclic compounds having one or more perfluoroalkyl substituents. The methods allow for the creation of versatile libraries of novel perfluoroalkyl-containing derivatives that can serve as important building blocks and active components in biomedical, electronic, and materials applications.

Abstract: This invention relates to fluoroalkyl and chlorofluoroalkyl benzenes with relatively high boiling points, having zero ozone depletion potential and low global warming potential. This invention also relates to the preparation of such fluoroalkyl and chlorofluoroalkyl benzenes. These materials can be used as reaction and heat transfer media, cleaning agents and as intermediates for biologically active materials.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a phosphine compound represented by general formula (1) wherein R? and R? independently are selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl and 2-furyl radicals, or R? and R? are joined together to form with the phosphorous atom a carbon-phosphorous monocycle comprising at least 3 carbon atoms or a carbon-phosphorous bicycle; the alkyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals, and carbon-phosphorous monocycle being unsubstituted or substituted by at least one radical selected from the group of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkoxy, and aryloxy radicals; Cps is a partially substituted or completely substituted cyclopentadien-1-yl group, including substitutions resulting in a fused ring system, and wherein a substitution at the 1-position of the cyclopentadien-1-yl group is mandatory when the cyclopentadien-1-yl group is not part of a fused ring system or is part of an indenyl group. Also claimed is the use of these phosphines as ligands in catalytic reactions and the preparation of these phosphines.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed a preparation method of parylene AF4, which provides a reactant and a reducing agent with the use of catalyst or exposure to UV light with photo-initiator, to shorten the reaction time as a result of minimized the byproduct(s) formation, and obtain high purity (>99.0%) of parylene AF4 product under high concentrated reaction mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of trifluoromethylated unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl compounds which comprises reacting an unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl halide with a trifluoroacetate of formula (I) or (II), wherein R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C5 alkyl group and M an alkali metal or an ammonium ion, in the presence of and an anorganic halogenide salt or a trifluoroacetacid salt as activator compound and a catalytic combination of a copper salt with a monodentate, bidentate or tridentate aromatic or aliphatic amine or pyridine ligand.

Abstract: A method for preparing optically active 1-bromo-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]ethane having a high optical purity, which comprises the step of brominating optically active 1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethanol by using, as a brominating agent, (a) a combination of a phosphorus halide and hydrogen bromide, (b) a combination of 1,2-dibromo-1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane and an organic phosphorous compound represented by the general formula (I): P(R1)(R2)(R3) (in the formula, R1, R2, and R3 independently represent a C6-10 aryl group, a C6-10 aryloxy group, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, or a C3-6 cycloalkoxy group), or (c) a combination of N-bromosuccinimide and a dialkyl sulfide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polycondensation process for preparing block copolyesters comprising blocks of fluoroether functionalized aromatic polyester and blocks of unmodified polyester. According to the process, a non-fluorinated poly(alkylene arylate) first homopolymer and a fluoroether functionalized poly(alkylene arylate) second homopolymer are combined to form a reaction mixture; the reaction mixture is heated to a temperature above the melting temperatures of each said homopolymer to prepare a molten reaction mixture; and the reaction is continued until the desired molecular weight is achieved. The block copolymers incorporated into blends with unmodified aromatic polyester impart oil and soil resistance to shaped articles prepared from the blends.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for the preparation of chymase modulators, useful in the treatment of inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a facile method of preparing 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene, comprising the steps of: (A) providing a reactant liquid of 1,4-bis(difluoromethyl)benzene; optionally (B) providing a light source for UV radiation; and (C) introducing chlorine gas into the reactant liquid at a temperature of 50-90° C. under a pressure above 1 atm to obtain 1,4-Bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene. The invented facile method can be utilized in a batch process or a continuous process for effective production of 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing fluorinated organic compounds, including hydrofluoropropenes, which preferably comprises converting at least one compound of formula (I): CF3CFnCHmXa-m??(I) to at least one compound of formula (II) CF3CZCHZ??(II). where each X is independently Cl, F, I or Br; each Z is independently H or F; n is 1 or 2; m is 1, 2 or 3, provided that when n is 1, m is 1 or 2; a is 2 or 3, and a-m?0. Certain embodiments include the step of reacting fluorinated C2 olefin, such as tetrafluoroethylene, with a Cl addition agent under conditions effective to produce a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of reacting fluoroolefin with an organic magnesium compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising nickel or palladium so as to efficiently produce fluoroolefin, such as TFE, in which a fluorine (F) atom or atoms bonded to the sp2 hybridized carbon atom are substituted with an organic group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of trifluoromethylated unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl compounds which comprises reacting an unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl halide with a trifluoroacetate of formula (I) or (II), wherein R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C5 alkyl group and M an alkali metal or an ammonium ion, in the presence of and an anorganic halogenide salt or a trifluoroacetacid salt as activator compound and a catalytic combination of a copper salt with a monodentate, bidentate or tridentate aromatic or aliphatic amine or pyridine ligand.

Abstract: Fluorinated aromatic materials, their synthesis and their use in optoelectronics. In some cases, the fluorinated aromatic materials are perfluoroalkylated aromatic materials that may include perfluoropolyether substituents.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns a protected cyclopropylboronic acid comprising a substituted cyclopropyl group and a boronic ester group having a protecting group. The protecting group is an N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) group or MIDA-based group.

Abstract: A catalytic Wittig method utilizing a phosphine including the steps of providing a phosphine oxide precatalyst and reducing the phosphine oxide precatalyst to produce the phosphine; forming a phosphonium ylide precursor from the phosphine and a reactant; generating a phosphonium ylide from the phosphonium ylide precursor; reacting the phosphonium ylide precursor with the aldehyde, ketone, or ester to form the olefin and the phosphine oxide which then reenters the cycle. The invention is also directed to a Mitsunobu reaction catalytic in phosphine.

Abstract: Fluorinated paracyclophane compounds represented by the formula: where least one of R1 and R2 comprises a fluorinated moiety is disclosed. These compounds can be utilized as precursor dimer compounds to produce polymeric coatings comprising copolymers of trifluorinated paraxylylene, including flexible fluorinated paraxylylene coatings.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel and advantageous processes for preparing and purifying chemical compounds such as pharmaceuticals. The processes comprise a nucleophilic substitution reaction with a moiety X wherein the leaving group L of a substrate S in the reaction is covalently attached to a purification moiety M. This concept offers a convenient and lime-saving way to purity the desired product S-X from non-reacted precursors S-L-M and by-products L-M.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions, systems and methods for the chemical and electrochemical modification of the electronic structure of graphene and especially epitaxial graphene (EG) are presented. Beneficially, such systems and methods allow the large-scale fabrication of electronic EG devices. Vigorous oxidative conditions may allow substantially complete removal of the EG carbon atoms and the generation of insulating regions; such processing is equivalent to that which is currently used in the semiconductor industry to lithographically etch or oxidize silicon and thereby define the physical features and electronic structure of the devices. However graphene offers an excellent opportunity for controlled modification of the hybridization of the carbon atoms from sp2 to sp3 states by chemical addition of organic functional groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I in which R0, L1, n, A and B have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, furthermore to novel compounds of the formula I, to processes for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof in electronic and electro-optical devices, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays containing same.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for the preparation of chymase modulators, useful in the treatment of inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed are fluorostilbene compounds of formula I, liquid-crystal media which comprise these compounds, the use of the media in electro-optical displays, in particular in VAN LCDs, and a process for the preparation of these compounds.

Abstract: A composition comprising perfluoro-[2,2]-paracyclophane dimer compound is disclosed. The synthesis reaction of the paracyclophane dimer from 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethane)-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzene involves heating in the presence of a metal catalyst and a solvent. A perfluorinated paraxylylene coating formed from the perfluorinated paracyclophane dimer is also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed is a liquid crystal compound and method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal compound can be used alone or mixed with commercially available liquid crystal compounds. Because low rotational viscosity of the liquid crystal compound of the invention, it can be used as positive or negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbon-carbon bond creation method comprising the coupling of a transferable group and an acceptor group. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a) activation of a siliceous compound bearing a transferable group by an activation agent; b) addition of an acceptor group-bearing derivative; and, simultaneously or in any consecutive order, c) addition of a palladacycle-type compound acting as a catalyst of the coupling reaction between the transferable group and the acceptor group with the creation of the carbon-carbon bond.

Abstract: Fluorinated paracyclophane compounds represented by the formula where least one of R1 and R2 comprises a fluorinated moiety is disclosed. These compounds can be utilized as precursor dimer compounds to produce polymeric coatings comprising copolymers of trifluorinated paraxylylene.

Abstract: Disclosed are fluorostilbene compounds of formula I, liquid-crystal media which comprise these compounds, the use of the media in electro-optical displays, in particular in VAN LCDs, and a process for the preparation of these compounds.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a coupling compound of formula (1): (Y—)(n?1)R1—R2—(R1)(n??1)??(1) wherein R1, R2 n and n? are as defined below, Y is R2 or X as defined below, which method comprises reacting an organic halogen compound of formula (2): n?(R1X1n)??(2) wherein X1 represents a bromine or iodine, R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted, linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group of which ? and ? carbon atoms in relation to X1 are sp3 carbon atoms, n and n? each independently represent an integer of 1 or 2, and provided that n and n? do not simultaneously represent 2, with an organic boron compound of formula (3): m{R2(BX22)n?}??(3) wherein R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group and the boron atom is bonded with a sp2 carbon atom thereof, X2 represents a hydroxyl or alkoxy group, n? is as defined above, m represents an integer of 1 or 2, and m is not more than n, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a) a nick

Abstract: A method for transferring TCPX (?, ?, ??, ??-tetrachloro-p-xylene) into TFPX (?, ?, ??, ??-tetrafluoro-p-xylene) is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: (a) providing a first reactant comprising TFPX; (b) mixing the first reactant with alkali metal fluorides, TCPX and phase transfer catalyst(s) to form a mixture, wherein the alkali metal fluorides is KF, CsF, NaF, LiF or the combination thereof, the phase transfer catalyst(s) is quaternary ammonium salt, quaternary phosphonium salt or the combination thereof; and (c) heating the mixture.

Abstract: A method for the synthesis of TFPX (?, ?, ??, ??-tetrafluoro-p-xylene) is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: (a) providing a sulpholane solution comprising TCPX (?, ?, ??, ??-tetrachloro-p-xylene); (b) mixing the sulpholane solution with alkali metal fluoride, and phase transfer catalyst to form a mixture, wherein the phase transfer catalyst is quaternary phosphonium salt; and (c) heating the mixture.

Abstract: Inorganic and organic compounds containing fluorine can be produced, for example, from corresponding chlorine-containing compounds by chlorine/fluorine exchange using fluorinating agents. Monocyclic or bicyclic compounds containing at least two nitrogen atoms, at least one of which is incorporated into the ring system, can be used as catalysts or fluorinating agents for chlorine/fluorine exchange reactions to produce sulfurylchlorofluoride, sulfurylfluoride or a carboxylic acid fluoride. It is likewise possible to carry out HF addition to unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds or chlorine/fluorine exchange at carbon atoms. For example, monochloro or dichloro malonic acid esters can be converted to difluoro malonic acid esters. Work-up of the reaction mixture can be simplified by using suitable solvents which force the reaction mixture to exist in two phases.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a halogenated organic compound, whereby an organotrifluoroborate compound is reacted with a halide ion in the presence of an oxidizing agent to produce the corresponding halogenated organic compound. The method may be used for producing radiohalogenated organic compounds.

Abstract: A tetrahydropyran derivative comprising at least three cyclic rings and one aromatic endgroup of the formula A a process for preparing said tetrahydropyran derivatives, and the use of said tetrahydropyran derivatives as a component in a liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I in which n is 0 to 7, Q1 and Q2 are H, or one of these radicals is alternatively CH3, r is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, A is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or a single bond, X is F, Cl, —CF3, —CN, —OCF3 or —OCHF2, and Y and Z are each, independently of one another, H or F, with the proviso that, in the case where A is a single bond, Q1=Q2=H and simultaneously X=CN, Y and/or Z are F.

Abstract: The invention relates to liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I and to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the general formula I in which R1, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, Z1, Z2, X, v and u are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to bis(alkylthio)carbenium salts of the formula I with the stated definitions for R1, R2, R3 and Y?, and to a process for the preparation thereof. The compounds according to the invention are advantageously suitable as electrophilic reagents for the transfer of fluorinated alkyl and acyl radicals onto nucleophilic compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyfluoroalkyl-lithium compounds by deprotonation of polyfluoroalkyl compounds by means of lithium bases.

Abstract: Novel phenylcyclohexanes of the formula I 1

Abstract: A process for the production of a fluorinated organic compound, characterized by fluorinating an organic compound having a hydrogen atoms using IF5; and a novel fluorination process for fluorinating an organic compound having a hydrogen atoms by using a fluorinating agent containing IF5 and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acids, bases, salts and additives.

Abstract: A catalyst composition with a high halogenated aromatics isomerization activity, a halogenated aromatic isomerization method using said catalyst composition, and a halogenated aromatics isomerization method capable of prolonging the life or regeneration period of the catalyst. The invention also includes a catalyst composition characterized in that the maximum diameter of secondary particles of the zeolite in the formed catalyst is 5 microns or less is used to improve the halogenated aromatics isomerization activity. Furthermore, if dissolved oxygen is decreased, the life or regeneration period of the catalyst can be prolonged.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 2,3,5,6-tetrahaloxylylidene compounds of formula (I) where each Hal is independently fluorine or chlorine, and X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, —O—R, or —O—C(═O)R, where R is hydrogen, a straight-chain or branched C1-C12-alkyl- or a C6-C14-aryl radical, by reacting 2,3,5,6-tetrahaloxylylidenediamines of formula (II) with an alkyl nitrite and/or nitrous acid in HX as a solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobenzotrifluoride comprising chlorinating 4-chlorobenzotrifluoride with elemental chlorine, in the presence of from 0.1 to 2% by weight of iron(III) chloride and 0.05 to 0.75% by weight of aluminum(III) chloride, in each case based on 4-chlorobenzotrifluoride, where the weight ratio of iron(III) chloride to aluminum(III) chloride is 10:1 to 1:1.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)bromobenzene, comprising the addition of a brominating reagent to a mixture of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene together with at least one of sulphuric acid or oleum in the absence of acetic acid. A method of production of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)acetophenone comprising the reaction of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl magnesium bromide with acetyl chloride in the presence of cuprous chloride. A method of production of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)acetophenone comprising the steps of reacting 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl magnesium bromide with acetic anhydride, adding water, and recovering the product by azeotropic distillation. A method of removal of impurities including 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)acetate, 4-bromobutyl acetate and 4-chlorobutyl acetate from a preparation of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)acetophenone, the method comprising heating the 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)acetophenone with a dilute solution of alkali.

Abstract: &agr;,&bgr;,&bgr;-Trifluorostyrene and derivatives thereof synthesized in two steps from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethylene. In the first step, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethylene is reacted with a base, a metal salt such as zinc chloride and an optionally amine to form a trifluorovinyl metal complex. In the second step, the trifluorostyrene or derivative is obtained by reacting the trifluorovinyl metal complex with an aryl transfer agent such as, for example, an aryl triflate or an aryl halide, in the presence of a metal catalyst and optionally a coordinating ligand. Both steps may be carried out in one reactor.