Abstract: A process for separating dimethyl biphenyl (DMBP) isomers, including contacting a mixture of 3,3?-DMBP, 3,4?-DMBP and 4,4?-DMBP in a first solvent with a 12-member ring zeolite exchanged with potassium or barium, or combinations thereof, and adsorbing the 3,3?-DMBP onto the 12-member ring zeolite, such as by passing the mixture through at least one packed bed of the potassium and/or barium exchanged 12-member ring zeolite.

Abstract: There is provided a method and an apparatus for preparing graphite oxide. In accordance with the present disclosure, when an oxidizer is added by stages into a sequencing batch oxidizer mixer connected in multiple stages at a constantly low temperature, the oxidizer is mixed therein while suppressing an oxidation reaction. During an oxidation reaction of graphite, in a risky range of overheating and explosion, a tube type reactor equipped within a heat exchanger is used to accurately control a local temperature and the oxidizer can permeate between layers of the graphite with increased efficiency under ultrasonication. In an additional reaction range out of the risky range, a continuous stirred tank reactor is used to mature the oxidation reaction, so that a risk of explosion during manufacturing of graphite oxide can be reduced and a great amount of graphite oxide can be mass-produced economically.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-(3-methylpent-2-en-4-ynyl)cyclohex-1-ene, highly enriched in the Z-isomer, and the use of such compounds in organic syntheses, especially in processes forming intermediates (building blocks) the synthesis of vitamin A or ?-carotene or other carotenoids, e.g. canthaxanthin, astaxanthin or zeaxanthin.

Abstract: There is described a method of isolating one or more of pectin, d-limonene, a flavour compound, a flavonoid, a soluble monosaccharide, a decomposition product of a monosaccharide and cellulose, from citrus material wherein said method comprises the microwave assisted hydrothermal low temperature treatment of citrus material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte having improved high-rate charge and discharge property, and a capacitor comprising the same, and more particularly to an electrolyte having improved high-rate charge and discharge property comprising an aromatic compound, which comprises at least one compound of the following Chemical Formula 1 to Chemical Formula 11 that can induce resonance effect of electron movement, and which is a substituted organic compound in which a functional group is present at a location that can structurally prevent local polarization effect, and the boiling point of which is 80° C. or higher, wherein R in the Chemical Formula 1 to Chemical Formula 11 is at least one functional group selected from the alkyl group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl, and a capacitor comprising the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating skin diseases or conditions with a composition containing a lipid component as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, ring A have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-(3-methylpent-2-en-4-ynyl)cyclohex-1-ene, highly enriched in the Z-isomer, and the use of such compounds in organic syntheses, especially in processes forming intermediates (building blocks) the synthesis of vitamin A or ?-carotene or other carotenoids, e.g. canthaxanthin, astaxanthin or zeaxanthin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for collecting a carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium at high yield. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for separating a carotenoid comprising a step of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions; and a method for producing a carotenoid comprising the steps of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions and collecting the carotenoid from the obtained precipitate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing and purifying ?-carotene by Blakeslea trispora fermentation and use thereof. The method comprises the following steps: a) separately inoculating the Blakeslea trispora strains onto a PDA culture medium so as to obtain a spore suspension; b) propagating spores in a seeding tank so as to obtain seeds for fermentation; c) inoculating the seeds for fermentation onto a fermenter and fermenting said seeds; d) adjusting the fermentation liquid to be basic by using an organic or inorganic base, and filtering so as to obtain wet mycelia; e) treating the wet mycelia with a hydrophobic non-polar organic solvent; f) mixing the wet mycelia with an organic solvent of ester and obtaining a concentrated solution by extracting; g) adding a saturated monohydric alcohol into the concentrated solution, and filtering and crystallizing so as to obtain pure ss-carotene. The content of the ss-carotene in the present invention exceeds 96%, and the yield is above 85%.

Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising (a) at least one cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex, and (b) at least one salt other than calcium chloride, wherein the ratio of dry weight of said salt to dry weight of said cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex is from 0.03 to 500, and wherein said composition either (i) has 30% or less water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, and has at least one said salt that is non-deliquescent, or (ii) has more than 30% water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, and has a ratio of dry weight of said salt to weight of said water of 0.05 or higher. Also provided are methods of storing and using such compositions.

Abstract: Farnesene dimers and/or farnesane dimers and compositions thereof are described. The compositions provided comprise conventional additives. Methods of making and using the compounds and composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition with fungicidal and bactericidal activity, which comprises volatile organic compounds (VOCs) obtained from plants and microorganisms, in which said VOCs are C4-C12 fatty alcohols or cyclic alcohols or phenol-derived compounds, or terpene-derived compounds, and also derivatives and mixtures thereof. Furthermore, the present invention likewise relates to the use of said compositions in the protection of agricultural crops, in post-harvest treatments, in food preservation and in the disinfection of facilities and equipment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new types of processes for the improved preparation of homofarnesol, in particular of (3E,7E)-homofarnesol and homofarnesol preparations with an increased content of (3E,7E)-homofarnesol (also referred to as all E-homofarnesol).

Abstract: The invention relates to use of a diacetylene compound as a color former wherein the diacetylene compound has one of general formulae (I) to (V). The invention also includes methods of imparting color to a material including a compound as defined above, which comprises subjecting the material to irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).

Abstract: Described herein are small peptide domains and consensus sequences that bind small target molecules of industrial importance, e.g., metals such as nickel, ? carotene, and isoflavones such as genistein. Also described are fusion proteins containing such binding domains fused to proteins or to peptide domains like GST or GBD that bind other ligands and can be used to immobilize the target binding domain on a support. One class of fusion proteins that is useful in industrial settings are fusions that contain concatemers of target binding domains, which increases the binding equivalents per molecule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, ring A have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoids.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a durability improving agent for a cement composition that improves the freezing-thawing resistance of the cement composition and also exhibits a sufficient shrinkage reducing performance as well, and a cement composition including such a durability improving agent. Specifically, the present invention provides a durability improving agent for a cement composition, characterized by comprising a hydrocarbon-based compound having an average molecular weight of 150 to 600 and a pour point of 20° C. or less as an active ingredient, and a cement composition including such durability improving agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and compositions for attracting or repelling sap-sucking insects, such as whitefly, as well as methods for using such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for collecting a carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium at high yield. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for separating a carotenoid comprising a step of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions; and a method for producing a carotenoid comprising the steps of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions and collecting the carotenoid from the obtained precipitate.

Abstract: Described is a pretargeting method, and related kits, for targeted medical imaging and/or therapeutics, wherein use is made of abiotic reactive chemical groups that exhibit bio-orthogonal reactivity towards each other. The invention involves the use of [4+2] inverse electron demand (retro) Diels-Alder chemistry in providing the coupling between a Pre-targeting Probe and an Effector Probe. To this end one of these probes comprises an electron-deficient tetrazine or other suitable diene, and the other a cyclooctene or cyclooctyne.

Abstract: Farnesene dimers and/or farnesane dimers and compositions thereof are described. The compositions provided comprise conventional additives. Methods of making and using the compounds and composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium of negative dielectric anisotropy based on a mixture of polar compounds, which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae IA, IB and IC in which R1A, R2A, R1B, R2B, R1C, R2C, L, m, n, o, p and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.

Abstract: A lube base oil which comprises at least one hydrocarbon compound having as the basic skeleton a structure represented by any of the general formulae (I) to (VI) and has a viscosity at ?40° C. of 40 Pa·s or lower and a viscosity index of 80 or higher, (wherein p is an integer of 1 to 10, provided that in the formulae (I) and (II), p is not 1). It satisfies the coefficient of high-temperature traction, low-temperature flowability, and viscosity index on a high level.

Abstract: The invention relates to use of a diacetylene compound as a colour former wherein the diacetylene compound has one of general formulae (I) to (V). The invention also includes methods of imparting colour to a material including a compound as defined above, which comprises subjecting the material to irradiation.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) where X1, C1, and D1 are defined herein, are inhibitors of polo-like kinases. The compounds of formula (I) are useful for treatment of diseases of cellular proliferation, such as, for example, cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoids

Abstract: Disclosed are liquid-crystal (LC) media for use in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type which contain a liquid-crystal (LC) mixture that contains one or more compounds of formula I

Abstract: Processes and systems for stabilization and subsequent hydrogenation of an immiscible olefin are described. In certain embodiments, the hydrogenation is conducted in a fixed bed reactor in presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: Provided are a novel ?-glucuronidase inhibitor including a compound selected from a macrocyclic ketone, a ketone, a macrocyclic lactone, a macrocyclic oxalactone, an ester, an aldehyde, an alcohol, and a terpene of specific kinds, and an environmental hygiene product and a sanitary product each containing the ?-glucuronidase inhibitor. Also provided are a composition for suppressing the generation of urine odor and a method of suppressing the generation of urine odor each using a ?-glucuronidase inhibitor.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel liquid-crystal compounds, processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, and to LC media and LC displays containing the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit.

Abstract: The present invention describes a process of production carotenoids in improved fermentation conditions of selected bacterial strains constitutively over-producing carotenoids or mutants thereof, purifying and isolating a specific crystalline carotenoid, preferably beta-carotene, for its use in the feed, food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors. The present invention also describes a method for obtaining mutant strains constitutively overproducing carotenoids from naturally occurring bacterial strains, permitting the selection of mutants with high carotenoid yields and specificity towards a specific carotenoid. Additionally the invention describes the use of this method on obtained mutant strains for further improvement thereof.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a farnesane dimer and/or a farnesene dimer and a compound selected from squalene, squalene and dehydrosqualene are described. The compositions provided comprise conventional additives. Methods of making and using the compounds and composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to process for the preparation of zeacarotenes and to intermediates in the process for the preparation of zeacarotenes.

Abstract: The invention features compositions for administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid, fractionated oxidatively transformed carotenoid and components of oxidatively transformed carotenoid. The compositions are useful for supplementing the diet of an animal.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an (alkylphenyl)alkylcyclohexane, including a step of condensing an alkylbenzene with an alkylcyclohexene or an alkylcyclohexanol in the presence of an acid catalyst, and (alkylphenyl)alkylcyclohexane represented by formula (8). The (alkylphenyl)alkylcyclohexane produced through the production method can be transformed into an alkylbiphenyl, a biphenylpolycarboxylic acid, or a biphenylpolycarboxylic anhydride. Through the production method, an (alkylphenyl)alkylcyclohexane and an alkylbiphenyl of interest can be readily and selectively produced. (wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group; R2 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group; m is an integer of 0 to 2; n? is an integer of 2 to 5; other conditions are the same as defined in claim 18.

Abstract: Farnesene dimers and/or farnesane dimers and compositions thereof are described. The compositions provided comprise conventional additives. Methods of making and using the compounds and composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a cyclic olefin compound having two or more cyclohexene rings per molecule via intramolecular dehydration of an alicyclic alcohol having two or more hydroxylated cyclohexane rings per molecule. The method includes the step (i) of heating the alicyclic alcohol at a temperature of 130° C. to 230° C. and a pressure greater than 20 Torr in an organic solvent in the presence of a dehydration catalyst, to carry out dehydration of the alicyclic alcohol while distilling off by-product water, which dehydration catalyst is liquid or soluble in a liquid reaction mixture under the reaction conditions; and the subsequent step (ii) of heating the resulting reaction mixture at a temperature of 50° C. to 220° C. and a pressure of 200 Torr or less to recover the cyclic olefin compound as a distillate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electropolymerizable monomer, intended to be polymerized in aqueous solution, comprising a single electropolymerizable unit and an electron-donating group, characterized in that it also comprises at least one arm ionizable in aqueous solution. The invention also relates to the polymerization process, to the electroactive probe thus obtained and to the method for the detection of a target ligand in a biological sample.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerization inhibitor preventing the self-polymerization of TFE and the generation of a modified polymer of a polymerization inhibitor in a distillation step, particularly in a rectification step, of TFE. The present invention provides a method of distilling tetrafluoroethylene in the presence of a polymerization inhibitor comprising a cyclohexadiene compound of the formula: R1-A-R2 wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and A is a cyclohexadiene ring. The cyclohexadiene compound is preferably ?-terpinene or ?-terpinene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fulvene compound and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly to a fulvene compound having substituted groups in the 2- and 5-positions, prepared from an unsaturated ketone having a substituted group in the ?-position and a halogen atom in the ?-position, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention also relates to a metallocene catalyst having a substituted group in the ?-position carbon of the bridge of the cyclopentadienyl group only by reaction of a fulvene compound and an anion group including the cyclopentadienyl group, and a preparation method of a polyolefin copolymer using the same.

Abstract: The present invention refers to the use as gas odorant of cycloalkadienes of formula (I) wherein R and n have the same meaning as given in the description, to a process of odorizing gas and to fuel gas comprising it.

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 present invention provides a polysilazane-treating solvent which has excellent dissolving power and stability, has no influence on a substrate as an underlying layer and the properties of a polysilazane, is excellent in shape of cut edge, and further has high safety to the human body. The treating solvent comprises a solvent selected from the group consisting of tetralin, p-menthane, p-cymene, ?-pinene, 1,8-cineol, and mixtures thereof, and a polysilazane treatment method using the same. This solvent may further comprise a solvent selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons, alicyclic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fulvene compound and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly to a fulvene compound having substituted groups in the 2- and 5-positions, prepared from an unsaturated ketone having a substituted group in the ?-position and a halogen atom in the ?-position, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention also relates to a metallocene catalyst having a substituted group in the ?-position carbon of the bridge of the cyclopentadienyl group only by reaction of a fulvene compound and an anion group including the cyclopentadienyl group, and a preparation method of a polyolefin copolymer using the same.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and method for forming the magnetic recording medium are described. The magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic layer formed on a non-magnetic support, and a lubricant layer over the magnetic layer. The lubricant layer includes a compound selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentanes, hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentenes, hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentadienes, and mixtures or derivatives thereof. The lubricant layer also may be used on a magnetic head for reading and writing information on a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium and the magnetic head may be used to manufacture computer disk drives, compact disk drives, audio equipment, and video equipment.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and method for forming the magnetic recording medium are described. The magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic layer formed on a non-magnetic support, and a lubricant layer over the magnetic layer. The lubricant layer includes a compound selected from hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentanes, hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentenes, hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentadienes, and mixtures or derivatives thereof and, optionally, one or more additives. The lubricant layer also may be used on a magnetic head for reading and writing information on a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium and the magnetic head may be used to manufacture computer disk drives, compact disk drives, audio equipment, and video equipment.