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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8049026 | Synthesis of ionic liquids Ionic compounds which are liquids at room temperature are formed by the method of mixing a neutral organic ligand with the salt of a metal cation and its conjugate anion. The liquids are hydrophobic, conductive and stable and have uses as solvents and in electrochem... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7754907 | Allosterically catalyzed signal amplification in chemical and biological sensing Coordination complexes having at least two structural conformations are disclosed. The coordination complexes contain at least one metal center and at least one hemi-labile ligand, and change structural conformations due to the presence or absence of allosteric effe... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7423164 | Synthesis of ionic liquids Ionic compounds which are liquids at room temperature are formed by the method of mixing a neutral organic liqand with the salt of a metal cation and its conjugate anion. The liquids are hydrophobic, conductive and stable and have uses as solvents and in electrochem... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7390915 | Phosphine transition metal complex having ferrocene skeleton, process for making the same, and anti-cancer agent An anti-cancer agent contains a phosphine transition metal complex having a ferrocene skeleton, the complex being represented by general formula (3) below: (wherein R1, R2, R | 06/24/2008 |
| 7375241 | Ferrocenyl-1,2-diphosphines, the production thereof and their use 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 secondar... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368566 | Process and intermediates for preparing benzazepines Disclosed is a new process and intermediates for preparing benzazepines of Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are as defined herein. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7301039 | Process for preparing cationic rhodium complexes The invention comprises a process for the preparation and isolation of a non-amorphous cationic rhodium complex having the formula: [Rh(ligand)m(diolefin)]+X−, wherein the ligand is an enantiomerically enriched organic compound pos... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270770 | Triboluminescent materials and devices This invention relates to various phosphine oxides and their use in applications which exploit the triboluminescent effect. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255849 | EMM-3, new crystalline microporous material EMM-3 (ExxonMobil Material number 3) is a new crystalline microporous material with a framework of tetrahedral atoms connected by atoms capable of bridging the tetrahedral atoms, the tetrahedral atom framework being defined by the interconnections between the tetrah... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247701 | Amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics Synthetic methods and compounds involving amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics. Amino amide derivatives are prepared via the one-step three-component reaction of a glyoxamide, an amine, and an organoboron derivative. Conversion of the product to another glyoxa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235161 | Stable anodes including iron oxide and use of such anodes in metal production cells Stable anodes comprising iron oxide useful for the electrolytic production of metal such as aluminum are disclosed. The iron oxide may comprise Fe3O4, Fe2O3, FeO or a combination thereof. During the electrolytic aluminum p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230127 | Photoluminescent compounds Triboluminescent materials comprising M wherein M is chosen from Tb, Eu, Sm, Dy and from 75% to 99.99% of M is replaced by Y, Gd, La or Lu. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223879 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| RE39561 | Metallocenes containing ligands of 2-substituted indenyl derivatives, process for their preparation, and their use as catalysts 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 alky... | 04/10/2007 |
| RE39532 | Metallocenes containing ligands of 2-substituted indenyl derivatives, process for their preparation, and their use as catalysts 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 alky... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7169953 | P-chiral phospholanes and phosphocyclic compounds and their use in asymmetric catalytic reactions Chiral ligands and metal complexes based on such chiral ligands useful in asymmetric catalysis are disclosed. The metal complexes according to the present invention are useful as catalysts in asymmetric reactions, such as, hydrogenation, hydride transfer, allylic al... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7135427 | Carboxy-modified aluminum-based catalyst compositions A carboxy-modified aluminum-based catalyst composition is of the general formula P(O)(OAlR′R″)3 or RP(O)(OAlR′R″)2 wherein O represents oxygen, P represents pentavalent phosphorous, Al represents aluminum, R comprises hydrogen, an alkyl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7105702 | P-chiral phospholanes and phosphocyclic compounds and their use in asymmetric catalytic reactions Chiral ligands and metal complexes based on such chiral ligands useful in asymmetric catalysis are disclosed. The metal complexes according to the present invention are useful as catalysts in asymmetric reactions, such as, hydrogenation, hydride transfer, allylic al... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094723 | Catalysts containing at least one heterocyclic ligand for improving the catalysts' performance of olefin polymerization The present invention provides a non-metallocene catalyst comprising a complex having one or more ligands coordinated a transition metal. The catalyst contains substituents bonded to the transition metal through a heteroatom such as oxygen or sulfur. Furthermore, th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087323 | Photoactive lanthanide complexes with phosphine oxides, phosphine oxide-sulfides, pyridine N-oxides, and phosphine oxide-pyridine N-oxides, and devices made with such complexes The present invention is generally directed to luminescent lanthanide compounds with phosphine oxide, phosphine oxide-sulfide, pyridine N-oxide, and phosphine oxide-pyridine N-oxide ligands. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes a ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084293 | Process of synthesis of compounds having nitrile functions from ethylenically unsaturated compounds The present invention relates to a process of hydrocyanation of ethylenically unsaturated organic compounds to compounds having at least one nitrile function, particularly the hydrocyanation of diolefins such as butadiene, or of substituted olefins such as alkene ni... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7067702 | Process for preparing vinyl substituted beta-diketones A process for preparing vinyl substituted beta-diketones includes reacting a halogen-containing beta-diketone with an olefin in a reaction zone under Heck coupling reaction conditions in the presence of a catalyst, a base, and an organic phosphine to provide a vinyl... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7034170 | Manganese(IV) complex salts and their use as oxidation catalysts Manganese(IV) complex salts of formula [LMn(μ-O)3MnL]n[XM12O40]m, (I), wherein L is 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, X is P or Si, M is Mo or W, n is 2 or 3, and m is 1 or 2, with the provisos that (i) ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026523 | Method for telomerizing non-cyclic olefins The invention provides a process for the telomerization of acyclic olefins having at least two conjugated double bonds (I) or mixtures comprising such olefins by means of nucleophiles (II) using a palladium-carbene complex as catalyst. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026498 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to novel ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming react... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015342 | Ferrocenyl ligands and method for the production of such ligands The invention relates to ferrocenyl ligands of general formula (II), the Sfc,S-enantiomer or the Rfc,R-enantiomer of the ferrocenyl ligands of formula (II) being enriched, and a method for producing such ligands. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009065 | Ferrocenyl ligands and the use thereof in catalysis The invention relates to bidentate organophosphorous ferrocenyl ligands containing ligands of formula (I), to their complex compounds and to their utilization in catalytic processes. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6960693 | Oxidation reaction process catalyzed by phase-transfer catalyst controlling reaction The present invention relates to an oxidation reaction catalyzed by a reaction controlled phase-transfer catalyst having the general formula of [R1R2R3R4N]xHy[A] or QmMO3(L). The... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949664 | Trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids The invention features methods for the preparation of naturally occurring trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids and their structural analogs. The invention further provides new derivatives of trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids that can be prepared according to ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946542 | Amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics Synthetic methods and compounds involving amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics. Amino amide derivatives are prepared via the one-step three-component reaction of a glyoxamide, an amine, and an organoboron derivative. Conversion of the product to another glyoxa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946560 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to novel ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming react... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939981 | Ruthenium complexes of phosphine-aminophosphine ligands Disclosed are ruthenium complexes of phosphine-aminophosphine ligands that may be used to catalyze large number of reactions of a wide variety of substrates such as asymmetric hydrogenations, asymmetric reductions, asymmetric hydroborations, asymmetric olefin isomer... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927262 | Bridged biphospholes and metallocenes prepared therefrom The invention relates to novel bridged biphosphole ligands according to the general formula: where R2, R3, R4 are chosen from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or silyl, R1 is chosen fro... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927294 | Nitrogen-containing heterocycles Functionalized nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, including benzodiazepines and azasugars, and synthetic methods for preparing such compounds. Nitrogen-containing heterocycles are prepared by reacting amino-carbonyl compounds that contain an amine moiety connected via... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6878838 | Chiral porous metal phosphonates for heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis Chiral porous zirconium phosphonates containing metal complex moieties are provided, synthesized via a molecular building block approach, and characterized by a variety of techniques including TGA, adsorption isotherms, XRD, SEM, IR, and microanalysis. These hybrid ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6864205 | Heterocyclic-amide catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins A family of novel hetrocyclic-amide type catalyst precursors useful for the polymerization of olefins, such as ethylene, higher alpha-olefins, dienes, and mixtures thereof. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6858568 | Metal lubricants containing a bridge complex Lubricants are taught that can quickly and easily form a lubricating layer on a metal surface of a metal before plastic processing. Such lubricants preferably include a primary lubricating agent or component having a bridge complex that satisfies the following condi... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6818586 | Hexacoordinated ruthenium or osmium metal carbene metathesis catalysts The present invention relates to novel hexacoordinated metathesis catalysts and to methods for making and using the same. The inventive catalysts are of the formula wherein: M is ruth... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6777567 | Ferrocenyl diphosphines and their use Compounds of the formula (I) and (Ia) in the form of racemates, mixtures of diastereomers or in essentially enantiomerically pure form, (I), (Ia), where R is hydrogen, C1-C8alkyl, C5-C12cycloakyl, phenyl or phenyl substitu... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6750373 | One-step production of 1, 3-propanediol from ethylene oxide and syngas with a cobalt-iron catalyst Disclosed is a new catalyst composition comprising a bimetallic Co—Fe catalyst, optionally complexed with a ligand selected from a N-heterocycle, phosphine, or porphorine ligand, that provides a lower cost alternative for the one step synthesis of 1,3-propanediol ... | 06/15/2004 |