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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106227 | Ferrocenediphosphines Compounds of the formula I in the form of enantiomerically pure diastereomers or a mixture of diastereomers, (I), where the radicals R1 are identical or different and are each C1-C4-alkyl; m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3; n is 0 or ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7977499 | Bis(ferrocenylphosphino) ferrocene ligands used in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions Abstract Compounds of the formula (I) in the form of racemates, enantiomerically pure diastereomers or a mixture of diastereomers, where the radicals R1 are identical or different and are each C1-C4-alkyl; m is 0 or an integer from 1... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7820843 | Chelating carbene ligand precursors and their use in the synthesis of metathesis catalysts Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin methathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various methathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7595413 | Phosphine-substituted vinyl containing metallocene catalyst, preparation process and the application of the same The invention relates to a phosphine-substituted vinyl containing metallocene catalyst, and also to the preparation process of the same as well as to the application of the catalyst. The catalyst has the general formula of Cp2(CR1═CR2 | 09/29/2009 |
| 7485739 | Catalyst system A catalyst suitable for carbonylating ethylenically unsaturated compounds comprising a Group VIIIB metal or compound thereof and a metallocene. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7378528 | Alkylidene complexes of ruthenium containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands; use as highly active, selective catalysts for olefin metathesis The invention relates to a complex of ruthenium of the structural formula I, where X1 and X2 are identical or different and are each an anionic ligand, R1 and R2 are ide... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361776 | Zero-valent transition metal complex and method for producing an organometallic compound using the same as a starting material The present invention relates to a zero-valent transition metal complex which can be used as a starting material for producing a catalyst usable for producing a polyolefin by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of an olefin and an epothilone by ring-closing metat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7339006 | Metathesis-active adhesion agents and methods for enhancing polymer adhesion to surfaces The invention discloses an adhesion agent composition comprising at least one C3-C200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is substituted or unsubstituted; and at least one compatibilizing functi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329758 | Imidazolidine-based metal carbene metathesis catalysts The present invention relates to novel metathesis catalysts with an imidazolidine-based ligand and to methods for making and using the same. The inventive catalysts are of the formula wherein: | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7294717 | Alkylidene complexes of ruthenium containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands; use as highly active, selective catalysts for olefin metathesis Alkylidene complexes of ruthenium containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and their use as highly active, selective catalysts for olefin metathesis The invention relates to a complex of ruthenium of the structural formula I, | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285593 | Polyolefin compositions optionally having variable toughness and/or hardness The present invention provides novel polyolefin compositions having variable hardness and/or toughness properties. The polyolefin compositions include: a polyolefin prepared by the metathesis of an olefin monomer using a ruthenium or osmium carbene catalyst; and one... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276616 | Phosphorous containing ligands for metathesis catalysts The use of a phosphorus containing Ligand as a Ligand for a metathesis catalyst in a catalysed metathesis reaction wherein the phosphorus containing Ligand is a heterocyclic organic compound with a ligating phosphorus atom as an atom in the heterocyclic ring structu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268242 | Chelating carbene ligand precursors and their use in the synthesis of metathesis catalysts Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin metathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various metathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268211 | Removal of ruthenium by-product by supercritical fluid processing A process for removing ruthenium or ruthenium-containing compounds from a reaction mixture comprising a compound of the following formula I in an organic solvent using supercritical fluid processing techniques: w... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247595 | Supported metallocene catalyst and olefin polymerization using the same A metallocene compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein M is a transition metal of Group 4; Cp denotes a cyclopentadienyl ring unsubstituted or su... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7214747 | Phosphorus substituted metallocene compounds for olefin polymerization This invention relates to a metallocene compounds represented by formula: wherein M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom; E i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205424 | Preparation of ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts A synthetic method leading to the isolation of ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts relies on the cross metathesis reaction between (L1)Ru(L2)(3-phenylindenylid-1-ene)Cl2 (where L1 and L2 can be two-elect... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7198730 | Phosphorescent material A luminescent organometallic complex composition of matter, a method of preparing this composition of matter, and an electronic device built with this composition of matter. The composition includes: at least one transition metal t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7183374 | Method of removing transition metals A process for diminishing the concentration of a metal complex from a solution containing said complex by the addition of an optionally fused and/or optionally substituted heterocyclic compound. The added compound is a solubility-enhancing compound that enhances the... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178590 | Well fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations Improved well fluids that include hollow particles, and methods of using such improved well fluids in subterranean cementing operations are provided. Also provided are methods of cementing, methods of reducing annular pressure, and well fluid compositions. While the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179946 | Copper complexes and their use The invention relates to copper complexes of phosphorus compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use in catalytic coupling reactions. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7164045 | Electroluminescent iridium compounds with phosphinoalkoxides and phenylpyridines or phenylpyrimidines and devices made with such compounds The present invention is generally directed to electroluminescent Ir(III) compounds with phosphinoalkoxides and phenylpyridines or phenylpyrimidines, and devices that are made with the Ir(III) compounds. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7122498 | Metallocenes and catalyst compositions derived therefrom Metallocenes and catalyst systems for olefin polymerization derived therefrom. The metallocenes may be represented by the formula: wherein M1 preferably is zirconium or hafnium... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115761 | Process for the production of monohalide or dihalide metallocene compounds A process for preparing dihalide or monohalide metallocene compounds comprising contacting a compound of formula (II) (Cp)(ZR1m)n(A)rML′y (II) wherein Cp is a cyclopentadienyl radical; (ZR1m | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115688 | Nanoparticles with polymer shells The invention provides a method of preparing nanoparticles having at least one polymer shell attached to them, each polymer shell having a selected property or properties. The method comprises attaching initiation monomers to the surfaces of the nanoparticles, conta... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109344 | Ruthenium catalyst The invention relates to new (pre)catalysts of ruthenium complexes of formula 1, wherein L1, X1, X′2, R1, R2, R3, Z and n are as defined in clai... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7101959 | Polymerization catalysts A subject of the present invention is new compounds having a lanthanide and having a tridentate ligand, a process for their preparation and their use in particular as polymerization catalysts. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098355 | Process for synthesis of organometallic compounds A method for synthesizing an organometallic compound, which is usefully utilized as a catalyst for manufacturing polyolefins by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of an olefin having strain in a molecule such as dicyclopentadiene or synthesizing epothilones by r... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094898 | Ruthenium compounds, their production and use A new class of compounds is disclosed that in preferred embodiments relate to Ru-based catalysts suitable for use in olefin metathesis reactions. Such compounds demonstrate high rates of catalytic turnover in comparison with other Ru catalysts known in the art. More... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087773 | Group 4 metal complexes containing 4-aryl-substituted, tricyclic indenyl derivatives Group 4 metal constrained geometry complexes comprising tricyclic 4-arylsubstituted indenyl ligands, especially 1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-4-aryl-s-indacen-1-yl ligands, catalytic derivatives thereof, processes for preparing the same and their use as components of olefin po... | 08/08/2006 |
| RE39156 | Process for the preparation of polyolefins A process for the preparation of an olefin polymer by polymerization or copolymerization of an olefin of the formula Ra—CH═CH—Rb, in which Ra and Rb are identical or different and are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060848 | Bridged bi-aromatic catalysts, complexes, and methods of using the same Ligands, compositions, metal-ligand complexes and arrays with substituted bridged bis-biaromatic ligands, and methods of making and using the same, are disclosed that are useful in the catalysis of transformations such as the polymerization of monomers into polymers... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7030256 | Bridged bi-aromatic ligands, catalysts, processes for polymerizing and polymers therefrom New ligands, compositions, metal-ligand complexes and arrays with bridged bis-aromatic ligands are disclosed that catalyze the polymerization of monomers into polymers. These catalysts with metal centers have high performance characteristics, including higher comono... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026495 | Chelating carbene ligand precursors and their use in the synthesis of metathesis catalysts Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin metathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various metathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019158 | Chiral organometallic compounds for use in asymmetric synthesis Chiral organometallic compounds are provided which comprise certain non-symmetrically substituted cyclopentadiene complexed to a transition metal. The cyclopentadiene has a second coordinating group which also complexes the transition metal and is attached to the cy... | 03/28/2006 |
