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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7728160 | Diimine metal complexes, methods of synthesis, and methods of using in oligomerization and polymerization Novel α-diimine metal complexes, particularly iron complexes are disclosed. The α-diimine metal complexes are produced by forming one of the α-diimine metal complex imine bonds in the presence of a metal salt or an α-acylimine metal complex. α-diimine metal com... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728161 | Diimine metal complexes, methods of synthesis, and methods of using in oligomerization and polymerization Methods for making α-diimine metal complexes are described. The methods comprise forming an α-diimine metal complex imine bond in the presence of a metal salt or an α-acylimine metal complex. The method is particularly using for the production of α-diimine metal... | 06/01/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7348290 | Arene-ruthenium complexes immobilized on polymers, catalysts consisting of the complexes, and processes for organic syntheses with the same A novel polymer-supported arene-ruthenium complex represented by the following formula: , wherein A represents an organic polymer with a side chain containing an aromatic ring coordinated to Ru, X1 and X2 | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7271121 | Diimine metal complexes, methods of synthesis, and methods of using in oligomerization and polymerization Methods for making α-diimine metal complexes are described. The methods comprise forming an α-diimine metal complex imine bond in the presence of a metal salt or an α-acylimine metal complex. The method is particularly using for the production of α-diimine metal... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268096 | Diimine metal complexes, methods of synthesis, and methods of using in oligomerization and polymerization Novel α-diimine metal complexes, particularly iron complexes are disclosed. The α-diimine metal complexes are produced by forming one of the α-diimine metal complex imine bonds in the presence of a metal salt or an α-acylimine metal complex. α-diimine metal com... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7081533 | Cycloaliphatic/aromatic diphosphines and use thereof in catalysis The present invention concerns novel unsymmetrical chiral diphosphines of a mixed aliphatic-aromatic type and processes for synthesizing them, complexes of these compounds and their use as catalysts. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6909009 | Alkane and alkane group dehydrogenation with organometallic catalysts Novel polynuclear organometallic complexes useful as catalysts for the reversible deshydrogenation of alkanes and alkane group are disclosed. The novel compounds comprise a first transition, a second transition metal p-bonded to an ?5-aromatic ligand, and a pincer l... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6887820 | Method for producing optically active compounds A method for producing optically active compounds is disclosed. The method is highly practical for producing optically active compounds useful for various utilities such as intermediates for synthesizing pharmaceutical agents, liquid crystal materials and agents for... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6888017 | Metallocene compositions This invention relates to bridged indenyl metallocene compositions and their use in the preparation of catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, particularly propylene polymerization. The bridge may be represented by the formula: | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884859 | Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of bridged bicyclic and polycyclic olefins containing two or more heteroatoms A method is provided for synthesizing a polymer in a controlled fashion using a ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) reaction, wherein polymerization is carried out using a catalytically effective amount of an olefin metathesis catalyst and a bridged bicycl... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878665 | Diphosphines, their complexes with transisition metals and their use in asymmetric synthesis The invention relates to novel diphosphines, in optically pure or racemic form, of formula (I): in which: R1 and R2 are a (C5-C7)cycloalkyl... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6844442 | Method for the preparation of metal carbene complexes The present invention provides a process for preparing a metal carbene complex of formula (I): wherein M is a transition metal atom selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, iron, cobalt, osmium and iridium; L denotes neutral donor ligands ligated to... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6800701 | Polycyclic, fused ring compounds, metal complexes and polymerization process Compounds and metal complexes comprising a polycyclic, fused ring ligand or inertly substituted derivative thereof having up to 60 atoms other than hydrogen, said ligand comprising at least: (1) a cyclopentadienyl ring, (2) a 6, 7, or 8 membered ring other than a 6-... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6794525 | Optically active chiral diphosphine ligands An (R) or (S) chiral diphosphine of formula (I): wherein R and R1, which can be identical or different, represent an optionally saturated C1-10 alkyl group, an optionally saturated C3-9 cycloalkyl g... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6774254 | Gold complexes Novel phosphino-gold (I) compounds, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing such phosphino-gold (I) compounds and their use in the treatment of cancer disease are disclosed. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6716787 | Polymerisation catalyst 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. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6683198 | Group(III)-metal-hydrides with a guanidino-type ligand A compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X is aluminium, gallium or indium; each Y, which may be the same or different, is nitrogen or phosphorus; R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen or alkyl... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6613910 | One-pot synthesis of group 8 transition metal carbene complexes useful as olefin metathesis catalysts The invention provides a novel method for synthesizing transition metal carbene complexes useful as olefin metathesis catalysts. The method is a convenient one-pot synthesis in which transition metal carbenes are prepared in high yield from readily availa... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6613923 | Catalytic ionic hydrogenation of ketones using tungsten or molybdenum catalysts with increased lifetimes The present invention is a process for the catalytic hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes to alcohols at low temperatures and pressures using organometallic molybdenum and tungsten complexes and the catalyst used in the process. The reactants include a ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6613921 | Polycyclic, fused ring compounds, metal complexes and polymerization process Compounds and metal complexes comprising a polycyclic, fused ring ligand or inertly substituted derivative thereof having up to 60 atoms other than hydrogen, said ligand comprising at least: (1) a cyclopentadienyl ring, (2) a 6, 7, or 8 membered ring othe... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6596887 | Process for producing an optically active ruthenium-phosphine complex and process for producing an optically active alcohol by using the complex Provided is a process for preparing an optically active ruthenium-phosphine complex represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein L represents a bidentate ligand compound of a tertiary phosphine; X represents a halogen atom; and * means chira... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6559326 | Substituted phosphinophenoxide-metal complexes for the polymerization of olefins Metal complexes obtainable from a metal precursor of a metal of the 6th -10th groups of the Periodic Table in the oxidation state 0 or +2 and a ligand of the formula I, ##STR1## where the radicals are defined as follows: R1 | 05/06/2003 |
| 6544918 | Olefin polymerization catalysts containing chelating dianionic ligands A catalyst system useful for polymerizing olefins is disclosed. The catalyst system comprises an activator and a complex that incorporates a Group 3 to 10 transition metal and at least one chelating dianionic bis(allyl) or bis(benzyl) ligand. The ligands ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6515156 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AXIAL ASYMMETRIC COMPOUNDS, INTERMEDIATES FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, COMPLEXES OF TRANSITION METALS WITH NOVEL AXIAL ASYMMETRIC COMPOUNDS AS THE LIGANDS, CATALYSTS FOR ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION, AND CATALYSTS FOR FORMING ASYMMETRIC CARBON-CARBON BONDS The invention provides a metal complex comprising a ligand and a metal. The ligand is an aminophosphine compound represented by the following formula (1) ##STR1## [Each Ar represents an aryl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, a lower a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515157 | Ferrocenyldiphosphine-ruthenium complexes and a hydrogenation process of exocyclic double bond of d-thiophene to d-thiophane Ferrocenyldiphosphin-ruthenium complexes are new and good catalysts for the hydrogenation of exocyclic double bond of d-Thiophene 3 to d-Thiophane 4, both of which are intermediates of D-Biotin 1 synthesis. ##STR1## in which R signifies --OCH3 ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6508753 | Chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis A novel phosphine ligand is an enantiomerically enriched compound of formula 5 ##STR1## or the opposite enantiomer thereof, wherein Ar1 and Ar2 represent the same or different aromatic groups of up to 20 C atoms. A transition me... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6504041 | Synthesis of ruthenium or osmium metathesis catalysts The present invention relates to the synthesis of highly active ruthenium and osmium carbene metathesis catalyst in good yield from readily available starting materials. The catalysts that may be synthesized are of the general formula ##STR1## wherei... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6500975 | Cationic ruthenium complexes, their production and their use Cationic ruthenium complexes of the formula A or B or mixtures containing them, ##STR1## where B may be stabilized by a further ligand L4 and X is an anion which does not coordinate or coordinates weakly to the metal center, Y is a monodentate ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6486337 | Ruthenium-disphosphine complexes and their use as catalysts The present invention concerns novel complexes, suitable in particular for use as catalysts in the asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones, of formula 1 ##STR1## or a diastereoisomer thereof, wherein each Ar is an aromatic or heteroaromatic group of up to 20 atoms... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6469169 | Water soluble palladium complexes and process for the preparation thereof The invention provides a water soluble palladium complex of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R3 are substituents on phosphine ligands selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, arylalkyl, and ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6451724 | Metallocenes and catalysts for olefin-polymerisation A class of metallocenes of formula (I): (ZR1m)n (Cp)(A)r MLp L'q (I) wherein (ZR1m)n, is a divalent group bridging Cp and A, Cp is a heterocyclic cyclopentadieny... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6403772 | Open-pentadienyl metallocenes, precursors thereof and polymerization catalysts therefrom New metallocene compounds are described where the ligand contains at least one open-pentadienyl containing radical characterized by a cyclic or acyclic, six π electron, delocalized, five atomic center structure. These metallocenes can advantageously be u... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6380412 | Optically active diphosphines, preparation thereof according to a process for the resolution of the racemic mixture and use thereof The present invention relates to optically active diphosphines. It is also targeted at their preparation according to a process for the resolution of the racemic mixture of the said phosphines to optically active isomers. The subject of the invention is n... | 04/30/2002 |