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| 7638662 | Emollients and cosmetic preparations Compounds of the formula (I): wherein each of R1-R12 is independently hydrogen or a linear C1-20 alkyl group each of A1 and A2 is a 1, 2 or 3 ring carbon atom wherein A... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7507867 | Bicyclo[2.2.1] heptane derivative A bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivative represented by following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R3 represents methyl group or ethyl group... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7368615 | Catalyst comprising a cyclic imide compound and process for producing organic compounds using the catalyst A catalyst includes a cyclic imide compound having an N-substituted cyclic imide skeleton represented by following Formula (I): wherein X is an oxygen atom or a hydroxyl group, and having a solubility parameter of less than... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7329789 | Method for extraction and concentration of carotenoids using supercritical fluids Carotenoids are extracted and/or enriched from a mixture containing such compounds. The extraction/enrichment process involves the use of liquefied or supercritical solvents to extract lipids and carotenoids from carotenoid-containing substrates. The extraction proc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7244522 | Lubricant for magnetic recording medium and use thereof 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 co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7195828 | Lubricant for magnetic recording medium and use thereof 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 co... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7148302 | Catalyst for polymerization of norbornene This invention is based upon the discovery that a catalyst system which is comprised of (a) palladium or a palladium compound and (b) a fluorinated alcohol is effective for polymerizing norbornene-functional monomers into polynorbornene-functional polymers. It has b... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7122611 | Catalyst for polymerization of norbornene This invention is based upon the discovery that a catalyst system which is comprised of (a) palladium or a palladium compound and (b) a fluorinated alcohol is effective for polymerizing norbornene-functional monomers into polynorbornene-functional polymers. It has b... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7056869 | Hydrocarbon fluids Hydrocarbon fluids are provided which have ASTM D-86 boiling point ranges within 235° C. to 400° C. and a naphthenic content greater than 60%, the naphthenics containing polycyclic materials, the fluids preferably have an aromatic content below 2% and an aniline p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045488 | Cylic oligomer traction fluid Cyclic oligomers derivable from the copolymerization of isobutylene and isoprene can be hydrogenated to form 1-(2,2,4-trimethylpentyl)-2-isopropyl-3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexane and related compounds, which are useful in lubricants such as a traction fluids. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015178 | Lube base oil composition Disclosed is a lubricant base oil composition that comprises (a) from 80 to 98% by mass of a naphthenic synthetic lubricant base oil having a flash point of not lower than 140° C. and (b) from 2 to 20% by mass of an alcohol/fatty acid ester having a flash point of ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6828283 | Traction fluid with alkane bridged dimer The present invention includes a traction fluid that includes an alkyl bridged dimer of bicycloheptane. Methods of using alkyl bridged dimers of bicycloheptane in traction fluids are also disclosed. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6797193 | Heat transfer fluid comprising mixture of phenylcyclohexane and bicyclohexane Process for manufacturing temperature-sensitive polymers utilizing a heat transfer fluid comprising a hydrocarbon fluid selected from aliphatic hydrocarbons, alicyclic hydrocarbons, aliphatic- or alicyclic-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons, or mixtures thereof, the ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6784328 | Process for producing adamantane compound The invention relates to a method of selectively producing adamantanes in a production apparatus made of an inexpensive material, not having any negative influence on the natural environment. The method for producing adamantanes includes isomerizing a tricyclic satu... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770618 | (1S,6R)-2,2,6-Trimethylcyclohexyl methyl ketone and/or (1R,6S)-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl methyl ketone, process for producing the same, and perfume composition containing the same Trans-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl methyl ketone, including (1S,6R)-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl methyl ketone represented by the formula (1a): and (1R,6S)-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl methyl ketone represented by the formula (1b... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6620982 | Method of producing purified cyclopentane A process for producing cyclopentane from by-product streams containing cyclopentene consists of distilling the cyclopentene from the feedstream and then hydrotreating the cyclopentene-containing fraction to cyclopentane. A second distillation step may th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6521771 | Use of zinc treated with metal hydride in organometallic synthesis The present invention describes the use of zinc treated with metal hydride in organometallic synthesis.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6491809 | Synthetic oil with a high viscosity number and a low pour point Synthetic oil that contains wholly or partly of dialkylbenzenes and/or partially or totally hydrogenated dialkylbenzenes. The synthetic oil according to the invention can also be used as an oil base or oil base additive and comprises at least one dialkylb... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6482966 | Crosslink-cyclized cyclopentadiene and dihalobis type metal compound containing same as ligand A process for producing a crosslink-cyclized cyclopentadiene, comprising the steps of reacting a cyclopentenone with an alkali metal hydride to thereby reduce the cyclopentenone (reduction step A) into a cyclopentenol; and reacting the cyclopentenol with ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6417418 | Bridged metallocene complex for the (co)polymerization of olefins A "bridged" bis-cyclopentadienyl complex which can be advantageously used for the formation of a catalytic system active in the (co)polymerization of ethylene and other -olefins is represented by means of the following formula (II): ##STR1## w... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6410810 | Handling method of (fluoroaryl) borane compound and preparing method of hydrocarbon solution A mixture of bis- and tris(fluoroaryl)borane compounds expressed by General Formula (1) below is handled in the form of a slurry made with a hydrocarbon solvent: ##STR1## where each of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6372696 | Traction fluid formulation A traction fluid useful in automotive power transmitting equipment includes a base fluid of polymers of at least one olefin which contains 3 to 5 carbon atoms, hydrocarbon molecules containing non-aromatic cyclic moieties, or mixtures thereof; a low-tempe... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6319879 | Derivative of bicyclo [2.2.1] heptane, method for its production, and fluid for traction drive Derivatives of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane in the invention have a high traction coefficient under high temperature and an excellent viscosity characteristic under low temperature and are useful for the fluid for a traction drive, and a method in the invention ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6291719 | Methods and equipments of using dual functional catalyst of packing type The present invention relates to a method of catalyzing etherification, esterification, hydration, ether cleavage, isomerization alkylation, or other reactions which are catalyzable with an acid or molecular sieve catalyst. Said reactions are conducted us... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6284936 | Styrene monomer polymerization inhibition using substituted dihydroxyarenes and nitroxides It has been discovered that the polymerization of vinyl aromatic compounds, such as styrene, may be inhibited by the addition of a composition that contains an alkyl-dihydroxyarene, a hydrogen transfer agent, and a stable nitroxide. In another, preferred ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6242393 | Traction drive fluid A traction drive fluid comprises a tractant selected from the specific types of hydrocarbons, carboxylates and carbonate, optionally an effective amount of a base oil selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil and additives selected from a viscosity ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6191330 | Traction drive fluid Disclosed is a traction drive fluid which comprises (A) one or more than two compounds selected from the group consisting of saturated polycyclic hydrocarbon compounds represented by the formulae: ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are each ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6153804 | Production of cyclopentane and/or cyclopentene from partially hydrogenated pyrolysis gasoline A process for producing cyclopentane and cyclopentene by fractional distillation of partly hydrogenated pyrolysis gasoline, in which (a) partly hydrogenated pyrolysis gasoline is fractionally distilled in a first distillation column, (b) a C5 hydroc... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6126857 | Bisalkenylbicyclohexanes, and liquid-crystalline medium The invention relates to bisalkenylbicyclohexanes of the formula I ##STR1## in which R1, R2 and Z are as defined in claim 1, and to their use in liquid-crystalline media.... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6086782 | Heat transfer fluid compositions for low temperature applications Heat transfer fluid compositions comprising (a) a terpene component, comprising at least one terpene; and (b) an alkylbenzene component, comprising at least one alkylbenzene; wherein the components are provided in an effective amount such that the 5result... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6028237 | Synthesis of cyclopropylacetylene The present invention relates generally to novel methods for the synthesis of cyclopropylacetylene which is a reagent in the asymmetric synthesis of (S)-6-chloro-4-cyclopropylethynyl-4-trifluoromethyl-1,4-dihydro-2H-3,1-ben zoxazin-2-one which is a useful ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6002062 | Process for the preparation of ethynylcyclopropane Ethynylcyclopropane is prepared from (1,1-dimethoxyethyl)cyclopropane by a two-stage elimination of methanol. Ethynylcyclopropane is an intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active ingredients, for example, antiviral agents.... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5998683 | Process for forming cyclopentane from dicyclopentadiene A method for producing a cyclopentane product which comprises the following steps: (a) cracking dicyclopentadiene to form a cyclopentadiene-rich stream and a higher boiling liquids stream; (b) separating the cyclopentadiene-rich stream from the higher boi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5955639 | Ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer A copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having an ethylene content of from 30 to 90 mole %, a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 30,000 and a molecular weight distribution defined by a Q value (the ratio of the weight average molecular wei... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5952537 | Preparation of cycloalkylacetylene compounds using dialkylaminomagnesium halide or bis(dialkylamino)magnesium The process of invention reacts an alkynyl halide with a mixture that includes a dialkylaminomagnesium halide or a bis(dialkylamino)magnesium compound to produce a cycloalkylacetylene compound. Preferably, the dialkylaminomagnesium halide compound is of t... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5939595 | Preparation of diarylethanes A process for preparing diarylethanes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each hydrogen or C1 -C8 -alkyl, by reacting aromatic compou... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5866733 | Preparation of diarylethanes Diarylethanes of the formula I ##STR1## where R1 is hydrogen or C1 -C8 -alkyl, are prepared by reacting benzene with a styrene of the formula III ##STR2## where R1 has the abovementioned meanings, by a... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5847247 | Terpene-based solvents The specification discloses terpene-based solvent compositions which comprise diterpenes as a major component and a minor amount of monoterpenes. The mixtures exhibit solvent properties similar to monoterpenes but have flash points high enough to be class... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5763700 | Pesticidal fluoroolefins A pesticidal compound, suitable for combating soil borne insect pests has formula I: ##STR1## in which formula: ArA represents a phenyl or naphthyl group optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, alkoxy, halo... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5723709 | Terpene dimer compositions and related methods of manufacture Terpene dimer compositions are provided which dry into a hard, tack free film upon exposure to air. The compositions include a terpene dimer having the molecular formula C20 H32 and contain at least one double bond. The terpene dimer... | 03/03/1998 |
