Abstract:
A reactor apparatus includes at least one reaction capillary having a lumen for receiving a reactant to undergo a reaction, and a magnetron for irradiating reactant contained in at least a portion of the capillary with microwaves. A method of micro-reacting a reactant includes providing a capillary, and irradiating the reactant in the capillary with microwaves to facilitate a chemical reaction in the capillary by which the reactant is converted into a desired product.
Abstract:
The invention provides N,N'-disubstituted monothiourea or bisthiourea-Pd(0) complexes that are useful as catalysts for palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction of aryl iodides and bromides with olefins, and as catalysts for palladium catalyzed Suzuki reactions of organoboric compounds and aryl halides (Formula A).
Abstract:
A catalyst composition for a cross-coupling reaction comprising a nickel salt-amine complex of formula (1), and triphenylphosphine.
where R 1 thru R 4 independently represent alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or alkanyl; n is an integer of 1-6 ; and X independently represents halo, hydroxyl, nitrate or acetate group. Using the catalyst composition, a cross-coupling reaction is carried out between a boron-containing compound of formula (2) and a compound of formula (3).
where R 5 and R 6 are the same as R 1 -R 4 defined above; Y independently represents hydroxyl or alkoxy, Z is halo, methane sulfonate or trifluoromethanesulfonate.
Abstract:
The invention relates to Group 1 metal/silica gel compositions comprising silica gel and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0, I, II, and III materials. These materials differ in their preparation and chemical reactivity. Each successive stage may be prepared directly using the methods described below or from an earlier stage material. Stage 0 materials may, for example, be prepared using liquid alloys of Na and K which are rapidly absorbed by silica gel (porous Si02) under isothermal conditions, preferably at or just above room temperature, to form loose black powders that retain much of the reducing ability of the parent metals. When the low melting Group 1 metals are absorbed into the silica gel, a mild exothermic reaction produces Stage I material, loose black powders that are indefinitely stable in dry air. Subsequent heating to 400°C produces Stage II materials, which are also loose black powders. Further heating above 400°C forms Stage III material with release of some Group 1 metal. It is believed that Stage I, II and III materials represent reductions of the silica gel after absorption of the Group 1 metal. Preferred Group 1 metal/silica gel compositions of the invention are those containing sodium, potassium, or sodium-potassium alloys with sodium and sodium- potassium alloys being most preferred. Each stage of the Group 1 metal/silica gel composition of the invention may be used as a reducing agent reacting with a number of reducible organic materials in the same manner known for alkali metals and their alloys.
Abstract:
Selective IgE production inhibitors which contain substances inhibiting the production of IgE in the process of the differentiation of matured B cells into antibody-producing cells and the production of the antibody thereby while not or scarcely inhibiting the production of IgG, IgM and/or IgA to be produced simultaneously with IgE; compounds represented by general formula (I); a process for producing the same; and drugs containing the same. In said formula R to R represent each hydrogen, halogeno, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, etc.; X represents O-, -CH2-, -NR - or -S(O)p-; and Y represents lower alkyl or lower alkenyl.
Abstract:
A process produces an aromatic compound by bringing an aromatic compound (B) into contact with molecular oxygen (C) in the presence of a catalyst (A) comprising at least one of (A1) a heteropolyacid and/or a salt thereof, and (A2) a mixture of oxoacids and/or salts thereof containing, as a whole, one of P and Si and at least one selected from V, Mo and W to thereby yield another aromatic compound (G) than the aromatic compound (B). The process can produce, for example, a corresponding aromatic hydroxy compound (G1) by allowing the aromatic compound (B) to react with the molecular oxygen (C) further in the presence of a reducing agent (D).
Abstract:
In order to avoid secondary reactions during catalytic reactions of two or more co-reactants the starting products reacting with each other are directed simultaneously and in the same direction through a microporous catalyst membrane the pore size of which is selected so as to be within the size range of the molecules of the reactants.
Abstract:
A catalytic process for production of biphenyl and its derivatives by coupling of substituted or unsubstituted monoaryl compounds in the presence of a catalytic system comprising at least one Pd (II) compound and a strong acid or a mixture of acids. The process provides high conversions and high selectivity under mild temperature conditions and short reaction times. The strong acid or mixture of acids has a Hammett acidity of less than about -10, and contains a predominant amount of counterions which form a weak ligand complex with palladium (II). The method is highly selective to formation of desired biaryl isomers, such as 4,4'-isomers, and allows control of the relative amounts of isomers of biaryl compounds and substituted monoaryl compounds in the final product.
Abstract:
Processes are provided for the production of sec-butylbiphenyl and di-sec-butylbiphenyl products which are useful as low odor dye solvents in carbonless paper systems. The products are formed by alkylation of biphenyl and butene in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst complex or a zeolite catalyst such as Y, USY mordenite, and ZSM-12 zeolites. The Lewis acid catalyst complex uses a Lewis acid, an aromatic hydrocarbon and a hydrogen halide or alkyl halide, with more than about 50 mole % of the alkyl group substituents on the aromatic hydrocarbon being methyl groups. Feedstocks containing biphenyl, sec-butylbiphenyl and di-sec-butylbiphenyl may also be transalkylated using the Lewis acid catalyst complex or zeolite catalyst to obtain the desired low odor sec-butylbiphenyl and di-sec-butylbiphenyl product.