1007 results about "Carbene" patented technology

An organic light emitting device is provided. The device has an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer comprises a host and a dopant, and the host comprises a compound having at least one carbene atom coordinated to iridium, and the compound has the structure:

A process for preparing a compound having the formula L2IrL′ is provided. The process comprises: combining and L′ in the presence of an organic solvent to form a mixture, wherein L is a suitable carbene ligand precursor coordinated to Ir; and L′ is a bidentate ligand or two monodentate ligands, and L is different from L′; Also provided is a process for preparing a compound having the formula The process comprises: (a) combining L, a carbene ligand precursor, with an organic solvent; (b) maintaining the mixture of step (a) at a temperature from about 175° C. to less than the boiling point of the organic solvent in (a). A process for preparing a compound with the formula L3Ir is also provided. This process comprises combining and L in the presence of alcohol and a base to form a mixture, wherein L is a bidentate ligand that may form a five-membered chelate ring.

The invention provides a method for converting a less active or slower to initiate system to a higher activity system so that at the end of a polymerization the most active species is present in the system. The invention generally relates to a process for converting a less active or slower to initiate catalyst system to a higher activity catalyst system wherein the process comprises contacting a protected N-heterocyclic carbene with a metathesis catalyst and an olefin in the presence of energy. One of the benefits of the invention is that the amount of catalyst required is less than or lowered in the presence of the protected N-heterocyclic carbene as compared to the amount of catalyst required in the absence of the protected N-heterocyclic carbene. The protected N-heterocyclic carbene can be unsaturated or saturated. In addition, the invention describes novel ruthenium initiators and methods of making the same.

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 reused. Internal olefin compounds, specifically beta-substituted styrenes, are used as ligand precursors. Compared to terminal olefin compounds such as unsubstituted styrenes, the beta-substituted styrenes are easier and less costly to prepare, and more stable since they are less prone to spontaneous polymerization. Methods of preparing chelating-carbene metathesis catalysts without the use of CuCl are disclosed. This eliminates the need for CuCl by replacing it with organic acids, mineral acids, mild oxidants or even water, resulting in high yields of Hoveyda-type metathesis catalysts. The invention provides an efficient method for preparing chelating-carbene metathesis catalysts by reacting a suitable ruthenium complex in high concentrations of the ligand precursors followed by crystallization from an organic solvent.

Conformationally restricted polyamine compounds useful in treatment of cancer and other diseases marked by abnormal cell proliferation are disclosed. Improved methods of synthesizing such compounds are also disclosed. In one method of the invention, a carbene-bearing or carbene equivalent-bearing compound is reacted with the double bond of an alkene compound to form a cyclopropyl ring as the first step in the synthesis.

An organic light emitting device is provided. The device has an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer comprises a host and a dopant, and the host comprises a compound having at least one carbene atom coordinated to iridium, and the compound has the structure:

An organic light emitting device having an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is provided. In one aspect, the organic layer comprises a compound having at least one zwitterionic carbon donor ligand. In another aspect, the organic layer comprises a carbene compound, including the following: In another aspect, the organic layer comprises a carbene compound, including: In another aspect, the organic layer comprises a carbene compound that includes a triazole ring and has the structure: In another aspect, the organic layer comprises a carbene compound that includes a tetrazole ring and has the structure:

Conformationally restricted polyamine compounds useful in treatment of cancer and other diseases marked by abnormal cell proliferation are disclosed. Improved methods of synthesizing such compounds are also disclosed. In one method of the invention, a carbene-bearing or carbene equivalent-bearing compound is reacted with the double bond of an alkene compound to form a cyclopropyl ring as the first step in the synthesis.

This invention provides a catalyst system useful in many coupling reactions, such as Suzuki, Kumada, Heck, and amination reactions. The catalyst system of the present invention makes use of N-heterocyclic carbenes or their protonated salts. The composition of the catalyst system comprises at least one transition metal compound and at least one N-heterocyclic carbene or its protonated salt. This invention further provides novel N-heterocyclic carbenes and their protonated salts. One type of N-heterocyclic carbene used in this invention is an imidazolinc-2-ylidene wherein the 1 and 3 positions are each, independently, substituted by an aromatic group in which each ortho position is, independently, substituted by a secondary or tertiary group which has at least three atoms.

The present invention relates to catalysts of transition metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes, their methods of preparation and their use in chemical synthesis. The synthesis, ease-of-use, and activity of the compounds of the present invention are substantial improvements over in situ catalyst generation. Further, the transition metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes of the present invention may be used as precatalysts in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.

A modified activated carbon supported rhodium type catalyst for high carbene hydrocarbon hydrogen formylation reaction is provided. The preparation of the catalyst comprises the techniques such as carrier pretreatment-activity rhodium solid-phase bound reagent combination, and used for gas-liquid-solid three phase catalyst system, which is characterized in that: a certain amount of alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide and salt modification activated carbon is used as a carrier, and the supported rhodium catalyst is prepared by using multiple impregnation method. The catalyst of the present invention is high in activity and selectivity. The catalyst is easy to be separated from products after reaction, capable of being used repeatedly, stable in performance, and suitable for the production process of high carbene hydrocarbon or mixed olefin hydrogen formylation made high carbon aldehyde, which has good industrial application value.

A process for producing a hydrogenated product of a polymer prepared through ring-opening polymerization which comprises a polymerization step of polymerizing a cyclic olefin through ring-opening polymerization in the presence of a polymerization catalyst comprising an organoruthenium compound or an organoosmium compound to prepare a polymer, and a hydrogenation step of adding a hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogen into a polymerization system resulting from the polymerization step to hydrogenate the carbon-carbon double bonds of the polymer prepared through the ring-opening polymerization. When the organoruthenium compound- or organoosmium compound-containing catalyst further comprises a carbene compound, the catalyst exhibits a higher activity for the ring-opening polymerization.

Stable carbene ligands are provided having a carbene center flanked by a quaternary carbon and an amino group, and having utility in the preparation of various transition metal complexes.

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 bicyclic or polycyclic olefin monomer that contains at least two heteroatoms directly or indirectly linked to each other. Preferred catalysts are Group 8 transition metal complexes, particularly complexes of Ru and Os. Such complexes include the ruthenium bisphosphine complex (PCy3)2(Cl)2Ru═CHPh (1) and the ruthenium carbene complex (IMesH2)(PCy3)(Cl)2Ru═CHPh (2). The invention also provides novel regioregular polymers synthesized using the aforementioned methodology, wherein the polymers may be saturated, unsaturated, protected, and / or telechelic. An exemplary polymer is poly((vinyl alcohol)2-alt-methylene)(MVOH).

Catalytic complexes including a metal atom having anionic ligands, at least one nucleophilic carbene ligand, and an alkylidene, vinylidene, or allenylidene ligand. The complexes are highly stable to air, moisture and thermal degradation. The complexes are designed to efficiently carry out a variety of olefin metathesis reactions.

The present invention relates to catalysts of transition metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes, their methods of preparation and their use in chemical synthesis. The synthesis, ease-of-use, and activity of the compounds of the present invention are substantial improvements over in situ catalyst generation. Further, the transition metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes of the present invention may be used as precatalysts in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.

The invention discloses a method for synthesizing a metal N-heterocyclic carbene complex. The method comprises the following steps of: adding a nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complex and a metal precursor at a molar ratio of 1: (0.5-2) in an organic solvent such as acetonitrile, acetone or nitromethane, and reacting for 1-24 hours at the temperature of 35-70 DEG C; and after the reaction is completed, crystallizing and purifying so as to obtain the metal N-heterocyclic carbene complex. The method has the advantages of mild reaction conditions, simplicity in post-treatment and high yield; a cheap and available N-heterocyclic carbene complex is used so as to replace the traditional silver N-heterocyclic carbene complex to serve as a carbene transfer reagent, which is a further development for the synthesis method of the metal N-heterocyclic carbene complex, thus a foundation is laid for industrialized application of a transition metal N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst.

A composition curable by a metathesis reaction and comprising an olefin-containing resin system and metathesis catalyst. The resin system comprises siloxane-based oligomers or polymers end-capped and / or tethered with olefin functional groups that are capable of undergoing a metathesis reaction. The composition also includes a ruthenium carbene complex catalyst, whereby the catalyst initiates the metathesis reaction of the composition. The oligomer or polymer may be, for example, one or a combination of a telechelic polydimethylsiloxane end-capped with norbornenylethyl groups, a polydimethylsiloxane tethered and end-capped with norbornenylethyl groups, a tri-functional polydimethylsiloxane end-capped with norbornenylethyl groups, or a quadri-functional polydimethylsiloxane end-capped with norbornenylethyl groups. The catalyst may be, for example, a ruthenium carbene complex, such as 1,3-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-(imidazolidinylidene) dichloro(o-isopropoxyphenylmethylene) ruthenium.

The invention relates to ruthenium alkylidene complexes having an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand comprising a 5-membered heterocyclic ring having a carbenic carbon atom and at least one nitrogen atom contained within the 5-membered heterocyclic ring, wherein the nitrogen atom is directly attached to the carbenic carbon atom and is substituted by a phenyl ring, and wherein the phenyl ring has a hydrogen at either or both ortho positions and is substituted at at least one ortho or meta position. The invention also relates to an olefin metathesis reactions and particularly to the preparation of tetra-substituted cyclic olefins via a ring-closing metathesis.

Provided are a saturated N-heterocyclic carbene-ligand metal complex derivative, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing a silane compound by hydrosilylation using the same as a catalyst. To describe in more detail, the metal complex derivative has a saturated N-heterocyclic carbene derivative and an olefin ligand at the same time. A silane compound is prepared by hydrosilylation in the presence of the metal complex derivative as a catalyst. The provided metal complex derivative of the present invention has superior stability during hydrosilylation reaction and is capable of effectively performing the hydrosilylation reaction at low temperature even with small quantity. Further, a product with superior regioselectivity may be obtained. In addition, after the hydrosilylation reaction is completed, the metal complex derivative may be recovered and recycled.

The invention relates to immobilisable ruthenium catalysts containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands of the general formulae (I) and (II) which contain an SiR′n(OR′)3 -carrying group on one of the two nitrogen atoms of the NHC ligand, and to the use thereof as homogeneous catalysts in C-C coupling reactions, in particular olefin metathesis. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the compounds as starting materials for the preparation of analogous immobilised ruthenium catalysts containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.

A method is provided for carrying out depolymerization of a polymer containing electrophilic linkages in the presence of a catalyst and a nucleophilic reagent, wherein production of undesirable byproducts resulting from polymer degradation is minimized. The reaction can be carried out at a temperature of 80° C. or less, and generally involves the use of an organic, nonmetallic catalyst, thereby ensuring that the depolymerization product(s) are substantially free of metal contaminants. In an exemplary depolymerization method, the catalyst is a carbene compound such as an N-heterocyclic carbene, or is a precursor to a carbene compound. The method provides an important alternative to current recycling techniques such as those used in the degradation of polyesters, polyamides, and the like.

A method for inhibiting microbial growth comprises administering an effective amount of a silver complex of a N-heterocyclic amine. A method for treating cancer cells or a method for imaging one or more tissues of a patient includes administering an effective amount of a complex of a N-heterocyclic amine and a radioactive metal. A method for treating urinary tract infections utilizing silver complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes. N-heterocyclic carbenes of the present invention may be represented by the formula wherein Z is a heterocyclic group, and R1 and R2 are, independently or in combination, hydrogen or a C1-C12 organic group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, heterocyclic, and alkoxy groups and substituted derivatives thereof.

The invention discloses a cyclic N-heterocyclic bis-carbene metal complex linked by ether and a method for preparing the same. The method comprises the steps of: adding imidazole or benzimidazolium salt linked by the ether and a metallic compound into a reactor according to the mol ratio of 0.5 to 3-2 to 5mol, under the protection of inert gas; and reacting for 12 to 24 hours at a temperature of between 0 and 100 DEG C, after dissolving the mixture by a dewatered high-purity organic solvent; filtering and naturally volatilizing the reacted mixture and solvent to produce a carbene metal complex. The cyclic N-heterocyclic bis-carbene metal complex linked by the ether, which is prepared with the method, is mainly used for preparing fluorescent materials.

There is disclosed herein phosphorescent compounds, uses thereof, and devices including organic light emitting diode (OLEDs) including such compounds. Compounds of interest include: wherein A is Os or Ru The anionic chelating chromophores NˆN, which are formed by connecting one pentagonal ring structure containing at least two nitrogen atoms to a hexagonal pyridine type of fragment via a direct carbon-carbon linkage. L is a neutral donor ligand; the typical example includes carbonyl, pyridine, phosphine, arsine and isocyanide; two neutral L's can also combine to produce the so-called chelating ligand such as 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, or bidentate phosphorous ligands such as 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene. L can occupy either cis or trans orientation. When L occupies the trans position, the preferred structure contains both the hexagonal fragment of NˆN as well as its pentagonal fragment located at the trans position respect to their counterparts of the second NˆN chromophore. When L occupies the cis position, the preferred structure consists of the pentagonal unit of NˆN chromophores residing opposite to the L. X,1 X2 and X3 independently are C or N; when X2 is N, R1 is omitted, when X3 is N, R2 is omitted, R1 is H, C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C8 substituted phenyl or C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl, R2 is H, F or cyano substituent, X4 is either C or N; X4 may locate at any position of the hexagonal ring, when X4 is N and R3 and R4 are not linked to X4, R3 is H, methyl or C1-C3 small alkyl, R4 is H, methyl or C1-C3 small alkyl, or R3 and R4 together form an additional conjugated unit with structure

This invention relates to olefin metathesis catalysts and methods for controlling olefin metathesis reactions. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for catalyzing and controlling ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) reactions and the manufacture of polymer articles via ROMP. This invention also relates to olefin metathesis catalyst compositions comprising at least two metal carbene olefin metathesis catalysts. This invention also relates to a ROMP composition comprising a resin composition comprising at least one cyclic olefin, and an olefin metathesis catalyst composition comprising at least two metal carbene olefin metathesis catalysts. This invention also relates to a method of making an article comprising combining an olefin metathesis catalyst composition comprising at least two metal carbene olefin metathesis catalysts with a resin composition comprising at least one cyclic olefin, thereby forming a ROMP composition, and subjecting the ROMP composition to conditions effective to polymerize the ROMP composition. Polymer products produced via the metathesis reactions of the invention may be utilized for a wide range of materials and composite applications. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, and polymer and materials chemistry and manufacture.

This invention relates to a catalyst compound comprising a combination of a cyclic alkyl amino carbene ligand and a benzylidene both attached to a Group 8 metal, preferably ruthenium atom.This invention also relates to a process to make linear alpha-olefins comprising contacting a feed material and an optional alkene (such as ethylene) with the catalyst described above, wherein the feed material is a triacylglyceride, fatty acid, fatty acid alkyl ester, and / or fatty acid ester, typically derived from seed oil (e.g., biodiesel).