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Upstream product

• 18424-77-6 sodium diethyl methylmalonate 
• 104-81-4 4-Methylbenzyl bromide 
• 609-08-5 Diethyl methylmalonate 
• 589-18-4 4-Methylbenzyl alcohol 
• 6619-58-5 diethyl 4-methylbenzylmalonate 

Downstream Products

• 105984-59-6 methyl-(4-methyl-benzyl)-malonic acid 
• 1012-15-3 α-methyl-β-(4-methylphenyl)propionic acid 
• 66309-83-9 2,6-dimethylindan-1-one 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Nickel-Catalyzed Benzylic Substitution of Benzyl Esters with Malonates as a Soft Carbon Nucleophile

The nickel-catalyzed benzylic substitution of benzyl alcohol derivatives with a soft carbon nucleophile is extremely rare compared to that with a hard carbon nucleophile. We have achieved the nickel-catalyzed benzylic substitution of benzyl esters with malonates as a soft carbon nucleophile. Primary and secondary benzyl 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzoates as well as a wide variety of malonate derivatives were well tolerated in the nickel-catalyzed reaction, providing the corresponding alkylation products in 46-86% yields (34 examples). Additionally, we propose a possible reaction mechanism that would undergo via the ??1- A nd ??3-benzylnickel intermediates.

HALOGEN SUBSTITUTED METALLOCENE COMPOUNDS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION

A metallocene compound is represented by the formula (1): wherein: M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, preferably a Group 4 transition metal atom selected from titanium, zirconium or hafnium; E is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arenyl ligand pi-bonded to M; A is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arenyl ligand that is pi-bonded to M and has a different ring structure than the E ligand; at least one of the A and E ligands includes at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to an sp2 carbon at a bondable ring position; Y is a bridging group containing at least one Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element and any single position of the ring structure of A and to any single position of the ring structure of E; and y is zero or 1, indicating the absence (y = 0) or presence (y =1) of Y; and each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand; provided that when E is an unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, either y is one or A is not 2-bromofluorenyl or 2,7-dibromofluorenyl.

Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Pterosin-Sesquiterpenes and Related Indan-1-one Derivatives

Methyl derivatives of indan-1-one were prepared as models to aid in interpreting the carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance ((13)C-NMR) spectra of pterosin-sesquiterpenes which were isolated from bracken fern, Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum.The chemical shifts of the carbons of the methylindan-1-ones were assigned by the proton decoupling technique.All the (13)C-NMR signals of the pterosin-sesquiterpenes were assigned by means of selective proton decouplings, and from the (13)C-(1)H long-range couplings and (13)C chemical shifts of the model compounds.Keywords - indan-1-one derivative; methylindan-1-one; pterosin-sesquiterpene; methylindan-1-one synthesis; (1)H-NMR; (13)C-NMR; selective decoupling; C-H decoupling