Kaneka Corporation

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Masashi Izumida

Satohiro Yanagisawa

Koji Noda

Dai Kitamoto

Takuto Nagano

Tomohiro Imura

Toshiaki Taira

Kenji Inoue

Yasuyoshi Ueda

Akira Nishiyama

Tadashi Moroshima

Nobuo Nagashima

Hiroaki Kawasaki

Hirokazu Nanba

Tatsuya Honda

Shingo Matsumoto

Takahiro Ohishi

Masanobu Sugawara

Masatoshi Ohnuki

Kohei Mori

Ryohei Ishimaru

Tohru Nakashima

The objective of the present invention is to provide a cleaning agent composition which can be used in the open air without any problems since the cleaning agent is environmentally friendly and which is effective for removing a low-molecular-weight and poorly-water-soluble cyclic silicone compound that causes a stain of a silicone sealing. The cleaning agent for washing out a silicone stain according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a cyclic lipopeptide biosurfactant, wherein the specific silicone stain compound such as D4 compound is the objective compound to be removed.

Cleaning agent for washing out silicone stain

The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for remarkably reducing a critical micelle concentration of an anionic surfactant, which is used in a large amount currently, to reduce the amount to be used. Also, the objective of the present invention is to provide a surfactant composition of which whole critical micelle concentration is remarkably reduced and in which an amount of an anionic surfactant is reduced in comparison with the case of using an anionic surfactant only as a surfactant. The method for reducing a critical micelle concentration of an anionic surfactant according to the present invention is characterized in using a cyclic lipopeptide biosurfactant in combination with the anionic surfactant.

Method for reducing critical micelle concentration, and surfactant composition

The objective of the present invention is to provide an extinguishing agent which has excellent fire-extinguishing property and which exhibits high safety to the environment and human body. The fire extinguishing agent of the present invention is characterized in comprising a biosurfactant.

Fire extinguishing agent and fire extinguishing method using same

The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a polymer of a monomer having a vinyl group while reducing a residual amount of a surfactant within the polymer as the target compound and waste water. The method for producing a polymer according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the step of polymerizing a monomer having a vinyl group in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactin salt, which is a natural peptide surfactant, and a polymerization initiator, wherein a ratio of the surfactin salt (I) to 100 parts by mass of the monomer is not less than 0.0005 parts by mass and less than 0.1 parts by mass.

Polymer production method

The present invention provides a simple industrial process for producing an L- or D-optically active &#x3b1;-methylcysteine derivative or its salt, which is a useful pharmaceutical intermediate, from readily available, inexpensive raw materials. In a process for producing an L- or D-optically active &#x3b1;-methylcysteine derivative or its salt, a racemic N-carbamoyl-&#x3b1;-methylcysteine derivative or its salt is D-selectively cyclized with hydantoinase to produce a D-5-methyl-5-thiomethylhydantoin derivative or its salt and an N-carbamoyl-&#x3b1;-methyl-L-cysteine derivative or its salt, which are then subjected to deprotection of the amino group and the sulfur atom, and hydrolysis.

Process for producing optically active &#x3b1;-methylcysteine derivative

The method for producing a surfactin or a salt thereof according to the present invention comprises the steps of adding an organic solvent containing a branched alkyl alcohol to a culture fluid containing the surfactin or the salt thereof, or to a solution obtained by removing an insoluble component from the culture fluid, and extracting the surfactin or the salt thereof with the organic solvent, wherein the surfactin or the salt thereof is represented by the formula (1): wherein * indicates an optically active center; X is an amino acid selected from leucine, isoleucine and valine; R is a Calkyl group or a Cbranched alkyl group; and M is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an optionally-substituted amine or the like.

Method for producing surfactin and salt thereof

Aiming at production of an optically active 3-amino nitrogen-containing compound which is useful as an intermediate in synthesis of medicines and pesticides, in particular, an optically active 1-protected-3-aminopyrrolidine derivative, from an inexpensive and readily available raw material by a process which is efficient and can be practiced industrially, an optically active 3-amino nitrogen-containing compound is produced by performing a reaction of an optically active 3-substituted nitrogen-containing compound with ammonia, methylamine, ethylamine or dimethylamine in the presence of water. In addition, a 1-protected-3-aminopyrrolidine derivative is produced by performing a reaction of an optically active 1-protected-3-(sulfonyloxy)pyrrolidine derivative with ammonia, methylamine, ethylamine, or dimethylamine in the presence of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, or isopropanol under a pressure of less than 30 barr.

Process for producing optically active 3-amino nitrogen-containing compounds

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Masashi Izumida