Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Mu Ionic Solutions Corporation

Takayuki Aoshima

Toyomasa Hoshino

Yasuaki Miki

Tadashi Uyeda

Kenji Yamagishi

Atsushi Isotani

Katsuhisa Kumazawa

Satoshi Katou

Noboru Shintani

Takeshi Matsuo

Naoki Suzuki

Yasuko Nakajima

Takanao Matsumoto

Teruhiko Ohara

Hiroto Itou

Naoki Sugai

Minoru Kotato

Toshihiko Sugano

Tsuyoshi Inoue

Hisao Urata

Manabu Tanaka

Naoshi Iwama

Iwao Soga

Taku Kato

Masami Kashimoto

Hirofumi Nakamura

Sugio Nishimura

Satoshi Hayakawa

Hisashi Shoda

Takeshi Okano

Shinji Iwade

Yoshinori Suga

Yasuo Maruyama

Toru Suzuki

Eiji Nakazawa

Toshiyuki Hamano

Eiji Isobe

Shinichiro Matsuzono

Yumiko Yoshikawa

Hiroyuki Kaneko

Mitsuharu Kobayashi

Toshiyuki Oshiki

Yoshitaka Araki

Takamichi Mitsui

Yoshiaki Nanba

Tadashi Ueda

Yoichi Oohashi

Stefan Sieber

Masamichi Onuki

Ryo Yamaguchi

Eiji Tanaka

Kanako Takiguchi

Akio Tsuboi

Yoshikazu Kanamori

Yuta Hioki

Kaori Yano

Naoyuki Sakamoto

Shigeki Nitta

Takashi Ishikawa

Syunji Katsuki

Riichirou Kawashima

Jun Takahara

Noboru Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science And Technology Research Center Inc Shintani

Satoshi c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science And Technology Research Center Inc Katou

Kenji c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science And Technology Research Center Inc Yamagishi

Yasuaki c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science & Technology Research Center Inc Miki

An alcohol production method in which an alcohol is produced from a carbonyl compound, the method including producing an alcohol by using a catalyst, the catalyst including a metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less and a carrier supporting the metal component, the carrier including zirconium oxide. A catalyst for producing an alcohol by hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound, the catalyst including a carrier including zirconium oxide and a metal component supported on the carrier, the metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less.

Method and catalyst for producing alcohol

A nonaqueous electrolyte solution, which contains a compound represented by the following general formula (A), and (1) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nitrile compound, an isocyanate compound, a difluorophosphate, a fluorosulfonate, a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and a compound represented by the following general formula (B), or (2) a cyclic carbonate compound having a fluorine atom in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 50.0% by mass based on the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. (In formula (A), Rto Rmay be mutually the same or different and represent optionally substituted organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.) (In formula (B), R, Rand Rrespectively and independently represent an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 6.

Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and nonaqueous electrolyte battery using same

Provided is a method for separating ammonia gas using zeolite membrane having excellent separation stability at a high temperature capable of separating ammonia gas from a mixed gas composed of multiple components including ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas to the permeation side with high selectivity and high permeability. Also provided is a method for separating ammonia by selectively permeating ammonia gas from a mixed gas containing at least ammonia gas, hydrogen gas, and nitrogen gas using a zeolite membrane, wherein the ammonia gas concentration in the mixed gas is 1.0% by volume or more.

Ammonia separation method and zeolite

The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Biomass-resource-derived polyester and production process thereof

Disclosed herein is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolyte solution including a compound represented by formula (A) and: (1) at least one compound selected from a nitrile compound, an isocyanate compound, a difluorophosphate, a fluorosulfonate, a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and a compound represented by the formula (B) below, or (2) a cyclic carbonate compound having a fluorine atom in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 50.0% by mass based on a total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. In formula (A), Rto Rrepresent optionally substituted organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in formula (B), R, Rand Rindependently represent an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 6. 

Provided is a catalyst including a metal component including a first component that is rhenium and one or more second components selected from the group consisting of silicon, gallium, germanium, and indium and a carrier on which the metal component is supported, the carrier including an oxide of a metal belonging to Group 4 of the periodic table. Also provided is an alcohol production method in which a carbonyl compound is treated using the above catalyst. It is possible to produce an alcohol by a hydrogenation reaction of a carbonyl compound with high selectivity and high efficiency while reducing side reactions.

Catalyst for hydrogenation of carbonyl compound and alcohol production method

An aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an aliphatic diol or a derivatives thereof and/or as succinic acid, a butane diol, or a both-hydroxy-terminated polyether having the number of carbon atoms of 4 to 1000, each of which is derived from a biomass resource and has nitrogen atoms in an amount of 0.01 to 100 ppm. Products and methods using these materials are also provided.

The invention relates to a method for producing a biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, which comprises: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol to produce a polyester polyol; and reacting the polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid contains at least one component derived from biomass resources, a content of an organic acid in the dicarboxylic acid is more than 0 ppm and not more than 1,000 ppm relative to the dicarboxylic acid, and a pKa value of the organic acid at 25&#xb0; C. is not more than 3.7.

Biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, method for producing same, and biomass-resource-derived polyester polyol

The present invention aims to provide a polyester polyol having favorable reactivity and a favorable color tone, which can be used for obtaining a polyurethane having an excellent balance of flexibility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance, and a method for producing the polyester polyol. The object can be achieved with a polyester polyol in which an aliphatic diol contains as a structural unit 1,10-decanediol derived from a biomass resource, and in which the aldehyde body content in the polyester polyol is 0.01 to 0.5% by weight, and a method for producing the polyester polyol.

Polyester polyol, polyurethane resin, and production processes therefor

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Takayuki Aoshima