Albemarle Corporation

Ethyl Corporation

Line-X LLC

Vernon O Brandt

John Y Lee

Mahmood Sabahi

Paul L Wiggins

Judit Orgad

David W Owens

Judit O Orgad

This invention provides aromatic diimines where the diimines have imino groups with at least two carbon atoms, and either are in the form of one benzene ring having two imino groups on the ring, which imino groups are meta or para relative to each other, and in which each position ortho to an imino group bears a hydrocarbyl group, or are in the form of two benzene rings connected by an alkylene bridge and having one imino group on each ring, and in which each position ortho to an imino group bears a hydrocarbyl group. This invention also provides aromatic secondary diamines where the diamines have amino hydrocarbyl groups with at least two carbon atoms, and either are in the form of one benzene ring having two amino groups on the ring, which amino groups are meta or para relative to each other, and in which each position ortho to an amino group bears a hydrocarbyl group, or are in the form of two benzene rings connected by an alkylene bridge and having one amino group on each ring, and in which each position ortho to an amino group bears a hydrocarbyl group. Also provided are processes for forming diimines and secondary diamines from primary diamines, including the aromatic diimines and aromatic secondary diamines of the invention.

Diimines and secondary diamines

This invention provides chain extender compositions. These compositions comprise

Chain extenders

This invention provides aromatic diimines which have imino hydrocarbylidene groups with at least two carbon atoms, and aromatic secondary diamines which have amino hydrocarbyl groups with at least two carbon atoms. Both the aromatic diimines and the aromatic secondary diamines either are in the form of one phenyl ring, or are in the form of two phenyl rings connected by an alkylene bridge; each position ortho to an imino group or an amino group bears a hydrocarbyl group. When in the form of one phenyl ring, there are two imino groups on the ring or two amino groups on the ring; the imino groups or amino groups are meta or para relative to each other. When in the form of two phenyl rings connected by an alkylene bridge, there is either one imino group or one amino group on each phenyl ring. Also provided are processes for forming diimines and secondary diamines.

Novel compounds having greatest interest as biologically-active materials for the treatment of diabetic complications in mammals, or intermediates for such materials, are perfluoroalkyl compounds corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R' are independently selected from chloro, fluoro, nitro, hydroxy, and alkyl and alkoxy substituents containing 1-6 carbons; Q is --CN, --COOL, --COX, or --CTN(R')CH.sub.2 COOL; L is hydrogen, alkali metal, or saturated hydrocarbyl; X is halo; T is oxygen or sulfur; R' is an alkyl group containing 1-6 carbons; m is 0 or 1; and n is an integer of at least one.

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