Based on experiments, the formulation and preparation process for synthesis of propylene glycol monomethyl ether with novel alkaline catalyst are determined.

The electronic and steric effects of substituted groups,the structures of chiral catalysts and chiral reagents and the reaction system on optical activity of products are summarized.

The development of the preparation of chiral catalysts, the catalytic mechanism and the process in the asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation(ACH) are summarized.

Optically active alaninol had been widely used in stereoselective organic synthesis, such as chiral catalysts, the synthesis of the organometallic compounds, modifier of the catalysts and reactants, and so on.

Preparation of heterogeneous chiral catalysts and their application to asymmetric hydrogenation;

Two kinds of chiral catalysts,imidazoline-phenol and pyrrolidine-imidazoline,were designed and synthesized with 2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid,praline and 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine as the start materials.

The asymmetric oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol and its derivative was carried out by using(S)-diphenyl-(α-pyrrolidyl)methanol-CuCl complex as a chiral catalyst.

This paper describes the major features of contemporary organic catalytic technology and introduces some overseas new catalysts recently applied and researched for organic synthesis,pollution control,polymers and petroleum refining and petrochemical process.

The progress in synthetic methods of coumarin compounds has summarized,including the new methods implicating microwave irradiation and new catalysts,ion liquids and so on.

Methods for producing broad/bimodal molecular mass distribution polyethylene(PE) were introduced with the emphasis of elaboration on the multizone circulating reactor technology,the novel catalyst technology and the oscillating operation process.