Issue 14, 2003
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Dalton Transactions

A higher yielding route for T8 silsesquioxane cages and X-ray crystal structures of some novel spherosilicates

Alan R. Bassindale,a   Zhihua Liu,a   Iain A. MacKinnon,b   Peter G. Taylor,a   Yuxing Yang,a   Mark E. Light,c   Peter N. Hortonc  and  Michael B. Hursthousec  

a Department of Chemistry, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK
E-mail: p.g.taylor@open.ac.uk

b Dow Corning Ltd., Barry, UK

c EPSRC National Crystallography Service, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK

Abstract

The synthesis of T8 silsesquioxane cages from trialkoxysilanes using tetra n-butylammonium fluoride is described. The yields are in the range 20–95%, which is a great improvement on other literature routes. This methodology enables a wide range of functionalised T8 cages to be prepared. The X-ray crystal structures of three new T8 cages, octacyclopentylsilsesquioxane, octaisobutylsilsesquioxane and octa(4-carboxymethyl-3,3-dimethylbutyl)silsesquioxane are also reported.

Graphical abstract: A higher yielding route for T8 silsesquioxane cages and X-ray crystal structures of some novel spherosilicates

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B302950F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Mar 2003
Accepted
23 May 2003
First published
11 Jun 2003

Dalton Trans., 2003, 2945-2949

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A higher yielding route for T8 silsesquioxane cages and X-ray crystal structures of some novel spherosilicates

A. R. Bassindale, Z. Liu, I. A. MacKinnon, P. G. Taylor, Y. Yang, M. E. Light, P. N. Horton and M. B. Hursthouse, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2945 DOI: 10.1039/B302950F

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