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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 1046-1053Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52718b
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-0906898, CHE-1012636]
- Joint-Hope Education Foundation
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1012636] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The convenient synthesis of nano-building blocks with strategically placed functional groups constitutes a fundamental challenge in nano-science. Here, we describe the facile preparation of a library of mono- and di-functional (containing three isomers) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) building blocks with different symmetries (C-3v, C-2v, and D-3d) using thiol-ene chemistry. The method is straightforward and general, possessing many advantages including minimum set-up, simple work-up, and a short reaction time (about 0.5 h). It facilitates the precise introduction of a large variety of functional groups to desired sites of the POSS cage. The yields of the monoadducts increase significantly using stoichiometric amounts of bulky ligands. Regio-selective di-functionalization of the POSS cage was also attempted using bulky thiol ligands, such as a thiol-functionalized POSS. Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry coupled with travelling wave ion mobility (TWIM) separation revealed that the majority of diadducts are para-compounds (similar to 59%), although meta-compounds (similar to 20%) and ortho-compounds (similar to 21%) are also present. Therefore, the thiol-ene reaction provides a robust approach for the convenient synthesis of mono-functional POSS derivatives and, potentially, of regio-selective multi-functionalized POSS derivatives as versatile nano-building blocks.
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