Polyhedral Liquid Crystal Silsesquioxanes

Nano-colloidal silica-tethered polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes with eight branches of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane as high performance catalyst for the preparation of furan-2(5H)-ones

An efficient and rapid method for the synthesis of 3,4,5-substituted furan-2 (5H)-ones has been achieved through a three-component reaction of aniline, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate, and aromatic aldehydes using nano-colloidal silica-tethered polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes with eight branches of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (nano-colloidal silica @APTPOSS) as a superior catalyst under m...

Styrene-butadiene-styrene Tri-block Copolymers Modified with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes

Diazaphospholidine terminated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes in the hydroformylation of vinyl acetate.

The poorly active, monodentate SemiEsphos phosphine has been turned into an active ligand for rhodium catalysed vinyl acetate hydroformylation by attachment to the periphery of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane.

Synthesis and characterization of highly pure azido-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS).

Novel azido-functionalized POSS were synthesized, which could serve as nanoprecursors for higher-order molecular construction of organic-inorganic hybrids via"click" chemistry.

Rh-catalyzed direct arylation of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane.

The electronic properties of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) have recently been subjected to study. Although theoretical calculations have predicted that POSS can work as an acceptor for π-conjugated organic units, an effective reaction to incorporate aryl groups into a POSS backbone remains to be established. In this work, Rh-catalyzed direct arylation has been developed. Heptaiso...