1. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane D 3h -(RSiO 1.5 ) 14 .
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Hunsicker M, Ankur, Morgenstern B, Zimmer M, and Scheschkewitz D
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While smaller polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes T
n Rn (POSS) are readily accessible or even commercially available, unambiguously authenticated larger systems (n>12) have barely been reported. Synthesis and isolation procedures are lengthy, and yields are often very low. Herein, we present the surprisingly straightforward and high-yielding access to the phenyl-substituted derivative of a so far only postulated second D3h -symmetric T14 isomer and with that the largest crystallographically characterized POSS cage with organic substituents. Treatment of the commercially available incompletely condensed T7 Ph7 (OH)3 silsesquioxane with catalytic amounts of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid results in high yields of the T14 Ph14 framework, which is isolated in crystalline form by a simple work-up. D3h -T14 Ph14 was analyzed by single crystal X-ray diffraction, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The relative energies of all four theoretically possible T14 Ph14 isomers were determined by optimization of the corresponding structure using DFT methods., (© 2023 The Authors. Chemistry - A European Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)- Published
- 2024
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