Fast, high-yielding syntheses of silsesquioxanes using acetonitrile as a reactive solvent

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 5, 2004, Pages 978-983

  Pescarmona, Paolo P ^a   Van Der Waal, Jan C ^a   Maschmeyer, Thomas ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; NMR spectroscopy; Silsesquioxanes; Solvent effects

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

HIGHER YIELD; ISOLATED YIELD; NMR-SPECTROSCOPY; REACTIVE SOLVENT; SILSESQUIOXANES; SOLVENT EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL TYPE;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTYLSILSESQUIOXANE; SOLVENT; TRISILANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 3843091660     PISSN: 14341948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200300494     Document Type: Article

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