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Published on: October 10, 2013
Synthesis of novel starburst and dendritic polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes
Kenji Wada1, Naoki Watanabe, Koichi Yamada
1Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. wadaken@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The hydrosilylative reaction utilizing octakis(dimethylsiloxy)silsesquioxane and silsesquioxane disilanols bearing alkenylsilyl moieties produces a series of starburst-type giant silsesquioxanes and a second-generation dendritic molecule as well as a boron-containing one.

