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Cover Picture: Nonhydrolytic Synthesis of Branched Alkoxysiloxane Oligomers Si[OSiH(OR) 2 ] 4 (R=Me, Et) (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 31/2010)
Author(s) -
Wakabayashi Ryutaro,
Kawahara Kazufumi,
Kuroda Kazuyuki
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201003228
Subject(s) - siloxane , bismuth , cover (algebra) , lewis acids and bases , carbocation , chemistry , polymer chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , polymer , mechanical engineering , engineering
Discrete alkoxysiloxane oligomers were synthesized by nonhydrolytic heterocondensation reactions between alkoxysilanes and chlorosilanes. In their Communication on page 5273 ff., K. Kuroda and co‐workers show that the combination of the Lewis acid catalyst bismuth trichloride and alkoxysilanes that can form stable carbocations play an important role in the formation of siloxane bonds prior to the occurrence of other competing side reactions. The photograph of bismuth metal was provided by Dr. Ryoji Tanaka.