Tetra-functional double-decker silsesquioxanes as anchors for reactive functional groups and potential synthons for hybrid materials

Abstract

A series of double-decker silsesquioxane derivatives with four reactive functional groups were designed, efficiently synthesized, and characterized. These novel inorganic–organic hybrids show highly attractive features for applications as building blocks with Si–O–Si rigid cores (good thermal properties) with four reactive moieties, which can be functionalized in further processes.