Corner-opening and corner-capping of mono-substituted T8 POSS: product distribution and isomerization

Abstract

We applied chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques to revisit the product distribution of the corner-opening and corner-capping reactions of monosubstituted T₈ POSS. The monosubstituted Si is more likely to be removed than the remaining seven Si atoms during the corner-opening. After the corner-capping, the yield of monosubstituted T₈ POSS is much higher than the yields of the ortho- and meta-isomers of disubstituted T₈ POSS, and the para-isomer is negligible.