Abstract
The first reported examples of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cages containing a fulleropyrrolidine species are reported herein. Monosubstituted POSS-dioxalane species were synthesized through the hydrosilylation of a silyl-dioxalane with mono-vinyl substituted POSS. Subsequent deprotection yielded the desired aldehyde functionality. An alternative synthetic pathway, involving the nucleophilic substitution of mono-benzyl chloride POSS with 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde yielded the desired aldehyde functionality. Each mono-aldehyde POSS was then reacted with N-methylglycine and C60 to yield the desired POSS fulleropyrrolidines. The prepared compounds were characterized by multinuclear NMR, electrospray mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, UV-vis, fluorescence and optical power limiting measurements.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 460-465 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Applied Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2008 |