Facile Synthesis of Sequence-Defined Oligo(Dimethylsiloxane-co-Diphenylsiloxane)s.

ABSTRACT

1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7-Octamethyltetrasiloxane (H MD2 MH ), which is reported to release Me2 SiH2 via a B(C6 F5 )3 -catalyzed redistribution, acts as a good Me2 SiH2 precursor in the B(C6 F5 )3 -catalyzed dehydrocarbonative condensation of alkoxysilanes. A series of oligo(dimethylsiloxane-co-diphenylsiloxane)s that are uniformly sized and sequence-defined at the atomic level are synthesized by a one-pot controlled iteration of a B(C6 F5 )3 -catalyzed dehydrocarbonative condensation of alkoxysilanes with H MD2 MH or Ph2 SiH2 and a B(C6 F5 )3 -catalyzed hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds, followed by the subsequent B(C6 F5 )3 -catalyzed dehydrogenative condensation of silanols.