Tris(thioacetals) from benzene hexathiol: towards covalent self-assembly.
Mixtures of isomers are available from the reaction of benzene hexathiol with three equivalents of p-tolualdehyde and kinetic traps avoided under the reported catalytic conditions, establishing tris(thioacetals) as potential building blocks for covalently self-assembled complex structures.
Sutton
Liam R
LR
Institut fur Organische Chemie, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. l_r_sutton@yahoo.co.uk
Donaubauer
Wolfgang A
WA
Hampel
Frank
F
Hirsch
Andreas
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