title: Ortho-silylated derivatives of tetrakis(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethene: a sterically isolated structural model for oxo-surface binding domains.
abstract: The introduction of sterically isolating ortho-trialkylsilyl, -aryldialkylsilyl, and -diarylalkylsilyl substituents onto the structurally preorganized tetrakis(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethene ligand framework has been accomplished by a 4-fold retro-Brook rearrangement. Installation of the most sterically demanding silyl substituents required the development of an iterative procedure, involving successive double silylation/metalation/migration sequences without the isolation of intermediates. This system was designed to function as a soluble structural model for the planar binding domains of heterogeneous "oxo-surfaces" of silica and alumina supports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
authors.forename: Mee-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Owen C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Lightbody
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stryker