title: Synthesis of borasiloxane-based macrocycles by multicomponent condensation reactions in solution or in a ball mill.
abstract: Large macrocycles containing imine and borasiloxane links are obtained in polycondensation reactions of 4-formylbenzeneboronic acid, t-Bu(2)Si(OH)(2), and diamines. The multicomponent reactions can be performed in solution or--advantageously--by mechanochemical syntheses in a ball mill.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mirela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pascu
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruggi
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scopelliti
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Severin