The Journal of organic chemistry

Building Blocks for Oligospiroketal (OSK) Rods and Evaluation of Their Influence on Rod Rigidity

P Wessig, K Möllnitz

Index: Wessig, Pablo; Moellnitz, Kristian; Huebner, Sebastian Synlett, 2010 , # 10 p. 1497 - 1500

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

We report on the synthesis of three new sleeves and their incorporation in OSK rods. The structures of these sleeves are based on neo-inositol, terephthalaldehyde diacetals, and indacene. To quantify the influence of the sleeves on rod rigidity, we applied the worm-like