Summary. The present study describes new synthetic routes to oligo (ethylene glycol)- terminated alkanethiols (OEG-AT s), starting from α, ω-dibromoalkanes, which are reacted either with OEG or with trityl mercaptan in the first step. In addition to these ether conjugates of OEG and AT, analogous ester and amide conjugates were prepared by established procedures. All thiols were used to form self-assembled monolayers (SAM s) on cleaned ...
