One-step synthesis and structure of an oligo(spiro-orthocarbonate)

David T Vodak; Matthew Braun; Lykourgos Iordanidis; Jacques Plévert; Michael Stevens; Larry Beck; John C H Spence; Michael O'Keeffe; Omar M Yaghi

doi:10.1021/ja017683i

One-step synthesis and structure of an oligo(spiro-orthocarbonate)

J Am Chem Soc. 2002 May 8;124(18):4942-3. doi: 10.1021/ja017683i.

Authors

David T Vodak¹, Matthew Braun, Lykourgos Iordanidis, Jacques Plévert, Michael Stevens, Larry Beck, John C H Spence, Michael O'Keeffe, Omar M Yaghi

Affiliation

¹ Materials Design and Discovery Group, Deparment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

PMID: 11982342
DOI: 10.1021/ja017683i

Abstract

The reaction of pentaerythritol and tetraethylorthocarbonate at 260 degrees C for 12 h yields a white crystalline material that was characterized by 13C CPMAS NMR, CHN analysis, FT-IR, electron and X-ray powder diffraction, and Rietveld analysis. The white crystalline material was found to have the formula C6H8O4 and a crystal structure with a monoclinic cell [a = 9.167 A, b = 5.681 A, c = 5.880 A, beta = 90.0 degrees , space group I2] of hexagonally arranged spiro-oligomeric chains.