Volume 42, Issue 9 pp. 1058-1062
Communication

Hydrogen-Bonded Sugar-Alcohol Trimers as Hexadentate Silicon Chelators in Aqueous Solution

Klaus Benner Dr.

Klaus Benner Dr.

Department Chemie , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 5–13, 81377 München, Germany, Fax: (+49) 89-2180-77407

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Peter Klüfers Prof. Dr.

Peter Klüfers Prof. Dr.

Department Chemie , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 5–13, 81377 München, Germany, Fax: (+49) 89-2180-77407

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Martin Vogt Dipl.-Chem.

Martin Vogt Dipl.-Chem.

Department Chemie , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstrasse 5–13, 81377 München, Germany, Fax: (+49) 89-2180-77407

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First published: 26 February 2003
Citations: 29

Polyol metal complexes, Part 41. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the framework of the program “Principles of Biomineralization” (grant Kl 624/7-1). We are indebted to Dipl.-Chem. M. Bootz (LMU Munich) for DFT calculations, and Dr. J. Senker (LMU Munich) for the 29Si and 13C solid-state NMR experiments.—Part 40: P. Klüfers, O. Krotz, M. Oßberger, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 6, 1919–1923.

Graphical Abstract

Building bridges: Fumed colloidal silica can be dissolved in alkaline aqueous solutions of the open-chain sugar alcohols mannitol, xylitol, and threitol. These polyols are able to form six-coordinate silicon complexes that are stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The prototypical core is shown (yellow bars: the intramolecular H bonds).

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