Harold H Kung

Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, McCormick Engineering and Applied Science, Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Size-selective shell cross-linked interior functionalized siloxane nanocages

Young-Woong Suh; Mayfair C. Kung; Yingmin Wang; Harold H. Kung (Profiled Authors: Mayfair Kung; Harold H Kung)

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2006;128(9):2776-2777.

A new structure, consisting of a shell cross-linked, 2 nm size siloxane nanocage containing propylamine groups tethered to the interior face of the shell was synthesized, starting with micelles of the surfactant molecule, (triethoxysilyl)propylcetylcarbamate. After hydrolysis of the ethoxysilyl groups and condensation and capping of the silanols to form a cross-linked, one-atom-layer-thick siloxane shell, the carbamate was converted to amine, releasing the cetyl group from the structure and resulting in the desired spherical nanocage. The intermediates in the synthesis process and the final structure were characterized by ¹H and ²⁹Si NMR, DLS, TEM, and mass spectroscopy. The amine groups tethered to the interior surface of the shell react readily with ninhydrin but do not interact with the larger ZnTPP, indicating molecular size selectivity by the cross-linked shell. The structure also exhibits confinement effect in the amine-catalyzed decarboxylation of acetoacetic acid, exhibiting higher activity and higher selectivity for acetal than (aminopropyl)triethoxysilane. Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society.

PMID: 16506737