A novel type of amphiphilic sphe
rosilsesquioxane de
rivative, 1-(1,
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ropylenemethoxy)oligo(ethyleneoxide)-3,5,7,9,11,13,15-heptahyd
ridopentacyclo[9.5.1
3,9.1
5,15.1
7,13]octasiloxane has been p
repa
red f
rom(HSiO
3/2)
8 and allyl-functional oligo(ethyleneoxide) (
Mn = 750 g/mol) by hyd
rosilylation. The monosubstitutedoctahyd
ridosilsesquioxane was cha
racte
rized by
1H,
13C, and
29Si NMR spect
roscopy, IR, and MALDI-TOF mass spect
roscopy as well as elemental analysis. Su
rface tension measu
rements of the wate
r-solubleamphiphile show a cmc in the
range of 6 × 10
-4 mol/L. Agg
regation of the uncondensed amphiphileleads to micella
r and vesicula
r st
ructu
res that can be c
ross-linked to liposome-like silica pa
rticles atelevated pH.