Synthesis and Structure of Sila-Adamantane
Jelena Fischer,
Judith Baumgartner,
Christoph Marschner*
An organosilicon cage compound containing the sila-adamantane structural unit, which is the building block of crystalline silicon, was synthesized by the Lewis acid-catalyzed rearrangement reaction of a structural isomer.
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Graz, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: christoph.marschner{at}tugraz.at