Abstract
A convenient approach for the anchoring of S,S-BnTsDPEN ligands (S,S-N-tosyl-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine) to branched carbosilane scaffolds was investigated. It is based on a high-yielding reductive amination reaction between commercially available S,S-TsDPEN and readily accessible carbosilanes furnished with benzaldehyde terminal fragments. These molecularly enlarged ligands, bearing four S,S-BnTsDPEN units, and their simplified monomeric
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