M. Unno et al., SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND REACTION OF THE TETRAHYDROXYCYCLOTETRASILOXANE, [(I-PR)(OH)SIO](4), Chemistry Letters, (6), 1998, pp. 489-490
-1,3,5,7-Tetrahydroxy-1,3,5,7-tetraisopropylcyclo- tetrasiloxane (1) w
as synthesized. The X-ray crystallography of 1 revealed that four mole
cules of 1 and four molecules of water compose a cluster in the lattic
e. Dehydration of 1 with N,N'-dic yclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) gave oct
a(isopropylsilsesquioxane) in good yield.