Ja. Griffith-dzielawa et al., Synthesis and characterization of di-[3-(trimethylsilyl)1-propylene] alkylenediphosphonic acids, SYN COMMUN, 30(12), 2000, pp. 2121-2132
A homologous series of alkylenediphosphonic acids was successfully esterifi
ed with 3-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propanol to the symmetrically-substituted dies
ters. The procedure, which has general applicability for incorporating sili
con heteroatoms into diphosphonic acids, utilizes the esterification reagen
t dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) to activate the acid. The aggregation prop
erties of the di-[3-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propylene] alkylenediphosphonic acid
s were measured in toluene and 1-decanol.