The cyclic tetrasiloxane is one of the fundamental raw materials of the silicone industry. For example, global manufacturers are producing large amount of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, namely D4, as a building block in the production of silicone polymers or as an additive in personal care products. In spite of its importance in silicone engineering, only a few synthetic methods have been reported for stereoregular cyclic tetrasiloxanes.1 The simplest cyclotetrasiloxanol, 1,3,5,7-tetrahydroxy-1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (MeD4OH), has been interested due to its potentiall utility such as precursors to cage or ladder-type polysilsesquioxanes.2 In this presentation we will show a facile synthetic pathway for stereoregular MeD4OHs and their derivatives.
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