Synlett 2008(8): 1219-1221  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072731
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Short Synthesis of a Specifically Perdeuterated Hexaethylene Glycol Terminated Alkanethiol

Rajamalleswaramma Jogireddy, Izabella Zawisza, Gunther Wittstock, Jens Christoffers*
Center of Interface Science (CIS) and Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie, Universität Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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Publication History

Received 28 January 2008
Publication Date:
16 April 2008 (online)

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Abstract

An oligo(ethylene glycol) terminated alkanethiol being an important building block for self-assembled monolayers was synthesized in three steps with high efficiency and without use of protective groups. The same sequence was utilized to prepare a specifically deuterated congener from an isotope-labeled starting material.