Unusual cis and trans architecture of dihydrofunctional double-decker shaped silsesquioxane and synthesis of its ethyl bridged π-conjugated arene derivatives
report its cis and trans structure and X-ray structure for the first time. The combination of DDSQ-2SiH in a known hydrosilylation reaction protocol with precise reaction time control (FT-IR in situ apparatus) allowed us to selectively assemble a series of previously unreported molecular double-decker silsesquioxanes with ethyl bridged π-conjugated arenes. These compounds were used as a molecular model