Pascu, MirelaRuggi, AlbertScopelliti, RosarioSeverin, Kay2013-02-072013-02-07201310.1039/C2CC37538Ahttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/88658WOS:000311824700009Large macrocycles containing imine and borasiloxane links are obtained in polycondensation reactions of 4-formylbenzeneboronic acid, t-Bu2Si(OH)2, and diamines. The multicomponent reactions can be performed in solution or – advantageously – by mechanochemical syntheses in a ball mill.Synthesis of borasiloxane-based macrocycles by multicomponent condensation reactions in solution or in a ball milltext::journal::journal article::research article