Patent ID: 6921818

Claim:
A method of synthesizing a compound of the formula 1 Y′—Si(Y)2-B-L-B-W (1), where each B independently is O, S or NH, L and each Y independently is C1-20 straight, branched or cyclic alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, heteroalkyl, heterocylic, alkyl-heterocyclic, or heterocylic-alkyl, Y′ is a capture tag, and W is a reactive group; the method comprising (a) reacting a dihalosilane with Y′-E, where E is a leaving group; (b) coupling the product of (a), a monohalosilane, with a compound of the formula B-L-B; and (c) reacting the product of (b) with W to form the compound of formula 1.