Abstract
N‐methyl,N‐(propyl‐3‐trimethoxysilyl) aniline was synthesized and used as an intermediate for anchoring dyes on inorganic siliceous supports through electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions.
Acknowledgments
We thank the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Projects MAT2003‐08568‐C03 and REN2002‐04237‐C02‐01) and Generalitat Valenciana (GRUPOS03/035) for support. L. A. V. and F. S. thank the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología for a Ramón y Cajal contract. M. C. also thanks the Consellería de Educación y Ciencia for her grant. We also thank the Foreign Language Co‐ordination Office at the Polytechnic University of Valencia for their help in revising this paper.