Heck coupling reactions are introduced as an efficient method to prepare porous polymers. Novel inorganic-organic hybrid porous polymers (HPPs) were constructed via Heck coupling reactions from cubic functional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), iodinated octaphenylsilsesquioxanes (OPS) and octavinylsilsesquioxanes (OVS) using Pd(OAc)2 /PPh3 as the catalyst. Here, two iodinated OPS were used, IOPS and p-I8 OPS. IOPS was a mixture with 90% octasubstituted OPS (I8 ) and some nonasubstituted OPS (I9 ), while p-I8 OPS was a nearly pure compound with ≥99% I8 and ≥93% para-substitution. IOPS and p-I8 OPS reacted with OVS to produce the porous materials HPP-1 and HPP-2, which exhibited comparable specific surface areas with SBET of 418 ± 20 m(2) g(-1) and 382 ± 20 m(2) g(-1) , respectively, with total pore volumes of 0.28 ± 0.01 cm(3) g(-1) and 0.23 ± 0.01 cm(3) g(-1) , respectively. HPP-1 showed a broader pore size distribution and possessed a more significant contribution from the mesopores, when compared with HPP-2, thereby indicating that IOPS may induce more disorder because of the geometrical asymmetry. HPP-1 and HPP-2 possessed moderate carbon dioxide uptakes of 134 and 124 cm(3) g(-1) at 1 bar at 195 K, making them promising candidates for CO2 capture and storage. The synthesized porous polymers may be easily post-functionalized using the retained ethenylene groups.

Based on the multi-reaction sites of benzene in the Friedel–Crafts reaction with octavinylsilsesquioxane, hybrid polymers with tunable porosity were prepared.

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Silicones and silicone rubbers are omnipresent in household and industrial products such as lubricants,c oatings, sealants,i nsulators, medicald evices, etc. This plethora of applicationsa rises from their unparalleled properties including hydrophobicity,l ow surfacee nergy,c hemical inertness, extreme temperature stability,e lasticity,a nd biocompatibility.E vent hough silicones have been known for more than five decades, their chemistry is still far from fully understood. Industrially,t he vast majority of processesf or their synthesis, transformation, andu se are based on rather well established, alas outdated technologies, which are frequently empirical and poorly investigated. Thisr eview attempts to summarize the different approaches for the synthesis of silicone rubbers by vulcanizationorc uring of silicone polymers, the catalysts used, and the corresponding reaction mechanisms. Apart from the well-known methods (radical, hydrosilylation, and metal-based condensation), novel approaches such as organo-and bio-catalysis are also addressed.