Poly(trimethylsilylpropyne) copolymers with bromobutyl side chains were synthesized from 1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne and 1-(4-bromobutyldimethylsilyl)-1-propyne using a TaCl5/Ph3Bi catalyst system in toluene. After polymerization, azide groups were introduced into the polymers by phase transfer catalysis to yield polyResults from thermal analyses, elemental analyses, and IR spectroscopy confirm that the azide content in the copolymers matches the original comonomer feed ratios. Films of the copolymers were thermally cross-linked in vacuo, with the rate of azide decomposition monitored by the loss of the azide absorption band in the IR. For a copolymer with 15 mol % azide content, an activation energy of 130 kJ/mol was calculated from IR data collected over the azide decomposition temperature range. For the copolymer with the highest azide content (20 mol %), DSC measurements give -1.2 kJ/g for the enthalpy of azide decomposition. Swelling experiments performed on the cross-linked films indicate that a relatively low cross-link density (∼5%) is required to render membranes dimensionally stable in good solvents for the polymer.