“…Poly(trimethylvinylsilane) (PTMVS) and poly(phenyldimethylvinylsilane) (PPDMVS), their copolymers, and their polymer blends have been demonstrated to possess excellent transparency, flexibility, permeability, and heat resistance and have been widely applied and studied as materials for gas-separation membranes, [1][2][3] optical fibers, 4 contact lenses, 5,6 coating of waterproofing fabrics, 7 optical disks, 8 photoresists, 9 etc. PTMVS and PPDMVS might also be useful as intermediates in the synthesis of monodisperse polyethylene, poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinyl ether), polyacetylene, poly(vinyl halide), poly(nitroethylene), and poly(vinylamine) (Scheme 1).…”