Wepreviouslyconductedadetailedstudyofgas-transportandotherpropertiesofaseriesofsiliconderivativesofUdelpolysulfone(PSf)andRadelpolyphenylsulfone;wenowreportthedetailsoftheirpreparationbythereactionoflithiated polymerintermediateswithchlorosilylalkylarylelectrophiles.Ortho-sulfone-substitutedpolymerswithpendanttrimethylsilyl,dimethylphenylsilyl,anddiphenylmethylsilylandothergroupswereobtainedbydirectmetalationfollowedbythereactionofthe dilithiatedintermediatewiththeappropriatesilylelectrophile.Inaddition,thestructuralregularityandgeometryofthedilithiatedsitewasalsoexploitedtointroduce siliconintothemainchainbythereactionofdichlorosilylelectrophiles,leadingtothe formationofanewtricyclicheteroatomring.Ortho-etherPSfderivativeswereobtained fromadibrominatedpolymerviathelithiationofbrominatedpolymerandreaction withasilylelectrophile.Thedegreeofsubstitutionofthesilylgroupswas2.0orless fromdilithiatedpolymersandwasdependentontheelectrophilereactivityandreaction conditions.AdetailedstructuralcharacterizationofthepolymersbyNMRandIRspectroscopyisreportedinadditiontoglass-transitiontemperaturesandthermalstabilities.