The Synthesis and Polymerization of Organosilanes Containing Vinyl and Hydrogen Joined to the Same Silicon Atom

Elucidation of the Stereochemical Pathway to Isotactic Poly[(methylphenylsilylene)trimethylene] from Allylmethylphenylsilane

“…Polyaddition to give poly(carbosilane)s, well-known precursors to silicon carbide, 1 via hydrosilylation was first reported by Curry, 2 and we reported the polymerization of 1-allyl-3-hydro-1, 1 ,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane. 3 Recently, liquid crystalline behavior of these polymers was reported.…”

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrosilation Copolymerization of Aromatic α,ω-Diketones with 1,3-Tetramethyldisiloxane

“…1 This reaction has been successfully applied to the preparation of a number of poly(carbosilanes) which contain Si-C bonds in their backbones. [2][3][4] Similar reactions between 1,3-tetramethyldisiloxane and R,ω-dienes have been used to prepare copoly-(carbosilane/siloxanes) which contain both Si-C and Si-O bonds in their backbones. [5][6][7] On the other hand, while the transition-metalcatalyzed hydrosilation reactions between ketones or aldehydes and silanes to yield silyl ethers have been known for more than twenty-five years, they have not been applied in polymer synthesis.…”

Catalytic synthesis and characterization of stereoregular and optically active polycarbosilanes

“…The hydrosilylation reaction is a well-known tool for the formation of a siliconcarbon bond under mild condition [20][21][22][23] and was applied to the synthesis of polymers by polyaddition. Stereoselective bond scission reaction of the silicon -naphthyl carbon bond of optically pure (R)-methyl(1-naphthyl)phenyl-(d-methyloxy)silane (1), which is obtained by repeated recrystallization of racemic 1 from n-pentane solution at ¡78 ± C, gave optically active (R/-methylphenyl(d-methyloxy)-bromosilane (2) [24,25].…”