Metal-Free Hydrosilylation Polymerization by Borane Catalyst

  • Dong Wook Kim
  • , Seewon Joung
  • , Jeung Gon Kim
  • , Sukbok Chang

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Abstract

The first example of metal-free hydrosilylation polymerization between dienes and disilanes is developed by using a borane catalyst, B(C6F5)3 to replace precious transition-metal-based systems. Under the easy-to-handle and mild conditions, a step-growth polymerization of two readily available diene and disilane units was achieved with high degrees of polymerization. Various combinations of dienes and disilanes produced polycarbosilanes with a broad range of structures and properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14805-14809
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume54
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015.12.1

Keywords

  • borane catalyst
  • hydrosilylation
  • metal-free catalysis
  • polycarbosilanes
  • polymerization

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry

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