a Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan b Advanced Material Business Promotion Department, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd, 5-11-61 Torishima, Konohana-ku, Osaka 554-0051, Japan
Abstract:
Reduction of dichlorosilanes with Mg metal in the presence of Lewis acid and LiCl was found to be the highly practical method for the synthesis of polysilanes.