Activation of Si-C bonds and synthesis of silicon-functional polycarbosilanes

The functionalization of polycarbosilanes was studied using poly(vinyltrimethylsilane) as an example. The possibility of synthesizing of silicon-functional polycarbosilanes by the catalytic activation of Si-C-bonds involving catalytic systems based on compounds of metals of III, VI, and VIII groups was shown Properties of the obtained polymers are discussed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1861–1863, July, 1996.