New Multifunctional Polar Silanes for Polymer Modification

Abstract

New trifunctional carbosilanes containing hydroxy, alkenyl, chloro and cyano groups have been synthesized in good yields. A useful synthesis of these polymer precursors from dichlorosilanes was developed after it was found that hydrosilation of functionalized alkenes by a dihydrosilane, 2-cyanoethylmethyldihydrosilane, failed to give the expected dialkylsilanes.