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A trifunctional cyclohexasilane for branched poly(cyclosilane)s
Marissa G Coschigano1, Eric A Marro1, Ruoxi Li1
1Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. klausen@jhu.edu.
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The poly(cyclosilane)s are a class of hybrid inorganic-organic polymers with an all Si-Si backbone, arranged into repeating cyclohexasilane motifs, and mixed methyl and hydro side chains. The synthesis of a densely functionalized cyclosilane with three-fold symmetry enabled copolymerization studies yielding poly(cyclosilane)s with variable amounts of branching. The properties of the novel branched poly(cyclosilane)s were investigated and it was found that branching led to less volatilization during pyrolysis in an inert atmosphere, suggesting the utility of poly(cyclosilane)s for applications as preceramic polymers.
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