title: Metal-Free Hydrosilylation Polymerization by Borane Catalyst.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141 (Korea).|Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141 (Korea).
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141 (Korea). cury1230@kaist.ac.kr.|Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141 (Korea). cury1230@kaist.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Seewon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joung
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141 (Korea). jeunggonkim@jbnu.ac.kr.|Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141 (Korea). jeunggonkim@jbnu.ac.kr.|Current address: Department of Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 54896 (Korea). jeunggonkim@jbnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jeung Gon
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141 (Korea). sbchang@kaist.ac.kr.|Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141 (Korea). sbchang@kaist.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Sukbok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
keywords: borane catalyst; hydrosilylation; metal-free catalysis; polycarbosilanes; polymerization