Poly(methylphenylsilane) with an enhanced isotactic content prepared using the graphite intercalation compound, C8K

Abstract

Poly(methylphenylsilane) of Mw approaching 105, formed in association with the solid phase in the reaction of the potassium–graphite intercalation compound, C8K, with dichloromethylphenylsilane in THF at low temperatures has a significantly higher isotactic content than that formed using the conventional alkali metal reductive-coupling reaction.