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Poly(methylphenylsilane) of ($) over bar M(w) approaching 10(5), forme
d 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 conte
nt than that formed using the conventional alkali metal reductive-coup
ling reaction.