NEW MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLAR SILANES FOR POLYMER MODIFICATION

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 dihydro silane, 2-cyanoethylmethyldihydrosilane, failed to give the expected d ialkylsilanes.