REGIOSELECTIVE HYDROSILATIONS .2. THE SYNTHESIS OF SILICON HYDROGEN FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS

The discovery that the rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilation of unsaturated epoxides with compounds containing two Si - H functional groups proceeds in a discrete, stepwise fashion, has made possible the synthesis of a series of interesting compounds containing both Si - H and epoxy groups in the same molecule. These compounds can be used both as an interesting new class of epoxy monomers as well as intermediates for the preparation of a wide variety of novel monomers which incorporate epoxide as well as other types of polymerizable functional groups. (C) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.