Rapid assembly of explicit, functional silicones

The impressive surface activity of silicones can be enhanced by the incorporation of hydrophilic organic functional groups and polymers. Traditional routes to such compounds, which typically involve platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation, suffer from incompatibility with certain functional groups. B(C(6)F(5))(3)-catalyzed condensation of hydrosilanes with alkoxysilanes offers new opportunities to prepare explicit silicone structures. We demonstrate …