Catalytic transformations of oligocarbosilanes induced by AlCl3

Catalytic activation of Si−C bonds in poly(vinyltrimethylsilane) was studied using a model reaction of catalytic transformations of oligocarbosilanes Me3Si(CH2) n SiMe3 (n=2, 3) in dichlorodimethylsilane in the presence of AlCl3 as an example. The formation of ClMe2Si(CH2) n SiMe3 was established by chromato-mass spectrometry and GLC.