Inorganic Polymers from Acyclic Monomers

Various types of polymerization reactions involving appropriate inorganic acyclic monomers have been quite effectively utilized for the preparation of polymers containing inorganic elements or inorganic groups. Some of 

A reaction where a small molecule is eliminated from a single monomer to generate the polymer. 

A reaction between two appropriate difunctional monomers to eliminate a small molecule and afford a polymeric material. 

The dehydration reaction has also been used to prepare ladder-type polymers. Thus, the hydrolysis of PhSiCls affords PhSi(OH)3 which undergoes a self condensation reaction to generate a ladder-like polymer which is known as polysilsesquioxane (see Eq. 1.4) [15,16]. 

Metal-assisted dehalogenation reaction, analogous to the well-known Wurtz reaction has been very effectively employed for the preparation of polysilanes which contain catenated organosilicon units. Thus, the reaction of a variety of diorganodichlorosilanes with finely divided sodium in a 

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