Sahmetlioglu, ErtugrulHa Thi Hoang NguyenNsengiyumva, OlivierGokturk, ErsenMiller, Stephen A.2024-09-182024-09-1820162161-1653https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00095https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/13327A kinetic study revealed that the acid-catalyzed (p-TSA) equilibration of Me2Si(OMe)(2) and Me2Si(OEt)(2), forming Me2Si(OEt)OMe, is established in 300 min in benzene at room temperature. This silicon acetal metathesis reaction is exploited for the step-growth polymerization of bissilicon acetals (MeOSiMe2OROSiMe2OMe) with metathetical loss of Me2Si(OMe)(2). Thus, a convenient and generalized silicon acetal metathesis polymerization (SAMP) method is introduced as the acid-catalyzed copolymerization of a diol (HOROH) and Me2Si(OMe)(2), driven by elimination of methanol and/or Me2Si(OMe)(2). SAMP constitutes an effective and powerful strategy for manipulating the most common bond in the Earth's crust, the silicon oxygen bond.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBiorenewable DiolsOlefinCopolymersArticle5446647010.1021/acsmacrolett.6b0009535607239WOS:000374716700009Q1