Issue 14, 2020

Application of multifunctional silylenes and siliranes as universal crosslinkers for metal-free curing of silicones

Abstract

Conventional industrial crosslinking of silicones is usually done by the well-established tin-catalysed condensation, platinum-catalysed addition or peroxide curing. We report the first application of highly reactive multifunctional silylenes as universal crosslinkers for catalyst-free curing of standard industrial silicones. The reactive silylene species is generated by thermal decomposition of stable silacyclopropane precursors and reacts with various functionalities of silicone building blocks in an addition reaction. Alternatively, the multifunctional silacyclopropanes can be ring-opened by nucleophilic compounds like siloxanols, which can also be employed for network formation with standard nucleophilic siloxanes. These new crosslinking methods are not dependent on non-recoverable Pt- or toxic Sn-catalysts and enable the production of clean, extractable-free elastomers. We describe the synthesis of multifunctional siliranes as model compounds and their application in silicone curing.

Graphical abstract: Application of multifunctional silylenes and siliranes as universal crosslinkers for metal-free curing of silicones

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jan 2020
Accepted
04 Jun 2020
First published
05 Jun 2020

Green Chem., 2020,22, 4489-4497

Application of multifunctional silylenes and siliranes as universal crosslinkers for metal-free curing of silicones

F. A. D. Herz, M. Nobis, D. Wendel, P. Pahl, P. J. Altmann, J. Tillmann, R. Weidner, S. Inoue and B. Rieger, Green Chem., 2020, 22, 4489 DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00272K

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