Preparation of Aromatic Silanes as High Thermal Stability Coupling Agents

Four different synthetic methods for preparation of aromatic sialnes have been developed and the hydrosilylation route has been proved to be one as the most commercially significant. A series of specialty aryl silanes have been synthesized for the potential applications of high performance and high temperature as silane coupling agents. The thermal stabilities of the bridged aromatic silanes have been examined using thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and compared against the gamma-substituted alkylsilanes and phenyltrimethoxysilane. These materials have greater thermal stability than the gamma-substituted, but marginally lower than phenyltrimethoxysilane.