Highly Efficient Palladium Catalyst System for Insertion of Acetylenes into Si–Si Bonds. A New Method for Modification of Silicon-containing Polymers

Abstract
The Pd(dba)2–2P(OCH2)3CEt (dba = dibenzylideneacetone) system exhibited highly efficient catalysis in the insertion of acetylenes into Si–Si bonds of hexamethyldisilane, octamethyltrisilane, poly[(disilanylene)phenylene] , poly[(disilanylene)ethylene], and poly(dimethylsilylene).