BackPolymer synthesis

Gelest offers hundreds of products for use in polymer synthesis. Product categories include monomers, macromers, prepolymers, catalysts, and initiators. Listed are some examples from the main categories.

Applicable Gelest Brochures:
Reactive Silicones
Silane Coupling Agents

Monomers for radical polymerization
SIA0186.0 Acryloxymethyltrimethylsilane –undergoes UV polymerization
SIB1400.0 1,3-Bis(3-methacryloxypropyl)tetrakis (trimethylsiloxy)disiloxane – oxygen permeable cross linker
SIB1941.0 p-(t-Butyldimethylsiloxy)stryrene - intermediate for linear polymers with phenolic hydroxyls
CXPO015 Potassium acrylate - forms hydrophilic copolymers
CXPO076 Potassium sulfopropylmethacrylate – emulsifier, comonomer
   
Monomers for ring-opening polymerization of siloxanes
SIO6700.0 Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane - building block for silicones
SIO6705.0 Octaphenylcyclotetrasiloxane - employed in preparation of diphenylsiloxane copolymers
   
Monomers for condensation polymerization
SIB1024.0 1,3-Bis(aminopropyl)tetramethyldisiloxane - monomer for polyimides, polyamides
SIB1835.5 Bis(trimethylsilyl)bisphenol A - monomer for substitution polymerization
   
Macromers
MCR-C22 Monocarbinol Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane
MCR-M17 Monomethacrylate Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane
   
Prepolymers
DMS-V35 Vinyl Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane
DMS-E09 Epoxy Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane
DMS-C21 Hydroxy Terminated Polydimethylsiloxane
SIB1660.0 Bis[Methyldimethoxysilyl)propyl]polypropyleneoxide
   
Catalysts and Donors for Polyolefin polymerization
SID3538.0 Diisopropyldimethoxysilane
AKM500 Magnesium Ethoxide
   
Precious metal catalysts for vinyl addition cure silicones
SIP6830.3 Platinum divinyltetramethyldisiloxane complex Karstedt catalyst
INRH078 Tris(dibutylsulfide)rhodium trichloride - inhibition resistant catalyst
   
Photoinitiators
OMAN071 p-(Octylphenoxy)phenyliodonium Hexafluoroantimonate
OMBOO37 (p-Isopropylphenyl)-p-methylphenyl)iodonium Tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate
OMTI014 Bis(2,6-difluoro-3-(-hydropyrrol-1-yl)phenyl)titanocene
   
Catalysts for Urethanes and Condensation Silicones
SND4430 Dibutyldilauryltin
SND4220 Dimethyldineodecanoatetin
SNB1100 Bis(2-ethylhexanoate)tin tin octoate
INPH055 Poly(phosphonitrilic chloride)