Patent ID: 7304016

Claim:
A composition comprising: wherein R 1 is X is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene moiety, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkylene moiety, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene moiety; wherein R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from R 1 , a hydrocarbon moiety, a substituted hydrocarbon moiety, a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy, a thiol, an amine, a silanol bond to the solid support, a bond to another silane ligand, or O—Si—Y 1 Y 2 Y 3 , wherein Y 1 , Y 2 and Y 3 are independently selected from a hydrocarbon moiety or a substituted hydrocarbon moiety; R 4 is a hydrocarbon moiety, a substituted hydrocarbon moiety, or a hydrogen atom; and n comprises an integer ≧1.