Patent ID: 7652163

Claim:
A method of making a polymer precursor of Formula III: the method comprising combining under reaction conditions: a compound of Formula I: wherein: each R 1 is independently an alkyl, haloalkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or aryl substituted with an alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; R 2 is an alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, or aryl substituted with an alkyl, alkoxy, halo, or alkoxycarbonyl; and each R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl, haloalkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or aryl substituted with an alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; and a silanol terminated siloxane of Formula II: wherein: each R 1 is independently an alkyl, haloalkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or aryl substituted with an alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; and n is an integer of 0 to 1500.