Patent ID: 8840965

Claim:
A method of preparing silicon-containing materials, comprising: (I) reacting an amine-reactive compound having at least one free-radical polymerizable group per molecule with a silane to form a reaction product, the silane having the formula: (R 1 2 NR 2 ) a SiR 3 b (OR 4 ) 4−(a+b) wherein a=1, 2, or 3; b=0, 1, 2, or 3; a+b=1, 2, 3, or 4; each R 1 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C12 alkyl, halogen-substituted C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 cycloalkyl, aryl, nitrogen-substituted C1-C12 alkyl, and aliphatic ring structures which bridge the R 1 units, wherein the aliphatic ring structures are optionally N-substituted; each R 2 is independently selected from C1-C30 alkyl; each R 3 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C12 alkyl, halogen-substituted C1-C12 alkyl, and —OSiR 3′ 3 , wherein R 3′ is selected from C1-C12 alkyl and halogen-substituted C1-C12 alkyl; and each R 4 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C12 alkyl, and halogen-substituted C1-C12 alkyl; wherein a mole ratio of amine groups on the silane to amine-reactive groups on the amine-reactive compound is from 0.5 to 1.5; wherein the reaction may optionally occur in the presence of at least one optional solvent to form a reaction product that is soluble in the at least one optional solvent; and (II) combining the reaction product of (I) with an organoborane-organonitrogen complex in the presence of oxygen to form a polymer preparation, wherein the polymer preparation of (II) is selected from (a) a solid; (b) a liquid; or if the reaction of (I) occurs in the presence of the at least one optional solvent, (c) a dispersion.