Catalytic cross-dehydrocoupling polymerization of silane and water, and deaminative polymerisation between silanol and aminosilane are used to synthesize a variety of silicon- containing polymers with controlled structure. n-Hexylamine-2-ethylhexoate was used to catalyze silanol condensation. Among transition metal derivatives investigated, Pd2 (dba) 3is the most active catalyst for the dehydrocoupling polymerisation, and deaminative ...