Abstract: The present paper represents the syntheses of polypropyloxymethyldithia 15-crown-5 and 18-crown-6 supported on silica and their platinum complexes. The platinum complexes are effective catalysts for the hydrosilylation of olefins with triethoxysilane. The influences of temperature, amount of platinum complexes used and the nature of olefins used on the catalytic activity of the complexes are also investigated in this paper.

Key words: Functionalized polysiloxane, Thiacrown ether, Platinum complex, Hydrosilyla-tion catalyst