Strategies for the prep
aration of c
arboranyl-containing hybrid materials by hydrolytic sol-gel processwere investigated with c
arboranyl-containing poly-trialkoxysilyl precursors: 1,2-[(CH
2)
3Si(OEt)
3]
2-1,2-C
2B
10H
10 (
P1) and 1-R-2-Si[(CH
2)
2Si(OEt)
3]
3-1,2-C
2B
10H
10 (R = Me,
P2 or Ph,
P3). When
P1 is used,the integrity of the precursor is preserved whatever is the catalyst (F
-, H
+), while for
P2 and
P3, cleavageof the C
cluster-Si bond is observed with F
- and OH
- as catalysts. Such Si-C
cluster bond cleavage leads toporous hybrid materials templated by the c
arborane, which is further eliminated from the material andtotally recovered. In contrast, nonporous materials
are obtained when c
arborane is preserved in thematerials. P
art of this hybrid material exhibits a lamell
ar structure in relation to the presence of thec
arborane units. In dry air, high thermal stability is observed for such materials and results in a verylimited oxidation of the material at 1200
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C (weight gain of <5%). In an inert atmosphere, high thermalstability combined with several chemical transformations leads to a limited weight loss, graphitization,and oxide and under-oxide mixtures. Materials were ch
aracterized by IR, solid-state NMR (
29Si,
13C),porosimetry, X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, TGA, and XPS.