| abstract |
A polymetallocarbosilane having a number average molecular weight of 700 to 100,000 derived from a polycarbosilane having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 10,000 and containing a main-chain skeleton represented mainly by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group, n and an organometallic compound represented by the general formula n n MX.sub.4 n n Wherein M represents Ti or Zr, and X represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a phenoxy group or an acetylacetoxy group, n at least one of the silicon atoms of the polymetallocarbosilane being bonded to the metal atom (M) through an oxygen atom, the ratio of the total number of the structural units --Si--CH 2 -- to the total number of the structural units --M--O-- in the polymetallocarbosilane being in the range of from 2:1 to 200:1; and a process for production thereof. |