Abstract:Polytitanocarbosilanes (PTC),the precursor of SiC fiber containing Ti,has been synthesized directly from polysilane (PS) and titanium tetrabutoxide (Ti(OBu)4) without using any reaction promoter. In this reaction,PS was decomposed into polysilane of low molecular weight (LPS) containing Si-C skeleton and Si-H bonds. Then PTC was obtained by the reaction of Si-H bonds in LPS with Ti(OBu)4 accompanied by the conversion of Si-Si skeleton in LPS into Si-C skeleton. In this paper,the synthesis process and structure of PTC-Ⅱ prepared by this new method,compared with PTC-Ⅰ obtained by old method,and the properties of SiC fiber containing Ti using PTC-Ⅱ as the precursor were examined and discussed.