A process for forming a low dielectric constant fluorine and carbon-containing silicon oxide dielectric material comprising reacting together a peroxide oxidizing agent and one or more silanes which will react with said peroxide to form a film of said low k fluorine and carbon-containing silicon oxide dielectric material, said silanes comprising one or more organofluoro silanes having the formula SiR1R2R3R4, wherein:
- (a) R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, a 3 to 5 carbon organo moiety, and an oxyorgano moiety;
- (b) R2 is an organofluoro moiety;
- and
- (c) R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of the same or different leaving group, the same or different organofluoro moiety, and the same or different ((L)Si(R5)(R6))n(R7);
- wherein n ranges from 1 to 5;
- L is O or (C(R8)2)m;
- m ranges from 1 to 4;
- each of the n R5's and n R6's is independently selected from the group consisting of the same or different leaving group and the same or different organofluoro moiety;
- R7 is selected from the group consisting of a leaving group and an organofluoro moiety;
- and each of the 2n*m or fewer R8's is selected from the group consisting of F and the same or different organofluoro moiety.