In order to obtain precursor with high ceramic yield and silicon carbide (SiC) products with excellent thermal stability, pinacolborane (PINB) was introduced to modify polycarbosilane (PCS). Dehydrogenation reaction was concerned. Several boron-containing polycarbosilanes (PBCS) were prepared with different mass ratio between PINB and PCS (1: 20, 1: 10, 1: 5). FT-IR, 1H-NMR, TGA and XRD were used to characterize the samples. It demonstrates that boron is introduced to the PCS structure by dehydrogenation reaction as PINB backbone. The introduction of boron might increase the ceramic yield of precursor from 78% to 92%. And the cross-inking reaction of PCS is also enhanced by PINB. Results demonstrate that the pyrolysis process of PBCS includes three stages. Moreover, the growth of SiC crystals is inhibited, due to introduction of boron. And the high temperature heat resistance of B-containing SiC ceramics is enhanced to 1400℃. © 2018, Editorial Board of Polymer Materials Science & Engineering. All right reserved.