Abstract: The invention concerns a novel method for treating the surface of plastic material comprising the following steps: (1) applying on at least one of the surfaces of the plastic material a composition with polymerisable and/or crosslinkable reactive functions, by cationic process or by cationic and radical process comprising 1 to 99 wt. % of at least a polymerisable and/or at least partly polymerised organic matrix A having oxetane reactive functions (frA); 99 to 1 wt.

Abstract: The invention aims at improving such compositions by proposing a non -toxic diluent harmless to reactivity and by making these compositions translucent, free from metallic impurities and capable of constituting light-polymerisable varnish with good properties of ductility for leveling and surface coating. This aim is achieved by the invention which proposes a composition comprising an organic polymerisable matrix A, containing cyclo-aliphatic epoxide resins or not, acrylates, alkenyl-ethers or polyols, a silicon diluent B with viscosity less than 100 MPa's, a radical and/or cationic (onium salt) photoinitiator C, optionally a light-sensitising material D, a pigment E and another additive F; provided that when A is a cyclo-aliphatic epoxide resin, B has a metal concentration not more than 100 ppm. The invention also concerns the use of the silicon diluent B for preparing a composition crosslinkable by cationic and/or radical process, under UV radiation, in the presence of a photoinitiator (ink or varnish).

Abstract: Tin derivatives for use as oxygen-activated latent polycondensation catalysts. Said tin derivatives having a formula R1-Yn-R4, wherein R1 and R4 together form a divalent group or a single bond which insures the formation of a ring with n being 5, 6 or 7, the radicals Y, which may be similar or different, represent a tin-membered chain unit of a structure R′-Sn-R″, wherein R′ and R″, which may be similar or different are a hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical.

Abstract: Functional mixed polyorganosiloxanes, well suited for formulation into curable release compositions, notably for paper, comprise the same or different recurring structural units of the formula (I):R.sub.a Y.sub.b X.sub.c SiO.sub.(4-a-b-c)/2 (I)in which the radicals R are each an alkyl, vinyl, aryl or aralkyl radical, at least 80% of the radicals R being methyl radicals, the radicals X are each H or a reactive polar functional group devoid of the heteroatoms nitrogen and sulfur, the radicals Y are at least C.sub.4 alkenyl or alkenyloxy radical containing at least one site of ethylenic unsaturation at a polymer chain end or along the polymer chain, a, b and c are equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3, and a+b+c=0, 1, 2 or 3, with the proviso that the number of SiO.sub.

Abstract: Provided is a process for the preparation of polyorganosiloxanes containing unsaturated functions. A polyorganohydrogenosiloxane (A) containing at least 0.1 mol % of hydrogen atoms linked directly to the silicon is reacted with at least a stoichiometric amount of a hydrocarbon compound (B) having at least one ethylenic or acetylenic unsaturation, in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a dehydrogenative condensation catalyst comprising a metal complex of formula (I): L.sub.n MR.sub.x Y.sub.y. M represents a metal chosen from titanium, zirconium and hafnium; the symbols L are the same or different and represent a hydrocarbon ligand of the metal M, the said ligand donating from 3 to 8 .pi.-electrons to the valence shell of the said metal; n is an integer ranging from 0 to 3; the symbols R are the same or different and represent a hydrocarbon or organosilicon ligand of the metal M, the ligand being a .sigma.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the synthesis of optionally alkoxylated polyorganosiloxane (POS) resins by non-hydrolytic condensation. The object is to provide a process which offers the possibility of controlling the crosslinking. This object, inter alia, is achieved by the process according to the invention, which makes provision for carrying out a non-hydrolytic condensation reaction between alkoxysilyl units (Mo1) and halogenosilyl units (Mo2), both of which are carried by identical or different silanes, in the presence of a catalyst of the Lewis acid type, said condensation reaction generating essentially .tbd.Si--O--Si.tbd. linkages and coproducts XR (X=halogen).

Abstract: Stable curable silicone compositions, well suited for the deposition of release coatings onto a wide variety of substrates, for example paper or plastic films, comprise a hydrosilylation-curable polyorganosiloxane oil and/or at least one Si alkenylated organopolysiloxane resin and, optionally, at least one organohydrosiloxane resin, an SiH crosslinking agent therefor, a hydrosilylation-inhibiting amount of a long chain acetylenic alcohol, advantageously having a boiling point higher than 250.degree. C., and a catalytically effective amount of a hydrosilylation catalyst, e.g., platinum or a platinum compound/complex.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organopolysiloxane composition containing a cyclopentenyl radical and crosslinkable in a thin layer by exposure to ultraviolet light, characterized in that it comprises:A. 100 parts of diorganopolysiloxane containing at least 3 cyclopentenyl radicals per molecule, each of these groups being directly linked, by an SiC bond, to a different silicon atom, andB. an effective amount of at least one photoinitiator.Application of the compositions to the production of coatings, especially for the production of non-stick coatings on paper, and for the encapsulation of printed circuits.

Abstract: Cyclopentadienyl and/or cyclopentadienylene and/or dicyclopentadienylene-substituted polyorganosiloxanes that are crosslinkable into elastomeric state on exposure to atmospheric oxygen and/or to moisture are well suited, e.g., for adhesive applications in the construction industry and for diverse insulating/coating applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organopolysiloxane composition, containing a cyclopentenyl radical, which is stable on storage in the absence of gaseous oxygen, in particular in the absence of atmospheric oxygen, and is crosslinkable to an elastomer in the presence of gaseous oxygen, originating in particular from the atmosphere, characterized in that it comprises:(A) 100 parts of diorganopolysiloxane containing at least 3 cyclopentenyl radicals per molecule, each of these groups being directly linked, by a SIC bond, to a different silicon atom,(B) a catalytically effective amount of a hardening catalyst and(C) 0 to 250 parts of an inorganic filler.Application of the compositions to the production of coatings or of seals.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a silane and an organopolysiloxane containing a cyclopentenyl radical, characterized in that the silane or the organopolysiloxane has a radical Y of the formula: ##STR1## directly linked to the silicon atom. The silanes according to the invention can be used as coupling and crosslinking agents, in particular in the compositions of acrylic paints.The diorganopolysiloxanes according to the invention can be used as base polymer of a silicone composition which is crosslinkable to an elastomer, in particular by exposure to atmospheric oxygen.

Abstract: Novel tetracoordinated tin (IV) compounds, well suited as latent catalysts for the preparation of polyurethanes or for the crosslinking of curable diorganopolysiloxanes (upon thermal decomposition thereof into diorganotin dicarboxylates or dialcoholates), have the general formula (1): ##STR1## in which the radicals R, which may be the same or different, are each a linear or branched chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl radical, a mononuclear aryl radical, or an aralkyl or alkaryl radical, the alkyl moieties of which having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; the radicals R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a cyano radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl radical, or an alkoxycarbonyl radical, the alkyl moiety of which having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may together form a saturated hydrocarbon ring member having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms; the radical R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Optionally chelated tetracoordinated or pentacoordinated tin(IV) compounds having the general formula: ##STR1## are useful latent catalysts in compositions for the preparation of polyurethanes, or for the crosslinking of organopolysiloxanes, by increasing the temperature of appropriate reaction mixtures to a level above the decomposition temperature of such tin(IV) compound.

Abstract: Linear diorganopolysiloxanes having at least two alkoxy groups at each end of the polymer chain, well suited for formulation into single-component, storage-stable CVE polysiloxane compositions curable into elastomeric state in the presence of moisture, are prepared by functionalizing an alpha,omega-dihydroxydiorganopolysiloxane oil with a polyalkoxysilane, in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a zinc complex of the formula: ##STR1##

Abstract: Novel linear or branched O.sub.2 -curable polyorganosiloxanes containing propanaldehyde functional groups and at least three recurring siloxyl units per molecule, at least one unit of which corresponds to the general formula: ##EQU1## in which X is the radical --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 CHO or the radical ##STR1## and R is a monovalent hydrocarbon residue containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, are prepared by hydroformylation of the corresponding polyorganosiloxane in an organic phase by means of a catalyst system which is soluble in the organic phase but insoluble in aqueous phase, such catalyst system including a rhodium/sulfonated or carboxylated triarylphospine salt complex.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of a silicone crosslinkable into elastomeric state by elimination of water therefrom, include:(A) 100 parts of an oil-in-water emulsion of an .alpha.,.omega.-(dihydroxy)polydiorganosiloxane, stabilized with an anionic and/or nonionic surfactant;(B) 0.1 to 15 parts of an organosiliconate; and(C) 5 to 250 parts of a nonsiliceous inorganic filler material; and such emulsion having a pH higher than 7 and a solids content of at least 40%; the subject emulsions are especially adapted for the production of silicone elastomer seals for the coating of food packaging materials.

Abstract: Storage-stable, curable polyorganosiloxane compositions, whether solvent-free, in solution in an organic solvent or in aqueous emulsion, contain (A) a polydiorganosiloxane having silanol endgroups, (B) a polydiorganohydrosilane, and (C) a catalytically effective amount of a latent tin catalyst of the formula (1): ##STR1## and are cured into elastomeric state by heating to a temperature at least equal to the decomposition temperature of the latent catalyst (C); such polyorganosioxane compositions are well adopted for the thin-layer coating of a wide variety of useful substrates, e.g., paper.

Abstract: Organopolysiloxane compositions curable into elastomeric state, whether in single- or two-component form, comprise an .alpha.,.omega.-dihydroxypolydiorganopolysiloxane oil, a crosslinking agent therefor, optionally, inorganic fillers and an adhesion promoter, and a catalytically effective amount of a pentacoordinated tin monochelate produced by reacting a tin oxide with a .beta.-dicarbonyl compound and a carboxylic acid.

Abstract: The wettable silicone elastomer is obtained by crosslinking of a composition of epoxidized silicones. The elastomer thus obtained is made wettable by grafting saccharide compounds on epoxy groups of the elastomer.The invention is applied in particular to the manufacture of contact lenses.

Abstract: Organopolysiloxane compositions curable into elastomeric state, whether in single- or two-component form, comprise an .alpha., .omega.-dihydroxypolydiorganopolysiloxane oil, a crosslinking agent therefor, optionally, inorganic fillers and an adhesion promoter, and a catalytically effective amount of a pentacoordinated tin monochelate produced by reacting a tin bischelate with an organic carboxylic acid.