Patents Assigned to Lopata Research & Development Corporation
  • Method of making alkylalkoxysilanes
    Patent number: 4778910
    Abstract: A process is provided for making alkylalkoxysilane by reacting a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl alcohol in the presence of an effective catalytic amount of copper metal and an alkali metal carboxylate catalyst. Preferably, silicon and methanol are reacted in the presence of copper metal and potassium formate catalysts to produce methyltrimethyoxysilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Lopata Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: James O. Stoffer, John F. Montle, Nanayakkara L. D. Somasivi