Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions containing aminooxy crosslinking agents, of copolymers containing carbonyl groups, to processes for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a crosslinking system in binders, adhesives and coating agents.

Abstract: A process for stabilizing organosiloxanes containing SiOC-bonded radicals, by treating the organosiloxanes with compounds which scavenge hydroxyl groups, selected from (a) organic isocyanates, (b) compounds of the general formulaX.sub.m SiR.sub.n, (I)in which X represents a radical of the general formulaR.sup.1 COO-- (II)or a radical of the general formulaRR.sup.1 C.dbd.N--O-- (III)where R represents an optionally halogen-substituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.16 -hydrocarbon radical, R.sup.1 is the same as R or a hydrogen atom, m is 1, 2, 3 or 4, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and the sum of m+n=4, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Compositions which have a long shelf life in the absence of water, but crosslink in the presence of water at room temperature to form elastomers which are prepared by mixing (1) an organopolysiloxane containing condensable terminal groups with (2) an organosilicon compound containing at least three hydrolyzable groups per molecule which are bonded directly to silicon, (3) a condensation catalyst and, optionally, at least one additional substance, in which the condensation catalyst (3), is a reaction product obtained from the reaction of a finely divided, inorganic oxide with a reactive titanium compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polysilazanes, which comprises (a) reacting a disilane of the general formula Me.sub.6-n Si.sub.2 Cl.sub.n in which n is 3 or 4, with an amine of the general formula RNH.sub.2, in which R represents an alkyl or aryl radical, in an inert atmosphere at temperatures in the range of from -80.degree. C. to 100.degree. C., (b) reacting the reaction product from (a) with a dicholorosilane of the general formula R'.sub.2 SiCl.sub.2, in which the radical R', is the same or different and represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, allyl or aryl radical, or tetramethyldichlorodisilane in an inert atmosphere at temperatures in the range of from -20.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. and (c) reacting the reaction product from (b) with ammonia in an inert atmosphere and thereafter separating off the ammonium chloride thus formed.

Abstract: A process for separating alkenes from a methylchlorosilane mixture by adding at least a stoichiometric amount of hydrogen chloride necessary for saturating the alkenes in the methylchlorosilane mixture and thereafter removing resulting chloroalkanes by distillation.

Abstract: Polishes for hard surfaces that are essentially free of organic solvent comprising organopolysiloxanes which are solid at room temperature.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of dimethylchlorosilane by the redistribution reaction of dimethyldichlorosilane with at least one silane having Si-bonded methyl groups, hydrogen atoms and/or chlorine atoms in the presence of a catalyst, in which the silane is methylchlorosilane and/or methylsilane and the catalyst is a support which is insoluble in the reaction medium and to which NR.sub.2 R.sup.1 groups or .sup..crclbar. X.sup..sym. NR.sub.3 R.sup.1 groups are covalently bonded, in which R is the same or different and represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms per radical, or two R radicals together represent a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from 4 to 11 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by a hetero atom, R.sup.1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms per radical and X.crclbar. represents a chloride ion, bromide ion or iodide ion.

Abstract: A process for rendering masonry water-repellent which comprises treating masonry which is alkaline, with a highly dispersed water-diluted impregnating composition which comprises (A1) an organoalkoxysilane and/or (A2) an organosiloxane containing alkoxy groups and (B) a water-soluble organic or inorganic acid salt of an organopolysiloxane, which in addition to other organosiloxane units contains siloxane units which carry monovalent SiC-bonded radicals containing basic nitrogen in amounts of at least 0.5% by weight, based on the weight of the organopolysiloxane. The treated masonry is particularly resistant to rising dampness.

Abstract: Organosilicon compounds containing alkenyl groups and comprising average units of the formula ##EQU1## in which R may be the same or different and are selected from monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 18 carbon atom(s) per radical and monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 18 carbon atom(s) per radical, R.sup.1 may be the same or different and is selected from alkyl radicals having from 1 to 8 carbon atom(s) per radical and alkyl radicals having from 1 to 8 carbon atom(s) per radical, which are substituted by one or more ether oxygen atom(s), a is 0 or 1, with an average of from 0.003 to 1.0, b is 0, 1, 2 or 3, with an average of from 0.0 to 3.0, c is 0, 1, 2 or 3, with an average of from 0.0 to 3.0, and the sum a+b+c.ltoreq.4, with an average of from 1.5 to 4.0, with the proviso that each molecule contains at least one radical A, and A is a radical of the formula(H.sub.2 C=CR.sup.4 CHR.sup.3 O(R.sup.5 O).sub.V H.sub.1-x C=CH.sub.2-y (R.sup.2 (OR.sup.5).sub.w OCHR.sup.3 CR.

Abstract: A process for preparing metallopolysilanes, which comprises reacting at least one disilane of the general formulaR.sub.6-n Si.sub.2 (OR.sup.1).sub.n (I)in which R may be the same or different and is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, R.sup.1 is the same or different monovalent alkyl groups, and n is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, and optionally mixed with at least one compound of the general formulaR.sup.2.sub.4-m Si(OR.sup.4)m (II)in which R.sup.2 may be the same or different and is the same as R, R.sup.4 may be the same or different and is the same as R.sup.1, and m is 1, 2, 3 or 4, with at least one compound of the general formula(R.sup.5 O)[A(OR.sup.5).sub.a-2.sup.O].sub.x R.sup.5 (III)in which R.sup.5 may be the same or different and is the same as R.sup.1, A is a metal from group IIa, IIIa, IVa, Va, IIIb, IVb or Vb of the Periodic Table, x is an integer of from 1 to 1,000, and a represents the valency of A, in the presence of at least one compound of the general formulaMOR.sup.3 (IV)in which R.sup.

Abstract: A process for purifying organopolysiloxanes, which comprises treating organopolysiloxanes after their preparation with an elemental metal. Impurities which are related to the preparation of organopolysiloxanes and cause changes in color, in particular during storage under the influence of heat, subsequent clouding, inhibition of catalysts, a lack of heat stability, a lack of dielectric strength or the formation of odors, especially after exposure to light, are removed by the process of this invention.

Abstract: Siloxane copolymers containing alkenyl groups are prepared by reacting an organic compound (1) containing at least two aliphatic double bonds of the general formulaR.sup.2 (CR.sup.3 .dbd.CH.sup.2).sub.xin which R.sup.2 is a divalent, trivalent or tetravalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 25 carbon atoms per radical, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms per radical and x is 2, 3 or 4, with an organopolysiloxane (2) having an average of more than one Si-bonded hydrogen atom per molecule, in the presence of a catalyst (3) which promotes the addition of Si-bonded hydrogen to an aliphatic double bond, in which the ratio between the aliphatic double bond in the organic compound (1) and the Si-bonded hydrogen in the organopolysiloxane (2) is such that the alkenyl containing siloxane copolymers thus obtained have an average of more than one alkenyl group per molecule of the formula --CR.sup.3 .dbd.CH.sup.2, in which R.sup.3 is the same as above.

Abstract: A process is provided for the hydrogenation of chloromethanes of the formula CH.sub.n Cl.sub.m, where n=0 to 3 and m=4-n, with hydrogen at a temperature of 150.degree. to 250.degree. C. and under an absolute pressure of 1 to 10 bar, by means of a supported catalyst comprising an activated charcoal support with a BET surface area of more than 500 m.sup.2 /g, 0.5 to 20% by weight of copper in elemental or chemically bonded form and 0.01 to 1.0% by weight of rhodium or palladium in elemental or chemically bonded form, and with 0.1 to 10.0% by weight of a water-soluble phosphonium halide.

Abstract: Novel siloxane copolymers are described having an average of at least two alkenyloxy groups of the formula--OCR.sup.2 .dbd.CH.sup.2 CH.sub.3,in which R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or a methyl radical.These siloxane copolymers are prepared by reacting in a first stage, an organic compound (1) containing more than two aliphatic double bonds of the formula OCHR.sup.2 CR.sup.2 =CH.sub.2 where R.sup.2 is the same as above, with an organopolysiloxane (2) having at least one Si-bonded hydrogen atom per molecule in the presence of a catalyst (3) which promotes addition of the Si-bonded hydrogen to an aliphatic double bond and in a second stage heating the siloxane copolymer in the presence of a catalyst (4) which promotes shifting of the terminal double bond to form copolymers having an internal double bond.

Abstract: Elastomeric particulate copolymers having a core/shell structure composed of a core (a) comprising an organosilicon polymer and an organopolymeric shell (c) or two shells (b) and (c), the inner shell (b) comprising an organosilicon polymer, and the copolymer being composed of (a) from 0.05 to 95 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of a core polymer (R.sub.2 SiO.sub.2/2).sub.x.(RSiO.sub.3/2).sub.y.(SiO.sub.4/2).sub.z where x=0 to 99.5 mol%, y=0.5 to 100 mol% and z=0 to 50 mol%, (b) from 0 to 94.5 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of a polydialkylsiloxane shell comprising (R.sub.2 SiO.sub.2/2) units, and (c) from 5 to 95 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of a shell comprising an organopolymer of monoolefinically unsaturated monomers, and the particles have a particle size of from 10 to 300 nm and a monomodal particle size distribution having a maximum polydispersity index .sigma..sub.2 =0.2.

Abstract: A process for preparing organo(poly)siloxanes of the formulaR.sup.1 R.sub.2 Si(OSiR.sub.2).sub.m (OSiR.sub.2).sub.n OHwhich comprises reacting a hexaorganocyclotrisiloxane of the formula(R.sub.2 SiO).sub.3with a sil(ox)anol of the formulaR.sup.1 R.sub.2 Si(OSiR.sub.2).sub.m OHin the presence of a catalyst which contains fluoride ions, in which R is the same or different and represents a monovalent, optionally substituted hydrocarbon radical, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent, optionally substituted hydrocarbon radical, m is 0 or an integer of at least 1 and n is an integer of at least 3.An alkali metal fluoride or an alkali metal fluoride bonded to a support material is preferably used as the catalyst in the process of this invention.

Abstract: New organosilicon compounds are disclosed which contain (meth)acryloxy groups and consist of average units of the formula ##STR1## in which the radicals R are the same or different and represent monovalent, optionally halogenated hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 18 carbon atom(s) per radical, X is a radical which may be the same or different and represents a chlorine atom or a radical of the formula --OR.sup.1, where R.sup.1 represents an alkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atom(s) per radical, which can be substituted by an ether oxygen atom, a is 0 or 1, with an average of from 0.01 to 1.0, b is 0, 1, 2 or 3, with an average of from 0.0 to 3.0, c is 0, 1, 2 or 3, with an average of from 0.0 to 3.0, the sum of a+b+c.ltoreq.4, and is an average of from 1.5 to 4.0, and A is a radical of the formula ##STR2## where x is 0 or 1 and y is 0 or 1, with the proviso that the sum of x+y is 1, z is 1, 2, 3 or 4, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical, R.sup.

Abstract: A process for polymerizing polar compounds which have a C.dbd.C double bond in an .alpha.-position relative to a carbonyl or nitrile group, such as acrylic acid derivatives, which comprises polymerizing the polar compounds in the presence of organometallic compounds of silicon, germanium or tin as initiators together with a nucleophilic or electrophilic catalyst at temperatures in the range of from -100.degree. C. to +100.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of methylchlorosilanes which comprises reacting methylchlorodisilanes with hydrogen chloride in the presence of a metal from subgroup VIII of the Periodic Table as a catalyst. Preferably, finely divided palladium present on a support such as charcoal or activated carbon is used as a catalyst.

Abstract: Organosilicon compounds which contain Bunte salt groups and contain units of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic radical, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic radical, R.sup.2 is a radical --QS.sub.2 O.sub.3 M, where Q is a divalent hydrocarbon radical and M is an alkali metal radical or optionally a substituted ammonium radical, a is 0, 1, 2 or 3, b is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and c is 0, 1, 2 or 3, processes for preparing the organosilicon compounds and their use are described.