Abstract: The present invention relates a hydroxyl-functionalized unimodal polysiloxane polyalkyleneglycol brush copolymer of the structure [A(-X—B)]s, wherein: A represents said polysiloxane backbone; B represents said polyalkyleneglycol side chain; X is a linker group characterized by including the moiety Si—C—C— of which said Si is a part of the polysiloxane backbone A; and s is an integer of from 1 to 100, wherein the polysiloxane backbone A contains less than 500 ppm mol % of SiH moiety based on the total moles of the silicon atom which constitutes the polysiloxane backbone, and said copolymer has a polydispersity index of from 1.3 to 5.0; and a method for producing said hydroxyl-functionalized unimodal polysiloxane polyalkyleneglycol brush copolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bi-functionalized polysiloxane brush copolymer comprising at least one hydroxyl-terminated polyalkyleneglycol side chain and at least one onium-functionalized side chain as defined herein, and a method for preparing the bi-functionalized polysiloxane brush copolymer, a curable composition comprising the bi-functionalized polysiloxane brush copolymer and its use.

Abstract: A flame retardant prepolymer composition for use in a flame retardant polymer includes at least one isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer containing at least one phosphonate oligomer, phosphonate monomer or a mixture thereof in an amount of from 5 to 75 parts by weight, referring to the total amount of the at least one isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer. The at least one phosphonate oligomer, phosphonate monomer or a mixture thereof contains units according to the following structural formula (I) of the description in which n is an integer from 1 to 20, R is a C1-20 alkyl, C2-20 alkene, C2-20 alkyne, C3-20 cycloalkyl, or C6-20 aryl, and R2 is an aliphatic and/or aromatic group, wherein a NCO value is in a range between approximately 2% to approximately 10% obtained by titration against a dibutylamine/tolulene solution as per ISO 14896: 2009-07 Method A.

Abstract: A method for producing a hydroxyl-functionalized polysiloxane having secondary or tertiary hydroxyl groups, said method comprising the steps of: i) reacting a hydroxyalkyl allyl ether having a secondary or tertiary alcohol group with a siloxane under anhydrous conditions and under transition metal catalysis, said hydroxylalkyl allyl ether conforming to Formula (I) wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, preferably 0; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, preferably 1; spacer group A is constituted by a covalent bond or a C1-C20 alkylene group; R1 is hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C18 aryl group or an aralkyl group; Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R2, R3, R4 and R5 may be the same or different and each is independently selected from hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C6-C18 aryl group or a C6-C18 aralkyl group, with the proviso that at least one of R3 and R4 is not hydrogen; and said siloxane conforming to Formula (II) wherein m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, preferably 1; R6, R7, R8 and R9 may be

Abstract: The present invention relates to an onium-functionalized siloxane having the general Formula (X) or (X-A) as defined herein; a method for preparing the onium-functionalized siloxane; and its use as an antimicrobial agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a procedure in which a functionalized polysiloxane is synthesized in the presence of a platinum catalyst, and halogen-functionalized polysiloxanes obtained according to the procedure. The procedure is defined herein by reacting a) at least one polysiloxane comprising at least one hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom; b) at least one heterocyclic compound; and c) at least one halogen-containing compound, wherein the reaction is catalyzed by at least one platinum catalyst. The synthetic pathway is described as a halosilation reaction in which a heterocyclic molecule is ring-opened in the presence of a platinum catalyst and a halogen source, resulting in a formal insertion of the opened heterocycle into the SiH bond. On the final product, the heteroatom of the former heterocycle is bonded to the silicon atom from the former hydrosiloxane moiety while the halogen is bonded to the last carbon atom of the opened chain.

Abstract: The present invention relates a hydroxyl-functionalized unimodal polysiloxane polyalkyleneglycol brush copolymer of the structure [A(-X—B)]s, wherein: A represents said polysiloxane backbone; B represents said polyalkyleneglycol side chain; X is a linker group characterized by including the moiety Si—C—C— of which said Si is a part of the polysiloxane backbone A; and s is an integer of from 1 to 100, wherein the polysiloxane backbone A contains less than 500 ppm mol % of SiH moiety based on the total moles of the silicon atom which constitutes the polysiloxane backbone, and said copolymer has a polydispersity index of from 1.3 to 5.0; and a method for producing said hydroxyl-functionalized unimodal polysiloxane polyalkyleneglycol brush copolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curable composition comprising: a) at least one polymer having at least one silicon-containing group of formula —Si(R1)k(Y)3-k as defined herein, and b) at least one hydroxyl-functionalized polysiloxane polyalkyleneglycol brush copolymer of the structure [A(-X—B)]s as defined herein; and an adhesive, sealant, or coating material comprising said curable composition and use thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing a hydroxyl-functionalized polysiloxane having secondary or tertiary hydroxyl groups, said method comprising the steps of: i) reacting a hydroxyalkyl allyl ether having a secondary or tertiary alcohol group with a siloxane under anhydrous conditions and under transition metal catalysis, said hydroxylalkyl allyl ether conforming to Formula (I) wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, preferably 0; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, preferably 1; spacer group A is constituted by a covalent bond or a C1-C20 alkylene group; R1 is hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C18 aryl group or an aralkyl group; Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R2, R3, R4 and R5 may be the same or different and each is independently selected from hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C6-C18 aryl group or a C6-C18 aralkyl group, with the proviso that at least one of R3 and R4 is not hydrogen; and said siloxane conforming to Formula (II) wherein m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, preferably 1; R6, R7, R8 and R9 may be