Abstract: Mixtures of cyclic branched siloxanes having exclusively D and T units and having no functional groups, with the proviso that the cumulative proportion of the D and T units having Si-alkoxy and/or SiOH groups that are present in the siloxane matrix, determinable by 29Si NMR spectroscopy, is ?2 mole per cent, are described, as are branched organomodified siloxanes obtainable therefrom.

Abstract: The invention relates to DMC catalysts comprising polyether siloxanes, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, and to the DMC catalysts obtainable by the processes according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides specific alkoxylation products, a process for preparing them, compositions comprising these alkoxylation products, and their use. In particular the present invention provides an alkoxylation product comprising at least one non-terminal alkoxysilyl group, formed from monomers of at least one alkylene oxide and at least one epoxide bearing alkoxysilyl groups, wherein at least 30% of all the free OH groups on the chain end of the alkoxylation product have been converted to acetoacetate groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyoxyalkylenes having pendant long-chain acyloxy radicals and to a process for preparation thereof by an alkoxylation reaction using double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts.

Abstract: Specific alkoxysily-modified polymers bearing alkoxysilyl groups distributed randomly or in block fashion along the polyether chain, and not just located at the chain termini, a process for preparing these alkoxysilyl-modified polymers, and compositions comprising these alkoxysilyl-modified polymers are provided.

Abstract: The invention provides for a composition comprising elemental platinum and/or at least one platinum-containing compound, where said platinum has a positive oxidation state, and one or more organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms, wherein at least one of said compounds comprises at least one olefinic unsaturation, characterized in that said composition comprises a proportion of organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms of from 50.0 to 99.9 wt % and a proportion of the sum of elemental platinum and platinum-containing compounds of from 0.1 to 50.0 wt % in each case based on the composition, with the proviso that the proportions of organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms and of elemental platinum and platinum-containing compounds sum to at least 90 wt % based on the composition and the proviso that the olefinic unsaturation content is at least 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing siloxanes selectively carrying primary amino groups by reacting them with ammonia, and to compounds produced in this way.

Abstract: The invention relates to DMC catalysts comprising polyether siloxanes, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, and to the DMC catalysts obtainable by the processes according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyethers preparable in the presence of a DMC catalyst comprising polyether siloxanes, to processes for preparing the polyethers and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A process for preparing amino acid-modified siloxanes that can be carried out under mild conditions is provided as well as organically modified silicones for care formulations for skin, hair and textiles that are toxicologically unobjectionable.

Abstract: Curable material comprising silylated polymers containing urethane groups, and use thereof in sealants, adhesives, binders and/or surface modifiers.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds having guanidine groups and containing semi-organic silicon groups, their use for the curing of compounds containing alkoxysilyl groups, compositions comprising the curing catalysts of the invention, and use of the compositions as adhesives and sealants and also as coating materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to moisture-curing compositions with increased storage stability based on compounds bearing silyl groups and use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing preparations including one or more mononuclear platinum complex compounds of formula (X), one or more compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms as compound(s) from compound class II, and one or more olefinically unsaturated compound(s) selected from olefin1 and olefin2 as compound(s) from compound class III, by contacting at least one compound from each of compound classes II and III with one or more dinuclear platinum (II) compound(s) as compound(s) from compound class I.

Abstract: The invention relates to alkoxylation products, their preparation, compositions comprising the alkoxylation products of the invention, and the use thereof as or for producing adhesives and sealants.

Abstract: Novel urethane- and silyl-containing prepolymers and compositions obtained as reaction products from alkoxysilyl-bearing compounds and isocyanate-bearing compounds, and a process for preparation thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyoxyalkylenes having pendant long-chain acyloxy radicals and to a process for preparation thereof by an alkoxylation reaction using double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts.

Abstract: Novel alkoxylation products containing lateral hydroxyl groups or bearing lateral C—C double bonds and a process for preparing them by means of an alkoxylation reaction of halogenated alkylene oxides using double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts and subsequent elimination of chlorine.

Abstract: Curable material comprising silylated polymers containing urethane groups, and use thereof in sealants, adhesives, binders and/or surface modifiers.

Abstract: Alkoxylation products, their preparation, compositions comprising these alkoxylation products, and the use thereof as or for producing adhesives and sealants.