Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane compound which has a fluorine-containing group at its one terminal and an aminopropyl group at its other terminal.The polyorganosiloxane compound can provide various improved properties as well as new properties to synthetic resins by a chemical connection to the synthetic resins with a functional group or groups reactive with the amino group at the other terminal thereof.

Abstract: A rhodium colloid has been found to be a superior catalyst for the hydrosilylation of silicon hydride having two or three hydrogens attached to silicon. The rhodium colloid is made by effecting reaction between rhodium trichloride and certain silicon hydride.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organosiloxane compound suitable for the modification of silicone rubbers and synthetic resins, an organosiloxane compound useful as its intermediate, and a process for preparing them. The organosiloxane compound of the present invention can be represented by the general formula (IV) ##STR1## wherein j is an integer of 1 to 2000, R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.1 is a pentafluorophenyl group or a straight-chain or a branched fluoroalkyl group represented by the formula (III)C.sub.1 H.sub.b F.sub.2a-b+1 (II)wherein a is an integer of 3 to 18, and b is an integer of 0 to 2a.The siloxane compound of the present invention has a siloxane chain each having a substituent with a fluorine atom containing group at the terminal thereof. Each of molecules constituting the polysiloxane compound of the present invention has a terminal hydrosilyl group portion and a fluorine atom-containing terminal substituent portion therein.

Abstract: A process of producing a silanic or siloxanic compound containing at least one cycloalkyl ring by the hydrogenation of a corresponding compound containing at least one aromatic ring, in the presence of a Raney nickel catalyst having a granulometry comprised essentially between 10 and 150 micrometers and a surface area of at least 80 m.sup.2 /g.

Abstract: An adhesive release composition containing specific amounts of an organopolysiloxane bearing oxyalkylene groups and alkenyl groups, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, and a platinum-type catalyst is characterized by the formation, on various base surfaces, of a release surface having an excellent printability and a stable release force. For example, a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape of this invention can be easily unrolled, durably adhered to an article and clearly printed with ink on its adhesive-releasing surface which bears the release composition of this invention.

Abstract: Linear low-molecular-weight organo(poly)siloxanes which are monofunctional or difunctional and in which, if difunctional, the two functionalities are present in siloxane units which are chemically different from each other are prepared by reacting an octaorganocyclotetrasiloxane with lithium silanolate in a molar ratio of 0.9:1 to 1.1:1 in an electron-donating, aprotic solvent at a temperature below 50.degree. C., in the absence of water, and thereafter reacting the resultant lithium siloxanolate thus obtained with an organohalosilane.

Abstract: 3-Benzylidenecamphor-substituted diorganopolysiloxanes, well adopted for incorporation into coating and lubricant compositions (notably as a lubricant for PVC), have the structural formulae (1) and (2) ##STR1## wherein A and/or B is a 3-benzylidenecamphor moiety.

Abstract: Solventless liquid silicone resin compositions are prepared by first reacting a mixture of (A) a polydimethylsiloxane and (B) a methyltrialkoxysilane in the presence of (C) an equilibrating amount of a perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid; hydrolyzing the reaction product formed with sufficient water to provide from about 0.48 to about 0.81 mole of residual alkoxy functionality per 100 parts by weight of said liquid silicone resin; and neutralizing the acid catalyst. Alternatively, the above components can be similtaneously reacted and then neutralized to form the resins of the present invention. The liquid silicone resins are storage stable, have low viscosities and can be cured to form heat-resistant protective coatings on substrates.

Abstract: Spirobiindanol polydiorganosiloxane compounds are prepared by the reaction of an .alpha., .omega.-dichloropolydiorganosiloxane with a spirobiindane bisphenol in the presence of an acid acceptor. They are useful as intermediates in the preparation of copolysiloxanecarbonates.

Abstract: Novel organopolysiloxanes are disclosed which comprise ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is methyl or phenyl, with the proviso that at least 90% of R.sup.1 is methyl; andR.sup.2 is(a) R.sup.1,(b) linear or branched alkinoxy with 3 to 25 carbon atoms, or(c) a polyalcohol with 2 to 6 hydroxyl groups from which the H-atom of the OH-groups is eliminated, with all but one of the OH-groups being etherified with allyl alcohol.The siloxanes must meet the conditions that at least one--C.tbd.C-- group is contained in the average molecule and that the numerical ratio of the --C.tbd.C-- group to the allyl ether groups is 5:1 to 1:250.The novel organopolysiloxanes, mixed with hydrogenpolysiloxanes and a catalyst, are stable at room temperatures and cure rapidly at elevated temperatures. The cured mixtures have adhesive properties and exhibit no malfunctions due to migration of portions not linked chemically. A process for preparing the organopolysiloxanes is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is provided for the acidic equilibration of aromatic organic-substituted siloxanes, such as diphthalic anhydrode tetraorganicsiloxane with poly(aliphatic organicsiloxane) without significant cleavage of carbon-silicon-bonded aromatic organic radicals. A reduction in the generation of aromatic organic compounds, such as phthalic anhydride, can be achieved by effecting equilibration by adding the aromatic organic-substituted siloxane to a preformed mixture of acid-catalyzed poly(aliphatic organicsiloxane).

Abstract: Secondary-amino-functional organosilicone are prepared by the reaction of an N-substituted, secondary allylamine with an Si-H functionalized organosilicone particularly a di- or polysiloxane. The resulting products are useful in toughening thermosetting matrix resins, particularly epoxy resins.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating organocyclosiloxane-containing mixtures with condensation catalysts. The resultant mixtures can be reacted with silanes or siloxanes to form organopolysiloxanes containing functional groups.

Abstract: By reacting polyamines with ethylene carbonate, hydroxyethyl urethane diols and polyols are produced. These diols and polyols are particularly useful for the synthesis of polyurethanes by reaction with diisocyanates or polyisocyanates.

Abstract: An organopolysiloxane composed of tetrafuctional siloxane units SiO.sub.2 and monofunctional siloxane units R.sub.3 SiO.sub.0.5 can be prepared by reacting an alkyl orthosilicate, e.g., ethyl silicate, or a partial hydrolysis product thereof and an oligomeric organopolysiloxane containing the monofunctional siloxane units in the presence of a catalytic compound which is, different from conventional hydrogen chloride, selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid group-containing compounds, e.g., sulfuric acid and p-toluene sulfonic acid, and phosphonitrile chloride. In particular, cation exchange resins of sulfonic acid type and fluorinated polysulfonic acid resins can be used as the catalyst in a continuous process in which the reaction mixture is passed through a bed of the catalyst continuously. The inventive method is advantageous over conventional methods because of the absence of the problems of heavy corrosion of the apparatuses and waste disposal due to the hydrogen chloride.

Abstract: New (meth)-acrylates of siloxanes containing tricyclodecane groups having the formula ##STR1## are prepared by reacting poly(hydroxymethyl-tricyclo [5.2.1.0.sup.2.6 ]decanyl)siloxanes, or the alkylene oxide adducts thereof with (meth)acrylic acid or a derivative thereof or with an isocyanato (meth)acrylate.These compounds can be employed as monomers to prepare polymers and dental materials.

Abstract: A continuous process for producing a triorganosilyl end-blocked polydiorganosiloxane fluid with reduced silanol content and reduced branching content is described. The process comprises (a) feeding to a series of two columns packed with an acid-treated clay a liquid siloxane feed mixture, containing as a major portion a polydiorganosiloxane monomer and as a minor portion a triorganosilyl end-blocking material; (b) contacting the liquid siloxane feed mixture with the acid-treated clay in the first and second packed columns, respectively, at a temperature in a range from about 100.degree. to 150.degree. C. at a pressure in a range from about 5 to 1520 mm Hg at a contact time of less than about 15 minutes; (c) separating water vapor from an intermediate mixture between the first and second packed columns; and (d) collecting a product mixture which contains a triorganosilyl end-blocked polydiorganosiloxane fluid with silanol content substantially reduced from the equilibrium mixture.

Abstract: A method for the cleavage of organosiloxanes with chlorosilanes in the presence of ferric chloride and hydrogen chloride as catalysts resulting in chloroalkyl silanes or chloroaryl silanes, and organosiloxanes, which are characterized by one or more --O--Si--R.sub.3 groups, (R.dbd.alkyl or aryl), which are directly bound to a silicon atom which in turn is bound either to the same grouping or to an alkyl or aryl moiety.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the synthesis of SiH-containing organopolysiloxanes from the corresponding Si-halogen-containing organopolysiloxanes by the reaction with metal hydrides in a liquid reaction medium. The method has the following combiniation of characteristics:(a) the use of a metal hydride being LiH, NaH, KH, CaH.sub.2 or MgH.sub.2 ;(b) the use of ethers as reaction medium;(c) the continuous removal of the metal halide depositing on the surface of the metal hydride particles during the reaction by the action of mechanical energy or ultrasound with formation of a fresh surface.The reaction proceeds practically quantitatively and at low temperatures. It can be applied with particular advantage to industrially obtained mixtures of .alpha.,.omega.-dichloroorganopolysiloxanes.

Abstract: A fluorosilicone polymer comprising from 30 to 99.95 mol % of units of a cyclic trisiloxane of the formula (a) --R.sub.f CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 (R.sup.1)SiO--.sub.3, from 0.05 to 10 mol % of units of a cyclic siloxane of the formula (b) --R.sup.2 R.sup.3 SiO--.sub.m, and from 0 to 69.95 mol % of units of a cyclic siloxane of the formula (c) --R.sup.4 R.sup.5 SiO--.sub.n, wherein each of R.sup.1, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 is a monovalent organic group, R.sub.f is a perfluoroalkyl group having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is an alkenyl group, and each of m and n is an integer of from 3 to 6.

Abstract: Diorganopolysiloxanes having the formula: ##STR1## are especially useful for the stabilization of polyvinyl chloride-based polymers.

Abstract: Organopolysiloxanes containing triorganosiloxy terminal units are obtained by a continuous process in which an organopolysiloxane mixture containing organo(poly)siloxanes having triorganosiloxy terminal units and cyclic organopolysiloxanes are introduced into a tube reactor that has been heated to at least 80.degree. C. and which contains a static catalyst bed. The organopolysiloxane composition containing triorganosiloxy terminal units, which exits from the tube reactor is different from the organo(poly)siloxanes containing triorganosiloxy terminal units which were introduced into the reactor. The contents of the reactor in the area between one-third and two-thirds of the distance between the point where the organopolysiloxanes are introduced into the tube reactor and the point where the organopolysiloxanes exit from the reactor, are maintained at a temperature which is at least 50.degree. C. below that which is immediately upstream from the outlet of the reactor.

Abstract: What is described is a process for the treatment of organosilanes to reduce the content of more highly functional silanes. The process comprises (A) contacting a mixture, the mixture comprising a major portion of the organosilane and a minor portion of the more highly functional silanes, with organosiloxanes, and a sufficient amount of a catalyst effective in promoting the reaction between the more highly functional silanes and the organosiloxane to form more highly halogenated polyfunctional siloxanes; and (B) isolating the organosilane from the polyfunctional siloxanes and the organosiloxanes by conventional means such as distillation.

Abstract: During the polymerization of diorganocyclosiloxane, to produce a polymer for use in manufacturing silicone rubber, a small amount of --SiOH is formed. The amount of --SiOH present in the polymer can be controlled by controlling the water vapor pressure present in the reaction container during polymerization.

Abstract: A synthetic resin modifier comprising an organopolysiloxane represented by General Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the group represented by X consists of 2 to 40% by weight of a group represented by R.sup.1 CO--, wherein R.sup.1 represents a saturated or unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon group having 7 to 21 carbon atoms, and 60 to 98% by weight of a group represented by R.sup.2 --O-C.sub.q H.sub.2q), wherein R.sup.2 represents a saturated or unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon group having 7 to 21 carbon atoms.This modifier can be effective for any type of synthetic resins, imparting good lubricity and release properties to the surface of forms or molding products, including films, and improving the workability in the molding of synthetic resins.

Abstract: A continuous method for altering the molecular weight of organosilicon compositions containing Si-bonded oxygen in the presence of a catalyst and preferably under decreased pressure, in which a cylindrical reactor is employed have a ratio of length to inside diameter of between 1:1 and 50:1. A reactive mixture is stirred in the cylindrical reactor by a stirring apparatus having one or more stirring blades, so that the mixture is subjected to a maximum centrifugal acceleration b.sub.max of at least 70 m.s.sup.-2 and more preferably at least 165 m.s.sup.-2.

Abstract: An oligomer or a mixture of organopolysiloxane oligomers is polymerized in the presence of a strong acid, e.g. trifluoromethane sulfonic acid, as the catalyst to give an organopolysiloxane containing a considerable amount of silanolic hydroxy groups at the molecular chain ends. Thereafter, the mixture is admixed with water and a hexaorganodisilazane or triorganosilyl amine compound in combination so as to neutralize the acid catalyst by the ammonia produced by the hydrolysis of the disilazane or silyl amine compound with simultaneous silylation of the terminal hydroxy groups. Thus, the organopolysiloxane contains a greatly decreased amount of the residual silanolic hydroxy groups at the molecular chain ends to be imparted with remarkably improved heat stability.

Abstract: A high molecular weight polydiorganosiloxane, produced by the alkaline catalysis of dialkylcyclotetrasiloxane, has a lower --SiOH content when the catalyst is neutralized with a composition of the formula R'.sub.3 SiOC(O)R" where R' is a hydrocarbon radical of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms inclusive and R" is a hydrocarbon radical of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms inclusive.

Abstract: The method of dripping an alkyl silicate into a mixture of an aqueous hydrochloric acid which contains at least 5 weight percent hydrogen chloride and a trialkylsilane or a disiloxane at a temperature of from 0.degree. to 90.degree. C. is a highly reproducible method for producing a three-dimensional structure of monofunctional siloxane units and tetrafunctional siloxane units. The organosilicon polymers produced are useful as tack agents, coating agents, and as additives in other compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel means for providing a highly heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant coating film on the surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor silicon wafer or glass plate by coating the surface with a liquid coating composition which is a solution of an oligomeric organopolysiloxane as a partial dehydration-condensation product of a monohydrocarbylsilane triol RSi(OH).sub.3, optionally, with admixture of a dihydrocarbylsilane diol R.sub.2 Si(OH).sub.2, R being a monovalent hydrocarbon group, e.g. methyl or phenyl, in an organic solvent followed by baking of the coated substrate to convert the coating layer into a cured resin film.

Abstract: Liquid diorganovinylsiloxy terminated polydiorganosiloxanes wherein at least 50 percent of the hydrocarbon radicals bonded to silicon contain at least one perfluorinated carbon atom are prepared by polymerizing the corresponding diorganocyclosiloxane(s) at a temperature of from 25.degree. to 150.degree. C. under superatmospheric pressure and in the presence of a controlled amount of water and a catalytically effective amount of ammonia. The resultant silanol terminated polydiorganosiloxane is reacted with a hexaorganodisilazane containing a vinyl radical bonded to each of the two silicon atoms.

Abstract: A colloidal hydrosilylation catalyst is provided by effecting reaction between a silicon hydride or a siloxane hydride and a Pt(O) or Pt(II) catalyst. The colloidal catalyst forms stable mixtures with olefinically unsaturated organopolysiloxanes.

Abstract: Acrylated silicone polymers are prepared by reacting limoneneoxide-functional silicones with acrylic acid or a substituted acrylic acid in the presence of a catalyst selected from tetraalkylurea (e.g. tetramethylurea), tetraalkylguanidine (e.g. tetramethylguanide) or mixtures thereof. Adhesion of the resulting ultraviolet light curable compositions to various substrates, especially super calendared kraft papers, can be improved with the addition of N-vinylpyrrolidinone.

Abstract: Epoxy- and/or acrylic-functional polysiloxanes are disclosed which, when combined with onium salt photoinitiating catalysts or free-radical photoinitiating catalysts or both, form ultraviolet radiation-curable release coating compositions which render surfaces non-adherent to other surfaces which would normally adhere thereto. The compositions will cure to such an adhesive state upon brief exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Cure and substrate adhesion may be enhanced by the addition of epoxy monomers where onium salt photocatalysts are included. Preparation of the polymers, coating compositions, catalysts and catalyst blends are also disclosed.

Abstract: Multifunctional organopolysiloxane resin systems are provided whose starting materials comprise a reactive vinyl containing silane, a disubstituted silane and a trisubstituted silane hydrolyzed together to form a resin system. The preferred material of the resin system has a viscosity of from 7 to 70 centistokes at 25.degree. C. The preferred material is in the form of a contact lens and also contains an ester and a hydrophilic agent.

Abstract: A process for the neutralization of the alkali metal catalyst in a polymerized organopolysiloxane where the alkali metal content of the resulting organopolysiloxane is significantly reduced, is described. The process consists of neutralizing the alkali metal salt with a straight-chain carboxylic acid of general formula ZCOOH, where Z is a hydrocarbon group containing at least two carbon atoms, and thereafter filtering the organopolysiloxane. The same ZCOOH carboxylic acids may be added to organopolysiloxanes which have previously been neutralized with either carbon dioxide or acetic acid in order to significantly reduce the alkali metal content of the organopolysiloxane after filtration. Organopolysiloxanes containing less than 0.5 ppm K.sup.+ can be easily obtained.

Abstract: A method of preparing a copolymer of methyl(2-phenylpropyl)siloxy units and dialkylsiloxy units is disclosed. The method hydrolyzes methyl(2-phenylpropyl)dichlorosilane to yield a reaction product of primarily methyl(2-phenylpropyl)disiloxanediol, then copolymerizes the reaction product with dialkylcyclosiloxane to give the copolymer. The copolymer has a crystallinity point of less than -50.degree. C. It is useful in producing silicone elastomers and sealants having a comparably low crystallinity point.

Abstract: Diorganopolysiloxanes may be polymerized to increase their molecular weight by heating the siloxane in the presence of a quaternary phosphonium hydroxide, in which one of the substituents on the phosphorus atom of the phosphonium cation is a monovalent radical containing carbon, hydrogen and silicon atom(s) and possibly siloxane oxygen atoms(s) and the three remaining substituents on the phosphorus atom are the same or different hydrocarbon radicals that are free of aliphatic carbon-carbon multiple bonds.

Abstract: In a process for varying the molecular weight of linear or cyclic organopolysiloxanes in the presence of a catalyst which is solid in the reaction mixture at the reaction temperature, the improvement comprising that the catalyst which is solid in the reaction mixture at least at the respective reaction temperature and the organopolysiloxane whose molecular weight is to be changed are continuously and simultaneously passed through a heated cylindrical reactor whose contents is mechanically moved, the reactor having a length to inside diameter ratio of 1:1 to 20:1 and its interior pressure being held at 50 to 500 hPa (abs.) and the catalyst is removed from the mixture after leaving the reactor.

Abstract: Carboxyfunctional silicone glycols are made by equilibration at elevated temperatures of silicone glycols in which the glycol radical or radicals are bonded to silicon with an Si--C linkage and carboxyfunctional siloxanes in which the carboxy radical or radicals are bonded to silicon with an Si--C linkage in the presence of an acid catalyst which is capable of breaking Si--O linkages but not Si--C linkages. The carboxyfunctional silicone glycols so produced are of the type which are useful as profoamers, surfactants, spreading agents for active chemicals, such as pesticides, hydrophilizing treatments for fabrics and hair, as emollients in cosmetic formulations and as chelates.

Abstract: Quaternary siloxane polymers of the formula: ##STR1## in which A denotes an .alpha.,.beta.-bis-alkylpolysiloxane or a C.sub.1-6 hydrocarbon chain which can contain OH groups and can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and/or aromatic rings; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which are identical or different, denote a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or phenyl; R.sub.5 =methyl, ethyl or --CH.sub.2 --; R.sub.6 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or --CH.sub.2 --; if R.sub.5 and/or R.sub.6 denote --CH.sub.2 --, they form a methylpiperazinium radical or ethylpiperazinium radical, a diethylenediamine radical or a heterocycle with --N--A--N--; Y denotes one of the anions Cl.sup.-, Br.sup.-, CH.sub.3 SO.sub.3.sup.-, ##STR2## m=1-6; and p=1-50 are disclosed for use, in particular, for treating the hair, nails and skin. They are resistant to several rinses on these substrates.

Abstract: A method for preparing diorganopolysiloxanes containing fluoroalkyl and/or fluoroalkyloxyalkyl groups which comprises hydrolyzing dichlorosilanes containing fluororalkyl and/or fluoroalkyloxyalkyl groups and thereafter equilibrating the hydrolyzed product in the presence of a compound having the formula[R.sub.3.sup.5 R.sup.6 N]OHwhere R.sup.5 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.6 is the same as R.sup.5 or a benzyl radical.

Abstract: Epoxy- and/or acrylic-functional polysiloxanes are disclosed which, when combined with onium salt photoinitiating catalysts or free-radical photoinitiating catalysts, or both, form ultraviolet radiation-curable release coating compositions which render surfaces non-adherent to other surfaces which would normally adhere thereto. The compositions will cure to such an adhesive state upon brief exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Cure and substrate adhesion may be enhanced by the addition of epoxy monomers where onium salt photocatalysts are included. Preparation of the polymers, coating compositions, catalysts and catalyst blends are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method for the neutralization of the residual alkali catalyst following alkali-catalyzed polymerization of an organopolysiloxane oligomer to produce a high-polymeric organopolysiloxane, according to which the organopolysiloxane after completion of the polymerization reaction is admixed with a trihydrocarbyl monohalosilane, e.g. trimethyl chlorosilane, and a hexahydrocarbyl disilazane, e.g. hexamethyl disilazane, in combination as the neutralizing agent so that the neutralization is very complete and still the product organopolysiloxane contains very little impurities of alkali and halogen.

Abstract: Acrylated silicone polymers are prepared by reacting limoneneoxide-functional silicones with acrylic acid or a substituted acrylic acid in the presence of a catalyst selected from tetraalkylurea (e.g. tetramethylurea), tetraalkylguanidine (e.g. tetramethylguanide) or mixtures thereof. Adhesion of the resulting ultraviolet light curable compositions to various substrates, especially super calendared kraft papers, can be improved with the addition of N-vinylpyrrolidinone.

Abstract: Quaternary siloxane polymers of the formula: ##STR1## in which A denotes an .alpha.,.beta.-bis-alkylpolysiloxane or a C.sub.1-6 hydrocarbon chain which can contain OH groups and can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and/or aromatic rings; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which are identical or different, denote a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or phenyl; R.sub.5 =methyl, ethyl or --CH.sub.2 --; R.sub.6 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or --CH.sub.2 --; if R.sub.5 and/or R.sub.6 denote --CH.sub.2 --, they form a methylpiperazinium radical or ethylpiperazinium radical, a diethylenediamine radical or a heterocycle with --N--A--N--; Y denotes one of the anions Cl.sup.-, Br.sup.-, CH.sub.3 SO.sub.3.sup.-, ##STR2## m=1-6; and p=1-50 are disclosed for use, in particular, for treating the hair, nails and skin. They are resistant to several rinses on these substrates.

Abstract: Polyorganosiloxanes that are curable to crosslinked solid material, at ambient temperature upon exposure to gaseous oxygen, wherein the polyorganosiloxane contains, per molecule, at least one monovalent olefinically polyunsaturated organic radical containing at least one 1,3-pentadienylene group or 1,4-pentadienylene group bonded to silicon through silicon-to-carbon bond and wherein any remaining valence of silicon is satisfied by a silicon-to-oxygen-to-silicon bond or by a monovalent organic radical free of more than one olefinically unsaturated group per monovalent organic radical, which monovalent organic radical is bonded to silicon by a silicon-to-carbon bond. Compositions are also described containing the novel polyorganosiloxanes, suitable driers either chemically combined in the polyorganosiloxane or physically mixed therewith. The compositions can also contain fillers, plasticizers and/or catalyst activators.

Abstract: Siloxane-oxyalkylene block copolymer compositions are prepared by a hydrosilylation reaction, using a saturated higher alcohol, such as isostearyl alcohol, as the reaction solvent. The reaction solvent need not be removed from the resulting block copolymer, particularly when the block copolymer is used as an emulsifier in personal care compositions.

Abstract: A method is provided for hydrolyzing chlorosilanes utilizing a static tubular reactor. A substantial reduction in hydrolysis residence time is achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin comprising a reaction product prepared by partially reacting to homogeneity a hydrophobic polyol and an organosilicon-containing material comprising an organosilicon-containing substance. The organosilicon-containing substance has atoms bonded directly to silicon, all of which atoms are selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and/or chlorine, and additionally has moieties directly bonded to silicon which are easily displaceable by reaction with water and/or alcohol. At least a part of the organosilicon-containing substance is hydrolyzed. The reaction product is homogeneous and contains residual hydroxyl moieties from the hydrophobic polyol and residual moieties bonded directly to silicon which are easily displaceable. the reaction product is capable of self-curing, optionally with a catalyst, by reaction with moisture and/or with the residual hydroxyl moieties, of the residual moieties directly bonded to silicon which are easily displaceable.