Abstract: Disclosed are a process for preparing organometalloids functionalized with an unsymmetrical 1,1-disubstituted alkene, and compounds prepared therewith.

Abstract: A method of processing polymer materials, highly filled or otherwise to recover cyclic structures or monomers. The method involves providing a vessel having a heated side wall, an agitator, and at least one of an additional heated structure, other than the heated side wall, within the vessel and means for forming a thin coat of material processed in the vessel on said heated side wall. A polymer material is fed into the vessel and heated to a sufficient temperature to cause depolymerization of the polymer material into cyclic structures or monomers. The cyclic structures or monomers are removed from the vessel and collected. The method does not require the use of a solvent.

Abstract: An amino acid-modified organopolysiloxane is provided. It has an amino acid derivative bonded to at least one silicon atom of the organopolysiloxane segment constituting the backbone of the organopolysiloxane via an amide bond represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X and Y are independently a C1-10 divalent hydrocarbon group; m is an integer of 0 to 4; Ra is hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an organic group represented by the following general formula (2): (wherein Rb is hydrogen atom, a C1-7 monovalent hydrocarbon group, an alkaline metal, or an alkaline earth metal, and Rc is independently hydrogen atom, hydroxy group, or a C1-10 monovalent hydrocarbon group optionally containing oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or nitrogen atom); and Z is an organic group represented by the general formula (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides an organosilicon composition comprising diethoxymethylsilane, a concentration of dissolved residual chloride, and a concentration of dissolved residual chloride scavenger that does not yield unwanted chloride salt precipitate when combined with another composition comprising diethoxymethylsilane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable mixture comprising surface-modified particles which are obtained by reacting metal oxide or semimetal oxide particles with at least one compound selected from among silicon-comprising compounds bearing at least one metaloxy radical and optionally further alkoxy and/or hydroxy radical(s) and at least one solvent, at least one surface-active substance or a mixture thereof, a process for producing the mixture, the use of these particles in systems in which they are brought into contact with at least one solvent, where the mass ratio of solvent to modified particle is greater than 500, and also the use of these particles in agglomeration-deagglomeration cycles.

Abstract: Organosilicone fine particles of size in the range of 0.1-20 ?m, each having 20 or more faces with indefinite shapes and a network of convex parts that surround these faces with indefinite shapes on its surface, and being spherical as a whole respond to highly advanced requirements of recent years including improvements in optical characteristics of resin compounds, usability and feeling of cosmetics and maintainability of fluidity of development toners. The invention further provides methods of producing such organosilicone fine particles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making metal oxide and mixed metal oxide particles. The method includes treating a mixture formed from a metal source, such as metal alkoxide, a surfactant, and a first alcohol in an aqueous media at a very high metal oxide yield. The mixture is reacted using a catalyst to form metal oxide particles having a desired particle size in said mixture. The method is particularly suitable for forming silica particles. The metal oxide particles can then be heat treated to form synthetic fused metal oxides such as, for example, synthetic fused silica.

Abstract: A process for producing a coating composition includes separately chemically grafting particles with compounds having reactive groups and compounds having hydrophilic polymer chains. The hydrophilic polymer chains dissolve in water at at least one temperature between 0 and 100° C. The reactive groups may react with the substrate and or react with one another to form a cross-linked coating, comprising the particles. A process for forming a coating on a substrate is also provided.

Abstract: High boiling residue from the direct synthesis of alkylchlorosilanes are converted in large part to monosilanes by heating the residue by passage of alternating current in a pressurized reactor.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of exchanging nanostructures from within aqueous liquid media into organic liquid media. The steps comprise first supplying solid nanostructures in an aqueous liquid media, adjusting the pH, incorporating an ionic surfactant sufficient to reduce nanostructure aggregation, followed by concentrating the nanostructures in the aqueous liquid media. The nanostructures may them be placed in organic liquid media followed by introduction of a coupling agent capable of covalent attachment to the nanostructure surface while providing a functional group capable of polymerization to covalently bond the nanostructures to a selected monomer and/or polymer resin.

Abstract: In a mixture of silsesquioxane compounds comprising silsesquioxane units having a side chain including a direct bond between a silicon atom and a norbornane skeleton and having a degree of condensation of substantially 100%, a dimethylene chain of the norbornane skeleton remote from the silicon bonded side is substituted with at least one substituent group other than hydrogen, and an isomer having a bulkier substituent group on the dimethylene chain at an exo position is present in a higher proportion.

Abstract: Disclosed are a process for preparing organometalloids functionalized with an unsymmetrical 1,1-disubstituted alkene, and compounds prepared therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing organosilanes of general formula I, [R(R)(R?O)Si—R?—]2Sm??I by reaction of (halo-organo)alkoxysilanes of formula II, [R(R)(R?O)Si—R?-Hal??II with a sulfuring reagent, selected from alkaline hydrogensulfide, alkaline sulfide Me2S, alkaline polysulfide Me2Sg and any combination thereof and optionally additionally with sulfur and/or with H2S in a solvent, the alkaline hydroxy content of all materials used being <0.44 wt. %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fullerene derivative, comprising the organic group addition step B in which an organic group is further added by reacting at least a basic compound and a halogen compound with a fullerene derivative, which is obtained by addition of a hydrogen atom and an organic group in the organic group addition step A, in which an organic group is added by reacting at least a Grignard reagent and a polar substance with a fullerene or fullerene derivative.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating organosilicon compounds from organosilicon wastewater. In the first step, the wastewater is heated to at least 10° C. In the second step, the wastewater is stored for at least 30 minutes at at least 10° C. In the third step, the wastewater is conducted through a phase separation element, in which droplets that are formed and contain organosilicon compounds are separated.

Abstract: A simple method of producing an organosilicon compound of a formula R2n(OR4)mSi—R1—Si(OR4)mR2n is disclosed. The method comprises the following two steps, Y—R1—Y+SiXm+1R2n->R2nXmSi—R1—SiXmR2n R2nXmSi—R1—SiXmR2n+M(OR4)r,->R2n(OR4)mSi—R1—Si(OR4)mR2n In the formulas, R1 is methylene, alkylene, or arylene, R2 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl, m and n is 0 to 3, provided m+n=3, at least one m being 1 or more, Y is halogen, X is hydrogen or halogen, R4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl, M is metal, and r is the valence of the metal). The organosilicon compound is used to form a film having excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, conductivity, and modulus of elasticity.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel alpha-substituted ?,?-unsaturated E- or Z-aldehydes, or isomer mixture thereof, of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 may be identical or different and are each H or a hydrocarbon, in which the hydrocarbon may have one or more heteroatoms and R3 and R4 may be identical or different and are each a hydrocarbon, in which the hydrocarbon may have one or more heteroatoms, and R5 may be identical or different and is H or a hydrocarbon, in which the hydrocarbon may have one or more heteroatoms, to the use thereof, and to processes for their preparation. The invention further relates to the preparation of further intermediates for pharmaceuticals and to the preparation of the pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying nucleic acids using a nucleic acid-binding phase which is furnished with a deficit of nucleic acid-binding groups A having a pK of 8 to 13, or which has groups A and binding-inhibiting groups N which are neutrally charged during the binding, and preferably during the elution, and the method comprises the following steps: (a) binding the nucleic acids to the nucleic acid-binding phase at a pH which is below the pH of the pK of the nucleic acid-binding groups A (binding pH); (b) eluting the nucleic acids at a pH which is above the binding pH (elution pH). In addition, corresponding kits and also nucleic acid-binding phases which can be used for purifying nucleic acids are disclosed. The technology according to the invention permits the purification of nucleic acids and, in particular, elution, with use of low salt concentrations, and so the purified nucleic acids can be directly processed, for example used in a PCR.

Abstract: A honeycomb body is disclosed having cells extending along a common direction, a first plurality of the cells being open at both ends of the body and a second plurality of the cells being closed at one or both ends of the body, the second plurality of cells arranged in one or more groups of cells cooperating to define one or more fluid passages extending through the body at least in part perpendicularly to the common direction, wherein, in a plane perpendicular to the common direction, the ratio of the area of cells of the first plurality to the area of cells of the second plurality varies along the length of at least one of the one or more fluid passages.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organosilicon composition comprising diethoxymethylsilane, a concentration of dissolved residual chloride, and a concentration of dissolved residual chloride scavenger that does not yield unwanted chloride salt precipitate when combined with another composition comprising diethoxymethylsilane.

Abstract: Crude chlorosilane streams containing lower-boiling chlorosilanes and higher-boiling chlorosilanes are separated by contacting them with a distillation aid. The lower-boiling chlorosilanes are separated from the crude chlorosilane stream, and then the distillation aid and the higher-boiling chlorosilanes are separated from one another. The distillation aid is a mono-cyano-substituted organic compound, a nitro-substituted organic compound, a mono-cyano-substituted organosilicon compound, a nitro-substituted organosilicon compound, or a mixture thereof. These distillation aids increase the relative volatility of crude chlorosilane streams such as methyltrichlorosilane and dimethyldichlorosilane resulting in improved separation at lower capital and/or fixed costs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparation of a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol compound or derivative thereof involving treating a first intermediate compound with an organoaluminum-based Lewis acid catalyst, under conditions effective to produce the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol compound or derivative thereof. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a process for preparation of a cannabidiol or cannabidiolate compound involving reacting a first starting compound with a second starting compound in the presence of a metal triflate catalyst, under conditions effective to form the cannabidiol or cannabidiolate compound. The present invention also relates to a compound of the formula: where R8, R9, and R10 are the same or different and independently selected from the group consisting of H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, or halo, with R1, R2, and R3 defined herein.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for reducing carbon dioxide comprising the step of exposing the carbon dioxide to a silane in the presence of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) or a carboxylate thereof or both, to produce a methylsilyl ether.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides an amino-siloxane composition comprising at least one of structures I, II, III, IV or V said compositions being useful for the capture of carbon dioxide from gas streams such as power plant flue gases. In addition, the present invention provides methods of preparing the amino-siloxane compositions are provided. Also provided are methods for reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in a process stream employing the amino-siloxane compositions of the invention as species which react with carbon dioxide to form an adduct with carbon dioxide. The reaction of the amino-siloxane compositions provided by the present invention with carbon dioxide is reversible and thus, the method provides for multicycle use of said compositions.

Abstract: A silane containing a bulky hydrocarbon group or groups R therein and having the formula (III) R3?(x+y)(R1)x(R2)ySi(OR3) can be produced by reacting a silane of the formula (I) (R1)x(R2)ySiCl3?(x+y)(OR3) with a Grignard reagent of the formula (II) RMgX Further, a tri-organo-chlorosilane of the formula (XIIa) (R1)(R2)(R3)SiCl can be produced by reacting a tri-organo-silane of the formula (XIa) (R1)(R2)(R3)SiZ1 with hydrochloric acid. Furthermore, a tri-organo-monoalkoxysilane of the formula (XXIII) R3?(x+y)(R1)x(R2)ySi(OR3) can be produced when a silane of the formula (XXI) (R1)x(R2)ySiCl4?(x+y) is reacted with a Grignard reagent of the formula (XXII) RMgX with addition of and reaction with an alcohol or an epoxy compound during the reaction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a cross-condensed compound of an amino-acid derivative and (aminoalkyl)trialkoxysilane using microwave, including: irradiating and heating an amino-acid derivative and (aminoalkyl)trialkoxysilane in a microwave reactor to obtain a reaction product (step 1); and refining the reaction product obtained in the step 1 by removing an unreacted solid material from the reaction product and then leaving the reaction product at room temperature under vacuum to remove excess (aminoalkyl)trialkoxysilane therefrom (step 2). According to the method, since a cross-condensation reaction is performed using microwave, unlike a conventional condensation reaction, economic efficiency is increased due to no catalyst, short reaction time and no solvent. Further, the yield and selectivity of products is increased, and the condensation reaction can be environment-friendly performed because a solvent which can badly influence the environment may not be used.

Abstract: Disclosed are hydroxyphenylbenzophenone derivatives of formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C20alkenyl; C3-C10cycloalkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the linking nitrogen atom form a 5- 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R3, R4 and R5 independently from each other are C1-C4alkyl; C1-C4alkoxy; or a radical of formula (1a) R6 is C1-C6alkyl; and A is a straight-chain or branched C3-C6alkylene, which is optionally interrupted by one or more *—O—*, or *—O—(CO)—* groups; and m is 0; or a number from 1 to 5. The compounds are useful as cosmetic UV filters with outstanding solubility properties in cosmetic oils.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating a composition containing silicon compounds, especially organosilanes and/or inorganic silanes, and at least one extraneous metal and/or a compound containing extraneous metal, wherein the composition is contacted with at least one adsorbent and/or a first filter and then a composition in which the content of the extraneous metal and/or of the compound containing extraneous metal has been reduced is obtained. The invention further relates to the use of organic resins, activated carbon, silicates and/or zeolites and/or else of at least one filter with small pore sizes to reduce the level of the compounds mentioned.

Abstract: Resin compositions with improved optical characteristics and cosmetic materials with improved feeling, soft focus and durability contain non-spherical hollow fine particles having a spindle shape as a whole with a major axis and a minor axis, a plurality of concave parts on the surface, a hollow part inside connected to the surface through a crack extending along the major axis, the average length of the major axes being 0.1-30 ?m and the ratio of the average length of the minor axes to the average length of the major axes being 0.3-0.8.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recycling cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I) and (I?), a process for preparing metallocenes of the formula (III) from cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I) and (I?) or from bridged biscyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formula (II), in which the cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I), (I?) or (II) which are used have been at least partly recovered and purified by means of liquid-solid chromatography, and the use of liquid-solid chromatography for purifying substituted, recovered cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I), (I?) or (II).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing silicon carbon nanocrystals (SiC-NCs) in a size-dependent manner by reacting a compound of the Formula I: R1Si(X1)3, with a compound of the Formula II Si(X2)4(II) under conditions for the hydrolysis and condensation of the compound of the Formula I and the compound of the Formula II to form a siloxane polymer comprising repeating units of the Formula III: —[(R1SiO1.5)x(SiO2)y]—, followed by thermal processing of the siloxane polymer under conditions to form SiC-NC's. Optionally the SiC-NC's are liberated to provide free standing SiC-NC's.

Abstract: The present invention relates to precipitated silicic acids, which have a particularly narrow particle size distribution in combination with a special pore size distribution, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof as a filler for rubber mixtures.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of functionalized particles includes providing a feedstock that includes particles, a surface treatment agent reactive with the particles and solvent. The feedstock is direct through a continuous hydrothermal reactor maintained at a temperature sufficient to react the particles with the surface treatment agents to thereby provide functionalized particles. The method of the invention is capable of providing the functionalized particles in less than about 4 hours.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional substance-releasing agent containing a silicic acid ester compound represented by formula (1) below, a process for producing the functional substance-releasing agent, and a composition containing the functional substance-releasing agent. wherein R1 represents a residue of an alcohol which results from removal of one hydroxyl group therefrom, the alcohol being selected from a functional alcohol having a log P value of 2.0 or less and an alcohol having a log P value of 2.1 or more, a plurality of R1s may be the same or different, provided that the silicic acid ester compound has, in one molecule, at least one residue resulting from removal of one hydroxyl group from a functional alcohol having a log P value of 2.0 or less and at least one residue resulting from removal of one hydroxyl group from an alcohol having a log P value of 2.1 or more.

Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified non-halogenated mineral filler compositions comprising a particulate mineral filler core comprising hydroxide groups bound to divalent or trivalent metal ions, said particulate mineral filler core having on its surface (i) one or more short-chain organosilano groups each having one to three silicon-bound short-chain hydrocarbon groups having, independently, one to three carbon atoms, and (ii) one or more long-chain organosilano groups having one to three silicon-bound straight-chained or branched, saturated or unsaturated, long-chain hydrocarbon groups containing, independently, eight to twelve carbon atoms, wherein the long-chain organosilano groups are present in an amount of up to about fifty-five mole percent of combined molar amount of long-chain and short-chain organosilano groups.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for using nanosized copper, nanosized copper oxides, nanosized copper chlorides, other nanosized copper salts, and mixtures thereof, as sources of catalytic copper in the Direct Synthesis of trialkoxysilanes of the formula HSi(OR)3 wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms inclusive. The nanosized copper, nanosized copper oxides, nanosized copper chlorides, other nanosized copper salts, and their mixtures of this invention have average particle sizes that are in the range from about 0.1 to about 60 nanometers, preferably from about 0.1 to about 30 nanometers, and most preferably from about 0.1 to about 15 nanometers. Nanosized sources of catalytic copper afford high dispersion of catalytic sites on silicon and contribute to high reaction rates, high selectivity and high silicon conversion. The nanosized copper catalyst precursors of the invention permit the use of substantially reduced levels of copper compared to conventional practice.

Abstract: A process for benzylating an alcohol includes mixing 2-benzyloxy-1-methylpyridinium triflate in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent having a predetermined boiling point; adding an acid scavenger to the mixture; combining the alcohol to be benzylated with the mixture; reacting the alcohol with the 2-benzyloxy-1-methylpyridinium triflate by heating above ambient temperature to generate the benzylated alcohol; and separating the benzylated alcohol from the mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recycling cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I) and (I?), a process for preparing metallocenes of the formula (III) from cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I) and (I?) or from bridged biscyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formula (II), in which the cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I), (I?) or (II) which are used have been at least partly recovered and purified by means of liquid-solid chromatography, and the use of liquid-solid chromatography for purifying substituted, recovered cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I), (I?) or (II).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating a composition comprising organosilanes and at least one polar organic compound and/or at least one extraneous metal and/or a compound containing extraneous metal, wherein the composition is contacted with at least one adsorbent and a composition in which the content of the organic polar compound and/or of the extraneous metal and/or of the compound containing extraneous metal is reduced is subsequently obtained, and also to a corresponding composition in which the content of polar organic compounds and/or extraneous metals has been reduced to traces, and to the use of organic resins, activated carbons, silicates and/or zeolites for reducing the amounts of the compounds mentioned.

Abstract: Modified silicas having low silanol content which are compatible with polar compositions are prepared by modifying silica with a difunctional reactive organosilane or polydialkylsiloxane under oxidizing conditions below 400° C. The silicas have a distinct proportion of T1, T2, and T3 groups.

Abstract: A method of silylating porous silica films comprises: preparing a porous silica film; and grafting the film with a hydrophobic functional group while annealing the film. The porous silica film is a sol-gel silica film, a mesoporous silica film, in situ crystallized polycrystalline pure-silica zeolite (PSZ), spin-on PSZ, and spin-on PSZ MEL (or PSZ MEL-structural type) films. The hydrophobic functional group is trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS); dimethyldichlorosilane; methyltrichlorosilane; alkylchlorosilanes, such as (CH3(CH2)n)xSiCl4-x, where x is 1, 2, or 3; alkoxychlorosilanes; hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS), and/or aminosilanes. In addition, the steps of grafting and annealing the film are performed simultaneously, which imparts hydrofluoric acid resistance and reduces moisture adsorption to the film.

Abstract: Methods are provided for preparing aromatic silicon-containing compounds. The methods include providing an aromatic starting material; reacting the aromatic starting material with a base to form an aromatic salt; and reacting the aromatic salt with a halo-alkylene-silane to form an aromatic silicon-containing compound. Compositions prepared by these methods, protective layers that include hydrolysis and condensation products of such compositions, electrophotographic photoreceptors that include such protective layers, and image forming apparatuses that include such electrophotographic photoreceptors are also provided. In addition, method for preparing electrophotographic photoreceptors that include protective layers including hydrolysis and condensation products of aromatic silicon-containing compounds prepared by the methods for preparing aromatic silicon-containing compounds are provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel alpha-substituted ?,?-unsaturated E- or Z-aldehydes, or isomer mixture thereof, of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 may be identical or different and are each H or a hydrocarbon, in which the hydrocarbon may have one or more heteroatoms and R3 and R4 may be identical or different and are each a hydrocarbon, in which the hydrocarbon may have one or more heteroatoms, and R5 may be identical or different and is H or a hydrocarbon, in which the hydrocarbon may have one or more heteroatoms, to the use thereof, and to processes for their preparation. The invention further relates to the preparation of further intermediates for pharmaceuticals and to the preparation of the pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: Organomonoalkoxy/monohydroxy silanes, particularly halogenated or aklenylated organomonoalkoxy (or monohydroxy) silanes, which are useful intermediates in organic syntheses, are prepared by reacting an alkoxysilane with an organometallic compound suited for substituting at least certain of the alkoxy functions of the alkoxysilane with a monovalent hydrocarbon radical other than alkoxy and co-preparing a metallic alkoxylate by-product capable of denaturing the substituted silanes thus obtained, including contacting the metallic alkoxylate with at least one agent (A) reactive with the alkoxy functions of the alkoxylate to generate one or more species inert relative to the alkoxysilane, such agent (A) being selected from among the electrophile and/or mineral acid groups.

Abstract: Substituted alkylmetal solutions and a method for making the same wherein the solutions include (a) a substituted alkylmetal compound of the formula of M-CH2—W(Ra) (Rb) (Rc) at a concentration of greater than 1.0M; (b) a hydrocarbon solvent; and (c) an amine cosolvent.

Abstract: The compound is a silane surface treatment agent and is useful for modifying the surfaces of silicon oxide and other metal oxides with hexafluorodimethyl carbinol functional groups. Additionally provided is a surface treatment procedure that effectively bonds it and other alkoxysilanes via homogeneous and heterogeneous amine catalysis onto metal oxide surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an omega-haloalkyl dialkylhalosilane by means of a hydrosilylation reaction in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a hydrosilylation catalyst containing a platinum group metal. The catalytic metal is recovered by (i) subjecting the distillation residue to controlled hydrolysis to release the gaseous H-Hal haloacid, and providing an aqueous medium containing the catalytic metal with a low hydrolysable halide content Si-Hal=2%, expressed by weight of Hal, then (2i) recovering the platinum group catalytic metal from said aqueous medium by means of one of the conventional techniques specific to catalyst manufacturers that do not use a solid adsorbent and operate in ordinary facilities that do not have to be acid-resistant.

Abstract: A silane resin that can be structured photochemically and/or thermally is obtained by at least partial condensation of a mixture of a) at least one silane compound RaR2bSiX4-a-b wherein R is a group polymerizable photochemically and/or thermally via an organic group by radical or cationic polymerization; R2 is a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic C1-C12 alkyl group; X is identical or different and is a leaving group; a is 1 or 2; b is 0 or 1; a+b is not more than 2; and b) at least one silanediol R12Si(OH)2 wherein R1 is identical or different and is a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic C1-C12 alkyl group or a group polymerizable photochemically and/or thermally via an organic group by radical or cationic polymerization, provided the group does not contain aryl. The silane resins have dielectric properties useful in extremely high frequency applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to producing an organo alcoxydialkylsilane by a method which consists in introducing by pouring an alcanol in a dialkylhalogenosilane omega-halogenalkyl+an organic solvent (s) phase mixture and in removing a halogen acid formed by entrainment with the aid of said organic solvent(s) phase and is characterised, in particular (i) by selecting a particular phase of solvent(s), for example based on cyclohexane, (2i) by carrying out an alcanol introduction mode which makes it possible to control the drawing off the halogen acid formed during reaction and by (3i) controlling the halogen acid quantity in a reaction medium. The thus obtained dialkylhalogenosilane omega-halogenalkyl is usable, in particular as an initial product for preparing organosilisic sulphur-containing compounds of general formula (IV) by a sulfidising reaction carried out on a alkali metal polysulfur.

Abstract: Si—Si bond-bearing compounds are effectively prepared by irradiating with radiation or heating Si—H group-bearing silicon compounds in organic solvents in the presence of iron complex catalysts. The Si—Si bond-bearing compounds are useful as a base material in photoresist compositions, ceramic precursor compositions, and conductive compositions.