IP Library Granted Patent US 7,598,334
Granted Patent B2
US 7,598,334 · App. 11/327,235 · Granted Oct 6, 2009

Process for preparing equilibration products of organosiloxanes, the organopolysiloxanes thus obtainable, and use thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,598,334
App. No.
11/327,235
Granted
Oct 6, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing equilibration products of organosiloxanes by rearrangement of the siloxane bond over a cation exchange resin, to the organopolysiloxanes thus obtainable, and to their use.

Claims (12)

1. A process for preparing SiH-functional organosiloxane equilibration products by rearrangement of the siloxane bond over a sulfonic-acid cation exchange resin, an organosiloxane or organosiloxane mixture utilized as starting material being contacted at a temperature of 10° C. to 120° C. with a macrocrosslinked cation exchange resin containing sulfonic acid groups, and the equilibrated organosiloxanes obtained being isolated, which comprises using a cation exchange resin for which the product P of its specific surface area and its average pore diameter is P<2.2×10 −3 m 3 /kg and the specific surface area A is <35 m 2 /g.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein low molecular mass organopolysiloxanes are subjected to depolymerization.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein low molecular mass organopolysiloxanes are subjected to equilibration.

4. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an aliphatic hydrocarbon is used as solvent.

5. The process as claimed in claim 1 , 2 , 3 , or 4 , wherein an organopolysiloxane is isolated in which the chemical compounds are at equilibrium.

6. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the SiH-functional siloxanes are prepared using a cation exchange resin whose average pore diameter is in the range from 20 to 100 nm.

7. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rearrangement is carried out at a temperature of about 30 to about 100° C.

8. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein organosiloxanes whose viscosity is up to about 10,000 cP are used as starting material.

9. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a cation exchange resin is used whose average specific surface area is about 20 to 50 m 2 /g.

10. The process as claimed in claim 1 , which is carried out continuously, from the organosiloxane mixture obtained a fraction having the desired boiling range is separated off, and the fraction having the unwanted boiling range is recycled to the feed comprising organosiloxanes.

11. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a mixture of hexamethyldisiloxane, poly(methyl)hydrosiloxane, and cyclic siloxanes is used as starting material.

12. The process of claim 1 , wherein the product P of its specific surface area and its average pore diameter is P<1.0×10 −3 m 3 /kg and the specific surface area A is <25 m 2 /g, the organosiloxanes whose viscosity is up to about 10,000 cP are used as starting material, wherein the process is carried out continuously, from the organosiloxane mixture obtained a fraction having the desired boiling range is separated off, and the fraction having the unwanted boiling range is recycled to the feed comprising organosiloxanes.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Feb 26, 2014
From: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
To: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
Reel/Frame 032335/0326 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 22, 2010
From: GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
To: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
Reel/Frame 024016/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2006
From: FERENZ, MICHAEL; HERRWERTH, SASCHA; KNOTT, WILFRIED
To: GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
Reel/Frame 017454/0838 →