Method for producing liquid high-purity sugar derivative-modified silicone or composition thereof

1. A production method for a liquid high purity sugar derivative-modified silicone or a composition thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

capturing hydrophilic impurities in solid particles by causing an impurity containing composition containing liquid sugar derivative-modified silicone and the hydrophilic impurities derived from a sugar derivative to contact the solid particles, the sugar derivative being a hydrophilic modifier of the sugar derivative-modified silicone, and the solid particles being able to capture the hydrophilic impurities; and

separating the sugar derivative-modified silicone and the solid particles;

wherein the sugar derivative-modified silicone is a sugar derivative-modified silicone represented by the following general formula (1):

R 1 a R 2 b L 1 c Q d SiO (4-a-b-c-d)/2   (1)

wherein, R 1 represents a monovalent organic group (excluding R 2 , L, and Q), a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, and R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted, straight or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 9 to 60 carbon atoms, or a chain organosiloxane group represented by the following general formula (2-1):

wherein, each R 11 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbons, hydroxyl groups, or hydrogen atoms, and at least one of the R 11 is the monovalent hydrocarbon group; t is a number in a range of 2 to 10, and r is a number in a range of 1 to 500, or the following general formula (2-2):

wherein, R 11 and r are as described above, and L 1 represents a silylalkyl group having a siloxane dendron structure and represented by the following general formula (3) when i=1:

wherein, each R 3 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted, straight or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbons, each R 4 independently represents an alkyl group or phenyl group having from 1 to 6 carbons, Z represents a divalent organic group, i represents a generation of the silylalkyl group represented by L i and is an integer of 1 to k when k is a number of generations that is a number of repetitions of the silylalkyl group, the number of generations k is an integer from 1 to 10, L i+1 is the silylalkyl group when i is less than k, and R 4 when i=k, and h i is a number in a range of 0 to 3, Q represents a sugar derivative group, and a, b, c, and d are numbers respectively in ranges of 1.0≤a≤2.5, 0≤b≤1.5, 0≤c≤1.5, and 0.0001≤d≤1.5.

2. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the solid particles include one or more material selected from a silicon atom-free low molecular organic compound, a silicon atom-free non-crosslinked hydrophilic high molecular organic compound, a silicon atom-free crosslinked hydrophilic high molecular organic compound, a salt, a mineral derived material, and activated carbon.

3. The production method according to claim 2 , wherein the solid particles include the silicon atom-free crosslinked hydrophilic high molecular organic compound.

4. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the solid particles are porous.

5. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the solid particles include silicon dioxide.

6. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the solid particles include at least one type of hydrogen bond forming substance and/or at least one type of ionic bond forming substance and/or a hydrate thereof.

7. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the separating step includes filtering using filtration material.

8. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the impurity containing compositions are caused to come into contact with the solid particles in the capturing step after dilution using a solvent, the solvent being a good solvent for the sugar derivative-modified silicone and a poor solvent for the hydrophilic impurities.

9. The production method according to claim 8 , further comprising the step(s) of:

heating and/or depressurizing the composition and removing the solvent after the separating step.

10. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the sugar derivative group is a group derived from monosaccharides, disaccharides, or oligosaccharides.

11. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the sugar derivative group is a sugar alcohol group-containing organic group.

12. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the sugar derivative-modified silicone is modified using a sugar alcohol group-containing organic group represented by the following general formula (4-1):

wherein, R represents a divalent organic group, and e is 1 or 2, or the following general formula (4-2):

wherein, R is as described above; and e′ is 0 or 1.

13. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the sugar derivative-modified silicone is a sugar derivative-modified crosslinked silicone.