Low temperature hydrosilylation catalyst and silicone release coatings

1 . A crosslinkable silicone release coating composition comprising:

a) at least one polyhydridosiloxane;

b) at least one organosilicon compound having radicals containing aliphatic carbon-carbon multiple bonds; and,

c) a platinum containing hydrosilylation catalyst is provided comprising at least one monosiloxy unit possessing carbon-carbon double bond functionality and at least one tetrasiloxy unit,

wherein hydrosilylation polymerization between the polyhydridosiloxane and the organosilicon compound occurs below the melt temperature of a heat-sensitive support.

2 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the polyhydridosiloxane composition has the formula:

Q u T v D w D H x M H y M z

wherein:

each occurrence of Q is independently given by SiO 4/2 ;

each occurrence of T is independently given by R 1 SiO 3/2 wherein each occurrence of R 1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbons;

each occurrence of D is independently given by R 2 R 3 SiO 2/2 wherein each occurrence of R 2 and R 3 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbons;

each occurrence of D H is independently given by HR 4 SiO 2/2 wherein each occurrence of R 4 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbons;

each occurrence of M is independently selected from the group consisting of R 5 R 6 R 7 SiO 1/2 , R 5 O 1/2 and HO 1/2 wherein each occurrence of R 5 , R 6 and R 7 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbons; and

each occurrence of M H is independently given by HR 8 R 9 SiO 1/2 wherein each occurrence of R 8 and R 9 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon having 1 to 30 carbons;

each occurrence of the subscripts u, v, w, x, y and z is independently an integer wherein u is from 0 to 10, v is from 0 to 10, w is from 0 to 100, x is from 1 to 100, y is from 1 to 10, and z is from 0 to 10 such that u+v equals 1 to 10, x+y equals 3 to 100, and y+z equals 3 to 10.

3 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 2 wherein each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 R 7 , R 8 and R 9 is a monovalent hydrocarbons of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; u is 0; v is from 1 to 5; w is from 0 to 50; x is from 1 to 50; y is from 3 to 8; and z is from 0 to 5.

4 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 2 wherein each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 R 7 , R 8 and R 9 is a monovalent hydrocarbons of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; u is from 1 to 5; v is 0; w is from 0 to 50; x is from 1 to 50; y is from 4 to 9; and z is from 0 to 5.

5 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the organosilicon compound is a silicone polymer exhibiting, per molecule, at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms.

6 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the organosilicon compound can exhibit a linear, branched or cyclic structure and its degree of polymerization is between 2 and 5000.

7 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the organosilicon compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxanes comprising dimethylvinylsilyl ends, methylvinyldimethylpolysiloxane copolymers comprising trimethylsilyl ends, methylvinyldimethylpolysiloxane copolymers comprising dimethylvinylsilyl ends and cyclic methylvinylpolysiloxanes.

8 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the organosilicon compound is a organopolysiloxane having the Formula:

X a R 10 3-a SiO(X b R 10 2-b SiO) m (R 10 2 SiO) n SiR 10 3-c X c

wherein:

each occurrence of R 10 is independently selected from the group consisting of a monovalent hydrocarbyl radical of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and a monovalent heterocarbyl radical containing at least one halogen atom;

each occurrence of X is independently a monovalent hydrocarbyl radical of from 2 to 12 carbon atoms containing at least one carbon-carbon multiple bond;

each occurrence of the subscripts a, b, c, m and n is independently an integer wherein a is from 0 to 3 ; b is from 0 to 2; c is from 0 to 3, m is from 0 to 100, n is from 0 to 5000 with the proviso that a+mb+c equals to or greater than 2.

9 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 8 wherein the organosilicon is at least one selected from the group consisting of

(CH 3 ) 3 SiO[SiO(CH 3 ) 2 SiO] 100 [Si(CH 3 )(CH═CH 2 )O] 6 Si(CH 3 ) 3 ,

(CH 3 ) 3 SiO[SiO(CH 3 ) 2 SiO] 200 [Si(CH 3 )((CH 2 ) 4 CH═CH 2 ))O] 10 Si(CH 3 ) 3 ,

(CH 2 ═CH(CH 2 ) 4 )(CH 3 ) 2 SiO[(CH 3 ) 2 SiO] 80 Si(CH 3 ) 2 ((CH 2 ) 4 CH═CH 2 ),

(CH 2 ═CH)(CH 3 ) 2 SiO[(CH 3 ) 2 SiO] 150 Si(CH 3 ) 2 (CH═CH 2 ), and

(CH 2 ═CH)(CH 3 ) 2 SiO[Si(CH 3 ) 2 O] 100 [Si(CH 3 )(CH═CH 2 )O] 2 Si(CH 3 ) 2 (CH═CH 2 ).

10 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the platinum containing hydrosilylation catalyst has the formula:

Pt f (M a M vi b Q c ) g

wherein:

each occurrence of M is independently selected from the group consisting of R 1 3 SiO 1/2 , HO 1/2 , and R 1 O 1/2 and wherein each occurrence of R 1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms;

each occurrence of M vi is independently R 2 x R 3 3-x SiO 1/2 wherein each occurrence of R 2 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms possessing at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond and each occurrence of R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms;

each occurrence of Q is independently SiO 4/2 ;

each occurrence of the subscripts a, b, c, f, g and x is independently an integer wherein a is 0 to 200; b is 1 to 202; c is 1 to 100; f is 1 to 100; g is 1 to 150; and x is 1 to 3.

11 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 10 wherein each occurrence of M is independently R 1 3 SiO 1/2 , wherein each occurrence of R 1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 2 is an monovalent hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms possessing at least one terminal carbon-carbon double bond, R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, each a, b, c, f, g and x is an integer, wherein a from 0 to 10; b is from 2 to 15, c is from 2 to 10, f is from 1 to 2, g is from 1 to 4, and most specifically from 1 to 2; and x is 1.

12 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 10 wherein said catalyst is a single compound of said formula or a mixture of compounds of said formula.

13 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 10 wherein R 1 is methyl, R 2 is vinyl and R 3 is methyl.

14 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 10 wherein said catalyst is a solid.

15 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 1 .

16 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 2 .

17 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 3 .

18 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 4 .

19 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 8 .

20 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 9 .

21 . The compound resulting from the crosslinking of the silicone release coating composition of claim 10 .

22 . The composition of claim 1 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

23 . The composition of claim 2 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

24 . The composition of claim 3 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

25 . The composition of claim 4 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

26 . The composition of claim 8 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

27 . The composition of claim 9 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

28 . The composition of claim 10 applied to a surface of a polymeric substrate having a Tg of not greater than about 120° C.

29 . The substrate of claim 22 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

30 . The substrate of claim 23 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

31 . The substrate of claim 24 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

32 . The substrate of claim 25 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

33 . The substrate of claim 26 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

34 . The substrate of claim 27 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

35 . The substrate of claim 28 wherein the silicone release coating composition is crosslinked.

36 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the support to be coated is made of a heat-sensitive material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polypropylene coated Kraft paper (PPK), polyethylene coated Kraft paper (PEK) and multilayer laminate film made with temperature sensitive components.

37 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the polyhydridosiloxane is present in the release coating composition in an amount that ranges form 0.5 to 20 weight percent of the total silicone release coating composition.

38 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the polyhydridosiloxane is present in the release coating composition in an amount that ranges form 1 to 12 weight percent of the total silicone release coating composition.

39 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the organosilicon compound is present in an amount that ranges from 80 to 99 weight percent of the total silicone release coating composition.

40 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the organosilicon compound is present in an amount that ranges from 90 to 98 weight percent of the total silicone release coating composition.

41 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the polyhydridosiloxane exhibits an SiH to Si Vi molar ratio 0.8 to 20.

42 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the polyhydridosiloxane exhibits an SiH to Si Vi molar ratio 1.2 to 8.

43 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 further comprising at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of adhesion-adjusting compounds; control release agents; anchorage to substrate compounds; buffering agents; surfactants; agent(s) for inhibiting hydrosilylation; bactericides; anti gelling agents; wetting agents; anti foaming agents; fillers; synthetic latexes; colorants; acidifying, rheology modifying and anchorage additive agents.

44 . The silicone release coating composition of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is present in an amount that ranges from 0.1 to 500 ppm.