Method of chain extending organosiloxanes
AssigneeDow Corning Corporation
InventorsCecil L. Frye, Jerome M. Klosowski
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Abstract
Mixing methylvinyldi-(epsilon-caprolactamo)silane with an organosiloxane having silicon-bonded hydroxyl radicals increases the molecular weight by chain extension. This method is particularly useful in making high molecular weight polydiorganosiloxanes containing vinyl radicals from hydroxyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxane fluids.
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A method of increasing the molecular weight of a hydroxyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxane having silicon-bonded hydroxyl radicals consisting essentially of mixing the polydiorganosiloxane wherein the organic groups are monovalent hydrocarbon radicals or monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon radicals and methylvinyldi-(epsiloncaprolactamo)silane, thereafter recovering a product polydiorganosiloxane having a molecular weight higher than the polydiorganosiloxane mixed with the silane and having methylvinylsiloxane units in the product polydiorganosiloxane.
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