Method for the preparation of organopolysiloxane
AssigneeDow Corning Toray Silicone Co., Ltd.
InventorsTadashi Okawa, Shuji Yamada
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Abstract
There is disclosed a novel method for the preparation of an organopolysiloxane which has two or three diorganohydrogensiloxy groups at one and only one end of the molecular chain terminal. The method of the invention is particularly useful in that it produces high yields of the desired organopolysiloxane. The method comprises causing a condensation reaction between (A) a hydrogen or lithium terminated polysiloxane and (B) an organopolysiloxane having two or three diorganohydrogensiloxy groups at one terminal of the molecular chain and a halogen at the other terminal of the molecular chain.
Claims7
A method for the preparation of organopolysiloxane having a formula selected from the group consisting of:
- ##STR14## wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group which is free of aliphatically unsaturated bonds and the R groups may be identical or may differ, B is a divalent hydrocarbon group which is free of aliphatically unsaturated bonds and which contains at least 2 carbon atoms, and n is an integer with a value of one to 200), said method comprising the step of:
- causing a condensation reaction between component (A) and component (B), wherein:
- (A) is an organosilane or organopolysiloxane with the following formula ##STR15## wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group which is free of aliphatically unsaturated bonds and the R groups may be identical or may differ, Z is the hydrogen atom or lithium atom, and n is an integer with a value of one to 200 and
- (B) is an organohalosilicone compound having a formula selected from the group consisting of:
- ##STR16## wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group which is free of aliphatically unsaturated bonds and the R groups may be identical or may differ, B is a divalent hydrocarbon group which is free of aliphatically unsaturated bonds and which contains at least 2 carbon atoms and X is a halogen atom.
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