Claims
- 1. A process for preparing hydridosiloxane and organohydridosiloxane resins comprising the steps of
- a. contacting a silane monomer with a solid state catalyst in the presence of a reaction mixture comprising a hydrocarbon solvent, alcohol and water under conditions effective to catalytically convert said silane monomer into hydridosiloxanes and organohydridosiloxanes; and
- b. recovering said produced hydridosiloxanes and organohydridosiloxanes.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrocarbon solvent, alcohol and water form a dual phase solvent system.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein said silane monomer has the general formula of R.sup.1 SiX.sub.3, wherein X is a halogen or OR.sup.2, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, an alkyl and an aryl moiety.
- 4. The process of claim 3 wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are moieties independently selected from the group consisting of H, straight alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl and combinations thereof.
- 5. The process of claim 4 wherein said straight alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl moieties are independently substituted or unsubstituted.
- 6. The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst is selected from the group consisting of strongly acidic macroreticular resins, weakly acidic macroreticular resins, strongly acidic gel-type resins, strongly basic macroreticular resins, clay containing a catalytic moiety, weakly basic ion exchange resins and combinations thereof.
- 7. The process of claim 6 wherein said clay is acidic.
- 8. The process of claim 1 wherein step b further comprises the step of separating suspended materials from said reaction mixture and said produced hydridosiloxanes and organohydridosiloxanes.
- 9. The process of claim 8 wherein said suspended materials are separated from said reaction mixture by a method selected from the group consisting of filtration, centrifugation, gravity mediated settling of said suspended materials and combinations thereof.
- 10. The process of claim 3 wherein said silane monomer is selected from the group consisting of trichlorosilane, methyltrichlorosilane, ethyltrichlorosilane, propyltrichlorosilane, n-butyltrichlorosilane, cyclohexyltrichlorosilane, phenyltrichlorosilane, triethylsilane, and combinations thereof.
- 11. The process of claim 1 wherein the product produced is described by a formula selected from the group consisting of:
- (H.sub.0.4-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-1.8).sub.p ;
- (HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.n (SiO.sub.2).sub.w ;
- (HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.n (R.sup.1 SiO.sub.1.5).sub.m ;
- (H.sub.0.4-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-1.8).sub.n (R.sup.1.sub.0.4-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-1.8).sub.m ;
- (H.sub.0-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-2.0).sub.n (R.sup.1 SiO.sub.1.5).sub.m ;
- wherein:
- p is an integer ranging in value from about 8 to about 5000;
- the sum of n and w is an integer ranging in value from about 8 to about 5000;
- the sum of n and m is an integer ranging in value from about 8 to about 5000; and
- m is selected such that the organic substituent is present at a Mole percent ranging from about
- l to about 99; and wherein
- R.sup.1 is a moiety selected from the group consisting of straight alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl.
- 12. The process of claim 11 wherein R.sup.1 is a moiety selected from the group consisting of methyl, chloromethyl, ethyl, propyl, 2-chloropropyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, chlorocyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, phenyl, napthyl, tolyl, and benzyl.
- 13. The process of claim 11 wherein R.sup.1 is a moiety selected from the group consisting of methyl, chloromethyl, ethyl, propyl, 2-chloropropyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, chlorocyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, phenyl, napthyl, tolyl, and benzyl and alkyl R.sup.1 moieties are straight or branched.
- 14. The process of claim 1 wherein said product is selected from the group consisting of hydridosilsesquioxane, hydridosiloxane, hydridomethylsiloxane, hydridoethylsiloxane, hydridopropylsiloxane, hydridobutylsiloxane, hydridotert-butylsiloxane, hydridophenylsiloxane, hydridomethylsilsesquioxane, hydridoethylsilsesquioxane, hydridopropylsilsesquioxane, hydridobutylsilsesquioxane, hydridotert-butylsilsesquioxane and hydridophenylsilsesquioxane, and combinations thereof.
- 15. The process of claim 1 wherein said reaction mixture comprises a ratio of the polar solvent to the non-polar solvent ranging from about 5 percent to about 80 percent, calculated as weight to weight.
- 16. The process of claim 6 wherein said catalyst is a weakly basic ion exchange resin.
- 17. The process of claim 1 wherein the product is described by the formula:
- (HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.x (R.sup.1 SiO.sub.1.5).sub.y (SiO.sub.2).sub.z,
- wherein:
- the sum of x, y, and z is a number ranging from about 8 to about 5000 and y is selected such that the organic substituent is present in a Mole percent ranging from about 1 to about 99 Mole percent; and
- wherein R.sup.1 is a moiety selected from the group consisting of straight alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl and R.sup.1 is substituted or unsubstituted.
- 18. A product produced by the process of claim 1.
- 19. The product of claim 18 that is selected from the group consisting of hydridosilsesquioxane, hydridosiloxane, hydridomethylsiloxane, hydridoethylsiloxane, hydridopropylsiloxane, hydridobutylsiloxane, hydridotert-butylsiloxane, hydridophenylsiloxane, hydridomethylsilsesquioxane, hydridoethylsilsesquioxane, hydridopropylsilsesquioxane, hydridobutylsilsesquioxane, hydridotert-butylsilsesquioxane and hydridophenylsilsesquioxane, and combinations thereof.
- 20. The product of claim 18 that is described by a formula selected from the group consisting of:
- (H.sub.0.4-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-1.8).sub.p ;
- (HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.n (SiO.sub.2).sub.w ;
- (HSiO.sub.1.5).sub.n (R.sup.1 SiO.sub.1.5).sub.m ;
- (H.sub.0.4-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-1.8).sub.n (R.sup.1.sub.0.4-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-1.8).sub.m ;
- (H.sub.0-1.0 SiO.sub.1.5-2.0).sub.n (R.sup.1 SiO.sub.1.5).sub.m ;
- wherein:
- p is an integer ranging in value from about 8 to about 5000;
- the sum of n and w is an integer ranging in value from about 8 to about 5000;
- the sum of n and m is an integer ranging in value from about 8 to about 5000; and
- m is selected such that the organic substituent is present at a Mole percent ranging from about
- l to about 99; and wherein
- R.sup.1 is a moiety selected from the group consisting of straight alkyl branched alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of the following United States patent applications: U.S. provisional application serial No. 60/044,479, filed Apr. 21, 1997; U.S. nonprovisional application serial No. 09/044,831, filed on Mar. 20, 1998, and U.S. nonprovisional application serial No. 09/044,798, filed Mar. 20, 1998, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
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