Process for making organopolysiloxanes

Claim 1

A PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES 81) AGITATING TO A TEMPERATURE UP TO 60*C., A SOLUTION OF ORGANOHALOSILANES AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL, WHERE THERE IS UTILIZED IN SAID SOLUTION A PROPORTION OF SAID ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETELY ALKOXYLATE ALL OF THE HYDROLYZABLE HALOGEN ATTACHED TO SILICON BY SILICON-HALOGEN BONDS IN SAID SOLUTION, (2) SEPARATING HYDROGEN HALIDE FROM SAID SOLUTION OF (1) RESULTING FROM THE REACTION OF SAID ORGANOHALOSILANES AND SAID SLIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL UNTIL THE RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN HALIDE DOES NOT EXCEED 12 PERCENT BY WEIGHT O THE RESULTING MIXTURE, (3) PASSING STEAM INTO THE RESULTING MIXTURE OF (2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEPARATION THEREFROM AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF BETWEEN 100* C. TO 170*C. OF SAID ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND (4) RECOVERING THE RESULTING ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE HYDROLYZATE FROM THE MIXTURE OF (3), WHERE THE ORGANOHALOSILANES UTILIZED IN SAID MIXTURE OF (1) HAVE AN AVERAGE RATIO OF FROM ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 1.6 ORGANO RADICALS PER SILICON ATOM, WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO SILICON BY CARBONSILICON LINKAGES AND ARE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS, HALOGENATED MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS, AND CYANOALKYL RADICALS.