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Method for preparing perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxanes
Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1989-10-02
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Granted: 1991-07-02
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Expires: 2009-10-02
Abstract
Abstract Perfluoroalkyl group containing organopolysiloxanes having a high degree of polymerization can be prepared by reacting a liquid organopolysiloxane of formula (I): R1aR2b(OH)cSiO[4.(a+b+c)]/2 with an alkali metal hydroxide to form an alkali metal silanolate; reacting the alkali metal silanolate with a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organosilane of formula (II): RfR3SiX2 to synthesize a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane intermediate of formula (III): [(R1aR2bSiO)m(RfR3SiO)]n; and polymerizing the intermediate of formula (III) or a mixture of the intermediate and an organopolysiloxane of formula (IV): R5eR6gSiO[(4.(e+g)]/2 in the presence of a strongly acidic catalyst or strongly basic catalyst.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyuki Terae
- 👤 Teiichi Mutoh
- 👤 Masaki Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-30 06:51
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/22; C08G77/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
287 words
A method for preparing a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane, comprising the steps of: reacting a liquid organopolysiloxane of the general formula (I): R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b (OH).sub.c SiO.sub.[4-(a+b+c)]/2 (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 , which may be the same or different, are independently selected from monovalent organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and letters, a, b, and c have values in the ranges of 0≦a≦2, 0≦b≦2, 0≦c≦1, and 1.8≦a+b+c≦2.2, with an alkali metal hydroxide to form an alkali metal silanolate, reacting the alkali metal silanolate with a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organosilane of the general formula (II): RfR.sup.3 SiX.sub.2 (II) wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organic group of the formula: C d F.sub.(2d+1) R 4 wherein R 4 is a divalent organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and letter d is an integer within the range of 4≦d≦16, and X is a halogen atom in a hydrocarbon solvent for about 2 to 30 hours under reflux at the boiling temperature of the solvent, to thereby synthesize a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane intermediate of the general formula (III): [(R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b SiO).sub.m (RfR.sup.3 SiO)].sub.n (III) wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , Rf, a, and b are as defined above, and letters m and n are independently positive numbers of at least 1, and polymerizing the intermediate of formula (III) in the presence of a strongly acidic catalyst for about 5 to 30 hours at a reaction temperature of about 20° to 120° C. or strongly basic a reaction temperature for about 3 to 6 at a reaction temperature of about 120° to 160° C. to thereby form the perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
287 words
A method for preparing a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane, comprising the steps of: reacting a liquid organopolysiloxane of the general formula (I): R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b (OH).sub.c SiO.sub.[4-(a+b+c)]/2 (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 , which may be the same or different, are independently selected from monovalent organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and letters, a, b, and c have values in the ranges of 0≦a≦2, 0≦b≦2, 0≦c≦1, and 1.8≦a+b+c≦2.2, with an alkali metal hydroxide to form an alkali metal silanolate, reacting the alkali metal silanolate with a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organosilane of the general formula (II): RfR.sup.3 SiX.sub.2 (II) wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organic group of the formula: C d F.sub.(2d+1) R 4 wherein R 4 is a divalent organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and letter d is an integer within the range of 4≦d≦16, and X is a halogen atom in a hydrocarbon solvent for about 2 to 30 hours under reflux at the boiling temperature of the solvent, to thereby synthesize a perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane intermediate of the general formula (III): [(R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b SiO).sub.m (RfR.sup.3 SiO)].sub.n (III) wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , Rf, a, and b are as defined above, and letters m and n are independently positive numbers of at least 1, and polymerizing the intermediate of formula (III) in the presence of a strongly acidic catalyst for about 5 to 30 hours at a reaction temperature of about 20° to 120° C. or strongly basic a reaction temperature for about 3 to 6 at a reaction temperature of about 120° to 160° C. to thereby form the perfluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of polymerizing the intermediate of formula (III) includes polymerizing a mixture of the intermediate of formula (III) and an organopolysiloxane of the general formula (IV): R.sup.5.sub.e R.sup.6.sub.g SiO.sub.[(4-(e+g)]/2 (IV) wherein R 5 and R 6 , which may be the same or different, are independently selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, monovalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and alkoxy groups having 1 to b 8 carbon atoms, and letters e and g have values in the ranges of ≦e≦3, 0≦g≦2, and 1.8≦e+g≦3.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the alkali metal hydroxide is used in an amount of 0.1 to 2 mol per mol of the silicon atom of the organopolysiloxane of formula (I).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the step of reacting the organopolysiloxane of formula (I) with the alkali metal hydroxide is carried out at about 50° to about 120° C. for about 1 to about 10 hours.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the organosilane of formula (II) is used in an amount of 0.1 to 1.2 mol per mol of the alkali metal silanolate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the step of reacting the alkali metal silanolate with the organosilane of formula (II) is carried out for about 2 to about 30 hours under reflux.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the polymerizing step employs the strongly acidic catalyst in an amount of 0.01 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of siloxanes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The amount of claim 1 or 2 wherein the polymerizing step employs the strongly basic catalyst in an amount of 0.1 to 0.00001 mol per mol of the silicon atom in the entire organopolysiloxanes to be polymerized.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the polymerizing step includes adding an end-blocking agent of the formula: R.sup.7.sub.h R.sup.8.sub.i SiO.sub.1/2 (V) wherein R 7 and R 8 are independently selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, mcnovalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and alkoxy groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and letters h and i have values in the ranges of 0<h ≦3, 0≦i ≦2, and h+i=3, in an amount of 0 to 1/25 mol per mol of the intermediate.
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