Dow Corning Corporation

Charles Alan Hall

Dimitris Katsoulis

Aswini K Dash

Jonathan David Wineland

Robert Thomas Larsen

Matthew J McLaughlin

Kurt E Anderson

Roland L Halm

Christopher Darren Gatti

Dennis Gene Van Koevering

A method of preparing organohalosilanes comprising combining an organohalide having the formula RX (I), wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and X is fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo, with a contact mass comprising at least 2% (w/w) of a palladium suicide of the formula PdSi(II), wherein x is an integer from 1 to 5 and y is 1 to 8, or a platinum suicide of formula PtSi (III), wherein z is 1 or 2, in a reactor at a temperature from 250 to 700&#xb0; C. to form an organohalosilane.

Method of preparing an organohalosilane

A process for preparing organohalosilanes comprising combining hydrogen, a halosilane having the formula HSiX(I) and an organohalide having the formula RX (II), wherein R is C-Calkyl or C-Ccycloalkyl, each X is independently halo, and the subscript a is 0, 1, or 2, in the presence of a sufficient amount of a catalyst effective in enabling the replacement of one or more of the halo groups of the halosilane with the R group from the organohalide, at a temperature from 200 to 800&#xb0; C., to form an organohalosilane and a hydrogen halide, wherein the volumetric ratio of hydrogen to halosilane is from 1:3 to 1:0.001 and the volumetric ratio of hydrogen to organohalide is from 1:1 to 1:0.001, and wherein the catalyst is optionally treated with the hydrogen or the halosilane prior to the combining.

Preparation of organohalosilanes

A method of preparing a diorganodihalosilane, the method comprising the following separate and consecutive steps: (i) treating a preformed metal silicide with a mixture comprising hydrogen gas and a silicon tetrahalide at a temperature from 300 to 1400&#xb0; C. to form a treated metal silicide, wherein the preformed metal silicide comprises a metal selected from at least one of Ni, Pd, or Pt; and (ii) reacting the treated metal silicide with an organohalide according to the formula RX at a temperature from 250 to 700&#xb0; C. to form a diorganodihalosilane, wherein R is C-Chydrocarbyl and X is halo.

Method of preparing a diorganodihalosilane

A method of making a diorganodihalosilane contacting an organotrihalosilane according to the formula RSiX(I) with hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst comprising at least two metals and at a temperature from 300 to 800&#xb0; C. to form a diorganodihalosilane, wherein R is C-CQ hydrocarbyl, X is halo, and two of the at least two metals are chosen from at least one of (i) copper and palladium, (ii) copper and gold, (iii) indium and iridium or (iv) iridium and rhenium.

Method of making a diorganodihalosilane

Method of making hydroxy end-terminated linear siloxanes

A process for separating an emulsion into separate and easily recoverable phases. The process comprises exposing an emulsion comprising a discontinuous phase and a non-conducting continuous phase to an electric field thereby effecting coalescence of the discontinuous phase into droplets of a size for effective gravitation from the continuous phase, where the discontinuous phase and the continuous phase have different dielectric constants and densities and at least one of the phases comprise a silicon containing compound or a silicon containing polymer. The present process is especially useful for separating emulsions where the discontinuous phase is an aqueous acid solution and the continuous phase is diorganopolysiloxane.

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