Dow Corning Corporation

Emmanuel Babatunde

Howard M Bank

Binh Thanh Nguyen

Robert James Cyr

A method of preparing an alkoxysilane having reduced halide content. The method comprises contacting a mixture comprising an alkoxysilane and residual halide with a mixture comprising about 1.5 to 15 moles of an alkyl alcohol per mole of residual halide, the alkyl alcohol comprising 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and about 0.1 to 5 moles of an orthoformate per mole of residual halide, to form a mixture comprising additional alkoxysilane and lower boiling species, and separating the lower boiling species and the alkoxysilane. Remaining residual halide may be contacted alkali metal to further reduce the halide content. Alkoxysilanes are useful as catalyst modifiers to manufacture polypropylene.

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Grand Blanc, MI, United States of America

Emmanuel Babatunde