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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1985
Gnaneshwar R Baile, Midland, MI (US);
Jane A Crompton, Midland, MI (US);
Daniel F McMahon, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
What is disclosed is a process for converting polydiorganosiloxanes to cyclopolydiorganosiloxanes with reduced cleavage of organic groups from silicon atoms. The process comprises (A) feeding a mixture of the polydiorganosiloxanes, a catalyst, and an organic solvent to a device in which water is formed as the polydiorganosiloxanes react in the presence of the catalyst and the organic solvent, the water formed being driven out of said device as a two-phase organic solvent/water azeotrope; (B) reacting the polydiorganosiloxane/catalyst/organic solvent mixture from (A), essentially free of water, to convert the polydiorganosiloxanes to the desired product cyclopolydiorganosiloxanes; and (C) recovery of the desired product cyclopolydiorganosiloxanes.