The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) below: ##STR00001##
in which: R.sub.1 represents, in particular, an alkylene group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are, in particular, H; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and R.sub.4 is chosen from the group consisting of: NO.sub.2, OR.sub.a, SR.sub.a and NR.sub.aR.sub.b, wherein R.sub.a and R.sub.b are as defined above; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, identical or different, represent an alkyl or alkoxy group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R.sub.7, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9, identical or different, represent an alkyl group comprising from 2 to 6 carbon atoms.

Nanoparticles that can be used as hydrosilylation and dehydrogenative silylation catalysts. The nanoparticles have at least one transition metal with an oxidation state of 0, chosen from the metals of columns 8, 9 and 10 of the periodic table, and at least one carbonyl ligand, preferably a silicide.

This organopolysiloxane composition, when cured at room temperature by moisture in the atmosphere, provides a silicone rubber cured product having good self-adhesiveness to a magnesium alloy. The organopolysiloxane composition contains (A) an organopolysiloxane having a hydroxy group and/or a hydrolysable silyl group at both ends of the molecular chain, (B) an organic silicon compound other than (A) and (C), having at least three hydrolysable groups bonded to a silicon atom per molecule, and/or a partial hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, and (C) a silane coupling agent having a specific molecular structure having a carboxylic acid silyl ester bond. Furthermore, a novel compound, having an alkoxysilyl group and a carboxylic acid silyl ester group per molecule, can have improved adhesiveness/bonding properties with respect to a base material due to the effect of carboxylic acid after hydrolysis thereof.

A method for preparing a hydrocarbylhydrocarbyloxysilane of formula R.sub.aH.sub.pSi(OR)(4.sub.-a-b), where each R is independently a hydrocarbyl group and subscript a is 1 to 4 and subscript b is 1 to 2 is disclosed. The method includes heating ingredients including a hydrocarbyl carbonate and a source of silicon and catalyst. The method can be used to make dimethyldimethoxysilane.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing silicon-containing heterocycles of the general formula (I) ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are same or different and are, independently from one another, selected from a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl or C.sub.6-C.sub.18 aryl residue which may be interrupted by at least one heteroatom; R.sup.4 is selected from a linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkylene residue which may be interrupted by at least one heteroatom; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are same or different and are, independently from one another, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl or C.sub.6-C.sub.18 aryl which may be interrupted by at least one heteroatom, and a C.sub.4-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may form a ring, a 4- to 8-membered alkyl ring; and n is 0, 1 or 2, 2, said method comprising a one-step reaction of at least one epoxide compound of the general formula (II) and at least one aminoalkoxysilane having a primary amino group in the presence of a catalyst ##STR00002## wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same as defined for the general formula (I) above; as well as the use of the silicon-containing heterocycles of the general formula (I).

Silane compounds derived from medium-chain fatty acids are generally disclosed herein. Methods of using such compounds, for example, as compatibilizing agents, are also disclosed herein, as well as methods of making such compounds, for example, from medium-chain fatty acids derived from natural oils.

To provide an organosilicon compound having a cyclic silazane structure, represented by the following general formula (1):

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wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an oxy radical, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 and R each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 0 to 2.

In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides a method of preparing a cyclopentaoxasilinone, the method comprising contacting a siloxy-tethered 1,7-enyne with a thioether promoter. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of preparing a cyclopentaoxaborininone, the method comprising contacting a boronic ester-tethered 1,7-enyne with a thioether promoter.

A method is useful for preparing alkylalkoxysilanes, such as alkylalkoxysilanes, particularly dimethyldimethoxysilane. The method includes heating at a temperature of 150° C. to 400° C., ingredients including an alkyl ether and carbon dioxide, and a source of silicon and catalyst. The carbon dioxide eliminates the need to add halogenated compounds during the method.

The present invention relates to a novel compound having an alkoxysilyl group and an active ester group, a method for preparing the same, a composition comprising the same, and a use, wherein the novel compound exhibits improved low moisture absorption and/or low dielectric properties when cured as an epoxy composition, but is not accompanied by loss of thermal expansion characteristics. Disclosed are a novel compound of formulae AF to LF having an alkoxysilyl group and an active ester group, and a method for preparing the same, a composition comprising the same, and a use of same.