US Patent Issued to DOW SILICONES on April 8 for "Selective preparation of vinyl- and ethyl-functionalized chlorosilanes" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,834, issued on April 8, was assigned to DOW SILICONES Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Selective preparation of vinyl- and ethyl-functionalized chlorosilanes" was invented by David Lawrence Witker (Midland, Mich.), Juan Mauricio Venegas (Midland, Mich.), Ronen Weingarten (Midland, Mich.) and Dimitris E. Katsoulis (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing an organosilicon compound via selective silylation of ethylene is disclosed. The method comrises prises reacting via silylation (A) a hydridochlorosilane compound and (B) ethylene in the presence of (C) a catalyst, thereby preparing the organosilicon compound. The ...