US Patent Issued to DOW SILICONES on Nov. 25 for "Processes for synthesizing unsymmetrical disiloxanes" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,867, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DOW SILICONES Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Processes for synthesizing unsymmetrical disiloxanes" was invented by Xiaoyuan Zhou (Midland, Mich.), Zhanjie Li (Midland, Mich.) and Eric Joffre (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods for making alkenyl disiloxanes, comprising combining an alkenyl halosilane with an alkyl halosilane and adding the mixture to water, an acidic aqueous solution, or a basic aqueous solution. The ratio of the alkenyl halosilane to the alkyl halosilane is about 10:1 to about 1:10. The alkenyl halosilane and the alkyl halosilane are mixed at ...