US Patent 7504467 Process for preparing organopolysiloxanes having triorganosiloxy groups

A process for preparing organopolysiloxanes bearing triorganosiloxy groups of defined structure involves reacting, in a first step, organopolysiloxanes having SiH groups with water in the presence of a metal of transition group VIII or compounds thereof as a catalyst, optionally in the presence of cocatalysts, to provide Si—OH group-containing intermediates, and, in a second step, reacting the intermediates bearing SiOH groups with silanes which have a group reactive toward SiOH groups. The reaction proceeds rapidly in high yield and with few byproducts.