Patent 7683198 was granted and assigned to Wacker Chemie AG on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mono-hydroxyl-functional organopolysiloxanes are prepared with minimal byproducts and increased storage stability by reaction of cyclotrisiloxanes with sil(ox)anols containing less than 1 weight percent water in the presence of heterogenous alkali metal or alkaline earth metal oxide or carbonate catalysts.