Patent ID: 8772432

Claim:
A composition, comprising a water-soluble, tris-silylated amino-functional silicon-containing compound and water, wherein the a silicon-containing compound comprises crosslinking structural elements which form catenated, cyclic, crosslinked and/or three-dimensionally crosslinked structures, at least one structure consists of formula (I), (R 1 O)[(R 1 O) 1-x (R 3 ) x Si(B)O] b [Si(C)(R 5 ) y (OR 1 ) 1-y O] c [(Y) 2-Δ (R 11 ) Δ Si(A)Si(R 11 ) Δ (Y) 2-Δ O] a wherein A is a bivalent aminoalkyl radical, B is an aminoalkyl radical, C is an alkyl radical, D is an epoxy or ether radical, E is an organofunctional radical, Z is independently a bivalent alkylene radical, Y is OR 1 or, in crosslinked and/or three-dimensionally crosslinked structures, is independently OR 1 or O 1/2 , R 1 is independently hydrogen or a linear, cyclic and/or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, R 3 , R 5 , R 7 , R 8 , R 11 and/or R 12 are each independently organofunctional radicals, HX is an acid wherein X is an inorganic or organic acid radical, 0≦Δ≦2, 0≦Ω≦2, 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦u≦1, 0≦v≦1, a≧0, b≧0, c≧1, d≧0, w≧0, Σ≧1, e≧0 and (a+b+c+d+w+Σ+e)≧2, and the composition contains at most 5% by weight of organic solvents.