Patent ID: 7009015

Claim:
An aromatic silane compound having formula (I): wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of linear or branched C 1-26 alkyl, C 2-26 alkenyl, C 1-26 alkoxy, C 2-26 alkoxyalkyl, C 7-26 arylalkyl, C 3-26 cycloalkyl and C 4-26 cycloalkoxy groups, optionally containing one or more halogen atoms; R 2 is an aromatic ring having at least one substituent in the ortho position selected from C 1-10 hydrocarbon groups with the proviso that when R 2 comprises a naphthyl group, R 1 is a linear C 1 –C 26 alkyl; and R 3 and R 4 , the same or different from each other, are selected from the group consisting of linear or branched C 1-10 alkyl and C 3-10 cycloalkyl groups.