Patent ID: 8461274

Claim:
A process to redistribute cyclic and linear polysiloxanes, comprising: contacting and heating a surfactant, wherein the surfactant is a salt of a protonated amine or a quaternary ammonium compound, an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, and a silicone comprising a silicone hydrolysate, wherein the silicone hydrolysate comprises from 20 to 80 weight %, based upon the weight of the silicone, linear polysiloxane, and wherein the silicone hydrolyzate comprises a cyclic polysiloxane, and wherein the linear polysiloxane is chlorine endblocked linear polydimethylsiloxane, and wherein the silicone hydrolysate comprises: from 31 to 47 weight percent D 4 ; from 8 to 30 weight % D 5 ; from 1 to 12 weight % D 6 ; and from 38 to 45 weight % chlorine endblocked linear polydimethylsiloxane.