Patent ID: 6984390

Claim:
A silicone compound having a melting point of 40° C. or less represented by the general formula: R 1 a R 2 b SiO (4−a−b)/2 wherein: R 1 is, independently, a monofunctional alkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group or fluorine-substituted alkyl group having 1–10 carbon atoms, which does not contain an aliphatic unsaturated bond, R 2 is an organic group represented by the general formula: —(C p H 2p )O(C q H 2q O) r —X, where: X is a monofunctional residue of a sterol absent a hydroxyl group, a is a number of the formula: 1.0≦a≦2.5, b is a number of the formula: 0.00≦b≦1.0, where: 1.5≦a+b≦2.6, p, q and r are, independently, integers of the formulae: 2≦p≦6, 2≦q≦4, and 3≦r≦200.