Patent ID: 8148562

Claim:
A compound of Formula 1: wherein Q is selected from CXYR 1 and —C(Z)R wherein Z is divalent and selected from oxygen, NR 2 and NNR 2 R 3 or comprises OH and H, and wherein X and Y are each selected from hydrogen, —C(Z)R, CN and C(O)W and W is selected from OH, OR 6 , O(M +n ) 1/n and NR 2 R 3 and R, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 6 are each selected from hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched group selected from C 1-40 -alkyl, C 2-40 -alkenyl, C 2-40 -alkynyl group, an aryl and C 1-40 -alkylaryl group and M is a metal ion selected from a lanthanide, actinide, main group or transition metal and V is selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched group selected from C 1-40 -alkyl, C 2-40 -alkenyl, C 2-40 -alkynyl group, an aryl group, a C 1-40 -alkylaryl, sulfide, sulfoxide, sulfone, amine, a polyalkyl amine, a phosphine or other phosphorous containing group; n is an integer from 1 to 4; the free valences of the silicate oxygen atoms are saturated by one or more of: silicon atoms of other groups of Formula 1, hydrogen, a linear or branched C 1-12 -alkyl group, by end groups R 4 3 M 1 O 1/2 , by cross-linking bridge members R 4 q M 1 (OR 5 ) m O k/2 , Al(OR 5 ) 3-p O p/2 or R 4 Al(OR 5 ) 2-r O r/2 or by chains comprising (R 4 e SiO f/2 ) g ; where M 1 is Si or Ti; e is an integer from 2 to 3 and f is an integer from 1 to 2 such that e+f=4 and g is an integer from 1 to 10 8 ; R 5 is a linear or branched C 1-40 , alkyl group, an aryl or C 1-40 -alkylaryl group; and R 4 is a linear or branched C 1-40 -alkyl group, an aryl or C 1-40 -alkylaryl group; k is an integer from 1 to 3 and q and m are integers from 0 to 2, such that m+k+q=4; p is an integer from 1 to 3; and r is an integer from 1 to 2; wherein both B and C are always present and a, b, c and d are integers such that the molar ratio of b:a+c+d, is from 0.00001 to 100,000, and wherein CXYR 1 and —C(Z)R are monovalent and connected to the rest of the compound through the carbon atom, and wherein A, B, C, and D designate the four components of the compound of Formula 1.