Patent ID: 7534901

Claim:
A process for preparing an α, ω-functional siloxane compound in a purity of greater than or equal to 90%, said process comprising contacting a monohydrosiloxane compound of formula 1 with oxygen in the presence of a platinum group catalyst, without adding water, to form the α, ω-functional siloxane compound in a purity of greater than or equal to 90%; wherein n is 0, 1, or 2; R 1 is fluoroethyl, methyl or phenyl; and R 2 is substituted alkyl, epoxyalkyl, oxetanylalkyl, substituted oxaalkyl, epoxyoxaalkyl, oxetanyloxaalkyl, alkenyl, alkylalkoxysilyl, substituted alkylaryl, and substituted arylalkyl.