Patent ID: 7655744

Claim:
A branched polyglycerol-modified silicone, comprising at least one branched polyglycerol chain comprising at least one branched glycerol group represented by the below shown formula (1) and being connected via a connecting group to a silicon atom of the silicone wherein said group of formula (1) which is connected to said silicon atom via said connecting group is bonded to said connecting group via the available —CH 2 group and the two oxygen atoms in said group of formula (1), independently of each other, bind to a glycerol or glycidol group represented by formula (1) above or the following formula (2), (3) or (4): wherein said connecting group is a bivalent group having an ether group represented by formula (5), a bivalent group having an ester group represented by formula (6), a group represented by formula (8), or a group represented by formula (9): —(R 1 ) p —O—(AO) q — (5) wherein, R 1 is a straight- or branched-chain alkylene or alkenylene group having 1 to 22 carbons or an arylene group having 6 to 22 carbons, which may have one or more substituents; AO is an alkyleneoxy group having 1 to 4 carbons or an aryleneoxy group having 6 to 10 carbons; p is a number of 0 or 1; q is a number of 0 to 30; and q AO's may be the same or different from each other; —R 2 —COO—(AO) r — (6) wherein, R 2 is a straight- or branched-chain alkylene or alkenylene group having 1 to 22 carbons or an arylene group having 6 to 22 carbons, which may have one or more substituents; r is a number of 0 to 30; AO is as defined above; and r AO's may be the same or different from each other; wherein, R 3 is a straight- or branched-chain alkylene or alkenylene group having 1 to 22 carbons which may have one or more substituents; u is a number of 0 or 1; v is a number of 0 to 30; AO is as defined above; and v AO's may be the same or different from each other; and wherein, R 4 is a straight- or branched-chain alkylene or alkenylene group having 1 to 22 carbons which may have one or more substituents; z is a number of 0 or 1; x is a number of 0 to 30; y is a number of 0 to 30; AO is as defined above; and x and y AO's may be the same or different from each other.