Patent ID: 8367855

Claim:
A process for preparing tertiary silylorganoamines, comprising reacting silylorganoamines of formula I: [R 2 a (R 1 O) 3-a SiR 3 ] n NH 3-n (I) in a reactor, in the presence of a particulate metallic noble metal catalyst, wherein the proportion of metallic noble metal in said catalyst is at least 50% by weight, at a temperature in the range of from 100° C. to 300° C. to form silylorganoamine products of the formula II: [R 2 a (R 1 O) 3-a SiR 3 ] y NH 3-y (II) wherein: each radical R l and each radical R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of: alkyl, aryl, aralkyl and cycloalkyl radicals having fewer than 20 carbon atoms; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of: divalent hydrocarbon radicals having fewer than 20 carbon atoms; and a =0, 1, 2 or 3; n=1 or 2, and y =3.