Polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers and a process for making same

• US 6,441,118 B2
• Filed: 09/26/1997
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Everaerts, Albert I., Leir, Charles M., Mazurek, Mieczyslaw H., Sherman, Audrey A., Nelson, Constance J., Romanko, Walter R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Margaret G.
• Application Number:
  US08/930,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20010037008A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,796 Days
• Field of Search: 528/28, 528/38, 525/477, 525/474, 525/454, 522/148, 522/172, 522/174
• US Class Current: 528/28
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 77/452 containing nitrogen-containing sequences

Abstract

The present invention provides polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers. The copolymers contain soft polydiorganosiloxane units, hard segments that are diisocyanate residues, the polydiorganosiloxane units and diisocyanate residues being connected by urea linkages, and terminal groups that are non-reactive, reactive under free radical or moisture cure conditions, or amines. The invention also provides methods of preparing the copolymers.

Claims

1. Polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising (i) a pair of soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue unit is a polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) a single hard polyisocyanate residue unit, wherein the polyisocyanate residue unit is a polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue unit and the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, and (iv) terminal groups that are not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions and are not a reactive amine or a reactive isocyanate.

2. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 1 represented by the formula:

wherein

each Z is a polyvalent radical selected from (i) arylene radicals and aralkylene radicals having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (ii) alkylene and cycloalkylene radicals having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each R is a moiety independently selected from (i) substituted and unsubstituted alkyl moieties, (ii) substituted and unsubstituted vinyl radicals and higher alkenyl radicals, (iii) substituted and unsubstituted cycloalkyl moieties having about 6 to 12 carbon atoms, (iv) substituted and unsubstituted aryl moieties, (v) perfluoroalkyl groups, (vi) fluorine-containing groups, and (vii) perfluoroether-containing groups;

each Y is a polyvalent moiety independently selected from (i) alkylene radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and (ii) aralkylene radicals and arylene radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atom;

each D is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, and radicals that complete a ring structure including B or Y to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each A is independently —

B—

, or —

YSi(R)₂(OSi(R)₂)_pY- or mixtures thereof;

B is a polyvalent radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene, aralkylene, cycloalkylene, phenylene, polyalkylene oxide and copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof,

e and b are o and n and d are 1;

q is about 10 or larger; and

each X is independently;

(a) a monovalent alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl moiety that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions;

or

(b) a moiety represented by

wherein D is as defined as above, and

K is a monovalent alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl moiety that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions.

3. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein R is a moiety independently selected from (i) substituted and unsubstituted alkyl moieties having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (ii) radicals represented by the formula —

R²(CH₂)_aCH=CH₂;

wherein R² is —

(CH₂)_b- or —

(CH₂)_cCH=CH-;

a is 1,2 or 3;

b is 0, 3 or 6; and

c is 3, 4 or 5, (iii) cycloalkyl moieties wherein the cyclo portion of the moiety has 6 to 12 carbon atoms and is substituted with an alkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group, and (iv) substituted and unsubstituted aryl moieties having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

4. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 2, wherein at least 50% of the R moieties are methyl radicals with the balance being monovalent alkyl or substituted alkyl radicals, alkenylene radicals, phenyl radicals, or substituted phenyl radicals.

5. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 3, wherein at least one R is a substituted alkyl moiety or substituted aryl moiety and further wherein (i) when the alkyl moiety is substituted the alkyl moiety is substituted with a trifluoroalkyl or vinyl group and (ii) when the aryl moiety is substituted the aryl moiety is substituted with an alkyl, cycloalkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group.

6. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein X is a monovalent unsubstituted alkyl moiety having about 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

7. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein X is a monovalent unsubstituted aryl moiety having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

8. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein X is a monovalent alkyl moiety substituted with trifluoroalkyl groups.

9. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein X is an aryl moiety substituted with alkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl groups.

10. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein K is monovalent unsubstituted alkyl moiety.

11. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein K is a monovalent unsubstituted aryl moiety.

12. A polydiorganosioxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein K is a monovalent substituted alkyl moiety.

13. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein K is a substituted aryl moiety.

14. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 12 wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of 2,6-tolylene, 4,4′

-methylenediphenylene, 3,3′

- dimethoxy-4,4′

-biphenylene, tetramethyl-m-xylylene, 4,4′

-methylenedicyclohexylene, 3,5,5-trimethyl-3-methylenecyclohexylene, 2,2,4-trimethylhexylene, 1,6-hexamethylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, and mixtures thereof.

15. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 14 wherein Z is tetramethyl-m-xylylene.

16. Poyldiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer comprising the reaction product of:

(a) a polyisocyanate; and

(b) a polydiorganosiloxane monoamine having a first terminal portion reactive with an isocyanate and a second terminal portion that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions and is not a reactive amine or a reactive isocyanate.

17. A process for preparing polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising the steps of:

(a) providing reactants, wherein the reactants comprise (i) a polyisocyanate, (ii) a polydiorganosiloxane monoamine having a first terminal portion that is an amine and a second terminal portion that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions and is not a reactive amine or a reactive isocyanate, and (iii) solvent, to a reactor;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor;

(c) allowing the reactants to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) a single hard polisocyanate residue unit, wherein the polyisocyanate residue unit is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (ii) a pair of soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are the polydiorganosiloxane monamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (iii) urea linkage connecting the isocyanate residue unit and the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units; and

(d) conveying the oligomer from the reactor.

18. An essentially solventless process for preparing polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising the steps of:

(a) continuously providing reactants to a reactor under substantially solventless conditions, wherein the reactants comprise (i) a polyisocyanate, and (ii) a polydiorganosiloxane monoamine having a first terminal portion that is an amine and a second terminal portion that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions and is not a reactive amine or a reactive isocyanate;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor under the substantially solventless conditions;

(c) allowing the reactions to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) a single hard polyisocyanate residue unit, wherein the polyisocyanate residue unit is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (ii) a pair of soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are the polydiorganosiloxane monoamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (iii) urea linkage connecting the isocyanate residue unit and the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units; and

(d) conveying the oligomer from the reactor.

19. Polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are the polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) Hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) moisture curable monoisocyanate residue terminal units, wherein the moisture curable monoisocyanate residue terminal units are the monoisocyanate minus the —

NCO group and the moisture curable monoisocyanate residue terminal units are selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxysilane, propyl triethoxysilane, propyl dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxy di(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxy di(methylethylketoximino) silane, and propyl tri(methylethylketoximino)silane, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units and the moisture curable terminal groups.

20. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 19 represented by the formula:

wherein

each Z is a polyvalent radical selected from (i) arylene radicals and aralkylene radicals having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (ii) alkylene and cycloaklylene radicals having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each R is a moiety independently selected from (i) substituted and unsubstituted alkyl moieties, (ii) substituted and unsubstituted vinyl radicals and higher alkenyl radicals, (iii) substituted and unsubstituted cycloalkyl moieties having about 6 to 12 carbon atoms, (iv) substituted and unsubstituted aryl moieties, (v) perfluoroalkyl groups, (vi) fluorine-containing groups, and (vii) perfluorother-containing groups;

each Y is a polyvalent moiety independently selected from (i) alkylene radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and (ii) aralkylene radicals and arylene radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each D is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, and radicals that complete a ring structure including B or Y to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each A is independently —

B—

, or —

YSi(R)₂(OSi(R)₂)_pY- or mixtures thereof;

B is a polyvalent radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene, aralyklene, cycloalkylene, phenylene, polyalkylene oxide and copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof,

m is a number that is 0 to about 8;

b, e, d and n are 0 or 1, with the provisos the b+d=1 and e+n=1;

p is about 10 or larger;

q is about 10 or larger; and

t is a number which is 0 to about 8; and

each X is independently a moiety represented by

wherein D is as defined as above, and

K is a moisture curable group selected from propyl trimethoxysilane, propyl triethoxysilane, propyl dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxy di(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxy di(methylethylketoximino) silane, and propyl tri(methylethylketoximino)silane.

21. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 20, wherein R is a moiety independently selected from (i) substituted and unsubstituted alkyl moieties having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (ii) radicals represented by the formula —

R²(CH₂)_aCH=CH₂ ;

wherein R² is —

(CH₂)_b- or —

(CH₂)_cCH=CH-;

a is 1, 2 or 3;

b is 0, 3 or 6; and

c is 3, 4 or 5, (iii) cycloalkyl moieties wherein the cyclo portion of the moiety has 6 to 12 carbon atoms and is substituted with an alkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group, and (iv) substituted and unsubstituted aryl moieties having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

22. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 21 wherein at least one R is a substituted alkyl moiety or substituted aryl moiety and further wherein (i) when the alkyl moiety is substituted the alkyl moiety is substituted with a trifluoroalkyl or vinyl group and (ii) when the aryl moiety is substituted the aryl moiety is substituted with an alkyl, cycloalkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group.

23. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 20 wherein at least 50% of the R moieties are methyl radicals with the balance being monovalent alkyl or substituted alkyl radicals, alkenylene radicals, phenyl radicals, or substituted phenyl radicals.

24. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 20 wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of 2,6-tolylene, 4,4′

-methylenediphenylene, 3,3′

- dimethoxy-4,4′

-biphenylene, tetramethyl-m-xylylene, 4,4′

-methylenedicyclohexylene, 3,5,5-trimethyl-3-methylenecyclohexylene, 2,2,4-trimethylhexylene, 1,6-hexamethylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, and mixtures thereof.

25. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 24 wherein Z is tetramethyl-m-xylylene.

26. Polydiorganosiloxane oligurea segmented copolymer comprising the reaction product of:

(a) at least one polyisocyanate;

(b) at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine; and

(c) at least one non-siloxane containing endcapping agent wherein the endcapping agent has a first terminal portion reactive with an amine, and a second terminal portion that can react under moisture-cure conditions.

27. A process for preparing polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising the steps of:

(a) providing reactants to a reactor, wherein the reactants comprise (i) at least one polyisocyanate, (ii) at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine, and (iii) at least one non-siloxane containing endcapping agent wherein the endcapping agent has a first terminal portion of an —

NCO group, and a second terminal portion that can react under moisture-cure conditions selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxysilane, propy triethoxysilane, propyl dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxy di(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxy di(methylethylketoximino) silane, and propyl tri(methylthylketoximino)silane, and (iv) solvent;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor;

(c) allowing the reactants to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are the polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are the polysisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) endcapping agent residue units wherein the endcapping agent residue units are the endcapping agent minus the —

NCO group, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units and the endcapping agent residue units; and

(d) conveying the oligomer from the reactor.

28. An essentially solventless process for preparing polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising the steps of:

(a) continuously providing reactants to a reactor under substantially solventless conditions, wherein the reactants comprise (i) at least one polyisocyanate, (ii) at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine, and (iii) at least one non-siloxane containing endcapping agent wherein the endcapping agent has a first terminal portion of an —

NCO group, and a second terminal portion that can react under moisture-cure conditions;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor under the substantially solventless conditions;

(c) allowing the reactants to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are the polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) endcapping agent residue units wherein the endcapping agent residue units are the endcapping agent minus the —

NCO group, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units and the endcapping agent residue units; and

(d) conveying the oligomer from the reactor.

29. Polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are a polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are a polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoamine residue terminal units having an endcapping group, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are a monamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (iv) urea linkage connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units and the monoamine residue terminal units, wherein the monamine residue terminal units are connected through the —

NDH group on the monoamine.

30. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 29 represented by the formula:

wherein

each Z is a polyvalent radical selected from (i) arylene radicals and aralkylene radicals having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (ii) alkylene and cycloalkylene radicals having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each R is a moiety independently selected from (i) substituted and unsubstituted alkyl moieties, (ii) substituted and unsubstituted vinyl radicals and higher alkenyl radicals, (iii) substituted and unsubstituted cycloalkyl moieties having about 6 to 12 carbon atoms, (iv) substituted and unsubstuted aryl moieties, (v) perfluoroalkyl groups, (vi) fluorine-containing groups, and (vii) perfluoroether-containing groups;

each Y is a polyvalent moiety independently selected from (i) alkylene radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and (ii) aralkylene radicals and arylene radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each D is independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, and radicals that complete a ring structure including B or Y to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each A is independently —

B—

, or —

YSi(R)₂(OSi(R)₂)_pY- or mixtures thereof;

B is a polyvalent radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene, aralkylene, cycloclkylene, phenylene, polyalkylene oxide and copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof,

m is a number that is 0 to about 8;

b, e, d and n are 0 or 1, with the provisos that b+d=1 and e+n=1;

p is about 10 or larger;

q is about 10 or larger; and

t is a number which is 0 to about 8; and

each X is independently a moiety represented by

where each of Z and D are as defined as above, and

K is independently (i) a moiety that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, and substituted aryl, (ii) a free radically curable end group, or (iii) a moisture curable group.

31. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 30, wherein R is a moiety independently selected from (i) substituted and unsubstituted alkyl moieties having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (ii) radicals represented by the formula —

R²(CH₂)_aCH=CH₂;

wherein R² is —

(CH₂)_b- or —

(CH₂)_cCH=CH-;

a is 1, 2 or 3;

b is 0, 3 or 6; and

c is 3, 4 or 5, (iii) cycloalkyl moieties wherein the cyclo portion of the moiety has 6 to 12 carbon atoms and is substituted with an alkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group, and (iv) substituted and unsubstituted aryl moieties having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

32. The polydioranosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 31 wherein at least one R is a substituted alkyl moiety or substituted aryl moiety and further wherein (i) when the alkyl moiety is substituted the alkyl moiety is substituted with a trifluoroalkyl or vinly group and (ii) when the aryl moiety is substituted the aryl moeity is substituted with an alkyl, cycloalkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group.

33. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 30 wherein at least 50% of the R moieties are methyl radicals with the balance being monovalent alkyl or substituted alkyl radicals, alkeylene radicals, phenyl radicals, or substituted pheyl radicals.

34. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 30 wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of 2,6tolylene, 4,4′

-methylenediphenylene, 3,3′

dimethoxy-4,4′

-biphenylene, tetramethyl-m-xylylene, 4,4′

-methylenedicyclohexylene, 3,5,5-trimethyl-3-methylenecyclohexylene, 2,2,4-trimethylhexylene, 1,6-hexamethylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, and mixtures thereof.

35. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 34 wherein Z is tetramethyl-m-xylylene.

36. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 30 wherein K is a free radically curable group selected from the group consisting of acrylate, methacrylate, acrylamido, methacrylamido and vinyl.

37. A polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer according to claim 30 wherein K is a moisture curable group selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxysilane, propyl triethoxysilane, propyl methyldimethoxysilane, propyl methyldiethoxysilane, propyl dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, and propyl tri(methylethylketoximino)silane, mixtures thereof and partial hydrolyzates thereof.

38. Polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer comprising the reaction product of:

(a) at least one polyisocyanate;

(b) at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine; and

(c) at least one non-siloxane containing endcapping agent wherein the endcapping agent has a first terminal portion reactive with an isocyanate, and a second terminal portion selected from the group consisting of (i) a moiety that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, and substituted aryl, (ii) a free radically curable end group, or (iii) a moisture curable group selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxysilane, propyl triethoxysilane, propyl methyldimethoxysilane, propyl methyldiethoxysilane, propyl dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, and propyl tri(methylethylketoximono)silane, mixtures thereof and partial hydrolyzates thereof.

39. A process for preparing polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising the steps of:

(a) providing reactants to a reactor, wherein the reactants comprise (i) at least one polyisocyanate, (ii) at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine, and (iii) at least one non-siloxane containing endcapping agent wherein the endcapping agent has a first terminal portion reactive with an isocyanate, and a second terminal portion selected from the group consisting of (A) a moiety that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions selected from the group consisting or alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, and substituted aryl (B) a free radically curable end group, or (C) a moisture curable group selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxysilane, propyl triethoxysilane, propyl methyldimethoxysilane, propyl methyldiethoxysilane, propyl dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, and propyl tri(methylethylketoximino)silane mixtures thereof and partial hydrolyzates thereof, and (iv) solvent;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor;

allowing the reactants to react to form a polydioganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are a polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are a polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoamine residue terminal units, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are a amonoamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and the monoamine residue terminal units have an endcapping group, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units and the monoamine residue terminal units, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are connected through the —

NDH group on the monoamine; and

(d) conveying the oligomer from the reactor.

40. an essentially solventless process for preparing polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers comprising the steps of:

(a) continuously providing reactants to a reactor under substantially solventless conditions, wherein the reactants comprise (i) at least one polyisocyanate, (ii) at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine, and (iii) at least one non-siloxane containing endcapping agent wherein the endcapping agent has a first terminal portion reactive with an isoyanate, and a second terminal portion selected from the group consisting of (A) a moiety that is not reactive under moisture curing or free radical curing conditions selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, and substituted aryl, (B) a free radically curable end group, or (C) a moisture curable group selected from the group cosisting of propyl trimethoxysilane, propyl triethoxysilane, propyl methyldimethoxysilane, propyl methyldiethoxysilane, proply dimethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl diethoxy (methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monomethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, propyl monoethoxydi(methylethylketoximino)silane, and propyl tri(methylethylketoximino)silane mixtures thereof and partial hydrolyzates thereof;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor under the substantially solventless conditions;

(c) allowing the reactants to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units are a polydiorganosiloxane amine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to from a hetercycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are a polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoamine residue terminal units, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are a monoamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and the monoamine residue terminal units have an endcapping group, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane amine residue units and the monoamine residue terminal units, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are connected through the —

NDH group on the monoamine; and

(d) conveying the oligomer from the reactor.