Dimethyl Sulfoxide → Benzenamine, 3-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propoxy]-

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Using the general procedure described in the preceding Example 1, a reactor was charged with 300 g (2.75 mole) m-aminophenol, 560 cc dimethylsulfoxide, 600 cc toluene and 216 cc of a 50% aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (2.70 moles NaOH). The water present in the reactor was removed by azeotropic distillation under a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of 120° C. The temperature of the reaction mixture was then lowered to 90° C. and maintained at about this value during the gradual addition of 545 g (2.75 mole) of 3-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane. Following completion of the addition, which required 2 hours, the reaction mixture was heated at the boiling point for 16 hours. The product was recovered and fractionally distilled as described in the preceding example. The fraction boiling from 178° to 180° C. at a pressure of 3 mm of mercury was collected and weighed 630 g (85% yield). The infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the distillate confirm the proposed structure ##STR16## A vapor phase chromatogram of the product indicated a purity of greater than 98%.

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