The invention relates to a method for synthesizing 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane by continuous
catalysis of a
solid phase catalyst.
Hexamethyldisiloxane and
straight chain methyl
hydrogen polysiloxane in a
molar ratio of 3:1-2:1 are taken as raw materials, strongly acidic
ion exchange resin is taken as the
solid phase catalyst, the
reaction temperature is 40 to 80 DEG C, a
fixed bed reactor is adopted, the raw materials pass through the reactor filled with the
ion exchange resin at a certain flow rate, the
retention period is 5 to 10 hours, the conversion rate of the raw materials is ensured by the
retention period of the reaction through controlling the flow rate of the
reaction product, the
continuous reaction production is realized, and the
reaction product is subjected to low fraction and high fraction removal rectification to form the 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane product with the purity of over 99 percent. The method has the advantages of readily available raw materials, no three-waste emission, simple process,
continuous production, high-efficiency and stable reaction, simple separation,
recyclable catalyst, conversion per pass of the
raw material straight chain methyl
hydrogen polysiloxane of over 32 percent, good product quality and low production cost.