Gelable, silicate rich resins from hydrophobic polyols and volatile and/or incompatible organosilicates

Claim 1

A liquid composition comprising a reaction product prepared by partially reacting to homogeneity: (A) at least one hydrophobic polyol essentially free of modification by fatty acid; and (B) an organosilicon-containing material comprising (1) at least one organosilicon-containing substance free of functional groups attached directly to carbon and essentially free of alkali metal ions, having atoms bonded directly to Si, all of said atoms being selected from the group consisting of O, N and/or Cl, said organosilicon-containing substance additionally having moieties directly bonded to Si which are easily displaceable by reaction with water and/or alcohol, wherein at least a part of said organosilicon-containing substance is hydrolyzed to a compound or mixture of compounds, said compound or mixture of compounds containing a residual amount of the moieties directly bonded to Si which are easily displaceable by reaction with water and/or alcohol; (2) optionally a nonfunctional organosilane, a hydrolyzed nonfunctional organosilane, or a mixture thereof; and (3) optionally a functional organosilane, a hydrolyzed functional organosilane, or a mixture thereof; wherein said reaction product is homogeneous and contains (i) residual moieties from the organosilicon-containing material which are directly bonded to Si and are easily displaceable by reaction with water and/or alcohol and (ii) residual hydroxyl moieties from the hydrophobic polyol; and said reaction product is capable of self curing to a continuous film by reaction of (i) said residual moieties from the organosilicon-containing material which are directly bonded to Si and are easily displaceable, with moisture and/or with (ii) said residual hydroxyl moieties from the hydrophobic polyol.