All The Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of providing data analysis, the method comprising:
providing a visual interface that includes a representation of data;
receiving, through said visual interface, an indication of a portion of said data to be analyzed;
selecting, based on a feature of said portion of said data, a first analysis to be performed on said portion of said data; and
providing a result of said first analysis to a person.
2. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said selecting comprises:
using a decision tree to select said first analysis from among a plurality of analyses, said decision tree taking into account either: (a) said feature, (b) input from said person, or (c) both said feature and said input.
3. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising:
determining that said portion of said data includes at least a certain number of data points.
4. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said feature comprises a number of variables in said portion of said data, and wherein the method further comprises:
determining that said first analysis is performable on data having said number of variables.
5. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said portion comprises a first data set and a second data set, and wherein the method further comprises:
determining that said first data set and said second data set have a variable in common.
6. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said data is based on a plurality of sources, wherein said feature comprises a number of sources, and wherein the method further comprises:
determining how many sources said portion is based on.
7. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said first analysis or a second analysis is performable on data having said feature, and wherein the method further comprises:
requesting that said person choose said first analysis or said second analysis; and
receiving, from said person, a choice to perform said first analysis.
8. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said receiving comprises:
receiving a drag-selection of a region of said representation of said data, said portion comprising one or more data points in said region.
9. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said receiving comprises:
receiving identifications of individual data points that are included among said data, said portion comprises said individual data points.
10. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein said data comprises a plurality of data sets, wherein said representation comprises a plurality of lines corresponding to said plurality of data sets, and wherein said receiving comprises:
receiving a selection a line from among said plurality of lines, said portion comprising one of said data sets that corresponds to said line.
11. A method of analyzing data, the method comprising:
receiving a selection of a portion of the data;
using a decision tree to select, from among a plurality of analyses, a first analysis to be performed on said portion of the data, said decision tree taking into account a feature of said portion of the data;
performing said first analysis on said portion of the data; and
providing a result of said first analysis to a person.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
providing a visual representation of said data, wherein the selection is received through a person’s interaction with said visual representation.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said providing of said visual representation comprises:
delivering a web page, which comprises said visual representation, to a machine to be displayed by a browser that executes on said machine, wherein said interaction comprises a selection of an element of said visual representation.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein said feature comprises:
a number of variables involved in said portion.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein said portion comprises a first data set and a second data set, and wherein said feature comprises:
existence of a variable in common between said first data set and said second data set.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein said first analysis is performable on data that satisfies a constraint as to a number of sources, and wherein the method further comprises:
determining that said portion satisfies said constraint as to said portion’s number of sources.
17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
determining that said portion includes at least a certain number of data points.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein said using said decision tree comprises:
determining that said first analysis or a second analysis is performable on said portion;
determining that said decision tree calls for input from said person when said first analysis or said second analysis is performable; and
receiving, from said person, an indication that said first analysis is to be performed.
19. A system comprising:
a processor;
a first component that executes on said processor, that provides a visual representation of data, and that allows a person to interact with said visual representation to indicate a portion of said data on which an analysis is to be performed; and
a second component that executes on said processor and that selects, based on a feature of said portion, said analysis, from among a plurality of analyses, to be performed on said data and that issues a request that said analysis be performed, said first component providing a result of said analysis to said person.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein said first component generates a web page that comprises said visual representation, delivers said web page to a computer that is operated by said person, and receives, from said computer, information indicative of said portion indicated by said person.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An elongated sanitary napkin comprising:
a napkin body containing a liquid absorbent layer for absorption and retention of liquid and having a vagina-facing region and an intergluteal cleft-facing region rearward of the vagina-facing region, wherein:
a three-dimensional structure is provided in the intergluteal cleft-facing region to bulge from a skin-side surface of the napkin body with an apex spaced from the skin-side surface, wherein the three-dimensional structure is hollow along its entire length, and
the three-dimensional structure has a liquid-permeable sheet which is exposed externally and a reinforcing member which is located beneath the liquid-permeable sheet, and
the reinforcing member is enabled to be elastically deformed to reduce a height of the three-dimensional structure when a pressure toward the napkin body is exerted on the apex of the three-dimensional structure, wherein:
the reinforcing member includes a fibrous layer forming walls of the three-dimensional structure, the walls having compressed portions that extend linearly upward from the skin-side surface of the napkin body to the apex of the three-dimensional structure, and
wherein, the walls of the three-dimensional structure meet solely at the apex, and
wherein the three-dimensional structure extends upward from the skin-side surface of the napkin body at different base points alone the longitudinal axis such that the width of the three-dimensional structure varies continuously along the longitudinal axis, and
wherein the compressed portion of the walls extending linearly upwards are spaced at intervals in the longitudinal direction.
2. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional structure has front and rear starting points from which the three-dimensional structure starts to bulge from the skin-side surface of the napkin body, the three-dimensional structure having a maximum bulging height from the skin-side surface at a location midway between the front and rear starting points, the location where the bulging height is maximum being located on or rearward of an anus-facing region of the napkin body.
3. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, wherein when a pressure in a direction perpendicular to the skin-side surface of the napkin body is applied to the apex of the three-dimensional structure at the location where the three-dimensional structure has a maximum height and the pressure reaches 0.2 N per unit area of the apex having a width of 1 mm and a length of 10 mm, a reduction in height at the apex is equal to or less than 66%.
4. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, wherein when a pressure in a direction perpendicular to the skin-side surface of the napkin body is applied to the apex of the three-dimensional structure at the location where the three-dimensional structure has a maximum height and the pressure reaches 0.3 N per unit area of the apex having a width of 1 mm and a length of 10 mm, a reduction in height at the apex is equal to or greater than 20%.
5. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, wherein the fibrous layer has a function of absorbing liquid and is in close contact with the liquid-permeable sheet inside the three-dimensional structure.
6. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional structure is narrower in width in an intermediate portion than in front and rear portions.
7. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional structure is shaped to gradually decrease in width from a base adjacent to the skin-side surface toward the apex.
8. The sanitary napkin of claim 1, further comprising:
one or more pressure-sensitive adhesive layers disposed on a backsheet of the napkin body and beneath one or more joining pieces of the three-dimensional structure, the one or more pressure-sensitive adhesive layers being provided for firmly fixing the napkin body to an undergarment of a wearer of the elongated sanitary napkin.
9. The sanitary napkin according to claim 1, wherein
the three-dimensional structure has a width of 15 to 45 mm and an apex width of 1 to 5 mm, and
the reinforcing member includes a fibrous layer forming opposing walls of the three-dimensional structure which extend in cross-section linearly upwardly to meet at the apex to define an angle \u03b8 between the opposing walls, wherein the angle \u03b8 has a value of 60 degrees or less.
10. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, wherein the three-dimensional structure has front and rear starting points from which the three-dimensional structure starts to bulge from the skin-side surface of the napkin body, the three-dimensional structure having a maximum bulging height from the skin-side surface at a location midway between the front and rear starting points, the location where the bulging height is maximum being located on or rearward of an anus-facing region of the napkin body.
11. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, wherein when a pressure in a direction perpendicular to the skin-side surface of the napkin body is applied to the apex of the three-dimensional structure at the location where the three-dimensional structure has a maximum height and the pressure reaches 0.2 N per unit area of the apex having a width of 1 mm and a length of 10 mm, a reduction in height at the apex is equal to or less than 66%.
12. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, wherein when a pressure in a direction perpendicular to the skin-side surface of the napkin body is applied to the apex of the three-dimensional structure at the location where the three-dimensional structure has a maximum height and the pressure reaches 0.3 N per unit area of the apex having a width of 1 mm and a length of 10 mm, a reduction in height at the apex is equal to or greater than 20%.
13. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, wherein the reinforcing member includes a fibrous layer which has a function of absorbing liquid and is in close contact with the liquid-permeable sheet inside the three-dimensional structure.
14. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, wherein the three-dimensional structure is narrower in width in an intermediate portion than in front and rear portions.
15. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, wherein the three-dimensional structure is shaped to gradually decrease in width from a base adjacent to the skin-side surface toward the apex.
16. The sanitary napkin of claim 9, further comprising:
one or more pressure-sensitive adhesive layers disposed on a backsheet of the napkin body and beneath one or more joining pieces of the three-dimensional structure, the one or more pressure-sensitive adhesive layers being provided for firmly fixing the napkin body to an undergarment of a wearer of the elongated sanitary napkin.

1. A method for the manufacture of monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles having a core size of less than 10 nm and being coated with poly(ethylene glycol) comprising the steps of:
a. synthesizing
i. the iron oxide nanoparticles and poly(ethylene glycol) based ligands with phosphate anchor groups by mixing poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether with an excess of POCh and subsequent hydrolysis of the remaining two P-CI groups; and
ii. coating the iron oxide nanoparticles with the poly(ethylene glycol) by mixing the nanoparticles with a large excess of poly(ethylene glycol); and

c. transferring the coated iron oxide nanoparticles into an aqueous environment.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the iron oxide nanoparticles have core sizes between 4 to 6 nm.
3. The method of claim 2, using a mixture of iron oxide nanoparticles with a defined ratio of nanoparticles with a core size between 4 and 6 nm.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein for synthesizing the iron oxide nanoparticles an iron precursor, a reduction agent, stabilizer and a first solvent are mixed to form a black solution and heated followed by separating the black solution from the first solvent by a precipitation step by adding an alcohol and centrifugation with subsequent re-dispersion in a solvent and repeating the precipitation step before final dispersing in a second solvent.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein phenyl ether is used as the first solvent in the mixture for synthesis of the iron oxide cores with 4 nm diameter and benzyl ether for the synthesis of the iron oxide cores with 6 nm diameter.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the iron oxide nanoparticles are oleic acids stabilized superparamagnetic nanoparticles.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the coating of the iron oxide nanoparticles comprises heating to 60\xb0 C.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the coated iron oxide nanoparticles are transferred from tetrahydrofurane into an aqueous environment
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the poly(ethylene glycol) chain length is adjusted by using a poly(ethylene glycol) with a molecular mass in the range of 400 to 2000 gmol, preferably with a minimum chain length of about 550 gmol, and most preferably with a chain length of 1100 gmol.
10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the iron oxide is magnetite.
11. A nanoparticle comprising a iron oxide core with a diameter in the range of 4 to 6 nm coated with a poly(ethylene glycol) polymer via a phosphate anchor.
12. The nanoparticle of claim 11 having a hydrodynamic diameter in the range of 10 to 15 nm.
13. The nanoparticle of claim 11, wherein a chain length of the poly(ethylene glycol) polymer is adjusted by using a poly(ethylene glycol) polymer with a minimum molecular mass of about 550 gmol, and preferably 1100 gmol.
14. The nanoparticle according to claim 11, wherein the longitudinal relaxivity r1 is in the range from 7.3 to 13 mM\u22121s\u22121 and the r2r1 ratio is in the range from 2.4 to 3.2 at 1.41 T.
15. A composition comprising a nanoparticle according to claim 11.
16. The composition of claim 15 further comprising physiologically tolerable carrier or stabilizer.
17. The use of a nanoparticle manufactured according to the method of claim 1 as one of a contrast agent, a blood pool contrast enhancement (T1) agent, lymph node imaging agent, targeting imaging agent and hyperthermia agent.
18. The use of a nanoparticle resulting from the method of claim 1 for the manufacture of a contrast agent or contrast agent composition.
19. The use of a nanoparticle resulting from the method of claim 1 in the prophylaxis, diagnosis, therapy, follow-up andor aftercare of a therapy.
20. The use of a nanoparticle resulting from the method of claim 1 in imaging methods.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A halo-functional silane possessing halogen functionality and alkanedioxysilyl functionality, and partial hydrolyzates thereof, said halo-functional silane being selected from the group consisting of:
2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2,5-dimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-bromomethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-ethoxy-2-2-(4-iodomethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-propyl-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-ethoxy-4-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-4-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-1,3,2dioxasilolane, 3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propan-1-ol, 3-{2-2-(3,4-bis-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propan-1-ol, 3-2-(3-chloro-propenyl)-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy-2-methyl-propan-1-ol, 2-(3-chloro-propenyl)-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(3-chloro-prop-1-ynyl)-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(3-chloro-prop-1-ynyl)-2-ethoxy-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(3-chloro-but-1-ynyl)-2-ethoxy-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-cyclohexyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-cyclohex-3-enyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(6-chloro-hex-4-enyl)-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(6-chloro-4-methyl-hex-4-enyl)-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, {2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-1,3,2dioxasilinan-5-yl}-methanol, {2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-5-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-5-yl}-methanol and mixtures thereof.
2. A halo-functional silane possessing halogen functionality and alkanedioxysilyl functionality, and partial hydrolyzates thereof, said halo-functional silane being selected from the group consisting of:
2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 242-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-1,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-1,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-1-methyl-propoxy)-4-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-bromomethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-bromomethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-3-(2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-3-({2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-3-({2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-diethoxy-silanyloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 1-2-({3-(7-chloro-hept-5-enyl)-diethoxy-silanyloxy-propoxy}-diethoxy-silanyl)-ethyl-4-chloromethyl-benzene, 1-2-({3-(7-chloro-hept-5-enyl)-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy-propoxy}-ethoxy-methyl-silanyl)-ethyl-4-chloromethyl-benzene, 1-chloro-7-({3-(7-chloro-hept-5-enyl)-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy-propoxy}-ethoxy-methyl-silanyl)-hept-2-ene, 3-chloro-1-({3-(3-chloro-propenyl)-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy-propoxy}-ethoxy-methyl-silanyl)-propene, 3-chloro-1-({3-(3-chloro-propenyl)-diethoxy-silanyloxy-propoxy}-diethoxy-silanyl)-propene, 2-(3-chloro-propenyl)-2-{3-(3-chloro-propenyl)-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(3-chloro-propenyl)-2-{3-(3-chloro-propenyl)-diethoxy-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(3-chloro-propenyl)-2-3-((3-chloro-propenyl)-{3(3-chloro-propenyl)-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy-methyl-silanyloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-(3-chloro-propenyl)-2-3-((3-chloro-propenyl)-{3-(3-chloro-propenyl)-diethoxy-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy-ethoxy-silanyloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-{3-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-(3-{2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-methyl-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy}-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-{3-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-(3-{2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-hydroxy-silanyloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-ethoxy-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy}-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-{3-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-(3-{2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy}-1,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-methyl-silanyloxy-propoxy}-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, and mixtures thereof.
3. A rubber composition comprising:
(a) at least one rubber component;
(b) at least one silane-reactive filler; and
(c) at least one halo-functional silane of claim 1 andor partial hydrolyzate thereof.
4. A rubber composition comprising:
(a) at least one rubber component;
(b) at least one silane-reactive filler;
(c) at least one halo-functional silane of claim 1 andor partial hydrolyzate thereof; and,
(d) at least one activating agent.
5. The cured rubber composition of claim 3.
6. The cured rubber composition of claim 4.
7. A tire, tire component, a shoe sole, a hose, a seal, a cable jacket, a gasket or an industrial good containing the cured rubber composition of claim 5.
8. A tire, tire component, a shoe sole, a hose, a seal, a cable jacket, a gasket or an industrial good containing the cured rubber composition of claim 4.
9. A composition comprising:
(a) a silane-reactive filler; and
(b) at least one halo-functional silane of claim 1 andor partial hydrolyzate thereof in admixture with, or chemically bonded to, the filler of component (a).
10. The composition of claim 9, wherein the silane-reactive filler (a) is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium dioxide, aluminosilicate, alumina and siliceous materials, and combinations thereof.
11. The rubber composition of claim 3, wherein the silane (c) is pre-mixed or pre-reacted with the silane-reactive filler (b).
12. The rubber composition of claim 11, wherein the silane-reactive filler (b) is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium dioxide, aluminosilicate, alumina and siliceous materials, and combinations thereof.
13. The rubber composition of claim 4 wherein the activating agent is a transition metal salt.
14. The halo-functional silane of claim 1, andor partial hydrolyzate thereof, wherein the said halo-functional silane is selected from the group consisting of:
2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2,5-dimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-propyl-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-ethoxy-4-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 242-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-4-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 242-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 242-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 24214-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-ethoxy-1,3,2dioxasilolane, 3-(22-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propan-1-ol, 3-(242-(3,4-bis-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propan-1-ol, and mixtures thereof.
15. The halo-functional silane of claim 2, andor partial hydrolyzate thereof, wherein the said halo-functional silane is selected from the group consisting of:
2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-4,4,6trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-1,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-1,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-(3-{2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy}-1-methyl-propoxy)-4-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-3-(2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-1,3,2dioxasilinan-2-yloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-3-({2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-{2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-2-3-({2-4-(1-chloro-ethyl)-phenyl-propyl}-diethoxy-silanyloxy)-2-methyl-propoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-{3-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-(3-{2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy}-2-methyl-propoxy)-methyl-silanyloxy-2-methyl-propoxy}-5-methyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, 2-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-2-{3-2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-(3-{2-(4-chloromethyl-phenyl)-ethyl-ethoxy-methyl-silanyloxy}-1,3-dimethyl-butoxy)-methyl-silanyloxy-propoxy}-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,2dioxasilinane, and mixtures thereof.
16. A rubber composition comprising:
(a) at least one rubber component;
(b) at least one silane-reactive filler; and
(c) at least one halo-functional silane of claim 2 andor partial hydrolyzate thereof.
17. A rubber composition comprising:
(a) at least one rubber component;
(b) at least one silane-reactive filler;
(c) at least one halo-functional silane of claim 2 andor partial hydrolyzate thereof; and,
(d) at least one activating agent.
18. The cured rubber composition of claim 16.
19. The cured rubber composition of claim 17.
20. A tire, tire component, a shoe sole, a hose, a seal, a cable jacket, a gasket or an industrial good containing the cured rubber composition of claim 18.
21. A tire, tire component, a shoe sole, a hose, a seal, a cable jacket, a gasket or an industrial good containing the cured rubber composition of claim 19.
22. A composition comprising:
(a) a silane-reactive filler; and
(b) at least one halo-functional silane of claim 2 andor partial hydrolyzate thereof in admixture with, or chemically bonded to, the filler of component (a).
23. The composition of claim 22, wherein the silane-reactive filler (a) is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium dioxide, aluminosilicate, alumina and siliceous materials, and combinations thereof.
24. The rubber composition of claim 16, wherein the silane (c) is pre-mixed or pre-reacted with the silane-reactive filler (b).
25. The rubber composition of claim 24 wherein the silane-reactive filler (b) is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica, titanium dioxide, aluminosilicate, alumina and siliceous materials, and combinations thereof.
26. The rubber composition of claim 17 wherein the activating agent is a transition metal salt.