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Sodium trimethylsilanolate

95%

Synonym(s):

Trimethylsilanol sodium salt

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3SiONa
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
112.18
Beilstein:
3912148
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352000
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

95%

mp

230 °C (dec.) (lit.)

SMILES string

[Na+].C[Si](C)(C)[O-]

InChI

1S/C3H9OSi.Na/c1-5(2,3)4;/h1-3H3;/q-1;+1

InChI key

HSNUIYJWTSJUMS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Sodium trimethylsilanolate is a versatile and very powerful reagent for the conversion of esters to carboxylic acids and the hydrolysis of nitriles to primary amides. It can be used as a starting material for the synthesis of metal silanolates via the salt metathesis and as a catalyst for the silylation of silanols with hydrosilanes.

Application

Sodium trimethylsilanolate is used as a catalyst in the:
  • Synthesis of the rhodium silonate complex.
  • Silylation of methylphenylsilane with tert-butyldimethylsilanol to synthesize trisiloxanes.

Pictograms

Corrosion

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

230.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

110 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Scope and limitations of sodium and potassium trimethylsilanolate as reagents for conversion of esters to carboxylic acids
Lovric M, et al.
Croatica Chemica Acta. Arhiv Za Kemiju, 80, 109-115 (2007)
D M Hui et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 302(1-2), 171-188 (2000-11-14)
We developed a new assay method for fluoride anion (F(-)) a specific metabolite of sarin. Trimethyifluorosilane (TMFS) was derivatized from F(-) with trimethylsilanol, and TMFS was detected with a GC-flame ionization detector (FID) and capillary column system. The linear range
A Isquith et al.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 26(3), 263-266 (1988-03-01)
Six organosilicon compounds which had been found to have clastogenic activity in an in vitro battery of genotoxicity assays were evaluated in rat bone marrow cytogenetic assays for assessing clastogenicity in an in vivo system. None of the six compounds
Igor S Ignatyev et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 60(5), 1169-1178 (2004-04-16)
The assignment of the SiOH group vibrations of trimethylsilanol, which is still controversial, is proposed. This assignment is based on theoretical B3LYP force field scaled using the constants of the (CH3)3Si group optimized to fit experimental vibrational frequencies of (CH3)3SiF
Fabricio A Hansel et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 25(13), 1893-1898 (2011-06-04)
A methodology is presented for the determination of dihydroxy fatty acids preserved in the 'bound' phase of organic residues preserved in archaeological potsherds. The method comprises saponification, esterification, silica gel column chromatographic fractionation, and analysis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The

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