Hexamethyldisilane

CAS: 1450-14-2

Ref. TR-H281212

Product Information

• Name: Hexamethyldisilane
• Synonyms: 1,1,1,2,2,2-Hexamethyldisilane, NSC 294211, Permethyldisilane, Disilane, 1,1,1,2,2,2-hexamethyl-, Hexamethyldisilan, Hexametildisilano, Nsc 294211

Description

Stability Volatile
Applications Hexamethyldisilane is an organic silylating and disilylating reagent. It is also a useful reagent for reductive coupling, reductive deuteration, aroylarylation, carbosilylation, insertion, deuteration and dimerization reactions.
References Xiao, G., et al.: Tetrahedron Lett., 59, 1836 (2018); Lu, A., et al.: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 3233 (2018); Deb, M., et al.: New J. Chem., 41, 14528 (2017); Hiyama, T., et al.: e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 1 (2010)

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 146.38
• Formula: C₆H₁₈Si₂
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C6H18Si2/c1-7(2,3)8(4,5)6/h1-6H3
• InChI key: InChIKey=NEXSMEBSBIABKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: C[Si](C)(C)[Si](C)(C)C