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Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide solution

1.5 M in THF

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Synonym(s):
Hexamethyldisilazane lithium salt
Linear Formula:
[(CH3)3Si]2NLi
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
167.33
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3567910
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352111
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

concentration

1.5 M in THF

density

0.893 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

[Li]N([Si](C)(C)C)[Si](C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C6H18NSi2.Li/c1-8(2,3)7-9(4,5)6;/h1-6H3;/q-1;+1

Inchi Key

YNESATAKKCNGOF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is commonly used in organic synthesis as a non-nucleophilic strong Bronsted base. It is soluble in most nonpolar solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons, hexanes, and THF.

Application

Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide can be used as a reagent:     
  • In the deprotonation and nucleophilic difluoromethylation reactions.
  • 3-methoxy substituted dihydropyrrole derivatives by reacting with aldehydes and lithiated methoxyallene via in situ formations of N-trimethylsilylated imines.  
  • In Darzens condensation and directed aldol condensation reactions.      
  • To synthesize poly(N-octyl-p-benzamide)s by chain-growth polycondensation of 4-octylaminobenzoic acid methyl ester.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Self-heat. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Central nervous system, Respiratory system

supp_hazards

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

31.3 °F

flash_point_c

-0.4 °C


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Using the pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and off-line pyrolysis/silylation methods for lignites from three Miocene brown coal basins of Poland resulted in the characterization of many organic compounds, including dominant cellulose degradation products such as levoglucosan, 1,6-anhydro-beta-D-glucofuranose, and 1,4:3,6-dianhydroglucopyranose. Levoglucosan is
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Natalie M Clark et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (39)(39), 5835-5837 (2009-09-30)
'Conventional' (-)-sparteine adducts of lithium and sodium 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazide (HMDS) were prepared and characterised, along with an unexpected and 'unconventional' hydroxyl-incorporated sodium sodiate, [(-)-sparteine x Na(mu-HMDS)Na x (-)-sparteine](+)[Na(4)(mu-HMDS)(4)(OH)](-)--the complex anion of which is the first inverse crown ether anion.

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