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Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide solution

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0.5 M in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran

Synonym(s):

Hexamethyldisilazane lithium salt

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Linear Formula:
[(CH3)3Si]2NLi
CAS Number:
4039-32-1
Molecular Weight:
167.33
Beilstein:
3567910
MDL number:
MFCD00008261
UNSPSC Code:
12352111
PubChem Substance ID:
329767733
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

100

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Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
Use of Renewable Feedstocks
Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
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concentration

0.5 M in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran

density

0.857 g/mL at 25 °C

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Aligned,

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

We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Greener Chemistry. This product, 0.5 M in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran aligns with Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries, Use of Renewable Feedstocks and Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention. Click here for more information.

Application

Significantly accelerated the polymerization of phenylacetylene in conjunction with rhodium(I) catalysis.
Strong organic base in greener solvent, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF).

2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF): A Biomass-Derived Solvent with Broad Application in Organic Chemistry

Packaging

The 25 mL Sure/Seal™ bottle is recommended as a single-use bottle. Repeated punctures will likely result in decreased performance of product.

Legal Information

Sure/Seal is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H225,H251,H302,H314

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Self-heat. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014,EUH019

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

8.6 °F

Flash Point(C)

-13 °C

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Macromolecules, 39, 5347-5347 (2006)
Elsa Vennat et al.
Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials, 25(6), 729-735 (2009-01-29)
The objectives of this study were to assess demineralized dentin porosity and quantify the different porous features distribution within the material using mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) technique. We compared hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) drying and lyophilization (LYO) (freeze-drying) in sample preparation. Fifty-six
Nur Hazlin Hazrin-Chong et al.
Journal of microbiological methods, 90(2), 96-99 (2012-05-09)
The use of hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) as a drying agent was investigated in the specimen preparation for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging of bacterial surface colonization on sub-bituminous coal. The ability of microbes to biofragment, ferment and generate methane from coal
Nan Li et al.
Lab on a chip, 8(12), 2105-2112 (2008-11-22)
High-density live cell array serves as a valuable tool for the development of high-throughput immunophenotyping systems and cell-based biosensors. In this paper, we have, for the first time, demonstrated a simple fabrication process to form the hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) and poly(ethylene
Mario Janjetovic et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(18), 1826-1828 (2013-01-30)
Sm(HMDS)(2) in n-hexane mediates fast cleavage of primary, secondary and tertiary alkyl fluorides in good to excellent yields. In n-hexane Sm(HMDS)(2) exhibits uniquely enhanced reductive ability towards the C-F bond compared to when using THF as solvent.
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