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Sodium trimethylsiloxide
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sodium trimethylsiloxide is an organosilicon compound with the formula NaOSi(CH3)3. It is the sodium salt of the conjugate base derived from trimethylsilanol.[1] A white solid, its molecular structure consists of a cluster with Na-O-Na linkages on the basis of closely related compounds.[2]
The salt is used to prepare trimethylsiloxide complexes by salt metathesis. Trimethylsiloxide is a lipophilic pseudohalide.[3][4]
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Related compounds
- Sodium silox, NaOSi(tBu)3 (tBu = C(CH3)3)
- Potassium trimethylsilanolate[7]
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