Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is a base used in preparation of dienes and enolates. It is used to catalyze the addition of phosphine P-H bonds to carbodiimides leading to phosphaguanidines. Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is also used in a novel three-step synthesis of disubstituted 1,2,5-thiadiazoles.

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