Dimethylphenylsilane, 97%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
Dimethylphenylsilane, 97%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
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Dimethylphenylsilane, 97%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

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Dimethylphenylsilane, 97%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
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Chemical Identifiers
CAS766-77-8
IUPAC Namedimethyl(phenyl)silyl
Molecular FormulaC8H11Si
InChI KeyOIKHZBFJHONJJB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESC[Si](C)C1=CC=CC=C1
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SpecificationsSpecification SheetSpecification Sheet
FormLiquid
Refractive Index1.4955-1.5005 @ 20?C
Assay (GC)≥96.0%
Appearance (Color)Clear colorless
Dimethylphenylsilane is a reagent for enol ether synthesis. It acts as a catalyst. Also used as a precursor in Optical Emission Spectroscopy of Plasma Deposition Processes. It can react with vinylbenzene to produce (b-Phenyl-ethyl)-dimethylphenyl-silan.

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Applications
Dimethylphenylsilane is a reagent for enol ether synthesis. It acts as a catalyst. Also used as a precursor in Optical Emission Spectroscopy of Plasma Deposition Processes. It can react with vinylbenzene to produce (b-Phenyl-ethyl)-dimethylphenyl-silan.

Solubility
Not miscible in water.

Notes
Moisture sensitive. Incompatible materials are Strong oxidizing agents, Strong acids.
RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

  1. Ross A. Widenhoefer; Anand Vadehra. An improved catalyst for the cyclization/hydrosilylation of functionalized 1,6-dienes employing dimethylphenylsilane.Tetrahedron Letters.1999, 40 8499-8502.
  2. Joong Chul Choe. Loss of benzene from methylphenylsilane and dimethylphenylsilane molecular cations.International Journal of Mass Spectrometry.2005, 242 5-11.
  3. Silylation of hydroxyl groups gives DMPS ethers under very mild conditions using TBAF catalysis: Tetrahedron Lett., 35, 8413 (1994). See also Chlorodimethyl phenyl silane, A15638 and Appendix 4.
  4. Reagent for the highly diastereoselective reduction of ketones to alcohols, in the presence of TBAF or TFA: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 106, 4629 (1984); J. Org. Chem., 53, 5415 (1988):
  5. For an example of reduction of a ß-keto amide to a ß-hydroxy amide, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 326 (1993).
  6. For a review of silane reductions, see: Org. Prep. Proced. Int., 12, 13 (1980).